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OLUME XXXIV. TWICE A WEEK SCOTLAND KECK, N. C., FRIDAY MARCH 2, 1917. LE&RAPH SERVICE NUMBER SO. 5 AX..), Vp& 3 -- i '4 It. 1 fci f,... STEADIER HAMILTON IS ! PEHDERSS PORTRAIT IS TO ES PRESENTED IN APRIL SUNK IN ROANOKE -R.IVSR AM M n J Jv tliS tL'Ii JiJlii5 Jlsi r-. I yi f-cT ' M N inor Turner Eloquenil; .Advocates Abolution Of Prisoa Abuses k.GOO.000 BOND ISSUE PROPOSED T argest and Oldcct Boat cn River Becomes Total Loss, Estimat ed at S75.000 be Hung in the Hall of His tory With Imposing Ceremony THE NEGRO COOK DROWNS TO BE LARGELY ATTENDED ' j With a cargo of 3,000 bage of fertili- An oil portrait 'of Major General Wil zer, quantity of shoes and the balance ' Ham Dorsey Pender. C. S. A., one of the a general cargo, from Norfolk, most of ' most capable soldiers North Carolina which was destined for Jones ' Landing, 1 over produced, will be presented by the Steamer Hamilton was on Tuesday members of his family through William ; about noon struck by the pointed end Dorsey Pender Chapter, TJ. D. C, of ! of a floating: loer and sunk within ten Tarboro, his former home tr rt Tvri, ' ' ' 7 " tu minutes, she filling so fast that the col- ' Carolina Hall of History at Raleiwh oa ored female cook was unable to get out : the 26th of April at noon. That chap of the galley and was drowned. ! ter will go to Ealeigh. on a special car ;fhe Hamilton was the largest ship ! for the occasion and Mrs. Pender and r,T FrOII March 1. The bill that expense of improvements, extension, of State Librarv, " - ' ., of this session of the General state institutions is generally accepted that plied the Roanoke River, and was 1 Mr. Dorsey Pender, the widow and the L-l'.l'v is that of Senator Turner of as the proper and only feasible means j probably forty yeas old, though was ' son of General Pender, will come from tuiiwueiuu bLctiiiie.-i ami saie ooat. one rvurxoiK.. jx numDer or veterans and Ti m viaJ ei o f v ! -NJl. djj Lean ed Today i hat iv hi i ions Furbished v-arranza b 5r vjermans BRITISH DENIES ALL KNOWLEDGE Uses Pickaxe And Buries Her at Kitchen Door THE MURDERER ESCAPED b 1 11 f 'ivorablv repoi Leu u - iv -.1 "" ' c0Usidered by the Senate 'has a relatively small indebtedness and U , in,. which WOUlcl aDOllsn cor- can vvtii auuui Liie new issue. ,0,-al punishment of convicts ana pro- ; (lc for prison improvement ana r- HUNGARIAN MURDERS HIS ii.. ,.l.vi V.nfie which al- i TTTTTIfTl TUT rtAT T T5T AATl .vtr.s 51 OUST l'11- 1UU'"-'" VVAXXU ii 'UVJ'J-ii jV7JL ,auy ol.tain in most ot the totates. w.nn features of the measure toglit to pass unanimously, but of i ,. - ...:n l enmo n-minsition Oil burse tnere "uuiv vrr arious pretexts. The author ot the ill (Senator Turner; is uwug jl best to get it on tne siaiuic fie is chairman oi uil- jumi, "ga"- omiuittee which has first completed ie investigation into state prison and " - T 1 .1 onvict farms and camp conditions, ami familiar with the subject. Not only but he personally is interested as a kian ana ciiiz.en in iiiuiig . ible hereafter that certain abuses and ar.lships and lack of proper fpcilities, s disclosed to the investigating com- liittee to continue to the discredit and isorace of the great state of North was operated by the Norfolk and Sou-; Daughters of the Confederacy from Ea- thern R. R., as a freight steamer, and : leigh will also be present, including i WASHINGTON, March 2.-Gover-ment is ready to make furtlier disclos ures of the nctivitv nf tlir P.-.rn.n,, ir.,. TOKIO, rob. l-(By MaiD-B.o.u.se baS5y alu, tis " tne Japanese bankers have made the f;100 nf , i i , ... ; , , - - i . 1 times of peace have been plotting unusual demand that they be given se- iintiio nt i tt i To. A & Hostile acts against the United States cunty, japan may nave to reiuse tne These jOssia tries tor new $100,000, 000 loan in japan diplomatic officials, closely in touh loo!! -v-p 41 nn nftn nnn e,,i.i t vj-w uuvj. Miiuuiu u 1 Willi with 1-tir n-o- l a. . . , . 1 itn tie wai and navy departments, make this loan, it would' be the largest a. ...1 ... . . i 0 ever noaieu m xnis countrv. Russia proposed the issue to the Jap anese government, which acquainted brought up tho river a considerable ' mahy who served in Pendm's mrimpnt. nct v. n -o- ait &wtulllllIS made by high - -ituutoi uci dixy, ituaaiu, lui a new amount or mercnandise, and was under ongade and division, the command of one of the safest com- ' The exercises will take place at noon manders, Captain Overton, to whom at-' in the Hall of History and the speech taches no blame. j of presentation will be made by Hon. The loss is estimated at about $75,000 ' Walter A. Montgomery, the historian, tho greater part of which was covered who over 20 years ago made an address j the bankers with Russia's overtures by insurance. j on General Pender on memorial day at j As Russia intended spending the money : 1 - Raleigh. .The acceptance will be by j for munitions and other products pur- IT'S NO CINCH TO BE A LADY ! Dr' D- H- Hill, who is now preparing ' chased in this country, the proposition COP IN LONDON NOWADAYS a lustolT ol JNorth Carolina's part in 1 met with the approval of the govern i the War Between the States. Chief (BY UNITED PRESS) j Jlltice Walter Clark, who last year LONDON Feb. 9. (By Mail) "Want- made tlie address at the dedication in One of the most revolting tragedies that has happened in this part of the country was brought to light this week at Pactolas when the body of Mrs. Mary Zemar was discovered almost at the door of her house, with skull split j be well educated, and not afraid of eral penler, for whom that county was mand for security. In view of her po ment. ' Japan' has the money to make the loan and its success seemed assured WASHINGTON, March 2. Tho gov ernment has learned that millions 'of dollars have been loaned to Carranaa by German sources in this country, jtfad these' same interests are now workftig Cuba and Costa Rica in an effort to bring those countries into the GeriHan plot. It is learned that the German Am ' bassador, Count Von Bernstorff, re ed Ladies to act. as policemen- must pei"ler county, of the monument to Gen- until the Tokio bankers made their do-1 C'"Ved "lstructions from Germany, to wide open and buried but a few inches below the surfaee. The murderer, her husband, Joseph Zemar, was put under arrest by the sheriff of . Pitt County, and handcuffed, and being taken back to the scene of arolina. His speech in the Senate last ' the crime, to attend the coroners in K'etlnestlay was characterized by that ' quest little . or no attention was paid ?vcl headedness and determination ' to the murderer, and, when he was a riiich usually characterizes his under- : gain-thought of, ho had escaped in his akincrs. i shirt sleeves. Governor Turner's Eloquent Plea j The shocking part of the 'affair was His demand for abolishing the lash j when the neighbors of the murdered which relic of barbarism . has been a- woman, who was in a delicate condition Lolished and eliminated in all the pri- j came to the house to see her, and in ous of the most enlightened states J quired of the husband her whereabouts he replied that she had gone to Cohnec- dismantle the German ships interned in the different ports of this country. work; salary $6. a week." named, will be among the many nota- i sition as a first class power and a It's no easy matter for a lady to 'es ProseRr The North Carolina Sol-j friend bound in alliance with Japan, become a "bobby" in London. After fors' Home will be represented .by i j Russia believes such guarantee unneces-' 1 1 i .1 xl il- '' - j i j t 1 d Ptf! CllTHPTlT. A"f 1"f"C! lTlmnfna it n -n 1 f Arm l onnr on1 lon..ofli li n-r I i rrn S 4-tt- Tailor ncn sue nas assureu tne autnornies mat sne x. j - vpa. , joliaj oa(ier3 are nrm :n xj i f. ... i . - . i " j. . i ' After t.hfl CPrmnnnips tho ohant-nr fvnm ' flnnnoinra tnVo 1. offitnlo ImmavAr t"a,t is a uerxfet lauy aim a tiemon ior worn . v --" . .t dtw.uui., Jlw..i, i . . . r , n , L J i m , ...... ... . , witnin tnirty-six hours all the nowers v x 0 WASHINGTON, March 2. Cokut she must go through a severe course of Tarbor? and the speakers will be the sprouts before she can start drawing down her six per. Here's the test: . Report for roll-call at 9:30 every morning of the week.1 Start at "once special guests of Mr. Dorsey Pender at a luncheon.!; The . party will return to Tarboro on. the afternoon train. Gon ofar Pender Is buried in the Epis copal churchyard at Tarboro, his monu- oir'patrol work, and later go on duty ; mellt beil)g " notable spruce pine. His W is still tolerated in but a few) was j made with great oarnestness. I 'As a democrat, who loves his-party and who never scratched a ticket and 1 hvho feels deeply the .disgrace heaped upon our party by the inhumanity and ruelties practised at some of the con- ill i n ii t ,ii V iuv. on till ll il iv lluiv go uuiuuu pvg5-' at the mercv of unmerciful task mas ters I say that when the disclosures before the pension investigating com mittee became familiar to the people of the state, it would be a shame if it could be added that this legislature refused to rectify these abuses when we had full opportunity to do so, and that in face of the full knowledge of the facts, which every law-makor in the capitol building now possesses. The effort of Senator Burgwyn to al- at the police station. In the afternoon ! grave is cover d with ivy and cannon more patrol work and attendance at ' bal18' ' He was ranked General Bob- the childrens court. From 4 to 5 ticut, Sunday to visit relatives. Tho people doubted the accuracy of this statement and went to the depot to find out whether she had bought a ticket, and the agent, who knew her i well, was positive that she had 'not gone away. Upon going'back to the Zemar home place to get more information they found Zemar burning brush in the back yard, which appeared to "be a strange proceeding on a Sunday. Questioning him further he was incoherent, and gave several stories about his wife's absence, whereupon the neighbors be came suspicious and notified the sheriff who visited the scone. Making an examination of the pre mises he saw what appeared to be a ert. hi.- IjPe ns smnnor tlio T7fi-ir Vioksf n-F jji. j v.t vx. structions from inspectors in 'special du-! tho Confeclerate officers and was killed ties. From 8, to 10 more patrol work ar ettysDurg. to finish up the day. Among those who will be present of The lucky ones who pass the test are Tarboro will..be Mrs. Jackie Daniel then gent to the munitions factories. ! Thrash of Tarboro, the president of If their job doesn't go up in the air the North Carlina Division of the Uni they get a uniform and after reporting ! ted Baughte of the Confederacy, who to -Millie" Dawson, Chief Officer of j has shown a great interest in the pre the Women 's Police Service, start at ! ? entatl0n of this Portrait, recently fin- wont Keeping me peace. SUFFRAGISTS CONVENE TO MAP, JOHN N. WILLYS OFFERS U. S WAR PROGRAM TODAY (BY UNITED PEESS) 0 . WASHINGTON, March 1. An army OVERLAND & ALLIED PLANTS TOLEDO, O., March. 2. John N. Willys, automobile manufacturer of this city, has telegraphed to President of representative women from. all parts j Wilson pledging his support in the pres- rag, or part of clothing, sticking out Iter the pension cutting soxiNvMgmb of the ground, near to the back-door, provision cutting out the lash entirely : and pulling at it discovered it to be and have it applied to the backs of 'in- j attached to the nrurdcred woman, Icorrigihlcs' was voted down and the j who had been carried so close to the Turner bill nasseil seennd rendinc bv surface that thev did not nepd to dicr i practically unanimous vote: But up the body, but merely pulled it out Burgv.-yn objected to final reading and . of the earth. The body was nearly naked and the head was almost split in two the mur derer having used a pickaxe in killing 'his WTife. S!n "far rtn trrtoo Tina Tio fnntifl nf I fort on the part of Senators Burgwyn j Zemar though the police of several I Jones Person, and a few others, the ; counties are on the watch to prevent h.ll -P, i ...... yrnunate.i hy the committee ot : him getting out of the state I U went over a day and vill reach the House Friday. Legal Ad Rate Eill After several weeks of persistent ef bill formulated by the committee of Ltne X. C. I'ress Association to regu late the rate for printing legal notices m the advertising columns of N. C, newspapers, has passed its final read- ing m the Senate and at this writing no pending ju the House. Only three senators voted against it on final read ing namely, Burgwyn, Jones of Bun- ft niiaiuoi a. ljf xixia7 viators voted for th of the country descended upon the na tional capital today to help frame a war-time policy for suffragists and to take part in the huge suffrage demon stration at the White House next Sun day afternoon. The question as to what part the suf fragists shall play in event of war will be decided at the conventions of the Congressional Union and the National Woman 's Party which opens tonight. The proposed merger of these two pow erful organizations of unenfranchised and voting women into" one huge politi cal organization also will be acted upon j by the conventions. Mrs. Harvey Wiley, Mrs. William Kent, wife of Congressman Kent, of ent crisis, and offering to the govern ment the use of his immense plant at Toledo, and its subsidiary plants, as well as the plants of Ms allied com panies, if their facilities are needed in 'connection with the pending difficulty Or later eventualities. The Toledo factory controlled by Mr. Willys is one of the very large individ ual plants of this country, occupying 103 acres of floor space and employing approximately 18,000 men. Twenty thousand men -are said to be employed in the subsidiary and allied Willys pro perties The telegram to the President read as follows: "You have my sincere and loyal sup- t, . , t , , , , i the president asks for dealing with' the Russia has already borrowed here and . . , & .. , , , . . , German crisis will be granted to hiiu., the magnitude ot her latest proposal, m, c . ., , . i T"e Senate began consideration 'of some torm ot security shouldHae offer- , l the armed neutrality resolution as soon on " - - - I .Ml Ti- . j as tne nouse open ea today. - j - 0 I WASHINGTON, March 2. The Brit- ENGLAND SENDS CALL FOR MO BILISATION OF 20,000 MORE WOMEN By Frank Getty (United Press StfifT Correspondent) LONDON, Feb., 10. (By Mail) t England wants 20,000 more women for i her second line of advance the muni- j tion factories. The first appeal sent out by the Min j ish Enibasy stated that none ti;re knew of the "Zimmerman" hostile communication until it was published in the Unitod States. i WASHINGTON, March. 2. With j Republican leaders joining the Domo- if. crats in suppressing dilatory., tacpWs mnt .iv- istry of Munitions early last month, and hopes high for avoiding an ca which called for 8,000 women, was lm- session of Congress the Senate adjoi mediately met. loday, in maKing a ed after mianjght, under an agrecmi big spurt for the last phase that will to vote finany on ti,e $500,000,000 carry the men at the front into vict- al bin at 4 O'clock this afternoon, ory" the Ministry wants 20,000 more. The agreemeIlt was formally ratttfcd "We want rich and poor alike for after Senator LaPollette, on whose it this final effort" an official at the Min- titude hinges the nossihilitv of clearinfr 0 x j o legislative congestion Leforo- MarcU 4, give his approval. Armed Neutrality Bill Next The Wisconsin Senator would not cm- Jie istry of Munitions told the United Pross. "In the early days of the war wo men with means were asked to stand on one side to let working and profess ional women who had to earn their liv- sent to an agreement to have tho ino-s give service. Now we want oil cd neutrality bill, passed last night classes to come forward and help in 1 the House, taken up today boforo the making of munitions, so that every vote on the naval bill. The plan nw woman can say in the near future that is to take up the armed neutrality taiH she has done her share." i late this afternoon and pass it before "We have found that physical qual-1 adjournment, ities are no longer necessary for the i There still were some. Republican work. As long as the volunteer has senators insisting upon an extra senmtm delicacy of touch she belongs to the - who refused to concede that the amy right type." land sundry civil appropriation measure "Women are at work now in all the' and the conference report on tho post danger zones and through their hands office bill would be permitted to pans, entirely munitions go from raw ingot j to the finishad article. They do the j California, Mrs. Helena Hill Weed, port and co-operation in the present CONSIDER THE WASHINGTON COP AND HIS CROWDS TODAY 0 (BY UNITED PRESS) . 0 : WASHINGTON, March 2. With Washington 's thoroughfares surging with legions of strangers here for the - i. e measure aiiei ... . .. -t . . i i -i f i,i , inauguration consiuer xne locai puncts had been referred and re-referred ... . ... J w our times to three committees. As it ' stands the rate is fixed at six cts. -indispensiblle functionaries of tho now hour. They stand clothed in kingly auth ority and brass buttons in bunches on Ppr line for first insertion and three ents for each suhserment insertion J. The n,.n,.i:- . . ,. , ! every corner. to rL . 1 . .W tne CUll f erK Tall, gangling ones, abbreviated ones. to w ti : 11 ""J? d Coppers of low and high degree and daughter of Congressman Hill, of Con necticut, and a member of other prom inent Washington women have thrown their own homes open to the visiting suffragists.' Garages and lofts have also -been con verted into dormitories to supply sleep ing accomodations for some of the late arrivals. FOURTH SET OF TWINS AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION ( BY UNITED PRESS) 0 the notices at. the 1 as not adopted, the amendment con- .-, w1UL ieature Having been with- Tiree Million Dollar Bond Issue teJhe recommondation of the commit L ,n aPProPorations that three 'mil- aoiiar heels. Prides of the force. Austeres, fraternal, trucalent, ennui ed obese, gesticulating, neutral. Cop pers of stern command and celluloid collars. Panting on the frosty air. Direct ing, surmlicatinsr. exhorting, .in one s issue be authorized to meet grand concert of "Make Way Please. " conditions. BISMARCK, N. D. March 2. Unie and Vernia Frazier, peppytwin daugh ters of North Dakota's farmer gov ernor, Lynn J. Frazier are today the fourth set of twins occupying the gov ernors mansion here. There have only been eleven governors of this state, crisis, un oenair or tne winys-uver-. land Company and its subsidiary plants and allied companies, including the companies controled by me, I desire to extend to you their various plants and organizations for the use of the govern ment if needed." LOOK OUT FOR THE NEW $1 BILLS THEY RESEMBLE "V's" (BY UNITED PPvESS) WASHINGTON, Mar. 27. If you are in a hurry and have not seen one of the new dollar bills, don't mistake it for a "V". Complaints were made to Treasury Department officials today by j persons who have been short changed I in accepting new ones in a rol1 of five ! dollar bills. testing, over looking, packing, eealirrgy j President's Addod Information which is mentioned as possessing rare j or LaGrippe with health producing invigorating air and L . lorrying, and actual place the goods j AfofllrsGTON, March 1. President in railway trucks for the front." Wilson late tonight, in response to th Senate's call, laid before that body ii- . ficial information that the Unitwl- SUFFRAGE RAINBOW TO ENCIR- . k States government is in possession "bf CLE WHITE HOUSE MARCH 4 j evidence which establishes the authn WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. A suffrage j tieity of the sensational doeumoiit rainbow will encircle the White House which disclosed how Germany intrigwVd one week from tomorrow Sunday, ! to ally Mexico and Japan with her to Mach 4th. Flying the Purple, white war on this country, and gold eolors of the Congressional In response to the resolution, fcbe Union, a thousand banners will flash President transmitted a report from this message' to president Wilson Secretary Lansing establishing that tte "Help women secure political liberty." evidence has come to the United Str Borne by a silent but determined army and that the authenticity of Foreign of women whose lines will completely Minister Zimmerman's instructions to surround the White House grounds, German Minster von Eckhardt in Mw they will make woman suffrage the first ieo City, are established as revealed fey subject of importance to be called to the Associated Press. the president's attention at the begin- .. .jjim.w.-ii.- ning of his new administration. ment. Doctors, lawyers, nurses, hum- Every State in the Union will be rep- ness women, factory employees, wa resented in the huge human "cordon that earners from every rank of life will be the progressive suffrage leaders have on duty that day at the White noue planned as the climax of their campaign -gates. Pacifists and militarists alike, to visualize to the President the nation they will join forces to urge the pae-. wide demand for woman's enfranchise- sage of. the federal suffrage amendment. n
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