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MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST NO REPORT. LEGAL HOLIDAY. - - . . - , , , t PRICE .iO C VOL. 13. NO. 39. SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEB. Jt, Ml?. , PRICE TWO CENT3 SWEEPING PRISON REFORM IN SIGH T House Passes and Sends to Senate a Bill to Paj Certain Amount to Families of Prisoners. ADVISORY BOARD OF PAROLE BILL DEFERRED Senate Does Small Work and Ad journs to Attend Inauguration of College President. i (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, Feb. 22. Sweeping pris on reform in North Carolina was fore cast In the lower house of the general assembly this - morning when that body passed and sent to the senate a bill providing for the payment to dependent families of well behaved prisoners not less than ten nor more than fifty per cent of their earnings. The Beasley bill for the establish ment of 'an advisory board of para'e to d consuiutea ox ine attorney gen eral, the prison superintendent, the chairman of the board of prison di ' rectors and the chairman Of the State Board of Charities went over for amendment, Grier of Iredell thinking the bill does not offer enough hope to prisoners. The Senate did a half hour's work of a routine nature this morning and adjourned to this evening to attend theinauguratio nof W. C. Riddick as president of the Agricultural and Me chanical College. HIGH BPIOCE MAKING NEW YORK IMPREGNABLE. mot Raleigh, Feb. 21. The joint com mittee on education voted . favorable report this evening for the teachers' assembly it ill for the certificates of teachers. The Senate vote was unan imous and the House voted favorably and then sent the measure to the ap propriation committee without preju dice. It would provide six examiners, who would also hold the teachers' in stitutes,, that are now held by the Various counties, at least biennially, 'and county funds now expended by the counties for these institutes would be turned to the Stete to !?ear the ex ' pense of the examiners. R. H WMht, Dr. J. Y. Joyner, C. C. WWght, Miss Mary Graham, H. B. Smith, of Newbern, and others advo cated the bill. The single opposition speech was !by Prof. C. L. Coon, of Wilson. (Long sessions were held today by the legislative committee investigat ing charges against the management of the State farm convict quarters. . Chairman E. L. Travis, of the Corpor ation Commission, as a former chair man of a prison board of directors, testified that corporal punishment is most essentia for convict control and that records of whippings at the farm were not excessive in view of the types of convicts the camps have. He and former Governor . Kitehitt and numbers of others paid highest tri' , utes to the characters and official in tegrity of 'Capt. Rhem and Capt, ' Christian, in charge of the farm camps. Governor Kitchin suspected that the sharp requirement to earn profits to the credit of the prison management had ; prevented really adequate expenditures for the care of the convicts in many respects, but heard no special complaints of any bad conditions during: his administra tion. He thought $25 per month too little pay for guards. Hearings win be continued tomorrow. ' The House tonight passed the bill from the Senate directing the Corpor ation Commission, with the assist ance of expert accountants, to devise and install thoroughly modern system of accounting for the State depart ments. The bill originally included a system for the counties also, fcut that was eliminated. ; , Another general mil passed was that to change the name of the A. and M. College to the -North Carolina State College of Agriculture and En gineering. The Senate passed the Allen bill for indeterminate sentences. Also the 4M11 of Roberts, of' Buncombe, from the House providing for abso lute divorce by either party after ten years' separation. ; "' The State-wide game ' commission bill was variously amended as to ex emption of counties and then tabled. The Senate passed numerous local tills. 1 rira MmmmmzmzmT V-'TaSj Vwrw Ik i I1LII I IlLUIULIH Little Else Doing in the Opera tions of European War Zone Other Than Sinking. Ships. ' NEARLY 6000 TONNAGE SENT TO THE BOTTOM. One Ship Sunk Had Americans Aboard But No One Was Injur ed and Crew Was Landed. The commencement of the construc tion of a new fort near Rockaway Point, within New York City, coupled with the placing of 16-inch guns at Sandy Hook, will make New York, the chief point of attack in case of foreign invasion, impregnable to the greatest fleets, of the world. The guns at Sandy Hook and those to be placed on, Rockaway Point will have a radius of at least twenty miles with mere battleship elevation. No ship standing off the port will be able to shoot into the city nor any part of what is known as the "Metropolitan District" against these guns, of the forts. Two 1 -inch gune have been placed at Sandy Hook, but ground has just Deen broken tor tha new fort at Rock' away. Some 312 acres will be includ ed in that reservation, and work is being rushed night and day. FOOD RIOTS OCCUR IN PHILADELPHIA " ' . . r I. - - Bands of Women Make Demon stration Against Dealers That Raised the Price of Food. POUR KEROSENE OVEit MEATS AND VEGETABLES New York Housewives Continue Their Demonstrations and Po lice Reserves Called Out. - . Song Writer Dead. " iLos Angeles. Cal Feb. 22. T. W. Lawrence SeJbert, the song writer, ; died here yesterday as be was being taken to a hospital for an operation. His ftest known song was "Casey Jones.";- : . - The Philadelphia which sailed Feb ruary 14th was the first American liner to leave Europe after the Ger man declaration of unrestricted sub ' marine warfare. She was not armed, and not a submarine was sighted dur ing the passage throngh the German blockade cone, officials declared. - (By Associated Press.') ' Philadelphia, Feb. 22. (Disorderly scenes occurred in the southeastern part of the city this morning and which is populated largely Jby for eigners when nands of women made demonstrations against dealers that raised the prices of food.' In the dis turbance in which stores were at tacked a woman was knocked down and trampled upon, receiving an in jury to the hips and teaking a leg, Police dispersed the crowd before serious injury was done Minor dis orders occurred in other streets in the foreign quarter. " The demonstration was the result of a meeting of women at which it was decided to boycott local dealers. The women opened bottles of kero sene and poured the oil on meats, Ash )ind vegetalbles displayed by dealers and then attacked curb merchant and push cart men. v f .New York Women Remain Ugly. New iYork, Feb. ; 22-tHousewives continued . theif - demonstrations against the high coBt of living here today and police reserves were called out to suppress riots in various parts of the city. Dozens of push carts were overturned, their contents de stroyed and the owners attacked, Two women were arrested charged with assault and were later' released. Hundreds of women acted as pickets before provision stores in an effort to establish a boycott. The most of the disorder occurred when a wonld- be- purchaser denied the pickets. ; A police court magistrate in sus pending sentence on one of the often ders gave warning he would send dis turbers to JaiL "I have had a nam ter of you women before me," he said, "and ncjt one of yon impress me at though you were starving." PRESIDENT RENEWS F LAG ALLEGIANCE (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. ,22. The sinking by a German submarine of the Swed ish steamer Skogland with 6 Amer icans aboard after the ere had been given ten minutes to taketheir boats is reported by Consul, Hurst at Bar celona. Spain, in a message to the I State Departmenttoday, No one was injured and the crew was landed at Paragons, Spain. Ships Sunk in Submarine Warfare. (London, Feb. 22 -Four steamers aggregating 4793 tons were today listed as sunk il.y the German block ade warfare. One report announced the sinking of a Norwegian and a Dutch steamer, while a Russian ship was also sunk together with a Brit ish trawler. Military operations during the psst 24 hours were of ' minor nature as during the past days. ' British Steamer Pet-sun sunk. London, Feb. 22. The British steamer Persun has been sunk Lloyd's announced today. Four of the crew are missing. Sweden Files Pretest Stockholm, via London, Feb. 22. The Swedish minister at Berlin . has :een directed to file a protest against the sinking of the Swedish motor ship, Hugo Hamilton. The fate of the crew is unknown. . n : American Sailors Released. AMSTERDAM, via LONDON, Feb. 22.-A dis patch from Berlin fays that the American sailors taken prisoners on the prize ship Arrowdale have been released. The Americans were released after the German government had been officlally nctined f that the German ships in the United States had not pecn seized and the sailors imprisoned. AGGIE COLLEGE President Riddick New Head of tk. fit US. UIlllftWITH II SP IirTTl S.I IT Inducted Into Office. UNUSUAL CERMONIES 7 ; ; MARK PRESIDENT'S ENTRY PAPE u 1 (ITU PflMMIQCMM 11111 uuiiniiiuoiun A Number of Minnfaturers of Print Paper, in Washington to Confer With Commission. THESE REPRESENT THOSE NOT SIGNING PBOPOSAL The Settlement of the Problem and the Establishment of Prices Depend on Action of These. ' ALL SPECIAL FREIGHT RATES IN MEXICO ARE ANNULLED Mzico CStr. Feb. 21. The Conatl- msTmncant feature in Connection I tutionalist railroads have announced that hereafter all special freight With Washington Birthday Exercises at Capital ' SENATOR POMEEENE MAKES THE PRINCIPAL ADDRESS All Government Closed for the Day But Con gress Holds Usual Sessions. rates will be annulled and all shippers nust pay the regular rate. The spe .rial rates were established years ago with, the idea of aiding national in dustries and many . shippers ; were permitted to transport rad and man ufactured products within the re nublie at . reduced rates. The an. Departments I nouncement of the annulment of these special privileges no longer exists. FOOD RIOTS AT PIRAEUS. . (By Associated Press.) London, Feb. 22. An Athens dis patch to Renter's says that food riots among workmen at Piraeus have led to the closing of all shops and the customs house. Rioting started at a meeting for the distribution of a fund raised by public subscription for the relief of. the unemployed. The mob looted a number of grocer and butch er shops, x A number of arrests were made before order s restored. (By Associated Press.) Washington, iFeb. 22. Washing ton's birthday was observed here, to day by a public meeting in Continen tal Hall under the auspices of patri otic organizations. President Wilson participated in the exercises at which frequent ref erence was made to the international situation. "It is much less of an adventure to write history than to try and enact it," said the President in presenting a gold medal to a school boy for writ ing an essay on history. The President pledged allegiance anew to the American flag and with the remainder of the audience, in cluding cabinet members, diplomats and congressmen lie stood at salute while the pledge of allegiance waa repeated. The exercises were marked by an outburst of patriotic fervor when the President appeared.. Senator Pomerene delivered the 1 HE Dates Set for the Starting of the Re- maining North Carolina Soldiers on the Border to Their Homes. ' ' (By Associated Press.) V San Antonio. Texas, Feb. 22. Ad ditional dates announced at Southern Department headquarters ; today for the departure of State troops from the border practically completed the homeward movement of the organiza tions included in the first two contin gents in which 60,000 guardsmen re main to bo moved have been divided for transportation purposes. ; The following departure dates have been fixed: Second N. C. infantry from El Pasc March 17; 3rd N. C. infantry ftom El Paso March 15; N. C. ambulance company No. 1 and field hospital No, 1 from El Paso March 15: Troon A principal address at' the memorial ex-1 and B North Carolina cavalry froin erases. . El run March 14th. All government departments were closed for the day but because of the pressure of legislation congress held the usual session. MANY WOMEN MEE GERARD ARRIVES AT MADRID. American Ambassador and Party Arc tin bpanuh Soil En Route to the United States. :- ; ' ' : r .:tvv Madrid, via London. Feb. 22. Jas. ! W. Gerard, former American ambas sador at Berlin, and his party arrived here this mrning on his way to the i united States.- The Americans were met at the station by representatives bf the foreign office and Ambassador Willard and his staff. , - . I' DEATH IN EXPLOSIONS - ....... MEETING BAR ASSO. . There will be a .meeting of the Rowan County Bar Asso ciation in the CoamUi otter's room at the eWt boose Friday efterneca, February 23, at 3:30 o'clock for the, purpose of ar rant in g the calendar for the March Ursa of Rowan Superior court. THEO. F. KLLTTZ. . President. ' J. F. McCabbias, Clerk. Blow Up in . Dresden Ammunition ; Factories Results is Death of Many "v.uui ..... m.au Bnaren , iranng Christ maa Season. -V (By Associated Press.) ; London, Feb. 22. The explosion in ammunition factories in . Dresden, Germany, during the Christmas holi days was the greatest disaster of the kind that has occurred anywhere since the war began; according to a News dispatch from Christiana, Nor way, quoting a Dresden dispatch to Christiana newspapers. '; Over 1,000 persons were killed out of 80,000 employed ia the wrecked factories.. . Emperor William visited the scene the day following the explosion. ; A - Pans dispatch dated January 20 said, according to a letter taken from a German soldier and written from Dresden, that the arsenal' had blown up and 1,000 women and young girls were killed. The letter was dat ed December 30. - i (By Associated Press.) Washington, Fcy 22-Newsprint paper manufacturers began arriving here today for a conference vith the Federal Trade Commission over the proposal to fix the price of newsprint for the period of six months. . Man ufacturers of about one third of the paper made in the United States- and Canada have signed . an agreement asking the Commission to fix a iprice for six months, and these coming for this conf erenoa represent those who did not sign such a proposal. The restoration of free competition in newsprint market Is the aim of the commission. The commission is trying to fix cure for the condition now existing, not merely a mere palliative meas are. At the .end of six months the commission feels that ; the congres sional inquiry will have so shaped the situation that there will be strain an unstrained competition - which" !! equalize prices. The acceptance of : the proposal made by the manufacturers by the commission will hinge on the attitude of the manufacturers who are arriv in i here. ; The surrender , by .those who signed the proposal in the face of criminal indictment officials- be lievo will break the news print mar ket and force prices to an equitamle level whether the court proceeding go on or not. Members of the commia sion hope that the manufacturers here .ill come in on the agreement The continuation by the depart ment of justice of the criminal pro cedure is not promised the manufac turers, this is made clear by the com mission, but it is thought that if the indictments are found they will not be pushed in ease of an adjustment of the differences and restoration of competition. If the cost of produc tion in all mills were the same.it pro bably would be easy, Ant this not the case, for. there is a difference in cost at different locations and this make it impossible to fix a flat rate. A scale of prices 'will be found necessary and ptiDers will be expect to buy from mills closest r.y to save.ireight. - ED STEEL TAKEN BY OFFERCERS Negro Who Escaped from the State Prison Captured at tha ; ) Transfer Sheds. TWO DWELLINGS BUENED EAfiLY IN THE M0ENINO Spencer Has a Fire of Some Im port&aoe, Number of Local and Personal .Items. Governor Bickett Presided Over Meeting Which Was a Notable ; ) One in State's History. FIRE AT BA DIN. Hardaway Com puny Construction Camp Damaged by Fire of ' Un known Origin. " - (Special t the Post) Albemarle, Fehf 21iA fire which did quite considerable damage to the Hardaway Contracting Company oc curred last nirht about one o'tlod'i when a number of the construction hiildings ; of that ; Company were burned, and H is reported quite a con siderable damage was done to ma chinery. " , Hardaway's camp is located about one mile beyond Badin at the place where the dam is fteing built across the narrows of the Yadkin, and when the fire afarm was given and - the news reached Badin that a rather se rious fire nad broken out near the town, quite a crowd of the laborers went as quick as they, could to lend assistance in getting the flames un der controL A number of colored people were riding in an automobile and. sbout harf way between Badin and the fire, when one of the negroes was thrown from the car and receiv ed Injuries from which he died almost imnwd'tely. ',' . v The origin of the lire Is not known. (By A. W. Hidka.) - Spencer, Feb. 22. -Ed Steel, color ed, who escaped from the State pris on farm year ago, was captured st the Spencer transfer sheds '. of the Southern Railway, Tuesday night ft.y Special Agent Allgood and was car ried back to Raleigh today. Steel was sent up frvm Forsyth two years ago and waa serving1 a sentence of 15 yean for murder when he escaped. He will have about 13 years yea to serve. Officer Allgood is being eon grstulated upon his fine work in re capturing Steel. . , ' Two dwellings in East Spencer owned try Mrs. Milton Rufty were homed at an early hour thl smorning and officers are of the opinion the firs was of incendisry origin, f ,Th blaze started - under an unoccupied room in the home of Brantly Her grave, a tenant In the house. Bum' ing this home tha fire soon spread to the other: building occupied by Dave Wlilsort. ' There was no : Jnavrance. The East Spencer firemen responded to a call and saved much other prop erty in the vicinity. For, about the twentieth time in tha past few years the store of C E, Fesperman in East Spencer -was 'broken into by robbers at an early hour Wednesday morning. Failing to effect an entrance at the front a rear window was prised open. After pilfering . the place the, rubbers left without beinj detected. Mr. Fesper man lost bis Store twice by storm in recent years and is being robbed about every three months. . f 1 ? Four young children a of Jttr, and Mrs. E. J. White in East Spencer and desperately ill with measles and whooping cough. One of tha children also has bronchat pneumonia and the home has en turned into a hospital in charge of a trained nurse. , s Charlie, Atwell, a young son of Mr, and Mrs. C' H, Atwell, who waa oper ated upon for appendicitis a 1 few days ago following a lick from a basket ball . which J precipitated the trouble, is recovering steadily. He was struck in the abdomen, by the ball and appendicitis followed. - Washington's Birthday was observ ed in Spencer by a general holiay at the shops, some two thousand em eloyes taking the day off. An elabor ate celebration will be held tonight st the home of Mr. and Mrs. - R. W. Cheek under the auspices of Calvary Lutheran church which has made the occasion an annual affair in Spencer, Raleigh, N. C, Feb SSHWallace Carl Riddick was Inaugurated Fourth president of the North Carolina Agri cultural and Mechanical CoHeze here today with ceremonies declared never to have been equalled in the history of North. Carolina educational insti tutions. Dr. Riddick succeeds pr. D. II.' Hill who resigned several months ago in order to devote bis time to the preparation of a history of the part taken ty North Carolina in the war between the itates,,K'v. -;V ;;f.V-V ; Governor Thomas W. Bldfcett pre sided at the inaugural ceremony in o'clock. ' Addresses of greeting were delivered by Dr., Edward K. Graham, president of the University of North of Wake Forest collage; Lieutenant Governor O, Max Gardner, represent ing tha board of trustees of the col lege; Dr. J. Y. Joyner, State Superin tendent of Public, Instruction; Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of , the Progres sive Farmer, and representing the State Board of Agriculture; W. A. Graham, (Commissioner of the State Harrison, Dean, representing the fac ulty' of the college; W. D. Faucett, ni, and J. E. McDoughalL president of the Senior Class and representing tha student ody. Bishop Joseph Llount Cheshire acted as chaplain. .... ' "I'M "principal addreases were those delivered by Henbert Quick, of Wash ington, member of the Federal Farm Loan Board; Dr. H. S. Drinker, presi dent of Lehigh University 'President niuaicK s aims maier; ur. u. u. inn, fnrmttr nru Mnt m th fnUmo. ml ine inaugural auoress or ' rresiaenu v, Riddick. The oath of 'office was ad ministered President Riddick (by Chief Justice Walter Ckr& of the State Supreme Court': ; ..'Preceding the inaugural exercises an exhibittion drill by the regiment of cadets took place on the parade ground. The academic procession then formed and marched to Pullen haH. .1 . . v At o'clock this afternoon Lieuten ant-Governor O. Max Gardner pre sided at a luncheon by the faculty and alumni in honor of President Riddick, members of the State Supreme eourt, the Council of State, members of the General Assembly and delegates ap pointed to represent educational in stitutions and learned aooidjies t the inauguration. Admission to the luncheon, which took place in the col lege dining hall, was ,by eard only. ine public was invited to attend a reception at the college Young Men's Christian. Association building at 9 o'elock tonight ' ! 1 I, Hull .hi I- 1 Tj ) ' BOTH SIDES BELIEVED TO BE ASSEMBLING FORCES. SPARTANBURG AFTER DOCTORS Tri-State Convention in Session at Durham and May Go to the South Carolina Town Next Year. (By' Associated Press.) Durham, Feb. It. With the race for the -next v convention narrowed down to Spartanburg, Greenville and Columbia, S. C, the selection of the next meeting place for the Tri-State Medical Society was scheduled for this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.1 Delegates from Greenville and Columbia; have indicated that they , will ' withdraw their invitations, assuring Spartan burg of success. Officers will not be selected until the next meeting place has been de rided.' - Dr. William : S. Bainbridge, the noted cancer specialist just home from a' tour of European hospitals, Germany has been disappointed in mimMr rtf imiMi wno reiusea 10 accept her admonition that it ia time I delivered his famous illustrated can to be sacred.-Weshinjton Star. - - r c.ure uuj mommy. Big Effort of Cuban Revolution Will Probotly Be Made at Camaguey., Havana, Feb. ilFor the. third ; successive day no word of fighting has reached the capital, and the be lief is growing, that both sides are gathering their forces for a supreme effort at Camaguey. Y I Colonel Jujol is reported as already having entered Camaguey province and it was intimated that be prob ably will attack the rebels In the Ca maguey capital tomorrow. A report reached Havana today that the American steamer Tivives from Jamaica for New . York, left Santiago last ' night crowded . with American residents of Santiago and tourists. ( . v' It Is reliably stated that President Menocal Is preparing a .proclamation granting amnesty to those members of the military who have ieen obligsd to take up armagaihst his govern- , ment by orders of their superiors and to all civilians involved In the revolt who lay down their arms. Reports from many officers in the field given out St the palace continue to show an undiminished number of insurgents surrendering to the loyal forces. - PHILADELPHIA nO"! ; w York, Feb. 22 "He American line steamer Ti -delphia from IJer; ! r 1 ia at Sandy Hk f ( n ! -fore 19 o'clock f r :.