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r . ) WEATHER FORECAST. North Carolina Rain Sunday anj Monday. Colder Sunday. -r FUlL L E AS E D WI RE S E R V I CE J" ' V; -"-- THREE SECTIONS. ' ' ,'1 VOL. XXII. NO. 397. Will Likely Go Before Con-!. gicso , w x w H. run rower. WILL BE BACKED TO HILT, IT IS SAID Wilson Will Lay Before Con gress Complete Program and Ask Sanction-and Sup port Turkey Desires to n : C: IU. T With United states. j Wathiiifrtoii, Feb: 17. : President: sten to-' Wilson toclav took the first v;r i.iring complete Congress al sanction and support for any action ie may d' em necessary in the German crisis. Making a personal visit to the C.-;': I the President notified Senate lexers that he proposes to lay be fiiv ( 011 sress"" within two weeks a ..-ffifi n.'1. for legislative authority which 1 will enable him to meet any turn of hnernational affairs in his discretion. He v.'ill ask that the-authority be made mots complete in order that he may proceed with his foreign policy freely. afterHie present Congress ex pires on March 4. Congressional leaders made it clear tint the President would be given full fi.j complete authority tt take any stops he might deem needful. it vrns apparent tonight that withm a short time, the President will lay l'i'oi'e Congress a broad, comprehen sive emergency program. It was stat ed that the President proposes? to hve available for instant use, all of ti e money and all of the power that may bo necessary to meet the dread ed irxt move ir the German crisis. S'-nators declared that the President proposes to ask for a large lump sum appropriation to meet emergencies. While the President did not say when he would go before Congress it was bflicved that he would call a joint session some time during the coming fk in order to allow Congress time consiuer and dicest the vast nro- grain v.hich he is expected to lay down. Diplomatically the International sit uation remained unchanged today. The apparent let-down in the German ibniarine campaign and the gradual Hsenins of the number of ships sunk lightened the tension. Reports from asrop.d as to the conditions surround ;ns Arafrican citizens in the Teutonic aihod countries v.-ere likewise reas suring. The Spanish ambassador at Berlin officially notified the State Department in- reply to inquiries, that all arrange menls for the departure of American fo-asuls still in Germany had been completed. The report said the con Sl Vvi.th their families, would meet vL''''Jnif'n and would leave Germany v'a S -itzerland some time during the cf-n? v.-epk.. ,r bf canif known at the state de i'3itiarnt. that Ambassador Elkus in ;;;V:';- communication from Con-; --nr: . .n.o Tiif. conveyed the assurances! : " i uriiisn governrnem that Tur- 'If :-:!'(! In rnritinv 1 to continue in every way i-l y relations with the United) ifHyite the break with her all '. Germanv. NO NORTH CAROLINA FLOAT IN PARADE (By Geo. H. Manning.) 'f!1Son, D. C, Feb. 17. The . Carolina Ladies, in Washington, JtVnrl.. . Yf.M f,(iuip a float to represent arolma in the inaueural na- ra.ir. f ' 1 ' I j ' ,.11A,1 XT 1 1 - 1 m V-Vt-i v aiieu tne vuoie pian uu. Ihr V'as rcceived from. Chairman tlm1'-' -f tlle Inausural committee, ' i rodent Wilson was opposed to ';: or the states having floats, and .,' ai! cf the States had abandoned plans. FREIGHT CONGESTION BREAKS ALL RECORDS -'v York, Feb. 17 The Y congestion at terminals and way .sta 'hroughout the United States "on. s !wmt!, . .. I 'Minin I rnp i niron ntiipi; u uxuue an records tor tne w,.. . y(j;ir? The American Rail Th 't .s:'0(:!Htion today issued a report i. " u:f' car sh Vnor, Was 109-770 a compared with a portage of only 62,247 freight cars U Vr 7, 2- Since -the- last figures lil v Vll 1 GUI T -ft. a i lli.i . i --v., It - T . J PPraiMlf MMMTO -Ins m Li la iivii " "I f ? m raft rtifl bf his ill II lit IBS a i a m e j ii jwi ?j 8"j j fra ft-sw m U IIWII 11413 Ltel EfVI II fill S BIJ3f II 1 , i - . '. i REPORT APPEARS CONFIRM- ed. . Washington, D. C, Feb. 17 Reports that 187 German subma- i rines, captured by British ships, 4 are interned at Plymouth, based upon- statements of sailors arriv-' , ' mg at Baltimore and other ports 4 were given credence .tonight in official circles. Some support for v the reports was found in an of- ficial notice of the British admir- ahty that the port of Plymouth! tente shipping. The admiralty's order was communicated to the 3 State Department today by Am- V ' bassador Page, at London. 4. ' v 4' -b 4 4 : FOUR-fiBITISH SHIPS THE HHy'S RECORD One Was Destroyed By a Mine Number of Lives Were Lost. New York', Feb. 17. Four British"! steamships one ot thj&m apparently., German vessel, interned at the out break of the war and later pressed into service under the British flag, were reported by Lloyds today" as having fallen victims to the German barred zone. One was destroyed by a mine, the three others by U-boats. The aggregate tonnage of the four ships lost wajs 7,485. Five lives were lost on two of the ships. Nine are missing. Three men were killed when the j to print the woman's name when ev i. ,-. ! erybody in the commuity knew it BLtjaillcl uuccuon uuu noo ouiixv xuu i two lost tneir lives wnen me iaay Ann struck a mine. Today's toll brings the total num ber of ships sunk since February 1 to 119 and tne total tonnage destroyed 231,831. The figures are based only on data given out by British sources. Details are as follows: Reported today: Queenswood, British, 2,701. Marion Lawson, British, 2,300. Marie Leonhardt (registered as German), 1,468. Lady Ann, British,. 1,016. Total Four ships, 7,485. BRITISH BIG PUSH STARTS AGAIN Sir Douglas Haier's M en Plunge Forward and Smash Teuton Lines. The British "Big Push" on the An cre is again in full swing. Sir Doug las Haig's men yesterday smashed forward after extensive artillery pre paration and broke through German Dositions on a front of about 'a mile and a half, to a "depth of 1,000 yards. They came within close . range ot Petit Maramont. The German war office night bul letin merely states that engagements were under way. in this area. In ad dition to their gain northeast of Grand Court the British carried an other German position on a front of about 1,000 yards, the night head quarters statement says. . . f J' A. J.- vr " vr vr vc . AMERICANS REPORTED -X- KILLED.' X- wi -Posn Tas. Fen. 17. Two -5f Am5.o,cn70rc billed earlv today on the Gibson iianch, 14 miles west of Columbus, N. M., by j Mexican raiders according to unofficial messages receivea w uiiuiiiiui o . . i American cat- 45- lum6Ul " . , :, . . tie men It is reported that the . -X- raiders crossed the boundary -:f between, midnight and dawn to- - - day. They are said to nave oeen members of- Geneval Salazai s command. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. SUN DAY . - i - ... . . . i USUAL FISH ROW T LIKELY 1 CnnfSr "HHP Tli!l?riwas Presented to the- State Depart - V r - H n Mr ment thh the Swiss rainister- U MIL I II III I lis 1 1 U, u 4 , i,. . I U III. I IlIU Hill- had been communicated, to the Swiss mVOr'n m 311 1 T-)Tr tflQ flormo1 lnirnl-nn ' Rillo Tntrorlur- Ma,r Pnf , , T , . , . the Usual Fight Small Matters Yesterday. crMATr nrn a tt7c tuf OHFJ A 1 SL LfLBA 1 to IHt X NEWSPAPER BILL Would Eliminate Names of W omen Victims From News Stories Hard Fought. (Special to Tlie Dispatch.) llaleign, N. C, Feb. 17. Pictures- que Person and Joshing Jones, of' i the Senate, could not stop that body today in its determination to pass the bill prohibiting the newspapers from printing the names of victims in crim inal or attempted criminal assaults. They did block it on third reading, only 21 off the 39 Senators present votingTfor!. Trio opponents of" the bill believe they can defeat a measure that went through the House with hardly a dissenting voice. The House does not appear to have heard what the bill was. Senators Jones thought the pro posal aimed vitally at .the freedom of the press, Pearson considered it unconstitutional, Jones did not regard it worth a busy man's notice and i Joyce could not see how it mattered . .. , . . - - . while everybody outside forgot it or lost interest entirely. It will be made an order for Mon day and will be (fought harder than ever. The ease with which it went through the Hoiyse is explained only by the absence of any knowledge of what it was. Dail, of Craven, intro duced the bill. Both Houses worked rapidly upon Small measures today. The House received something of a thrill when Representative Doughton offered bills providing privilege taxes for ice plants and electric light and street railway systems. The perennial, fish row appears un likely by bills introduced today. Sena tor McNider offered a measure cut ting the tax on small fishermen and eliminating it from family catches. It would readjust the act of two years ago to conditions that have since de veloped. Grant, of Onslow, introduced an other which would change the ap pointment of commissioners from the Governor to the legislature and pre dicate these appointments upon rec ommendations of the members from interested counties. V mmm ship HAULTED B? SUB. Schooner Hall, In at Charles ton, Encountered German Undersea Boat. Charleston, S. C, Feb. 17 The Am erican schooner, Jas. M. W. Hall, Cap tain H; W. Haskell, in this port with fertilizer from Vela de Cora, Venezula, 4f was fired upon and halted by a sub-x-i marine in November, after leaving Las Palomas. Captain Haskell saw a Jfor- tugese vessel disappear and later saw her cargo strewn on the ocean. L,ater he saw a Greek vessel dis- appear. Leaving Las Palomas the Captam .neara a snot aoruss mo uuw auu naa . .. halted bv a submarine, tne captain oi which told Captain Hasfcen to neave r- . ,, TjQOvQli rt voo to and wait for morning. Darkness coming on and the submarine having j rii-aannenred Cantain Haskell made the 1 run for Las Palomas in the face of a heavy - eale. James M. W. Hall is owned by'Rog- ADMISSION CAUSED Till S Now Believed That AH Ger man Ships In Ariierican Ports Are "Fixed." I POLACK'S STATEMENT SEEMS TO PROVE IT Germany's Demand for R4tT ification of Old Prussian f Treaty Made public j By Government. ! IN WA HlfJGTO N Washington, Feb. 17.r-fGermany's Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 17. H. Claude An demand for the ratification of the derson, just released from the State treaty dfx 1799 between the United !nsane asylum, ran amuck this even Cf ,, t: mS at a boarding-house on Hull street cnlu xvxueuuixi oi Prussia, I Wlt& -an amendatory protocol, brings 1 j the ancient convention down to date a Berne It was the same protocol! and rat.! fiction whirb hart'hAPn nro.'Zahn home about 6:30 this eevning s.nted to Ambassador James W. Ge-jhe Iearneti was boarding there. He I to the fireside" movement of the 55,- q0Q the greater part was represented raid in Berlin and to which he refus- and his wife had been separated The J 000 National guardsmen now at the j by an amendment giving the ' PresI pd to aitarh hid sipratnm wftVi Vi:ZahnK rpfnspd him nnmissinn anrt rail-' , , ed to attach his signature, with the comment that he would "Wait until ed the police, but before they arrived q movement of the volun- wi , , , . V Anderson forcibly entered the house liUiUe uuunu muvement oi me voiun heil fieezes over before doing so." fand began Bhooting at every one inteers will be exclusively under the di Almost at the coincident moment sight. His wife and Miss Theresa j rectioii of Major General Frederick the document was being presented Zahn ran out the back way screaming. 1 1 Funston, commanding the department to the state department Word was re- Zahn,. who runs an automobile repair j of tire South. After the formal an ceived there of the admission by Cap- shop in Marietta street a short dis- nouncement had been made Secretary tain PolPck of the wrhmmH n0-rn tance away' heard of the trouble and; Baker said: v tain lolack of the wai -bound German rushing nome met AnderBOn at the; "i cannot be explicit about how and line lironprmzessm Cecilia that her door. Anderson seeing another man when the troops will get back to their engines nacl been seriously disabled ' at the direct orrtor nf thr Tmnorinl , . . - v m. va, ACVl Government A distinct sensation was caused by Captain Polack's statement. The Polack statement was accept- ed as confirmatory of the belief enter - tained in official quarters that every war-bound German ship in American waiters. ..Jbfin:.', wtlsrlywega. decks. It was positively, stated, how ever, that the action of Gaptain Po lack and similar actions on the part! of other masters of German ships in' American waters would not hasten, action by the United States in any present plan to seize the war-bound Teutonic ships in the event of hos tilities. So far as the request for the reaffirmation of the 1799' treaty is concerned that matter was said to be now before the President and exclus ively in his hands. But the Presi dent, it is reported, means to confer at length with his secretary of state on this general subject. "In" urging the reaffirmation of the 1799 treaty Germany requests that an especial arrangement be entered into looking to the treatment of Am erican citizens and property in Ger many and German subjects and their properties in the United States and possessions, following on the sever ance of diplomatic relations and even after war shall eventuate as a result of such severance or through other causes. Germany wants it guaranteed that the treaty stipulations, shall express ly be carried out. She requests that German merchants in the United States, "So far as the treatment of their persons and property is concern ed be held in every respect on a par with 'the other persons (namely neutrals) mentioned in article 23 (of the 1799 treaty)" This guarantee is reciprocal as are all other stipula-j tions ot tne protocol. The protocol requests a guarantee that Germans in the United States and Americans in Germany "Shall bef free to leave the country of their resi dence within the time and by - the routes that shall be assured to them by the proper authorities." This pro posed stipulation includes, money, bank accounts and valuables and per sonal property with the exception of contraband of war. The protection of Americans in Germany and Germans in the United Statesthe protocol asks to have guaranteed. Patent rights are to be held sacred and contracts and con tractual obligations are sought to be completely protected. .It seeks, the reaffirmation of the provisions of the sixth Hague convention ' relative to the treat ment of enemy merchant ships at the outbreak of hostilities. All of the guarantees sought by the Imperial government are to be- made applicable to the colonies or other foreign possessions of the two na tions. What action will be taken by the adminis?ittoai:mver to G&r manjT s XM0eAXy supple menting an ancient one on what might later prove to be the very eve of war is not explained at the state department. The President and his advisers are: makifigUllne, waiting for the aggression to come many. It was regarded rrom uer- It was regarded as unlikely that a precipitate answer will be filed to the German request for reaffirma tion. The administration is awaiting developments it was said. - MORNING, FEBRUARY 18... IIIISIE PATIENT ! RAN AMUCK AND SLEW MINISTER Just Released from Asylum Man Got Gun and Dealt Out Death in Atlanta. FINALLY WAS SHOT DOWN IN STREET Demanded to See His Wife land When Refused Drew Gun and Fired Woman Died Later. and killed Rev. Dr. G. Buford, shot and wounded Mrs. W. J. Zahn and Mrs. M. Zahn and was himself shot and killed ?7 W..Zahnr in fronts the Zahn T; a 33 Hul1 street- , . Buford was pastor of the Moore Memorial Presbyterian church and liv- j a. 1 nnn t x a. Anderson, it is said, called at the Jl 1 -! 1.9 V 2ahns refused him admission and call-' across the street shot at him, but miss ed. As Anderson came down the steps Zahn rushed up and grappled with the! maniac and securing his pistol shot ! him dead. The two -Zahn women were rushed a hospital where it is reported that xvirs. iu. a. u ii is uymg. mrs. vv. j. Zahn, shot through the jaw, it is be lieved will recover. - the hnnnitAl. Mrs W J Znrvri shnt through the jaw, was able late tonight to return heme. Govt. Takes Hand In Sinking of German Ship In Charleston Harbor. Charleston, S. C Feb. 17. Officers 1 J . rf-t A - T 9 MBPTrn nun nnr i ivihd i tin hiiu unmu ARE INDICTED; and crew of the German steamer, Lie- tion occasioned by revolutionary up benfels, sunk in Charleston harbor rising in several parts of Cuba seem February 1, who have been detained ed greatly to improve during .the day. pending an investigation by Federal! The deserters from the army whose authorities, were today placed under union with civilian rebels caused a arrest on telegraphic orders from the ; serious condition in several provinces department of justice, charging them . are returning in large numbers to ac with obstructing navigation. Bondicept the amnesty offered by the Men was' furnished in each case of $5,000. ocal Government. Captain John Klattenhoff is ill at a I Reports from Western Cuba said local hospital and was not arrested. 1 that section was quiet. The They will appear before Commis- Gomez followers in Santa Clara were sioner Huger Monday to answer ! said to have been surrounded by .loyal charees. The Government takes the view that the Liebenfels was inten tionally sunk to obstruct the harbor Opinion here is that the Liebenfels was sunk to avoid the vessel falling into the hands of the United States in case of war. TRINITY AT LIST MEETS WATERLOO After Getting Many Scalps Tar Heels Defeated at BasketbalL (By George H. Manning.) Washington, D. O., Feb. 17. The Trinity College, of North Carolina basketball, team was defeated here today by the Catholic University.v by the score of 26 to 24, after a hard stniggle and putting up one of the finest exhibitions of goal shooting seen here this season. Catholic University defeated the North Carolina Agricultural and Me chanical college last night by 25 to 21 in the same hall. Last night, also, the Trinity College team defeated Georgetown's team here, by 36 to 24, defeating the Georgetown boys in their hall in most impressive style. The Trinity team ' has been most successful on this trip. After an all day journey they held Washington' and Lee to a 20 to 18 score at Lex ington. After that they defeated V. M. I., Staunton Military Academy, University of Virginia and Beorge town in a row with ease. The Trinity lads, who were rather exhausted tonight, have one of the cleverest combinations seen here, in several years, r v-,, , ::: - 1917. BIG NA VAL BUDGET SUBMIT! ED TO THE SENATE MEMBERS ALL GUARDSMEN Secretary of War Issues De cree Which Will Bring ri hem Back Home. NOW BUT QUESTION OF TRANSPORTATION Formal Announcement Made But Little Details Given. General Funston to Direct Movement. Washington, Feb. 17. Secretary of Mpvn wrir Tho rWaiic nf tho home depots for muster out. It is a question of transportation facilities and the best use of them Thev are' not ideal and the work of bringing thej guardsmen home cannot be.accomp-s lished m a hurry. I believe that the n C?Mtit can pe msatutea auring tne nrst weeK of March. TJt work of transporting them to their honies and mustering them out with all thb detail it requires bVul yiiw . . There are 25,00(T guardsmen either home, or entrained for home now. Their return is in accordance with an order issued more , than a fortnight i ago. The release or the other troops will be accomplished as quickly as the department commander can arrange it. . ., ... , . . Following the withdrawal of all the National guard units, National mill- tary forces remaining in the border tary forces remafning on the border line from California to the Gulf Coast will be less than 50,000. CUBAN REVOLT HAS BEGUN TO RECEDE Havana, Cuba, Feb. 17. The situa- ! iorces at a point Detween jiego ana Jatibonico. There were no further developments reported today in Ori ente province aside from the report that the Rebels had seized two ves sels of the Cuban Navigation Com pany. Governor Carillp - of Santa Clara, has arrived here for a confer ence with President Menocal. OFFICERS OFf FARM LI Ihosp Who win nave arge of the Institution To Be Located at Columbia. Washington, Feb. 17. Director of mint F. H. J. Von Engelken, of East Palatkfl, Florida, has- resigned and been appointed president and a direc tor Of the Federal Land bank of Co lumbia, S. C, the Federal farm loan board today announced. The Colum- hia hnnlr will organize and begin business shortly. The other eleven Federal Land Banks will also .soon be in operation, whereupon an issue of bonds to farm loans probably amount ing to $100,000,000 will be made to provide funds to lend farmers. Other officers of, the Columbia bank appointed today include L. I. Guion, of Lugoff, S. C, a student of econo mics, a farmer and cattle breeder, named Vice President; Howard C. Arnold, farmer and merchant of Greenville. Ga." secretary: D. A. ORDERED BACK FROM BORDER DAN ftl NAMED Houston, for eight years cashier ofjeeivers hands equipment of the com- ' the First National Bank of Monroe, pany has been leased to the National I . i 11 1 A N: C.i treasurer: S. C. Warner,, orange grower, of Palatka, Florida, director and R. H. Welch, lawyer, of Columbia, S. C registrar and at torney. ;- PRICE FIVE CENTS, Calls For An Expenditure 0 Over Half Billion Dollars - " for the Navy. BIG RAISEOVTER WHAT HOUSE CALLED FOR Million and a Half Would Be Placed For Use By the President -Provides Funda For Guns and Ammunition For Merchant Auxiliaries. Washington, Feb. 17. The great est naval budget ever considered by Congress was submitted to the Sen ate Naval affairs committee late to day by the sub-committee in charge of the measure. After Chairman Tillman and Senator Swanson, of the commit tee conferred with the President at the capitol, it was announced that the total appropriations in the measure had been increased from the $368,- I 000.000. passed bv the House, to $533.- den a lump sum appropriation of $150,000;000 for use in his discretion to expedite the construction of naval vessels now being built. Among the other important addi tions to the bill made by the Senate sub-committee were: For leserve material or the Navy $35,000,000; for engineering, includ ing radio installation on light vessels, i".".". '""""B ixv,uv, $1,950,000; for re-cruiting $100,000; Vf"""6 ' $2oOWOO- 1 . . tn .WiA nnn. ...... , " v' auxiliaries $600,Ci0; additional for amm,mitfnn fAr Tnmhant. aiirlUarlefi- $450,000. The determination of the Navy De partment to rush: work oh the propose jea- uoTiernment,projectii.&- piantw apparent In an .amendment . Inserte at the instance of department remov ing the limit of cost for the plant. The Committee likewise increased the amount available for the immediate work On the plant from $705,000 to $1,'75,000. The sub-committee restored to the : um piuvisiuu CIlUIlUttLCU 111 tuts Ho-se authorizing the suspension of j the eigM hour law on naval work in bill a provision eliminated in the time of national emergency, and fix ing the rate for; over time at not lesa than time and a half. STEAMER WITH COTTON LEAVES SAVANNAH Savannah, Ga., Feb. 17. The Brit ish steamer Ardgorm, with a cargo valued at $2,200,000, with all lights dimmed, glided out of the river to night and set out for Havre, France. It is said she will be met by a Brit ish cruiser and convoyed. The ship carries 18,000 bales of cotton valued at $1,754,500, and 2,700 tons of crude steel and iron for munitions manufac ture, besides a general cargo. She was manned by an all British crew Judge Bond. Signs Order. Transferring Cape Fear Oil -Co. to Norfolk Concern. 4 Judge W. M. Bond, in the Superior' Court, yesterday afternoon, signed an order which virtually transfers the Cape Fear Oil Company, which re cently went into the bands of receiv er, to the National Oil Company, ; a large corporation having braitcb.es In Maryland, Virginia, and North Car-i olina, with headquarters in Norfolk, Va. The consideration is approxfc mately $20,000. This, however, does not include the book accounts of the Cape Fear Oil Company which are approximately $24,006; W. P. Mangum, Turner, Esq., re ceiver for the Cape Fear Oil Company stated last night that while , there is 20 days allowed, during which time . any stockholder or creditors of the Cape Fear Company can file excep tion to the order authorizing the sale, the signature of Judge Bond practical ly means that the National Oil Com pany secures the plant and stock of the local oil company;1 x Mr. Finlayson, of the National Oil Company's headquarters In Norfolk has been in the city for several days arranging the deal with Mr. Turner". Since the company went Into the re- Oil company penamg we oraer uj be signed in court. The North Car olina Corporation of the National Oil Campany is headed by Capt. Nathan' O'Berry, of Goldsboro. ; , 7 ; v-;--' I mm. oils ill ' '4 , ' grown worsp. . , .V - A ' ' o . i " t :' , . '7- t' ( t - .v. as. .v. er ana weDD, rsosiuu. . , ' . - , -