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NUMBER THB DAILY HXW8 FHENTB MOM WASHINGTON, N. COMPETITION IS s EXTREMELY CLOSE The bis contest Is now on the home stretch. Two weejis remain of the time tie contest has to run, but only one week is left of the bit Tote offer of giving sixty-two thousnad extra votes on each club of Are dollars. About Thoee Tripe. If the contest closed today it would be Indeed hard to dfdde who the flra ladles *ould be to wlo tripe. In eaoh district there are twe or three candidates practical:/ tied, separated Iit Instances by no more than one or two yearly subscriptions. -any one of thoAe candidates havw% W eel lent chance for the double trip, so close is the race. Bom^ of the candidates do not seem to realise that their campaign le right at the turning point, the W?int where they wi\l become vic torious or lose, their favorite prl\e. Work, hard and steadfast work Is the only thing that will enable you to emerge the winner. You oan win if you will take hold in an energetic man n?* and cover your field, solicit in* everyone you meet or that you fan get to. But if you fall to make the proper kind of an effort we might as well tell you right here that it win be surprising if your- competitors 4o not outdistance -y?u.J - The trips are valuable, worty a tmall fortune in actipal cash. . The Mr who turns la the most subscrip tions In each, district will win one of them regardless of h.owrjnuch or jjOW Htf.e. But don't be gnret#onable end think that twenty or thirty dol hrs worth of subscriptions will win * trip worth hundreds. It may be possible that the trip Will be won In *pme of the districts for' amounts in the neighborhood 'of the figures Just mentioned, but it isn't llkoly How long do you think thirty do% lers, fifty or a hundred would last r n being used to defray expensee the large hotels In Weshlngton Qlty, New York, and other places, 9*llmgn ear service, automobile trips theatre parties, ete? Not very long tf be sure. t The members of the Dally News party will travel in sty'.e and wilt be entertained In a magnificent manner ?4}roughout, with not a eent of ex pense. Just imagine .what yon n*e to re*| eelve In return for your work of a f#w weeks, and then *sk yourself if, U Is not well worth-while to spend every waking hour of the next two 'Seeks to the work of securing r*? n twe is. back collections and new sub scriptions for the Dally News. Is there any other manner in afeich your time could be spent more pfOflfab'.e or witk-a greater earning utwef, Isn't It a matter of good judg ment and common sense to get \>ut aid hustle and hustle hard? Subscriptions wont com^ to you, a y<*? must go atter them. Kven your " b^st friends, want to see you hustle In earnest before coming to you with tftelr strongest support. >At.precent it looks as though the flte winners of trips, one from each OJKrict, will be very even. The dou bJb trip may go to any one of (he (Continued on page 4) ? 4 - I i GREEN LTED HIDES Gents :urn? Made ;. PADL 1 ? BRO. ? Captain Webber Dies Suddenly WMbfcctoo Girt, Pawed Away News ID received here today of Iha death ?( Captain Eugene Pres MU Webber, who h?m4 ^kvij at Portland, Kl , Wednesday. Captain Webber was wall known In Washing ton and married Hlaa - Margaret O., Brown of thla city. The following account of hia teeth 1a taken from Lme of the Portland paper.: 1 I Capt. Eugena Preeoott Webber, a retired oflcer at <ka V. & ooavt guard rice, died iiilMIr of heart fall, "are at Ue Portland Club yesterday afternoon. CapL Webber waa bora Marsh 18. 1UI, at, Westport, the bome of his parenta, Stephen P. and Caroline. M. Barttett Webber. Whan a young man ha wi pointed t>0 Lh, p. 9. coast aura assigned to the Arego. la 1*7? ho was appointed to the coast *uar< ?arrlca sad while as the entire list did serrlee at nearly intj suUon from Maine to the Oull i srn coast and from California to the Arotlce circle on th? westarn coast Re waa alwaya one of Us njost pop ular oncers n?. w<m a legion of Wends where Tar hie duties calls* him. ? While stationed at Washington he waa married to Miss Margaret 0. Brows, a daughter of one oT ths old' est Carolina families, prominent la Southern society. la addlthra to Iris Ovttes at ass Capt. Webber alao served for some years ittn Inspector of ooastrnotloa and material. He was also In charft Of the coast guard exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition. ' During the Spanish War Csjfi Webber participated In' the activities With the sea forces at Gnba, being in charge of .the patrol ..and dispatch gutter, ^itbrrlll." For. meritorious trrioa.lie w awJMjj fineer on boiH '?i. Woodbury. ,,1 Hia last active serrlee was with I the Ber'wr Sea natcol fleet. While ofli the coast of'ilista He met With an; accident oil board ahlp causing a. fracture at the base of his brain. It was only owing to his excellent con- . ditlotf and Vjflebdfa ^hyei^ue that he recovered froft tli* effect* of. the io Jdrf* Ind oofittiWe#Jla active service for some years longer. - He wae re tired April 17, 1911. and returned to Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Webber made their winter home In this city, returning each -summer to their home -in West port. He w*p a member of the Portland Club for some years and was el 90 a member of the Sons of the Amer|Can Revolution. Friday noon the body will be es corted with military honors to Union Station by (details from the cutters. The funeral services will be at the old homestead at Westport Satur day afternoon and bnrlal will be in the family lot - , Besides his wife and daughter, Miss Maud E. Webber, he Is sunrlved by two sisters, Mrs. Chartee W. | Welch of Bath, and Mrs. Thomas Dlokson of Westport. City Is Proud Of Our Mayor \ : Petersburg Is "Hi?fily Honored" Over E)Mtlon of B. T. Stewart As Mayor. - I Under the headline, "Petersburg 1b Honored," the Petersburg (Vf.) Dally Progreee Saturday carried the following account Of (be elation of B. T. Stewart at mayor ot thla 6Ltt* |Tl?e artto'.e read as follows: ! Mr. B. T. Stewart (Bddt* Stewart J he was called by his old friends), who left this city more than thirty years ago and who has since resided in Washington, N. C.. Is now abd has been for a number of years one of the leading dtlsenv o fthat city. Mr. Stewart, who has been a most successful business man In h!s adopt ed horns, served as Mayor of Wash ington, N. C., tor six consecutive years, after serving the city In var ious other ca?a*U>e? ?'>. x' eH *ae succeeded as mayor by an other, but recently was unanimously elected by the Board of Aldermen to serve out the unexpired term of Mayor P. C. Ku?fer. The many friends In Petersburg 01 Mr. Stewart will 'read of his succesa [with pleasure. bona in soutbJkWIc . railway BirruHNo (By United J?re*e) Washington. April 14 -The los. MJPP U.S. SOLDIERS WILL POLICE NORTH MEXICO HI IS LEFT OPEN />OH CAR BANZJHTA8 TO PIH8JE REV* ^ OI.I TIO.M8TS JJ 80LTH. CLAIM LOCATION ^ ' OF VILLA NNOWh | tmifil Cajtnot Be IMM XTaUl Oommnnlcat ion, Lines Hftve Been Reinforced. Urge Column of Sol Aim Has Left Colombo*. By E. T. CO.VKLE, VnlUA Prtw Staff CorerspoadeBt. 91 Paso. April 24.? Renewed ac tivity by JJanqulto Remes, whose bandits wrecked the train between |Torreon and Jimlnec, caused re doubled efforts on the part of the expeditionary forces to clear thla territory. Officials here are dublooa hat hope ful that the reports of Mm death of Lopes and Baca, Villarfteiitenants. are true. Villa's approximate loca la known to General Pershing, I gqeprdlng to Columbus advices, It is Mid. but pursuit cannot be resumed tntlfl communication lines are rein forced. A column of Infantry rein forcements, a mile long, is moving Into Mexico from Columbia Forces Redistributed. Washington. April 34. ? The redls 'flrtbutlon of American forces in Mex ico, as at present contemplated, con sists largely of tl^e concentration of troops is the districts 'better suited for such purposes and- from which dashe into the arid and wild ectlon* can be, made withopt danger of stretching1 communication' ll&as too far. Involved in this Is thb' sllgh% fetlrement northward from tie far therest southern sections penibated. authority to make distributions ac cording to hl?;..owit Judgment,. A plan, a* above onf lnedk.-; wouyljl give the policing, of northern .Jftexl^p.ovgfi to the mericans leaving Car*anxa'p men free ta^go ^southward against the Zapatistas and followers of Diaz. tt it eetlmatsd U?t at leaet 1.000 raaCdenta of Waahllfton attended akarap reaterdw. AH Of tlia dnnom loatlon* report tke largeet confre saUoni of tke year. Practically err pew area filled aad at the mora lac services It *?? neceuarr to pro **?#<? " SUBSCRIBERS HAVE 1 IjBEKN CUT OFF LIST With the lirge number of new subscribers that hate been added to the list of Dally News readers, the management lstt week went over the ?ntlre subscription list and decided to out off all those who wire far in arrears with their payments. We Bake this announcement as an explanation to those who may bonder why their paper was sud denly stopped. JUNE 5 FOB ~ GO. PRIMARY Executive Committee and Board of Election Held Meeting Satur day and Fixed Date. The oounty Democratic executive committee met 8aturdey, Just* prior to the cointy convention and re elected Lindsay C. Warren county chairman. Assessments were also fixed for all condldatas entering ,the county primaries. .. ? . ? + \ Saturday, June 8, was recommend* ed by the committee as the date,fo? the county primary. Th'.a Is the same day aa the 8tate primary, ^ Board of Election Meet*. Immediately after Saturday's con vention^ the Board of Election ta#t{ Frank Bryan was re-elected chair man and L. H. Redditt was re-elect ed secretary. ( The board, upon the recommenda tion of the eexcutlve committee, fix ed Jane S aa the date for the;6fanty primary. Registrars and poll hold ers were also appointed. Is/ew U-Boats Have "Bars" <O '0ngH Praaat ' Bars*. Swltaarl&Dd. April 14. Gwdoi hare ?b? doMd the n> i II most lac 14m ?r? boo d-sck?ned wtth lair I atcormcy according to Mil, SvlM reports olalm. 4 , During the last twenty alnk Wn of wmh that hire Oc curred. no one till seen ?, alga of a anbmarl&e. The new per lecofleao nnderseo craft are described here aa having great ?teel dlac (or as "ear" on eacb .tide The olkeer at a recelrhr haara the approaching ship dis tinctly. When the noise oounde equally atreni on both "ears" the o nicer know that the ship la dead ilwt.^nd or dare the to Ma* knd be i red. ? A? Dry Kiln Bunts: ' Loss /j? $1,800 Wre Occurred 8?twdiir Night at Rex ^ Lumber Co. But on E?st > Mala ilrvrU Fir? Saturday Bight destroyed the dry kiln and lumber of the Rex Lum- j ber Co. on Eaefc Ma'.n street. The loss is estimated at $1,000. about1 half of which Is covered by lnsur-| anca,,^,t \ | The exact canae of the blase Is got known, although It Is reported that U w?a started by sparks. The Are department did excellent work but the flames had gained consider able headway before :hey arrived on the scene, the dry lumber burning fiercely. It is understood that the kl'.n'wlll be built up again as soqd aa insurance claims are adjusted. Discuss Plan -.. For Road Work - UT . feint Meeting Of IJond Issue Com- ] mlwUon and Advisory Commit too and Saturday. t" h- At Jdlnt meeting of the bond :srp? comm'.stion and. the non-par lisan advisory committee, which was held Saturday afternoon at twoi o'clock in the office of B. A. Daniel,' Jr., a thorough discussion of the' proposed road work In Washington township was held. 'The commission made a report of tttelr trip through adjoining counties and also discuss ed the different kind of roads which they had seen on the journey. Although no definite course of ac Uon has yet been decided on. it !r generally Conceded that the work in the township will' either be done by day lafcor under contract, or else ?n der the supervision- of a compete*! superintendent, employed by the township. The, latter system was tried out by Pitt county at the start of heir road worM bu was aterwards abandoned and compleed under con tract. . ?? The commission !? now awaiting a report from! State Engineer W. 8. Fullls. This report was submitted -tip him sometime ago by Mr. Snow den, who made a survey of local con ditions. Mr. Fa'.lia has been extreme ly busy for thte last few weeks on the National Highway project, but It Is expected that he will be heard from Jn the next day or two. goes Newspaper- Ad vertising Pay? A large paint mannf?r- ? turer asked Jibls qtieatlqp Of retailors lfUt|hoat th? Country: ' NO. tftAID: "It mini rirMis that the best advertising we do, that is to ?ay, what mmi to bring the most apparent results, is news paper space. We have tried them all. bat this method teems to gftt the beat result* for the money put Into It. "We made a systematic teat during the moath of- Decem ber, la aa effort to aaeertela yhetber or aot oar aewspaper ads were brlaglng new. cu? tomers to the store. We found that tivay ware sod that they were bMkftng (hem in from aftexp**#*, localities." Admiral Von fioltzendorff Gives Detailed Statement Of Germany's Attitude By CARL W. ACKERMAN, I'niUd Prm Htaff Correspondent. (Copyright 191t by United Preaa) (Cpp/righted in Great Britain) Berlin, April S3. (via wireless to Teckerton, N. J.) April 14. ? Ger man y can go no farther In her sub marine concessions to the United States, Admiral von Holtxendorff, chief of the German Admiralty staff, declared In sn Interview with the United Press Friday. "But remember," said the German knavitl bead later, during the course of the interview, "that we have no de sire for a break with the United Btatee. That would be Insanity. We shall not bribe It sbout. despite our desire to push vlgoropuly our sub marine warfare." 410 plot sink the Sussex." ssld nt m Holtxendorff. "1 am as convinced of tbst as of anything which has happened in this war. if you oou'.d read the definite Instruc tions, the exact orders whlcl) each) submarine commander has, you would j understand that the torpedoing of the Sussex wss impossible. "Many of our subamrlnes have re turned from rounding up British veasels. They sighted scores of passenger ships going between Eng land and America, but not one of those waa touched although we knew every one of them was carrying war munitions for the Allies. "We have definitely Vagreed to warn the erews and pasrooeeM of passenger liners. We have llve<& up to that promise in every way, but we can not be aBked to regret freight ships in the same manner. This is beyond the border for any belllger-. ent nation. "1 speak | if straightforward man ner. We could have destroyed -hun dreds of thoueapds,$f ions of enemy Ships since the b? gJnjjLIng of the sub marine.. trar, except Iff the promises we gave tie UdlCtd ^States, but we cannot go further. "Five months more will see what we can do to British shipping. The ring around the British Isles will grow tighter and tighter. Then we Bhall nee whether England shall still maintain that she cMihot *nake peace until Germany Is destroyed. The Al lies could have had peace long ago, but they still cling to the Idea of starving Germany to submission. The longer they cling to the Idea of starv ing Germany Into submission, the longer they cling on and prolong the war. the greater will be their bill. "What I have said about freight ships applies only to enemy, freight Bhips. We are not going to torpedo and we have not torpedoed without warning, or without examining the Bhlps' papers or crew, any neutral ship, deBplte reports which the enemy lng. We are not out to tor North Sea, the Channel aud the At lantic. "If diplomatic relations with America are broken, our submarines can attack any enemy ship without warning. But remember We have no desire for a break with the United States. That would be insanity. We shall not bring it about despite our desire to push vigorously our sub marine warfare. "I do not think the American peo ple want to declare war against Ger many for the way she is conducting submarine war now. I do not think America wants to protect Eng land. I don't think the American people want to do everything they can to help England w'.n even by protecting English freight shtps with "People must remember that it Is risky to travel on the seas to and frbm England today. They must watch the ships' character. If Eng land boast* her mastership of the bea? and her rule of the waves she must accept the responsibility and ihe liability, not Germany. "Germany I* at war with England. Germany must attack England's life nerve, which la her shipping. We have means through our submarines to do this and ws must go ahead. England i? the one responsible for American lives on her freight ships. We cannot.warn Americans on board any more than we oen send word to neutrals who may be In enemy trenofces before we attao* It Is the A?e situation os tie mm exactly, sod still ws know thst all paasen cer ships now going to BngUind car ry war munitions, not necessarily ammunition or shells, bnt article* -Md* am much mors neceeeaty M [help England continue the w&f vlthout warning neutral ships lor England. Our submarines mpected every one of them so id they have met soores In the armed merchantmen opened) I ask ed. "Yet," was the frank response. "Do you know how they were loet? Admiral von HoltzendorH was asked. "No. we don't always hear when one of our submarines 1s lost. We don't always know whether they had atfalr chance or not, when they at tempted to sink Bhips g?- ded as they are wi??- ? \,i\.Vxra.~ """ -accesses of the ? .ine warfare so far?" j he w?s asked. I "In March, more than 200,000 en emy tons were destroyed by Bubma , rlnes and mines on enemy coasts/' was the response. Admiral von Holtxendorff la filled with energy and spirit. When he talkB, he Is the most serious offlcla! In Germsny. His whole body vi brates with energy. Every word car ries oonvlctlon because he speaks sc frank y. so unhesitatingly, that one feel he is speaking straight out In stead of jotting down his thought! (beforehand to make an impression i During the entire Interview he sat erect In his leather chair, his eyes directly on the interviewer, his re marks coming suddenly! with a punch, like shots from a cannon. WILLIAM BARR BEEN CAPTURED Choc? wlnl t j- Man Who Skipped HJt> Bond, Was Taken .Saturday at New Ikrn. William Barr, of ChocowlnUy, who skipped, his bond at the term of fed eral court a year ago. was taken In New Bern Saturday and was brought to Washington this morning by Sher iff Wlndley, who was notified of the m^n's detention. I Barr was under arrest -on the' charge of illicit distil ing. His case was to have been brought up at the Federal court last April. Another' ease whs being tried while he was In the court room and, without arous ing aoy suspicion, he calmly walked out of the room. It is claimed that he swsm the river and was taken care of by his friends In the Choc owinlty section. CONGRESS SETTLES DOWN TO A LONG GRIND Many I /emulative Matters to bo Brought L"p Bofor*? Adjournment. (By United Press) Washington. April 24. ? Having! given up practically all hope of ad journment before tho June political convention, administration and con gressional leaders are preparing to grind out one of the biggest legls'a tive grinds ever handled. It Includes the navy bill, the ship purchase bill, Philippines bill, rural credits, etc. VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT IN VICINITY OP VKRDCN (By United Press) [ PaPrls, April 24. ? Another violent bombardment occurred qorthwest of the Caurette woods last night. No violent Infantry action occurred on ^ the Verdun front, the war office re ports. Joe Tayloe Sends Wire Says State Would Be In an Awful Pi* with "Butler, Boodle and Bonds." A/ telegram from Joseph F. Tayloe at Washington City, was received by Lindsay C. Warren Saturday after noon. The message was Intended to be read out at the convention bat was received too late. It was as fol I lows: Washington. D. C. llr. Lindsay Warren, CCh'n, Washington, N. C. Intend to County Convention my beet wishes. Regret that I am not with yon. My heart and ?plrlt la with yon. The country Is safe with Woodrow Wilson at the helm, bat the State would be la an awfal ttr with "Batler, boodle and bonds" la the aaddla, <? Tell the boya to stand by their gnat. 1 will ba with them la tha % tall. Altogether tit a big Dem ocratic majority. JOB. r. TATLOB. KNOW TONIGHTs unit INTENDSTO DO LONG cable FROM GERARD If EXPECTED EITHER TONIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW. . NO DEVELOPMENT BEFORE FRIDAY President Will Not Ifave an Oppor tunity of DbK-UA?lng the Issue With Cabins Until Thrn. Will Go to New Jerwey Tomorrow. By CARL W. A( HERMAN, United Preas Ktnff Correspondent. Berlin. April 24. ? Germany's an jwer to the United States on the sub marine Issue may reach Wanhlngton jlther tonight or early tomorrow nornlng. Following a conference Sunday with high officials. Ambassador Ger ird dispatched a long message t& Washington, which is said to contain in outline of Germany's stand. "* So I>evelopmenta Before Friday. Washington, Aprl 124. ? Big devel >pments in the German-American ?Ituatlon are hardly expected here before Friday. The President won't lave an opportunity of discussing he matter with the cabinet until then. Mr. Wi'.son expects to vote at the Mew Jersey primaries tomorrow, rill cancel the regular session of he cabinet TucBday. Indications in official quarters are hat the contents of the German note nay be made known In a long cable from Ambassador Gerard. Official information reaching Washington, according to high of Icla'.s here. Indicates that Germany will go a long way to prevent a break wl\h America. German officials, however, are said to be in a quandary as to how to pnt iny agreement In writing that will i>e satisfactory to the United States md that will not anger the German populace. Official! here are hope rul that the German diplomats will "find a way between t hm d*vil and the deep sea." DEMOCHATSTO MEET APR. 11 Good RrpwMiiUlJoo at State Con vention In Expected from Ib?a fcirt County. It is expected that Beaufort coun ty will be well represented at the State Democratic convention, which Is to bo held in Raleigh to Thursday of this week. The delegates from ths First Con gressional district will me#t In cau cus at Raleigh on Thursday morning and will send two delegates to the national convention to eloet six mem bers to the State executive commit tee and nominate electors from thla dlatrict. The State convention wfn nominate electors and delegates at large to the national convention and will also probably select a new national com mitteeman to succeed Jonephus Dan iels. Senator Simmons la to act la temporary chairman. The Beaufort county delegation will leave here either Wednesday afternoon or night. ?tbeerlbe to tba Dally New*.
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