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VOL. XXII. NO. 389
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY; KHTERNOON, FEBRUARY 10.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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FLUNG STARS ANB
STRIPES STEAMERS
GET
Two American Freighters Will
Depart at Once For
Europe
WILL NOT STRIPE
VESSELS' SIDES
Managers of Liners Hold Ships
Have a Right On the Seas
Both Crews Nearly All Am
erican Citizens Neither
Ship Will Be Armed
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K -tt vr
PUTS ON MUFFLER.
r (Bv Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 10 All infer
:f mat ion with respect to the clear-
in?s of vessels at the customs -K-
house, including their names, is
being withheld. Officials said to-
day that this was being done for
the present on orders from -
Washington.
(Bv Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 10. American ship
ping circles were stirred today by the
announcement that two freighters fly
ing the Stars and Stripes yould sail
immediately for the European war
zone. They will be the first Ameri
can vessels to start from New York
for the prescribed area since the be
ginning of Germany's 'unrestricted
submarine warfare.
These ships are the Orleans, own
ed by the Oriental Navigation Com
pany, and the Rochester, of the Kerr
Steamship Company. Both are bound
for Bordeaux, France. The two ships
have received their clearance papers
and loaded all their cargoes and they
lie this morning, one off the Statue
of Liberty, and the other at her dock,
awaiting final word from their own
ers. The Orleans has an American cap
tain, Allan Tucker, and a crew of 35,
of whom 32 are citizens of the United
State?. The Rochester has 33 offi
cers and men of whom two-thirds are
Americans. Both vessels have their
n?mes and "U. S. A." in large letters
on their black sides, but are not
striped or marl-pH in tVio ,, v
scribed for meripari vmTpuT hv Z
rman blockade regulations. Neith
er is armed.
"Aler taking the matter up at
Washington, we have decided to al
the sreanier to proceed without
mounting guns of any kind," said an
Wicer of the Kerr Line. "Any ship
Hying the American flag as the Roch
.ier (io?s, has the right to trade
v'ith a foreign country and we do not
anticipate that the steamer will be in
terfered with."
H- S. Quick, general freight agent
' lK' Korr Line, announced that the
sailings of the line wrould continue
forcibly stopped.
,,.f.hf' :jl,nval of the Baltic, of the
fttar L;n(
at Liverpool, re-
mov(
rflm the danerer zone another
,ru Vf-'nsel carrying American cit-
!f-l,..-
Th
I)OSTf)ffinti 'Juthnvif i ac o rAM
ifins tho advisability of transfer
''fi o,000 c,acks of mail frnm the
St. Louis, wrhich has
" Jlf' f 111-1 V.D1-,. oil ,.r1- Vv,. V,
-n.rtUf S! 11,'! inn tVio
situation, to the British
rrmfsllip- f'edric. which sails tomor
ger, ' Livernool vcithcut passen-
J V Lilt,
Bankers, manufacturers and rail
n.mimen sa5d today that the reduced
Port 0i :4ailigs from
American
tnr, , -:; .beginning to 1
be telt. al-
ton ;iS yet ere was no serious
tf;rni"S'i0n f carSoes at the railroad
shir ni:ls" 11 was said that many
frrJJ!'r;s are withholding their goods
Drn' ilroads at the point of
tain n"01' because they could nt ob-
Ti ! . lle(:essary ocean tonnage,
iinco Siilmt'on is a source of annoy
'p; ' to ,,anks doing business in for
a. PXC'nange sold and negotiated
Si'a vo ::portK now tied UD- To
w,- aS;-'.inst the loss of interest aris-
of ., 1-0111 many prolonged delays somei
om i largest Ranks here have sent
JHtors calling attention to the
adin-t 0wine to ne delay of mails, j
n of interests must be made
'-'1! ;
chi, ' JigoLiaiea prior to ne
or th
(lav nt- v 1VtU ai lienoa last Tnurs
Phif, Itaan steamer Dante Ali-
,-4 which left this port January
calvV'S unnunced here today in a
asenifat.received by the shiP's
Son , bhe car"ed between 400 and
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RE A Bit
GERARD TO LEAVE
BERLIN TONIGHT,
FLASHES CABLE
Ambassador Will Depart
With Entire Staff for
Zurich
FIFTY AMERICANS
WILL BE WITH HIM
Swiss Government Will Re-
ceive Him With Que
Deference Hollweg
Bids Farwell
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 10. American
Ambassador Gerard will leave Berlin
this evening for Zurich, Switzerland,
with his entire staff and fifty Ameri-
received today at the Swiss legation
here from Berne.
The message said:
"American Ambassador Gerard,
with all his personnel and fifty Am
erican ciUzenSjWill leave Berlin tru
ary 10, in the evening, by special train
for Zurich. The Ambassador will be
received at the Swiss frontier with all
consideration due him."
Chancellor Said Farewell.
London, Feb. 10. A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company to the
Hague says it is repotted there from
Berlin that Chancellor von Bethmann-
Hollweg sent his adjutant to Ambas-! .
saaor uerara on imaay to diq mm i
farewell
' WEATHER MENU.
(By Associated Press.) 4-
Washington, Feb. 10. Moder-
ately cold weather at the beginn-
i" ing of next week will be followed
i by a general change to higher
temperature Tuesday and - Wed- !
nesday, according to the weekly
Mforecast for the Southeastern "fri
mi TTi i. ; nrAnAn
aiaieb. iliauwjjl lvi iaiu vv euues- t ,t
"day and Thursday, generally fair '
4'iweather will prevail.
4 ' 4
HE ST. LOUIS NOT TO S A IL.
S.S.ST IOTJIS. 2& -
New" York Feb. 10. The announc
Lansing that the owners of the Amer
Paul could do as they see fit about ar
German submarines has caused the p
Shin until further notice. President
Marine, under whose flag the w.rtore4 fSlVZl
cancellation of the sailings and it is
dlately armed.
TO G'O
MILITARY BILL
I
ALL Tfl SERVE
Universal Compulsory Train
ing Act Reported to the
Senate
MEASURE SENT
TO THE CALENDAR
Would Require Six Months'
Service of Every Young
Man at Age of Nine
teen Years
(By Associated Press.l
Washington, Feb. 10. An universal
military training bill was favorably
reported to the Senate today by
military affairs committee. Chair-
nn nt.nmltnvlnin Xdl-OI Vl Q Vl Villi
J?L Senators Thomas
Democrat, and Brady, Republican, re
(served the right to submit minority
reports.
Primarily the bill provides that all
male citizens or those .who have de
clared their intetioi? bmmimP
zens, shall undergo six months' mili
tary or naval training the year in
which they reach the age; of 19 or in
the year when they first become liable
to such service up to the age of 26.
All men receiving such training
would be held in army or navy reserve
until they reach the age of 28.
AMERICAN SHIP OFF FOR
EUROPE.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 10. With the
Stars and Stripes flying over her
taffrail, the steamship Rochester,
owned by the Kerr Steamship
Line, which cleared yesterday
ir with a general cargo tor sor-
deaux, passed quarantine, out-
ward bound shortly after i p. m.
today. The Rochester is the sec-
ond American ship to leave this
n.w4- m'nin 4-Vi a ovinniiTino m ont hv b
yuii wntc ouuuuuvu j .
Germany on January 31 of her
new submarine campaign.
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ement made by Secretary of State
lean steamships St. Louis and St
ming their ships to resist attacks ot
ostponement of the f ailing of these
P. A. S. Franklin, of the International
probable that the ships will be imme-
WOULD
REQUIRE
TABLED
MID
Bill 01 -01
Peculiar Situatioi Presented
In House But rage Does
Not Re,CjBcie
HAS SPECIAL MjL
FOR HIS COUNTY
1 i - f
Today Little Doing With
Legislature aUWeek
end (Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 10. Henry Page
made the House smile today when he
; moved the tabling of thi$ Oates educa
tion bill and saw it accepted gladly by
his colleagues. I'
Mr. Page also destroyed the "open
formula" bill by sending it to the table
for the session. The Moore man sat
with a special bill in bands ready to
present, but did not offer it Saturday.
l it asks for his county the. privilege of
election and in its restricted form is
like the Statewide measue defeated
Friday. f
The House debated::long the ques-
of
tue-jtionof creating a State board of chi
ropractic examinersS-and passed it.
It also passed, sixty-five to six,
the act establishing : the Cleveland
Gaston county line which includes
within Cleveland the. town of King's
Mountain. A new Jatvis county bill,
son, Lee and Hoke, was introduced
The general attitude of the Senate
was against work, and by 1 o'clock
Senator Jones, of Buncombe, who does
not go home on Saturday, or any other
day, was kept busy by motions to ad
journ. He whipped five such motions and
when adjournment was taken at 1:20
the calender cleared.
The Oates bill, creating a firemen's
relief fund, had been killed, buried and
denied the hope of resurrection on
motion of Senator Scales, chairman of
one of the judiciary committees, which
had reported the measure unfavorably
measure which would have taken
from the Supreme Court the examin-
jng Qf applicants for law license, was
killed on second reading, although
Senator Warren, explained that the Su-
xj i-i . A
prenie ouri wuuteu uiit; eiauiniauou
placed in the hands of the bar of the
State and Person" insisted that such
a law would have a tendency to ele
vate a profession, which he proved by
illustrations to be sadly in need of
bolstering in spots.
One State-wide measure won the
favor of all. Joyce, of Rockingham,
had introduced a bill regulating the re
moval of causes in courts of justices
of the peace, and providing that the
written request of the parties to a suit
would secure its hearing before an
other magistrate.
BERNSTORFF
GO NEXT WEEK
Danish Steamer Receives Per
mission to Convey German
Ambassador Away.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 10. The steamship,
Frederick VIII, was given permission
by its owners in Copenhagen today to
convey former Ambassador von Bern
storff and his suite to a Scandinavian
port, according to a cablegram to the
Scandinavian American Line's office
here. No date has yet been set for
the vessel's departure, but the officials
of the Scandinavian-American Line
thought she was likely to get away
Tuesday or Wednesday. In addition
to the Ambassador's suite, provision
has been made for carrying about 200
German consuls.
Later it was announced that the
Frederick VIII will sail Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Ready for Departure.
Washington, Feb? 10. Arrange
ments today were completed for the
departure on Wednesday of Count
von Bernstorff and his staff aboard
the steaniship , Frederick VIII for
Chrisliania,' Norway.' The, former
ambassador and the personnel of the
embassy ' r"will leavV Washington
Tuesday night
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'THREE MORE SHIPS
ENT Tfl BOTT
BY GERMAN SUBS
AaarpaatP Tnnnao-f nf fW
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More lhan Kecorded
Yesterday
TWO BRITISH SHIPS
AMONG THE VICTIMS
Military Field of Operations
Barren of Results, Save
for Bids By Daring
tf Airmen
12,258 tons, were reported sunk today
by the Germans in their new subma
rine campaign.
Definite announcement was made
of the sinking of two of these ves
sels, the British Mantola, of 6,826
tens, and the British Lullington, of
2,816 tons. Only the Norwegian Sol-
bakken of 2 216 tons is still on the
the three steamers is greater than
the total reported for the enire day
yesterday,, which was 10,424 tons.
A news agency dispatch from Mad
rid reports ; that one American, a ne
gro, member of the crew, was one of
four survivors of the British steam
er Dauntless (previously reported tor-
pedoed), picked up at sea from a
small boat by a trawler.
Thn miiitar-v fioiri f oraHaed in Cuba since the Presidential
was barren of developments of prima
importance. Fans reports several
successful raiding operations along
the French front with violent artillery
activity north of Verdun. There has
been comparative quiet all along the
line on the Russian and Rumanian
fronts, as well as in the Caucasus,
Petrograd announces.
An Enetnte airplane attack on
Zebruggee on the Belgian coast is
reported through Holland, German
aviators have attacked Dunkirk and
Amiens, while a French aviator car
ried out a successful raid on military
objects at Karlsruhe, about 50 miles
from the French frontier in Ger
many, according to Paris.
James W. Gerard, the American
ambassador, is expected to leave Ber
lin tonight for Switzerland with his
staff and a considerable number o?
American citizens, according to ad
vices reaching Washington through
diplomatic sources.
Another Probably Sunk.
London, Feb. 10. The British
steamer, Beechtree, of 1,227 tons
gross, is also believed to have been
sunk, Lloyds announces.
Described as a Very' Small
Steamship, Carrying a
Crew o Twelve
Cape. Haitien, Feb. 2. (Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.) A Ger-
:man raider was in the waters of this
Island between January 26 and Janu
ary 29. She is described as a small
steamship with a crew of 12. On
January 26 she put in at Puerto Planta,
Dominican Republic, to take coal.
On the following day she went into
Monte Christi, Dominican Republic,
to communicate f with the German con
sul, remaining in port for two hours.
She was observed again on January
29 since which time nothing has been
seen of her.
GERMAN RAIDER IN
HAITIES WATERS
ADVANCING
JUAREZ.
ON
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-K-
(By Associated Press.)
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Feb. 10. Francisco
Villa, witlT 25,000
men, sup- 4f
ported by thirty cannon of 65 -X-
and 75 millimetres each, and 75 -5f
X- machine guns, is occupying ter- -X--Jf
ritory vacated by General Per- -X-X-
shing, and gradually advancing -X--35-
northward to take Juarez, ac- -X-
X- cording to ah official communi- -X-
cation received here today by
John J
Hawes. Villa's repre- -Jf
sentative in New York, from -X-4
Hipolito Villa, brother of the
5S- leader, who is making his head- -X-X-
quarters in "San Antonio. -X-
v'- "X-
-X- -X- vr -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X-
UNEARTHS PLOT
Alleged Discovery of Plans to
Overthrow the Cuban Gov
ernment. (By Associated Press.)
JIavana, Feb. 10. Ailrelio Hevia,
Sftcrfitarv of the Interior, notified the
j cM1 and militar authorities at an I
early nour this morning that ne haa.
received advices of a plot against the
government involving civil and mili-1
tary officials, it is reported that one'
or more army officers have been ar
rested. There is great activity in po
lice circles.
? A serious political crisis has exist
! election last November. President,,
Menocal was opposed for re-election
SbSi'JSSStX
tests in the provinces of Santa Clara!
and Oriente the issues of the elec-j
tion are still in doubt. 1
A couple of weeks ago a decision
of the Cuban Supreme Court threw
Santa Clara into Dr. Zayas' column
and apparently assured his victory.
This decision was bitterly resented
by followers of President Menocal,
who have refused to concede victory
to the Liberals and are pinning thei"
hopes on the new election ordered
in Oriente, which will be held at the
end of the present month
According to La Discusion. a Hav
ana newspaper, the Liberals asked
President Wilson to intervene in the
Oriente re-elections, but the request
was refused. There has been no con -
firmation of this report.
In the campaign preceding the No-
vember election there were serious
VILLA
disorders in various parts of thej The Swiss minister, Dr. Paul Ritter,
island, during which several people ; in charge of Germany's diplomatic in
wrere killed and wounded. President terests in the United States, was to
Menocal was forced to call upon the day requested by the Berlin foreign
military authorities to aid in preserv-. office to ask the State Department for
ing order and feeling between the. an affirmation of the Prussian-Ameri-
two factions ran very high, a condi
tion which, according to subsequent
dispatches, has materially altered.
ONE SUBMARINE SANK
TEN IN ATLANTIC
Berlin, Feb. 8 (Via Sayville, Feb.
10.) A German submarine has return
ed from the Atlantic where she sank
ten steamers of an aggregate tonnage
of 19,000, the Overseas News Agency
says In addition she sank, in the
North sea, a British steamship of
about 3,000 tons, the British trawlers
Shamrock and Thistle and two other
trawlers, one British and one French.
BANKS HAVE MILLIONS
MORE THAN REQUIRED
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 10. The statement
of the actual condition of clearing
house banks and trust companies for
the week shows that they hold $164,
458,750 reserve in excess of legal re
quirements. This is a decrease of $1,-010,790.
Desires Two Governments to
Get Together to Prevent
War Breaking
LIKELY SENT THROUGH
. SWISS OFFICIALS
No Intimation That Germany
Will Modify Her Submarine
Campaign Swiss Minister
By Request Seeks Informa
tion On Prussian Treaties
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 1 0 Ger
many is understood here to
have addressed to the United
States a note suggesting that
the two governments discuss
ways and means of preventing
While information regarding
the channel through which the
communication was addressed
is lacking, it is probable that it
j is being forwarded by the Gov
ernment of Switzerland.
Germany is understood to
have made it clear that al-
, i j l i
OUgh diplomatic relations
have been broken she greatly
desires that peace be maintain
ed. Preliminary outlines re
garding the communication do
not indicate that it carries with
; It any suggestion that Ger-
ipany may modify her subma-
Tine warfare. However, the
whoje communication is said
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clearly to invite this govern
ment to make suggestions re
garding steps it thinks might
prevent war.
In connection with the coming com
munication, information obtained here
is to the effect that while Germany is
arranging for her new campaign of un-
; restricted submarine warfare, certain
German diplomats in various parts of
the world were informed that while
j "militay necessity" prevented the
granting of a period in which neutrala
j might adjust their marlt'me in this
;everv care would be exercised that
neutral passenger carrying ships would
not be subjected to unwarned torpedo
; attack.
can treaty of 1828.
The German Government made a
similar request of former Ambassador
Gerard, which he referred to the form
al diplomatic channels.
The treaty provides that in the
event of war between Germany and
the United States citizens of each
country in the other shall have nine
months to close up their affairs and
i depart in safety
It also gives guar-
antees for property,
The Government here already has
! given notice of its intention to respect
the rights of property and individuals
to a full extent.
CALL TO CHURCHES
FOR DAY OF PRAYER
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 10. A call to all
Christian people for the observance
of Sunday, February 18, as a day if
prayer for the President and Congress
and all people engaged in war, - was
sent out today by the legislative and
administrative committee of the Fed
eral Council of the Churches of Christ
in America.
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