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i. The 'EvenI WEATHER. Fair and Slowly Rising Tem perature. VOLUME TWENTY-TWO. 1 i WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROBMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS.- I t - ; , f - - f - BRITISH SHIP WHICH GERMAN PRIZEfMEW-BROUGHTIIITIJMERlCAHi PORT & Lily ... .. .lllU....Tg. NOT 1 H IEF?IF Declines Positively to Declare Sinking of Lusitania Was "Illegai BERLIN THINKS CRISIS AT HAND Instructions Sent Count Bern storff Contain No Disavowal of the Lusitania Act, Suchlwas closed by the board of directors Demanded by President and State Department. lkiiin. Feb. 4 (Via London). Infor mation reaching the Associated Press today indicates that-under no circum stances will Germany admit that sink ing of the Lusitania was an illegal act. The new instructions forwarded to ambassador Bernstorff, according to this information, contains simply one plrse of the new formulation of the proposed ncte of regret for the j si ikina the Lusitania. The "suggest- ed sentence is short and consists of only eight words and does noi contain the word "illegal." It is represented as the extreme limit of Germany's r - concession in me Liusnama caac entertained here that'effect that the Dank nas never recov- The view is one or i lie iuus i ocuuuo -"-war has arisen in connection with the Lusitania case and that it is impos sible to foresee the outcome from any indication here. The result of the negotiations ap pear to hinge solely on the single . " i 1 1 o or o 1 in the way or an agree UU1U o . : ment between the United States and ('icrmanv stand these coven Tetters I which must express the conception which President Wilson and Secre- tnrv r Qni-nV -Hnaist. Tniist Ttev"'einbijeaTf Ittl xu.uwa.uQ ' in Germany's formal expression of re gret for the loss of American lives aboard the Lusitania. The Associated Press is informed positively and authoritatively that Germany cannot and will not desig nate as illegal the sinking of. a liner! J- V tie vniucitijf iiu ui"" " i I . . i. v. nine. T-l I tVlCk- u-av nt SPTTieTTie.llL I tiUlctliio ouu. i,uu , now instructions forwarded to Am bassador von Bernstorff on Tuesday ccrftain merely the new formula which it is hoped will satisfy Washington without humiliating this country, al though the suggestion sent, according to a reliable authority, consists of only oiKht words and does not contain- the word "illegal." LONG TERM LEASE ON TWO THEATRES Howard & Wells Extendi Time Make Purchase of Solky Houses Optional. The lease of the Victoria and the Sialic! theatres, owned by Mr. J. M. Solky. to Messrs. Howard and Wells, pioprietors of the Royal ana mjou moving picture theatres here, for a Period of 15 years, was corisumminated Friday morning when the papers were tilf'd at the Court House. The terms of the lease are for $7,000 loi the first 3 years, $8,400 for thd next ' years, $9,600 for the next 2, and $12, i, dinar f ir i IMm for the last 5 years. stipulated! " uic lease is ujJLiuna ui tiic i I,.,:,,. rt i "'Hidings. For the first 5 years the I sale price is $60,000 for the Victoria! theatre and $90,000 for the Grand and' ,,tl,. . . unn nAA I 1 f "H; , J.X the Victoria and $95,000 for the Vi,,or.-a a .innnoo for the Gmnd I tlu-atre .ujv . Messrs. Howard and Wells are now iorating the theatres under a sub lease. WELL KNOWN LUTHERAN MINISTER DEAD. Oreensboro, N. C, Feb. 4. The Rev. J K. Shenk, pastor of the Lutheran (liurch here, -died today. He was a "Jitive of Virginia and was educated a! the Virginia Polytechnic Institute a"d the University of Virginia and was 0l'(lained in 1900. The funeral takes place , at Bethle- hem. Va.. tnmnrrnw Rot fiViAnlr nrs 6yP,rSnfa,0,ni1Ifl0.M, ' - " v . . pruviin. ncio sis rv' alto ti niuun ailU . ' u'ureu. , FAYETTEVILLE BANK CLOSES DOORS Fourth National Suspends to Wind Up AffairsDeposit ors Will be Paid in Full Washington, Feb. 4. The Fourth National Bank of Fayetteville, N. C, tnis morning. National Bank Exam iner Doughton is in charge, at the di rectors' request, and will report de tails of the closing later. The bank is capitalized at $200,000. It had a surplus of $2,000 at last re port. Fayetteville Views It Calmly. Fayetteville, N. C.v Feb. 4. The people of Fayetteville were startled this morning to read on the door of the Fourth National Bank, of this city, the announcement that "the bank was - closed by order of the directors and that the National . bank examiner requested to take charge of its af- I fairs." There is no undue excitement on ac count of the event, and even the de positors view the situation calmly and express the belief that they will be paid in full. Dr. H. W. Lilly, president of the bank, has issued a statement to the ago and that it has been steadily los ing and "being unable to promptly re alize on its securities" the directors felt that in justice to the depositors they could not safely continue busi ness and therefore had requested the National bank examiner to take f ifc. offni.e . 1L 10 cumiucuuji ucucvcvi that all depositors win oe paid m tun : TAR HEELS ON THE PROGRAM - Win be Heard at National La. bor Conference in Asheville. Asheville, N. C, February 4. Community and rural life, educational and industrial and social standards were the' principal topics at today's session here of the 12th annual child labor conference held under the aus pices of the National Child Labor Com mittee. Homer Folks, chairman of the National committee on prevention of tuberculosis, presided. Addresses on today's program in cluded one by C. L. Coon, superin tendent of schools of Wilson, one on "Social Standard" by Mrs . Thomas W. Lingle, president o fthe North I Carolina Federation of Woman's Clubs- man "Rural Life" by Prof. E. C. Branson, of the University of North Carolina . TO ISSUE BULLETINS ON LIVE STOCK. By George H. Manning.) Washington, D . C . February 4 . A plan to have the government issue bul letins at stated periods on the number, ages, condition and locatio of live stock, and the amount of meat in cold storage and other statistics of value to the cattle and packing house trade, similar to the statistics now issued ... . . nnAtrtrr :,r I nnn o r rl rrrllTl 1ir4C n m Pfill hpfrA i , juLLuii aim siaui, " f" . - , . , xjii Congress today by Congressman Hull Jf of Tennessee. MrHull introduced a joint tion in the House of Representatives . 111 111C HUUSC Ul ivcpicijcutaniuu . directing the Secretary of Agriculture to gather and push information ue- gardinS llve stock States and sec . . x aj i e ii, i tions, estimated value of the sifferent kinds of marketable animals, including . cattle, hogs and sheeps, and to gather and publish such other information as would shed light on the. amount of .questions asKea m aay oeiore. , ... i! The r.lair,tiff'5 nttortipva wprp cross- meat in cold storage, t e general, mnvomotit of i.i7A stnnir anc meats, to- rpthe7w th all available facts showing gether with all available facts showing , the supply and demand, present and prospective . Alarming Symptoms. AhniiDii!i 'Twnhhipi savs she has . found herself at last." - "Umph! I presume she talks about her starved soul, her mission in life an dall tnat sort of thing." '"Why, ys." "We must get up a dance at once. 'aJah, ia thirinp- ton miich ." ' et uu a. uouic cu vuw. i n.oiuuuvi . -.. . . . -rr . j i Kirmmgnam Age-neruu. - vi T"'3 T w h . I One of the most daring and unique incidents if the European war culmi- nated in the bringing into Newport News, Va., of the British South Afri-iher can liner AppaJn, by a German prize 1 crew of 22 men under Lieutenant; Berge. The Appam, which was given up tor lost and was supposed to have uccu lui pcuueu uu me Aincaii cuasi, was captured at sea by a German submarine on January 15, four days GOV. CRAIG Highly Commends Selection! of the Boston Lawyer by Wilson. WANTED MISTRIAL Did Seaboard in Big Damage Suit But Court Ruled Against It Prof, j Brooks Being Talked of to Head the, A. and M. College. i j Dispatch News Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 4, 1916. Governor Locke Craig commends Louis Brandeis, recently appointed United States Supreme Court justice, to the nation and without reserve oth er than proof of moral unfitness to wear the judicial gown, speaks for his j confirmation by the Senate. Governor Craig was asked by a Jewish publication of Chicago to give his views upon a question that the Hebrew journal expects to become acute in a short while. The North Carolina chief executive urges the fit ness of the Boston lawyer to interpret the laws for the highest court of the , world. He thinks Brandeis worthy of " the great race to which he belongs and declares that as, a lawyer on the bench he will not destroy nor will he write or think in the terms of the for mula. . The Governor finds other malefac- tors than those of great wealth and says so, but he believes Brandeis has j won his right to the place by reason of his righteous understanding of the trust question and his procedure against the illegal organization which are expected to oppose the new juage Governor Craig is supporting Mr. Erandeis for what he has done and is not worrying over what he represents in race. ll is liicouceivauie lu iub cine. ABcuu ludi mou wuu u s i -C 4-1, 4-1 4. n A 1, ! UUIltS WI1UL JDIttllUeiS UUUm Have W ; .... i , . I rzcrz.: : fiATl Vl o A In rt d r T1 loao 1 flfi m Q n than . uau -"- ! the President found him. And Gover-! nor Craig does not think President! BRANOEIS FOR JUDGE i resolu-..Wilson would have appointed a man who failed to meet the highest test of nu cEaracter Wanted, a Mistrial In the middle of the Tilghman vs . j Seaboard damage suit yesterday, ye&Leiucty, j counsel for' the carrier asked Judge ; Connor to wunaraw a juror rrom tne, box and order a mistnal because ot "'J- examining a witness ana asKea nim u be did not know that the Interstate' Commission had investl-1 .Commerce ! : P'nTPn. rnH wieuii. ju Liie oeauuai u 111 " . . . - , . November ot and round tnat it. was caused by the "poor, writing of the agent' whose "Granite" was . read 1 "Grandy." the confusion of which - meeting places is the declared cause of the wreck. Murrav Allen and ex-Governor Kit-! chin, for the Seaboard, contended that this was a very prejudicial piece of PTrirfPTirp which the nlaintiff 's attor- : - - i V w I neys declared . was, not offered as evi-' - . - , cnnunuea on rase oeveu. i i .-.w ., ' - : after she left Dakar, in the French colony of Senegal,: West Africa.1 Besides her passenger list of 166 and crew of 134- she is . thought to haye more than 100 prisoners taken from other ships" on, board. ' Among the passengers who were booked to sail on the Appam ; were Sir Edward and Lady Merewether aim ineir suite, r reuericK seton James, former actine colonial secre- tary and -closely identified with colon- SUBURBAN Winter Park to Get Fine New Station Improvements at Oleander. REPAIRS AND CHANGES UNDER WAY AT LUMINA I Villa View tft ldTea Station. ! Dredge to Build Up Ham- mocks tieneral Improve i ments Contemplated. The Tidewater Power Company has improvements underway on its line between here and Vrightsville Beach, and plans are underway for still more to. cost many thousand dollars and when completed will make the section ' traversed by the suburban line and j VELOPIN the beach proper one of the, most at-1 Washington, February 4. crecre tractive summer resorts on the South , tary Lansing indicated today , that the Atlantic coast. United States has decided to hold the The company has already let con- Prussian-American treaty to govern trats for a number of improvements the case of the captured liner, Appam, on the line, two being the depot and . as Germany contends, and that all re-sub-station at Wrightsville Sound and i mains to be decided is interpretation the depot at the Country Club, and in . compliance with the request recently ( made by the -Civic Club ol Winter Park, the company has agreed to I greatly add to the station at that at tractive and progressive suburb. An artistic station will be erected at Oleander, the high class development, just beyond the country club, and in the near future one or two attractive homes will he built at that nlace. which promises to be one of Wilmington's The residents of Villa View, near the sound, have also petitioned the company to erect a station at- that place and is the intention of the of- finals to co-operate with them and an attractive station will also be erected there . The Hammocks. Perhaps the biggest and most ex- pensive improvements now underway, ! will be those at the "Hammpcks," where the dredge recently purchased will he lisp.ri to fill in manv acres of I margh land wh-ch win be divided into i " lots and sold at reasonable prices, j The dredge will start the reclamation . ,,fT,; OTt .,oal, mn at1 vv i xv w Auxj.il! ine Aj.vL..u rTsY u i u vv vj uuu is expected to complete about 4 u rrPQ nf hio-h nnrl drv lnnrl every j month. When this has been com-; pleted a number of other big improve-! ; ments are planned for this admirably situated place It is the intention of the company to have the dredging done from all sides of the island, thus making a deep ,in4-i ,i -8 rr7 tB. ' - dredging has been When , th . d redgmg .en - Hammo'cks will be mied mak. lo me nammoCKb wm ue lmeu, iudK , .. . Lumma, tne nanasome pav Wrightsville Beach will also Lumina, the handsome pavilion, dn ; rpppive I It J nned b - x. 1 r jlL JJ t o,-H i - Hies, who wish to spend the day here a0- many conveniences wni oe piacea &t their disposal. . The right-of-way on the. beach is, now being beautified by Mr. Hess, of ' l the Audubon Nurseries, Shrubbery and trees are bsing set out by a force ' under him, that will make the line on the island particularly pleasing. A . . . , . - number of experiments are being maae . . , ! uu uie . oeacu wiw ub huu ishc i . ,. . ial administrative affairs in -Africa; Francis Charles Fuller, who' was ap pointed chief commissioner of Askan- in 1905, and Mrs. Fuller. j The Appam is 425 feet long, 57 feet i beam, of 7,781 tons gross. She was i built in 191S. at Belfast, and is. owned ! by the British and African Steam ; iavigauon company, wnicn Is under ; the management, nf the VA Her nemn-i ster Line. United States Will be Govern- en by P russian 1 reaty. ONLY THE TERMS HOLDS THAT T APPAM IS ; T m w ir n m r i mm u i (IP fiFRM AIN ; ui uLiii!innuj . which attacked him, it is said; a fort- j night ago. Few knew of his fatal ill Of this Treaty Now to be Interpreted. ; ness He was born at Williamsboro, Great Britain Makes Demand for Ship Notwithstanding This Decision. of the application of the treaty's terms. The British ambassador today pre sented a formal demand on behalf of his government for return to her Brit ish owners of the liner, Appam, taken by a German prize crew. A new dip lomatic controversy with Great Brit-, ain is foreshadowed, as the United States has practically decided to hoia the prize is Germany's. EX-POSTMASTER HAS SUFFERED A STROKE Durham, N. C, Feb. 4. J. G. Walser, for many years postmaster at Lexington, N. C, was hurried to a local hospital today as result of a stroke of paralysis. He is a brother of Z. V. Walser, chairman of the Progressive State Committee " SKI - JUMPERS MEET 1 mmmm m ITU IW fc FOR NATIONAL IIILE , . Glenwood, Minn., eD. 4. ine an- I XT1 ol r.r, nf ok illTYtnore ! uucli tx, uu J-icn iuuiuj j m. ou j uiuyui u begins here today, and the aspirants , for the national title have come from j many sections of the new country. The mammoth hill where the contest- j ants perform is in excellent condition, j and a new club house has been erected. A cross country dki contest is on the! program, for both professionals and j amateurs. iue sm- juuhuus will ViPin this afternoon. Among the contestants are Lars Haugen of Chip- pewa Falls, Wis., Henry Hall of Ishpe- P the famous somersault artist, of Duluth, 'Ragnar Omtvedt of Chicago, and via oraa, me uue-ui mu . The present Doy cnampion smer is Chester Kaldahl, who will defend his orv,-!lltie 111 tt tUlllCOl tuuwuun, uuxuaux .... . x j. vnMi.it his rivals. - - - - H ' - to ascertain which species is best , - - m adapted foir lawns ana snruDDery m the soil there It is the idea of the Tidewater Power Company to ultimately develop the . . , . ., -; - n: Deacn into a winter iuh a suuiuiw . President - Alexander ice Hamilton, of Petersburg, Died Today, PASSES AFTER FEW i WEEKS' ILLNESS. News Received in Railroad Circles With a. Shock- Fu neral Wilt b Held Tomor row Afternoon in Peters burg. , " Special to The Dispatch. Petersburg, Va., Feb. 4. The death 0f Alexander Hamilton vice president! and eneral counsel of the Allanticj j Coast Line Railroad Company, which occurred at his home here early to- day, was due primarily to a fall which Me ; sustained in a runaway accident i some montns ago, it is stated. ' ; Mr. Hamilton sustained severe in . jury to his back which brought on jan ; affection of the nerves about the spi ! nal column. On Wednesday two eminent sur geons came here from New York and operated as a last resort. The patient never rallied from the ordeal. For some reason or other, his fam ily were very reticent in discussing jhis illness and declined to give out j anything to the press up to the time of his death. It is hot known here who will suc ceed him. Died of Paralysis. j Richmond, Va., . Feb . 4 . Alexan j der Hamilton, vice president and gen-; leral counsef of the Atlantic Coast -Line Railroad'3ie'd "at Ws liomeieiP tersburg this morning. , ' . J The funeral services will be held at :4 o'clock Saturday afternoon in St. Paul's church,- Petersburg.' with, biir I ial in Blanford cemetery. 1 Mr. Hamilton died of Paralysis, N. C, in 1851, and was educated at i the Baltimore Military Institute and : Washington and Lee University. His third wife and several children sur vive him. The news ofthe death of Mr. Alex ander Hamilton,, of Petersburg, Va., first vice president and general coun sel of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road Company and president of the Atlantic Coast Line Company of Con necticut, the holding company of the A. C. Ii. system, which occurred at his nome in Petersburg this morning about 3 o'clock, after an illness oil a few weeks, will come as a great shock to hundreds in Wilmington as well as over the entire Coast Line Railroad . Mr. Hamilton, had visited Wilmington on many occasions and was held in the highest esteem by all who made his acquaintance The funeral services will be held in! Petersburg Saturday afternoon, about 4 o'clock and the following A. L L. officials will leave this afternoon on the 6:45 train to attend: Mr. P. R. Albright, general manager; Dr. G.j G. Thomas, medical director; Mr. James F. Post, treasurer, and Mr. George B. Elliott, general counsel. Mr. Lyman Delano, third vice president of the system and head of the operating department, is not in the city, but will within all probability attend the funeral services. Mr. Alexander Hamilton was born in Granville county, North Carolina, on March 18, 1851. He wag a student at the now fa- , , ,r,.x-.. TTi Oil S VI C .aflH SCIlOOl in IT c LeTB U UTS. and afterwards was a cadet and grad- uate of the Virginia Military Insti- tlltfi ttp studied law at Washington and Lee university, and became a member pf the bar of Petersburg, Va af ter eraauation Prior to the consolidation of the severai r0ads which now form the At- lantic Coast Line Railroad Company, Mr. Hamilton was counsel for the old Petersburg Railroad, extending from Petersburg to . Weldon, N. C. When the Virginia roads were consolidated in 1898, he became general counsel Da-jand president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company of Virginia. In 1900, he was made first vice pres- ideni of e Atlantic coast Line Rail road Company, and in 1906 took the office of general counsel also. In ad dition to his position with the Atlan tic Coast Line Railroad Company, he wasalso president of the Atlantic Land & Improvement Co., chairman of the board of directors of the Char- 4 leston & Western Carolina Railway Co., 4 director in the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., and . in 1915 was made president of the Atlantic Coast Line Company of Connecticut. TURKS HAVE TUN OF ERZERUM Comes Report from Petrograd; oasea on ixenaDiei Information. AUSTRIAN AIRMEN Get Busy and Make an Attack on the Italian Base . at j Avlona Afbanian Portof Dyrazzo Also Attacked. Evacuation; by the Turks of Erzerum is claimed by? a Petrograd newspaper, ' ' which declares It is in receipt of ad vices from -elfable sources, that the ... Turkish forces have abandoned the fortress. 1 Notable successes for its. airmen in a raidT on the Albanian port of Duraz zo are claimed , by the Austrian ad- ' miralty . The Italian base of Avlona also was attacked by Austrian aviators : of February 2. j A second Zeppelin airraid on Sa" loniki attempted Wednesday was frus- ; treated by fire of the Allies' battery, -,accpriingT4.tliens r Reports of; infantry operations of T importance from any of the main , ' fronts of the war are lacking. Vienna claims progress by the Aus- trians . ' T HURRYING: TROOPS ATTACK VILLA I Juarez Cut Off From Com- munication as Result of the Fight. El Pasq, Texas, Feb. 4. Juarez was - completely isolated! early today from" communication?, with Chihuahua City, as result pflthe .attack late yesterday "of Francisco Villa upon the . garrison . at Moctezuma, abcjiit 10 Omiles south or nere. Beyond establishing that Villa led' the attack no news had, been received" here early1-today indicating how the . fighting., resulted. Troops are hurry. ing front Chihuahua City to attack Villa, while reinforcements are en route to Moctezunia to support th Carranza troops. - jThey believe that should the fight be prolonged Villa will be surrounded on all sides.'' -3 BIG SALE MADE OF COTTON MILLS Rocky Mount Interests in Deal Aggregating a Million Dollars. Rocky Mount, N. C, February 4. - , Te sale of four cotton mills, owned i f : by the Hope Manufacturing Company, v ; at Hope Mills, to Rocky Mount inter- ests has been announced. The amount involved is said to aggregate approx' imately $1,000,000. j Reorganization is being perfected ii -the mills, which employ about" 1','200 1 ; , persons and operatiorf will begin at , an arly date. R. L. puffins heads the project . ... . - -- He was a man of. force, but of great ' affability, and was much loved by all who knew, him. No man in the State of Virginia .was more generally held -in high esteem; . ' . 1 i:- v While no official announcement has : been made to the effect, it is thought here that Geo. B . - Elliott, Esq., gen-, eral counsel, .will be-named to suc ceed Mr. Hamilton a& head of the le gal department of the Atlantic Coast Line. - , ,.' - , . . i 'i!:,.V 1;( L T i '.ri 'Si.. 14 It H hi- M 1 '.; w .n- : i it. It fell 1: J ti I .-i m I I ill. 1 ' ? -. i'iii ll 1 r i w tin tt Hi! n ill !- ll 4 3.1 '5; mi Mi Mb m 1 f 'H l ...
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