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x , r ffi . - " . V 1 DCC.VJ1914 Library, ftavy Offt . Th Wither" ' ., : data conearalnf 'tha waathr wfll be found today Pag Tars , nine i Best Advertising a Medium In ST", V North Carolina VOL. CL NO. 22. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1914 PRICE SCENTS ws slim u server f- . B - AMERICAN ENGMlMM0R6ET-BATTiES Evening Papers Rights Biggest Headlines of Any Event For Several Months . . SIR EDWARD GRAY WILL CONSIDER MATTER TODAY Russian Resistance Before Warsaw Appears to Have Entirely Blocked Von Hindenburg, While Success Over Austria in Southern Po- land and Galicia Has' Done Away With Danger of Flanking Movement on Left ; Aus trian Offensive Appears-As- Disastrous As 1 -Servian CampaigfWVery Little Happening on the West Kaiser Says Germany Will See The War to The End. " I By The Associated Press.)1 London. Dec. 29. (10:15 p. m.) The American mte protesting against the Ileitis h treatment of American commerce and Insisting upon an improve ment, seemed to ovrrshadnwtn the mtnd of the nrttlsh public today the new frrim the European battlefields. While the note caused no surprise In official circles. It -was wholly unexpected hy the British public. as there had been virtually .&a intimation that any friction had arisen between the two .government. --- - - ' Placards posted hy the evening papers were given over exclusively to the American note and the papers gave 11 the largest headline they have given any news during the past month. Consequently the Hritlsh people regard this aa one of the most Important occurrences of the whole war. Nothing of the kind since President Cleveland's Venexulan message has produced such a sensation. JiOTK MAY CRKATK FRICTION. The first impression of the public 1b that the note nisy create friction and perhaps some unfriendly feeling, although the newspapers point out that It specifically states thai the representations were made In a frlendly-splrit. The situation Is comparable to that which arose at the time of the South African war. when neutral shippers began to send cargoes Intended for the Transvaal republic to the neutral port of Delagoa Hay. The Washington note had not reached the foreign office late today, hut it could not hare been dealt with had it arrived-, as Kir Kdward Grey, Secre tary for Foreign Affairs. srotJM a way for the Christmas holidays, -wH! , not return until tomorrow. Hnaalan Hwmn Pleases. Even the war news was allotted secondary place to the note In the ' news columns of the papers, although that coming from the Kussian front Yvu highly gratifying to the allies. in re naa iirf. t mat tvum v.. ..... flghting 1a .Northern Poland between the Lower Vistula and Pilica rivers, where the Rusiaans have captured some German trenches, prisoners and guns an Indication. It la believed hre, that the German JTrontal attack on the army guarding Warsaw has been definitely checked. In Southern Poland the Russians also recorded some successes while In Gallria they apparently have inflicted a defeat on the Austiians almost as serious as that which Emperor Francis Joseph's troops suffered in Servta. ( 50. (Hid Prisoners Taken. Since their latest offensive com menced the Kusrtan have taken r 900 Austrian prisoners and captured many rtiw, according to the Kussian official report, and If as was estimated. Austria has between three and four army corps on Us re-entry Into Galicia. It must have lost more than a third of the number In killed, wounded and prisoners. Muddy roads have pre vented the Kusalans from making the pursuit as. effective as It might have been. Of the fighting m the wrest the French and German reports are in direct conflict. The French claim to have occupied the village of ft. Georges, which Is on the main road between Nieuport and Uruges and two miles from the former town. On the other hand the German report says: "We have gained some ground near JVieupnrt." Heavy Fighting on Meswr. Heavy fighting Is taking place In the Argonne and on the heights of the Me use. The French report apparent ly refer to later events than' those recorded In Uerlln. for Paris tells of the recapture of a trench, which the German communication mentions as having been captured by the Ger mans. -The rrenrn are investing T ""WtMntWfh frr. ftw W Ism !evo"w I News from Germany it coming 1 , slowly as cable communication be tween England and Holland is dis located by the storm and telegraph wires between Holland and Germany have been wrecked In many places. With the close of the holidays the recruiting boom has recommenced In Kngland. Large numbers enlisted to day. Hobltcr Commits Suicide. London, Dec. It :1S ,p. mT A "verdict of suicide was returned today bv a coroner jury that investigated h 4..lh..,f q man mid to be Italnh K. Oanforth. a medical practitioner of Milwaukee, and a member of the Canadtan contingent. According to the testimony the man whs found dead In his room In a ho tel with a wound In his throat, which evidently had been self inflicted. A photograph of a woman was In the man's lap No evidence was Intro- . duce-d to show why he committed suicide. . Kaiser' Crfcttma4 Hpeecjh. "Berlin, Dec. rr. vTa"Xnil"aanj and Jondon. 7:IS p. m. Emperor William's - Christmas celebration at military headquarters ts described to- - day In the Koelntsche Zeltunfcs, A larga number of officers and soldiers, the paper says, participated in the festivities which were held In a large room elaborately decorated with Christmas tree's. . N The Emperor, on entering the room, greeted the soldiers with "Good even ing, comrades." and after a short ser mon had been delivered, mad the .'"following speech: Conjrudra, we are her aaaerablea PROTEST Gave Note Concerning Maritime in arms to celebrate the Holy Fevtl val which otherwise In peace we would le spending nt home. Our thoughts go back to thoxe whom we have left at home, to whom we owe all the presents in tables before us. "It hus been permitted by God that the enemy should force us to celebrate Christmas here We have been at tacked. We defend ourselves with God's help. We hope that for us and twr couniiy rich victory may spring from the hard fight. "We are .on -hostile ground. The point of our sword la directed against the enemy, our hearts to our God. We say, as once the great elector did. 'Down wffh amen." anl enemies of Germany," Danforth Annapolis Mam Milwaukee, Wis.. "Dec. J. Ralph K. Danforth. -of Milwaukee, left -for Canada in September to enlist In The Canadian contingeat. Three years prior to his enlistment Danforth attended the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Lnter he was an offi cer of a navy recruiting station In PitUtburg. Pa and after several months service obtained his discharge to come to Milwaukee, where he open ed an office aa an optometrist: The young man's parents today re ceived -a telegram from the. adjutant general of Canada stating that theit son had died In lxndon. lecember 2. but giving no further Information. Aliens Remotrd From Coaxt. Iindon. Dec. 19. 10:55 p. m. The police have served notice on per sons regarded as undesirable to quit coast towns adjoining the Tynealde district and Sunderland. The persons affected tnclade-nttejn!. nf enemy coun tries and naturalized aliens of both sexea, and alw) Itritlsh born descen dants of aliens. Including the second generation. . lOviet'tlonn aro made In cases of advanced age or extreme youth. Thoee affected must leave within irom ine coasi approea oy ine nun- i tary authorities. K aster Consulu AdmlraL London, Dec. J. 10:40 p. m.-A Berlin dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph says the German Emperor summoned Prince1 Henry of lruia. to hht headattarters to confer with him and Admiral von Tlrpltx, minis ter of marine, on the llrltlsh raid on Cuxhavn. The conference lasted several hours, the Prince returning to Klol by special train. It is believed in Germany, the dls patch adds, that Prince Henry is to be given supreme command of the battle" ship fleet. (ernusi darcked on Bm. Petrograd. Dec it. The following statement received from the Kussian general headquarters was issued this evening: Today between the lower Vistula and the Pi Ilea only flghting fmaJl. importance took place. The Germans left their trenches on the right bank of the IJiura near the villa re or Nn HrxevTce and Ml back esihe left bank of the Bbura. "On- the river Rawka. our heary artillery is -flghting efficacloualyV a Itirge numlier of "Ornsan .batteiiea of heavy guns. "In the region of Bolitnowo, our attacks have, alternated with those of the Germana "We have dislodged the enemy from a trench near the village, of Bunxlno which they had taken from ns pre viously, by-a counter-attack la which we captured fl-iacalne runs and pris oners. "ua the center between Ua PiUo CAUSES and the Upper Vistula only cannonad ing was heard. We made progress on the two wings. "During an attack on a German redoubt to the south of Inowlods we captured three machine guns. AaMriana Arc Walloped. "Our trotips met with success while crossing the lower' Nlda in the taking by storm of the villages of Starokorc- xi n and nentslavlce, which were well fertlned. During the fighting we captured 4U Austrian officers and over 1.700 soldiers and three machine guns. "In Western Galicia we have made progress' in spite of the almost Im passable condition of the 'country due to mud. We have driven the enemy from the front of Stromnlk-fJorllco-Jaaliaka, taking guns and a large number of machine guns. "During, the first half of December, I old style calendar) we. captured 60, 000 Austriana" GERMANY IN NO HU BUY TO HAVE AMERICAN CONSULS CHANGED iHr lb AaarltUd firm t Washington, -IX C ' Dec. 2 . Ger many is in nn hurry- to have cancelled the exequaturs held by neutral con aula in lielg'lan territory .under Ger. man rule, Htatr department officials said today. The German note re questing the cancellation will be con sidered at length here before a drcia Wm is made - - It Is generally understood the l-nlted Mates will avoid any action which might h MBsidered a political recognition of the German posMedsion of lielgium. While officials did. not comment on the contents of the Oer. man communication they Intimated It contained no evidence of a desire to place the American government or neutral nations in an embarrassing situution. It was pointed out today that a somewhat smllar situation might be raised by Great Uritain with respect to neutral consuls. Ingypt, lately mad- Brltfah pnnealoeatc.-ttutral consuls hitherto have been accredited to the Turkish government aa well as to Ihe Egyptian authorities, but unless Great Uritain raises the question, there will be no change in the status of American consuls. NO INSI'KCKTION' WANTED. Russia Not Anxious for Neutral to Kee lctcntin Campa. - I Br tbt Mdlllil I'NM.) Washington. l. C. Dec. 2t.. A sec ond request or neutral Inspection of detention campa Til Russia was for warded to Petrograd today hy the American State Department, at the re quest of the Aastro-Huni arlaa foreign office through ita embassy here. A recent attempt by American Am bassador Marye to form a commis sion of investigation met with no re sponse in Petrograd and the ambas sador is said to have reported there waa little hope of accomplishing In Russia what already has been done -along thw Mm in other belligerent countries. It is stated that the Austro-Hunga-rtan government Instructed ita embaa sy to renew representations on the subject because of recent reports con cerning the condition of military and civilian aliens imprisoned or detained in Russia. Home of these reports are said to have reached Vienna -by letter, and others to have been carried to diplomats in Pektn by stragglers who made their way "from Russia across the Chinese frontier. WHERE THE MEN FORGET Dr. Shaw Say Sentiment Throws Them Off Ttieir Hose. Atlantic City. N. J.. Dec. S "Men fail to consider us as human beings or units of the commonwealth: ... we are simply relations. They are logical enough when they discusa problems where men are concerned but senti ment throws them off their base when the subject of women Is broached." declared Dr. Anna - Howard- Shaw. President of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association, before the annual convention of the New here today. Dr. Shaw said that states rights are adjustable and predicted that "the same Southern vote that, defoated the Hobson bill in Congress last week because it interfered with state's rights will forget .that such a thing exists when the matter of granting franchise to women comes before them." FIFTEEN IYNC1IED N EG ROE. Iwaatry Cornim-frd Into Burning of Aged Ijoutslana Negro. . 1 Bt Um iavUM Pra. ) than fifteen persons took an active part in the lynching of Wat kins Lewis, the aged negro who waa taken from the Parish jail here December 11 by a mob and burned to death, according to wltmaees today before the public inquiry being conducted hjr Attorney General Pleasant. Several Shreveport business men admitted today that they witnessed -the lynching, but testified they were merely spectators and de clared that they did not recognixe any of the men who had the negro tn charge. The attorney general' la Investigat ing several recent lynchlnga tn Caddo parish at the direction of Governor Halt Hank Robber escape." 1 IB IM rm.) Carney. Okla.. Dec. It. Two un masked mem late today robbed the Carney. Stat Hank here of approxi mately Jl.eve and escaped, after forcing two bank 'officials and three other men who were tn th building to accompany laens to In outskirts of Carney. - - , QCEAfJ FREIGHTS ARE EXORBITANT Ship Owners Wring fat Rates From Helpless Shippers Say Reports:1.' ARGUMENT FOR SHIP BILL Increase American Ocean going Tonnage Only Way To Get Fair Rates Declare Red field and McAdoo; War Has Removed Half Foreign Sails From The Sea- (Br U AMoetatt fun I Washington. D. C, Dec II Evi dence of inadequate ocean transporta tion facilities and "unreasonable and exorbitant Increases jj rates since -the European war, communicated to the Senate today In a report by Secre taries Kedfleld and McAdoo, ia to be used by champions of the pending government ship purchase bill In urg ing favorable action in the Senate. Senator Fletcher, acting chairman of the Commerce Committee, ia pre paring a report of the ship purchase bill already recommended for action, embodying portions of tha Informa ttmr ftrrnlshPd- ny-the cabinet omrlals. The committee will urge the need of enlargwd shtppTOX" facllltlas 'for tafUnV care of American commerce abroad. Half of Ship Eliminated. The report declares that In shipping circles generally, It is estimated that llfty per cent of the ships have been eliminated "through the -tying up of the German., and JAustriaav .marine and through the commandering of uih a large part of the British ma rine by the adinlralty. On account of the large purchases of war supplies and the great profits which can be derived-from shipments to European ports, there has ben a corresponding increase tn the demand for ships for cargo purposes. The Inevitable result has been a steady Increase in steam ship rates. . The Increased ' rates, th report says, have In many cases been specu lative and the larger Increases have been to European and Mediterranean porta. The general level of rates to Houth America, South Africa, and the Far East, the report declares, "has re mained fairly consistent," with the exception of a surtax of IS per cent to South America and 14 per cent to South Africa. Jnrregtt.Toni-a;::v, T:he only remedy for the present Situation." the Secretaries say, "1 to increase the available tonnage In or der that the Increasing demand for cargo space can be partially satis fled. " Some of the rate Increases between July 11th and December It. 1914, were given ax follows: Grain: New York to English and European ports, from four and five cents buxhrl tn IS and 17 cents a huohel; to Rotterdam. from 6 1-4 cents to 30 S-S cents A bushel. Provisions: New . York to Euro pean porta from $ 4.8 7 to $7.30 a ton. to Rotterdam from 28 cents a hun dred pounds to 38 cents a hundred pounds. Flour: New York to English ports from 12 and 11 cents a hundred pounds to 26 und 35 cents a hun dred. Cotton seed' oil: To IJverpool and Manchester, from 97 cents to $1.9t. a barrel. E NQTBEEJECTED Such Action Would Be Too Em . barrassing Says Overman; Three Get Back W. F YELVERTON. Washington. D. C. Dec. 29. Sena tors Simmons and Overman and Rep resentative Pott were the only mem liers of 1 he North Carolina Congres sional delegation who came to Wash ington, in time to be present at the i ptn'ng of Congress after the Christ inas hol'days., Some of ,tkse others cam In tonight and most ofYhem are expected by tomorrow. nas written i. rt. marsnaii i nanes A, Webb, of the Western North--Carolina district, confirming the appointment of J. R. Rousseau, of Wilkea county, to be a deputy marshal In place of Deputy Marshal Hampton, of. Ashe county, resigned. Mr. Webb made the appointment some weeks ago wjthoul consulting Senator Overman and Rep resentatives Doughton and Page, thus creating considerable embarrassment Senator Overman decided there would be lens embarrassment tinder the cir cumstances tn leaving Mr. Rousseau on the Job than In pursuing any other course. 111 Th follwoing fourt class postmas ters were appointed today; Mra Ixale M. Howell. Boomford, Vance county: Percy I Bostlck. Cedar Falls. Ran dolph: Jame . F. Voder", Fallston, Cleveland: Mra Dora Carter. Lassiter. a new office In Randolph, and James W. Held, Hanltorium. Hi ke. Manly McDowell, of Morgan ton. In come tax agent for North Carolina, ia here. , He says hfs only object In c.-tnlng ta Washington Is to take a va rn t'onJredurlng part of hia an n ual leave. : Gnano Company Complain. The F. I-. Roysrter Guano Company, with plants at Halt I more, Norfolk, Charlotte, Columbia. 8. CT and Macon. Oa., complained today to the, Inter state Commerce Commission "that freight rates on Its product from Nor folk to points In North Carolina are much higher than from points of equal distance wholly In North Carolina This fact It U claimed., la an undue discrimination aaalnst Norfolk. The Coast Line.' -Seaboard. Southern and Norfolk Southern are named as de fendants. ' S - - , , ' - " .--7 " : -MAY- GET TOGETHEfl Financiers of South America Invited To Washington To Talk It Over WELD COMMERCIAL TIES Secretary McAdoo and Others . Believe That American Bankers Have Opportunity To Turn Trade of Southern Neighbors To United States Instead of Europe As Before IB? U AkIu4 Prn I Washington, D. C, Dec. 29. The I'nlted Slates has invited all Central and South American nations to send their Minister 'of Finance and leading bankers to Washington for a confer ence with Treasury Department offi cials and financiers of this country on financial and commercial problems confronting the two Americas as a result of the European war. Several of the countries already have accepted and th eeonference probably will be held early In the spring. Invitations were sent formally through the embassies and legations here. The plan originated with Secre tary McAdiMj, .. but , Hjr creUrx.,.BcyigJ ana President Wilson hnve taken- an active Interest In It. The visitors will come aa the guests of the I'nlted Slates. American Opportunity. ' Officials of the State, Treaaury and Commerce Departments expect the conference to prove an imertnt step toward bringing the two American continents into, i-luaer commesciiU re lationship. They believe that In th Pan American movement lies the hope of South America, for flnanclul inde pendence of Europe, and suggest the possibility of New York becoming at least a serious competitor with -London for supremacy as a world's finan cial center.. It has long been reco. nixed that the crux of the difficulties In the way of commerce between the I'nlted Statea and other American na tions law in the question of credits. South and Central American buyers have been accustomed . to seek and eaaily obtain long term credits In Europe. i Hankln Ilrliura Tea tie. At present mankers of the 1'a.llsd States do practically no business direct with South American and foreign ex ehsmgw with us tries finis ts? 1 1 led on through London. Largely to this has been attributed the comparatively small amount of trade between the ( nltod Statea and her next door neigh bors to) the South. When the war broke out. South America suffered a severe shock to her International business system. Re cently one of the largest North Ameri can banks established branches In Rio Janeiro and Guesnos Aires with the approvul of the Federal Reserve Hoard, Others are expected to follow Nevertheless there has been no grat sllmulttus lo trade and no well defined movement to make direct bankliiK operations possible American Money Idle. Officials expect to see an inter change of views at the forthcoming ii.iiic.enee that will lead to establish ment of many connections between houses In the I'nlted Statea and those In the principal South American coun tries. Those familiar with flnancia. cuiHlttlims u-clare4)hat money ia espe cially easy in this country, and that there are millions of dollars lying idle which might well le invested uth of the EijuatFr The experience of Hecretay Mc Adoo with Sir George Paish. of the English Treasury, is mild1 to ha inspired the plan for the conference. Problems which had puzzled the bankers of-England and the I'nited Stales were smoothed out here In a few weeks as a result of Sir George's visit. - Detalled arrangements for the cun fereiitTt'" have not been taken up. but It probably will be held at the Pan American I'd! on building. The ties sTons are expected to continue for itt least a week. THE LABOR MARKET SHOULD BE ORGANIZED SAY LABOR LEADERS iHr ill Awlitrtl Pnwi 1 Philadelphia. Pa., Dec. 29. Many suggestions fur solving the unemploy ed problem were offered at today's sessions of the national conference on unemployment. One was that the la-.bur-market Bhwu Id be oggandted and aireFteWVnan liureau. with branches In every im portant city. Another proposal was that labor unions shotl cease to draw sharp line between the trades. American women were . urged to help MVTIBO y!dT TO d y.-employment for thousands of worker by being less caprilcouH In demanding over changing styles. John B. Andrews, of New York, wrejjry of the iissfH-lation, outlined the plan for organizing he labor market under a new branch of the Federal d-partment of labor with headquarter at Washington vYrsity of America, declared It waa the duty of those charged with the expenditure, of public money for labor to study the conditions of the labor market. "Even where the cost of executing public work Is slightly higher In Industry's dull season." he said, "it will be foiind that In the end It la true econrmy to furnish workers with a stesdp opportunity to earn a living rather than to furnish ihem with Intermittent doles, o,f charity." WAKMIIP TO 5i KW OKLKAXH. Centennial of Battle tn Be Celebrated January A. Hf Um Imrlmd himl Washington. D. C Dec. 2. Secre. tary Daniels today directed the battle, ship Rhode Island to proceed to New Orleans to participate in the celebra tion on January a of the centennial of. the battle of New Orleans, other ship also will be sent. The battle, ship Delaware at Norfolk has been ordered to Vera Crui to relieve th Ubod Island. . PROTEST DOES HOT SURPRISE ENGLISH No Official Comment Until The Foreign Office Passes Upon American Note DODGE RESPONSIBILITY Britons Say Removal of Ger man Ships Caused Depres sion in American Trade. Foreign Office Has Fre quently Expressed Regrets But Matter Ended There IBr the lariM na London. Dec 2i. 5:13 p. m. The United States' protest to Grain Brit ain against detention of American cargoes by British warships caused little surprise In nfflctat errcle here For several months negotiations on the subject have been In progress lie twee n Ambassador l"age and Foreign Minister tlrey and tne American note, a synopsis of which was published here today. It regarded as a sum mary of the grievances of the I'nlted Statea In this connection. Th note iuelf has not yet reached Ihe foreign office., and until It does no official comment la expected. The forelcn office, however, ha constant ly reiterated its regret at the delay ' Amencsjt. abili Jiud. Jugto-.irooiab-have expressed a desire to expedit e amtnation of American cargoes aa much as possible trader the existing Irving conditions Briton Affect Satrprlsr. Statements that the delaying of car goes by the Pritlsh authorities is held responsible for a certain dapressioa' la American trsde have created some surprise; Officials expressed the opin ion today that Americans holding such views must fsil to take into consid eration the sweeping effect upon American commerce of the disappear ance of Oerman merchant ahlua fcom the sea. as well aa other effects of tne war beyond the control of Great Britain, and hr allies. It Is believed generally In Ixindon that the foreign office will make a detailed statement aa to the activi ties of the navy In detaining suspected cargoes which will put these contra hand troubles in a different light. The foreign office repeatJly has express- en na regret mat merrnants In no way violating the neutrality should suffer delay because copper and othei articles declared contraband frequent ly bavs been found hidden under coa sr other- heat y cargoes But at th same time It takes th position thai trans-shipment at sea and other sharp practices have made careful Inspec tion Imperative. Frequently cargoes are so loaded that an Inspection make necesHary a complete shifting of virtually everything In the VeaseL PrcHldent Adda Wright. The statement that the American protest is thoroughly approved by President Wilson has created much comment here and has added weight to its effect. There la some disposi tion in London, however, to cregard it to a certain extent as a measure tn satisfy Insistent demands in Con gress. Particular surpiisV has tieen ex pressed by official at the disposition of certain Americans to hold Great Britain partly responsible for the de pression In cotton. Officials believe that to be due to over-production. (Continued on Page Two.) FOOTBALL RULES No Important Changes For Next Season, According To Indications y I tRr the AmmiuiI Prw I no. Ill .Her 2t There Is lit tle likelihood of any important change in the foothal) rules for, next season, according In indications today at the nlmh annual convention of the Colle giate Athletic Association. The foot, ball cimniittee's report, presented by Ki-v lr 11 1. Williams, of Minnesota.' fuguested no natenal alterations and Ifniny of the college athletic author! Ilea predicted that when the rules committee meets next Friday the 11 ritU'S will be reaihipted practically un changed. Walter Camp, of Vale, attending ftw'envnfoi-eHcey'' d'"Hd w""'Mn' of material amendment 4 the rules "The present rules have developed a game which allows full scope tor In dividual excellence In the player," he said They are well understood b the public. Ihty are thoroughly -liftrf derstood hy the players and the sport ing writ have grasped every ilr. tail. I'nder t he circumstances there seems to me to he no good rea ton for any material change." The eommtttee-on fdotball fatalities r ported that only one of th thirteen deaths accredited to the gume in the past year was of a trained college committee that it If discharged was regarded and instead th-- executive committee waa empowered to, consider extending the wolk of the fatalities committee to inrfude Icniht. from all forms iif sports so that a dcllrtHe de fense might be made against the charge that footf all is s brutal sport. The convention iltMd to publish basketball and track rules and tn fnr tr.ulate regulations for swimming meets. An spprectation iif the stride rugby footlotll has made tn popularity on the Pacific coast was contcined in' a paper from Dr. Frank Ancell. chair man of the Iceland Stanford Faculty Athletic Commit!. speakers before Ihe conference em thized the neces!tv f riving edu cational value to athletics and the ad visability of ext'i-1irig atldetic train ing to ev-ry aiuu-ni. Report from eeveral dlstriota where collegiate athletics, have received much attention were- -presented. In cluding those- f representatives of the Cnlverslly of Virginia; I'nlrerrity of Tennessee and Km.- Institute. ALTERATIONS IN TO GIVE HONEST This Is President's Appeal For Backing in Stand For Com- merce Rights ACTION NOT DEBATABLE ON PART OF ENGLAND Great Britain Herself Has Al ways Insisted On Rights On The Sea; British Fleet Found Two Dishonest Manifests and Made Them Excuse For Detaining All American Car goes; Embargo On Food To England Hinted As Possible Retaliation ( Um ixdos Psss.) Washington. O. C, Dec. It Prel.T dent Wilson today appealed to Amer lean shippers of non-contraband not , to permit contraband articles to b mixed with their csrgoes. He said th L'nited States could deal confident! with the problem Of British detention of American ships only if supported by honest manifests., Tre President's statement followed a discussion with his cabinet of th general shipping situation and ot tha protest sent yesterday ta Great Brit ain against prolonged detention of American cargoes and othsr Interfer ence with American trade. Publication of a synopsis of tha not aroused, much' Interest In official ' circles. .Many foreign diplomats mads formal Inquiry at the State Depart ment and were promised a memoran dum on the subject. In some quar- tern It was raid steps probably would be taken by other leading nation of this hemisphere aa well as European -neutrals In support of the American ' viewpoint , Action Not Debatable. The President's comment on tha U- 'istlon convinced callers .that, tha Washington government had spoken flrmljr of Its deslr for improvement n the conditions of neutral oommere and was prepared to further Insist on Us rights. The President declared that th point of view adopted by tha l'nited JBlaJUta in At not warn hattM debatable as England had adhered ts It In previous wars. During the cabinet meeting H was suggested that shippers should be warned against shipment of doubtful articles in non-contraband cargoes. The White House then issued Its sng. wsrhin regarding manifests. Ths President said the great embarrass ment to the government In dealing with the whole matter was that some shippers had concealed contraband ' under a cargo of cotton or other non eontraband. 8 long as there were In stances of that, kind, the President "tided, suspicion was cast on every shipment. How llrltlsh Got Excuse. ' State Department officials said later that there were two cases In which hi had occifVred and that Great Brit ain had used them aa a basis for gen eral search. Solicitor Johnson de clared It was absurd that any general conspiracy to conceal contraband In cotton shipments could exist, because of mechsnical difficulties. Of'lclal predicted that one result t-t the present agitation might be naot ment of legislation penalising ths making of a fraudulent manifests Fmbargn Is Talked Of. rh some quarters there was talk of poenible reprisals by the United Statea . in case (the British fleet did not accord Ixtter treatment to American cargoes. One -suggestion was a posslbl mr hiirgo to the allies on products which the I'nlted State considered legiti mate articles of trade, but which ths British fleet prevented from reaching Germany or Austria. Those close to the White House, however, were con fident that no retaliatory measures would be necessary. . I President Wilson predicted, how ever, that millions of dollars In private Indemnities eventually would havs to ' be paid by Great Britain for detention of American cargoes. Sir Cecil -Spring Rice, the British ambassador, v declined- tn make any comment on the American stand. - THE DAY IN CONGRESS ' Washington, D. C. Dec. J. SKJfATK: .-.. Wa.la.akd fe enures of American copper ship. ments in tne truns-Atiantic trade. Recessed at 6:08 p. m. to 11 a. m. Wednesday. , IIOISK: T n-bHte- resumed on the post office appropriation bill. Army appropriation bill nearing llol.UttA.OOO reported favorably from committee.. Representative Hobson, of Ala. ha ma reintroduced his joint resolu tion for a national prohibition con stitutional amendment. Tentative agreement reached by ol I use Ifsdi ra . to vote nn pi opus woman suffrage constitutional amend. ment. Naval sub-cvommTllee called to meet Thursday to complete prellml. nary draft of naval appropriation bllL ' Adjourned at 6:2S p. m. to nooa Wednesday. ,y RANK KOnitFJt ARRESTtlV- Cashler Whom, Tie IxK-keri (n Va Had Screw driicr in Pocket. (BT tfce Jbeartaw l"Ttl Itingham. t'tah,. Dec. I. A man who gave the name ot Bert lieastedj help up Esrl Randall, the cashier, and two other men and a boy at tha Itingham State Rank today, took 111.. 004 jn currency and waa arrested: without resistance soon afterwards. The ouick capture was due to the fact that the cashier carried a screwdriver la his pocket. Heaated locked tha thrcmen and the boy in in vault. Randall used his screwdriver to epen the door and was out -tn a few m tit les. A poticeimsn overtook Heaated. arrested him without trouble sad . found all lha tnopey ta his Mcksta. . ; "SMIESTS
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 30, 1914, edition 1
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