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t p. i I? WEATHER FORECAST. L iMonh and South Carolina Fair !" L at1d continued cold tonight. Tues day. ?'air with risin9 temperature. L FULL LEASED W I RE ETR V I CE .sir VOL. XXII. NO. 391. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MO NDY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1 2, 1917 Of In TO o 23 W T N mi n r A IF UNITED WILLING INTO Officials of Opinion That Neg otiations Cannot Be Con cluded With Germany MUST FIRST STOP SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN Washington Admits Receipt of Offer From Germany i Senator LaFollette Would Prohibit American Mer- chantmen From Being Arm- Bill Of fered in Tar Heel Senate ' But Sumbarine Secure Two! Berlto f to-Asso-eel Hurrying National De-! to lest the Prohibition Other Small Ones as ' ciated Press, via sayviiie, Feb. 32.) fense Plans ,t a,,.mo rA icrpvoTAtrrttinr v;a?h:ngcon, Feb. 12. Sharp re fusal to consider hints for a discre tion of the submarine situation with Germany unless it be preceded by ' abandonment of the campaign ofj nr.hlessnei) and restoration of the Su;sfx" pledges was forecast here ! today. . Official opinion has solidified that Gccnys suggestions ot negotia- . , , , tjonas, tepuDiican, loaay onerea a um , uo::s cannot oe considered while ; he detrmine whether ships are beinr sunk in a campaign ' thio nCnoMi Accpmhiv i Aw nt hnrt 1 v.h.ch hr.s brought forth the moral ; or fifipmn iTi .n nf mnt nf thp npntral i as v.,r!d. Officials, admitting today for the ;he receipt of such an offer; it mrough the -wiss minister, regard i t! st ion as an attempt to be- j cKvad the issue and weaken the gov i j f-rnments position. They gave mu-1 would allow it personally made for Kation that it must be met by prompt ', that use and would permit phj-sicians action. i to have two quarts monthly as the in- They regard it- as somewhat dividual now does, iirange that Germany should now! Senator Jonas says ne is, not oaer show a willingness to negotiate on a j S this measure as a party affair suoitCL which she put into effect though four Republicans have joined vi ',). Mir diMi3RinTi witv, this fionnt.rv ; him. "I want to know whether this or anv aticmpt to ive the American ic-v.-point consideration. Senator LaFollette today . . i intrO- , . , ;';;u 11 re3omum to maKe it uma- examination of married J JJnZ e"T, rtffUirSp5 women. This was one of Chief Jus-nage r' ,1 T.r?t r ii riflJi Qtat'tice Clark's many dissents, and Sen-; inr any port in another country. It v.-hk not debated, but put on the table subject to call. Definite steps to hurry mobiliza i.ion ct' the Nation's resources as a pan of the national defense program were taken today at a special joint session of the National Defense Coun cil and its advisory commission. Americans personally familiar with nias, one of General Carranza's repre v liat has been done in Great Britain, ' sentatives on the Mexican-American France and elsewhere have been ' joint commission, has been named am- sKed to appear before the commis- Mon, which hopes to be able to frame h report and recommendations for H.'omi.ssion to the council this week. uuector Gifford, of the commis-; bassy since the department of Eliseo sion, explained that steps now con- Arredondo, ambassador designate, was templatecl did not bear directly on the informed today of Mr. Bonillas' ap prpcnt International situation. The . pointment. (h-'-cussion today had to do with the j . Mr Bonillas is now at Palm Beach. suability and means of taking ad- j It is eXpected he will come to Wash 'iintage of the present situation to ington this week to present his cre niaie elective comprehensive plans ientials at almost the same time Hen-ui- a pe rmanent organization of pro- ! ry p Fletcher, ambassador to Mexico, "uctiye resources s6 that they could ; ig received by the Mexican Govern ,jri drafted into the public service (ment i;i vcir times vith little delay. " Xo i special legislation will be sought Tn di 17 AI FOR MHRF ! this time, although the commis-I U rLLALf fUK IVIUilH. sion will frame suggestions as to ! FAMILY WORSHIP u.'t,sary measures to be urged at a i;ier date. The American Government has re--!ifJd that it cannot enter negotiations unless Germany restores the Sussex P1(d?C3 and withdraws the proclama tion or restricted submarine warfare. fllti! FI MILLION IDS DAILY That Is What qreat Britain Is Paying Out to Keep the War Going (By Associated Press i '.onnn-, ck 10 mi. ZZI' j-ii "j-Pf-nditure of Great Britain is now! istration as requested by the Na- iflicts, not aione Detween me unneu 90,000 pounds sterling, Andrew tionalists. j States and Germany, but among .our fionai-Law, chancellor of the exche-' -r ; j'Eiiropean brothers in their fraternal 'u,,r, announced in the House of John Redmon,-the Nationalist strife." . ( fimmons today I leader asked :the - Government j It further declared it to be our de- T' chancellor said that the total last week to arrange tbr an early j sire to serve our country by doing ey I'xpenditure since the beginning of, discussion of a motion to the ef- erythihg m our power to maintain its war was 4,200,000,000 pounds feet that it was essential with- leadership m the work of attaining f'rlmg. out further delay to confer on Ire- i'world peace and doing away forever 1 cu. xt,. me averdKe uaiiv. file number Of annlirntinna iinrt tho amount applied for by the general Public for tho iZ. X i Jw said, were larger than ever before. ' ST TES TRYING R SOLONS Cause . , DAVIS IS AN EXCUSES j the :, ReouUican Senator to Fore With Measure Low er Branch Working Alone - Today (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh. N. C. Feb. 12. Senator merelv balks at Rev. R. L. Davis! an excuse. ! The Lincoln man wrote it to the music of the church bells, he said, and it looks good to his associates. will start immediately through-andi promises a lignt. " would utterly ouuaw tne stun as commerce, preventing even uie smp- ment for sacramental Durooses. but Legislature is for prohibition or not," he said. The Senate alone worked today. It ... , . ... JqIoqJ tn rln awnv would not pass the ten commandments j if Judge Clark favored them." BONILLAS NAMED TO REPRESENT MEXICO (By Associated Press.) Washington. Feb. 12. Ignacio Bon- bassy since the departure of Eliseo States. Ramon de Negri, who has been in charge of affairs at the Mexican em- Chicago, Feb. 12. The importance of bringing back to popularity the old time custom Qf family worship where in the other members gathered 'round while father read the Bible, will be stressed at the meeting of the Student Workers' organization of the Episcopal church in America here today. "And God may speak m the home, said Secretary William E. Gardner of) the General Board of Religious Educa tion of the church, "in many other ways than by formal .family worship." PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS IRISH PROBLEM. mv Associated Press.) London, Feb. 12 The Govern- tnrlav to set aside a i day for discussion in the House '.s.' e nrv. fnv tho Tristi arlTilln- - - v-zwu-ii - -- js. iQi tho fma iriRtitutions lone : promised her. -- uu ,v. . i DBni HEART ' v ;suprerie,; crimes against; humanity. CUSS I HIT OiJE LAR Victims rvm ioiiniTivi , AHFAD ON - Claim to Have Made a Gain iif 'the West French Con fining Attention to Raids v V- -A" -,V V" ..- IV -X- -X- 3Z. .V. b A - - a - iMKfcfc. MOKt BKITISM 5MIPS SUN K. -v- - (By Associated Press.) ' "X - London. Feb. 12. Lloyds to- w -X- day announced that the British -X-X- steamship Voltaire, of 409 tons -f X- gross, and Olivia, of 242 tons gross, had bfepn sunk. . 45- ' Th Rfnlcine" "of the British" steamship Netherlee is also re- 4C- ported by Lloyds. 4C- X- The Notherlee, of 4,227 tons -X- a:. fioTsiftiivp from Ph -: 1 3 ci 1 nh i a. 3v January 21, for Dunkirk, France, -if -v. 4C- k -x- - - During the morning and early after noon today only one large vessel was reported a victim of the new German submarine campaign, ; the British steamer Netherlee, of 4,227 tons. Two small steamers brought the total ton- up to 4,976 for the period, In the field of military operations Somme front, according to their latest reports, which recorded a gain of ground along a front of more than three-quarters of a mile north of Beau-mont-Hamel in the Ancre region. Ber lin reports the British operations to have been a series of attacks extend ing from Serre to the Ancre river, which were sanguinarily repulsed, the British, however, occupying some abandoned trenches. The French on --the western front are confining themselves at present to raiding operations, several of which are reported by Paris today to have resulted successfully. Outposts encounters and surprise at tacks in comparatively small force are the only events along the Russian front recorded in the current commu nications. WANT REFERENDUM BEFORE ANY WAR Emergency Peace Federation Makes Attack On Con gress Today (Bt Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 12 A delegation! of the emergency Peace Federation came here today from Eastern cities tn solicit members ot congress on behalf of pending measures to provide a popular referendum before declaring war. Mrs. nenry viiiaru, oi ixew York, is chairman of the organization, At a meeting of the delegation early in the day, the Federation pledged it self in favor of the referendum resolu tion. A.' resolution adopted expressed "earnest support of the President of the United States in his steadfast ef- fort to secure by peaceful methods a r ent. setuemem, ot luieruauuuai uuu- . , . . . , with tne , war. sysiem ana au xis con- . .. . . ..j. . 1 t j sequences, oui inai wto.uom war m: 1 n1V,n.onnn no rtno nf tho ran nnaii Tnnav ran ouim iuuai !i Before Releasing Americans' I Seeks to Learn of Internet ,rews SEVENTY-TWO ARE NOW BEING HELD They Are Americans Taken j Prisoners By German Kaid- j Men But Refuses to Com er arid Carried Safely ; ment To Report to Into Port j - Wilson 'Foreign Secretary Zimmerman toaay , informed tne Associated Press that be had requested the Swiss Government make inquiry re- garding the status of the crews 6f in terneu uermau suips ui aiuchuhu POpendinfr an answer the seventy-two ; Americans taken by the German raider ' and brought in by the Yarrowdale, : whose release had been agreed to, are being held in Germany, the foreign ! secretary stated. y , The Foreign Secretary said : ?-twh vi i.rtrtn in whlr.h it was i""uu' " . rz . i ! announced that the United States, had sequestered the eGrman ships and in- sequestered the German ships and in-; nial having been received, the German ; Government asked Switzerland to ob-1 tain specific information We could not consent to the - re- leasa? otb. .Yairowdaipflaoners, week ago," said' the foreign secretary These had been taken off armed merchantmen and their status had been established. They will be liber- ' ated just as soon as we learn the fate iof the German crews in American ports. The release of the Yarrowdale pris oners was agreed to with. Ambassador Gerard on the eve of the break in re lations, " but the possibility of the Ger- man crews being interned in the Unit- ed states prompiea uie aaimrauty to rescind the orders. Herr Zimmerman re-affirmed his previous statement that the Americans now in Germany will be permitted to move about r unmolested and be per fectly free to leave the country when ever they desire, even if the break threatens to reach the ultimate stage. This intention is based on the impres sion prevailing here that the United States is not contemplating any steps with respect to German civilians that might compel Germany to re-consider the position she has now definitely taken. These and similar conditions calcu lated to work out to mutual advant age are said to be incorporated in a modernized draft of the treaty of 1799 which is now awaiting the approval of both Governments. The complete text of the revised version has not yet been made public. , America's Position. -Washington, Feb. 12. There are two classes of German ships in Amer ican ports. Those interned are war vessels such as the raiders Prinz Ei tel Friedrich, Kronprinz Wilhelm, and such naval vessels as the gunboats Cormorant at Guam and Geier at Hon olulu. The crews of these vessels as well as the ships being part of . the German naval forces which have tak en refuge in neutral harbors are in terned as prisoners for the duration of the war under provision of Interna tional law. The status of the war-bound German merchantmen is different and so is the status of their crews. ' The merchant ships remaining in harbor of refuge are free to leave at any time. Their crews are in the same status as any other aliens com ing to the United States. Any one of them may be admitted to the country upon fulfilling the immigration require ments. While they are in the status of aliens, they are for the present con mnea aDoaru x.ueir mps uy iue luimi- gration authorities in accordance with the steps taken against the destruction of property or menaces to navigation in American harbors. It is believed that Germany's in quiry is to clear up misconceptions widely circulated there that Germans in the United States have been un J prisoned and that German property nas Deen cuuiissuulcu. nesmeui vvn . . - son has announced that all foreign rights are to be respected in every 'sense. . Americans Leave " on Oritish Ship. (By Associated Tress.) Newport -News, Va., Feb. 12 The British steamer Lexington, with sev-J enry ".American norseiuen auoaru, aiiu. carrying a cargo of horses to a port in the British Isles, has cleared and sailed for the war zone from Newport News- today. . 5HFE "3IfW...,XI Swiss Legation Received The News In Washington This ! Morning ' AMBASSADOR HAS CROSSED THE BORDER Met By Horde of Newspaper j (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 12. Official re- I ports on the arrival of former Ambas sador Gerard and his suite at Zurich, Switzerland, reached the State De partment today from American Min ister Stovall, at Berne. They added nothing to the information already published. Minister Stcvail's dispatch, dated yesterday, follows : "Ambassador Gerarcr with staff and party, have arrived at Zurich and will reach Berne at 9 o'clock this even ing. All are well. I met the am basador at the frontier and Colonel Bruegger, adjutant-general of the Swiss army, specially designated by ! tne Federal Council, welcomed him "l umUi. on Swiss Soil. Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 11. 10 p, m. (Via Paris, Feb. 12). Most of the' relief this evening when the Swiss border was reached, for the strain of the last few days had told more or less on the majority o? travelers. Ambasador Gerard met cordially the horde of newspapermen who , crowded about him on his arrival at Zurich, clamoring for interviews for rg all Qver world b t he k fc ngidly to his determination not to speak for publication until after he hag reported to President Wilson rn Washington. The strain of the situation for the Americans in Berlin had been height ened toward the end by the efforts of the German authorities to induce Mr. Gerard to open negotiations for an amendment to the Prussiail-Amer- lean treaty of 1799. At the same time the German news papers were flooded with reports of the seizure of German ships by Amer ica and with-stories of difficulties and indignities" encountered by Count von I Bernstorff. I Ambassador Gerard was refused permission to communicate in cipher with Washington and the authorities ignored all denials of the stories printed in the German newspapers until an official message received through the Spanish embassy made it clear that the stories were false. . Prior to this Ambassador Gerard's telephone wires were cut and his mail and telegraphic privileges stopped so that he could not even instruct the American consuls and he was, in hi3 own words, a prisoner. The combined result was uncertain ty and petty friction ' which was only increased when the foreign office and military authorities shifted the re sponsibility for the delay in Gerard's departure from one to another. No American, least of all Ambassa (Continued on Page Eight) MRS. INNESJGAIH GOES ON TRIAL Faces Jury. In Atlanta; Charg ed With Larceny After Trust (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 12. Mrs. " Victor E. Innes was placed on trial here to day on a charge of larceny after trust. Two years ago Mrs. Innes and her husband were acquitted in Safi" An- j tonio, Texas, of the charges of killing Beatrice and Eloise Nelms, of Atlan ta, whose disappearahce never has been cleared. They were returned to Atlantic have terminated abruptly the Atlanta to face charges of converting winter resort season in the Bahama to their own use something over Islands, according to persons who ar $3,000 of cash belonging to the Nelms rived here today on the steamship sisters. Victor Innes was convicted Morro Castle. and sentenced to seven years impris-! Hotels have closed because the Brit onment and the verdict recently was j ish authorities ordered lights put out affirmed by the State Supreme at night, passengers 'said, and hun Court Mrs. ' lanes suffers from tu- dreds of tourists haye - fled . from, the berculosis, it is. stated, and appeared .islands, causing the business places ill when the - trial began- today. COLDEST WEATHER OF SEASON JOLTS THE EAST TODA Y DO BUTTLE Head of American Steamship t Company Makes Applica tion for Such GOVT. CONSIDERING THE QUESTION May Supply Rifles In Indirect Way Problem of Expert Gunners Is a Hard One (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 12. P. A;. S. Franklin, president of the Internation al Mercantile Marine today made formal application to the Navy Depart ment for guns to arm the passenger liners of the American Line. The possibility that the Navy might supply guns indirectly, through loan or sale to ship owners, has received some consideration by a preference for direct action by. the Department in placing the guns aboard is indicated uy tne snip owners ! has been unable to a where. It is indicated that the Navy De partment, while opposed for mill tary reasons, to any project of convoying American merchantmen through the prohibited submarine zones, favors furnishing such ships with guns for their own defense. In asmuch as the Government has rec ognized that naval stores are the only supply of naval guns', it has been held that obtaining guns from that source does not alter the private or commer- cial character of a ship, The Navy Department, it was stated officially, has a considerable number ', of old model three-inch to six-inch rines, avanaoie tor arming merchant ships, but not enough for the conver- sion of all ships it would require in! time of war and also to furnish de- fensive armament' for all merchant men. The question of supplying trained gun crews for merchantmen is more difficult from a Departmental point of Pyiew., There is objection to withdraw-' ing men from the active service of the Navy at this time and there is also ; some question as to what effect such a step would have on the status of a ship. French ship owners, furnished guns by their Navy, were required to make oath that they were to be handled by civilian crews. CARRANZA WOULD PLACE EMBARGO. -3C- -X- (By Associated Press.) -X- Washington, Feb. 12. General Carranza has sent a note to the United States, Argentina, Brazil -X--x- and Chile, as well as to all other neutral nations, asking them to -X- join in an agreement to prohibit the export from their countries1 X- to the warring European nations of foodstuffs and munitions of -5r war. 'ORLEANS RED CROSS AFTER MEMBERSHIP (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, Feb. 12. One thou sand women were canvassing New Orleans today' in an effort to increase to 10,000 during the day the mem bership of the local chapter of the American, Red Cross Society. Sub scriptions were also being solicited to provide for a portable base hospi tal for New Orleans. SUBMARINE WARFARE HURTS WINTER RESORT (By Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 12. The German ' aaa T4Hirir a nti-xritioa In tYta ffrnitViorn to close. 1 1 Almost Zero Prevails In New York and Rivers Filled With Ice NEW ENGLAND HAS BLEAKEST OF YEAR Mercury at Some Spots Drop ped as Low as Twenty-four Below Zero During Night Middle West Also Shivers New York, Feb. 12. A drop in the temperature to 3 degrees above zero at 7:30 a. m. brought to this city the coldest weather of the season. The official forecast was that it would turn warmer. Rivers and bay3 about New York are filled with heavy drifting ice fields today, interfering to some ex tent with navigation. For the first time in five years the Hudson is sol idly frozen over for the three-mile stretch between Tarrytown and Nyack. Hundreds ot persons have walked from shore to shore and sev eral automobiles have safely negoti ated the trip. Forty Below Zero. Saratoga, N. Y., Feb. 12. It was 40 degrees below zero in many places in this vicinity this morning, the coldest of the winter. New England Bleaks Boston, Mass., Feb. 12. The cold est weather of the winter was report r)Siin,oiSpvTglaad-tod4yT-. -V5-Vi i . -a r a i . n f j. J minimum temperatures auring uuf . night ranged from. 24 ' degrees beloyfcj zero to 6 above. In Boston the mhw i imum was zero, as compared with 5 v.,. x,i ' o ,t, e t mark in three arS wag showa by official bureau figures. Northfield, Vt., showed a minimum of 24 below, while Burlington, Vt., with 18 below, and Portland, Me., with 10 below, were among other cit ies from which the, Weather Bureau received reports of intense cold. Ohio Chilled to the Bone. Cleveland. O.. Feb. 12. The ther- I m0meter registered 10 below . zero i this forenoon. It was the coldest day sinee February 10, 1883, when tho temperature dropped to 16 below, . Much Suffering in Detroit, h Detroit, Mich., Feb. 12. The cold: est weather in years and the worst coal shortage of thewlnter resulted ; n mUch suffering in Detroit today. j Twelve degrees below zero was offl- cially recorded in the heart of the city in the forenoon. Suburbs' and nearby cities reported from 12 to 22 degrees below. Y LIKELY DIE IN HOTEL FIRE Blaze Shortly Past Midnight Destroyed Minneapolis Hostelry (By Associated Press.) Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 12. At least 13 persons were believed to have lost their lives in a fire which destroyed the Kenwood hotel here shortly after midnight, according to police estimates today. Eleven other persons who were re ported to be away from their, rooms at the time of the fire, have not yet reported to the police. One person is known to be dead. HOUSE OF COMMONS f ON MONEY MATTERS (By Associated Press.) London, Feb. '12. The House of Commons will be occupied this week with financial affairs. The feature of today's program was the Introduction ; of two new votes of credit aggregat ing $550,000,000 pounds sterling one; for 200,000,000 to cover expenses to March 31, the end of the present fis cal year, and the other for 350,000,000 pounds sterling to start the next fis cal year. The chief speakers today were A. Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, who was charged with the duty of introducing the motion for the , votes of credit and review ing the financial position of the Na-; tion, iind Reginald McKanna was called on to support the motion as chancellor of the exchequer of. the: Asquith government. The sessions of Tuesday, Wednesday ; and; Thursday will be occupied with secondary 'flnan cial legislation. . J Ml J i 'ft 1. 1 It .: "At'..' ft 1 111 ; 1 1 . r 4 ... ft-"-. I -jf.