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VOL CI. NO. 92.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH II, 1915.
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55,000 MILE TRIP OF GERMAN
CRUISER ENDS AT NEWORT NEWS
The Prinz Eitel Friedrich Almost Belts the
Globe and Sinks Eight Merchantmen
During Her Voyage.
SANK AMERICAN SHIP
IN SOUTH ATLANTIC
Captain Tells of How His Ship
and Cargo of"Wheat Were
Dynamited, After Crew Had
Been Taken Off; Among the
Eight Crews On Cruiser,
. Taken From Destroyed Ves
sels, Are People 'From Every
Quarter of The Globe; The
Eitel Friedrick Must Stay in
Virginia Port Until The War
Ends, As Shortage of Sup
olies and Crippled Engines
Do Not Permit of Early De
parture; Left Tsing Taw,
China, But Found No Work
in Pacific, Hence Coming To
Atlantic Where Business Is
Good: Slipped Past Four
British Warships When
N'earinrr Final Destination at
. Night
(Br U AttncUtM Prffta.1
Newport News, Va., March 10.
Tim German auxiliary crulwr. Prim
Kltel Friedrich, after a marine
wrecking scouring of Pacific and At-
Ian! can; which -rulmlnated -In
the sinking of an American sailing
ahlp In the South Atlantic ocean. Jan.
uary 8th. last, limped Into thla port
today and anchored for auppliea and
repairs, fine brought with her ree
cued crewa and passengers of Ameri
can. British, French, and Russian
ships, and Ilea at anchor tonight In
Hampton Roads, proud of her tro
phies of war that crunch the bottom
of the see, but In a state of me
chanical exhaustion from the strain
of a 45.000 mile journey.
The German cruiser began her
scouting for the ships of the enemies
of the Fatherland at Tiling Tsau.
China, last November, under master
ship i f Commander Thierlchens, and
put Into this historic American port
today with the admitted sinking of
eight merchant ships, three British,
three French, one Rush Ian. and one
American. The sinking of the Ameri
can ship, the William F. Frye, a
tailing vessel bound from Seattle to
Queenstown with nS.OUQ tons of
wheat, most concerns American port
officials here and the Washington gov
ernment. list of Knvmt Victims.
The list of ships sank by the Ger
man ship Is as follows:
The list of vessels sunk by the Oer
man auxiliary cruiser. I'rince Kltel
Friedrbk. as given out by Collector
of Customs Hamilton late today. Is
;u follows:
r.rltish nailing ship. Invercoe, W. J.
Klnc. master, crew IS. Owner, Iver
Lln- of Aberdeen. Scotland. Sunk
February 12th.
Hritish steamship, Miiry Ada Short,
A. E. DrthbinK. master. crew 28.
Owner, James VVestoll, of Sunderland,
England. Stink February 18th.
French steamship, Florlde. Mone
slon.f. master, crew 78. passengera
.. Owners. Companle Oenerale
- Trsns-Atlantlc. fnnk February lth.
British .stearr -hip, Wlllerby, J.
VVcdgewood. master, crew 27. Own
ers, Kepner and Company, of West
Hartlepool. Sunk February 10th.
Itiiwian 'ailing ship, Isabella
rtrowhy Axmar Krlkson. master, crew
11 Owner. Tronborg, Finland. Hunk
January !7th.
French sailing ship. Pirn Lot I.
Tranchant, n aster, crew ti. Society
Nouvelle Darmuraetu of Nantes.
France, owners. Sunk January 27th.
American "salTTng eriTp. "vVtlrVam I.
Frye. II. H. Klehne, master, crew II.
owi.er, Arthur Srawell and Company,
of Hath. Mil. Sunk January 28th.
Cargo of wheat from Seattle, Wn.,
-to 4tmnmtown. England, for order,
declared to be contraband by Oerman
cruiser.
French sailing ship. Jacobaen, V
lernux. rnaster. crew 21. Society Lea
Verllors. Uunkorquols. France. Sunk
January eUtb.
Aawrkw Maj-ter Telia Story.
H. H. Khlene, of Baltimore, la the
master of the American ship, and af
ter leaving the Eitel Friedrich with
en stoma collector. Hamilton, today,
he told a dramatic story of his l-
peiience. With him were his wife
and two children.
"Despite my protestations that I
was the American master of an Amer
lean shifi, the Oerian cruiser Eitel
Friedrich. sank the William I. Erove
on the matnlng of January 28. blow
ing a gaping hole through her vitals
with a charge of dynamite. amid Cap-
lain K'h-
"i waa almost becalmed when the
German ship appeared about 1 o'cIocS
In the afternoon of January 7. My
" ship-was arely moving and I paid no
" attention to the first, order from tha
Dutchman to "lay to.' However, aha
" bore down 4n me and I brooght my
" craft to wandstttt. After leamin;
that I carried a cargo of wheat, tha
German captain' told ma that Itwas
i- contraband and he, intended to destroy
ti. I protested, but no attentlulKwaa
taxid to my statement ,
Stop to Mnk Another. - "
"A flermen officer and act am d of men
' was sent a beard tha bark and I ad
a, crew set "to, -work throwing the
f grain overboard. Thev Oerman sighted
ncltfrvewetr-wl""-' ecslgid and
"'; made for her. -He returned about- If
n'clocJt at night, having Bent tha other
hip to'ti bottom, as I afterward
ascertained.
. "E,1dentJxJ.e grain waa not being
Y thrown overboard fast enough toau t
- ike Oermaa skipper, for be sent a half
half
hundred of Ms men sboard soon af
terwards and the work went on for
hours without interruption. However,
it was 'slow at beat and I was Informed
about 2 o'clock next morning that my
ship would be sent to the bottom,
which waa done In the manner de
scribed above.
"It waa originally the intention of
the German captain to leave enough
of the cargo In the hold of the ship
for ballast. That part of the' grain
waa to be rendered useless by salt
water.
"As soon as I was Informed that my
ship was to be sent to the bottom, I,
my wife and two boys and the crew
made for the German cruiser In our
boats. We were taken aboard and
shown every courtesy throughout the
remainder of the vdyage. n
"For two weeks before making this
port the German ship molested no
ships of an kind and always avoided
them, not wishing to give the Engllah
cruisers any wind of her Intentlona.
She proceeded slowly up the coast, all
lights that were not out being care
fully shaded.
Iace FouV Knglisli Warslilp.
"IjhH, nlicht while Hearing the -cape
the wireless apparatus on board ;the
German ahlp informed ua that there
were four Ktiglish warships In our
Immediate vicinity, two of which
seemed very close. Hogvever. we elud
ed them and made this port in safety."
An officer on the German cruiser
stated that a black hulk was seen in
the darkness about the time the wire
less give notice of the proximity of
the F.nglish men-of-war. Many were
of the opinion that It wns one of the
F.nglish ships, but nothing came of
the matter.
frtcbralod Kaiser's Blrtliday.
Captain Klehne asked about other
matters.
"The Kltel Friedrich sent three ships
to the bottom on the Kaiser's birth
day, the day on which the American
bark. was overhauled." Me did not
remember their names.
The William I. Kre. of Bath. Me.,
was owned by Arthur riewail Com
pany. -- - -- - "
When overhauled by the German
cruiser, the Frye was bound from Se
attle to Queenstown with a cargo of
wheat for orders.
Captain Klehne hasm ade several
trips from Newport News and is well
known In shipping circles here.
The captain's wife stated this af
ternoon that she and the children
were a little frightened when over
taken by the German cruiser. How.
aver, she aaid that her fears were al
layed when she went aboard the
cruiser, the offlcera and men making
every effort to give them all posaible
comforts. -Fight
Captured Captains I -a ml.
As soon as the Eitel Freldlch with
her 350 souls had anchored here.
Collector Hamilton and aides went
aboard the ship and first chins pas
sengers from the French passenger
steamer Florlde. together with Ihe
captains of the Ight destroyed ships,
were brought to Newport News. With
them were brought several officers of
the German vessel, among them the
chief paymaster. August Louaaau.
This man tonight had a plain, guard
ed statement to make of the wonder
ful warlike cruise of the ship aa he
sat in the office of the customs col
lector waiting orders for his com
mander. The final order he took to
the ship tonight from Collector Ham
ilton was the Instruction to the com
mander that the ship could only re
main In port for repairs to such an
extent as to make her seaworthy un
less she Internes. The German pay
master also carried the word that
American officers would make full
Inquiry f Commander Thierlchens
tomorrow of his sinking of the Amer
ican sailing vessel.
before leaving for his ship Pay
master Uoussau. in telling of the ca
reer of the Eitel Friedrich. sought to
reflect no glamour of heroics.
Nothing Doing In Pacific.
"Why did we leave the Pacific after
our long cruise?" the paymaster ask
rd." "Because -it found little i dii In
the South Pacific. We were after
merchantmen and for daya we cruis
ed about In the Pacific and saw noth
ing. When . we reached the South
Atlantic we had better luck. We
sere surprised not ta find British
ships ts the Atlantic. - Where .ware
they all 7 it is true mat we nearn
British wireless talking- and we were
glad of that because until fourteen
fays' ago we-had no -newa. Then we
got considerable from British wire
less hut the trouble waa it waa all
from the English aide."
Uealre for newa.aa the only emo
tion that appeared to stlae the Ger
man officer. He expressed surprise
that any of the Emdxn had reached
shore and disclaimed all first hand
knowledge of the big battles off. Chile
and the Atlantic..
"We were alone " he said, "and we
worked for ourselves."
"We did no fighting." the officer
continued, "but we sunk evejy mer
cantman we could flfid.''
It waa a business matter the pay
master Indicated; and he Implied that
It was done in a business like way.
"Of course we should have attack
ed any other converted vessel of our
class, " he explained. "iut we had no
armor J!ahe and .aoweayoldMwar-
shlpe." . i...
liHed Like Kings.
And while the Prlns, - Eitel went
about her business of Interfering with
her enemies' business In a business
like way the .-crew and passengers
dined, well, according to their testi
mony. "Like a hotel." aaid a French sec
ond ciaaa passenger,- "Of courae"", he
added, "not French cooking but all
one could ask." . . .i "
"We arc -awaiting admiralty or
ders.T Was the officers reply to the
suggestion that he might not leave
Immediately. "They are coming from
Berlin by way of the Washington em
bassy " -
The sinking- of the Frye. like the
rest of the Eitel's seisureV was looked
upon by the officers aa all In a day's
work.'
-Jfhe took the -chance," he aald,
'she was carrying "contrabBBfc TOTXhe
enemy.
Saved. Bag and Baggagej.
The cantata of tha Florida has
telegraphed the officers of the Com
Daanle Oenerale Trana-Atlantlque for
'yss - tg' to New York whaaoa they
expsc j transferred to their rs
spectl. - uth American destina
tions. No. a single piece of baggage
was lost when the Florida was sunk.
She was hailed at o'clock In the
morning and by 2 o'clock In the
afternoon the crew, bag and baggage
were safe on the Eitel.
Frosa the Ends of the Kanh.
When the Oerman cruiser entered,
this port all souls on board were In
good humor and admitted that they
had been well cared for. The cruiser
might well have been flying many
flags because sha had on board Ger
mans, Frenchmen, Kusslans. English
men. Irishmen, North Americana
South Americans, Portuguese. Chinese
and others, all except the ship's offi
cers and crew being captives of ves,
sela which the CTUler had captured
and aunk In the waters of the Pact
flee and the Atlantic. There were
men, women, children and a little of
puppies, born while the ship was en
voyage. The" captives had been al
lowed to bring their belongings on
board, and these were piled on the
decks here and there, while emigrant
women squatted around, some with
(nfant children In their arms. Boys
and girls played In end out between
parcels of baggage and made merry,
while an Infant only a few months
old slept In Its mother's arms."
But all handa wore an ' expression
of relief, that the voyage was ended
and iat no harm had come to the
ship or any members or her company-
The Band Mill Playing.
Captlan Thlvrlchens reported hfs
men are in tine condition, and that
there has been no sli keneae. nor any
death on bo.ird since the voyage lie
gam -He received American Collec
tor Hamilton And his staff with cor
diality Whei. the collector's party
arrived the officers we're at lunch In
the saloon and an orchestra struck up
Germany's national airs.
Collector Hamilton was ushered In
to the commander's quarters and
conferred with him at lenKth. The
main uestlon dlscuseed was the time
the commander intended to remain
In port.
The commander stated that he had
certain repnir to make and could not
say how long that would take.
After hln Interview with the com
mander. Collector Hamilton coasent
ed to tak the masters of the cap
tured vessels sshore. anil the launch
wt'tv her strange . cargo of human
freight arrived at their pier about
3 o'clock.
Among the passetiKerx. first class,
taken from the. French Floride were:
Itaotil Maasar, of Paris and Boe
nos Alrest a merchant, with his fam
lly.
Nicholas. OBbrler. Joseph Khoury.
Marie Le Taulke, Tron Aubard. Au
gustine Buscailla, iouls Boucher.
Amparis Cenxo. Amella-Lely. G. Kuf
flne and Dr. Albert Cramaseur of the
Floride. They mere quartered In ho
tels here tonight, unoer guard of im
migration oltlclals on Instruction
from Washington.
Frye Had Valualde Cargo,
Captain H. H. Khlen, of the Ameri
can sailing bark Frye, which was sunk
by the German cruiser Eitel Friedrich,
in a supplemental statement tonight
after his talk with Collector of Cus
toms Hamilton, ' said that his ship
was valued, with Its supplies, at about
I20.noo and that the cargo of wheat
was worth f00,00.
After his ship rounded Cape Horn
he said, he reached a position In lati
tude 2:45 south, and iongrtude 24:60
west, when on the morning of January
27 the German cruiser appeared on
the horizon and slowly drew along
side. When within a few miles, he
said, hte steamer hoisted an Interna
tional signal to "stop Instantly." No
attention was paid to the order, he
said, hut the vessel suddenly drew
closer and gave emphatic order to
bring the ship to a stop.
Captain Kiehn then asked why he
was atopped as he was an American
captain in command of an American
ship and currying an American cargo.
The master of the cruiser, he asserted,
declared that the wheat was contra
band and demanded that it be thrown
overboard or the ship would be sunk.
The cautuin aald the crew was put to
work at once throwing the car no
over board and had disposed of about
fifty Ions when the Eitel Friedrich
sighted the Russian ship Isabella
Brown, and leaving a detachment of
sailors In command of two officers
proceeded to the approaching ship
The Isabella was sunk and the cruiser
returned to the Frye, from which ves
sel the wheat was still being thrown.
Dynamite Hnlshew The Job.
At 2 o'clock In the morning of Jan
uary 28 the German commander noti
fied hm, he said, that the vessel
would lie sunk at daylight. CHptain
Kiehn then ordered the -crew Into
the boats and the entire party rowed
to the cruiser. German officers and
men left aboard placed a bomb in the
forecastle of the Frye and lust one
hour later a violent explosion hurimi
timbers" ah3 wheal" Into the air and
the scuttled ship gradually disap
peared oeiow tne sea.
Last . nlgh't said Captain Klehne.
when nearinx the Virginia Capes the
wireless on the Eitel Interrupted sev
eral messages being flashed from
I'ritlsh cruisers. The sound Indicated
that the fleeing cruiser had passed di
rectly Ift ween two of the ships and
Just out of sight Inland toward two
others.
Whole Afternoon to Transfer.
j Captain Monaalon. of the French
passenger' steamer Florlde, said his
ship bound from Havre, France? for
Prasil, touched -at -Calais. Liverpool
and Iiakar. South Afriear. and then
fame directly across ihe ,yinM.
The vessel, be said, csrried pas
sengers and a crew of 78. ' Tlje pas
sengers were divided Into first, sec
ond aud third-class. He was five sall
ihg days from Bahla when sighted
and stopped by the- Prlnx Eitel. A
boarding party rams aboard and or
dered the pasesngers and crrw to the
boats, aa the ship would be sunk. All
of the afternoon waa spent In trans
ferring the passengers and baggage
to the warship. Bombs failed to
sink tha ship and guns from the
Prlnx Eitel finished her.
Captain Dobbins. of the British
steamer Mary Ada Short, aaid his
ship was captured I :! o'clock
Feb. 18, and the vessel wsa sent to
the bottom after the crew and tbeir
baggage were transferred, to the tier.
man cruiser. The. Mary Ada Short
cswrird (.069-tons - of yellow malxe
and was enroute from Kosalle to the
i'nlted Kingdom, -via St. Vincent The
capture took place at long. :4
south; lat. 2:18 west.a pfilnt off Per
namhuco. Braxll. Captain Dobbing
said that a boarding rrew from the
Print Eitel put a charge of. dynamite I
in the hold of his vessel and literally
Wew"neT""totoni nut. Tmsdid nor1
sink her. owing- to the nature of her
cargo, and several shells were fired
Into the. hall, making short work of
the wreck. .
"I '
is?
E
New Army Massed and
Is
Hurled Against Russians,
Who Hold Grimly
BALKED AT OTHER POINTS
English Warships Send An
other German Submarine To
The Bottom; Queen Eliza
beth Enters Straits and En
gages the Inner Dardanelles'
Forts at Close Range
London. Mar. It. Balked at other
points. 4he Germans are making an
other attempt to break the Russian
line In Northern Poland They are
advancing from Khorjele onW the
East Prussian frontier along the
Orxyc liver and by the Toads leading
southward to Prxasriy-i This is one
of the routes they took in their greal
drive from East Prussia in February,
which finally ended In then- defeat at
I'rzasnysx.
For their new attempt they have
brought Up troops frem the region of
Grodno and some of the new army
training since the outbreak, of the
war
The point selected or the attack
i th ninal fAMl.U .1.... ilu. 1." .. ...
GE
RMATJS STRIK
IN fJQHTHPQLAFJD
Prussian front. The splendid railway'"!"' venleenlh of February, by t
system can bring troops and their 1 r ""M"h to br.k through at an c.
supplies to the border and good roads
lead to Prxasnyax. A battle of almost
quai Importance is In progress far
ther north. In the region of Suwalki.
where ihe Russians have (tressed th
Germans back to their own border.
The Russlsns appear to hae ro iti
trreil successfully the German offen
sive of the Plllca river and In the
Carpathians they are wit hstanding
continued attacks along the whi4e
front.
In the West fighting haa been con
fined to the Champagne region, th
Argonne and the Vusgea. although
there has been aa occasional skirmish
north of Arras TheGermans lii.a
report - Issued 'today say" the French
offensive In the Champagne has been
fruitless, contradicting Ft nch re
torts of almost daily progress.
German Mnhmariiir hunk.
Despite ail this hrav liuhtlng on
the continent, ihe people of England
concern themselves chiefly with the
operations of the Oerman submarines,
one of which was mmi todsy by the
destroyer Artel. and the attempt t
force the Dardanelles. The submarine
sunk was the 1-18 one of the smaller
and older siibmsr'nes. Of her crew
of 28 ten were saved.
The admiralty gives no details
This makes the fifth submarine
sunk bv Brittrh warships, but it Is
believed In London thst as many
more have been sunk by merchant
men or have met with accidents.
lYocrrss In Dardsnrllc.
The most stgnificsnt newa from the
Dardanelles is that the superdread
naught Queen Elisabeth has entered
the straits and Is bombarding the
forts in the narroms by direct fire. It
la considered certain that Vice Ad
miral Card"n would not allow his big
gest ship to p the entrance unless
it was fairly safe
Further evidence that the forts In
the narrows have suffered severely is
contained in Athen dispatches which
say that two battleships ventured into
the narrows during the night to pro
tect mine .sweepers These dexpatches
report that the Kilid Uahr and Ercn
keul batterieshave been badlv dam
aged and that the fire of the Turkish
forts la growing m-eakfr.
Some experts believe that all the
forts In the narrows should 'be de
molished within two weeks. after
which it would be smoother Killing
for shifts, as most of the guns are
concentrated in that part of the
straits. -
The new Creek ministry was sworn
In. today and issued a declaration ad-
Msing the country' to- remain neu
trality for the present, at any rate.
There -is . no- ixe wa. 4r 4iy- p44itt4al
change In the. other Balkan States
Greek fshlnet for IVsmh.
Ixmdon. March 10. ti:6f p. m ).
A Iteuter dispatch from Athens save
the new Greek cabinet took the osth
this iTimtstrial excision communica
tion to the newspapers: sja,
"For Greece after her victorious
ware, a long period. .of peace wag .an
Imperative necessity to enable her to
-ork 'or th? prosperity of the coun
try. The orKHTnr.ition of ""her public
services, and land and nea forces, and
Ihe development and ,-wealth of the
country, would have guaranteed net
against any attack on whai she has
acquired at tin cost of iTin k great
sacrifices, and would also have en
abled her to carry out a program of
serving the interests of the state and
to adopt a policy conforming to na
tional tradltlojiK.,
"In these circumstances the obser
vance of neutrality was imieraiive
for her from the i-ery beginning of
the Kuropean crisis.
"U was. and always Is. her abso
lute duty to fulfill her treaty obliga
tions as an ally and to seek satisfac
tion of her Interest, without, how
ever, compromising the Integrity of
her territory. The government, von
sclous of the duty of thus serving the
Interests of the country, la convinced
that the patriotism of the people will
Insure the entire security of those In
terests '
Utile fir-, Mil Inl'wlai.d.
Petrograd. March 10. via London.
f:20 p. m.TTThe following official
communication was issued trfilsy-
"In the region ofSuwalkl our offensive-
continues with success. Near
Seyny and Kransopol. our cavalry
took about to hundred German in
fantrymen prisoners.
"Yest'rday and the day before, the
enemy flrH large number of tw.-lvr-Inch
ahells at osMtweta, ,
"There w a serious artillery en
gagement ato-rig the entire.... front on
the light bank of the Narew river.
From Khorjele toward Prxasnyax end
along the liver. r.Hi-4he-efzemy- at
tacked with considerable forces, made
up of troops drawn front the region
of Grodno and f men krougbt from
fm tht left bnk ot lit Vistula, la
tha reft-ioB (t Uta JtU rtv-r, mtt
counter-attacks were successful. We
captured several hundred prisoners
nd took some, machine guns. Ws
continued to advance.
"Near Lopuschko we repulsed day
and night attacks which the Germans
delivered In clr sef ormaticn.
"tin the Duuajec there was a heavy
bombardment
"In the Carpathlani the Auatrians
delivered numerous attacks along the
entire front from Gorllce as far as
the I'xsok Paas. but they all were
beaten back with heavy losses.
"There have been no important
changes in eastern Oalacla."
French Fail, hays Berlin.
Berlin. March 10. via London p
p. m.). German army headquurtssa
today rave out this report:
"In the western arnna the military
activity has been restricted generally
by snow and cold weather, ami In the
Vosges It had to lie almost entirely
discontinued Only In the Champagne
region has the lighting continued. At
Soualn. after protracted fighting at
close quarters, the Bavarian troops
were victorious.
"To the noithniict of Mesnll. the
enemy, at certain points temporarily
penetrated our lines After a deter
mined night engagement with French
reserves which had been hurried up
In support, and whlc h were prevented
from attacking by our -ounter-attac-ks,
we finally dislodged the enemy from
his position.
Claim Sliuilc Over luMian.
''In the eaNiern arena a renewed
attempt on the part of the KnswiariH
to advance from AuguHtcswo resulted
In failure The fighting r the north
west of ciatroleiiko , ijnii-H. The
fighting to the nori liu i--i anil i th'
wesl of 'I'rrasnyKz a-immig an u
pect favor.al-Je in u. ami out an i' k
to the liorthwi-t of oU'oltiint ih
progressing.
"With the haule of today- uml thosu
bf,the last fe duvs, the winter hatlle
in Champagne haa c-ome to an end.
and no future events. can change any
thing in th- ltua:i n
"The battle began, as rt-ported. on
he
ist
scj as to tiring relief to ih- Itusslumc
in the Maziirtun lackes region. "TIiIm
shows that the intention of the enemy
of breaking through and the order ot
the general staff, were not able to be
carried out, and they have obtained
only the smallest advances which are
not worthy of mention.
Admits Heat y lnece.
"We have taken more than - ata
wounded prisoners. Including thirty
five officers. Naturally our losses were
heavy, hut such sacrifices were not in
vain. The enemy's losses were al
least three times as heavy as ours,
and an- estimated at 45.OO0 Ln Cham
pagne. ' This result -ww- tMaJaed bv the
heroic conduct of the German trc-opa
and by the. circumspection and tena
city of their eflicers General Von
Elnem. as well as Commanding Gen
erals Riemann and Fleck, were In the
uninterrupted day and nigh! fights
"The enemy has thrown Into the
field since February 16th. mors than
six rompte army corps and stu
pendous quantities of heavy artillery
ammuntlon of their owa and Ameri
can production. Often more than
100. 000 shots have been fifed within
twenly-four hours against the German
front extending over eight kilometers
(about 5 miles) which is defended bv
two weak Khenish divisions of lihlne
landers. Itrttlsh Arm Gains Vlctorj.
Paris. via IximloB. Marrh 10.
flO fiO p. m l The followlns olMciul
statement was iss'ued liy thv French
mr ofHi'e (oiilsht:
"In Belgium Ihs town of Nii-uporl
riss been ver vlolsnlly homltarilml
wti f irtv-two c-endnieler Knns.
"lletween the l.ys snd rnnal of Iji
Itasse. the Hritlph armv. supiortecl li
Kreni h heavy artillery, lias srhleveil
n hni'i rtant sueri-ss It has c-nrnc il
the VlllllKe of Neu vt 'l:ilielle. to Ihe
eaM of lire rond from I Ntain s to I .a
Hai'n ;in l r;is prii(ri eiel, JUi the
north. -ii-t of thi vllhitce In the' cllr."--iion
of nlii-rs. lend to the southes!.
In the direction of the Hols I- Iter..
"It h is tnkrn a thonsnntl prlioners.
amoni wliitn sre" severnl ofTW-ers. ami
has raptured also some jimi-hlii'- guns
The (Ji-r'nan loss c re hrnvy.
"In the , C'hanii HKiie nulun the
enem- on vsrlons ooc-HsionM on th",
thrlii' of March K-10 c-onntr-tt.'ii keil
with ireat vlolein-e. Imt did not nam
an Inch of around We have -on-solldnted
and hr adsived our positions
on the ridKes which we selzecl. Inflict
ed very heavy loe on our assail
ants "On the heis-his of the Mens- our
artil'ery his romph-telv demollMhed a
nn'mli vr it enrmv's trenches. "
There is nothing to report on the
eaFt front."
llrllli.li jollier Kunk.
lH.d.iii. Marrli U. .1 1 .OTi a. If), 1.
A wireles dispatch from Kerlin sny
a report has heen received from Hot
terdam. that the Hritlsh collier M-.-el-hoven.
bound from Newcastle for 111
tiraltnr. has ! ' sunk either tv a
tor- edo or a mine. ,.
Two of the crew ares aid to have
heen drowned. .The others wc.e
saved.
andklsu for Iteturdcr .
iSM,UI If-Ttlf r H1 OtiwTWr I
Ki'ision. Marc-h 10 11. C V.
Peebles, manaaer tif a nmnofiicturlmr
.i-in' vewi'o-ilav announce! hlmsrlf
a a candidate for recorder of th n
Ihf Hnr eonri to be established for the
city of Klnston and th terrluiry ror
a inliW and a half surroundlna. The
election will he at 'he Mime time a
the'.munlcipal election, on the nrst
Mondav in May. There is not a sm
rle niayi rally or aldermsnl.- candl
dats annoiinced: althouah the phr
msry Is only about six weeks off
Markrt Hutw Ihimls Sold.
Kli7aoeth t'ltyi Mar. 10. KUra."-th
c'tty is to ha a modern market
house hC mi c-srly claie.i,J'hte- Konds
r-av been tinallv sold to .Watts. Kaker
anct I'ompany, bond brker-? of its'il
more and Ihe money with which the
liillld'nK will be erected will be forth-ro.-i.iir
at once.
This market house will tn' mortem
ond un-to-date In every particular,
miilptied with nil modern Irrriwfove-J
nienrs. imnnt which- will bt a- crilii
storage system I. wi cost, when
tos-ipleted. sbdut $3'.000. i
I'ro.f. Hpraslns ftc-olccird.
Kllralieth City. Mar. it).prof. R
H. !pra-ins. hais been re-elected u-
yrtUHmtiri. of the Klirabeth I'lty
rradeci wnoois ror an other vear
Theee wu sn.i other -Fand.iaJe -and r
the election was -tnSnlmos. -.
He has hern superintendent of the
school for a year. He came hers
from - Helena. Ark.; where he had
been at the head of the school sys
tem for twelye or thirteen years. .
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GOLDSBORQ HIT BY
ROBBER EPIDEMIC
Sheriff and Other Officers Can
Find No Clue; May Hire
Extra Officers
(IJfif-iiiJ U The NrwTt nt itWrrrr
Go I da tu.r,., Mar. 10. liertlT fM
wurfifl fitHt;?! I oil ay that th hold
rttt'iiUnK niri hold-ups h-Hhtf rommlt
t f"rt rrr -thl-f ft v a tut Uuv-Jt port 9
of whlrli were tMathlnR h.in nt all
ho urn of ih drty ami night, wert? -Kii.ntiiK
to alarming ana thai ,all
effort h on the part, of hirn'1f and hi
asatf-'tHntM had ho Car .-roved a failure
In imttinic a ttp to the ihleven. The
sheriff has nuked the aid "of (he loral
prena and the Stat- pap'-tM for their
co-operation in assisting to put a
nt'p to the flhov 'Time Ity warning
people to tet th.il th-"r plarea of
hiiKineKS and pi-ii'f--e ,;ire h urely
lot-lie! tlurtnit the nifcht uml also dur
ing the day when they are' ubrM-nt
fr4m KHine
Ti e local police pre hIho kept 1unv
vt late trying to wet on the ir:ul of
lhi've ho nuikf a Kperialty " f
Mti'Hlin hb keiiM and tMib-i ltK kit ink
houseV v)'ib' near the wii!in!s ff t h
cu th. ihit--.! Inn IitHHatfl to
.w-:it tiw h..tr. rii,iit fr-'in llo-M pen
in p d.iv ih-lii
Sli. i n;
l-.nl, .' I
I ol J.
,, s .
I
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I,
i.ell, VI I
of pi-.. f...-
If.. -
l.-l ill' !l
li.-
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it;'!..- I
el
I
. r on
icMppor
. 1 1 1 ' ' f 1 1 lr
in -ii ; Hi-,- iht- rtrvitt", --f
Hvt-ral tiii .nlh'. r-- In ,iHf-i-t him in
lu :t iiik iind tr it K I i p Iht- ) .
v. ho F4i far have be-n a iircKrful 1u
i bid in K the .Mb et ;ml t'oltt inu. I
opera 1 e wilh more Imlo r t s t b, n ! -fore
h" TnTlctTH Ixcmi (" Uy ami ills
rovt r a clue thnt woild eii.ibb ibein
to j,et on f heir trail The ba iks i f
tlir- . t( have 1mo l.eu iiiivi1-! ihirH
h ntill a Vilr ilan for Ibem to
make extra precauiinnn aamnt pos
Miile Ht-teinpt to enter their aultH,
whii h WMN habit- to b inatle anv
nmht
I'i ve !mfineHi. h.iUHB were reported
broken into hit nUht, uIho over thn-n
Ihutnlred ehu-kei'H weie tolen )ne
iloie wa einpilril of nearly Itn en
tire jiiH'k. Merchantn umi cltlxena
are inakintc preparationH b H-Hrtint the
ntlb era In pr venllnK further invaNlon
of their homt'H and plarea of htjslneM.
by .einfilnyttjc watchmen to guard
Ihefn, . ."X -
F
L
Senators Simmons and Over
man Ask Place For Retired
Congressman
V. I-:. YKIiVKHTOX.
Washinufoii. i c, March 10 Sen
ators overman lend Klmmons ca'led at
the White House and the Iiepurtment
iff .limtlrc. restiective) . today In the
Intercut of former Representative
'arnes M. 5ii''i;er. who Is an applicant
for h Federal position. The place to
which Mr tiuilcer aipires li iv verv
t'liuil one. ihoimh ft l-c no, now ariuit
He Inc. a forTiiliiiibb list cifendorM
nici-ts. wh'cb inc'mlc the i-ntlr.' North
Carolina ib li'K'i II m. Speaker t'latk.
I r , f 1 1 1 1 I nil'o-w oml and many
oilo-r iiri'iul'ic-nt inibllc men
The i!ic which Mr (iinU.-t
frlcTTU hic Iri mind for him Is Hi
Ihe I 'l.tl'i I of ( ol 11 111 I ill! . As h.c Is ap
parel My flrt i-n "the Ki'oinal. hln
fii !!-- liclicve h" luiK a n I chance
to land '
Sylva Hslit s.-ii!i-il.
Kcr-.ilor Oxeriniin si'l'-il the i.n-
itarullnt fl-li M 'be Syi-.a poMoffii
asc- t.ila' I r iiinti-inlm l:--.
lame. .1 c',ra f l,t posl riiatcr The
tel'Tli of Ceprestlilalive 1 1 u -I u c- x -ptred
bif .rc- the ljJltWj3s settled ho
thp mpe was lurnert over" frr fe-nntor
c iverniMii for adjustment Ml pa'ron
ace In the Tenth district will he
handled by Senator overman for the
I bext two years.
. a msmrfce r illed,
The following fourth c'ass poetnias
ter In North t'arnlliiM were appointed
today : c N Alllsoij Italfour, James
It. Marl In. Hjcrkeis'lrcek U It ciei-
ser, Krii ktio: W TluauuA Stulth,
N'sples. a new ,,ffir.- in llendc-isoll
cf 1 1 iTiry:" NhTIVaii'' Rncfs.' TMpiWr
new office in .l.-ickson county. Mrs.
kstelle r t'nstles. Thermal I'lty: Wil
liam ' Allen. Jr. Sunburst, ami lloh
trt.ll ..Jiatikua. 4il I'uujsus. s new; oflew.
In AlleKhatiy county.
Itepr-aentatlye I'age left for North
t arolin.i luniKht n-r visit 'of several
VHK IlKTKIlSIKIIM lUMK.
Tcicw Item rind Safety In
Out srranls.
4 Ira ring
iSs.-1aJ tn Til. Nrsr. ami CMS. nil I
iVew Hern. March 10 A careful
perusal of the police court records of
this city show ih.it there,has been a
remarkable- decrease in crime during
the past two or three months and
this condition is attributed to the
vlR-oroiia rampaiKii which Mavor Al
lien H Hana-crl and the police de
partment have waned SKainst the
vagrants. In years icone by there was
a regular "relun of robbery" every
winter. In the majority of cast the
thefts were small hut showed that
the thieves wi re, here and nt work.
I,asi Fall Mayor Ha nicer! i.iul -h.-f of
rolice. t. 1. tipton held n co'nferj-nce
which resulted In a decjtsfo t,V,-i t
after lie vnifrants aiwl to kfCp on
their trial Hoires of utiimployed ne
Kroes and a few whites have been
brought Into cuurt and irivcti their
preference of b-ayltitf the c ty or nin
lo work or I'i jntt A few- dectderl
that thi-y would take the larter
altVintlve liut were isurprtseiT rVidml
that- "4o-;;ftU" meant ttu: county ro.ad,
and. that the .work thf n- was fae from
"flowery beds of ease.''
Aslicxlllc Itomis Sold.
iKpwlAi Jo Tic Ve Mid oiwr.rr I
Ashevllle'. March 10. A bond Issue
of S5H.A00 today brought a premium
of i when sold by the aldermanlc
hosett of the city ..fLjxahjev.Ula to Well.
Koth and i n . of f tnclnnatl. . In addi
tion
to- paying the par value of the I
bonds and the premium named
. the
sm-cessful bidder agrees to hear the
expense of.havlj)g the bonds printed
and to take tliem at this city,
GUDGER ANGLING
0 FEDERr
GENERAL OBEGQfJ
AND HUNGER STILL
HOLD MEXICO CITY
Mexican Firebrand Has Not Yet
Evacuated, Say The Latest
' "Reports
AMERICAN NOTE HAS
HAD A GOOD EFFECT -
So Wires The British Consul, -Who
Advises That Railway.
Line be Kept Open; CarranzaV
Appears Yet To Be Dallying;.
For Time Before Answering
Demand, and Food Problem
Has Not Been Alleviated; No
Vote Warships Ordered To
-Vi,kCiu. But Urnle Sanr;
Has t ki. of Eihty-Thrett-T
Vrv;--!s Not Far Awaw
Villa
Li I . i Join
nvasio'ii
tairanza
. i.
Uashlnu!.
reliiry llrviu
fi oil si I ti, i ; i,
tinned m ii,,ii
lemon's fon-
evacuate. I ih
cxpecN.il at
1 1
r I0--Sc-toillKllt
th
cilv run
ioncral Ob
loi to have)
.1
.Mi
anil
linn c;,i
' Hpp.-iirc .1 not
dt. nit hi id h
iii iiio'ment.
this waa
He said
received
the re-
the .Slat- I ic pMrttci-M had
no dedniie information as t
piy in iii'iai i I'iri lion
the American note
is prepuring to
deintiridins in
improvement in conditions f
elancrs.
r for-
Hlr t'ecll Sprlnn-ltu-e. the irritish
artihassador. brouuht to the Hepart
ttient .A. topi of telegram -- frwm -Thomas
Hohler. cliurk'e d'attaires of
the isntish leuMtl.in In Mexico f'ttr
derlarlim th - American, note, a copy '
of whic h hud I ee ii presented Ut Gen
eral ObreKoo slmultaneoiiMl) wjth Its
delivery to iener.il Tarrana. had
produced n ,cciod effect. The eharicv
pointed out. however, the necessity
at 'all limes of keeping open railway
and telegraphic commun. cation be
tween Mexico rtty and Vera Cru.
The feit of his telegram was mad
public by the State Department as
follows:
"In my opinion the' effect of tli
American note to Carranzit and tl
retrnn has been extremely aood. It
Is. however. cliKolutely necessary that
imineillate m -pa should be taken for
oei.dliiK supplies of food and forago
ro the cspiiiil
"Wliiitei-r part is In . never In
Mexic o I Ity ;,,,, , ra Cruz, it Is now
puiln thin th '.est m eans to pre
vent Ihe rerui retire of such a situa
tion as now cxims would be to Insist
iibsolni , on ihe local troops muln-
t.uninir iiivi..l.,f.- the iialliwiy
rommu- .
MM .111' n 1 1 .-.-ii Mi-xicc
-rn t 'rui-. "'
"lly and
No More
No more v ,i
Warlilj.. Sent.
uiis ucic ordered to
I I'iio and none will
furt m r ib'W'lopmcnta
Mi'.il un w ., 1 1 i
n-h.
: iz-it !
i in the
M r
I I 'll.ll les
l.i -1 I I
l:r a
-1
Mi--
said- tonight that
cl i U iisblncton ad-
.1 1 I'll n i;o cruinellt.
liw a: 1 HA, was e.-tii-l atlng -
iv it, A ii iii ;i- i'onii SilJiniui in an
i.t'ci ! - .w in.. 1 1 .. i -1 irimion
proi In
In r. .
r .in . v
niihi.ii v
tbiit -.ii).
i mill-, h.
M"i. i. i-
III- . bill
i' n i ii'tiir Kind consu
- -In wi-il that the trains
I ll Mere bi'lllfc; lllieil for
iiisi- hi lii'irn held for
A yet no rontie.sts had
liii-d, from Americans In
y lor tl anspoli.'.lloti facll
lln I c iiartinent is cjoinf
what itutfaMii . I" .irraiiffi- for trains feir
rlone v ho di slle to heed .the Alllerl
caii w.iriiliis lor American citizens lu
Icv-ivc Alt xi'- 4 "ly
In i m fieri, I way the Kitlnitlori
seems in "oine . officials lo have Im
proed. There was an irioie.isltix
confidence ibal the I'nited Slates
would lli Ins colllpelled to take fur
ther steps. -
g-FMniliH' Still Tlirvatcii-.
The tear of fiimiue .-.nlj t xists ancf ,
the Mexican Ited ('ross has appealed .
axiiln to the American l(.-d i rons for
assistance. fulief proje-cts .ire held
cfi-eM-l44Hr .'lie- ot.e.,Mi of- line -Ktftl.es)
liepartmetif's repteseinalinns on bij
half of an International r,,mmlte.ee9
.ch raised lumls rake charge of'"
the situation.
The t'arrariiua auei,cv issued anoth
er statement daring! he day saylna--repcrts
of the i-imlitioris in Mexico
tlty were exaaiteriiteil atld predlctlns-
that tleneral a"rranza's reply would
prove that most A th'-se reports
were baseless.
At ihe state liepurtiui tit the offi
cial reports continued in show the
condltloii of affairs as thrcfHteninK.
although isb inls thought tieneral
i'srrari'-a xwoild Instruct Ceneral ()b
reKon to .arrange for the policing of
M-erlco City In the event of evacua
tion The .apatit forces are expect-- -ori
to take possession Immediately af
ter Jibrevon's men withdraw '
I'todras cirrss lAactintcsjI.
The follow un.- Information was Riv
en oiit at the State Department olm
cerniiiic the cviicii-iti'iii of rietiras
Ni-KrHs-
" I ' dr.is - N'-eYasfc was evacuated on '
M (ih '"th b tie I'arranza Karrisoa
cinl , small atiard wa b ft to police,
the town until the forces ,,f Villa ar
rle, wlyi'h wai expectmt on the 10th.
Th' ciiiuiiianHiii; olficc r of the I nlteU .
plates ax Eatlc I'lIs nun permitted
the .Mexican wounded to cross to the
American side. The commander of
t he ("arranjn forces at I'ledras Ne- ,
j:ras has 'ivcti full as-iufatit'es lo th
.American rnl..tftatfirder' 11 -b
maintained -U-trtll the enlry ii(, ths
Villa troops."
The W ashinKton agency of Cener
al Ilia 4ve mt-'h" fol'owins: '
"I1erira NeKra!r"vas sacked by t ha
Carranijstas , before they evacuated
th city yesterday, according- ! m
message rerelved this sfternoon ftiita
the convention consul at Kagla f ass. :
Serious disorders followed. tHorer-
nnr Anma ls.a refugees in FUwris
Pass, Ts International 'bridge baa
(Continued ou l'ags Two.)
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