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. 'Ct v;,.. , .. . ; ffij ' ' ' .... i j , , , Vol.23, No. 174. AGREES WITH VIEWS s Entente Allies MeJce Represents tlont Regarding the Surges ; Uom by the United States. ARMED MERCHANTMEN America is Likely to Alio Consid - er Such Ships as Vessels of War. . (By the Associated Press.) mm Washington, Fcbwli.-Wplomatic rep-; Washington, Feb. J2.-As the first nsentatiyes of lh entente aliies havejlnoV,. ; tne 1Vi jH,,,rtnipnt plana to! made oral representations to Secretary Lansing regarding tbe American nicm - onradum to their Kovernmenta suggest- diiibuuiii v mrn n""" . lug the. disarming of merchant ships,! na inai wmw DirrrnimDirii, rHii.K J 1 I. A American wirta might be regarded a wamhlp". ! It la believed that Secretary Lanitlivg Vtii informed that the ntnUovern rnenta vere unwilling to adopt the aug rest ton. Formal reolies to the memorandum , , are txpeetrd. It ia coilered doubtful that the exaet position of the I'aited Watee will be defined untH after they have beeip received. Tlie text of the note from (iermany and Austria which have been handed Ambassadors Cerard nnd IN-nfleld setting forth the intention of those Km,nn,,,,ts to tieat annnl merchantmen of the entente ak v.a: lij s ure altK) Iteing awaited. S far, it was said, the representations of the entente alliea representatives have had to do solely with the Ameri can memorandum. A hixh official today declared that it waa not fair to say at this time that the views of the United States on .arm ed merchant vessels were absolutely in accord with the views of (terroany audi Austria. Officials will make no decie ion until the official texts have been re ceived from Berlin and Vienna. Until they arrive attU department officials will reserve comment. Tbr are ttrong indications, however, X'-tiataitouavhl;Ii official eonaidr the u-t, position- of tbe .Ceentra) - powera 'Veil ' 'foondei, in vkw of thi changed condi tWjna of e warfare. GIANT STEAMER OF STANDARD OIL COMPANY LAUNCHED TODAY (By the Associated Fres Newport Xwa, Va, Feb. '12. The of final launching party of the Standard Oil company officials arirved .here on a special train at noon to witness the launching of the big oil steamer "Charles Prstt at the plant of the Newport Nw Shipbuilding and prydock com pany. Included in th party was Naval CmmiwH)iir' Chamberlain' ,f . Washing ton. The "Charles Pratt" was by far the largest oil ship ever built in , America and only exceeded by a few such chips in the world, lta dimensions are: length, 17$ beam, 68; fiepth, Sgjad weight can-yins capacity at 17 foot draft, 17, 100 to. She la the firet'at five .dupli cate vessels bow under constrcctioa kre. COOL STOUGS ST0SI BTiSGLaJlUZED LAST KIGHI'COHGIESS ADJOTJWfS IN (By the Associated Press.)- , . 6tatesvl)le, Feb. 12.-A large tafe in) the store of E. P. Sartin at CI Springs,! lf Miles from here. Was blow A eni some time last night and cash amount ing to (NO or ljwtes, mortage, stock oertifkatee and ether paper valued, at several thonsand' dollars ' are missing. jThe robbery was not dieeovered. until V daylight. . . . I Two Syrian peddlers wh were aid'''" .rc-w. u. . to have been seen near . Cool Springs Missouri. ! wer iae mw cuoioay ano arougni;; here pending further investigation Iaformatioa Waited. ' : .The Transcontinental Indemnity com pany, of Detroit, ht searching ( for the address of Mrs. Katie Houston, former ly of High Point, with whom they have some important matters to settle. This company . would appreciate any relative or friend putting them In touch with the present of Mrs; Houston. , ".; ' f . ? Virginia Legislature Honors Lincoln. ': (By the 'Associated Presa) , lUchmoni ...Va., ,Feb.,J,,12r-.Tbei,,,Vir-ginia house of delegates, on. the motion f ,.CaptainMyexsa- rJ.hniondr- ad jt 'urnf 1 at neon today In honor of Abra ham Lincoln whose birthday this is. . HIGH VESSELS fflffl TO NAVAL MILITIA! m fl f . 4 x-oparuneni laices rim aiep in Creating a list of Naval i Reserves. j FOR SUMMER MANEUVERS , Vessels Will B Sent to Drill Points Along Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. nv the Associate Press.) ; nftV4, , r(1 Jf.wrve 0f battleship',. . . , . . . . , , , i j 1 ; lie dormant during . jo,k1 behavior. 1 n!ani)W prliu.lally by naval n ame men wth Atltantic and Pad He fleet dur wun tne Atlantic ana racinc ncei our- : iK ti,t. ,uniiner maneuvera, Secretary' 1 ..... . . .... ijanim la tKml venelt to thi naval militia of several states. Torpedo boat destroyer Lamson waa assignrd to South Carolina the ton, to Florida; the Flusser, to Louisi ana; and the Reid, to Texas. The vessels are a part of the first di vision of the reserve flotilla and will be stationed at Key West. The battleship Kentucky, now in Mex ican waters, will be taken to New-York; the battleship Kearsarge to Massachu- j setts, ami the historic battleship Ore gon to California. The cruiser Chicago, now the Massa ehusetts ship, will be, assigned to Pena-! Isvlvania. and the cruiser Marblehead. i Mnf( by Ctjifornit goet to ! Qreiron. " ' Secretary Daniels has asked Congress i for Kim to transport the militiamen i to the troop coasta for the maneuvers, WANTS NO WARSHIP BUILT WITH MONEY ' GIVEN BY PUBLIC ' j (By the AseodaW Presa.) Xtw York," Feb. IS. Marjori Ster- rett. a Brooklyn rirt, who started a contribution to build a battleship for the; Wtri utet navy -y -Sending tea thrrrrrwottlJaJl SehtthWimoniatr ecuta in postage to a New Vork aews-jclly goea wto peratloii.'i ' ' .-" paper and calling oa other. chHdrea tj .The state brought Black ". Diamond, contribute a dime each, has reoeived a! alias Henry UHmore, and one of his ktttr from Josephus Daniels, ' secretary ; "lcddy frens," Goldie McDonald, to totirt of th navy, in which he returrs the j on the charge o' breaking and enter ten cent contribution forwarded by the j ing a lling for ibe purpose of wm newspaper.' ' mitting a felony. . The state, however, .Mr. Daniels wrote that all money fo. .could not substantiate the charge against naval coaftractioa would be obtained taxttoa to tie uaul wmy'' and he j believed that mdlvWrosl contributions were unaecesaary. . ' dare that on thia time they made no TOTI ON mCAlACTJAJI TREATY burglarioua entry. POSTPOHED TO M0HDAy!u cfh"c U,t,ht l,hfy th" ' i home of Mary Caldwell and this fact la iBy the Asaocuted Press.) dmitted. Mary was in jail because he Washington.: Feb. l.Wmlnirtra-1 V7 th,e ,itt,' tfcn senators planned to eimr lete debate . "y a u.amond . on the Xicaraguan treaty today but itiroom at h Jwuw- A did Dot! waa decide, after wence, to adjourn the senate out ef respect to the memory . oi Abraham Lineohu ThSa'aetkn waa taken nnon motion. Of Senator Kara, after h. body had beea in stasion leas than an hour. Sena . . c tor Stone; chairman of the foreign rela tions committee, said that he would press for a vote for the ratification on tbe Xkareguan ireaty on Monday. f MEMORY OF LINCOLN ' . v- , BJ Associated Press.V Washington, Feb. l2.-LncoIn's birth- U'J mm wwnwmnww m wingrri, vo day the senate after an hour's session djourned. out of respect to Uncoln's memory and in the house speeches were! made on the life of Lincoln by HP4 ' . ' tflm Md IVheeler, of llli-( nois and Linwln'a Gettysburg dre" ! r r II . PRESIDENT'S YACST ARRIVED OFF NEWPORT NEWS TODAY (By the Associated Presa.)1 Xewpot Kews, Va, Feb. 11 The ua val yacht Mayflower, with President and Mrs: Wilson on ooara, amveC at Old Point Comfot, Va., at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. j- The Mayflower dropped anchor off Fortress Monroe and it was said on shore, althoogh not conflrmed, that the President intended going ashore. TheVcktief. Prtly.cloud, la&UUi -Sunday rain and aora t cc!Jcr lisht. UvMuU variable winds. POINT, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1 2, 1916. DLL DS1 SESSION RECORDER'S COURT S a. . mm mm mmmm .lucre DUton Had His ,ihis mi My Busy Day" Sign Con- . tpicuously Displayed. WELEORN FOUND GUILTY ferlenced to Jail Six Months, But Will Not risve to Serve if He Stays "Good." .Ic YVclhorn was sentenced to juil b P.ccorder I Is I ton thin afternoon Jot m trim of ix months, but xeut Ion will Joe wan fotnd j:iilty of the charge . .. .. . having liciior m hi ixmnefctmin for tbei ; ; . . . ., . , u r I Ji Wail iirvvru mv n ... , . m-mm hum ti w rt rata tnuii in I no iissirtr v ' which Chief firay patsed whi;n the chief v.hk on his famous visit to Jamestown, arrested Clarence Haynea I'pon passing the buggy which Joe v. in in, the chief notlnd four suitcases ! and three mm. Later; after he had ijUmd Hayes in jaH, the chief went tack to investigate and found only two limn In the burgy, one of them being I Joe and no liUor. Two suitcases, were,' "tr, lidc the road not far from .loc anu ins buggy. Jiic Mate contend ed that these suitcases were the iron itrty of Joe and such wa the finding ci ,ude Walton. upases were the following articlea; one gallon jug of whisky, seven pint flaska, and one phit of wine. It " m" lt(lwr inn law aiiowea a W't; and the fact that its owner attempted to get rid of it when the omcers came up was coiwiueieo nrong evid nee that something waa wrong.' I Judge Dslton waa muV perplcxiHl as to what to do with Joe. He Is suffer- ing from rheumatism and could work over an hour or so a day at not the most. The sentence, as palsed, per mits him to remain free and out of jaH ! as long ' as he keeps' the'" iw btit if he j is ever convicted ojf..an(Ah'er ykiUtloo this much noted pair. Diamond has been in court so many times that it would take an adding machrm to count them up, but he and Goldie both de- 1 """'c' lnu'""u wr,,, m "J ! a piace woerr ue mougm ne nao a i right to go. .Because of the abst'iice of evidence I""' t a burglarious entry as con- template! ny tne uw in the opinion or Judge Dalton, the motion of the defend ants" counsel for a non auit was allow ed.' Again Diamond is free to go and come as he chooses and also carry on his amatory affairs which m the past have been the subject of much amuse ment, especially to the court officials and attendants. Jess Ingram and W. H. Rankin, two negroes, pleaded guilty to being dmnk, but declared that it was the very first time in all their lives that such a thing had happened, to them. The dmnk cost Ingram $D.ft3 and Rankin :.31. Avery Browcr. pleaded guilty to dis- . . , . ..,, . fHnrlv.'vnniipr. iiid inHtrmnf warn mia the t of whW, araountwl to r,m FoUf wgrw mmn loW9 Tad Rober. son, Henry Pecee and Joe Tyson are be- mg tried at this afternoon's session of the court on the charge of gambling, orj more specificavly for "skinning." I-Jach one is to be a witness against the other, MISSISSIPPI LEVEES ON EASTERN, ARKANSAS : BORDER ARE HOLDING (By the Associated Press.) . Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 12, Mississippi levees along the eastern Arkansas bor der continued to hold today against the crest of the flood, which now Is at its maximum stage between Arkansas City and", Greenville, Miss. ;The, river at Ar kansas City came to a standstill Thurs day night; due" toaTrcaKlntIL sas . river cmbankin(:icA.r;.Se:Fprlc; and since has remained stationary. " ! LIVING WITNESS TELLS Jf.,k. . -JUr ll ' rtu y(rr 'a f W. l, f R6W0. A OfiOKfis MEWtY PRESIDENT EXPECTED " TO NAKm GARRISON'S SUCCESSOR MONDAY Wahiin;tn, Feb. 12. Aboard the na val yacht, the Mayflower, on its way down the Potomac to the Chesapeake 1 bay, President Wilson today ia consider-; ing the selection of a successor to Secre tary fJarrison. It Is expect d that the President will make his decision known immediately .following his return. A sore or more of names, including i cabinet officers, members of Congress and other prominent persona have been suggested to the President as'a possible successor to Mr. Garrison. The President is said, however, to be giving foremost consideration to Secre- taries line and Hotwton and Counsellor Polk, of .the state department. Sev. ral names have been suggested to ; the President to succeed Henry reck- j nridue . -si.t-nt sccreUrv of war. ! bi-eu 1 i ' ' but it is not expected that this selection , will be mad until the new secretary is ( erttinnlted '. SOMEBODY CRIED OLP AND CANADIANS HURRIEDLY GATHERED Niagara Falls, Feb, 12. Information i from reliable sources waa received here today of hurried precautions taken at; Niagara Falls, Ontarii.'yesterday to re sist a threatened "Invasion of German forces from the American vside." y A force estimated at 500 men and three machine gun squads were rushed there and placed on guard at the pow er plant' and the . international bridges. The men slept -under'.;' arms last' night. The' report was current that the '"army on5ts wayfrom'fiuf'-'' alo Were ' war apparently no founda tion to the report. . . ' , , -i7 I a t A 1 v,i Ly c i ' V m asxsjssasM m i n u1 mm -:: V h;r4 VMe- ..aju IT3")' -s . . -"v - OF LINCOLN TRAGEDY W. F. Fcrgtison, sunlvlng wltxeiw ( tbeasHnanlnatlon ' of Abrnbnm Lin coln at Ford's The-' atre, Washington, ' ou April 14. iask ; snys unit most or i the Amcrlrnn hl,i- lories nnd nil of ' the motion plttnreH depleting the f uni ons Miip'tl.v t'ive utj altogeiber er Miieuuv iti!pre-Joii of It. He. I-'crgiiHoii. n lii v. i tlie si 1 1 liny nt Kuril' Tli" utrc tit the ili'J. i,! the tragedy. now pluylug I ho -f'e .if jiorge Metrle. ohm of the plraKs. in "Trcnhnre Ul-iud." nod lu view of the nppronchlng cele bration of Lliicoln's HlrthdMy be yester day deKCtlbod John Wilkes Bootb'n murder of the Pres ident os lie nnd MUa liura Keeue saw it on that never to be forgot ten eight when Miss Keene was playing "Our Amer ican CouKlnu" for ber own benefit. Few bUtorles re cord the fact that the box occupied by the President and Mrs. Lincoln and their party was situated atone tide; of the stage, twelve feet above It, aad not in the auditor ium, as boxes are. built nowadays. Its occupants were looking down on the actors, using tbe same angle of vision as If tbey were' standing in tbe wings. ' "A curtala was ArnA-htcir tv ! President's chair." said Mr. Ferguson, "and this complete ly concealed bis features from the audience. We on tbe stage could see him, but those in front could not and for this reason tbe only persons who actually saw his assassination were tbe occupants of bis bos and Miss iavTBSASUtt WWSeeneandmjself." ! i a a; THE RESIGNATION AS viFWFn ry I PAnrwr; GERMAN NEWSPAPERS j (By the Associated Press.) Berlin, Feb. 12.-(Via London. )- -Al- though press dispatches do not contain anything regarding the circumstances of Secretary Harrison's resignation, the Lo- kal Anzcigcr sees an indication that a majority cf Congress is opposed to "the new form of militarism by proclamation which President Wilson expected to take f.,,e wind out of the 8ail8 W h R,Pub" j mm " -n- . 'e ... u.c aaotr-1 man opponent, ana aoove all tnc samr-1 att'',, Eooscvelt." This newspaper ex """"f ' newspaper ex - P the op.nton that Congress un- ?nUody represented the majority n- ln,nt a ASj l Pf09!2 th '"J of 0 P'nc'Pks- " Morgen I ost says: Tlie eebng In Congress plamly Jhoroushly peaceful. The propaganda f"r fnt'c t which ha. tetn hJ etary Garrison and Sec- n..U I. .v... I " um, ..r no '-. v .ro. u.e represeniauves oi the PeoP,e- -Ir- Harrison and his assiat- ant already have resigned and the sc:re- tary of the navy may soon folW. HICKORY HAN FATALLY TTTTDT HV PAT T PDftVT TTflDCf ' rt rt. ve, and Wniam Lee Smith and Kob- ,7" ; ,lnvAnhall tbe Mtlvei-VVN.-'-i-v-- . H.ckory, Feb. 12.-3eorge H. Miller, t , The Wvol meets each Frld.v' ..W., ' ' eight years a railway mall ckrk between Salisbury and Knoxville, was fatally ia- jured late yesterday by being thrown from a horse three miles rorth of Hick ory. He-died in a local hospital at 0:30 .o'clock last night . ' V ; VM; Mr, Miller's horse became frightened and he was thrown in some way against a. stump.' ySeveral of his'ribs were' frac tured and he received other serious'ln ternal Injuries. ,'" jv. The deceased", (s survived by his' par- ents, Mr, and Mrs, A. A. Miller, and seven .! - .... . r ' 1 .- brothers and sisters. . ' - . SubacripUon Price) $5.00 Per Year. DU PU IMIII D1PI IIIU1UII tllll UfM sol posmoKs GertnasB Forced Out cf ?!a:ji Ceptured by Ntbblirj j Tac'.ic in Ar:ok Redo::. STRENGTHENING SALONIKI Altai PrcFarir.g For an Attack. Mccitentgruis Not All Dltarao- , ed Ruaians Active. (l''.V .the .Wwlut.'d l'n.H.) l..tt t r porti fnusi tin; western Uttl j front ii.dii-ate sticceHnes for the l'n ncli ' in winning buck some uf the (xmitions j loMt in the recent nibbling of the (ier i mans wt their lines in the Artois and ' smith of the Komnie. ' ! From south Bussla and Calicia come tl" Mnnouncment that the Russian of- fenie there is assuming considrabl proortioim, but without striking results ' i so far Ijeing achieved, j Otherwise comparative calm prevails j ii;. the widespread war area. In preparing for eventualities around J Saloniki, the allies are strengthening ; their positions and extending their lines. I Tlie French liave crossed the Vardar, j northwest of the city, and are camping I on the right bank of th river, j In Albania the Austriana are reported ' i to be marching on Durazzo with a force not larger than 30,000 men. Miwh of the Austrian army waa left in the region -already traversed for guard purposes. According to word from Durazzo, the dis arming of the Monenegrins is not yet completed and some oMhe Montenegrin forces are still offering stiff resistance. . Apparently the Ruseiana are preparing to push still further their aggressive op erations along tbe Bessarabia front, w her.e they have been menacing the Aus- ' tritn lines n Bukowina. Important movements, lit Bessarabia are indicated f by Bucharest advices. .. A royal decree Issued in Home prohib its the importation of German and Aus trian goods, their tru.t.p rtatkra tluo ilu Italy or exportation from Italian vhU , heitttt rrwiibitl. July, which has nevr;.. .;; ib'i'Ljred war upon (.ermsDv, thus for to- i nii iv-ovuh ine prohibition or coiutiier j .jl ikitloiiB ith her. i Ipythianstohold j SPECIAL MEETINt MONDAY . NIGHT Monday night, February 14; will be observed as Protection 'Meeting" night, by tbe lodge of Knights of Pythias and ' , an mterekt ing program has been arraag ed for the meeting. K very member is' j uitd to be present and an etjoysble ocr, Jeask n is looked for. r' ' ": 'r ' V1" W program " has beea V? - v raved for Unhhtt ' ' 'UV': t OrJ.r of the Knights' oM'ythks,7 B. Williams. ' !l v .. J'h'IZ--'V: 1'yj.rlAniKm a a Character Builder; by I .v. L. W. Blckwlder. ' ' : Oar Obligation to Our Oder 'H)rffe- Wood. -'-s The Insurance or Protectioa Depart liviit, ly V. L, Stamey. ;f : i sIAG PATROL MEETING 4 ; BWT t A lem w .. m Vhe stag patrol of the Boy Scouta metf , . . " , W)i ty Pau) i Ktamcv on East I ' 1 Watco etreet, last evening. This is . ' r j voungtst fatrol of them-allyel It w A r L .ing.r activity! There are:U Wi: MndMmhw eth.u4 t 'r tic, as ,'olk.wsi Tvobert Marshall, is-"h 1 .V J - taiit patrol loader Willi Y Smltbp- JVj1 - A.-$tamey, 'secret afy,, Lawrence -u.V, ( lr,,Bwr 4u.k Xtn Ce4 C' tKarp.ev.Wds, Royter Tucker ui.. tn'-- i. ' ' "iv , na. .'j.'Mroy ' Dtidaineail, patrol leaderi! v'Sf A ve?y .Interesting program was ear- ' v .rn a out last, evening, A debate with the iiMy: "Dors Money Cause1 More Crimea i h.;n Pcverty. will be' debated t ties t meeting.' ; .'Affirmative," Paul A. Siamey i, rfrd ."Julian Kales will linhold tbe f firm. . .. . -. . ' . - ; ; i A - ,..1 ntitl the net meeting will be with Scoot t Hal rjnt't's on Ste-I'c street. ,''' ' , , LEfC OLN'S BIRTHDAY WAS ' i - V. OBSERVED IN NEW T0SX... J fry; the.' Associated jPress.) ; t' , , (New York, FeW;J2,i-LinDoln's .bith-. dky was obWrved today by the closing or tbe JJew Yorkvstock exchange, the con- eb'Ulrttce' t cV jrehanse. the . produce " ' el'han(-errd the cotton erchange. j?J9t "ti' I'cks vif Cie city were- - al'C clila d" i: th- 3av is a lsal hol.Jv
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