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$ $ $ WANTED BY THE Y. M. C. A. FOR SALISBURY BOYS AND GIRLS 5 -T, . , , LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST rAIR AND CONTINUED COLD. f.lFHRFR ftF THF TM Tio vi r : 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE y) C VOL. 13. NO. 30. SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY, (FEB. IS. 117. PRICE TWO CEN 13 61 Bl STEAMER IS SUNK .The.Netherlee of 4,227 Tons Was the Prize Victim of German Submarines in Zone. FIRST AMERICAN VESSEL TO BE SUNK MAT CAUSE WAR. BRITISH PUSHING AHEAD I t TUT MTTfimnw wram Trench are Confining Themselves at Present to Balding Opera- tions With Success. VST" xzrrr ' "AW ' f" V' V Mfc-''" - .mi - , . -r-. .-- I (By Associated Press.) During the morning and early af ternoon only one large vessel was reported a victim pf the German sub marine campaign, the Britten steamer j f are v . Nethtrlee of 4,227 tons. Two small steamers brought the total tonnage up to 4,968 for the (period. - In the Held of military operations the British are pushing ahead on the Somme front, according to their lat est report, which, recorded a gain of ground on a front of more than three-' .- quarters of a mile in the Ancre re - j?ion,. . , ; Berlin reports these operations to have tieen a series of attacks extend , ing from the. Serre to the Aacre river and which were repulsed. The Brit ish, however, occupied some abandon ed trenches. The French on the west front are confining themselves - at present to raiding operations, several reported by Fans to have resulted successful ly Outpost encounters and surprise at tacks in comparative mall force are the only events on the .Russian' front, recorded in the current communica tion, The sinking of the American steam er Housantonic off the Scilly Islands, Saturday, Feb. 8, is the first overt act against the United States com muted since the German declaration of the new ruthless submarine war- This quotation from the Presi dent's address to congress, delivered shortly after the vessel was sunk, 0. S. WILL REFUSE TO ENTER A DISCUSSION Navigation is Greatly " Interf erred With Around New York Cleve land, Ohio, Experiences - Coldest Weather Since 1883. New Yoife, Feb. 12. A dron in the temperature to three degrees above zero at 7:30 today brought ot this city the coldest weather of the season. Rivers anii bays about New York are filled with heavy drifting ice fields, lntencmnsr to some extent with nav igation: For the first tima in five years the Hudson river, is solidly frozen over foi1 three miles, the stretch between Tarrytown and Ny ach's. Hundreds of persons walked .from shore to shore and several au , tomobiles have safely negotiated the . trip. . 40 Degrees Below at Saratoga. Saratoga, N. Feb. 12. It was 40 degrees ftelow zero in many p'aces in t&is vicinity this jnorning, the coldest of the winter. . Coldest at Cleveland Since 1883. 1 Cleveland, Ohio, FeX 12The ther mometer registered 15 degrees below zero' here this forenoon. . It was the coldest day since February 10C 1883, when the temperature dropped to 16 below ; v-: .. j.S, : i- PURE BRED CATTLE, HOGS J! Representative of Agricultural and ' Development Work of State's Lead ing Railroads to be tteU in Wil v wington Wednesday of This Week. . Wilmington,, Feb. 12. A meeting v of the representatives from the Agricultural ; and Development De partment of the large railrbads oper . ating In the State will ie held at the C Chamber of Commerce on Wedntfs : ' day, Fstrua.ry 7th., tThe object of . this conference is to make arrange- o menta for securing, the exhSite of ""pure bred. stock from along these ""railroads for the statewide Hvtstod'i ''exposition f.n& conference to te held in this city on March 28th and 29th. , The exhibit of pure hre-i cattle and hogs is to be one of the most import ant features of the Livestock Confer ence and the est stock to be found in North . Carolina will be obtained. Every type of beef and dairy cattle and also all breeds of . hogs- will be shown. 7 This demonstration will serre a very useful purpose in show ing what can actually br dona with pure bred animals in this State and encourage others to look seriously in to the matter of acquiring some pore bred stock to be used in improving their', her-fs to jrofitacls advantage. The Livestock Conference is being, held under the' Joint aspicesu'ef the Southern Settlement and Develop ment Organization, and the Wilming ton Chamber of Commerce, with the Cannot Enter Into Any Discus sion of Submarine Situation While Ships Are doing Down OFFICIALLY. ADMITTED GEEMANY PROPOSED PLAN Germany Put Submarine Warfare Into Effect Without Consulting the American Government. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 12. Sharp re fusal to consider hints for a discus sion of the submarine situation with Germany unless it be preceded by the abandonment of the campaign of ruthiessness and restoration of the Sussex pledges was forecasted today. Official opinion Jias solidified that Germany's it suggestion or negotiation cannot be considered, while ships are being sunk in a campaign which brought forth the moral condemna tion of most of the neutral countries of the world. Officials admitting for the first time the receipt of such offer through the Swiss minister regard the eug geation as attempting to becloud issue and weaken the government's position ' gave the intimation' that it must be met by prompt action. They regard it as strange .that Germany should show a willingness to negotiate on a subject which she put in effect without discussing it with this gov ernment or make any attempt to ffive the American viewpoint consid eration. bears on the case: "If this invererate confidence on my part in the sobriety and .prudent fore sight of their purpose should unhap pily prove unfounded, if American ships and American lives should in fact be sacrificed ;by their naval com manders in heecless contravention of the just and reasonable understand ings of international law and the ob- LIVES ARELOST vious dictates of humanity, I shall take the liberty, of coming- again be fore the congress to ask that author ity be given me to use any means that may be necessary for the pro-4 tection of our seamen and our people in the (prosecution of thai' peaceful and legitimate errands on the high seas. I can do nothing less." CANVASSERS ARE TO MEET TONIGHT new Austrian ambassador lands in time for trouble Men WHo Are to Canvas Che City for the Y. M. C. A. Will Be in Conference Around Table. ALL CANVASSERS ARE TO BE AT EVENING MEET IN HOTEL FIRE Eennwood Hotel in Minneapolis Destroyed by Fire Early in the Day. v ONE WOMAN JUMPED TO- DEATH FOB THIRD FLOOB Police and Firemen Agree That There Has Been a Considerable v Loss of Lives. FREIGHT WRECK AT " HARRISBURG. Southern Main Line Blocked Below Concord and Train Made Up to Take on No. 36 Passengers. The main line of the Southern Rail way was badly blocked at Harrisburr, some miles south of Concord, yester day morning by a freight derailment. No. 36, Northbound was caught the other side of the wreck and a train was made up here and sent down in the afternoon to take on the passen gers and transport them on north, and this train also took the place of No. 46, the local northbound passen ger train. A wrecking crew was sent down from Spencer and cleared the tracks for the passage, of the night trains. No one, as far as could fot learned, was injured. 11 Street car traSlc was interferred with for a time Sunday on account of the power toeing off, at the Southern Power Company's au's-station where a switch change was being made. ' 1 Mr. John Busby came in this morn ing from a business trip to Greens boro. . r ' -., NNACIO BONNJLLES WILL REPRESENT MEXICO Mmber of Mexican Delegation of Re- cent Joint Commission to be Am bassador From Hia -. Country to V United States. : , . (By Associated Press.) f- Washington, Ft&. 12. Innacio BonniHes, one of Genera.1 Carranza's representatives on the Mexican-American joint commission, hat een made ambassador from Mexico to the Unifed States. , . . Mr. Bonnilles is now at Palm Beach but is expected to come to Washing ton this week to present his creden tials almost at the same time Henry N. C- Agricultural, the A. and M. col-j P. FT:tcher, the American ambassa-lege- and the transportation lines co- j dor to Mexico, is received iry tie Xex eperatlng. ... I ican government. - ' (By Associated Press.) Minneapolis. Minn.. Feb. 12 Be tween 15 and 20 lives are believed to have been lost in a fire which today destroyed the Kennwood hotel, a four story building of this city. A score of persons are Injured, some serious ly jumping front the upper stories to the ground iekw,. .,J?ne woman was killed when she jumped from the ; iPolice and ffire department officials believe, that a score of persons may have lost their lives by being precipi tated into the (basement by the crumb ling of the1 ffoorg of the burning builfing and are buried beneath six layers of ice which have formed. ' Many of the guests of the house were transient and the full loss may naver be known. When the fire broke nut the most of the fire fighting faci lities of the city were engaged in fighting a fire in another portion of the city and it was 15 minutes before the first company reached the scene of the fire. While several of the Injured are badly hurt it is thought that they will all recover. A Later Report. Minneapolia, Feb." 12. (At least 13 persons are Relieved to have lost their live sin the fire which destroyed the Kennwood hotel shortly after mid night this morning, according to the police estimates. . Many are known to be missing and there are some unaccounted for who may be lost according to . D. Stalker the proprietor of the hotel. One wo man is known to be dead. . J GERARD IN SWITZERLAND German Ambassador ' Returning From Berlin Met at the Border Swiss Minister From V. S. GREETED BY CITIZENS ON CROSSING THE BORDER The Former Ambassador Says He Has Made No Statement and ; . I; Will Make None. - , : Waahingon, Feb. 12OBkial report of the arrival of Former Ambassador James W. Gerard and his suite at Zurich, Swit zerland, reached the Stat De partment today from Minister Stovall at Berne.. The diapatch added nothing to (he informa tion already received The Canvassing- for Funds for the Community Y. M. 0. A. is to ; Begin Tuesday Morning-. This la to remind you of the supper Monday night, Febru ' ary 12th, to be given to the. captains and team workers of the whirlwind campaign of the Community Young Men's. Christian . Association. ' We have a real tank before as that requires the loyal anp port of ' every man on the teame. Plana will be outlined and a list of prospective- aub scribere given to each team. .. The success of the Campaign depends very largely upon the organisation . effected at the . meeting. - For that reason wo are reserving place for you and counting upon your pres- ence. ? , ..M--"-. Xtrj truly, -H. A. ROU2ETL -Pres. Com. Y. M. C A. iiKfe-'.: , I "X. 1 :H9 I nn f MPTiMr at lmi ii HUfmiMU Mill SPENCER INCREASED j Rerinnino' at Onm the ??niitSnrn is Adding Time to All Workers in Various Departments. ADDS MANY DOLLARS TO THE MONTHLY PAYROLLS Work Has Started Enlarging the Storehouse Platform for Sou. ; j thern at Bpencer, . ' Copenhagen, Feb. 11. Via London, f Beatrice Ellouise Kelms, of Atlanta, "I have given no statement or in-'whose disappearance has never been terview on the submarine question, or , cleared. Ion the present crisis to any newspa- quarterly conference OF RRSTM.E. CHURCH A Zurich t ispateh states that Mr. Gerard reached the border and cross ed into Switzerland at 4 o'clock Sun day afternoon. He was met by Min ister Stovall and representatives of the Swiss army, while a 'military guard of honor waa in waiting with a large delegation of . citizens, ' who greeted the returning ambasador. ' . The trip .from, Berlin iwa 'made witbout noteworthy incident, ; al though some curiosity was displayed by those who gathered alongi the route through Germany. .. ' ' ' : Mr. Gerard disembarked at' Zurich with about 120 othtr Americana, in tending at first to remain there, but when he was assured of accommoda tions at' Berne, he .left' immediately for that city. ; He ili. remain Jn Berne for two, or three days, arrang ing for his trptfo Paris.; ;1 J1 Will First Make His Report to Presi dent The committees announced in the Post of Saturday are expects! to bo at the store room adjoining the Co. onial theatre this evening at 7 o'clock, and will hold a conference around the boards, preparatory to a march on the community tomorrow in the interest of the boys and girls of the commu nity. " i , The supper is to be served by the ladies of St Luka'a Guild and every member of the several committees is exp.cted. At this time and place full details of the canvas will fte gone tn tn. Th cards will be distributed. Alt plans agreed to so that Tuesday there w11I.be nethin te- e but advance on the public and seek the money need ed for the wot. - , On Sunday Messrs. Huntington and Hinnant spoke : to several . audiences in the city and laid the work before the public and pastors added en en dorsement of the work in their pul- MRSv INNES FACES . LARCENY CHARGE. Woman Qnce On Trial Charged With . KUUng Beatrice Nelms Is Again to the Front in Atlanta. -; ; (By Associated Press.) - Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 12. Mrs. Victor E. Innes was placed on trial here to day on - a charge of larceny ' after trust -. v -f ; : ; '-; ': : ' ' ! . ? ' v Two years ago Mrs. Innes and her huahittui wpre arnuittd In San tonio, Texas, of the charge of killing , , (By A. W. Hiciia.) : ; Spencer, Feb.. 12EfTectlve today th Southern Railway shops in Sptn cer increased its working, time to nine hours per dsy. ' The order replies to all departments and will mean con siderable increase in the pay rolls at if rncer. Machinists, 'Boilermakers, blacksmitba and some of the other Count Tarnowskl, ' the Austria- crafts now s-et 42 cents tier hour and Hungary ambassador to the United time ani a half after nine hours ser. States, who was able to eome here vice. While it is not stated It is pre bteause Great Britain guiranteed him iumed the increase in working hour safe passage, Unded the day the Got. I applies likewise to all of the tea man note to the Untted SUtes was diffennt shops on. the Southern by. puousneo, ana wnen cne question or, tern. . v i , ,-, j Central Powers was being discussed in Washington. He reached here just in time to get into the trouble. , ANOTHER 'BONE DRY' BILL IS OFFERED Senator Jones Offers Measure Said to Be Divorced From Anti-Saloon League or Davis. SENATE KILLS BILL' TO CEASE EXAMINATIONS Senator Jones Tells Body it Wouldn't Pass Ten Command-' ments if Judge Clark Favored. Will Be Held Wednesday Evening at the Tabernacle With Rev. J. C. Rowe PresidingMaterial Arriv ing for the New Church Building. -Wednesday evening at 7:30 at the Tabernacle Dr. J. C. Rowe, presiding elder of the Salisbury district will conduct the mid-week service ani fol lowing it will hold the first quarter ly conference of the year for the First Methodist church. Material- is. arriving for the new church which the 'First congregation has in course of erection. :; Wlorfc on the (building will be resumed as soon as the weather will permit and it is expected that , the structure will :e completed bttfore the next annual con ference.', . At the Tabernacle yesterday morn ing Mr. O.D. Hinnant secretary of the Y. M. C A. boys work at Wil mington, made a splendid talk on the needs of the boy. life an) what the association ia doing to hejp the boy. At the evening hour the pastor, W. A. Lambeth, spoke on tbe words of. Jesus. "I am tre True Vine He gave. a most interesting exposition of thej meaning oi u wuwii buvwuib ... four ways what the vine stands foi and what it does. At both services yesterday at tht Tabernacle the chorus choir with its doufcle quartette rendered splendid musio ' ' . The Sunday school of First church has ad:ed a teacher training class of young women with Mian Nua Xeier- ry ah tiaciiar. per; t ahau not do so axcer crossing the frontier, and I intend to say noth ing foj publication regarding the sit uation until after reaching Washing ton and; reporting to the President and the Secretary pf State," Ambas sador James W. Gerard reiterated to the correspondent of the i Associated Press at Berlin, in the final conver sation had with' Mr. Gerard before the correspondent's dfpaiture , from the German catataiv . The corrtspon dent was requestedsto cable it immed iately upon reaching an uncensored telegraph station,' the . Ambassador adding: "Anythin? in th? nature of a 'state ment or interview purporting to eome front 'eno earlier during the crisis, now, during, the journey, or upon my arrival in America, can, therefore, fee regarded as a fabrication." - ' -Tre Ambassador said ha. feared at tempts to saddle him with responsiii lity for utterances that were not his by irresponsible correspondents seek ing a "good story," and he took this means of heading off any such ef forts, which might most mischievous ly affect the general situation.; u A little child of Mr. and Mrs. Hyde EnniS is desperately ill at their home on West Innes street with pneumonia. Mr. M. S. Vamer, a former Salis burian who is now engaged in the in surance business in Concord, is here for treatment having been in" . in health for -some time. ',. ' -,.;..'. . t . a : ; , .' CARRANZA APPEALS TO t ALL NEUTRAL COUNTRIES. c. Washington, Feb. 12v Gen ersl Carranza has sent a note te the United SUtes, Argentine, Brazil and Chile as well as to all neutral nationa asking them te join in an agreement to pro hibit the export from their countries to the warring Euro pean nations of foodstuff and SBUniticBS of wrV -r .. . w V : e Mr. Harris B. Holder, a Stack Pain ter, Receives Injuries Resulting In His Death Remains to Be Brought to Salisbury for Interment - Mr. Harris B. Holder, aged 20 years, 6 months and ? days, son of Mrs. Alice M. Holder, living at 529 South Church street, this ' city met with injuries at Neverson Sunday re sulting; in his ' death shortly after ward. The youur man was employed as a stack painter at the rock quar ries, of the" Harris Granite Company at Neverson and fell from a cerrici at that olace. He was rushed to a hospital in Raldgh where he died several . hours afterwards. The - re main were taken in charge by the Uzzle Undertaking Company and will arrive in Salisbury tonight and be conveyed to the home of his mother and the funeral will take place to morrow afternoon, from St Luke's Episcopal church and be conducted by the rector, Rev. W. W. Way, the in terment taking place in the Chestnut Bill cemetery. - , , ' ' ' : ,'. Mr." Holder was weH known to many Saliaburians, and leaves a wife and one child. Ia addition to these the mother and other relatives sur vive. Much sympathy is expressed for hia mother who ia a widow And who is heartbroken over the death of, her son. - His father wss . the - late (Special to Post) Raleigh,' Feb, 12. A "bone dry' bill, which he was. careful to declare waa divorced from .either the anti saloon league or Rev. R. L. Davis, was introduced in the Senate today by Jones of Lincoln. It would utterly outlaw, the stuff as commerce, pre venting even its shipment for sacra mental purposes, but allow it person ally made for that use and would per mit . physicians to have two quarts monthlyaa the individual now does. ; Senator Jones, says he is not offer ing this ' measure ' as a party affair, and that four Republicans have join ed him. I I want to know whether this leg islature ia for prohibition," he said. The Senate alone worked today. It killed the bill dasigned to do away with private examination of married women. This was one oz Chief Jus tice Clark's many dissents and Sen ator Jones declared, as his measure died, "the Senate would not pass the Ten Commandments if Judge Clark favored them. Work has been started for the en largement of the storehouse plat forms for the Southern Railway in Spencer. An extenaion Is being built at the Westend of the platform which, when completed, will make the plat forms and storehouse something over GOO fett long. The ' enlargement is made necessary to take care of the heavy supplies being hsndled here. ; The congregation of Spencsr Meth odist church is arranging to start work on a new house of worship to cost something like $25,000. The old church building, erected 15 years a ;o, will be torn away ani the now edi fice will occupy the same ground in cluding an additional lot well located In the center of town. ' , , ; , FOURTH AMERICAN SHIP SAILS The Freighter Owero Leaves New York for Genoa' With a General ' Cargo of 2,500 Tons Master and Psrt of Crew Americana. - i (By' Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 12.-r-The fourth ship under the American flag to sail from this port for.a European desti nation since Germany renewed her unrestricted submarine warfae got away ast night. She was the freight. er Owego, bound for Genoa and car rying 'a general cargo of 2,500 tons. Her master and many of the crew are Americans. "I Mil Foreign Secretary Zimmerman Re quests Swiss Government to Aseer ' tain Status of Crews of German Ships Interned in United States. v. (By Associated Presss.) Berlin by .wireless to. Associated Press via Sayville, Feb. 12 foreign Secretary Zimmerman, today inform ed the Associated Press that he had requested the Swiss government to make inquiry in Washington regard ing the status of the crews of the in terned German ships in American porta, : . v ' v - -V j ' Pending an answer to this inquiry' the 72 Americans taken by a German raider and brought in by the Yarroww dale in whose release had been a Cornells afierti!ec::::3 Representative Raney Is Asking That the Heads of the Bakers' Associa tion be Called to Give What They Know About the Matter of High :: Cost Bread. ..... (By Associated Preta.) Wasihlnigion,' iFeb. '12, Charging that there ia a concerted effort to put up the price of breed Representative' Raney, of Illinois, in a' letter to the Federal Trade Commission' and the department . of agriculture,;: which have been directel by the President to make ah investigation, into ' the high cost of food, suggests that cer tain men Jbe calUd to"' explain what v they know about the matter, .. ' The list of names Include the Pres ident and the Secretary of the Bayers association. ' k'-i'sJ: Mr. Raney charges that the bakers are maintaining a lobby to prevent a favorable action on the pending bin to repeal the tax on flour which will open the market to about sixty mil lions of bushels of corn annually. union mwm ! Stonewall J. Holder. He had been working at Neverson, a grange town agreed to are being held in Grr aa!r Wiro m SWtne ta. . I ts fore-a ternary atat4. Quarterly'-' Convention Held With Park , Avenue . Methodist - Church . Sunday Afternoon Addresses by Rev. W. A. Lambeth, - of . First Methodist Church, end Mr. O. D. ' ! Hinnant of Wilmington. The Salisbury-iQpeneer . Bataea Philathca. Union . held its regular quarterly meeting in Park . Avenue Methoc'lst church Sunday afternoon. tcginning at 3 -o'clock, the same be-. ing largely attended. -Nearly all or 1 gairized classes, of. the two organiza tions in the two towns were repre sented and much interest and enthus iasm was short n. The reports of the various classes ' was dispensed with. President J. C. Kesler presided and Mr. E. W. Tatum Tas secretary. The principal address was rnafe by Rev. W. A. Lambeth, pastor of the First M. E. church of Salisbury, and this was a most excellent discourse, being one of tbe best yet heard by these bodies of Christian workers. Mr. O- D. Hinnsnt, secretary of the boys wccV'of the Wilmington Y. U. C.. A- wss also present and mads a splendid talk, this (being , addressed particularly to boys and the work among the boys. The next quarterly meetiT will be hell with the Spencer I. hoc .-t church, the date to be selected ty tie executive comrr'tee. - cue efTsrtxert '. I a t.i i -J t' f
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