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. ' - - , - - r-'- ' " -T - ' . - " : ' ' : . The Commonwealth, VOLUME XXXIV. TWICE A WEEK SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1917. TELEGRAPH SERVICE NUMBER 32. Senate Eliminates Fuiture Filibuster By Vote of 76 To 3 Colotures Two Thirds Rule To Limit Debate LA FOLLETE--GORMAN-SHERMAN ON NEGATIVE SIDE State Library 4 Uncle Sam Finding Jobs M era Dessi Of Congress The new rule provides that on petition of sixteen senators to close debate on a pending measure the Senate by a two-thirds vote on the following day but one, may limit cebate thereafter to one hour to each senator. It includes provisions to prevent dilatory tactics and the introduction after cloture is'brdered of amendments not germane to the pending bill. Senators LaFollette and Gronna, two of those who opposed the armed neutrality bill, and Senator Sherman, who favored it, cast the negative votes. . Senators Cummins, Kenyon, Kirby, Lane Norris, Stone and Vardaman, who were against the armed, neutrality bill, voted for the amendment. Colleagues of most of the senators absent announced that if they had been present they would have supported it. - " The exact use of the rule will not become apparent until it is enforced but it probably cannot be successfully used to prevent the spectacular one-man filibusters by which senators have talked bills pending in the closing hours of a session to a legislative grave. Such filibusters probably cannot be prevented unless forseen, but an or ganized affair which must be planned two days or more ahead before a session's end can be disposed of easily. WASHINGTON, March 9. Uncle Sam's nation-wide Employment Service ever since the troops began to filter back from the border, has scoured the land, job hunting for the miliatiamen who quit their places to go south. Militia organizations and their friends have assisted, the press has done its bit, and the response from the employing public, employment officials declare has been unprecedented. r Emplovment offices at Denver, Helena ty Minneapolis, Boston, New Orleans and Chicago, reported success in' the job-hunting campaign. Large employers of labor as well as the pri vate businessman, are reported enthu siastically co-operating in the work "of providing for the jobless warriors. - As fast as the positions come into the employment offices, the militia or ganizations in the various districts are WASHINGTON, March 7 When Re presentative Kitehin, the Democratic loader of the House, left for home to day his parting information to his col leagues was that an extra session of Congress would be called not later than the middle of May. Mr. Kitehin made this prediction after a conference with President Wilson, although a Cabinet member was authority for the state ment yesterday that an extra session is unlikely before "the first of June or the last of May. ' ' notified, and the jobs listed with the commanding officers. Even the women section of the Em Nelson to b At 11 oeciaii Judge Whedbee Congratulates On combe For Good Ccndact tiGge- SET s-kjex hxiL lain Judge H. Y7. Whedbee announced that urday killed two policemen of Tarboro and Keech when the three were searching his h ployment Service is lending aid in the tried at a special term to convene April 16. campaign. "There will be more jobs than there are men to fill them," Commissioner Gaminetti of the Immigration Bureau, in charge of the work stated today. W. ( Nelson, who Sat "ionsly wounded Mayor use for liquor will be had already beon o charges of mur- News From c t'-icd -and tried speedily. why this case should State Germany's Plot .Beimig Uncovered trw -vrYRTT Mnrrh ftThat Dr. Chandre Chakraberty, a Hindu physician,, and Ernest Sekunna, a German chemist, received more than $60,000 from Wolf von Igel, a member of the staff of Count von Bernstorff, former German ambassador in the United States, upon the order of Dr. Alfred Zimmermann, German foreign minister, with which to foment a rebellion in India, was reported tonight to have been presented to a special Federal grand jury here. The information was contained in papers confiscated in the govern ment's raid on von Igel's offices in Wall Street while seeking evidence in the plot against the Welland Canal. The papers were officially used by the government for the first time today, it was stated, their utilization having heretofore been prevented by the vigorous protests of Count von Bernstorff. ' - Although Dr. Chakraberty and Sekunna spent some of the money which they obtained from von Igel in $3,000 and $4,000 pay ments, the authorities are making an investigation into a large sum said to have been invested in Dr. Chakraberty 's name. He has $15, 000 in savings banks, $15,000 invested in negotiable securities and title to two houses in New York City, the government claims. Both suspects were taken to the Tombs to spend the night when their bail bonds of $25,000 each were suddenly cancelled today by their bonding company. An official of the company declared it had acted through patriotic motives. Ambassador to Japam Dies At Tokio 8th RALEIGH N. C, March 8. frhe last of the legislators hav gone to their respective homes, excepting a few who linger for one reason and another personal to themselves. The Senate and House did not complete their work till Wed nesday afternoon, formal adjournment sine die being taken at 2 o'clock. ' " Auditing Bill Yields Up Its Ninth Life One of the last bills to be ratified was the one which always causes a wrangle the fisheries bdl. The last measure to be rejected anew for the "steenth" time was the publishers bill to regulatg the rate for printing legal adver tisements in newspapers one and the only one in which the country weekly newspapers of the . State were financially inteuested; Again f ohe "forty- lenth time irwasw the , verge of? enHmentand.ran against a fatal snag. This time it was Ray of Macon (who lives in a section of county where a silver dollar looks as big as a cart wheel base to the country newspaper of Macon county at Franklin) who fought it and killed it by a threat to raise the point of "no quorum" if its passage was insisted upon. So the "office cat" is dead again. The figures in the bill in its last attempt to get through were 5 and 3 cents per insertion, per line. Every country newspaper in the State ought to refuse to print an ad for any lawyer for less than that sum. They can compel the rate if they couldn't get it enacted into law. A majority of both houses really did not object, but a score or so re peatedly defeated it by "parliamentary tactics," so called. Not More Than An Average Body Toward the close of the session this legislature redeemed itself in large for effectiveness. The first month it occomplished but little. But during the last two or three weeks it has made a reputation for progressiveness and more brain-power than was exhibited at first -that was sadly lacking in evidence, it may be added early in the ses sion. These were few really big men and there were more than the average "little fellows." But this unbalanced situation was relieved largely by the presence of a full quota of legislators of "good horse sense," although they were green, jraw and cursed until lacked ef fectiveness. Therefore a few "leaders" used the halter as industri ously as they saw fit and riot only led the mediocre "talent" to the horse trough but compelled them to drink, as usual. For this little bit of advertising, the whole bunch gets it free, although it is well worth the legal rate asked for by the newspaper publishers and the N. C. Press Association. arraigned and had entered plea of not piuity to der. "I want to thank you people of Edc-.,inbe count v for the so berness with which you have looked nt. iM iinn.r ,? ,w.i,i .t,i., " " 4 n... , n.v.uu V.V.I J UVI M TTT1 1-1 . c- vnecibee, 'this case is one that ought to But there are a great many very good r( not come to trial at this term of court." Judge Whedbee explained the conr--;t-.d eamlition of the doc ket and continued: "Then, the killing, only ocenred Saturday a&d to try this defendant this week might appear as ii vre were railroad ing him to trial. Then, it is very necessary io have the testimony hi one of the party assaulted, who is the only one who can tc-ll whtit went on in that room. He is now not able to appear in court. i rni i i . . . ' xnere nave Deen murmermgs oi: vm 1 - ? iiveo this wci cmumiiieu, duage Whedbee added, "and I crime want -in cungruiuiaie me good people ot JSdgecomb- that they have frowned upon those who have been responsible. i want to make it very plain that those who eniraire in assist or abet in any way violence of this kind arc murderers in the first, ft,' gree themselves before the law of man. "However, I do not anticipate any tr-raMe. The afe thing jW all of us to do is to have the defendant tried Uy law, and 1 rrromlL you he will De tried according to law end tried speedily "epeelimi il T . V P f--.,? V, H iff Dies to ' (uersna y LONDON, March 8. Count Zeppelin is dead, according to a dispatch from Berlin received by IieiiterVi i: .--grajii Company. Ac cording to a Berlin telegram transmitted, i. v K:ntor"s Ainstcrdam cap respondent Count Zeppelin died tliir; lnrcn -v-u at C'liarloUcnhu near Berlin, from inflamation of the i in 12s. ..-.-.rm:r . mo ke Scr As EffectI A i AVASHINGT ON, March 8. George W. Guthrie, American am bassador to Japan since 1913, died suddenly of apoplexly today at Tokio. The affairs of the embassy have been taken over by Post Wheeler, the first secretary, who will act as charge until a new am bassador is named. Mr. Guthrie, a Pittsburgh lawyer, prominent in National De mocratic circles for many years, was among the iirst diplomatic re presentatives appointed by President Wilson. He sailed for Japan in July, 1913, and has been at his post constantly since that time ex cept for a short visit to the United States in 1915.- He has acted f or his government in several important diplomatic exchanges with Ja pan, including the California anti-alien controversy. . Address By W. F. Tate Gn The Use Of Lime M arines Land At Santago SANTIAGO, March 9. The four hundred United States ma- 1'llieS of thf nrnicni" niiTTviniQ 1t a mmlinil fs Pptrpl and Machias. and the mine layer, San Francisco, are still in charge of, Santiago, and that quiet is being restored. f Further fighting is however reported in surrounding villages between the insurrectionists and government troops, but no serious results have been reported. ' , ; . ADDRESS BY W. F. PATE ON USE OF LIME Mr. W. F. Pate, one of the instruc tors of the N. C. State A. & E. college formerly known as the A. & M. of Eal eigh, was the speaker at The New Theatre; Scotland Neck last night when he addressed a large number of farmers on the question and benefit of lime as fertilization. His discussion took the form of per sonal questions, which he answered, s-.cli as, way lime, what's in the soil to 'make it alive? The answer is bacteria, for without bacteria (which takes the place of the blood in the human body) the. soil is dead, and the use of lime is the same as medicine in the kuotfen sysVm, for it reduces the acidity, and neutrali izes the green "matter that is turned under. Soil like the human body becomes run'downand must be sweetened and the best and most economical thing is lime . What form and in what quantity should this lime be used? That de pends upon the soil? On lands where there is much water, or much acidity burned lime is best as it contains more heat, but in sandy soils pulverized limestone,, or marl of good quality, is best. The quantity also depends upon conditions, and the speaker suggested trying one ton to the acre and increas ing the quantity when necessary. Time to. apply? Lime can be applied at any time. In the winter usually, but the best time is when the soil is being broken, and then only to the depth of the top of the soil as lime works down and not upward. How to apply? Some use the lime stone spreader, others scatter it with a shovel, and many use as much as 100 pounds to every thirty or forty feet, though in this section this would hardly be necessary? Analysis of lime should be obtained before buying, whieh should be above 60 per cent of Calcium Carbonate, as this ingredient is the valuable product in the stone." NEW YORK, March 8". Equipped v 'ih elaborate apparatus for creating a smoke screen, and aimed with (.no of the new British naval six-inch guns, the Cunard liner Can; as da reached port Jas&t night from Liverpool with sixty passengers and mails. She is the first merchant vessel to reach this port with the smoke screen apparatus. To it she owes hor escape from U-Boat at tack. Since her return to merchant -service, after serving as an i iliary cruiser, U-boat commanders have so'Vjht her time and again The fact she had been using smoke as a protection was not learned until her arrival yesterday. Mounted on either side of the after bridge are two huge venti lators. Except that they are larger, they arc ho different in shape and coloring than the other ventilators. In an emergency, when the periscope .of a U-boat is sighted or when Avarning of the proximity of a U-boat, the bridge officer, by means of an electrical contrivance, turns the ventilator opening;; to ward the point from which attack is expected, and in less than K seconds huge clouds of dense black smoke rolls-astern of the vessel, effectually screening her from the enemy's gunners. German Rai NEW YORK, March 9. Tt is report! Raider is in. the Atlantic Ocean contiguous z vNon-offieial . information states that t he ed code instructions. Atlantic 1 that a new German the American coast, ostal fleet have recciv- , PARIS, March 9. Official information is Issued today that the French army has pushed back the German, trict upwards of a mile in dpth and several in the Ohampuigne dis cs in v,iUn. ROTTERDAM, Holland; MarefcO. -Tin- American consul has" cabled that-the men taken from the Yarrowdn!-, who have been held lime" , in Germany for weeks, have started home.
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