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.4 AGDvizRTriisiirjm ' .. . . . ' ' .., .. ' va 1 ill FINAL EDITION WEATHER F03EOAST. North and South CarolinaFail' tonight and Saturday. Warmer Sat 1 G urday. FULL LEASE D W I R,E SERVICE VOL. XXII. NO. 395;; WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA, FRI DAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 16, 1917. Truck and Street Car Collided This Afternoon and Many Hurt. two FIRE LADDIES WILL LIKELY DIE Street Car Passengers Receive Only Slight Bruises- De .patAraent Was Answering An Alarm Truck Com pletely Demolished By the Crash. iT.v The Associated Press.) Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 16. W. P. Simpson and George Spittle are ser iously injured, and will probably die, and five other firemen,; members of the local department, are- in & local hospital suffering with bruises and cuts on the body as the result of a collision between a fire ; truck t and street car at 12:30 o'clock today, Oth er firemen escaped injury b yjumping. Four passengers on the street car "re ceived slight injuries. The tire truck was completely de molished and one side of the street car splintered. Thecollisiou occurr ed in an outlying section. TLo fire men were answering ah alarm, going at high rate of speed and met the street car on a curve. SPEE THE D URGED r J flREMEN RBAjBir- DEPARTURE OF FORMER GERMAN AMBASSADOR FATALL,m&XmD: " 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS. SOLOKS I GERMANY ASKED 'BOUT AIUIERB Second Trainload Fails to Leave Berlin According to the Plans. Night Sessions of Both Houses ' Have Become Necessary -Time Growing Short. HOT FIGHT ON? J ARVTS COUNTY Bill Favored By Former Gov ernor Killed By House Prison Hearing Continued. (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 16 Morning, afternoon and night sessions of both houses will be necessary, according to the members of , both legislative houses, in order to clear the calendar within the next two" weeks. Work to day is interrupted by the . terrific fight ""or the new Jarvis county, which is staged all, afternoon, and the State prison hearing. As a piece of strat egy the Jarvisites put" through a res olution providing for the Jarvis Bronze statue in the capitol. . , Speaker Murphy, protesting against continued? introduction of purely lo cal bills, today appointed a committee on calendar, and put it to work upon upward ot eighty bills, which he de clares are unconstitutional. Upon this committee's -recommendations such bills will be thrown out. JThis would : leave still many State-wide bills, which are threatened by short ness of time. Among thenew bills introduced to day was one by Love, of Lincoln, FIVE MORE VESSELS GO DOWN BEFORE THE GERMAN SUBS. ISETAMERIGi SHIP THEN ON FIRE: IN -HP Captain of the Schooner Law Sends Affidavit to United States. AN AUSTRIAN SUB MADE THE ATTACK COUNTVOH BEPNSTOPPP j j Above is a picture; of Count von Bernstorrf as he looked prior to his departure aboard the steamship Fre derik VIII, of the Scandinavian-Amer- ican Line. Elaborate precautions w ere taken by ixie United States Gov ernment and city and State police to keep cranks cf any description from either attacking or bothering the en voy. Police launches with machine gu ns mounted in them kept up a con-tinual - patrol on the water side of t he big . steamer, while secret service men and members of the neutrality squad watched the docks. WARSHIP (y Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 16. Ifaquiry has been sent to Germany throueh the Spanish .embassy agexUji regarding jwhlcji .fP5lte4Uysm. the de ar in the denattnre of the sec- i cuiuiuiaiouera aua umei- ui- ond trainload of fortoer American of- i fleers wlio would work out local leg ficials for Switzerland, it was an nounced officially today. The train should have left Munich islation without General Assembly assent. The House spent .two hours on the early this week carrying 86 former - revenue dui, ana aaoprea on secona American consuls and their families reading more than half, the acts of 48 and other Americans. I Pages. The transfer of Joseph C. Grew, Tne Senate killed theMaJison dis formerly secretary of the American memberment favored by Governor embassv at Berlin to the embassy at ' Craig, Congressman Gudger and oth Vienna was announced today at the I ers- nad Passed the committee department, where it was said that his! an three townships were to have been added from Madison to Bun- manv anrl nf th sttnrio nf tYtn AmL combe. encan Government would be of great aid there. the only information the S PLY CUBAN ITERS FORME SAi i 1 K 4 BREAK WITH AUSTRIA RE- PORTED. (By Associated Press.) 4 London, Feb. 16. The negotia- tions between Frederick C. Pen- 'h field, the American ambassador ati Vienna and the-'Austro-Hungarian government, have been broken off, according: to the Berliner Tacp- S , f Diatt, as quo tea m an ujxenange Telegraph , Company dispatch 4 Harbor at Santiago Explored from Copenhagentoday. INN AGA BymBotarM Found Free of Mines. f $m r ' 4r 4 TT AMERICAN PROPERTY NOT BEEN DAMAGED depart- Neither Have Foreigners Been Molested, Minister Gonzales Reports to the State De- partment Today. j i (By Associated Press.) i Washington, Feb. 16.- An American i gunboat, the name of which is with PAPER PRICES BE CUT MAY DOWN DECLARES INST WAR THE HOUSE Republican Leader Greeted By Appiause rrom DOtn -oiaes of the Chamber. Big American Passenger Liner; Believed to Have Safely Run the Gauntlet. THREE BRITISH VESSELS AMONG DAY'S VICTIMS 1 1 -4 New British War Loan Closes Today and Predicted It Will Be a Success No ' Notable Achievements Recorded In the Military Area. Five vessels were added today to the list of submarine victims in the new undersea boat campaign. Threje were British steamers, the Longscar, Kyunsti and the Greenland, which, with a sailing vessel, sunk represented tonnage of over 4,460. In addition, a trawler, was sunk. The American liner, Philadelphia, unarmed with passengers, among them Americans, sailed from Liverpool Vessel Visited and Her Cargo Examined Master and Crew Made to Leave the Ship. (By The Associated Tress.) . Caglieri, Sardinia, Thursday, Feb. 15. (Via Paris, Feb. 16.) According to an affidavit made by Captain Mc- Donough, of the American schooner Lyman M. Law, sunk off the coast of Sardinia by a submarine on February zone 12, the submarine ordered the schoon- f Americans in Austria have been rlo bait, which she did immediately. 't'"8'0"!0. '!."1.a' 38 late Wednesday for New York, the nrst American passenger vessel to leave England since the German sub marine blockade order became effect ive. At the offices of the line in Lon don today, it was assumed she had now passed the submarine danger The submarine. Subscriptions to the new British war ough's affidavit continued, approached j loan close today. London financial the Lyman M. Law and an officer of the , circles indicate a belief that its suc-under-sea boat examined the ship's cess be wel1 UP if not beyond papers and her cargo' and ordered the Captain and crew to leave. After ward the schooner was set on fire and sunk by means of several bombs. Captain MteDnough makes oath that the only cargo on board the schooner; comprised thin wood laths used for making lemon boxes, loaded at Stockton, Me., for Palermo, Sicily, expectations. Lloyd's Reports Ships Sunk. London, FeFb. 16. Lloyd's an nounces that the British steamer Lonscar, 2,777 tons, the sailing ship Percy Roy, 110 tons, and a trawler, have been sunk. The sinking of the British steamer Greenland of 1,753 tons, is also an nounced by Lloyd's.. The crew wag landed. AMERICA SHOULD KEEP OUT OF IT Manufacturers Propose Plan to Commission to Relieve the Situation. Whatever Happens He De: clares Country Should Stand United Let European Nations Alone. and "intehded cf6a' se- inahe Ameriean J v "The ' 'BrIrstT' sfeamef'ytinsti'Hbrs trade. It is pointed dut here ttmt'been sunkT says another Lloyd's an The Senate Thursday ' The Senate opened at 11 o'clock. , a. bv the N nenartment has ar- S if p a5Ut ?eJ. Co?6 Point a board of visitors to visit theirived at Santiago de Cuba, explored I Washington, Feb. 16 It was author-! State was to nil afL: j52fl. 'State institutions was reported un-jthe harbor and found it free from itatively announced here today that ' American coi liven any Tfll mp I v- X favorable and then re-referred at the mines. A dispatch to. the Navy De- a number of the nartnro v.o " request ot tne mtroaucea. ssenaior S iJjrtrr- Allen withdrew his motion lodged yes uviucoi.o lul luiuiiuniiuu uave terday for the recall of the Brenzier Hotel bill from the House where it been sent to them, but no definite Wnrri hoc init.A rec: 1 i fsed tele Uev7 Sermany is ppSsef; been sent after parage by the STlZZkii SSS Bwa J?o6 deffafth "SSU ftrS.?.0.." sideration. New bills were introduc- ican uricnnn , ed as follows toe nri7o oVi'r vn.nT..jni v, reach rt th:"ru""b cedure in the condemnation of land ine protest against their detention! -Amend the Revisal as to pro ReVisal as to PROPOSED MAIL RAISE Oates Amend the inav en fnra p who may not marry. ,wd as offering a means of showing! Jo.na,h-Fre shipment f hq Jthe treatment accorded German crews ;u05: into North Carolina nere. ' uavjenport rroviue lur me elec tion of a building for the State De partment of Agriculture. MrCorn Relative to the election or DROPPED FROM BILL : appointment of . county boards of edu- ,v (By The Associated Press.), Oates-Expedite the payment of Washington, Feb. 16 The ropos- State and county taxes. eQ increased postage rates on news-1 Bennett Stock law for Swain coun ters and magazines and provision : ty. 4 ror one cent postage on drop letters Bennett Prevent the sale and man ere eliminated from the Postoffice ufacture of liquors in Swain and aid APPropriation bill today on a point ,ing in the same in that county. f order bv aenatnr tho- thot it hnHl Williams Require instructions be- J10 Place on such a measure under yond the, seventh grade in schools of largest printpaper , (By The Associated Press.) -Washington, Feb. 16. Applause from both sides of the House today greeted a declaration by Republican Leader : Mann that the first duty of the United look after affairs on the continent and that he hoped wood in general is contrabrand when it can be employed for military uses, but the question is raised if laths of the sort indicated are included in this category, being useful only for the construction of boxes of lemons and oranges, the exportation of which from Italy is allowed. nouncement. Available shipping records do not list the steamer Kyunsti. this country would not be drawn into r,orm0nt tnriov fvrr. tv.Q r.mmQr.rior ' e v, ci?.,ri i,ithe European war. Debate of the of the vessel said Santiago was quiet. I Federal Trade Commmissibh a signed i "yXn he sooke m A message signed by Major Fernan-' Petition Proposing that the commis-j .., am determned; Mr- Mann sa)di dez, military commander of the insur. .".SS importance to ni gent forces in SanOago, sent tc .the paper publishers and I relieve the pres-1 00 JLLfS SS Ainenuau mmihLw ai ndvaud uu vvt;U-CiiL biw. uu w-j the united States to enter into mtluti it, I wll willingly join, but I am trust- I ing with hope and faith that the Presi-in-; rlont will do fivftrvthinsr lift thinks ran possibly De done to Keep us out. "God only knows where we will land if this country' enters the war. So far as we can, it is to our interest to re main the dominant force on the Annr- no e rules- This action is ex pected to end the fight at this ses for the provisions. HI 1 HEW Yadkin, Davie and Wilkes counties At the request of Senator Allen his bill for the abolition of capital punish ment was set as a special order for next Tuesday. nesday, said Santiago harbor Had been 1 A official statement will be mined and advised all ships to ask for.taier loUd-y- .,' ; The commision s report of its a pnoi. -vestigation of the newsprint paper in- Two American gunboats were a.t dustry is about ready to be presented anchor today in Cuban ports. The Pe-.to Congress. trel, a gunboat, was at Santiago, which i No intimation of its contents have ibeen given, but it is understood to! woo of M,n, r,' p1nn show that there is no real shortage of ican r.uithient and not think that we pair ship, was at Havana. Develop. , manufacturers should regulate the whole world. When mentS SJStJZl tT,hKll have contended and that the paper' we have taken care of the republics were not alarming, but the ships will nnsition to meet all ordin-l in Central and South America to the be held in cuoan waters as long as - there appears a possibility of danger W demands upon them. to American interests. Soon after the commission reached Minister Gonzales reported to the "B -y "iiiijct. I regret it, but I hope we can State Department today that no de- Justice began paying the way for fc ufc Jlt ? nvnnortv haH v, n.nnrrprt criminal prosecutions in the Federal, OT.lloI fhaf if thtl TTnttnrt iand foreigners have not been molest-!uulLh muvemc".1 "CBX" r ed. Some anxiety was caused by the ! JUW"C1? r . isolation at Camaguey of many tour- the signed statement which now is ists, but the information available at.pre the trade commission. xx'na irir thPv w in tin i When the official announcement is danger. Rebels have interrupted traf- made, it is said that publishers willjwere teken in the crisis fic over the railway between Carnal a mat a way nas u:r l".uuu . . guey and Havana. ' !eve the disastrous situation which President Menocal's proclamation ! has confronted them for many months, promising protection to all loyal per- 'The course of the Government m re sons regardless of previous affiliation Sard to the pending prosecutions will CALL STATION iret Britain Likely to Estab lish One on the South Atlantic Coast. Declaring that he had sat in silence and seen the local self Government "J?- determined later principle of democracy siaugnterea in . Department by reports! The action of manufactures follows this place that should be the citadel tne . tontmplating reprisals. ,twp days of conferences with the com of Dempcracy Senator Person de- Q t Fernandez, commanding the mission and the proposal was submit manded that his bill for enabling the Mrrison at Santiago, offered no ted to Francis J. Heney, special coun- peopleof Ms county to elect tneir, p to tne entry mto the har Sel for the commission m its print school board be considered He grew, Qf American goat Petrel, paper investigation. The manufactur vehement and talked of State Super-1 Santiago have been ers hurried here soon after it was an- , 7f lr . sternly treated by Fernandez, the uncea mat me reueidi wauu umy attending : wQm hovintr hoon in New York, has been asked to re- lllKJl C iAM"V"V UHHUb KfVyWiA . f made prisoners. tion intendent Joyner as -the Czar bloated with power, the crucifixion of the Bertie county bill last Friday. He reiterated sharp conaemnauon oi iub uliuu. ui uu. rnnrra Tvr IM AITTAC or Craig In exceeding his. authority , FORTUNE, IlN AU I Ua in sending the State's monfey to tne families of convicts last umrstmas credit of ourselves and civilization, it. will be time enough to regulate the older Nations now engaged in con- States were drawn into the present war it could no longer claim the right to regulate American affairs alone. He argued that the whole country stand together regardless of yhat steps' WILL CAUSE FOOD turn indictments charging criminal violations of the anti-trust laws. JJy Tfae Associated Press.) loflington Feb Ifi A ahir. inane bp poV, Bimar to Kirkwall may ,Rising on his tip-toes and swinging est ahlicv. j v .... .. South a u Dy tne Joritisn on tne Statil ; ntic coast of the United Brit-' u became known today, eratin offic3ls have under consid adiaoJ . fa PrPsition to open a station tic ail i V. tne Principal South Atlan of ex . ulf. Ports to serve as a place ,hprehvmavion for American cargoes, y. re11evine some vessels of the -ssity of makine thp InTip- dot mi r to TIED UP AT DETROIT, tSJJFi Cfm a it (Continued on Page Six.) GEN. PERSHING TO TURN OVER PRISONERS vife-i&t v (By-Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 16.-Gieneral Per shing reported tdr the . W.ar Depart- HaiifT ' UL maKing the4ong detour to ment today tnat zl mvwxw yv juax, where Sa oi hr Ms forr.A" while in. Mexico ana U "6 eXainmnJ - 1 -i i - T.riVl thA M A On amin!atter iB sti unsettled but ex- Columbus, last yearN will be nation is being made of nearhv turned over to the Department off BrtX . 1S. DeinS made (By The Associated Press.) Detroit, Feb. 16. Millions of dol lars worth of automobiles are tied up in Detroit by railroad congestion, lo cal manufacturers said today. PRICES TO DROP Germany's Submarine Cam paign Will Bring Down Prices in New York. - Teuton Attacks Repulsed. Petrograd, Feb. 16. via London (British Admiralty per Wireless Press) The Teuton attack in Galicia, east of Lemberg on Wednesday was repulsed, the war office announces. OA7E Yk PITT ai TT 1 AUfc; sLaieuient ionows: rlWE. iU LU1 UU1 "Westprn front- Tho onom-'c ot. HEAT IN CHURCHES1 tackx against our positions, south of J the village of Kadarovltze, southeast (By Associated Press.) of Zolochoff, mentioned yesterday, London, Feb. 16. Churches in j was repulsed. In the Carpathians the Hamburg will not be heated after snow continues at several points. February 17, according to a dispatch! "Rumanian front: Infantry firing is from that city to the Exchange Tele-i proceeding. , graph Company by way of Rotter dam. Museums will be warmed only enough to prevent damage to collec tions and all schools, theatres and concert halls have been closed be cause they are forbidden to receive coal "Caucasian change." front: There is no SOUTH CAROLINA NAMING CONGRESSMAN Germans Attack in Champagne. Berlin, Feb. 16, via London. The Germans began an attack in the i-SISOS ' Champagne yesterday. The war of i fice announces that they captured ground half a mile deep over a front of 1 1-2 miles and took 878 prisoners. (By The Associated Press.) Columbia, S. C, Feb. 16. Demo crats of the Fifth Congressional dis trict are voting in a special primary to fill the vacancy made by the re cent death of Representative R. E. Finley. The Democratic nomination will assure success in the election ,to be held February 21, as no other party has chosen a candidate. Three candidates, J. W. Hamel, of Kershaw; I. C. Hough, of Kershaw, and Paul G. McCorkle of Chester, are offering for the short term ex piring March 4. Five candidates, T. W. Butler, of Gaffney; W. F. Steven son, of Cheraw; A. L. Gaston, of Ches ter; J. L. Glen, of Chester, an I Claude N. Sapp, of Lancaster, are offering for the long term beginning March 5 to which Mr. FinJey w-s elected last November. SHIP OFF FOR EUROPE WITH AMERICANS (By The Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 16. The Anchor Line steamer Tuscania, carrying 14 cabin passengers of whom four are Americans, sailed today for Glasgow. The Tuscania is in the same ser vice as was the steamer California, torpedoed last week off the coast of Ireland, with the loss of 41 lives. BERNSTORFF ABOUT ENTER ENGLISH PORT i WITH I FIGHT C u MARINE (By The Associated Press.) Washington. Feb. 16. Railroad la bor bills, similar to those pending in Thvthe House, were reported to the Sen- situation may become much more ser-1 ate today by the Interstate Commerce ious if transportation conditions are committee. They propose to add a not improved before the spring de-1 representative of the railroads and a livery season opens. v representative of employees of the Automobiles now are being driven Federal Board of Mediation for in w thPir own Dower to points as far vestigation Of railroad labor disputes east as New York and as far west as but do not provide against strikes or! Kansas. Thousands ot new ma-.iocKouis aurmg.uie ycnuu ui iuvcb r nines are stored at different places, tigation as was first asked by Presi- j in and near Detroit. idenKWilson. . , . ; ' (By The Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 16. Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare will soon have a favorable effect on tfie pocketbooks of housewives, according to food investigators, acting for Jo seph Hartigan, commissioner of weights and measures. - "There are indications that con signors and consignees of perishable food freight on piers, in boats,' in yards and in storage here," the 'com missioner said "will place the food on the New York market today or to-, (By "The Associated Press.) Halifax, N. S.. Feb. 16. The steam- er lo-eaeriK viii, on wnicn uouni Bernstorff, former German ambassa dor and German consular officials are returning home, was sighted off the French Freighter Beat Off At tack and Probably In jured Assailant. (By The Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 16. Officers of the French freight steamship Honduras, which ai rived here today from Bor deaux brought reports of running harbor today. The vessel put to sea i battle with a German submarine on again and will not enter the harbor , December 7, twenty miles from -until 7 o'clock tonight. 'Brest. The officers said they be- Naval patrol boats were awaiting ej the submersible was hit. outside to escort the ship to an an- j The Honduras was on her way from chorage in Bedford basin, where gov-. New Orleans to France, with sugar, ernment officials and inspectors will ! The submarine came, up ' astern and begin , an immediate examination of j opened fire with a deck gun. Twen the cargo. j ty-eight shells were fired, some hit- ting the bridge and Others taking ef- Ji-, feet m tne aiierpan oi me smy. The damage was not serious. , With the first shot , from the sub- marine, the fire was returned from a - 4 six-inch gun mounted on the after (By Associated Press.) deck of the Honduras. Thirty shots were fired in rapid succession, ine AMERICANS WARNED TO LEAVE AUSTRIA. Paris Feb. 16. Americans in 4 morrow. They will do THIS not only r Austria, nave ueeu wamcu num t u-uo.v - wa,,sI of the nerishable nature of . Washington to leave that coun- drew away, giving evidence of hav- the products, but becauseof the de murrage, insurance and otner nign charges they are incurring." -' try. ing been nit. ! Tne Honauras 4 4 . gross tons. registered ' 5,913 1 ft f . -9 . ,, : 4 ' 1 i i r , t;; I. 1 it "'V ' 'i;-v! I'M I t t. 1 ' i i i' , r . r '9 wou msuiar ports, t Justice.