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t ULL LlAd EaD WIRE SERVI XXil. NO. 371 WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SAT URDAY AFTET , JANUARY 20, 1 9 1 7 PRICE FIVE CENTS. t FOLLOW CAPTURING OF 3 U. S. iVi..'L Three Anienccui iyicuiucis ui QeW or i arrowaaie, cap tured by Raider. out PUT INTO PORT AT SWINEMUENDE, PRUSSIA Grange oaip w mi i uur Smoke stacks oigntea vjit Brazil Thought To Be German Raider. a THREE AMERICANS ABOARD i Bv Associated Press.) " Xcw York. .TanT20. Three Am- nf tlio nntlsii Meauier lanuw- r U 11 XI -I dale. capturea uy me urermau r fr raitlor and taKen mio a vierman v tnort bv a prize crew, acuoruing v t to the records oi iue xsriusu con- r striate here i ' Washington. Jan. 20. German ad- JiMitv statements that American sub- iPfts in the crews of vessels captured I liv the German raider in the South At lantic "have been removed r- nrison prs of war", will raise a comp.icr.ted question . The whole question turns on ,wnetn- i i a x-: i ? ,.r an armeci mfii-uain suiy is a war vessel, and the gulf between this coun try and Germany on that question ." ; still unbridged. Of course Americans on such ships could be considered as . prisoners ot war oniy n me vessels wore considered as war vessels. No indication has been received that auv of the vessels sunk by the German raider were other than defensively armed. The state department has held throughout that a vessel cannot be classed as a warship unless it is under naval orders and the naval flag and manned by naval crews. The German admiralty statement made just at this time when the arm- ship issue between thetwo cotin- i a x m tnes is becoming- more complicated was taken to foreshadow a. more pro nounced attitude as to the question on Germany's part. Puts Into .Port. Amsterdam. Jan. 20, (via London.) According to an official statement from lin says the Cologne Gazette, the British steamer Yarrowdale, . carrying crews of steamers captured by the German raider in the Atlantic was brought into the port of Swinemuende, russia . The official statement from Berlin Friday night reporting the arrival of he Yarrowdale in harbor on Decem ber 31. last, as a prize of the German aider, did not indicate the port at 'hich she arrived. Swinemuende is in Pomerania, 36 miles northwest of Stettin, of channels connecting the Stettiner Haff with the t-a tic sea. Vessels captured by Ger man war craft have frequently been taken into Swinemuende on previous wcassions. Raider IS Sighted. Hucnos Aires. Argentine Republic, an- 2". According to press dispatches roni Rio Janeiro, a stransre steamship wi'di four smokestacks nainted black has been sighted off Ceara. Brazil, run ning at high speed. - ' GALL AN EXTRA .CONGRESS c ornpletion of President's Leg islative Program This Term is Doubtful. w., , l',y Associated Press.) "Miiiicton. Jan 20 -Talk of an ex- J session of Congress to complete "SlUOlit Wilson's- locriclo iva YTr.. s d"l Unless jwtinn ia lic-l V.ofsvnn Mqi-pIi J'as again heard at the capitol today. 'til lf'S' thou oe i .1 ne lp-o ses;n . . iKiuaining, mere is grave U!jUT On tlln ,,.,x T.'n x fav ijuii ui many ounaiuia ui to m i acl-on- in view of opposition clurti 0t the PrPsed legislation, m-sp-v lhe water power and other con- c-vatl0!l hillQ V, J el'tl0n bill -,,1 ii.. t.,.1.1. fnr- auu vverjo coiiecuvts 'WeiKi, Kr.ll; , Th agency Din. 1 ''(J SftlPtr, CJ: :n ....11 Dlppt m "tcciiug vuuiuiiiiec win 1 n . ..... ' ' j. 1 i J . fram """" aypeai yesteraay, ;o PiiQ , F"Ji"tm ior suDmission to a en Democratic caucus. " W W 'it -A- -A" -A- -A" 'ff BR'T1SH STEAMERS SUNK. (Bv t--l- vx x. 1 coci.; Jan. 20. The Brit- stfHmship Toftwood. carry- ins V(v ""- cixxu suuk 011 uur -A- agf stai tinp- fmm M-nr -Vn A'- fin ri n X U1U X V TV XVXXV ' v nristmuc day, according to Prpn h receivedhere by the vpJ , 1 Llne- which cleared the vr v.- 75-X- .r w vr v. w I SESS i TO CITIZENS DRASTIC TO RELIEVE SHORTAGE Railroads Will" be Compelled to Return Cars to Originak Owners When Unloaded COMMISSION ORDER IS ' AFFECTIVE FEB. 21. Order is Culmination of rrobe Conducted by Commission Transporation Is Now Tied Up. . v (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 20. Drastic res olutions designed to relieve the shortage in coal cars and help bring about a lowering of present high prices of coal, were prescribed today by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. The regulations require return to " '"nal owners of all coal cars as last as unloaded and gives the rail roads ten days to devise methods for relieving the shortage in other types oi cars. The commission's order also re quires the railroads to apply the same regulations to refrigerator, heat er, ventilated and insulated cars. The new orders become effective February 21. The committee which the railroads are called on to appoint, should be vested, the order states, with plenary powers and should co operate with the commissibn in seek ing relief for the shortage of other types of cars. Unless such a commit tee is appointed within ten' days, the commission declares it will act inde pendently and consider the issuance of such orders as it deems necessary to Telieve the situation., In issuing " today's order, " tile commission-was divided, Commissioners Clark, Clements and Hall dissenting from the majority view. The hew. regulations continue in effect until May 1. Issuance of the order is a culmina tion of te investigation which the commission has been conducting for several months, the last hearing hav ing been held here December 28. The hearing was attended by the repre sentatives of a large number of roads and shippers and by Department of Justice officials investigating the cost of living who had been in frequent consultation with officials of the com mission. "The present conditions of car dis tribution throughout the United States have no parallel in our his tory," said the commission's decision. "Mills have shut down, prices have advanced, perishable articles of great value have been destroyed and hun dreds of carloads of food products Tiave been delayed in reaching their natural markets. In some territories there have so many cars on the lines of the carriers and in their terminals that transportation service has been thrown into unprecedented confu sion, long delays in transit have been the rule rather than the exception 'and operation o festablished indus trial activities has been made uncer tain and ' difficult. These conditions have made necessary a far-reaching investigation by the commission and how urgently demand prompt decisive action. ' , "In spite o,f the efforts which had been made to put a stop to the diver sion and misue of cars, the commis sion's inspectors day after day report ed numerous instances of such diver sion anl misuse. "Urgent as. is the need for relief the respondents, with but few excep tions, have failed to afford such re lief. They have assured the commis sion that they wtmld put a stop to the diversion and misuse of coal and refrigerator cars and would return those cars to their owners without delay, but since that assurance was given, hundreds of instances of di version and misuse have been called to our attention. "It is clear that the entry of a for mal order is necessary to protect shippers, consignees and the general public?' v AUSTROHUNGARIAN PREMIERS ARE BACK. London, Jan. 20 Premier Clam Martinic, of Austria, and Premier Tisza, of Hungary, returned to Vien na on Friday evening after an ex tended conference in Berlin with the t 1.. JnWi in roo-arH tr PPfin. PUNS OF GABS DESIGNED tjermau leauwo xx, x0 Iaj., AiAAAAAUiAAAil. r, ,ava on AmstPrHam! tTV,l"i"t""f1"t"ri,1' dispatch to Reuters. Representatives of- the general staffs of both the Ger-., man and .Austrian armies as well as looHincr statpsmfin Ot me tWO." countries, attended the "conference. between Premier 1 . The meeting Clam-Martinic Premier Tisza and the' German leaders were apparently dis-,r tinct from the conference ' arranged, between the presidents of the" parlia- mnt of the.-Cenfral Powers, and Tur-,r key, which opened in Beriin Friday. FRIENDS FEAR THAW WILL NOT LIVE. v J HARRY K: THAV Philadelphia, Jan. 20. Friends of Harry K. Thaw fear that he may not recover from his self-inflicted inju ries. It is said that his condition has been becoming steadily worse. Thaw at times seems to barely be con scious. Some of those who have come here to see him through his latest trouble fear that Thaw may hatve taken mercury tablets at the time he attempted suicide. his form of poison, while almost certain to be fatal, does not manifest itself until a considerable period after be ing taken. Six Story Building on Fire Threatened Crowded Ten ements and Church. (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 20. A fire de scribed by officials as the most diffi cult which the fire department has had to handle here in recent years today wrecked the six-story factory building of the Manhattan Brass Company in East Twenty-eighth street, with a property, loss, estimated at $100,000: ' - - i ""-" Bellevue Hospital, Cornell Medical College and scores of crowded tene ments, together with a Catholic church, in which services were being held ,were endangered when a wind spread burning embers wich had been hurled high by a series of acid explo sions. S25.DQQ OE BILL TO GOME TO I C State Will Share In Public Buildings Appropriation Measure. (By George H. Manning.) Washington, Jan. 20. The public buildings appropriation bill which passed the house late yesterday after noon by a vote of 234 to 92 contains sixteen items appropriating $252,000 for sites and buildings for federal of fices in North Carolina. While some other states obtain much larger appropriations, North Carolina has more items in the bill than other states. The North Carolina items are as follows: For. construction of a postoffice at Edenton $25,000, Lenoir $30,000, Lum berton $30,000, 'and Mount Olive $30, 000. Fifty five thousand dollars goes for a site and building at Mount Airy, with the limits of cost previous set for the purchase of the site shall be increased to $5,000. Morganton gets $35,000 for a site and building. ' Seven cities gets sites for proposed postoffices as follows: Albemarle $8, 000; Clinton $5,000; Dunn $7,000; Louisburg $6,000 Marion $6,000; San- ford $7,000 and Williamston $5,000. I The limit of cost for postoffice sites at Rockingham and Wadesboro is in creased to $5,000 each. Seventy-five thousand dollars is pro vided tor the building of an extension to the Wilson postoffice so as to house the court now held there. There is considerable doubt that the bill will pass the senate and Presi dent Wilson has strongly intimated that owing to the fact that the treas ury faces a serious deficit and that money is more urgently needed for national preparedness he will vote the! Olll il 11 uuxxieo iu xxxixx iui oiguaiuid . - PROBE TUesday X v "LEAK PROBE TUESDAY. y t xjCo X - "ODumawu, u". -v .wxxv- . ! Rules' committee today formally i 4 retained Sherman L. Whipple, of Boston, as counsel in the leak in- 4 quiry and decided to resume hear- . ings at the New York customs house at iu a. m ' morning.' next Tuesday f ;' DANGEROUS IY. FIRE IS CHECKED APBSTOCK BILL IS KICKED AGAIN BY STATE SENATE Pender County's Free Rang ers Once More Taste Defeat. HOT ARGUMENTS ARE MADE IN STATE HOUSE. 'There are 50,000 Wild Hogs In a Certain Locality," Said Bellamy "49,500 Be long to Your Clients." (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, Jan. 20. After three hours j of oratory this afternoon Pender j comity's free rangers again wenti. down in defeat before the "Save Pen-f der" slogan which an imposing dele-j gation wore r the secon4 great fight ; of this character. The Senate re-i ports' the.; bill unfavorably. J The first effort to overthrow thej present stock law in that 'county j caine neany iwo weens ago wneni Scott, of Pender, presented in .thej House and had it passed a bill pro-. viuing tor an election on the ques lion. Senator Burnett, who succeed--i ea Senator Rivers Johnson, author of; the bill, red the Senate fight for the free rangers who barely had any.! de-- l-n-wltr irif iVom tVof Hmo Rointr flo featexl by the overwhelming numbers of the stock law advocates, the free! f ' Km! i cxxxCJ. o ixaxxx vv alii cl ik-. that fivomnt.ss from tht? countv-wide that exempts from the county-wide i lour rc3 ; "f-iMirn c?li ino Vi tril it frr iViol 1" ""i These out, there was nothing else to it;"- The stock law. men declined to undertake an election in which their j chief support was .eliminated. The new fight was to hold an election for the repeal of the Johnson law. Sena tor Johnson was personally present i at the Friday afternoon fight, and bandied quite a collection of words with ex-Cohgressman John D. Bel lamy. Major George Bellamy, the Duke of Brunswick ,tvas 'present and wore the f Save Pender' , badge. Although the anti-stock law advo cates brought that prince 7 of jury law yers. Rudolph.- Duff ey, and ex-Con- i gressmaHJ61m D. Bellamy to speak i for theni; the stock law people carried folks q cry with them and psycholog ically t-ftv&-;.,'Saxe Pender" - contingent fiad-Tt HiTtf erthe "Save Pender's DemoejKcy." It may result In beat ing the party down' there, but the De partment of Agriculture is so deeply interested in cleaning out the cattle tic kand exchanging the blooded pig and calf for the pine rooter and the scrub that Pender will perhaps be left to work out her own damnation. Senator Burnett,' Messrs. Duffey and Bellamy did the speaking for the free rangers, who appeared to have had as many people present as the stock law advocates. J. T. Bland, Sr., E. A. Hovle, Jr., and C. E. McCullen did the speaking for the stock law people. Mr. McCullen was the chief orator at the former hearing when the advocates of the stock, law won without any outside help. Ex-Senator Rivers Johnson explained the law and fought Congressman Bellamy to a fin ish. This time a new bill was offered ex empting certain stock law townships! which are strongly in favor of the law. That left the larger portion of the county to the mercy of .the free rangeru. There was no salvation for them without the three big townships that want the law When the committee announced its' decision the blue-badged stock law fellows broke into a perfect pande-j monium. senator jonnson ana Mr. Bellamy had helped things along much. Mr. Bellamy, in arguing against the law, said there were 50, 000 wild hogs in" a certain locality. The relevance of the remark was im- pressive to the free rangers who I shouted, "And 49,500 of them belong to your clients," Senator Johnson re torted with shouts that drowned the opposition. ADVISES FULL USE OF Count Westarp, Conservative Leader, is In Favor of U-boat Warfare. (By Associated Press.) Berlin, Jan. 19 (Via London, 'Jan. 20.) Count Westarp, leader of the conservative party in the Reichstag, declared himself in favor of the full est use o fsubmarines in a spech at Magdeburg. Count Westarp said : "Our utmost strength must now be thrown into the scales. -x- There is no weapon of warfare which we care to withhold. We have too few weap-1 ons in hand against England, who pos- j sesses at this moment our colonies,) has swept away our commercial ma rine and .put a blockade into effect. If we want to make further progress against England we must strike her life nerve her commercial fleet. We have already dealt England mighty blows in cruiser, warfare and it is technically possible to augment our achievements but the chief thing is commercial warfare. It is a. good sign that nobody feels it necessary to try and interfere - with the plans - and de cisions of the ' military authorities, but that everybody has full confl- dence' GERMAN SOB" CO HERE WITH RU v. MANIAN PRINCE. $m&mmmvs:: rirccl M7VT?'AEr.T;TrAt-rnv-it7v-i i New York, Jan. 19. Considerable mystery surrounds the visit of Prince r" The Prince, who was accompanied by Miss Margaret Lahovary, ,his cousin, " . . y-.' J!?nk' wast traveling incognito told reporters that his name Ethel He was . . .- ' and described himself as j say where he planned u go or the occasion for his visit here. BRITISH VESSEL IS FIRED ON Of 'SUB' Lindenhall Arrived in New York With Shot-Holes In Her Side. (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 20. The British tramp steamship Lindenhall, which arrived here 1,oday via Norfolk ..frpig. Mediterranean ports, Was pursued and fired upon by a submarine while proceeding from Naples to Gibraltar last December, according to persons or. board. Two shots struck the vessel, , they said, but her speed enabled her to escape. DEWEY AT FUNERAL His Body is Taken to Arling ton Cemetery to Rest With Other Naval Heroes. (By issociated Press.) Washington, Jan. 20. Admiral Dewey was laid to rest today with all the honors a grateful Nation can bestow. After funeral services ' conducted under the dome of the capitol and at- tended by President Wilson, the Cab- inet, Supreme Court, the diplomatic corps and others, the Admiral's body was taken to Arlington Cemetery to rest with those of naval heroes gone before. Two of Dewey's commanders at the Battle of Manila Bay Benja min E. P. Lamberton, the fleet cap tain, and Captain Joseph P. Coghlan, of the cruiser Raleigh, lie nearby. Not far away on the wooded slopes rest Schley and .Sampson Private services af the home were HONOR Pi attended by President Wilson, Sec- j Pauline Newsome 118,923 se re tary Daniels and a limited company. , -X- Mary Lorenzo 118,565 -X- The funeral party" then moved to' the capitol. All business of tiie govern-l a ment was suspended for the-day; all:-X- private business in Washington stopped for an hour. On every Amer ican riaval ship on the seven seas an ensign fluttered at half mast and an admiral's dilute of 19 .srims was fired. ! ! Tne entire corps of midshipmen orders, but as Admiral Dewey's i -X-friends, asj he had wished, escorted j -X- the Dody to tne rotunda or tne capi - tol, where Chaplain J. B. Frazier, chaplain of the Olympia, at Manila Bay, conducted brief and simple fu neral services. Mrs. Dewey, did not accompany the funeral party to the jeapitol, but joined it on the way to Arlington. NEW YORKER SHOWS A COOL HEAD AT FRONT. (By Associated Press.) Paris. Jan. 20 Section No. 8 of the American , Ambulance Field Service and William Meadowcroft, of New York, a Harvard graduate, are , men tioned in army orders as follows: "This section, which has since been attached to the Sixteenth division has rendered a greater service in- trans porting wounded under difficult and often dangerous circumstances. On December 29, 1916, during a bombard ment, the driver showed conspicuous coolness and absolute devotion in suc coring the wounded and . conveying them to ambulances. . TEUTONIC CAPTURE to wn in E GO ON THIS Page Kicked Against "Semi Caucus" On The School Board Question. HOUSE SUSTAINS CRAIG'S ACTION. Rampant For Gifts to ,Con j victs-Another Bill For j One Term For State rrc wmcers. r ' i. ! Raleigh, N. C. Jan, 20. Eighty-six ; ayes overwhelmed the 11 noes, who op- US MEMBERS WARPATH MORNING of Plessiss-de-Roye. Elsewhere. 1 : j uu,.v.i6,,a!vo tnHQu'o tibial onn, and the prison board, but the fight ended there today. The House pro- ; portion was far greater than the Sen- ate, which was more than 25 per-cent ! against Gpvernor Craig's action. Near ly all who did vote "no declared that they did so doubting the legality of the board's action. The House was rampant with per sonal privilege today. Representative McCracken protested against publica tion in the morning paper of Raleigh that V.O "Tv.lr.it,, iol V.,1 iroduced the RWic 800' th successful carrying out of recon ure," the Columbus man was not and : nteJS J?L G??tLa denounced the paper for the embar rassment to which he had been put. Minority Leader McRary also pro tested against & Democratic represen-j tative winning the credit due him. Tho ronVir,r k0 L,.rn'a,i The gentleman ought to be ashamed ed of what has been credited to him." ! McRary "said. Henry Page vehemently objected to a "semi-secret caucus," which he said Houses . ft it thought ltTT!0tlTtB6usrt0 now sucn meetings , without inyjtmg him . He gave notice, that he would be there next time ' ' The House received today an educa tion bill from McLendon designed to eliminate adujt illiteracy. It appropri ate $5,000 for teaching schools in which ten pupils shall be the minimum. Communities having these schools will receive a duplicate of all that they ap propriate. In the Senate Person introduced a bill limiting all State officers to one term, Governor excepted. The date (Continued on Page Eight.) Determination To Win Shoyyt By Contestants Seven More Days to Secure Votes That May Be Neces sary to Win Miss Hettie R. James Goes to The Top, Which is Surprise to All. -X- -X -X- X -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- TODAY'S LEADERS. -X- -x- Hettie R. James 120,508 -X- Mrs. Bessie M. Robbins ..120,205 -X- -X- Mrs. B. L. Daniel 120,082 -X- -X- Iola Ivey . . " 119,590 -X- -X- Annie Lee Adkins 119,350 -X- i -X- Frankie Anderson 119,020 -5f; -X- X- -X- THE PRIZES. $685 Overland Autmobile. Ford Automobile. Carolina Beach Lot. $100 in Gold. ' $75 Victrola. $50 O. K. Mystic Range. $70 Sellers Kitchen Cabinet. $25 Wrist Watch. Two $60 Diamond Rings. -x- X- X- X- -X- ; - x - -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X-X- -X- -X- r The time for winning the valuable prizes offered by The Dispatch is gradually slipping away. That is, it is gradually slipping away for those who are doing the' most work in The Dispatch contest, while those who are just waiting in the hope that they will get one of the prizes, the time is leav ing at a merry clip, and but a few days remain in which to makje a showing. Monday morning will usher m the last week. j It is a pretty race and it would take a prophet to predict which of the sev eral hard-working candiates will win. As the last day approaches, and it will be here in seven more working days, the" interest is becoming more intense, the candidates are getting closer together ,and it begins to look as if the race would be won by a throt-latch, as the turfmen say. Cer tain it is that every subscription any candidate secures makes her just that much nearer the , coveted prize and TROOPS ANOTHER Rumania Nanesti, Located On The River Sereth, Fell Yester . Pay! BRITISH ATTACKS ARE REPULSED BY GERMANS. Violent Artillery Action Oc curs In Region of Plessis Roye Otherwise Compar- , ative Quiet Prevails In War Theatres. RUMANIAN TOWN FALLS. (By Associated Press.) 4 Berlin, Jan. 20, (via Sayville). The town of Nanesti, in Rumania, on the Sereth was taken yesterday " by German troops, it is announced officially. (By Associated Press.) Paris, Jan. 20. There was a violent artillery action last night in the re- says today's official announcement the night passed quielty. The announcement follows: "Brief artillery actions of violence occurred in the region of Plessis-de-Roye, south of Lassigy. In the Argon ne, we blew a small mine with suc cess in the sector of Bolante. Else where the night was relatively quiet.' -British Patrols Repulsed. Berlin, Jan. 20, (via Sayvjlle.) -Tha ncyuioc ux diiusuhuw ,n,a,i;ii.H uu on the Franco-Belgian front are re- .ported in today's official statement on operations in this war area, which; .reads: ' Western front Near Wytschaete and west of La-Bassee, attacks by 1 rjx-u ix 1 ed. Reconnoitering enterprises launch ed 'between Doller and the Rhine Rhone canal were successfully carried .2. . : BALL MEN DETERMINE TO PREVENT GAMBLING, (By Associated Press.) Toledo, O., Jan. 20. -A resolution prohibiting gambling in any form will Be submitted today to delegates at tending the second annual meeting of the National Baseball Federation here. The resolution was one of a number agreed upon last night by the new executive committee. the friends of the contestants should bear this in mind and give them as sistance before too late. One of the features of the contest, which is full of especial significance at this time, is the confidence the friends and supporters are -showing in the outcome of the race of their friends. This may be taken as an indication that the various candidates are amassing reserve votes, which are considered sufficiently large - to enable them to vtake their competitors by storm at the close. . , . No candidate should place too much confidence in the reserve strength she has secured. It should be remem bered that while one candidate 'is pil ing up a good reserve the other can didates, with equal ' cleverness, are doing likewise. From present indica tions all of the prizes will be. won by very small margins and with tho candidates running as they are. now, each one will need every subscription that can possibly be -secured. . , In considering the probable out come of the contest, it should be not ed that while the marked gains of cer tain leaders show them to be doing admirably and more than holding their own, there are others among the candidates whose ominous silence portend forthcoming things in their behalf. It is from some of the ap parently inactive candidates that surprising features of the balloting may be expected. Miss Hettie R. James, Wilmington, who has been one of the silent can didates, and whom many have thought to be inactive, furnishes the big sur prise for today. Yesterday Miss James had a little over 55,000 votes to her credit, while some of her com petitors had passed the 119,000 mark. Today Miss James has 120,508 votes to her credit, 65000 more than yes terday, and leads the ."entire fiejd. The other leaders for today. have all had their names on 'the honor roll before. According AO the order In which they , appear they are: Mrs. Bessie M. Robbins', Wilmington Mrs. B. jL. Daniel, Armour; ; . Miss Iota Ivey, Lumberton; Miss Annie Lee Ad kins, Warsaw; Miss Frankie. Ander son, Fair Bluff; Miss : Pauline New some, Clinton; and 1 Miss Mary Lo renzo, Wilmingtott. - (Continued on Page. Seven.) . f 'M L '- . t x r- . V