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-. J ... m THE WCATHCB. r . . Fair and- warmer, tonight and Fri day. Moderate east and south eat ' winds." :' Vr' v-X V-SU ' ft Carried by The Together With Correspondence f Evening Dispatch, Extensive ;t pedal ft-. r 4- VOLUME-TWENTY-ONE. IINGTON, N. d,.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1915. mCffiTHREElGENTS A I I I I REVEUE uum ASSOCIATED -TEV3 ti It turn Ml A -. ill HA m 7 X TER - :.. ' - V. thentic Reportstier mans Retreat; EMPEROR CONFERS ;o WITH LEADERS Looks Upon Situation ' as Hopeful But Depressed By Terrible Loss of Life Bat tle Still Rages in the Carpa thians. ' -r " ft Vftft:;ftfP$ Paris, Feb . 11 . fThe evacuation" of Lodz by the Germans -has i)een con firmed, according to - a ; Petrograd - dis patch to The Tempts news agency, which stated that the ; Lodz stores, commissariats and transports'iare,5be ing removed hastily to Kalisz. ref ugee who escaped, the dispatch" says, reports the Germans have : resumed ith redoubled vigor construction, of the duly fortified lines suspended sev eral weeks ago. - ;r.;i'v: v '.v- Lodz, the secona ; cny5 'in r Poland, was captured December 6th.?The Germans asserted ! the Russians . were driven out, after desperate resistance. Petrograd said the city .was evacuat ed for strategical reasons;:' v The Russians were reported, yester day to have resumed the offensive on the Warsaw front. . -W 'i i: 'J' -; Battle Still Rages.' " Geneva (by, way of .Paris) Feb 11 The battle which began in; the Car pathians February 7th, is still raging furiously along a front of 6ft' miles, . from Polonona Runa, to Mako. accord- mz to latest mformatinn.-. - In one region General Bahko i satd have been obliged ta f send :fein force meats to extricate 'tiilungafiaa corns which-was. almost. 'cntToffT-vV-v- aovanced several ; miles v m Lyutta, bordering on the north of Poland, and half-mile in the valley of Labocz, where the railroad passes In i a Sijfi'i gle charge on the Austro-German forces, 1,800 men are ; said to have been killed and wounded in a three hour bayonet fight. : -; - i . f Z Kaiser Confers On Situation. ; London, February 11. --The eastern situation is occupying the attention of Berlin military leaders, if relianee may be placed in news dispatches from the Continent. Emperor William is said to "have returned hurriedly from Po land and held a long military confer ence in Berlin with Count von-Moltke, General von Kessel and otner high au thorities. correspondents of Danish news- Papers say that Emperor finds the situation honeful. William greatly depressed bv the terrible nrice ! mmen the Germans had to nav for a limited advance against the entrenched Russians. , - One account reaching Paris .places the German losses on the Bzura and Racka fronts at 45,000, but the report is without confirmation. " Russian reDorta of the fiehtinsr in the extreme north to the extreme south, through Poland, continue opti stic. At the extreme north in East "rus ia, w here the Russians have been conducting a flank movement, " the situation is becoming clearer. The German have rushed heavy reinforce ments to forestall a Russian advance, ike Pmssians, however, it would ap pear, are in a strong position at In burg. from which the Germans, it is reported, advised the population to depart. v !n the west fighting - for the past e days has been of relatively little "nportance. . - Advised to Leave Town. IleWS fHenatnVi fpm fiAlxn-nA core the l)Onill f lrtTl rf Tnnr.liiiry ' T?o e Russia, has been advised by - the miK t duiuonties to leave the town. Not Ready For Peace Talk. ' m J he recent public utterance in Ger- any gave no reason to suppose that e purpose in view will be promoted v? adopting the course suggested," as the answer of Foreign Secretary py to a. question in the- House of ninions as to whether, with a view o enumg the terrible loss of life in We Will- . TI-- --r 'J to deal publicly with a basis on ( " vj i t . -i i r i i u 1 1 1 i vi u ' iiri "u uie Allies were willing to dis-. According to Appak Au, -v. FREEADVERTISING. 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Send in your advertisements. - ' im BRITONS SEIZE .:-V;;-- British Prize jCoiirt ' ;' Falmouth; England Feb . - llvrnThe cargo of the American steamer," Wil- neimma,. was seized here v today. by.j British authorities accordance with the order -of the foreigii: office. 'The. cargo is to go to'aL ' prize"co'urL. 7 " Fatal Accident in Manufactur ; ' ing Plant in ' Asheviller i J .Asheville, February -11. -Bart Orr and; Henry Fore were fatally, injured by an explosion of anacetyjene tank here today. ; , The tank exploded on the, tfiir;d f loorof the?' threetory build-1 VZhQ force of, the explbsioh' was .so great " it blew" Dieees t of .. the . - tank through two : brick walls across the street; LEADERS DISCUSS tinguished gathering of church work ers ; met here today, under - the', au spices of the : Home , Mission Council," to 'hear the,r National Secretaries of the Methodist, . Baptist ' and Presbyte rian Churches discuss "The Country Church." A report of the committee which has been ' traveling - and ; study ing country church conditions ' will he submitted 1 before the convention TAR HEELS HURT IN EXPLOSION but, isiadjourns tomorrow. Prof. Harold W. FoghtJ of the U. S. Bureau of Educa- tion will speak on i "The . Country School." - which he . has studied in America and Europe. Glad fon in Law Must Die. . Trenton, N. J., Feb. 11. lugust Mar tin, who killed two , brothers in a Jer sey ;y City ; blacksmithshop, i has been sentenced to electrocution during ; the week; i of : February .llth' When" the Court of Pardons ? " recently ; refused clemency to - the doomed man, George H. Leonard,' iather 'of the murdered boys and father-in-law of Martin, their slayer,-declared:, "Thank God and thank the, Court. I am he father of both of the boys that Martin killed. His life won't bring back' my boys; but it-would; be horrible to think he had escaped justice." ' - v ; -.-'- Subscribe- to The Evening Dispatch. ;5 cents per month: ( - ' . i cuss peace terms." The House greef- ed Sirs Edward Grey's remarks witn cheers ,t - ' ' ii The Food Question. , Dealing with the food question in the House of Commons this afternoon, Premier-, Asquith said a determining (factor in the price. of wheat',. was' the speculation on the New Yojk and Chi cago markets. The Premier said these markets were in a nervous and "jumpy onnHitinn " Hf anticioated. however, that Uhis feverish . speculation would abate after June.; O ... 1 O. ' ' " .. ,-; v.f.-w..".-!'.-- iote to Britain and Ger- ,v:1-:many:;: NOERI(,VESSEi;S Will Also Not Countenance : Use i- of ; American FlaglBjr Ships : of Belligeintspnill Text to be Given Out by ; State Department Tomor 4' row. . '" " - Washington, ; Feb. Jil.r-fThe United States haswarned Great Britain that general use of the American flag - by Brkish,vesselswouldibe 'yiewed wii grave concern , here and has notified Germany ' that destruction ' by herVof any 'American vessel, in toe;newlypre-; scribed - war zone would i lead" to ' sef rious cornpiications. - ;f liy. became known s. today that the text of -.the two notes sent last night to Germany and GreaV Britain express ed more emphatuccaliy than it was gen erally believed the displeasure of the United States at the - use of neutral flags - by British merchantmen, and its neutral,, vessels -were aaoie to oe de stroyed by? German sub-marines; in the waters around: Great Britain and Ire land . -Mi,Q;t i :1 In the note to Ambassador Gerard, for ; presentationf to the German For but eign Office, there . is a simple, pointed statement that a neutral ves sel should have free and unrestricted passage . through the high seas and unblockaded . waters -and that destruc tion of an American vessel might lead to a change in : the hitherto . friendly relations that have ; existed between the. United States, and Germany. Representation in the note to" Great Britain is not based on the Lusitania incident, but on . the statement of. the British Foreign Office justifying use of neutral flags by its vessels . The United ? States unequivocally asserts that continuance of the practice would be highly dangerous to neutral vessels and would be viewed with deepest con cern here. The "text of the two notes are expected b 4 be made public by the State department tomorrow. , No 'joint representation with T the United States on the same subject has been made by any other neutral, al though their ministers here have con sulted with the government as to the situation. 1 BIG PRIZES FOR BOWLERS t Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 11. Ap proximately $8,000, in cash prizes will be split -up among the crack bowlers who opened up today the tournament of the1 International Bowling Associa tion. -The meet will last until February 22. From, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North. and South Dakota, Illinois and Canada, and even from far-away - Sti Louis teams of bowlers are -here for the tournament. 'The palm' for trvel ling - goes to : the Victoria, B. C. team whjch are due in a few .days, and 7 are said to be the, fastest bowlers in north west Canada. ' Chicago, veterans, - 'the Marshalltown; la., cracks -and the two Winnipeg fives are favorites, - while Duluth,r Minneapolis,, St. Paul and oth er local ", bowlers are in trim for the big tournament. ' - . r ' - !--'-.- '-.Boy Scouts at TCampfire1. Washington; Feb. 11. Thefifth an- nual meeting of , the Boy Scouts of J America is called for today in Wash of the progress - of the movement and the measures for strengthening the organi i zation; a scout drill ,will he held.' It ' was announced that Columbia rUni ver i sity will give two courses In scoutcraft I next . summer under the direction of Prof. J; C. Elson of the University of Wisconsin, v , ? i 1 ' ' t - " , : London February 11'. German fi nanciers have been summoned in Con ference iri Berlin. with the" Finance Minister who considers that a : new loan of one billion,- two ;hundred and fifty ., million dollars " is required , for t continuance of the war.- says: an Am- sterdan dispatch, to the i. Exchange Telegraph. It is hoped that a large ' portion of this loan will-be taken up by the Krupps and-other leading Uer man tlims In contracts.;. exchange for new army - - . i - . ; '-v" VHk --svw lui- r, - , , - s- ,f Which ran-a Cn Thursday San Bartolome - B&y is about 315 miles-south-of, San Diego on the west coast of lower. California. - At: the direction of .Secretary Paniels, Admiral .Hqwajd, commanding VemmentltoA rrchae rAd in North - - Carolina of Big Amount. Washington, , Feb. I 1.1. The . ".Na tional Foiest Reservationt. Commission today approved the purchase of 35,370 acres of . land , in addition - to the a ready over . a. million acres for a Na tional . forest in the Southern Appa lachians and White mountains of New England. . - ; . . The land ' consists of .10,553. acres in Virginia, 12,867 acres in ; North Carolina, and" 11,970 acres in New Hampshire. "The total amount of money involved Is $233,038. THE YALE NAVY v GETS VERY BUSY New Haven, Conn.," February. 11 The Yale crew candidates were called out for active service' today by Cap tain Bayne Denegre . .There was an eager crowd of candidates on ; hand, for the Yale1 i navv has extended its plant to attract. 'New buildings' mark i the i most elaborate lot . of rowing equipment., in any American - college. The navy now has a handsome dormi tory for - the varsity, accommodating some 30 oarsmen, a large farmhouse ; adjacent for the freshmen, a clubhouse illiPHSS: Iff AH TO BUY WE -: at the wharf, and finally a new; boat- Gore substitute forced out for im house capable of housing and -repair-1 mediate consideration , No final de ing all. the . shells." During Easter va-cision was reached on whether the bill cation, thefirst -and second' Varsity would be taken up. inthe House 'im eights will go to Philadelphia, '.meet .mediately; but indications were : that ing the University ofPennsylvania on! this would be done: : the Schuylkill on . Saturday; April 3rd1i . It ' was i said at" the - White House, it Yale has lost" the. main dynamo e--.that l propelled the varsity eight? to" victory last year, through the graduation of Jack Appletorr. i Henry Coe of- New York has the call for. the stroke car to replace him. Sturtevant, Sheldon, Meyer and Adams are -veterans sure of places, and there Is much, other ex cellent material this year. . Y. M. C A. State Conventions.; Tulsa, Okla.," 'Feb. 11.' A four day convention of -the State .Young Men's Christian Association, state ' gospel teams and "State, students' conference! opened' here " today," and - has brought here many ,of the ; nation's .leaders in "Y"; thought and'ction A healthy conditions pf the -organization was re ported from all sections of .'-the state, ana , iour- cities are raising iunas ior new- Dunaings: . Minneapolis, Minn., -Feb- 11. The 41st annual'i convention bf the ;Minne-1.From the; tiniest tot 'of the kindergar sota Y.; M." C. ' Ii opened ' here ' today , ten to the stately, seniors of the High for a-four-day .conference.. Many, able fcboi' a" ?X c""? ?Jtli speakers are' hwe, including 'Fred B. Smith of New. York, who has studied the work and spoken in all parts of the world. A big banquet will be held to morrow night. 'i Over 500 active work ers are- here for the meetings. ' i v Newark Official ; Denies Charges Newark, 5 N v. J February .11. Ar-, thup-Harris,--suspended county super Intpnrlpnt.1 rt J wicTits and "mpnRiires measures who has entered denial of the charges of misconduct in office in destroying records of the county sealer's office, ... .. . ' . . . . , . . . win De given a sneanng uere ioaay-ie- t fore - the r Board of Freeholders. .Wit 1 ness on both sides will be heard. the1 American' Pacific Fleet, sent a warship to To Pursue New Tactics in" Ef f ort to Carry Ship Bill" v, Through, t : CONTERlElCE-YfdDAr AT WHITE HOUSE President Determined to Have Bill, Though Makes No Defi nite Statement as to Extra Session Another ! Move Will Be Tried First. V Washington February 11 .Admin istration forces were: formed to con; tinue the fight on 1 the i ship purchase bill .at; an early conference . between President .Wilson, Senators - Fletcher and v Simmlbns and Representative Kitchin. . It was decided .vto stand - behind Senator Gore's substitute forthe "bill now pending in the Senate. The' Gore substitute contains ; - provisions tor safeguard ng," neutrality ' 'thepur- chase of ships, and other-pro'posals which it is understood ; -command the support of some Progressive Republi- cans.-and some Insurgent Democrats . Under the new plan the present bill, the point of attack of the ' filibuster, would be buried in committee, and the had not been decided to call an extra session on . March - 5th., - buf it --was stated definitely ' that ' the President would insist on passage ,of . the ship bill: . V,.. j . . . ; -;- - ' .' The fight over the ship - purchase bill was renewed'in the Senate today, under conditions - that convinced most leaders that "an extra session Is a cer tainly;" , Some, - however, expressed hope that there might be opportunity before March 4th to pass the general supply and shipping bill in.some form. " ' v " v , ) ;The' Senate adjourned, last;' night at 6:11 o'clock, after a continuous ses sion of 54 hours and 11 'minutes, the longest in 1 its history, v SCHOOL CHILDREN -FORM ART LEAGUE M inneapolis, Minn.i:. February ::.l 1 , OT.Q ,oiittr a w fTm nrt , VU11U1 V-"- t t O O ' ' today- at the Central : High School a series; of living "pictures was I posted by the school children to show' the ar tistic temperament and to raise , funds to begin the league. ; Wtih the money raised and'the latter contributions of the. school ' children,-' the League will bring eminent-lecturers on art to the r.ir r , fha 'hoTiifif' .rsf rriilnrArt - anii grown-ups ; AiLugeixici, iub mu . mc biggest boon for art that any city has i undertaken, and the teachers .and 1 school authorities are joining in pro- fJi. .w swam an f . . -. '- . muuu6 iuiu.i j - - v- !- j ? Subscribe, to The Evening .Dispatch- the , rescue of the crew; of j WltSORAGKIi IS NOW ON 3 THE WAY TO MEil Look UOnfarld f Cbhf ere With lexicah Leaders. AS TO He ' Will Make Plain the Attitude j of - the United States in Regard to Pro tectjon of Foreigners and Their! - Property. f i ' , Washington, February ll.4 Commis sioned as President Wilson's personal representative "to r investigate 'condi tions in Mexico. Duval -West, Tof San Antonio, Texas, was on his. way today to the Southern Republic !- - In addition to making general inquiry he ' will " interview ' ' 1 Carranza," k; Villa! Zapata and ;other, leaders, and make plain the attitude of . the (.Washington government regarding - protection-,- of foreigners; and their interests. V'Z Congratulates Depcsed Emperor, . Pekih; ' China Feb . il .President Yuan Shi Kai; of the Chinese i Repub lie, today ' extended vi'congratulations to, the- deposed .child emperor, Pu Yi, who 'reaches his - 9th birthday . today. The deposed monarch is not worr j'ing over affairs , of' stated lut . is- busy with his 'books, learning' English- and other modern- languages,' for which he .! has abandoned the ; tongue of the .Man- chus. - : . - - - Leavenworth, Kansas, February!! James . Wilder, ' a - Houston, Texas, banker, entered -,the". Federal V prison here today to r serve1 a sentence for violating the bank laws, after wait ing at a hotel here for a week. . : He came to Leavenworth' alone'and applied .for admission , to the prison as soon as 'he -learned the -; United States Circuit . Court of Appeals had decided , against ' him,', but could not enter until his commitmentjpaners arrived'.- . . . ' ' . : - ;, Edison .Busy on Birthday. -West Orange. N. J., Feb 11- Thos A. Edison, - known . as ' the A- "wizard," spent his 68th birthdhy today working on - his" plans for rebuilding his big shops that; were - i; recently burned. Many friends sent him congratulations, but: in characteristic ; manner he cele brated only by doings r: a1: little., .toore work than vusuaL. 1 ' ' - ' London, ;, England, ,. February ,11. The government has - capitulated . at last to the insistent demand .'for. more news from the front. Premier .vAs- quith , promised today an arrangement would be madeto puDiisn communica tions ; from Sir iJohn French,' the , Bri trsh - commander-in-chief, . twice, week- ly;; ' '--' U. S. Court Sale. ; ' :. V, Of the Haar Stock of Dry dooda and Fixtures continues until sold. 'Court apprafi ;ers have reduced , prices below wholesale .cost ' ' advertisement.) (tf OF STAG Stacy Would Have Kindergar ten Part of School I OFFERS SUCH BILL H ouseS Gets i U nfavorable Reoort . on iUjJojAboHsiv Capital Punishment1 '-V: New Measures in the Senate. - 1 ; -' ,Raleigh, N.-:C.; Febn-thl fifty cV sections of , the .revenue act covered , ' and forty-seven adapted, with, phrase. . ological amendments when changed at all; and with" forty or more billls on ' final reading; the; House adjourned at J ; ' ; 1:30 o'clock this afternoon until' 10 r ' o'clock tomorrow; Y' ; j ,1 ' Y : - -The House this Morning received an-.;:.;;V unfavorable report on the Foster bill to abolish capital " punishment. Dr Foster; however, will carry his 'fight -to' '-0.M : the floor of that body. - - " ' : ' . : Representative Stacy today introduc- V H y ed, : by ; request, a f school bill,, . incor- : : n porating the kindergarten as : part of , . ' the school system.' ;; Zf:-,;AlM:f 5 The revenue act took; up the - bulk of the day.-.' v . . , . - , , (f ? ' ', j Among the. new, Senate bills (today M'-;-, ; yeferv;:i'ft By Stedman (by; request) to provide :: j for the; protection of -game in Nortrj . 1 ' ' j Carolina; by. .A"ashingtonta aid : ia j-.' ; the .cure, and ' prevention' of tuberctf i' j jpsis ; : by Thompion; of .Onslow, , Id a . legislative reeirence iid ahd.ake!theh1 OUTBREAK CONFINED j 1 TO NARROW CHANNiE Washington, D. C, : Feb . ' .11 .V-The discovery? of foot-and-mOuthinfectiori j in v the stockyards f of. nine cities. ' Chicago,;; t Pittsburgh ;;.Indianapolis; ft Louisville, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Coluni- ; bus, Jersey- City and . Baltimore- -which has .resulted in the "closing . of - these, stockyards until they, have been thoroughly disinfected; is regarded by ' the Federal authorities as undoubted ly a setback in' their campaign ' to ' eradicate te plague-Vut is' considered to be by ho means as serious a mat- ter as ; if ; the ; disease had' broken out -.in stock held - on . the farms. All the cattle affected ;were - destined , for im- , mediate - slaughter, at; various points. , ' No stdekers or feeders were included ' among them; : The . infection there-. -' fore. has .been laid over a trail that runs ? in straights easily-traced line s from' city to city. The stamping out of itf is principally a matter of dis- ' infecting ; all. car's used In these ship- ' ments anr all ' yards through which they- have' passed;. On' the other hand wh6h. the disease first 'broke out last fall, it was spread oler the . country -by", ai large , number ." of v shipments of , stockers and feeders which were dis-'.-; tributed imore or; less broadcast . to the farms in many States'. To trace each;one of the: animals in these ship ments to its ultimate destination ya s ' a, task- of " much greatet magnitude ' than . the ' authorities now face. P , ; The new outbreak, however, in 4 the opinion jof the Federal "authorities ect- . phasizes the necessity of adhering; for , ' some i time Ipnger ; to the '; quarantiue regulations fthatf prohibit the;; 5 ship; menf; ; of any ' stock from the , quarau-. ti ned area for any purpose except immediate ? slaughter, ; and also pro hibit its shipment at ' all to points in. free. area-v. It feeders ; and , stockers were to be sent out from the quaran- ; , tined areas; there would always : Ve 'm the danger of -the disease spreadiug . once more among the. farms, and the country being thrown back in .the ,, condition that it was' In October. he government - also holds that '. cattle vj .purchased . for slaughter . and" found to ; be ; affected with ' f oot-and-mouth'' disease shall not .be paid ': for .. but may be condemned, under the Federal-meat inspection; law ' like any other., diseased' stock. , Purchasers of - cattle for slaughter in territory where there is reason' to suspect, the exist-, ence of the disease,; purchase at their own risk and there is no reason why, the government should insure them against tthe - possibility of loss r. For .' the government to do r this would be ip . fact to put a premium upon the -reckless buying of suspected animals and make the task of ultimately eradi- eating .the disease much harder. In spectors1 have , also been warned . against the possibility that stock os tensibly intended . for .immediate slaughter might be diverted for sale as feeders and stockers;, and they have been instructed- "to see that all; such stock is slaughtered without de- ' lay. "; . . J ' : . . A football . dopester tejls us that 34,000 , games ' were . played in - America-last year, and 152,000 players took part. . Over six .'. millions . - saw the gridiron battles..- . . rary :bfiichtieal, 'toUegulate ha fe ;:tv1!.'J