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VOLUME XXXIX.
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NUMBER 4.
GERMANY'S CUNNING
IN MEXICAN
Offered Carranza Texas, Arizona and New
Mexico as Spoils
Attack United States Foreign Minister
Zimmermann Sent Instructions Through
Bernstorff, who Wept on Departure.
The Associated Press has revealed nk-ticm with General Cr-.ranza's re
that Germany, in planning unrestrict- j cent proposal to neutrals thai exports
ed submarine warfare and counting j of food and munitions to the entente
its consequences, proposed an alliance i allies I mt :v and an ii v'mation
with Mexico and Japan to make war
on the United States if this country
should not remain neutral.
Japan, through Mexican mediation,
was to be urged to abandon her allies
and join in the attack on the United
States.
Mexico, for her reward, was to re
ceive general financial support from
Germans', reconquer Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona lost provinces
and share in the victorious peace
terms Germany contemplates.
Details were left to German Minis
ter von Eckhardt in Mexico City,
who, by instructions signed by Ger
man Foreign Minister Zimmerman
at Berlin, January 19, 1917, was di
rected to propose the alliance with
Mexico to General Carranza and sug-
gest that Mexico seek to bring Japan
into the plot.
These instructions were transmitt
ed to von Eckhardt through Count
von Bernstoff, former German am
bassador here, now on his way home
to Germany under a safe conduct ob
tained from his enemies by the coun
try against which he was plotting
war.
Germany pictures to Mexico, by
broad intimation, England and the
entente allies defeated; Germany and
her allies triumphant and in world
domination by the instrument of un
restricted submarine warfare.
A copy of Zimmerman's instruc
tions to von Eckhardt, sent through
von Bernstoff, is in possession of the
United States government. It is as
follows :
The German Note.
Berlin, Jan. 19, 1917
On the 1st of February we intend
V-. to Degin submarine wartare unre-
-Cia - stricted. In spite of this, it is our in
?" . tention to endeavor to keep neutral
V . the Uunited States of America.
; If this attempt is not successful,
'. I'--.' v .we propose an alliance upon the, fol
,V ' . , ,: lowing basis with. Mexico: That we
.L. t .."c ssll m,ak ,wprjtrt1:nr jnd toffethcr
4w Wf ' '"wtik peace.1 "We "shall rgive general
t" f - ' financial support, and, it - is: under
v 5 stood that Mexico is to reconquer the
r tost territory : m New . Mexico, Texas
. and Arizona The' details are left to
: .,,!.you f qr settlement. -: " 7
- vYou. are instructed to ' inform the
president of; Mexico -of the above in
th greatest confidence as soon, as it
is certain that there will be an dut-
break of war with the United States,
and suggest that the president of
'-, Mexico,- on his own initiative, should
. communicate - with Japan, suggesting
. adherence at once to this plan; at the
. same time offer to mediate between
; Germany and Japan.
7 . Please ''call to the attention of the
-president of Mexico that the em-
ployment of ruthless submarine war
' fare now promises to compel Eng
land to make peace in a few months.
(Signed) ZIMMERMAN.
- ' President Had Document.
"This document has been in the
hands of the government since Presi
dent Wilson broke off diplomatic re
lations with Germany; it has been
kept secret up to this time, while the
president has been asking congress
for full authority to deal with Ger
many, and while congress has been
hesitating. It was in the president's
hand while Chancellor von Beth-mann-Hollweg
was declaring that the
United States had placed an interpre
, tation on the submarine declaration
, "never intended by Germany," and
that Germany had promoted and hon
ored friendly relations with the Uni
ted States as "an heirloom from Fred
t erick the Great."
; ... Of itself, if there were no other, it
. '' considered a sufficient, answer to
the German Chancellor's plaint that
the United States "brusquely" broke
off relations without giving "authen
tic" reasons for its action.
- The document supplies the missing
; link to many separate chains of cir
:, ,'cumstances, which until now have
seemed to lead to no definite point.
bheds New Light,
It sheds new light upon the fre
quently reported, but indefinable
movements of the Mexican govern-
, ment to couple its situation with the
friction between the United States and
Japan. It adds another chapter to
the celebrated report of Jules Cam
bon, French ambassador in Berlin
before the war, of Germany's world-
wide plans for stirring strife on every
continent where they might aid her
in the struggle for world domination
which she dreamed was close at hand.
It adds a climax to the operations of
Count von Bernstorff and the German
' .embassy in this country, which have
'.. been colored with passport frauds,
charges of dynamite plots and in
trigue, the full extent of which never
has been published.
"' New. Credence to Reports
It gives new credence to persis
tent reports of submarine bases on
Mexican territory in the Gulf of Mex
,' ico; it takes cognizance of a fact long
. recogpized by army chiefs, that if
-Japan ever undertook to invade the
' United States, it would probably be
- through Mexico, over the border and
into $ie Mississippi valley to split
f the country in two. It recalls that
Count von Bernstorff, when handed
his passports, was very reluctant to
return to Germany but expressed a
. preference for asylum in Cuba. It
';; gives a new explanation to the re
peated arrests on the border of men
; charged by American military au
:.thoritis with being German intel
gence aerents. "
' , . kast; of all ,it beccs to show a con 1
HAND EXPOSED
- JAPANESE ALLIANCE
and Urged Japan to
that he might stop the supply of oil,
so vital to the British navy, which is
exported fro Tampico fields.
What congress wil i and how
members tf cenpres who openly
have sympathized with Germany in
their opposition to clothing the presi
dent with full attl.oritj to rotec
American rights, will regard the
revelation o: Germany's machinations
to attack the United States, is the
subject of the keenest interest.
Such a proposal as Germany in
structed her minister to make to
A o:-ico borders on an act of war, if
acuii'hy, it is not one.
Not Wild Rumors.
No doubt exists here now that the
persistent reports during the last two
vea'rs o fthe operations of German
1 agents not alone in Mexico, but all
through Central America and the
West Indies are based on fact.
There is now no doubt whatever
thac the proposed alliance with Mex
ic.) was known to high Mexican of
ficials who are distinguished for their
anti-Americanism. Among them are
Rafael Zubaran, Carranza's minister
to eGrmany, and Luis Cabrera, Car
ranza's minister of finance.
It is apparent that the proposal had
taken definite form when Zubaran re
turned to Mexico City from Berlin
rtcently. His return was covered by
the fact that Carranza had called in
many of his diplomats for "confer
ences." Some time before that,
Cabrera while still at Atlantic City
in the conferences of the American-
I Mexican joint commission, had sug
i gested in a guarded way to a member
! cf the American section that he re-
j gritted that the commission had not
succeeded fully insettling the dif
ficulties between Mexico and United
States, for, he said, he had hoped it
might continue its work and make
peace for the world.'
Wherr pressed for sony
now ine commi&on &
aii - -
wctia peace, tireia bas
me American repumics - co:
the destiny of the war by contr
a large part of its supplies
Mexico, he intimated, miht do her
part by cutting off exports of oil. The
American commissioners dismissed,
his ideas as visionary.
Openly Anti-American.
Almost coincident with Zubaran's
return from Germany, Cabrera re
turned to Mexico City, open in his ex
pressions of anti-Americanism. Zubar
an, before being sent abroad, had rep
resented General Carranza here while
the Niagara mediation conferences
were proceeding, and was no less
avowedly anti-American than Cabre
ra. Meanwhile, Baron von Schoen,
secretary of the German embassy,
was offered to the legation in Mexico
City. No explanation could be ob
tained of the reason for this transfer,
and such, investigation as was pos
sible failed to develop why a secre
tary from the United States should
be sent to the German legation in.
Mexico. Baron von Schoen's associa
tion with the moves, if any at all,
does not appear. The only outward
indication that he might have been
connected with them is found in the
fact that he recently had been de
tached from the German embassy in
Tokio and was well acquainted with
the Japanese minister in Mexico City.
Carranza's peace proposal was
openly pronounced as an evidence of
German influence in Mexico by offi
cials here, who declared it was in
tended only to embarrass the United
States. Then apparently, some in
fluences showed their effect on the
course of Mexican government and on
February 25, Cabrera, the minister
of finance, issued a statement de
scribing the "amazement" of the
Mexican government that he Ameri
can newspapers should have interpre
ted General Carranza's proposal to
cut off exports of munitions as a sug
gestion that he might cut off ship
ments of British oil. They were,
Cabrera declared, "entirely ground
less," and that feature of the situa
tion ended.
There was an intimation that Ger
many's astounding proposal that
Japan turn traitor to her allies had
been answered by Tokio.
Part Played by Weeping Bernstorff.
Count von Bernstorff's connection
with the plot, further than serving
as the channel of communication, is
intensified by the fact that the Ger
man embassy here was not merely the
medium of delivering a message in
this instance, but was really a sort of
headquarters for all the German mis
sions in Central and South America.
The German naval attache, Captain
Boy-Ed, and the military attache,
Captain von Papen, whose recall was
forced by the state department be
cause of their military activities in
this country, also were accredited to
Mexico, and between the outbreak of
the war and their departure from
this' country made at least one visit
there.
For months, many naval officers
here have believed that mysterious
German raiders of the South Atlantic
must have found a base somewhere
on the Mexican coast, and that such
a base could not be maintained with
out the knowledge and consent of
Mexican officials.
Last November, the British charge
at Mexico iCty presented to the Car
ranza foreign office a notification that
if it was discovered that Mexican
(Continued on page four)
GERMANY HOLDS SEAMEN
Now Says an Infectious Disease Has
Broken Out Among Them, Justi
fying Their Detention.
A wireless dispatch from Germany
says "the release of the American
prisioners brought to Germany on
the Yarrowdale, although ordered
some time ago, cannot be carried out
for the moment, as an infectious dis
ease has been discovered at the place
of their residence. As the outbreak
of the malady necessitates a quaran
tine measure affectin the number
of persons about to leave Germany
the Overseas Agency states, that the
delay is m the interests of neutral
countries. The hope is expressed
that the quarantine will be of short
duration. The American citizens it
is announced, are safe and well."
Washington Peeved About It.
Germany's procrastination in com
plying with repeated American de
mands for release1 of the Yarrowdale
prisoners is bringing the controver
sy to a grave stage. ,
Accounted the most serious dif
ficulty between the two countries, a
side from the submarine issue itself,
the Yarrowdale case has - been a
source of growing concern and indig
nation among officials, some of whom
now are convinced that Germany's in
tention is to hold the American sea
men as hostages pending a decision
as to peace or war.
Such an act would be regarded
here as not only a flagrant violation
of international law and treaty rights,
but an insult to the dignity and good
faith of the United States. While the
administration has been inclined to
subordinate all collateral issues to the
paramount principles involved in the
submarine campaign, the plight of
the Yarrowdale men has forced itself
steadily forward as one of the most
important factors in the existing
crisis.
Another inquiry regarding the sea
men has been sent through the Span
ish ambassador in Berlin.
Once before the United States was
advised that the prisioners had been
released, but it developed that the
German officials had decided to hold
them until it was learned what treat
ment erman citizens and property
was receiving in this country.
When the Yarrowdale a prize ship,
took the American seamen into Ger
many two months ago, the German
government announced tha they
were being held beacuse the y had
taken pay on armed entente mer
chantmen encountered by the German
raider. In response to the protests
of the United States, however, there
has been no attempt to defend such a
proceeding under international law,
ana omcials feel that by consenting
set tnem tree Germany has reco-
I that she has no right to de-
rVBti.- '. :,..rv-,
toi the great difficulties in. the
-.reflations has been rinp tn Dip nn.
ItfSrmanning of the Spanish embassy
in .Berlin, which has taken over not
only American interests, bu also
many of those belligerent interests
formerly represented by this country.
HUNGARIAN KILLS WIFE
ON FARM IN PITT COUNTY
A dispatch from Greenville, Pitt
county, the 27th said: Just a few
years ago some Hungarians bought
land in this county near Pactolus and
took up farming. They made fairly
good citizens, and it was a shock when
tody it was found that one Joseph
Zemar had. murdered his wife. There
had been no trouble in the family so
far as the neighbors knew.
Some one of the neighbors, a Hun
garian woman, went over to Zemars.
She found no one at home. Later Jo
seph told that his wife had gone to
visit her sister, leaving on the train.
These people are' well known about
Pactolus and no one had seen her
leave on the train. Joseph's action
was somewhat suspicious and there
was much talk. Sunday he fwas seen
to burn some brush in his yard.
Things becoming too suspicious of
something wrong, Sheriff MaLaw
horn and deputies went down there
yesterday, They soon took Joseph
into custody and adorned him with
a pair of handcuffs. Sooon thereafter
while standing in the yard with the
officers he made a break for liberty
and despite the fact that there were
several officers, he got to the woods
only a few yards from the house and
escaped. The officers pursued and
fired at him many times but none of
the shots seem to have been effective.
The officers searched for him for
some time but finally gave up the
the chase and he is still at large with
his handcuffs on.
Then began an investigation of the
premises. Burning the brush on Sun
day was a suspicious circumstance
and the ashe pile was examined. Some
wood had been placed on the spot af
ter the brush had been burned. Rak
ing the ashes away it was found that
the earth had been disturbed. Digg
ing down in the fresh dirt 'about 18
inches some pieces of wood were
found and under these was the body
of the missing wife. The ground was
very wet and her body body was in
mud and had to be washed before it
could be recognized. She had nothing
on but some light undergarments.
An examination showed that her head
had been hit many times with some
instrument like a pick. It was badly
disfigured. After investigating as
best they could the body was given
a decent burial in a coffin.
WHAT THE MERCHANTS
ARE SAYING THIS WEEK
Mrs. Ida Trollinger announces the
beginning of the spring millinery
season.
Caldwell Cochran company, whose
specials last week drew so many,
have more for tomorrow.
Abernethy & Thompson are offer
ing new arrivals in coats, suits,
waiss and spring slippers.
Clapp'g drug store invites tomor
row's teachers to visit.
The Jefferson Life Ins. Co. has an
other bid for Catawba patronage.
Quit buying pianos and organs
from Messrs. Tom, Dick & Harry, and
see Garvin Furniture Home Fo1
company. They're here all the tin;r.
Enterprise advertsers can save yu
money.
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
Remarks in Full as Delivered at Joint
Session of Congress Monday
For Armed Neutrality.
Following is the president's ad
dress in full as delivered Monday to
the joint session of congress:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
I have again asked the privilege
of addressing you because we are
moving through critical times, during
which it seems to me. to be my duty
to keep in close touch with the houses
of congress, so that neither counsel
nor action shall run at cross-purposes
between us.
On the third of February I official
ly informed you of the sudden and
unexpected action of tthe imperial Ger
man government in declaring its in
tention to disregard the promises in
April last and undertake immediate
submarine operations against all com
merce, whether of belligerents or of
neutrals, that should seak to ap
proach Great Britain and Ireland, the
Atlantic coasts of Europe or the har
bors of the eastern Mediterranean,
and to conduct those operations with
out regard to the established restric
tions of international practice, with
out regard to any condsiderations of
humanity even, which might interfere
with their object.
That policy was forthwith put into
practice. It has now been in active
exhibition for nearly four weeks,
Its practical results are not fully dis
closed. The commerce of other neutral
nations is suffering severely, but not,
perhaps, very much more severely
than it was already suffering before
the first c f February, when the new
policy of the imperial government
was put into operation. We have
asked the co-operation ' of the other
neutral governments to prevent these
depredations, but I fear none of them
has thought it wise to join us in any
common course of action.
No Overt Act in. Two Sinkings.
Our own commerce has suffered, is
suffering, rather id apprehension
than in fact, rather because to many
of our ships are timidly keeping to
their home ports than because Amer
ican ships have been sunk.
Two American vessels have been
sunk, the Housatonic and the Lyman
M. Law. The case of the Housatonic,
which was carrying, foodstuffs con
signed to a Lundon firm, was essen
tially like the case of the Frye, in
which ,it will be " recalled, the Ger
man government admitted its lia
bility for damages, and the lives of
the crew, as in the case of the Frye,
was safeguarded with reasonable
care.
The case of the Law, which was
carrying lemon box staves to Pa
lermo, disclosed a ruthlessness of me
thod which deserves grre jatiemn
atioii, bait v.S3 ac.S juo
circumstances which, might mat nave
been expected at any ' time in con
nection with the use of the submarine
against merchantmen as the German
government has used it.
In sum, therefore, the situation we
find ourselves' in with regard to the
actual conduct of the German sub
marine warfare against commerce
and its effects upon our own ships
and people is substantially the same
that it was when I addressed you on
the third of February, except for the
tying up of our shipping in our own
ports because of the unwillingness
of our shipowners to risk their ves
sels at sea without insurance or ade
quate protection, and the very seri
our congestion of our commerce
which has resulted, a congestion
which is growing rapidly more and
more serious every day."
This in itself might, presently ac
complish, in effect, what the new
German submarine orders were
meant to accomplish, so far as we
are concerned. We can only say,
therefore, that the overt act which
I have venteured to hope the German
commanders would in fact avoid has
not occurred.
German Plans Not .Abated!
But while this is happily true, it
must be admitted that there have been
certain additional indications and
expressions of purpose on the part
of the German press and the German
authorities which have increased
rather than lessened the impression
that if our ships and our people are
spared it will be because of fortu
nate circumstances or because the
commanders of the German subma
rines which they may happen to en
counter exercise an unexpected dis
cretion and restraint, rather than be
cause of the instructions under which
those commanders are acting.
Gravest Dangers Ahead.
It would be foolish to deny that
the situation is fraught with the
gravest possibilities and dangers. No
thoughtful man can fail to see that
the necessity for definite action may
come at any time, if we are in fact,
and not in word, merely, to defend
our elementary rights as a neutral
nation. It would be most imprudent
to be unprepared.
I cannot in such circumstances be
unmindful of the fact that the ex
piration of the term of the present
congress is immediately at hand by
constitutional limitation, and that it
would in all likelihood require an un
usual length of time to assemble and
organize the congress which is to
succeed it.
I feel that I ought, in view of that
fact, to obtain from you full and im
mediate assuarance of the authority
"which I may need at any moment to
exercise. No doubt I already possess
that authority without special war
rant of law, by the plain implication
of my constitutional duties and paw
ners; but I prefer in the present cir
cumstances not to act upon general
implication. I wish to feel that the
authority and the power of the con
gress are behind me in whatever it
may become necessary for me to do.
We are jointly the servants of the
people and must act together and in
their spirit, so far as we- can divine
and interpret it.
Defense by Armed Neutrality.
No one doubts what it is out duty
to do. We must defend our com
merce and the lives of our people in
the midst of the present trying cir
custances with discretion, but with
clear and steadfast purpose. Only
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ROAD REPAIRS IMPORTANT
Maintenance is the Main Thing in
Good Road Work Catawba Peo
ple Will be Asked to' Vote.
The continued bad condition of the
county's roads and the question of
improving them are the most dis
cussed topics in the county and the
forth-coming state-wide good roads
bill is of much interest. The county
will likely be called upon at no dis
tant date to say whether or not bonds
shall be issued.
Speaking of sand-clay construction
which has been declared no good and
praised highly in Catawba during the
winter, The Statesville Landmark
says of Iredell conditions, and the
same is applicable to Catawba roads:
"There has been much complaint of
bad roads this winter and the fact
that there is much mud where coun
ties have spent hundreds of thousands
of dollars for sand-clay roads Ire
dell being one has caused many peo
ple " to conclude that the sand-clay
road is a failure; that we must try
something else. There will be times
and seasons when it will be impossi
ble to keep all sections of all sand
clay croads as smooth and clear of
mud as asphalt, but The Landmark
is disposed to hold that the sand-clay
hasn't had a square deal. In no coun
ty, probably, certainly not in Iredell,
has there been any adequate system
of upkeep, and no road will stand the
wear and tear of traffic without con
stant repair. If a repair force is
kept on the job all the time like a
section force on a railroad and the
repair force is directed by a man who
knows his business, who keeps the
road ditched and drained and dragged
at proper times; and cuts the trees
back so there will be plenty of sun
shine on top soil we believe there
would be little complaint of muddy
roads; and if in addition the team
sters were required to put on broad
tires and there Was some intelligent
regulation of tonnage whn the roads
are soft, we are sure there would be
another story. All this will have to
be done systematic, continuous and
intelligent upkkeep, narrow tires eli
minated, etc. if we are to have good
roads, or no matter if the roads are
built of material that costs $1,000 a
fut. It's our shame that we have
spjent so much on roads and let them
get in such bad repair; a condemna
tion of our system of public business
management that spent all our mon
ey building roads and left nothing
for repair work."
The Hickory Record says:
"Catawba people soon are to vote
on the question of issuing bonds for
good roads and provision will be made
in advance of the voting for upkeep.
The sand-clay, except in very ex
treme weather and we have had the
worst weather this winter. in yearsr
is good enough ior ortunarypurpose.
But the roads must be given a
W ilkes Getting Busy.
A dispatch from Wilkesboro says:
The Wilkes county good roads com
mission was in session the first of
this week, and plans under the new
law were made to begin work on the
construction of the roads at the earl
iest possible moment.
It was decided by the state high
way commission that the state high
way or Boone trail highway shall ex
tend across Wilkes county from Pea
Ridge to the Yadkin line to Deep
Gap in Watauga county.
This route must 1 3 adopted as one
of the county's highways to be im
proved in order to co-operate with
the government and secure the finan
cial aid promised by it. This does
not mean that the Hunting creek sec
tion will not get improved roads, for
this section must also have improved
highways, which will give connection
with the Iredell roads in the south
eastern par of the county.
The commission decided to purchase
mules and machinery and to begin
work at once.
An order was made to purchase 24
or more mules, 24 wheel scrapes, 12
wagons and other road machinery
which probably will include a steam
shovel. Superintendent of Construc
tion Mulligan, and Commissioners W.
A. Hendrix, C. R. Triplett and T. C.
Myers were authorized to purchase
the mules, which they are now doing.
LIVE STOCK MEETING IN
ATLANTA NEXT MONTH
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 28. "No meet
ing of greater importance will be held
in the south this year than that of
the convention of the Southern Cat
tlemen's association which will as
semble more than six hundred cattle
breeders o fthe south in Atlanta on
April 4, 5, and 6, for a discussion of
their problems," declares W. M.
Brown, agricultural agent for the
Southern railway, located at Atlanta.
The live stock industry is develop
ing so rapidly throughout the south
that not only cattle breeders but al
so bankers, packing house people, and
other business interests will be re
presented at this meeting. Officers
of the Southern Cattlemen's asso
ciation with th eassistance of the
locaul committee are boosting the
meeting as the best of the associa
tion. Speakers of national reputa
tion will be on the program and
every minute of the time will be pro
fitably spent by those attending."
R. K. Boney, of Duckport, La., is
president of the Southern Cattle
men's association, and Neely Bowen,
of Memphis, Tenn., is secretary and
treasurer.
One of the interesting features of
this meeting will be the sale of Here
ford, Shorthorn, and Angus cattle
under the auspices of the respective
national and state associations. It
is expected that several state breed
ers' associations will be organized at
the meeting.
Box Supper at Catawba.
The ladies of the Methodist church
have planned a box supper at Cataw
ba for Saturday night and invite the
public . The proceeds will be used
for the parsonage.
Following a fall, Charles Taylor,
a Greensboro lad, lay in a comatose
condition for 24 hours. Physicians
thought he had injured the spine in
the fall and "tapped" his back. The
operation woke the sleeper up.
CROP LIEN BILL PASSED
Governor Bickett Gets His Pet Meas
ure on His Birthday Legisla
ture Nearing Adjournment.
Wednesday was Governor Bickett's
birthday and the crop lien bill which
he championed so strongly, to set the
tenents free, was enacted into law, ;
and he was. doubly happy with the
day.
Senate Defeats Suffrage.
The bill of Judge Jones of Ashe
ville to confer the ballot on the wo
men in presidential elections, a thing
that could be done by the legislature
without a constitutional change, was
defeated 24 to 20 in the senate Tues
day. Other bills allowing women to
vote in municipal elections and in all
elections, have been defeated pre
viously. Senator Jonas supported
the Jones bill, declaring North Caro
lina women had more sense than their
sisters of the west who have the right
to vote. Senators who can't stand the
idea of a woman out of her place in
! home, but who cheerfully pay real
money to see a nifty looker on the
i stage, says the Raleigh dispatches,
j quoted St. Paul to bolster up their
arguments, and Judge Jones said St.
I Paul was a "miserable old bachelor,"
j which shocked , the feelings of some
of the pious senators.
The senate has passed the bill giv
! ing the Bryan City women the right
' to vote in town elections but has de
i nied the women of Asheville the same
J privilege.
! Educational Bill.
I A favorable report has been made
! on the teachers certification bill. This
! provides a board of institute conduc
i tors, three men and three women.
1 They will be paid out of the $13,000
000 will be taken from the equalizing
appropriation. As there is no ap
propriation attached to the bill it is
expected to pass.
There is a new bill this week pro
viding for the transfer of old mar
riage bonds and records from the of
fice of the clerk to the office of the
register of ' deeds. It will be recall
ed by older persons that formerly
when a couple was married. they gave
bond to guarantee the contract en
tered into.
Cigarette Bill Loses.
The Coggins bill to stop coca cola
and cigarettes in the state was re
ported unfavorably Tuesday. Cog
gins is a preacher and he preached a
sermon in support of his bill and had
people interested in the articles nam
ed, scared up a right smart, but the
bill hasn't a chance.
University Trustees.
More than one hundred trustees for
the University of North Carolina, the
most of them reappointments, were
confirmed by the legislature in
I session. -'' . ,--"" 35
. loose oi western Carolina
Judge J. C Pritchard, Madison; C. A.
Jonas, Lincoln; R- L. Haywood, Sur
ry; S. P. Grier, Iredell; K. E. Ben
nett, Swain; T. C. Bowie, Ashe; R.
L. Smith, Stanley; J. H. Pearson, jr.,
Burke; W. M. Person, Franklin- A. A.
Shuford, Jr., Catawba; Frank Linney,
Watauga.
Vocational Schools.
In order that North Carolina may
get her proportionate share of the
fund appropriated by the federal
government, under the provisions of
the Hoke Smith bill, passed by con
gress, a bill was introduced in the
house carrying a two years' appro
priation of $36,000, in order that the
state may avail itself of the federal
aid for establishing vocational
schools. The bill leaves to the - gov
ernor the appointment of a commis
sioner with authority to confer with
the United States commissioner of
education and to employ teachers, in
structors and demonstrators and a
gents to carry on the work.
Big Bond Issue.
Senator Holdemess, chairman of
the committee on appropriations, in
troduced a bill to provde a $3,000,000
bond issue to provide for permanent
improvements to state institutions,
and $500,000 of the issue to consti
tute a permanent loan fund for aid
ing the construction of buildings for
elementary and high school buildings
throughout the state.
Senator Person introduced a bill
to abolish corporal punishment in the
prisons. Senator Turner had com
pleted a tentative report for the com
mittee investigating the state farm
stockade conditions and management
and it is being passed on by the com
mittee membership. It proposes new
quarters and equipment and changes
in the prison system.
The senate considered the Oates
bill to form a central purchasing
agency for state institutions com
posed of the heads of the institutions
with a capable clerk to purchase sup
plies in bulk. Many questions were
asked and the bill passed second read
ing. The house passed the bill to pro
vide tax levies by the counties to pay
debts; issue bonds for roads and
maintenance and improvements of
roads in the several counties.
Prison Board Appointed
Governor Bickett Wednesday
names his prison board, which will
again be headed by H. B. Varner of
Lexington, president; other members
A. E. Smith of Surry; C. B. Arm
strong of Gaston; W. M. Sanders of
Smithfield; and B. F. Shelton of
Edgecomb.
Mack Brown and Mrs. Mack Brown
pulled of a small Balkan war on a
street in New York and were ar
rested, at Brown's request. The ma
gistrate asked the trouble and Brown
said she slapped him, and was al
ways slapping him, and slapped him
whenever she felt like it or didn't
feel like it continuous, uninterrupt
ed and everlasting slapping, says he.
He was fined $1 and the missus $3.
"Mack will have it to pay," she said,
definantly. Mack shook his head at
the court and the court sent her to
the lock-up.
When the American troops barred
4,000 men, women and children from
crossing the Rio Grande to celebrate
the fourth anniversary of the death
of Madero, Carranza soldiers lined
up and talked much and fierce. North
Carolina troops under Colonel Metts
were in charge and were ready to
mow 'em down, but the clash was a
verted ,narrowly, however.
BRIEFS FROM EVERYWHERE
News Miscellany Covering the Hap
penings of the Week Here, There
i " and All Around Snapshots.
) There is amovement afoot in Ashe
j vill to close or strictly regulate the
I many pool rooms of the city. The
j Baraca, Philathea and other church
j organizations have started a fight,
j It is held by some that the pool
j rooms of the city are in effect as de
; moralizing as saloons and other civic
j evils.
Lenoir county, in which a negro
was lynched some months ago, and
where a special court was held to in
vestigate it, swears it won't pay the
expenses of the investigation, over
$200, because the negro was a Green
county prisoner, and wras lynched by
j a Green county mob. Let Green pay
! the bill, says Lenoir.
The army appropriation bill carry
j ing $250,000,000 has passed the house
j and the senate will try to attack on
I an amendment requiring universal
! training and military service fromc
all citizens between 16 and 45. This
idea at first so violently repugnant
to America, has become more accept
able under pressure of war condi
tions. A tornado Friday swept through
parts of Alabama and Georgia, kill
ing several, wounding others and
smashing property. The sections
sections visited are those in which are
; located towns of Sylacauga, Hurst
i boro, Wetumka and Tuskogee, Alaba-
ma; Lithonia, Ga., and Georgetown,
Miss.
John Ward, awaiting trial for the
killing of Louis Hooker, was on his
way to trial Tuesday at Memphis
when Thomas Hooker, a brother of
the dead man, killed him, and gave
himself up. Ward alleged he killed
the" man in' self-defense. The body
was found ;, floating in Wolf river.
Thomas Hooker thereup t follows suit
and alleges" that he killed Ward in
self-defense, since Ward "made a
motion for a gun.
The wedding of Miss Thelma Cot
i tingham and Walter Burns, of Max
I ton, brings on cmplicated relation
! ships. The bride's grandfather mar
! rieH a sister of the eroom. SO tne
bride's step-grandmother is her sister-in-law,
and being sister of the
groom, she is also his step-gr ana-mother-in-law,
and the old man is at
once the groom's brother-in-law, ana
step-grandfather-in-law.
The hearing for evidence to place
before congress in the Britt-Weaver
congressional election case, is going
on at Asheville. The contention of
the republicans is that BuncomDe
county's majority for Weaver was
jevand Britt's districmajority was
Ind thaln. a ffrcw jyssioa. tne.
"-ycrawc election oiiiwus tuuuwu
TlO majority in Buncombe for Wei
er, which gave him the district ay
9 votes.
The leaking committee has report
ed that no public official had anything
to do with the leak, that Boiling,
brother-in-law of the president, is in
nocent, as well as officials of the
government; that Lawson's charges
are not substantiated, and that ad
vance tips were given brokers by two
newspaper men who knew of the note
in confidence. Anyway, there was a
leak and 60 millions of dollars were
cleaned up in the market by the lucky
brokers and stock gamblers.
Mrs Eleanor M. Gordon, widow of
Gen. William W. Gordon, confederate
veteran, is dead at Savanah.aged 82.
It is said she was the first white child
born in Chicago. Here is a vivid il
lustration of the tremendous growth
of American communities. In the old
wnrld it has taken centuries to build
! a city like Chicago; yet in America,
1 it has been only four score years
since a white person was born wnere
Chicago now spreads her mighty
reach, a citv of millions with an em-
I pire of trade and business.
BUY A WARSHIP FOR
FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS?
An eighty thousand ton battleship
mounting fifteen 18-inch guns, hav
ing a speed of 25 knots an hour and
costing $50,000,000 is the limit for
American w-arcraft, according to a
report prepared for congress by the
navy department in response to a
question as to the size of ships that
could use the Panama canal and A
merican harbors.
The report says such a vessel
would have a length of 975 feet, beam
of 108 feet, a secondary battery of 21
6-inch guns, four 21-inch torpedo
tubes and a 12,000-mile radius of ac
tion. Locks on the Panama canal are
110 feet wide so she would have two
feet to spare.
"A single such vessel," adds the re
port, "would not be of great value to
the riavy, as it would not be suited to
act in unison with the other major
units of our fleet. It would be neces
sary to lay down not less than five."
The general board, however, is not
prepared to recommend so radical a
departure as the 80,000-ton ship
would present.
Senator to a Senator.
Following is a fragment from a
report of the senatorial debate of last
Saturday:
Senator Lodge left the crowded
senate chamber for the cloak room
just as Senator Lewis of Illinois be
gan a reply, in which he defended the
policy of the president in dealing
with the German crisis.
"There is the senator from Massa
chusetts," said Senator Lewis, "and
may he no longer longer wear the
cloak of Phariseeism in this body.
He is opposed to everything demo
cratic because it is democratic. He
is opposed to everything that is pro
gressive simply because it is in the
record, and he is opposing today
everything that Woodrow Wilson can
do for the honor of his country un
less it serves the purpose of war.
The Holy Scriptures have it written
that there are those who are likened
to a whited sepulchre, beautiful out
wardly, but who within are filled
with all uncleanliness and hypocrisy."
The attack of the Illinois senator
on Senator Lodge provoked a laugh
in the chamber.
They've appointed a commission in
lunacy to see if Harry Thaw is crazy.
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