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VOL. XXI YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1915 NO. 14. WiFOUMME HICHWM EMUEEt) COMMtSStON ORGANtZES ACCORD tNG TO PROVtStONS OF THE LEGtSLATURE. LATE STATE CAHTOL NEWS *vtew of tho Lateot Newa Gathorod Around tho State Capttot That W))) So of tntoroat to Our Roadoro Over North CaroMna. Raleigh. The State Highway Commission, formally organized here under the provisions of the special aeC of the re cent Legislature that provides HO,000 a year for the operations of the com mission, selected W. S. Faliis of Hen derson as state highway engineer, in charge of the highway work of the atate under the directiou of the com mission. Quarters for this new divis ion of state work wiil be equipped at once'and the work of the commission got under way. Mr. Fallis is an experienced high way engineer who has had special service in many sections of the state and has been for a long while closely identified with North Carolina high way construction. He built the fam ous highways in Franklin, Youngs ville and Leesville sections of Vance county, and has given expert assist ance in road building In Columbus, Wilson, Cherokee, Edgecombe, Hen derson. Granville, Polk. Rockingham, Onslow, New Hanover, Durham and other counties. The work that the commission will undertake through its new highway engineer is co-operation with counties In the way of expert assistance in road building. There are already 20 counties that have "spoken" for such assistance. Assistant engineers are to be called into the} service as required to meet the demands made upon the new division. The organization of the commission was perfected with the designation of Governor Craig as the chairman and Col. Benehan Cameron as chairman pro tern and active head of the ^com mission, Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt as secretary, and E. C. Duncan, W. C. Riddick and Doctor Pratt as special advisory committee to co-operate with the engineer in the details of the work. The other members of the commission are Guy V. Roberts and Prof. T. F. Hickerson. the latter be ing the member from the engineering department of the State University. Prof. M. H. Stacy was first named for this place on the commission, but he could not serve and Professor Hicker son was named in his stead. Blair Named Deputy Collector. Statesville.—Collector A. D. Watts, appointed Mr. R. Kent Blair, a drug! gist of Charlotte, as a traveling deputy collector for the Fifth District of North Carolina, this position recently having been provided for on account of the Harrison anit-narcotic law. The com pensation will be H.600 Per annum and the traveling expenses, $800. Mr. Blair will be assigned to duty under Revenue Agent Chapman, with head quarters at Greensboro, and will prob ably have as his territory, Western North Carolina. There were numer ous applications for this position, but the job required a man with certain knowledge of drugs, etc., therefore it was necessary that the job hunt the man instead of the man hunting the job. Mr. Blaid was recommended as a splendid man and one who would be able to handle the work required Ip a satisfactory manner. Name Mt. Mitche!! Commission. Governor Craig announces the ap pointment of the special commission provided by the recent iegisiature to purchase the summit of Mt. MitcheH to preserve its native forest as a pub lic park. There is an appropriation of !25,000 for the purpose. The commis sion consists of G. T. Deyton, of Green Mountain; W. F. Watson and M. C. Honeycutt, of Burnsviiie; Wilson Hen s!ey, of Bai! Creek, and T. Edgar Biackstock, of Asheviiie. Enlarges Report of Markets. The division of markets, state de partment of agriculture, has made a new departure in adding to its weekly market report of prices in ail sections of the state such produce as grain, but ter, eggs, beans and cow peas. The weekly report shows prices of eggs on the larger markets 20 cents and prices as low as 12 in some of the smaii and more remote markets. Butter ranged, from 25 to 35 cents for North Caroolina creamery butter; co^r peas $1.50 t<?$2; soy beans $1.50 to $2.30; com around $1 per bushel. Many Applications for Clerkship. Numbers of applications have come into Secretary of State Bryan Grimes for the state grant clerkship made va cant by the sad death of George W. Norwood. However, it is likely that there will be no appointment to this vacancy until Corporation Clerk W. S. Wilson decides whether he will ac cept the legislative librarianship ten dered him by the State Historical Commission If he accepts the new place then Mr. Joseph E. Sawyer, now automobile clerk in the Department of State, will be promoted to the place. Make Survey of Beef cattie. The North Carolina Beef Breeders and Feeders' Association has a pian to make a Beef Cattie Survey of the state and to this end it wiii make uee of the rural' schoois of the state. Several vaiuabie prises are offered as an exceptional inducement to the school children to enter the survey. The association has sent out the fol lowing addressed to the rural school children of North Carolina: "The North Carolina Beef Breed ers' and Feeders' Association wants to secure accurate information about ail the farmers in the state who are now producing or feeding beef cattle, or who are in a position to do so. "We believe that beef cattie can be grown and fattened for market In North Carolina as cheaply as in any other state in the Union, and that in a few years time the responsibility for producing a large part of the meat supply of America wiil fall on the Southeastern states. several valuable pTizes will be of fered for the best prepared and most complete beef cattle survey made by any school boy or girl %n his or her district obtaining this information. "If you want to enter this contest, estimate the number of farmers in your school district from whom you can get the information we desire, and then write to R. S. Curtis. West Raleigh, N. C., telling him the num ber of blanks you will need (that is. one for each farmer.) Additional blanks will be provided later, if you need them, but do not write for more than you really need. A record will be kept of your name and the num ber of blanks you apply for, and the number you send in. If you waste them it will be scored against you. "The enclosed blank will show yot what is wanted. The answers must be as short and concise as possible. When you send the survey blanks in, you must get the enclosed blank let ter signed by your teacher, stating that you are a regular scholar, and that, to the best of his or her know ledge and belief, you obtained all the information yourself. "The completed blanks must be sent to R. S. Curtis, at West Raleigh, N. C., before September 1, 1915." The banks referred to give an el aborate array of questions, answers to which the school children partici pating in the contest will give. The list of prizes follow: N. C. Beef Breeders' and Feeders' Association, West Raleigh, N. C., one pure bred bull calf. Sand Hill Board of Trade. Aber deen. N. C., one pure bred Berkshire boar. Animal Industry Division, West Raleigh. N. C„ one $25 Live Stock Library. Dr. D. H. Hill, A. and M. College. West Raleigh, N. C., $10 worth pure bred poultry,, any breed desired, as recommended by Ofhce of Poultry In vestigations. Five individual prizes consisting of recent books on live stock. Names Board of Navigation. Governor* Craig issued commissions to members of a board of navigation and pilotage for the port of Wilming ton under the provisions of the act of the recent act of the legislature that changed the law so that there shall be one member from Southport and four from Wilmington. Those appointed are: William St. George, Southport; James Sprunt, J. W. Harper, H. G. Smallbones and Thomas F. Wood, Wilmington. Dr. Joyner Returns From Florence. Dr. J. Y. Joyner has returned from Florence, South Carolina, where he delivered an address before the South Carolina Teachers' Association in pro gress there. Dr. Joyner is one of the men in North Carolina who are always in demand for addresses out of the state. Wants Land For Sheep Raising. Commissioner of gricuiture Graham has received a letter from Mr. G. W. Wishon of Larchmont, N. Y.. who wishes to correspond with parties in this state for the purchase of a thou sand acres or more of land suitable for sheep raising. Oniy Two-Thirds Cents Per Capita. According to the Health Bulletin North Caroiina's State appropriation for purposes of maintaining a state board of Health, a State Laboratory of Hygiene, and a vital statistics de partment, combined, is nearly one and two-thirds cents per capita. insurance Licenses Expire. Insurance licenses over North Caro lina expired recently and into the State Insurance Department during the day poured a mass of mail matter, by way of renewals of licenses for in surance companies practicing in the state. According to Commissioner Young. North Carolina accommodates about twice as many insurance com panies as any state in the Union for its size and population. But there ap pears thus far to be no evidence of cessation of activities of any of these companies in North Carolina. Wei) Pieased With Debating. At the State Department of Educa tion there is the deepest gratification expressed at the proportions to which the High School Debaters' Union of this state has grown during the three years that it has been in existence in Its competitive efforts for the Ay cock trophy which is provided by the Uni versity of North Carolina under the auspices of the two literary societies. This development is indicated by the fact that 250 high school debaters de bated in nearly every section of the state the question of ship subsidy. KEOOFOYESJOff BECOMES OBCEBI tMMEDtATE AND CONCERTED AC TtON BY MANUFACTURERS <S URGED. SUPPLY FOR TWO MONTHS Mr. Metz Stye Manufacturers Shoutc Declare an Industrial War on Great Britain. Phiiadeiphia.—Immediate and con certed action by American manufac turers to obtain a modtacatlon of Great Britain's rules governing over seas commerce was urged as a rem edy for industrial ills by Herman A. Metz member of congress fom New York and a widely-known manufactu rer in an address at a conference of dye men here. Mr. Metz said manu facturers should declare an industrial war on England. Unless the British government changes Its policy Mr. Metz declared hundreds of factories throughout th<. United States will have to suspend operations and about 300.000 men will be thrown out of employment. Mr. Metz said that American manu facturers are dependent on Germany for certain raw materials but to ger them they must find a way to ship to Germany cotton and other things. "The Germans," he added, "have got ten tired of sending us dyestuffs and other materials without getting any thing in return." D. F. Waters of this city read a let ter from President Wilson in which the president said the state depart ment appreciates the situation and is doing all it can to relieve it. The meeting was under the auspices of the board of directors and advisory board of the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufac turers. Congressman Metz and D. F. Wa ters, president of the Master Dyers' Association were appointed a commit tee to place before the state depart ment "the acute crisis in the dyestuff industry at present confronting this country and urge in the strongest terms that such steps be taken as shall relieve the situation." The com mittee also was empowered to act in conjunction with committees and simi lar organizations throughout the country. Several speakers at the conference declared the supply of dyestuffs now in the United States would last onl^ about two months. RUSSIANS PUSHING GERMANS. Have Assumed Offensive Along En tire Front in Poiand. London.—The Russians are on the offensive along the whole front, from the Baltic Sea to the Roumanian bor der and in the Caucasus and according to a Stockholm dispatch they have concentrated an enormous number of soldiers on the Finnish coast to pre vent the Germans landing there. All the Russian advances accord ing to Petrograd, are proceeding with success. The Russian official report claims that the Germans in North Poland are being pushed back to the East Prussian border and that in the Carpathians between the Lupkow and Uzsok Passes the Russians have cap tured still another strongly fortiBe * ridge overcoming insurmountable dit Sculties such as the scaling of steep ice-covered hills and penetrating clsv erly arranged barbed-wire and timber obstructions. The Russians are also attacking the Germans in the region of Koziouwka, near the Uzsok Pass. There are a large number of prisoners reported t<. have been captured. Germans Smk Three Trawiers Newcastle, England—Three Tyne trawlers, the Gloxiana, Jasen and Nel lie, were sunk by the German submar rine U-10. After all the members of the crews were safely In small boats the Germans blew up the trawlers. They then towed the fishermen to wards the Tyne until they met fish ing craft which brought the men ashore. Obregon Near Mexico City Washington—First definite infor mation of the location of General O bregon and his army since he evacuat ed Mexico City to the Zapata forces came in an official dispatch from Car ranza to his agency here announc ing that Obregon had occupied Quere taro, 80 miles north of the capital and was menacing Valla's advance. The gunboat Manchias was ordered from New York to join the American cruis er squadron at Vera Cruz. The bat tleships Deleware and Georgia soon will come north for target practice. Sugar Fietd Workers Strike. New York—Between 30,000 and 40, 000 native workers in the sugar Helds of Porto Rico recently went on strike for a wage increase ftom Hfty to sev enty-Hve cents a day, according to J. C. Bills, chief of the bureau of labor of the Porto Rican government, who arrived here on the Philadelphia. The demands were in process of adjust ment, for the most part, and the ma jority of the strikers were back at work when he left the island. Dur ing the strike, Mr. Bills said, large Helds of sugar cane were burned runs mu sun in xEm m WA8H)NQT0N PROPD8E8 THAT CAPtTAL HE MADE NEUTRAL TERRtTORY. V!LLA ACCEPTS PROPOSAL Zapata Atso Witting and Resutt of Effort Depends on Carranza Coun ci) to Maintain Order. Washington—With the hope of se curing permanent protection for the 25,000 foreigners in Mexico City, the United States Government has pro posed to the Viiia-Zapata forces and to Generai Carranza that the Mexican Capita! be <^eiared neutrai and out side the Seid of operations hereafter in Mexico's civii war. The Viiia-Zapata forcee have agreed to the proposa! and are wiiiing :o evacuate the city as soon as a similar agreement is obtained with the Car ranza authorities. On Generai Car ranza depends also whether or not the eflort of the United States to neutratize the railway between Mex ico City and Vera Cruz shali succeed as the Viiia-Zapata officials have agreed to this. The plan with respect to Mexico City contemplates an arrangement whereby order would be maintained by a iocai council of prominent resi dents. The Capital would not be subject to further attacks nor would there be more changes in Govern ment until a centra! government had been established. Should the Capi tal be declared neutral, much of the apprehension for the safety of for eigners wouid be removed and the famine menace eliminated. No important engagements be tween the Villa and Carranza forces were reported to the Washington au thorities dispatched saying that com parative quiet prevailed along the border and that the Mexico City situ ation was unchanged. CATTLE DtSEASE is CONQUERED. Department Announce* Virtue) Eradi cation.—124^141 ntmats Kitted. Washington.—Virtual eradication of the livestock foot and mouth disease in the United States was announced by the Department of Agriculture, it was said that except for a herd of animals near Syracuse. N. Y., tele graphic reports from throughout the country showed the disease wiped out. Figures compiied by the Depart ment show that 124,141 diseased ani mais have been slaughtered from the time of the outbreak in October to March 25, last, it was pointed out, however, that the total loss could not he estimated alone by the number of animals killed. Interference with the operations of stock yards, the quaran tining of infested regions and other precautionary -measures, it was said, had caused indeterminable losses. Ambassador Asked for Report. Washington.—Ambassador Sharp at Paris was called on by the state de partment for a report as to circum stances surrounding the arrest of Ray mond Swoboda. an American, charged with having set fire to the La Tou raine, a French liner, on her recent trip from New York to Havre. New York friends of Swoboda had brought press reports of his arrest to the de partment's attention and vouched for his American citizenship. Bargs Tampico Stii) Adrift. Wilmington.—The barge Tampico with 13 men aboard which broke aioose from the tug Pan American oh Frying Pan Shoais in a gale recently has not yet been located according to reports received from the owners here. The coast guard cutter Semi nole and the tug Pan-American is still searching for the missing craft. Ask Futi Vaiue of Cargo. Washington.—Indemnity for the full value of the American ship Wiillam P. Frye, destroyed at sea by the Ger man converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, has been formally request ed from Germany by the United States government. Divers on Way to Honoiuiu. Washington.—Rear Admiral Moore, in charge of operations to raise the long submerged submarine F-4 at Hon olulu cabled to the navy department that he was proceeding with the work pending the arrival of divers appa ratus. The apparatus was forwarded to San Francisco to be shipped to Honolulu on the cruiser Maryland. Rear Admiral Moore's dispatch said he would not be able to report any thing for several days" but that he was "making preparations to lift." Turks Massacre Christians. Tabriz, Persia.—Preceeding the re occupation by the Russians of Salmac Plains in Azerbaijan. Province, north west of Urumiah, hundreds of native Christians were rounded up by the Turks in the village of Haftdevan and massacred. Many of these were searched out from the homes of friendly Mohammedans who tried to hide them. The Russians on entering the village) found 720 bodies, mostly naked and mutilated. Recovtfy of bodies and their burial kept 300 men busy for three days. APR!L SHOWERS *MU.,WKAr ptPtlUL ^00 ? l*w <*e: bTHtntM (Copyright.) ALABAMA BEGINS WATCH LONG NEUTRALiTY CONFERENCE <S HELD AT NORFOLK NAVY YARD. British Warships Guard the Eite) Off Coast.—Getting No Suppiies From Norfoik is Dectared. Newport News, Va.—Enforcement of neutrality of the United States in the port of Norfoik and Newport News was the subject of a protracted conference at the Norfoik Navy Yard following the arrivai in Hampton Hoads of the battleship Alabama, v.-hich took a commanding position ;n the channel to the sea and remained there taking on ammunition and sup piies. Participating in tins conference were Rear Admiral Beatty, com mander of the Norfolk Navy Yard; Rear Admirai Heim, commander of the reserve Atlantic Heet. who ar rived on the Alabama, and Ncrman P Hamilton, coilector of customs for tho port of Norfolk and Newport News. White the conference a: the Navy Yard was in progress Captain Max Thierichens, commander of the Ger man converted cruiser Prtnz Eitei Friedrich, stilt in dock here, was cioseted with deputy customs cfHctais in the Newport News o'iice. At the conclusion of the conference at e Norfoik Navy Yard. Govern].tent oiti ciais refused to discuss it Primariiy, it was teamed, the Alabama came to Hampton Roads to guard the neutral ity interests of the United States be tween a German man-of-war within an American port and a fieet of warships of the European Aiiies which is hov ering off the Virginia Capes. That the situation thus presented demand ed the presence of a warship of the United States was generally admitted. That the Allied warships which have been off the capes since the Ger man commerce raider arrived here had ventured within the three-miie limit and that merchant ships had furnished them with suppiies had been circulated here for several days before the sending of the Alabama. As to merchant ships it was said taat they had taken deck ioads of coai after Hiiing their bunkers and taking on other cargo. "i hvae investigated thoroughly one case in which a merchant ship was re ported to have taken coai to a foreign warship off the capes and found it not true," said Collector Hamilton. ENLiSTED MEN OF NAVY. . f —— Secretary Danieis Teits Where Navy Men Come From. Washington.—Secretary Daniels is sued a statement showing where the enlisted men of the navy come from. The figures were compiled as a result of a recent question by President Wil son as to whether most of the sailors were not from coastwise states. Aiabama 428, Arizona 39, Arkansas 304, California 2,112, Colorado 520, Connecticut 924, Delaware 212, Dia trict of Columbia 679, Florida 251, Georgia 777. Idaho 98. Illinois 2,480, Indiana 1,501. Iowa 1.016, Kansas 651, Kentucky 728, Louisiana 655, Maine 303, Maryland 1,588, Massachusetts 3,420. Michigan 1.118, Minnesota 594, Mississippi 327, Missouri 1,408, Mon tana 114, Nebraska 540, Nevada 19, New Hampshire 280, New Jersey 2,658, New Mexico 95. New York 7,922, North Carolina 660, North Dakota 126, Ohio 2,328, Oklahoma 609, Oregon, Pennsyivania 5,013, "Rhode Island 1,063, South Carolina 397, South Dako ta 134, Tennessee 792, Texas 1,600, Utah 100, Vermont 124, Virginia 1,497, Washington 648, West Virginia 241, Wisconsin p60, Wyoming 43. No resi dence 106. Mexican Forces Gather at Lampaxos. Washington.—While Villa forces are delaying their attack on Mata moros pending the arrival of artillery, the stage is being set for another bat tle at Lampazos about 70 miles south west of Nuevo Laredo. Border ad vlceB to the State and War Depart ment said Villa forces bound to at tack the Carranza garrison at Nuevo Laredo were expected to reach Lam pazos at once, "where a battle prob ably will be fought." Earlier mes sages said Carranza troops were be ing assembled at Nevo Laredo. TWO SIMMERS ARE SUNK ENGLISH PASSENGER SHIPS SENT TO BOTTOM BY SHELL AND TORPEDO. Both Boats Tried to Outrun Pursuers Which Caused Them to Get Less Consideration. London.—Upward of 150 persona !ost their lives in the sinking by Ger man submarines of the Dempster iiner Faiaba and the British steamer Aguila. The Faiaba, bound from Liverpooi for the coa.st of Africa, with about 160 passengers, was torpedoed in St George's Channel. The Aguila, sent down by sheii *re of the submarine U-23 off Pembroke shire had three passngers and a crew of 42 and of these 23 of the crew and ail of the passengers were lost. The Aguila also was outward bound from Liverpool and was en route fot Lisbon. An official supplied at the office of the Elder Dempster Stemship Com pany, owners g^the Faiaba shows titat so far as Is known at present 52 first class passengers, 34 second-class pas sengers and 49 of the crew of the Fai aba were saved. Four of the passeng ers and four of the crew are reported killed and 61 passengers and 43 of the crew are missing. When the submarines appeared, both steamers tried to escape by crowding on full steam, but the under water boats overhauled them after short chases and in each case the Germans then allowed but a few minu tes to get his passengers and crew into the small boats. The captain of the Faiaba, who was lost, was given five minutes to get his passengers and crew off but, accord ing to the survivors, before this was possible a torpedo hit the engine room, causing a terrible explosion. Many were killed and the steamer sank In 10 minutes. Trawlers rescued most of those who were saved; others got away in the boats. Those still on the steamer when the explosion occurred were thrown into the sea and it took ;he fishermen an hour or more to pick up those in the water who managed to keep afloat. SEND TROOPS TO BROWNSVtLLE. Three Batteries Are Ordered to Texas Border to Protect. Washington.—Acting Secretary of the War Department Breckinridge or dered three batteries of the Third Fieid Artiiiery to Brownsville, Texas, as a demonstration to the Mexican forces fighting for possession of Mata moros that American iives must not be endangered by firing across the iine. A regiment of infantry aiso was ordered heid in readiness at Texas City to be moved to Brownsviiie if needed. These precautions were deemed nec essary, although assurances had boen given by both Carranza and Villa agencies here that no shooting across the iine would be permitted. Secre tary Bryan said that orders had been sent by commanders of each faction to their troops in and about Mata morbs to see that no shots entered American territory. Von Kiuek Wounded. Berlin, via wireless.—The officiai communication reiates among other things that General von Kluck, the German commander who led the fa mous German rush into France, in the early days of the war, has been slightly wounded by shrapnel 3re while inspecting advance positions of his army. The condition of the gen eral Is described as satisfactory. The Hemisphere Growing Unified Annapoiis, Md.—Speaking at a lun cheon given in his honor on board the new Argentine battleship Moreno by Dr. Romulo S. Naon, the Argentine ambassador. President Wilson em phasized the "growing warmth of af fection, as well as understanding" be tween the United States and other na tions of the Western Hemisphere. The president spoke in reply to an ad dress in a similar vein ^delivered by Ambassador Naon. Technically the president was on foreign soil during his visit to the Moreno. GERMAN SUBMARtNES CONTINUE RA)D8 ON WEST C0A8T OR ENGLAND. TOTALS FtVE !N F!VE DAYS Merchants Ask Permission to Arm Trading Vessels.—Britut* Public Greatty Stirred. London.—Two German submarines, the U-28 and another whose number has not been ascertained, which have been operating off the west coast of Engiand during the past few days, have added two more British steamers, the Fiaminian and Crown of Castile, to their iist of victims, totalling five in five days. There was no loss of life on the two vessels, although the submarine Bred before the crew of the Crown of Castile left the steamer. The Crown of Castile was sunk by sheil fire but the Fiaminian was tor pedoed. As an offset to this, a French de stroyer rammed, and it is believed, sank a German submarine off Dieppe. As the destroyers have been unable to round up the submarines ship own ers have petitioned the Government to be allowed to arm tneir ships. This has not been permitted heretofore, as steamers then could be considered ships of war and be sunk without no tice. The heavy loss of life in the sink ing of the Falaba and Agulla has aroused a storm of indignation and the demand is made that the captured crews of submarines be treated as pirates. This question and that relating to drink, which is said to be causing de lay in the delivery of munitions of war. absorb public Interest. The King, through his secretary, has sent a let ter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer emphasizing the necessity of stopping excessive drinking, and has offered, if it is considered advisable, personally to give up the use of alcoholic liquor and to prohiMt the use of It in the royal household. The Government has reached no de cision in the matter. It has been decided to incorporate the Liverpool dockers In the army voluntarily because the workers re fuse to work week ends. They thus will receive both army and their reg ular pay. WASHINGTON VIEWS SITUATION. Death of Thresher on British Liner is A Grave Matter. Washington.—While no official no tiScatlon of the death of an Ameri can, Leon C. Thresher, on the British liner Falaba. sunk by a German sub marine had reached the American government, officials viewed the situ ation as fraught with grave possibili ties. Secretary Bryan said he expected Ambassador Page in London to sub mit a full report on the case if ad ,vices there confirmed reports of Thresher's death but added that no Inquiries had been received by the de partment nor had any been made of ,Mr. Page. In view of the language of the American note of inquiry in reply to the German notihcation of a subma rine blockade of England, it is known the facts in this case will be awaited with the greatest interest. That note contained a plain warn ing that the loss of American lives thrugh the German program of sink ing merchant vessels would be viewed as an unfriendly act. Zapata Powers Pay Mrs. McManus. Washington.—The payment by the ViHa-Zapata Government of 160.000 pesos, or 620,000 in gold at the pre vaiiing rate of exchange in Mexico City to Mrs. Ruth McManus, widow of John B. McManus, the American kiiied by Zapata troopers on their re occupation of the city, was reported ofHcialiy to the State Department by the Brazilian Minister in the Mexican Capita!. Washington Unconcerned. Washington.—While the German commerce raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich f loaded at Newport News and reports persisted that she was preparing for a dasl^to sea where British and French warships are waiting, officials of the Washington Government awaited the expiration of the time given the cruiser to stay in port Without comment or apparent anxiety. Naval ofBcers ^-ee Jy predict that the ship will intern for the war, but department officials are silent. ! Will Use Diving Beit. Honolulu.—Tests with the specially built diving bell designed for use in locating and raising the submarine F-4 lost at the harbor entrance with 21 men aboard, have resulted satisfactor ily. The bell is paid to have remained water-tight after being submerged for % 24 hours. It is planned to submerge the bell with a man inside for further tests before lowering it at the point where the submarine is said to be lo cated. The bell is a 64-inch iron pipe seven feet high and has telephony glass ports, air, etc.
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