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CARRY FIGHT FOR
CRFDIT FOR SOUTH
TO THE PRESIDENT
Southern Senators Will Insist
'On Lower Rediscount Rats
At Reserve Banks v
INCBEASE IN GOLD " ,
RESERVE POINTS WAY
t -i "if',t-, ,
Senator Smith Estimates Gain
- At Over Two Million Dollars ;
Democrats Complete Organi
sation Of Washing-ton Head,
quarters;' Navy Reduces
. Prices For Clothing
The New and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Building
y EDWARD t BRITTON.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, April 17. The fight of
, Senators from the dgrieultural atates
for nore liberal credits and lower re
discount rate at the Federal Reserve
Banks will be taken direct to President
Harding. For several days these Sena
tori have been conferring on the mat
ter, and they contend that the increase
in the gold reserve points to the avail
ability -of more credit facilities,., this
increase being estimated by Senator
Smith, of South Carolina, at 2 ,000,000.
This is a matter in which North Caro
lina farmers are deeply interested, and
the result of the efforts being made to
secure, those things will be .watched
with Interest.
The Democratic national committee
now reports that its staff has been
i completed and that it is in full running
order. Thclnxt addition to it was made
hy the appointment by Chairman George
White of Pirhard Linthiciiui of New
Tork, as director of publicity, who will
join the .headquarters '"cabinet" . of
Chairman White in Washington. Mr.
Unthlrum lraves a position on the cdi
: Jorial staff of the New York World
. to take up duties with the committee,
lie has bee with the paper fur twelve
years, contributing both to the news
And editorial columns, besides doing ex
pert specialised work. He is widely
known newspaper man both in the East
. and West, and is the author of "iWt
and Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson," used
by the Democrats in the campaign of
J91, of the "A. B. C. of the League of
" Nations," and the "Primer- of the
League of Nations." The .entire er-soum-l
of the Democratic headquarters
V consists of:
i - Organisation Now Complete. -
Chairman George White of Ohio, Sec
retary K. G. Hoffman of Indians, Treas
urer -Wilbur W. Marsh of Town, Exec.
tivSeeretarr Bert New of 'mr, Di
rector of Publicity Rich hietim
vt New York, Director " 1 R-
search Robert Goldsmith ' York,
with Mist Grace Taomp ' N
York secretary. The other c the of
fice secretarial and clerical force con
sists ef Miss Irene Craig of Tennessee,
. Miss nne Baker of Virginia, Miss F.
L. Ives of Iowa, Miss Knowles of Wash
ington. Mrs. Frances Williams of Colo
rado, Miss Pearl MrGrnth of Minnesota
i- and Upton Thomson of Washington.
' The offices of tW committee 'are In
suite 429 441 Woodward building', 1Mb
and H. streets, N. W.-, and are to be
. reached over telephone Main 8251.
.After serving for -two years as piesl-
- ftent of the Ashlar Masonic Club of
Washington, composed of the Master
Masons of the Stare, War and Navy De
partments, the White House and Civil
Service Commission, Edward K. Britton
declined re-election last night,- hold
ing that he was not an advocate of the
third term, and believed n passing, on
the lienor and work. Capt. John E.
Brooks, a former officer of the overseas
'forces, who had only served three
months of a previous term wfien ordered
". to Franca in 1917, war elected presi
dent. ,
Harding Receives Qitl.
President Harding entiniies to re
ceive gifts. "Laddie Boy." the 'Scotch
Jredsle, has a new-mate, young bull
dog born on the fourth, of March, a
late gift coming to the White House,
while yesterday the President accepted
s gold card annual pass to the games
to be played here by Tile -colored base
ball league of the District. ,- j
I Though expected till a late hour ves
' terday the Democratic members of the
; ways and means committee of the House
had not completed the Demoeratie hst.
of committee assignments and were at
Jt again today. They hope to he able
: to present the full list to the: Demo
eratie House caucus on Monday, night
The new members front North Carolina
are anxiously waiting to hear their
. assignment.
V - Navy Reduce Price.
Recent redueriowe-in- tire-open- niar-eH-
has enabled the navy to grv notice that
there will be general reduction in prices
' of clothing and small store to officer
and men of the navy and, marine eorpa.
The new price list will effect a ving
of practically Si per cent in th coot
ef uniforms and a similar aaving in
small stores purchses, the reduction
varying from 15 to 75 per cent This
action of the navy is a tip to the people
v generally that goods should now be ob
tained at a real reduction in price.
The record ef the HooaeJ for the past
week is that there were 1504 bills in
, trodueed and "t a Vol4m of them
while two bill wore adopted, the
Young emergency tariff ftll nd an
' emergency appropriation MU to V7
mileage and other expenses of' the a-.
tra session. f
CONDITION OF SHAVER
' ' CONTINUES SERIOUS
High Point, April 17, Henry Shaven,
whs was wonaded hew Dr. J. W.
P sock, prominent Thomaavill phyfle-
-ihn, killed Chief of Police Taylor in
' that eity yesterday morning, was still
in a -serious condition tonight in a
local hospital, where he was brought
, for medical attention. 8hver was shot
la the abdomen when he went to the
'' atsistanee of the policemaav He ia a
married man and baa a wife and four
'children, - w"1 ... - ,
Raleigh Possesses Youthful .
Musical Prodigy pj ' Its Own
Ruth Ann Nowell, Age 5, Has
Been Singing Faultless Alto
. Two Years
PLAYS ACCOMPANIMENTS
v 'FOR HER SELECTIONS
Since Age Of Three" Years She
Has Been Able .To Kepeat
Selections' Once Heard
-Every adw and then you folk read
in the papers about some youthful
prodigy who has been discovered la
Spokane, or Chicago or Miami, or
somewhere or other on tother aide of
Hilleboro," who can beat twenty-five
gray-beard at chess simultaaeonsly or
add p a twelve point column of figures
at a mere glance or play a concerto in
X Major by instinct. Bat it now ap
pears that Raleigh ' ha a youthful
musical prodigy all its own.
The local wonder is Buth Aaa Nowell,
a little lady of Ave years, who aiaee
the age of three has shown a remarkable
talent for music, singing either the
soprano or alto of any song which she
has once heard and playing her accom
paniments by ear right off the bat.
It is interesting to see this mere baby
sitting st tile piano and singing and
playing away, althougluher small hands
eaa not yet" reach aa octave. Neverthe
less, her harmonies are unerring and
remarkable. "
She has a strong accurate alto voice,
and often sings in a quartet composed
of her father, Mr. Will Nowell, Mr. J.
Sherwood Upchurch and Mr. William
8inith.
The first selection which she learned
to sing and play was "O, Happy Day."
DEATH TOLL WILL ,
1 LIVES
Loss To Property and Crops
From Tornadoes and Storms
Mounts Into Millions
Memphis, Tenn April!?. That the
death' toll from tornadoes and heavy
ram storms which swept over six
Southern state late Friday and Sat
uiday will reach 100 was indicated
by reports from isolated sections to
night while the loss' to property and
crops will run into ' the million-.. The
known dead tonight total 92. 1
Many of the storm awept auctions
an still shut off from wire- communi
ratios and reports; of additional casual
ties are slowly coming in from relief
parties. . i '
The list of dead and ' injured.
cording to reports available tonight
is as follows- ' . . '
Txas--Ay:igrr, 6; Atlanta, 1 Queen
City, Cass county, 2; and several mis
sing, and probably three qatr O'Far
refi. ' !
Arkansas Pike county 1 dead; 2 in
jured, four probably fatally. Tell
county 1 dead, 10 injured, two prob
ably faulty; Miller county 10 white
and 7 negroes dead, 23 seriously in
jured ; Pope county I dead and a num
ber seriously injured; 'Hempstead
county 20 white persons and S negroes
dead; 14 seriously injured, several
fatally. A number ef seetipns hit by
ths storm have not yet been heard
f-um. x
Mississippi Five dead at Stern oh at
Sontag, one at Bural Hill and on la
Railroad Washout sear MoselL
Alabama Five dead at Cave Springs,
near Tuscumbia; Fiva at Ralph, Tusea
mar county and on ia Dallas county.
Torrential rains which followed tne
wind in all the atatea hit by tornadoes
have delayed relief work and hindered
the compiling of accurate list of cas
ualties. In Arkansas where the' greatest
havoc was wrought, the Bed Cross
is. at work in Hempstesd and Miller
counties whers hundreds ef familiea
are homeless. Tents hare been fur
nished bv the National Guard and
blankets and provisions ' srs -being
rushed to the sufferers. .
The extent of "property loss aannot
be determined for days. In Arkansas
on many pmniauon iu ui
Hempstead counties, a rich farming see
tins, nraetieallv every building waa de
stroyed, newly planted crops washed
out, orchards ruined, roads and bridges
badly damaged, almost . oil telepaone
and telegraph wires destroyed and
railroad tracks washed out at many
places. Farm bouses some distance from
ths direct oath of the rtona were
ilami(Bd.i:8ttimite of thr-Tn-operty
1l -.'In these two eountie tonight ex
eed S2J0O0J000.
At Atbtnta, O'Farrell and Avinger,
across the Arkansas lins la Texas, many
farm houses snd out buildings were de
stroyed and crop in these section
re aid to be almost a complex loss.
Heavy property loss ia Tennessee
is reported at Newport, Lynaville and
Connersville. Ia Shelby county alone,
the county commissioners tonight esti
mated, the loss ia roads and bridge
was $75,000.
Ia Mississippi, in addition to actual
lots from the high winds, much f area
(and will be. inundated by the rapidly
rising stream throughout the State.
A number of railroad In that State
report track washed nut and damage
to road beds by the unprecedented rain
fall. A report received tonight from
Amite county aaya ten- farm houses
were destroyed hr a storm laU Satur-
4aT -and tea persons injured one fa
tally.
In Alabama, property loss ia Bir
aUnghaa ia estimated at $200,000 with
tea injured. Heavy rains and high
wind in several parts of North Ala
bama also are renorted to have caused
heavy Drooertr and roD loss.
- Ia Georgia, . where a heavy wind
and raia storm struck Rome, th prop
erty loss will xeeed $200100, tt is re
ported. . ..
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RUTH ANN NOWELL.
Little Buth is a regular attendant upon
the Sunday school of- the Tabernacle
Baptist church, and it ia there that she
picks np most of her melodies, which
she proceeds to play and sing for, her
self aa sooa as she reaches home.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Will Nowell, of East Hargett street.
Mr. Nowell has been a life member of
ths old "Atlantic 8ymphony Quartet
that trouped for a number of years.
Ths original members beside himself
were Messrs. Clarence Coley, William
Smith and J. Sherwood Unchurch.
Ruth's prize musical feat is to satis
factorily yfill a vacancy in the quartet.
Her parents plan to have her receive
a thorough musical education. ,
President Can't Decide On Man
For Commissionership Of
Internal Revenue
Th News and Observer Bureau
CXi District National Bank
By EDWARD K. BRITTON.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Wellington, April 17. That 1
dent Harding himself is "up a tre.
the matter of the appointment t .
Commissioner of Internal Revenue is
Mown oy tne . psasags or yesterday
without the snnouneement being made,
Th President had aaid it waa probable
that thet appointment would be mad
on Saturday, bat Saturday "baa went
and no appointment materialised. Sec
retary ol U Treasury Mellon' idea
wss that early this week it would blos
som out, and so there eaa be only wait
fal watching oa th part of th eaadi
dates for th Job. -
With ex-Governor Hoopsr, of Ten
nessee, landed oa - the railroad labor
board there is one less for the other
fellow to buck up against. Who will
it bet Clifford, of Illinois I McDermott,
of West Virginia I Blair, of Virginia
and Michigan) Blair, of North Caro
lina f Bruce Helm, of New Yorkf or is
there a "joker" in th rack from which
the playing partners, Harding and Mel
Ion, will detlf Monday is now set ss
the day for the sphinx to speak.
We may expect this week to know
also when- Frank Linney is to get the
Washington assurance that he ia to be
District Attorney 'for the western dis
trict of North Carolina. There is lit
tie credence taken her In th report
that comes from the State that Ldnaey
kaa it in mind to throw his hst into the
ring for the vacant Federal judgeship.
Those1 ia Washington who have figured
en th matter say that if a North Caro
linian gets ths place made vacant by
the death of Judge Pritchard it will go
o Judge William P. Bynum. There is
a smile snd a shrug of the shoulder
when there is talk of J. J. Britt. "He's
not in it ' is the view here of North
Carolinians. And talking of this chase
of North, Carolina Republicans for of
fice a Western Republican laughingly
said today: ".When are you going to
trot ouf a North Carolinian for director
of the census f" There will be disap-
prhtmeat if no rvorth Carolina itepnbu
eaa appears oa the scene as sn applicant
tor mat place.
' D. A. R.'s MeeThU Week.
thw week Washington is to give
greeting to the Daughters ei-th Amer
ieaa devolution, and North Carolina
women will be in the - delegations of
'Daughters who are coming from- all
parts of the country. A record number
of new members wr sdmhtcd yester
day to the organisation by the board of
directors, ZWO being the number. This
will be the thirtieth. Congress. heid-.and
wilt begin its jreek's session here tomor
row la Continental hall, one of the
most beautiful buildings ia Washing.
ran. (
The south front entrance of the -build
lag is one that interests North Caro lis
ians greatly, for it is between two im
posing columns that entrance is gained
to the portico, one representing ts'ortU
Larolina and ths otheA South Carolina.
In all there -are thirteen columns en
th portico, en for each of the.thirteea
original States. There will be on bun
deed young women pages, lor the gren
assemblage and four of these are -Nor;
Carolina girls, Misses Csrolya Baldwll
Adelaide P. Caldwell, and Julia Irwiii
of Charlotte, aad taieile P. Moore, or
Elm City. QrV Thunsday of this week
comes the day of preseaiaiioa of gifts
from the group of States of which
North Caroliaa ia one, the reports of
the Bute regents of tho State to be
mad oa that day, .
Thursday, Friday aad Saturday . of
tie week ther is to take place the con
ference called by Commissioner of
Education, PP, Claxttfn, to discuss the
field of the school- house in present day
American life, the discussioa to wage
around the use of school houses ia the
civil, political and educatioaal lifs of
communities, ia the becoming th
real community eaters for develop
ment. There will be assay speakers of
v (Ceatlnaed , fag TwaJ"
HARDING UP ME
CANT COME DOWN
CONTROL PRICES
BY DATA EXCHANGE
COMMISSION SAYS
"Open . Price Associations"
Charged With Helping To
Maintain High Prices s .
KEEP WITHIN THE LAW -
IN THEIR OPERATIONS
Federal Trade Commission Jtee.
ommends ; Legislation To
Eliminate Unnecessary Brok.
erage ' Transactions and To
Facilitate 1 Distribution Of
Data' ' i)
Washington, April IT Legislation to
eliminate unneessary brokerage trans
ations, to facilitate a wide distribution
of information regarding market con
ditions and to strengthen ths powers of
the Federal Government in its price in
vestigations is recommended by the
Federal Trade Commission in a report
on the general industrial situation,
drawn up - at the request of President
Harding and made public tonight at the
White House.
"Open price associations,'' which
operate .within the law to keep their
respective members advised confidenti
ally of one another's price schedules,
are accused by the commission of con
tributing to the maintensnce of unduly
high retail prices. It is suggested that
mean must be found to reduce costs of
necessities, such ss fuel and housing
before other commodities can eome back
to normal.
Shrinkage Ia Value Inevitable.
It ihould be said," the report eon
eludes, "tha.t following the disordered
condition of the world s affaiss, a shrink
sgo in values is inevitable and that
normal condition will be th most
quickly restored if the producer, the
laborer, the manufacturer, the jobber
aad the retailer will each share at
oneo in the unavoidable loss, and
further, that say effort by aay element
to place its shsro of ths eommoa loss
oa th shoulders of others, and par
ticularly of too consumer, eaa but re
sult ia a continuation of- the conditions
under which the country is now suffer
in
Declaring tnatthe cost of commodities
to the consumer hss not. broadly sneak
ing, been reduced in proper proportion
to tn decline in agricultural and other
raw materials, the commission sets forth
its belief that, "in general, it wonld
appear that th movement toward the
reduction of prices to the consumer is
retarded ehiefly at the retailing stag,
and that relief at this point would be
reflected,- back Jay increased prodWtioa,
which would redue th produetiM Cost
and relieve to soma extent at least the
caeca upon the manufacturer and by
increasing th demand for raw mater
ial would react anon the Drodueer."
Th report alas take not of the In
fluence of foreign' combinations - of
capital. In idetermining the price of
such commodities as phosphate, tobacco
snd
grain, aaa add tnat among
domestic combination on of the
newest v and most widespread ageneies
for affecting market is the "open
price auoeiatioa."
Steady Market Pricea.
"One of the purpose of these as
sociations,'' the report continues,
"nominally is to determine uniform
coat accounting method "and to steady
the market by famishing the supply
which it can readily absorb. The as
sociations collect and publish for th
benefit of their member figure of
production costs, sale and sales prieesM
and order and stocks, in pursuant of
a plan whereby the members of such
associations are to ' compete among
themselves snd with others with
knowledge of their owa nnd their com
petitors' production costs and vrieea.
the available supply, and the demand.
The collection and public dissennrina
tion of such statistical data might mako
the operation of such associations of
benefit to the producer and '.tho con
sumer alike, bat unfortunately,, the
tendency is here manifested to confine
the information to members and to
bring about uniform prices and to
maintain them at aa artificially high
level by curtailing production or sup
ply through action which tends strong
ly toward uniformity because based
upon common information but which
purports to lark the clement of con
certed agreement characteristic of the
combinations forbidden, by- the Sher
man law.- ' . ' """
n
- 4r. War Cl-ieU
IIoiv: Close We
in 1916", Is told by Daniels
'-' '
"Cabinet feared war la April. WIS Navy was ready aad nnder
mobilisation orders Details of preparations for hostilities a year be
fore war earn aad bow told for the first time President's Sussex note -was
ultimatum Had Germany declined to abandon truthless policy
President was determined to cover relation Daniels confident in crisis
because of early plans made to have fleet ready for any emergency.
' By JOSEPHl'B DANIELS ,
f Farmer Secretary of the Navy
w Mm . dum CMMbas s NtikMl nww Sn)ea. CwrrlsM la Onwt Brluta
otm Same, an rwm
L'autlnriart nerkouc h aw
.v .
Th Navy prepared for action ia
imminent then as it did the next-year. - warn r resident wiison sent bis dus
ui mala to (im-manv. declarinc that relations would be brokea if ruthless sub
marine warfare waa aot stopped, we made all plana to mobilise th fleet. Nothing
could chow more clearly ths critical situation than the steps the Navy took to
moot it., i
M mobilization order of AorU Z7.
two battleshrps were-ready for immediate
three would be ready in tUree, wceaa time. ... m
The corresponding table for the destroyer force showed that out of forty
nine destroyers, forty-two were immediately available, nd that thee of th re
maining seven would be available within thirty day. ' .
The sinking or the Sussex waa tne uiggro J wuren uu , '
t uu.hinrtn ainra the ainkinr of the Lusitania. It so plainly dis-
reanrded the American position as defined
U could not bo ignored, timer ucrmany " -
u typical of n policy, or continued relations would be impossible.
It was about this time, I think, al
though I do not recall the exact date,
when the president, after dwelling upon
the extreme gravity of the situation,
said to ns solemnly; I hope that those
of u who beliv in prayer, wm ass
divine guidance.
Those who know him best lana most
neoDle know his' reticence sbout his per
sonal beliefs) will appreciate how deep
was his snxiety when he spoke thus to
bis official family.'
Wlaen Reads lUiasatsm.
The Sussex was torpedoed on March
24. When all the facts were in the pos
session of th State department, and no
satiafactory explanation had eome from
fieri in. the nreoident called us together
to read, to ua the ultimatum which he
had prepared to serve upon Oemnny.
Let me recall the significant words in
that ultimatum. They have been forgot
ten in the overwhelming, subsequent
.nntL hut they were worde which
would have carried us at that date into
war a surely aa din th diplomatic rap
hir of 1817, had not Germany seen well
to withdraw temporarily from her ut-
. i it.u..M. . . Mnrmtaihla
wrif Htwwiwiii - r
position.
Here an th President's plain wotds:
"If it is stni th purpose of th ira
nerial mvernment to prosecute re
lentless and andiscrimlnat - warfare
against vessels of commerce by the
use of submarines, without regard
to what the government ef the
United States must consider the sacred
and indisputable rules of International
law aad the universsHy recognized die
ttea of humanity, the government of
th United SUtes is at last f oread to
tho conclusion that ther is but one
tours to parsue. tales th imperial
vnvaranieni should' bow immediately
dednr and effect aa abandonment of
it preeeat methods of submarine war
far against . passenger and freight
earrying Teasels, ttra government of the
United States can have no choice but
to sever diplomatic relation with the
German empire altogether."
Rest Hopes on U-Beet.
When we listened to the reading of
the words and realised what they
meant nad tho tremeadou possibilities
thoy implied, everyone of us was pro
foundly moved, and there were some,
of optimistic temperament, who hoped
that this firm threat of Amerioaa actioa
would result in a complete abandonment
of Germany's warfare on merchant ship
ping ; but there . were . others who held
no such hope. Th latter were convinced
that Germany rolled too grestly upoa
her U-boat weapon to allow it to do re
stricted in striking power for say great
length of time. .
'The end, of th sabmarins as th de
cisive weapon Germany regarded it at
that tims I shall nsrrate later. Some
temporary eoDSoosion sh might make,
but where separate need or tempting
opportunity appealed to her, there
seemed no reason to doubt that Von
Tirpita would forget all pledges and
undertakings and strike wherever h
eonM do meet damage. '
There were those, indeed, who doubted
if Germany would mako even a tem
porary concession, aad I think aft felt
that the possibility of war brooded over
us with darkening shadows when we left
the White House- with the knowledge
that America's ultimatum was on its way
to Berlin. ' ;"
Order for Mobilisation.
My owe apprehension that relations
might be broken off induced me to take
immediate steps to have the fleet in
readiness. Th navy department made
complete plans for mobilisation, snd on
April-27 I spproved the order, snd it
wss forthwith sent to every ship. It
wss accompanied by "the mobilization
ot Our pry Keady .When the
Came to War
iwmxtmumiw am una lusuHra.
wmm OMiMm
April, 1016, for war teemed almost SB
' ' ' . .....
mo. shows that twenty-nrae or niny-
action, and that one of the remaining
in tho President's Lusitania Bote that
sheets, showing when each battleahip
and destroyer would be available for
service. The test of the mobilixatioa
order follows: .
NAVY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, AprU 27, 1916.
CONFIDENTIAL.
From : Chief of Naval Operations.
TO
Subject: Mobilicatloa plan.
1. The following order has this day
been approved by ths Secretary of the
Navy:
"1. Ia case of mobilixatioa for war
in the Atlantic the orgaaization of the
naval forces will be ss indicated in
the mobilisation sheets ' published from
time to time bv the deportment.
"2. Plans will be developed by all
the officers concerned for execution
upon the receipt of the ordnr j mob
ilize. "3. The order to mobilize when re
ceived will bo construed ss aa order
to take all noeeesary action for the
rapid assembly of ships st the ren
dezvous ia all aesperts .eady for war
service.
"4. The rendezvous is designated si
Chesapeake Bay. t. Copies of mob
i fixation sheets are forwarded here
with.
' Ready For Emergeacy.
This, as the order iUelf indicates, wss
a strictly confidential communication,
Congress alone has powsr to declare
war, aad no war order may b issued
ttatil it has given authority. But when
war threatens it ia th navy's duty to
get ready for emergency. Ae tho. first
lino of defease It must not be caught
napping, htohiliaatioa la th next step
, to actual heetilities, and is justifiable
only when, .ooaditraas are xtremely
threatening That was th esse in the
sprint of 1916.
As it- happened, Germany yielded.
She replied to our ultimatum with a
declaration that her government waa
"prepared to do. it utmost to confine
th operation of war 'for tho reet
ef its duration to the fighting force
of the belligerents. She further prom
ised that merchant vessels should no
longer be sunk without warning or
without saving human lives, except ia
-eases whers they attempted to escape
or to offer resistance.
Note the phrase "for the rest of it
duration." This made the pledge bind
ing until the war ended. Within eight
months Germany was laying her plans
to shatter this solemn promise, and
within Bine she had repudiated it- For
the time, however, it averted the rup
tnro between the two countries, and
postponed for nesrly a year what man
of us by now had eome to. regard as
inevitable.
War Staved Off For Year.
But this I went to emphasize if
Germany had declined to sbandotr- the
sort of warfare the Sussex sinking
represented, President Wilson would
have sent Bernstorff home in the
spring ef 1918, 1 we would have
been at war, in all human probability,
before midsummer. We were set for this
programme when Berlin barked- down.
Early in 115 I asked the general
board to make a study and submit reo
omnicndations concerning "the prepara
tion necessary to lo made by the
bureaus and offices of the department
to insure a state of preparedness for
war."
Ou March 13, 1915, the board, then
headed by Admiral Dewey, furnished
tlie desired plans.
I sent them to each bureau ehief
(Contlaaed oa Page Two.)
Call Urn ;
FORMER EMPEROR
FOLLOWS BODY OF
VIFETOSTATION
Striking . Contrast Between
Former Glory and Present
, State Of Humiliation ...
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ENTRUSTS COMPANION
T0 S0NS ANP FR,ENl?s
Funeral Procession Arrives At
Little Dntcb Town, ia Bark.
ness; exJCaiser Leads waj
To Oars, Becomes Dimly Vis
ible For Moment To Crowds .
Then Returns To Seclusion ,
Doom,. April 17 (By tho Associated
Press). Nsver was contrast between -
former glory aad present atat f '
humiliation mora' accentuated . thaa ,
when Wilhelm the former German. .
Emperor followed th body of his wif, .'
Augusta Victoria, to th station at
alaara, whers ho entrusted th faithful
companion of his grandeur aad his sor-
row to his sons aad frieads to tak "
bark to the fatherland. - . : ."
The Emperor that was aad th form- :
er Crown Prince aad other sons preseat
were all attired in full uniform of the '
Prussian guard, their helmet crop
covered.
Fuaeral Party Arrive.
The funeral procession arrived at th
little statioa at Maara in darkness .
brokea only by the light from lamp
oa th railway embankment. First
earns a hug ear covered with flowers.
followed by servants, who loaded th
wreaths into tho railway carriage.
About ten minute later the hear ar- ,
rived, flashing powerful - searchlights.
It was draped with black cloth with '
whit cross snd border.
From th next automobile Chaplain
Dryswler alighted wearing black robe. .
Immediately behind came aa automobile
carrying the former Emperor aad his
daughter, Princes Victoria Luis
which drov on until it reached a
belter. of shrubs hiding it from view, '
Frederick William, the former Crown
Prince snd Prince Adalbert ia long
gray mantles walked briskly forward.
Other member -of tho family alighted
from ' their ears Prines Oscar, th
Duke of Brunswick, Prines Fuersten
bergt General voa Gontard, ehief of th
household, Counter 'voa Keller aad
Countess von Kantzau, th staunched
friend of th lata empress and ladies
in "waiting ia the old days, and th -court
ehsmberlaia Baron, yon Spltsem
berg. .
. Bepressntativos ef Queen Wilhelmiaa
of Holland, the Dowager ynccu aad -the
Prince Consort, with representative
of the King of Spain and tho King of '
Sweden, and a number of Dutch officials
closed the procession.
Brief Oration P renounced.
When nil bad collected around th -coffin,
Court Chaplain, Dr. Dryandor,
his voic. vibrating a with amotion da- .
livered a brief oratii. The coffin wss
then placed in the railway earriagu,
which Wilhelm, Frederick William and
Princess Luise entered, remaining for
a few momenta, men ue iopaer
Emperor led the way to the ear in
which th other member or ino parry
were to sleep tonight and remain dur-
lng their "journey. He thanked them '
all aad took leave-of them. -
For a brief period Wilhelm became
dimly visible to those who had g.i'her
ed to watch the ceremony, his flgur
that of a man broken by aorrow.
Princess Louise entered the automobil
with her father, th door eloscd snd
tbs ear glided on, carrying the oxil .
bock to confinement at .Doom, to fae
his fat without tho devoted wife,.who
until Bow had shared his humiliation.
Sooa after th departure of th form
er Emperor, the ex-Crowa . Prine left
th tation precincts' aad returned to
the castle, with th Duk of Brunswie
and others who arc staying in Holland.
Ths last farewell visit to th funeral
ear will be paid tomorrow morning be
fore It proceeds to Potsdam. Those whs)
remained on the train to accompany
the body Included Prine Adalbert aad
his wife, Prine Owar, Prine Fneratea
berg, Countess von Keller, Countess
von Bantzsu and Baron voa Spitsem
berg. Affecting Memorls! Service.
A service in mourning for ths form
r Emnress was held in Doom Castle
4his morning attended by nil tho mem
bers .if the fsmily, some or lis nro
intimate friends snd several officials of
the Dutch government. The servic
was sn affecting one, and during its -progress-
former Emperor Willinm frs
nilent lv sobbed snd at one point seem
ed at The verge of a breakdown;--
The service wss osiirted oy
Dr.
Dryander, the former Court Chaplain,
who took the text of his sermon from
the tenth verse of the seeosd chapter
of Re-relation: "Be thou faithful unto
death and I will give the a erown of .
Hfe.'
WELL KNOWN FARMER OF
WAKE COMMITS SUICIPE
George W. Shearon, well known
farmer of Wake county, ended hi life
with a shotgun at his horns two miles
northeast of Wake Forest Saturday
morning st 10 o'clock.. The funeral
services were held yesterday afternoon l
from the Oak Grove Baptist church (
ind the remain were interred in thj,
Oak Grove cemetery.
Aroused by the discharge of th gun, ;
members of MV. Shearou's houaehold
found his body In an outhouse nearby.
Death was almost instantaneous. !
Last woek Mr. Shearon filed a yolun- ,
tary petition in bankruptcy, and it is 1 ,
generally thought that despondency,;
over financial difficulties was th
motive for taking hi own Ufe. H was ,
an extensive nd ueeessful farmer for
many years snd s large laad-owner. ,' v
The deceased was bom in Wak eoun- 4
ty at th home place wherh ended ';
his lifs Saturday. Hs waa about 45
years old. Mr. Shearon Is survived by ,
hi widow tad several children, -
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