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WEATHER FORECAST-CLOUDY AND WARMER. PROD A RLY RAIN. SsMhuTj Eveswag Post THE POST RECEIVES IN ITS OFFICE DAILY LEASED WIRE REPORTS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEWS SOURCES ARE NOT EXCELLED BY ANY NEWS PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA. SPEAK OUT! LET POST WANT ADS ACT AS ; YOUR SPOKES MAN WHEN YOU WANT HELP, WANT TO 8ELI OR WANT, TO BUY. THEY. GO HOME. ,. 1 SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MARCH 1. 1916. PKIC3 TWO GUST PRESIDEAT WILSON IN CONFERENCE WITH ADMINISTRATION LEADERS OF CONGRESS Letter to Acting Chairman Pou Was a Surprise to the Nation Conference Today Leads to Form Which Shall be Taken in Standing by. the President in His Position Canvas Shows That Vote of Confidence in Wilson Would Pass the Congress Division Would Weaken the Hands oi the President in Diplomatic Relations With European Belligerents. Washington. March 1. House leaders today drafted for consideration of the House a measure proposing that "Con gress express its confidence in the President in the handling of the, armed mrechantmen controversy and . recognizes (hat it is not a matter of legis lative but executive concern." (By Associated Press.) Washington, Mar.h l. Present ' Wilson had' an engagement to confer 1 with administration leaders in Con- , grass over the question, of warning Americans on. armed merchantmen. I i He was preparsd to urge Coogress to i act -promiotjy on one of the pending i resolution to warn Americans off rof armed m3r?hantmen of bellisi?ir- i ent nations. The President's decision to throw j down the gauntlst t6 Congress on Ihis ' subject caused a complete surprise at j the cap'tol. This d.cision was reach- j ej .aftsr a cabinet meeting. The I President decided that he could not go ahead with the negotiations while there was distention in Congress to weaken his position before the world. The Presiient made known his 'Wishes In the matter in a letter to Congressman Pou, acting chairman of the rubtj committee oif the House, asking him to bring the matter to a vote in the House. He will ask for a similar action in the Senate. --"Administration leaders-"planmed to bring the agitation to an' end by the adoption of a resolution endorsing th3 President's cclirse, after making a ' canvass which made sure of their po sition. The defeat of the pending resolution and the adoption of a vote of vonfidenV : in) she President, admin i; i tratiopleaders point out, would en i ebla heFrss'dent to continue to con- tend for "the principles of internatioal law -and for the interest of humanity. It was generally Sieved "that there would be no action taken on this matter today in either branch of Con gress. , ". '; Participat'.ji(g in the conference at the WMte Mouse were Representa tive Flood and Senator Stone, of the foreign relations committees and ma jority , leader Kern. Speaker Clark and majority 1 leader Kitchin were sent for to join the conference and an .effort was made to decide on a form wVeh the question sbouM take. i No Further Steps at Present. Washington, March lGsmiany'e latest assurances on the conduct of submarine warfare presented : Mon day by Count von Bernatorff to Secre. tary Lansing are not-as board a the United tSates desires .but it is in dicatetf that no farther steps will be taken by this -gojvemimenV until the administration i is certain ' its action will .v not be embarrassed in congress. Thet assurances reiterated in the lat est communication are regarded as not m complete aa those originally given as the result ef the, Lusitan'a in negotiations and it is' indicated tthat the pendiag Lusitania agreement would not be fully accepted as satis factory. ' '; l ' JANIE SUTHER DEAD. ; Little Child Dies, at Troutman, Ire i 'Janie, the two and a half year old kughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W, Suth- i wno have relatives In Salisbuir died at the home of. her parents a Troutman, Iredell county. Tuesday, f death being, due to meningitis. ' The burial took place today at St Mark's burial ground, Rev. S. W. Hsdderv of Stateisville, conducting the j funeral . service. ;" The' child had been .sick some days, and her ease at first baf fled the attending physician. - , - Says the Concord Tribune: Mrs.' Forrest J. Allen watt the honoree at a delightful Bridge party given yes terday afternoon by. Mrs. A. E. Lents, at her- home on North Union street There -were' four tables of Bridge and after the game a salad-course . was served. , j PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS UPON CONGRESS FOR SHOW DOWN. ' Washington, Feb. 29. ' President Wilson's letter to ' Edward W. Pou, of North Car ' olma, acting chairman of the 1 house rules committee, asking that immediate action be taken ' by the Congress on a resolu tion to warn Americans off armed merchantmen and in ef fect to decide whether the Con gress is with the President or against him, follows: My Dear Mr. Pou: "Inasmuch as I 'learn that Mr. Henry, the chairman of the committee on rules, is absent in Texas, I take the liberty of calling your attention, as rank ing member of the committee, to a matter of grave concern to the country which can, I , be lieve, be handled, under the roles of the house, only by that committee. "The report that there are divided counsels in Congress in regard to the foreign policy of the government is being made industrious use of in for eign capitols. I believe that re lieve that report to be false, but so long as it is anywhere credited it cannot fail to do the greatest harm and expose the country to the most serious risks. I therefore feel justified in asking that your committee will permit me to urge an early vote upon the resolutions with regard to travel on armed merchantmen which " have re cently been so much talked' about, in order that there may be afforded an immediate op- ' portunity for full public dis- 1 cusslon and action upon them 1 and that all doubts and colt- ' , jecturea may be swept away ' and our foreign relations once ' more cleared of damaging mis understandings. "The matter is of so grave importance and lies so clearly within the field of executive initiative that I venture the hope that your committee will not think that I am taking un warranted liberty in making this suggestion as to the busi ness of the house, and I, very earnestly commend it to their immediate consideration. "Cordially and sincerely yours, "WOODROW WILSON." The note sent! to Coosrrsman Pou by'the President took the Congress and. the nation by surprise, it was one of the Wilsonian surprises and it started someShing new. The President decided that he can not proceed without dissention in thl German submanne cbntroveiay with his position weakened aJbrod by the claim that the nation is divided, that the President and Congress differ irraviely. This lead the President to write to Congressman1 Pou, asking that the rules committee find a way for (bringing "the, resolution warning Americans to stay off armei ships to a'vote irt the House and show to the WM that .the Oongrees Is either for or against the President in his for eign policy. . . - ' .Making clear that he considers the Preaidont, and not Congress, charged with the conduct of foreign relations of the United States, lie wrote a let ter to . Representative Pou," acting cha'wnao- of the - house committee, asking him to provide parliroentary means for bringing the agitation out int the open y en the ; floor of the house for Hull discussion and a vote, lister, be eumnioneki Senator ? Stone and Representative Tlood, chafman of the foreign affairs eominittees and Senator Kern, ma jerity leader in the senate, for' a conference at the White House tomorrow morning it which he will Teqtiejfc I3iat one of the various pending resolutions be acted npon in both houses. AFTER ' RECRUITS Veteran Leader of Irish Honte Rule is Earnestly After Recruits. Holding make tne race a(tailM(t Congressman Meetings and Urging Men to Enlist R. N. p8KP( L. a Mendenhall, Sr., Not Easy to Convince Hie Men, 0f Asheboro, placed in nomination J. Says Redman. . Milton Burroughs and then made the London, Feb. 29.- John Redmanpoint that the cot.vftntion c.uld non the veteran leader of the Irish Home inafP i,f ftnB tint a. nrU,,u s.. . ' . ! 'I '" ,, ... if 1 1 ' - vC'l I I ' w I I " I v I ' ,1 t, i y 5 ' John Redmond, Irish Leader" After Recruits. Rulers, has been conducting a notable an(; strenuous campaign in Ireland for army recruits. H has held meet- Continued on Page 44 SEABOARD LETS Much Grading to Be Done on Yards . and New Buildings to Be Erected fat Connection With Incresaed Shop Facilities. Baltimore, Feb. 29. Ths Seaboard Air Line 'railroad according to advices received, has let contracts to the Vautghan Construction company, of Showville, Va,,' for the grading work and to C V. York, of Raleiufh, for new buildings to be erected in, connection with' the hew shop facilities at Ham let. The work deludes a repair y"d, lumber yard and storage yard, also new buildings comprising blacksmith and steel cars shop, storehouse, with platform, airbrake offke, paint and Stencil building, wheel and axle 'shop, planing mill, lumber bsii, wash and locker room. New and modern ma chinery will be provided in the shops, CLAIM 101 YEARS OLD. Washington Attorney in , Raleigh Look'ng Up Claim of State Against Federal Government. v (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, March 1. .R. II. McNeill, of Washington, is in Raleigh in con ference wjth State officials as regards a claim of the Stats against the Fed eral '.government wh'ch ip 101 years old. f , ' . i ; The amount involved in this claim is nt determined but is said to be be tween $100,000 sai " 1300,000. ; The claim grew out of equipraent'furnish- ed Federal troop by the State dur frig, the war of 1812, . .. ';: MAY LEAD TO WAR. ' i' .- v j" ",."j:y' ; The FactThet IU1, Seised jthe Ger. i man Shfps Interned"' in Harbors Will Likely Mean War. , ,f ? London,. Feb..29.-rt was .announc ed In the' .House xf. Commons today thatthe Italian Government had re ulsitioncd ' 34 of the 37 .' German steamers interned tn'Italian porta." May Lead toW..";': Wtsshington, Feb., 29-4Annount meat of .Italy's teiaureof - fGernian ship in her, waters - attracted' much attention, in official,, and .diplomatic .circlet and In some quarters .the be- llifewaa rpresed that-the -seittire was .tie first of a series of acts wfca eventiually might lead to war between Italy and Germany. , ' ' , . . FOR WORK E Seventh District IN a mo Brown of Wilkes Coulny to Oppose Page in The Coming Election. Lexington, Feb.. 2!). -The Seventh District Republicans in convention here today named Ex-sheriff P. E. Brown nf Willipn hv urrlamittiim tn this correspondence some days ago the convention passed over thi smoothly enough by taking the posi tion it could endorse. Of cousc thai means any other candidate who wn in the primaries would be consiJenf a disorgunizer by the convention K publicans. Mr. Mendenhall the-r withdrew his man and moved that il be unanimous. And unanimous 11 was, for the tribes that came fouj years ago to a real Armsyeddon an fought one another to the teeth vir tually "loved one another around thp neck" today. Th nominee accepted, in a speech that bristled with optimism, and promised to go into every county in the district and make it as hot for the other party as he "was able. CJ. H. Cow'.es of Wilkos declared that the party troubles had so completely hes'ed that you couldn't even find where the split used to be. H. F, Seawell was of the same opinion. MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS SUPPER, There were nearly one hundred mothers and daughters gathered about the tables last night to bear witness to the interest in this move. ment. Mrs. Frank R. Brown as presT tlent of the Mother Club, which club has been cooperating with the Y. M. C. A. in arranging this sup per, presided wjth particular grace and sympa.thy with the ' spirit of the assembly. The program was as fol lows: ' Singing of "America," Mother and Daughters. Violin and Piano, Minuet in G by Martha Green and Alice Slater Can non. v . ;. i Song: White Doe Camp Fire Girls' Mothers and Daughters in the Sun. day School Mrs, E. W. Tetum. , Trio.'.VThe Dew Is on the Rose," Margaret-Sides, Katharine Sides, Mil- dred Huff. ' Mothers and Daughters in the School-Miss Lillian Crisp. Recitation Siminie Handlesman. Mothers and Daughters in the Home Mrs. Edwin R. Overman. The Ideal Mother Eugenia Wal ton. : Special Appearance of Mme. Quin ines Bedlam Symphony Orchestra un der auspices of Songateha Camp Fire Girls. Mothers and Daughters Mrs. T. W. Iingle. In every talk was manifest a deer interest in the theme of the supper the increasing of the ties that bind womanhood to girlhood in a way as to make more beautiful and more ef ficiently happy each. Especial inter est was given ta the talk of Mrs Thomas W, Lingle who ws the gues' pf honor of the supper. Her emphs sis was placed on mother and daugh $ef working together In the world As president of the State Federation of. Women's Clubs Mrs. Ling!o's vord came with weight and ctriviction. . .The stunts were , clever and thp music added a charm to the program. St' Agnes Guild merit special thanks for the beauty of the tables and the .quality of service. -.'AH in tall thu ,seeQnd- Mothers and Daughters Sup per left every one convinced that it is an occasion that well merits a per manent place in Salisbury's commun ity life. ' " .v - ; '.; - y;" y : t St. Louis Votes for Negro Segrega t ' tion. ,' St Louis, Feb. 29. Segregation of negroes -in St Louis ,-was' voted on today at a referendum election on a proposed ordinance , prohibiting ne groes front moving ' Into c residence to blocks Sa which 75 per cent or more of the families are white. : The ordinance also prohibits white persons from moving into blocks in which 75 per cent of the residents are negroes.. - Many a man feels that if be should hide his light under a bushel the whole world would be left in the dark. : Serbian Heroine 'y'Mk. III S,,t'"l"v f, rv 'wrW'r,,!., f r " , v . . 1 t - t 'V.):,i. ' - . I t .JaUWffBrre. "II WfT " - This Serbian Gypsy girl fought with the army of King Peter in many battles, disguising her sex with the male attire she wore. . When her FICTION " DEVELOPS WITH THE Plans of the Leaders Were to Endorse Hughes, Ee-elect Duncan .hd Adopt a Platform, But wuw Tr: r " can lor jnauonat inainnau, suu wu viw vv Compromise Candidate Con vention Met Today for the Dis patch of Business. (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, March 1. Because of Me lon as regards the election of a Na tional Committeeman, which davtel npetJ' late last night ddegntes to the tepublican. state convention were to lay d'vided .into several factions.' UIp until last night party leadfers were confident that there would be io fractioni?m and the plan was to endorse Justice Charles E. Hughes 'or tbi Presidency, re-elect Carl E, luncan, for national committaeman . wi adopt a platform, these being re Ijced to mere formalities. Plana for the nomination of a .itate ticket had not been complete jut it was understood that the major ty could make it unanimous. Former Senator Butler was favored by some as a candidate to oppose Duncan for re-el action while still a hird faction fivomi John M. More- iead, of Charlotte, as a compromise, Raleigh, Feb. 29. As " the n'ght advanced, the conflict between the "incsn and the Butler forces among the delegates to the Republican State convention intensified artaV assumed at openlbeach that at this hour seems not tfie least bit possible of harm onization. The Butler, or Roosevelt, progres sives insist that Duncan must elim inate .himself from party leadership as national - committeeman, saying hat Butler will then' also In like manner eliminate nlmself as a party factor. . " '. 'i 1 ! .'',. ,,. '" Harmony Meeting. v Ia'-a' sotcalled "harmony meeting' tonight Butler saU he was , called here by Tet men to reach an agree ment for harmony and that his pro posals ;had not been received by Dun- cap in the spirit in which jthey were offered. :-He insisted i that Duncan must ' withdraw in the interest of harmony, else the convention work tomorrow would be in valn.r.He in timated that Duncan, had v directsrl the party along pie counter lines and in the' veiled interest -of Democrats, hrasting , that' real patriotic Repub licans must be put in control. , f .v' V Earlier'. Report. -. Raleigh, Feb. 29-The. possibility of harmony is the all absorbing topic and matter of overshadowing i" con cern among the great number of. Re publicans gathering, here " for? the State convention .. tomorrow. ' They sre manifesting the grssmt concern,, Fought Barefooted .: shoes gave out she went on bare footed until her health broke down. This photograph shows her buying a Dair of Wooden shoes after she was taken prisoner by the Ojuunans. AT RALEIGH STATE REPUBUCANS tne way urougnt rona we.vppo- ;;;uVv" too. over the outlook, some of the Progressive hinting that it is already apparent that the factions will he un able to get together and in that event a Progressive corivenion will be cal! ed. !. Party men close to Marion But ler aire giving out these intimations. The split, they Intimate, will, come over the persistence of E. C. Duncan In seeking re-election to the national committeemanship,- a place he has held for sixteen years, Marion But ler is quoted as insisting that the old leaders be eliminated, he to step aside with the rest and . as being de termined to split the convention wid open if Duncan's friends persist in pressing hie name for national com mitteetrutin on the floor of the convon tion. Butler saiJ . this afternoon that the Republicans have a line op portunity to make a winning cam. paign this year if 'discordant ele ments are willing to make the sac rifice for harmony. .He declined to be quoted as to the Duncan catidi dacy for .national committeemen. But hie friends are free to represent ihm as determined that Duncan shall not have the place. , This seems to be the price of harmony so far a the ele ment of the party controlled by But ler is concerned. " . . . - WOULD SEPARATE CASES. Requests Reach . Governor Craig . Consider as Separate the Case ' .Mrs. Warren and, Christy. ;, (By ' Associated Press.) KaHeigft March 1. Rquest hast ben malie that Governor Craig eon- sider the please for eorranlutation. of sentence of death"1 imposed on Mrs. Ida Ball Warren- and'Samuel Christy as-"separted and dishtinct matters," This request wai made, it is said, In" order that "there murht be no en- tanflemtntJ as regaitis the conwnuta- t!nn of the death sentence ef one and I permitting the sentenced the other to stand. It was regarded as likely that the: petition 'Would be heard on this. basis;'- kf Ex-Gov.'"GleiUk to Speak. , Columbus," Feb. 29Formr. Gov-1 ernor Glenn, of North Carollns, will apeak, here March 26 on prohibit!- accordirg to announcement just made! here byGsorge W. Eichelberger, of Atlanta, State wiperintendent of the Georgia Anti-Saloon League., "v GEMINI OFFENSIVE ItPI AllfA I ' III! T" : KtAbtltd A MALI After Eeachlng Inner Lines of ; French Defenses Crown' Prince Armies Come to Stop, r, , ; halt has dpposirxdv-1''' OUESSINO WHAT NEXT ; j U !'.,, , t , .) f Does, It Mean Tprce of Attack. Has Been Spent or is a Prelude . ! to Renewal of Struggle. ' " . ' Jm - . i , (By Axsoclatod Prtss.) t- ! The Germa offensWeagainst Ver dun. has brought the Crown Prtnee armies up t t 'inner 1ln.:s of the ' French defense and halted there, c ', cording to today's odiciil statement from Paris. ' , , The lull which yesterday cave signs of setting ii now ext n ts along vli-( ' tudlly tne entire front, where a des -peraite struggle for the past week or more Us been go ire? oix Thers were . no 'important . develonments at anv poirt iJuring the nljht. the, French war office reports. j . Unofficial tomnftntators'in, the en tente ct;.itals admit themselves at a man drlvo has eper.t its . force or w-k'Ttiher its pause is simply a prelude to Its rsnewal before a rhard-won po sition at Verdun or elsewhere, on the front,', ' , , Of possible significance, la this co ne?tion Is the French; eftWl state ment that there are signs of a Ger man, separation behind thf front west of Pont-a-Mousson, 18 miles south west of Meti and in the Moselle river , region. French - guns hats , been pounding the second am? third -lines of the German position there. ; , Apparently the recent German at tacks in the Champagne were nothing more than numerous local .operation s, such as Germany carfied out in era! sectors from t'me t6 time in three week proceeding the Verdun j""1. zoiwv. DiP.tho indicate th. .opinion r military oservert that, the German offensive, if it broadens appreMally, would be more likely to spread to ths south than , to the north, 'the many signs of activity along the line in up per Alsace and down , to the Sw'as bonder being pointed to to this con j nection.' Paris dispatches declare the situa tion north and south of Verdun sat isfactory to the French. ; f Today marks the opening of the new German submarine campaign In which armed merchantmen are to be considered as -warships and treated accordingly. " , A report that the British steamer Thoriftvby o 17,082 tons hail . been sunk today from' London but dis patches did not reveal whether the ; reported sinking occurred before or - after the new order became effec tive or whether the vesiel was armea. All members of the crew were either ! killed or drowned. " In the Italian parliament which reassembled today it is expected that a question of a declaration of war by Italy against all foea of the entente powers wil be brought up. Italy has never .declared war on "Gmnsny.' Todsy is the last day for voluntary enlistment in .Great Britain the com pulsion measure hereafter being af fective. London advices report con sidering numbers qf recruits present ing themselves during the past few days, but no overwhelming rusH. to volunteer. . Orders Rescue Work - While Pinned by Car. '? Chicago, Feb,. 20. Lying on the ground with his leg and arm crushed under a freight car,' Henry R. Knud- sen, a Chicago,-: Milwaukee and St Paul switchman, gave w orders for jacking up the car so he could be lifted from under it. , Then, after a hurried examination, he gave his per- mission, to surgeon to amputate, land, gritting his teeth, he watched the operation . that removea ms jured arm and leg. After the operation Dr. William T. Borrelli, ambulance surgvon, told (Knudsen he. was the nerviest man he had ever hesrd of. Some people are so busy, laying sowethrnjr by far a rainy day that they hsvent time to enjoy the bji weather. ."Triangle Films real :: . Lasub outdoes the ::i tf a tion in iU thrills."- Ibune.
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