BESONIAN
ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
COUNTRY, COD AND TRUTH
.fH Y EAR. OUR IN i
VOL XLVI.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1915.
NUMBER 26
THE
RO
TEXT OF AMERICAN DE
MANDS SENT GERMANY
Nothing Official Learned as to Ger
many's Attitude Toward American
Note Official Washington Await-
- j ing Reply With Interest
. . . , 4 v t 'Washington Dispatch lth
Ln.ted States Will N0t Omit Any cTd cr Act Necessary to Main- Without w0rd from Ambassador
tain Rights of Her Citizens Act s ; Contrary to Principles iof arfare jGerar, as t0 Germany's attitude to
Must Stop-Reason, Justice and Humanity All Demand that Lnwarn- I war(, the recent Amcrican note of
ed Attacks on Merchantmen Must be Ceased at Once. ,fitia, Washington attached much
tal. It does not understand the im-; irmncance i0ciay to intimating in
uipiomatic charters nere irienaiv to
ITALY TO JOIN ALLIES
STILL CAPTURED
IIRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Now (,nly a Matter of Day!
Washington Dispatch, 13th.
The United States government to-ir-fria! German government to ques
day cable,! Ambassador berara, Tor 1 1- a tv,0?? rights.
jn i si uutuon 10 cue uennuu purau
ment, a note calling attention "to tha
grave situaicn which has resulted"
' :( violation of American right3
on the high seas, culminating in tho
Big Home Made Affair ('
Pu.h' Expected to Begin Soon. ' Marietta Saturday Steam Just 14 "mts per pound on the local mar
London Dispatch, 18th. ' Gone Down When Found. But Not ket today.
The King of Italy has re-fused to a Soul Was Seen About the Place.,- ud!n from "the way the water
accept' tr.e resignation of Sign0r Sal-! Sheriff R. E. Lewi. Deputy Wm. ! It"' "V'lnttre " VCr.-th fishers wiU
andia -nd the premier and the wh0;t- ' Freeman and Rural Policeman W " t icl e rest now
war cabinet -retain office. This, it C Britt captured a home-made whis- marriage'lf j''! F "liawff
is confidently believed here, fore- key still in an old out house 'Arr.ie 'May Lay; J'.'p. PhiUir. and
shady.w- the almost, immediate en- near Marietta Saturdav. The Edwards.
tn
linking of the Lusitania, with tho
lus-- of more than 100 American lives
The communication expresses th:
confident expectation of the' United.
States "that the Imperial German
government will disavow the acts of
hich the government of the Unitei
States complains, that they will
make reparation so far as repara
tion is possible for injuries which ars
without measure and. that they will
take immediate steps to prevent the
recurrence of anything so obsiously
subversive of the principles of war
fare for which the imperial German
government in the past so wisely
and so firmly contended."
Rights to be Maintained
In its conclusion, the note states
that "the imperial German govern
ment will not expect the government
of the United States to omit any
Vr I or any act necessary to the
performance of its sacred duty of
maintaining the rightsof the, United1
States and its citizens 'and ofsafe-
'rding their free exercise and eh-,
bvment.''
The. full text of the note wa, mad?
public tonight by me m.uc ivpaiu-
men :i follows: . .
"Mopartreent of State. Washington,
May !:.
"The S. vretarv of State to th?
Am-rv-m Vmln"ador nt Berlin, land
"J !: -e call on the Minuter of th"
For-;" AT'.iir.s and nfter read ir-r . facts ii
i , ' i',: ';-- i uiurmmication, leave wil'i , Germ-m
We a
prmarv that tnp renlv inio-ht .n- i . ... - 1 ""- mcie o; Mill proper was mate of a f.tt-nnund . :rm ifferer.t nf.rtj
It assumes, on uk: an offer to suspend attacks with-i S?VWr'L on tne Sl,e of the AI' lard stand ar. the worm m,! lhf ,l"""'.v report crops growing
the imperial gov- cut wnn-ing on merchant ships, if "V,.ti . . ,. , of a long Di- e of e-ulvnrirl ,'L' aru. s:,3' the grab's is doing
' .!.. T-. . i , ' ' .. . Action, however, mav be Hplavf.,1 '. "- " lituai.ized pipe, the same tnino-
of course, the rule-'- ou,.. renew itsunU ,h(? meeti ' of 'the V" .1 he . sti.l had previously Keen in op-, Th., ' . . .
non-combatants, """"" " d,s. "r lluesu,l:uu on Thurs.lav. u-h.n tho rrn,! ,! oration, but no n(! was found near- ir, .:. , ' "r-,ire renamed
of neutral citizen-li' ... looastun, to German civil- al;noun ,f; hiy H d v - . , aen the rai, was made. Though ' .T,
f one cf the nations,1 jn,:. . . the sunnort r.f a m i irrit v of th A ,. tne l'osse wn- h"t and - thirsty thv X ' , V ntk rales of
awfully or rightf,l-i formed European diplomats ' fe;M'Pp0rt f a mJJC' ul of the P" didn't find a drop cf anything to " lrrai'M ''iut0 free- .
dv by the cap- L . c"iu Germany most certain- Will Star "Rir P..KK" "'lr,k at',ut the ln.il.iing The still Ku-ular rommunicition of St.
aetin nfi ' ' ;' T vvas ,Jni 'P ar, the worm!,,
contrary, that
crnment accept, as
that the lives (11
whether they be
ship or citizens o
at w.-.r, cannot 1
lv- be put ii jecpar
ttirfl nr rip ;t nic i . ,n .f n n nrmt-mnrl
mercuntman snd recognize also ;.ar, j ;; - Vt ' ' bandon "ub Italy the Allies will be in
a:l o:her nations lo. the oblitration , v'ln J" agiccme.iC to oanaon sub-1 4J
t tahe.tre usoal precaution of visit mann wai-far'? uliil t,le discussion
a.id search "to ascertain whether a '' l)ro'rt'Si
S'ispccted merchantman is in fact of ot.fltli's have been reticent in dis
belligerent nationality or i, in fact I cus:;,nP , the. 'aea ot arbitration or a
Should the expected
carrying contraband or war under
a neutral flag.
' Submarines Cannot be Used
"The government of the United
States, therefore, desifts to call the
attention of the imperial German
government with the utmost earnest
ness to the fact that the objection
to their present method of attack
against the trade of their enemies
lies i-i the practical impossibility 'f
proposal with reference to food
stuffs but it is indicated that the
situation has progressed to a point
where the United States would not
be likely tp be satisfied with any
conditional acquiescence in the Amer
ican position. It was intimated how
ever that if Germany accepted the
American point of view, the natural
tendency of the United States of its
own initiative Would be strongly to
employing submarines in the jjpress its contention on the right to
trucfioa of commerce without dis-r","uuslulls l" l,e"na"-
regarding these rules of fairness, X . T .
justice and humanity, which all mod-! ' ,,t"l u L,Kfc tKUKtA
a ueiter position than ever t,.
launch the big offensive movement
again-t Austria and Germany which
is being precedej on the western
front by a series of attacks furnish
ing a foretaste of what is to come !
In Arlois, where the French added
v.- jin up arc me wr,rm
brought in f )f safe keeping This
m tre second .-till of the "Nineteen
I-if teen" model that has been captur
ed in the county in the last few-weeks.
" i.'Hjge ao. 114 A. F. & A.
'om 'Trow evenincr nt k .-.vi. -i."
Work in the th ird rliurrpo
SOUTH AMERICA READY
BACK I NCLE SAM
i.Lr', Henm loft y"'tTday
or I hdadelphia. Pa., where he will
; - f-roii six wcoks attending the va
nous eye. car. nose and throat clin
TO, i of that city.
Tre "white wav" h,- i,., ...
. I. . 1- 1 . - . . ' . - ' f 1 ... , . "
a luruier sngni gain to that ma, e 1 !,.:,., , r, . ,. , .... , :- irt io me ."Seaboar, station on
during the week and which com- j ,I',"r, s0 ""y" CoP Vlh 1 ri,fht He f Kim street The
bined, constitute the biggest forward uTrL'" , r Nu "'' l1-' tU turned on for the first
mWement of either army in the West I wi V Hn niversal War, time Saturday night,
since the battle of the Marne. . i ,,.." 'l ;.w-r.. .. .. Misses Leon L.n nnJ At
'Zw:l rr ; 2ov., !t. B:.i.nL,;
Woevre. particular;, west of the For n r.en,a, e?-Pres
oct i ,.iitr . u f ..i 'iw vviisons n.
note to Germany. Ij. v The ch R V
e principles set1 u?" i?-; i '' Rlalenbor0 will
;.. o;"" ' C .u.!fTth do not prevail, there will hP ' lms
oT tC'ror. 'tT neutrality, and that a un- tr- - .
nlthnnMr th. A, rA'V 7 i 'v r will fellow. i tde Textile
have lcn ,ble to mak an a IdT iS 1 Sl ';e Ka,z" ' "7he Ufled . ,n e',Snt, ,
.II..U. ...i... i - .u. ...... , .. ...Slates and other neutrn ,ntn0.-; 1 gatnernt , data about
tHKtic i'ovame nv cue wiim raw-i ...... ... .
e-n opinion regard- as imperative.!. , ' . . . .i,rht M.iv.mno i. ha ,.-ui,.i...,..i-..r f llta ana otr.er
I'is practically impossible for the , W.aon-l Uiro8 German .Line Has!;: - T , ,V rj"' ', ' V Vv u I : hav,e. alrt-ady' s
office-s of a submarine to vi.it C" 0r. 31 i ben hi, in, bff th virtr in r I) """V. -al(;
merchantnian-at rea and examine her j ipV i'n -nn . . , 'until t'-ir own -irmies cool i t,f tin i- ' ne ,,iar, '-- '
t. .!..,!.. ' The Southern rn ! -f -fo I uih.ii i ir own armies oui, get in-! ..;i , , ,
ripo'l.le for them to make a prize '"e, wh.ch extends from a W prP;- - . ,f " ' - ' ; JJ ' 1 ; i! I .v. "Th-- r
of h--; ,.,d. if thev cannot put a f I.a Ba.se joining the J; T- lo.-r I i" b I " : ;'",ilVM i ;" -
,rew hoard of hen they cannot ft Tll he R - L n e nf n, ' -
rll
1 ni
l cop
i.-'v of recent acts of . th-1
(!ei 1 :u e.'.-t r-oritio? in violation cf
Auvvii-ui liehts on the hij;h -.eT5
v.hich culminated in tho terpe:!o'n r
"-'ir'-ing of the British steamyhi )
I.uvitunia en May 7, 1915, by whic'i
over 1('(t American citizens lost their
ijir -, i clearly wise and drirnb'
the government of the United
;i : the imperial German gov-
1-11 i')UU come to a citar aoj
i 'uti'r.d'ir ding a- to the grave
tio which has resulted.
The I-alalia r msmg
"""he sinkiin' of the British enm
er Fi1a)u v a German subm-irirs
on Ainnh -'S through whi-h Leon !'.
Thi-she!-, en American cUizon. 'ws
,lrc rvd: t'-e -ittaek :n Anril '"t , 1
the Amfriean vessel Cushing bv
of
a ( . rmau
n boa I'd of hr to the merry
a" ii ::: s-nvi'l Ij.-.ats. Thf-e
is u.ud:rst -,o. 1 th"- imperial
i-MTPci!' fri'.'lv admit.
ii',:rnp( Ht.1 in the instancs
the British tro-
'icial st.'ttemen'.s
I'cciri'irir.g to
uuve "-aii'ed ir.;
Oi -
, w:'a h v.-t hive sunken 1 i m e enont'h
j for e-.en the poor measure of safety
i;itll, iill'.l ill at O-iOL L w U
of the cases cited not so much as a
warning was received. Manifestly
submarines can not be used against
merchantmen, as the last few weeks
have
latior 5i many sacre;
ern
I'ul'
siti
e,l succes a'rnnst the German
.who-e llii" hr- been br-iken i.vu- the
ffn :.'! nu.i r, ,i t , o-uiiics front.
p,;rth;-r ) ort'i .. Stoenra-'.ie, th-i
.!!. i r -. b-v -la-ckv,! .several Ger
man rouuicr-u.ttJckK and have held
previous guins, notwithstanding vio
lent efforts In the Germans.
North of Arris the French have
PM-ate ei :.rt to st !ii the
,!;de w'liah had been running so
:;.lrer.giy acainst them
a I'uf.t,
t!'e Kl
-.- lUtl
)o:"iier
l T,
alone; t '" east Prus-ian frontier
lstr e-'.-aginierits are occurring
whicli i.oth .'.ides chum -t have
advantage.
pr,vmce
i;.o-in
t
ni t
th" merge
.--tates."
Oi her ne
i . ill,.- i- e
GRO l.G
:c
ffered too natier.tlv.
rially."
ire Germanv ahs
of the in.ternatio'i-
j'l'd Si.-ttt ' n.ite
: ti y v. il! tolerate
it -.. i-'.ued.
di-ai (, ir:
" w hi'! ' n .;, ')-. ;(:.:. '
' ii Am--- i "i -u ;i;-orf -t.'--
i f th.. !':; i
member of
Manufae-
iday in
biimlipr.
" " ion mius.iqr, m, .pa
-Mi
;r- !o
1
"i a
' Frank
-!:' lah.
e ; .. :o
i ' Ot: ;
A In
fit".
THE LUSITANIA
M MEAT IN ROBESON
-d Ti
-The S'e.h
Gniigh wer.t ye'sfer-Wishar--
tonship,
:i i'.d'iK.,.. in the ab
: ' r of rhe church,
!1 of Lumberton,
! in tr:v.T v. ill be
' thi, .--!;, it he
he ot h .udred anj
: ' v of the ;- iguinjr
't ' I r ! aration of
been carrying out a series of actions 29th V sel Sunk or Damaged, Since
trengtnening tneir lront. v;rK ot Mnv i
. . ,
The Lusitania is the 2'Jth vc.sel to1
own with nn in.-.,-, r 'Own v , -v ' 1 ' 1 ' " 'h
prieinples ofivnlle 1,1 lne "'irupagne tne l-reneh
.j claim to have almost completely de-'
Farmers Sending in Number of Acres M.,,'-' ik'-lt
it.....,.,' . t . . . - '
I'-miu i.m -, .ames and .Num
ber of Acres Will he Published at
Early Date Send in Your Num
ber at Once Wheat Doinz Well
a'-,! r-A'jr, l tr;r. r,
nun I. ,n,l,erion to Charlotte for the
( ie:,. I v, , r.tieth ,.r M;iv i'ihPntL
- .' - -. CW.,,,,
is s.i. i-ntiirriH.f d:tt
i';mite, to May 21. Tickets will be
on sale Ma- 1H-1-).
A party of b,,y scours. fclc
- en m
the first
At the
-t of Mr. D. II Britt,
sipronlanr: the trn-!oi".g i-a May
he Anrru-an essel e.ul.l'gnt o"
1 1 "?
ubmarine, as a le.'m o'.
whi-n two or more Arum tea ' " uzen l
met their death, m, finally, th" 'ot-
.'in" an, sinkm'r ri th c",,;m-
JJOt I ' ( I 1 1 LI 1 1 1 il I I I i. V I . " . , ' . ' t
"Anier;-::n it;-en.s ict within their!;' ,)vel elnl' i'rma companies , -""u ' -, president of the Robeson Division cf
indisn.- table rights in taking their '. w'1-"!l charged the first line of French ; week of. May in the German war zone , the I'armei s' Union, quite a number
ships and in traveling wherever their i trenches after the explosion 0f a ! about ihu British Islef Most ofof farm-.r.. have sent, in to Th Rob
i :ti -'Tte business calls them upon ! min' ., . . , these vessels were torpedoed by ! e- hi:,r, the number A acres of wheat
',e high seas and exercise thene! At this point the Germans were : (;erman submarines Sixteen of the ' "(y have growing. Anv others who
rLht ; in what has been the well jus-i successful for a period, but two cot;n- ( 29 vessels wtie British trawlers have some planted would do well to
tified c-j.-ifi irnc2 that their lives v.ill j ter-attacks with a bayonet and hand There were 4 British and 1 French i n.l the number of acres in to thr..-
' he rndargered bv acts in cle nr ff''enadcs. resulted in the retaking of ; met chanimen in the list The oth-ipaoer, f,,r. as Mr. Britt suggests,
v:lptv:u of universally cknowlde-1 the Position by the Trench who later trs were vessels f neutral Nations. : ieg out the number of acre,
l e l iui.- -r-tional obligation, and 1 f'punter -1.000 German dead. The en-j Establishment of the German war l-'mted in wheat in-the countv. might t?r of Whiteville, Columbus county,
I certai'dv in the confidence that their;tlre effective forces of the Germans ; z:ne vVas decreed on February 4, to i he seme inducement to soni; bo ly tr, mailt-,! at Houston, Texas, where he
own governmcut ,.v:!l sustain them in I '''u "I"-1 ';'u tue r rewen , take effect on February 18. The ; ''- up a tinur mill. A list if thu . aad -Mrs. I'orter -tre attending the
ci?;-.en, uuici we us Rinud ur maue!yerman Governments decree defined : name an() number of acres nlaeted ! "Utnern isaptist Convention, says
prisoners. i1h( ... Z3re i.nf.faiiincr "ill the! will b'e published in The Rot-c ;om- ' "ihe crowds are immense and the in-
tnimber, fmm the State of New i ork
-'" nt Fridav night in i wr.. They
i k d, w ii Ltimber rivf - from 8om!
point in Mo,,re county in canoes,
i'hey reported a mo- 'eaant trip
dr wn the L mbee an,' - ej thern
selves a--' being earriei. a- the
ocuni.-ui r-c.-nery aioiig t: .,
of the stream.
i is
-A postal from Rev. A. II. Por-
the exercise (r their tights
Warnii;:? N'r Excuse
"There was recently published in
tho r"vsnnppr; of the United States,
I resr"t to inform t,',e imperial Ger-
of event c w"ich the gov' i-nm nt e. man y :.vernment, a lornnl varning
the United State has observed wi'.u purporting to come from the imper-
c concern, distress and amr.ze-: lal o y m:ia embassy at Washington,
pecpl
IP
Lusitania, - constitute a - .' ne!
ment.
"Recalling the humane an, en
!'rh'ened attitude hitherto nssumed
l,y the imperial German government
in matter,- of international right and
particularly with regard tn t'-e free
dom of the seas: having learned to
recognize the German views and thr
German influence in ine ioi(t,ui m-
aeidie sued to the pecpla of the Unit
ed States and stating, in effect, that
any citizen of the United States who
exercised hia right of free travel
upon the seas weu'd do so at his
peril if his journey should take him
within the zone of waters within
which the imperial Germany navy
was using submarines 'againstf 'the
; waters surrounding Great Britain ian t an early date, so if you have : t 'est great." Rev. and Mrs. Porter
I0 QLAK1 LAW UPHELD an,j Ireland, including the entire ffy please let it be known at ovv. j will visit .Mr. Porter's brother, Rev.
English Channel," although stating i 1 wht; have reported say liu-n 1 rorter, at han Antonio, Texas,
wheat is d5ing well and the prospects ore returning home.
M- a ."-rod crop are bright. : Mr. Leon Edgf, of route 7 from
Lumberton has found that, advertis-
PR EPA RING VESSEL FOR X. C r-r in The Robesonian brings results.
NAVAL MALITIA A few week, aeo Mr. Ed (re inserted
ia small ad in The Robesonian's pen
Plans Approved by Secretary Dan-; - column under the "free clause".
jiinp name:- upnoics me i.aw Fpecif jcaIy thEt .hipping north of
Glenn Appeals to Supreme Court, j the Shetland Islands, in the eastern
Raleigh .News and Observer, 15th. (area of the N()rth Sea and the
It is now up to the Supreme Court (Netherlands coast would not be im
o, North Carolina tD decide whether i periled. The Lusitania, therefore,
the ouart law shall continue supreme was i;i the war z0ne when sunk
m North Carolina. Judge Frank! In the war zone decree, the Ger-
inieis uprmius ene smute in a tie- man (Jnvernment announced ts in
cision handed down in the mandamus tention to "endeavor to destroy every Sum
proceeding- brought by George Glenn jcnenly merchant ship found in this i Greens
against ine couinern express Crm- rea of water." stating that this ac-
iels Will be Used by Malitia This;and as a result has received orders
Summer. I fo the nrouct advertised fr.m dif-
sboro Daily News, 13th. ferent oarts of the countrv He
Secretarv Daniels ha ...
pany to compel them to violate the! t;on had been made necessary bv the ! tdans for repairing the Elfri.la, as- savs he is c-la,i to nav for it.
t;rretirnil otiiigatnn as aiwiys en- commerce oi e.reae aritain ana e' .... .... (rcvC1 conduct ot oreat Britain in carry-; signed t tne navai manna of Acrtn; The Hatements of the conS-
gaeed upon the side of iustice and;Franee, notwithstanding the respect- hint :1 ",'r'l t' sP"'lts . ut of sea- jn ()n "a mercantile warfare against , Carolina, the w0ik to be undertaken ; tjf,n3 cf the various banking instita-
humanity; and having un((ersioon u:e,iui out very earnesi protest ot ms ' .. u Germany in a way that defied all at AorioiK, at a cost oi over .mw ; tion, of r beson which have recent-
instructions of the imp?riai e.erman government, the government ot the 1 dI 1 ' ' "'aires i or , pr ncipie 0f international law " accoraing to announcement from the v len and are bing D-blishe in
n'.vernment to its naval command- United States. I do not refer to ! non-delivery, alleging that his i rights The German Admirality is report-1 navv department at Washington. : The Robesenian. show the institutions
fi-s t be unoii the same piane o, mis lor tne purno-e or caning .the ""ti "--i v, oiai ucuuse Cf) to have sent newly constructed: ine r.iin,a is a converted steel.. Jf jn fjne hane Th" report of
h,, o ;,..t;,.o tu-escril-,1 by the nav-1 atterfon of the imperial German giv-.of an enforced drought. Hi hon-: suhmarines of large size and high schooner yacht built in 180 at Wil- ' the parmer!, Merchants Bank of
M,nV TKi-ons. tne gov- ernment at tms lime to tne suraris-; CI uom-.i, ..n. un-mi anu hi i-!opeed for the present campaign. . min?-ton. uei., ny narian & HolnngsT : i
ernment of the United Sates waging irregularity of a communication
loath to believe it ennnrt now 'brinir j from the imperial German embassy
uf ta b-liove that these nets so , at Washington addressed to the peo-
vor of the express company.
Glenn further sought to have
imberton published in today's pa-
1 I V . .... . . , . . , T , . 1 . . r. . ...
-'"Ml ew uetaiU are availa&.e as to the ' worm. ner length is nu it., b mcncs:lne makes the best showing of any
tnet-y.n.(-it ,-ations of these vessels. It. breadth. 18 feet, ore-half inch: anrl I , v... u:
enmnanv accept a gallon of whiskey h ' thov a.-e :,ble t m.-rv sun- i draft. 8 feet. nine, inches. She riis-'i ,.'u tv,:.. ,,rr. .....ii .,..:
- -o , . --- ., , , . - .- ,. . ... . -,' . ! r;i,, . t . .., .j.j.: . .... ... , o.oir. mis .-peat., wen ojiimuci in
a. -.olntelv contrary to tne r.oes, me- pie ct me united states mrougn tne ""'""u '"'"" j plio.s t(lr t.iree monttis, enaldtr.g them maces i i4 ton and has a speed ot Jre t.t.,u,r ,i talk of "haul times' It
nr-ictiees and the spirit of modern rewsnap-rs, but only for the purpose ' h" r(ar at Raleinrh. Here again j U) ,-emain out for that length of time lO.o knots. The vessel vas pur-. w ul, indicate that mcu ev was not
warfare, could have the countenance ; of pointing out that no warning thit.!flld the plairtitf fail .in the superior i without pitting into a port or havelrha'ed in ISft.S during the w,r with ' , c'ucf. after all.
r sanction of tlvt e ent govern- sn unlawful and inhumane act will court. I : -course to a parent ship. I Snain for $50,000. '
ment It feels it 1 1 be it? . lut v. mere-; ie committed can possibly be ac-! 1 1 :'fi :mtn win ne carried. The Lusitania was one of the larg-' The work authorized on the r.lfri
fon to edilres.. the imperial German I tepte, ) as an excuse or palliation for 'he highest trilu nal of the State c ;t trans-Atlantic liners and was one da at Norfolk will probablv be com
.ivernnvt cenccrnimv 'hem with thr that net ar is an abatement of the,Tne coursp (,r proceedings will ;cl- the speediest. She was built in ' plfted bv June 1 an I the ve -"-l will
n,,.v.-t fr:i"1--n"ss and in the earnest responsibility for it- commission. ihP watched with interest bv pJonle !(;,.,. ::0v. i'jiJ(; an i was 785 feet then be turned over to the rava! mi-
not mistaKen in ex- "iong acquainted as mis givern-'-111 "- m.uv. v .01 ouotis in j0i,r Her gro-s tonnage was SJ.oOO - litia ot .North Carolina tor their
her net tonaa.ge t.J J-. .ne va cruise.
W. O. W. CELEBRATION"
hope
that it is
hr jrforrm-.t" impr?-! with the liifrh principles of equity by;,n exr;es.--M hone and belief on
which ha'-e been created and which they have m the past been ac-! many sides that tne express saloon
the noution etituated and guided, the government-"'" fCon lts "et eiays in Aorth (. ar-
ith l ee-ard to tho -o' the United States cannot believe ouna.
that the commanders of the vessels
which committed the-e acts 'of law
: A . . v rn.-i niri i i 1 1 1-" ' tiuint n i c nnon n i t n ma tn'i inr6n ot Jt.ui i ' n v i , r- i w vwi i n tir v i ir
P 1 MfP I II I ' it I III - I Hi'l nun :il on.v I- i.ic jiiiii:i uu Mt-i 'lia:: ll II lllVriiL tl 'Hi " - i " ' ""U .
will VOVVW
: ion --
. i:,. io nie.ro
l,-o -..vernment w
acre, freed im of the seas.
cver lie-oerired V-'r.r Z'e
"TV- ,'(v-mi!"i'.t of te United
.-, ,,, ; i-,s b'fti a.nri-e-1 thnt the im
i r. --innn ",,vrrn,,',t consid-
i-re.'t 0 e'vus to be
rvtfu t'di - p-y ( u-conv '
,- , , and the pi
iv ; n: o-
- t (U ' iu- v fff f
.- jn Ui'on! U',eth
ewneu oy me e uuaru hte-amsnip
: r;n-.iay, Ltd., of Liverpool. Her Notices of New Srlverti'-t-ment-;.
captain .was W. T. Turner. "The Cull of the North." at
The Lusitania was a product of the ' Pa-timo theatre.
Woodmen of the World Will Hold
C. ielration in Lumberton July 5
- A Big litre Exot-cted.
The Lumberton C':mp of -he Wood-
t. .' ii of the World i- re, r. king arrargs-
th-
n.tiu- for
to c
r-.rre
t ion
.Ip-l
Sunerior Ceio-f.
lessness did so. except under a mis-j Th" seen.! . wek of the two
apprehension of the orders i-ued by . weeks' t mi f civil court. Judge () ,
imperial- German naval r.uthuritie-. It TL .M!"n rr !inst0n rresiding. open- ,
Al-
o i i'v trials ;
'-rt ot
T!. :.-':
bv the
ne the
; -ures a -'opt- e.ver,
r'e-- m see'ang i5 ot suiima'-me were exn
om all com- -do nothing that would it) v
we.i'-n r.inc
v mehcd, ,.f
i !iei-en
we '-for,'
the TU-rrl-vvit 'on v
i:e or- of ;
e at sen, fail
war zone lies'
takes it for grante. that, : ienst. e-1 on at i'l o'i
wiiniu i e eraciua! pus-uii";'- - oiim-ingn o
ui h c.-'e, the cMmma;i, ! r ev- -be' ' -'!;-u
'-'.e,.l. t A u :,-- e,, (-mnilptn-j siri'-f? the i-e-!vu
tie, --rt of the r-roco ii'v's T)vb!i-hed in
fe: v 'Thurso iv's mtiP- were ';-'' r.' Ti"
e for sjic':, which was canu-vj on ;
y r ; an; ' n g t ;:' n - -At' a n t i c
rn-'u.n come-. -;ie.-. "a'-'i,-, h-.lv of
I an i G"! mar
i ;'t:ia was biu.'ched
i' or the i it!'"-' woi
Perfect
vet;
!atu
, cozy at the
calf
-'ipi'i r .
the i '.re
- 1
When the ncll.
i i-jn-'Uer o: ca-e.
of onlv
f retaliu- live ; of nen-cond,
n'.-
frm which they have warned neutral ( tbpr
'titi-al ships even at th. cost, of
'" of their object of canto i'S or 1
ction. It en'i-letit''- 'perts
''ore, that the imperial German''.
ewey.
This govern-: gov,-rnment will disavow the oct
: Unite,, Lumber Co v L
",'U. Itl, ;"-nir.pt. foi' t-'ni'liiff in
i rf fl,lft1.7r,: Garrett & M-'
r''a";el McMillan, judgment
er- o
' of :
e LV
- and
. .Lic
ho I
cl... :
and
tr
i ne
Her
inu-,
Jone.
ciean p,
Par-
sa:e
i '.ig c
-;-v. j
r da v.
..mV;-n
: 1 ua- u.i !i:
ii 1; -i a :
as e. .ii.-i'
a riui)
:te(!
(.,i(!,
-: I..-
,e,. ;
ji .to ., in t.ur -e
5. n t'i- -1th
A'! .mp- in
(i arid ::xi;in
- : to take oart
f'if r.'-o'j-ram has
-u. b.:t it is ex
be .-, memorable
raw a larpe
ter-irorv
.-r
A . Cr-'
futi-e-t.
t
mnt has al-e-uly tal-'"n Oceanian to . whic'i the government of the United
inform the ironerial German govern- ' States complains that they wrl-l make
ment that it cannot admit the nd;-n- reparation so fif as reparation is
tion rf such measures or such a I Possible for injuries which -are with
warning of danger to onerate as in out measure, and that they will take
jin'y degree an abbreviation of the immediate step to prevent the re
rights of American ship, p-rasters occurrence of anything so obviously
of American citizens bound on law- subversive of the principles of war
f-.l eri"inds as mssengers on mer
chant ships of belligerent nationality:
and that it must hold the imDerial
German government to a. strict ac
countability for any infringement of
those riphts, international or inciden-
fare for which the imperial German
government have in the past so wise
ly and so firmly contended
Expect Prompt Action
"The jrovernment and people of the'
(Continued onjmge 4)
W. nr ' cl... : na -e:u
tHp c k and I.,!)) tr
'ill !
f.'.r Indian
: .-f:fe.
, () Board U. S. S
jLov e-r Cu.!.i"o! r,ia by
i Diciio, ' Cal., May 1
'received toJav bv th
-a
ttacks Cease Am
C:
V.1-
:'i-icans
the
Merer.
t;-
n."
the c'iruiiion of the Bank
it
i
r v :
1-1.-
- f '
i).
It i e--:reeti-d that court will- Lnst
ihro'";,h the week.
. tiraic oi .-oaa urns tow. irecuvea tojav oy tre oiorado. en Dr. (en Kenan o: V. ;!rr.irgt--n
. Air. Gasten Prevatt of the Lick -route to Mexico, stated that fighting was oi the Lusitania v. hen that ship
Swamn section is among the visitors ! between Yaqui Indians an, Amevi-, went down. He is s.-riue!v ill in a
in town today. ;.jr Prevatt says
V.i. H?rnr-s, colore!, who lives on
M h. H. Britt'n f.iem. near Back
,;,-,
Sw.'trp church, lost a milch cow yes
icrilm morning as a result of the
, w ei..i.king water i- which Barnes'
wife washed three rdtrate of soda
ick: Saturday aftemn n.
e' I'e'.hesda
ration for
.; " hespit
; e-,Jix was
e his con-e-rirg
along-i.-cted
today.
,f n.nvr.ham
is t t-i-on-rt to the Torrif !on h,is
it il 'hi-- mor-i".;- s fr'ermg with
.!';)?: dicitis and will undergo an op
u.'i'n ,f1is ,''terroo"
?Ir. Wm. Malone of Ten Mile, who
brought 1 1 "he ThT,pon hes-
can colonists near bsperanza. St.no- hoqpital at (Jueenstown. n-.ltal last week for treatment, is lm-
ha, has ceased, all Indians having left Herman Hr.hb. a voutit white n'ovi"g. and expects to return home
the laqui valley. iney lelt wove1, ! -man, shot and killed himself in the thus week.
!! '.,.r-Fui'un
i !: vr-M e-:-:r,e"t to a't
irado. of- ' ; Reunion see. or write
radiu to ' San - i-I'-n;ue for rates.
Radio advices i
Colorado, on T)r. Owen Kenan of V.'j-
however, that the' intended to re
turn.
side with a pistol while walking Mr. nnd Mrs. W. P. McAlIi--tr
along a street in VTashington Tues-!went Thursday to Hendersonvtllc.
day morning am died at a hospital I where Mrs. McAllister will rend
Mr Lonnie Ivev of Raynham is U few hours later. DisabDointment i ome imt- on account p h r heaHh.
in town today. a love affair. Mr. McAllister will return tonight.