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VOL. XXII. NO. 400.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 2 1, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FINAL EDITION
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TOM
WOMEN ILEAD FOR
FOOD FOR BABIES;
APPEAL TO MA YOR
Eastside Housewives Tell New
York's Executive Their ,
Children Starve.
AND THAT THE
CITY HELP THEM.
Want Money Appropriated to
Purchase Food For Distri
bution at Reasonable Prices.
Mayor Promises to Have
Investigation Made Into the
Situation.
T : y The Associated Tress.)
V..- V. !'.-
- Vh M. 'Alter Mavor
ad been informed by East-
nvivos today that their chil-
(i n wiv "starving to death by hun
(livib." h"f;uise of the high cost of
in d. lio promised to place before the
k;;;'('. or estimates on Friday their
I'lan $lr0OO,C00 be approprmt.ed
l.v wi city to buy food for discribu
iv.n a: reasonable prices.
Thrf-f 'lifferent committees repre-scnuno-
K;sief.ide women were admit
;,u i tho mayor's office afVr an at-i-mpiia
demonstration by house
vivts at the doors of the city hall
iv prevented by the police. The
rwor said he did not believe the city
v,vornrnerit had authority to appro-
nriaie 51.000,000 for the purpose -t-
uvnur. requested, but pending the
bean! of estimates decision he would
direct the health and charities de
partment immediately to send inspec
io; to the Eastside to investigate
coiuliiions. The women vigorously
urged immediate relief, measures. ,
"Money is lying idle in the city
tiv;';!ry while poor people are starv
!r.:" Mr.rie Ganz, a member of the In-'
(.,;:: ri,;! Workers of tho World, told
mayor. "Take it, Mr. Mayor, and use
it to bvy food fox the people'
The mayor asserted that State and
National governments were the only
authorities able properly to deal with:
th? food situation, and urged the
committees to use their influence for
enactment of laws which would en
ab!" the oiiy To establish public mar
kef?, so That food speculators would
bf eliminated, and the city giyen
tiownr legally to control food prices.
, When women first went to the city
bail, they were led by Miss Ganz
v.ho was arrested yesterday for ad
dirsrin the first demonstration at
the City Hall. She was released
when she said she urged the women
tainrt violence.
MISSOURI PACIFIC
SOLD UNDER HAMMER.
(Hy Associated Press.)
St. Louis, Feb. 21. The Missouri
larifu railroad was sold at auction
1;T" today to R. H. Nielson and J. W.
jinnies, of New York, for $16,151,000.
i'wth nu n represent the reorganize tio.
wmniiitoe.
PRESIDENT WANTS
UNIVERSAL TRAINING.
'I'y Tlie Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 21. President Wil
so is studying measures aimed to
""ins about universal military training
a"(l is understood to be anxious to find
f-Olijf' nlntl Tip nan onrT-irt Tt
Plan he can support. It
,! t,wio,. fv, ,..i,,-iV Tit .1
hnr, 1 . , ... . 1
" .i v Htm nunc liic i icaiuciiii
uuursea neither tne aenate min-1
lry ' oiiiiuittee iill nor the one pre
1-y.refl hy the War Department, he be
'f y.'s in t lie general principle involved.
The President will confer with Sec
Mary Paker late this afternoon. Both
Jiavo bocn studying physical effects of
army service and are understood to
afir'.'O that some method should be
'dl,()i- for extending this service to
all nif-n.
EW THEM GFF
SAVE SELVES
Children Sacrificed in Wreck
in Rumania Two Thous
and People Killed.
The Associated Prss.)
T!'(i"n, Feb. 21. (Via Sayville),
, 'Vf i-e approximately 2.000 per
illed or injured in the recent
v "(l accidei-.t near Chirurcha in
; -on.hrn Rumania, according to the
"frv,- newspaper Russkoye Slovo
- 'iurju-d by the Overseas News
-f.'-ncy. Five
hundred persons were
srtintiy killed, according to this
,v ll!' train jumped the tracks and
sur r,!u's were telescoped," reads- the
jv(niV:lnzed account as given out by
Ki , ,AHWs Asency. "Fire broke out
in several places and a panic
ujiig the passengers ensUed."
., a,nrs and jnothers pushed their
(lvf ' " HSide in efforts to. save them
"M (' says the Busskoye Slovo.
UYnTf pushed women, into the fire,
- men aaaunmg eacu oiuei
lost
ln0 , 1 auu unger nans.
Others
burr
--.i luiuuK unci -ran
into thet
boa,,,," iv. men a ammunition' on
TEET5
BILL FOR S
PASSED
Will Permit People to Vote on
Bond Issue Senate De
bates Marriage Bill
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
MEASURE ADOPTED.
Grant's Gasoline Bill Also
Gets , Through Both
Houses Working
Hard Today
(Special to The Dispatch.)
'Raleign, N. C, FeD.' ZL. The
Senate reconsidering the bill recently
nasRpH nrnnihi tins' thp mnrriap-p hp-
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BONO
CHOOLS
TODAY
tween the races and defining that he will not abide by any act, treaty j shown in pictures of the ViUtV ar in
relationship to apply to any having j or Jaw which the de facto administra-1 Zapata has a stronghold' Inutile mount-
t.v mixture of negro blood, wras the
subject of long debate today, and
the vote resulted in a tie, twenty-two
off.
The Senate, by 39 to 10, passed the
State highway commission bill, which
takes seventy percent of the automo
bile tax back to original counties, and
uses twenty percent to support of the ;
road commission. !
In the House, Grant, of Newhan-
over, put through his bill providing
the school bond issue; also that regu
lating the sale of gasoline and other
fluids and offered three lbcaV MH's,'.
Both Iwuses worked until late, "and
adjourned for night sessions.
Governor Bickett's inaugural re
commendation, exempting notes, and
mortgages from taxation when given
in bona-fide purchases of homes, was j
passed by the House today by a ma-!
jority of 89 to 13. Being a constitu-!
ti'onal amendment it required 72 to
pass. The act will not apply to pa
pers above $3,000. This was Govern,
or Bickett's firsts move toward "the
translation of tenants into landlords."
In the House, by newly introduced
bills and those received 'from the Sen
ate, added 120 to its calendar, and (
Speaker Murphy adverting to this
fact drove the body an -xtra half
' hour, besides asking it for a night
session Wednesday.
Reconsideration of the bill killed on
second reading Tuesday, a measure
changing the method of examining ap
plicants for law license, caused a sub
stitute by Ray, of Chatham, which
will pay each Justice of the Supreme
Court $100 for examinations, which
will be had one week ahead of the
opening spring and fall term.
The House Tuesday.
Hie House was convened at 11
o'clock with prayer by Jjr. Bradshaw,
of the Methodist church. Tho Anti
Saloon League bills came from com
mittee, with favorable reports. The
" ovai of the t
bill to provide for the removal ot tne
oiaie piis.uii "iu-- .
central prison Raleigh, to the State
, . j ftvi ViI
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IM I H I 1 1 I JSC III HKdUUUaitClO J-
iarm came wuu
The plan was to vacate the central ,
Duiming nere ana ium it uvci ,
State Hospital for Insane. ,
1 he .House nearu tut; sycuiai jjj.j
sage of Governor Bickett urging pas
sage of the. bill pending for the modi.
(Continued on Page Seven.)
FREIGHTER LEAVES
BALTIMORE FOR EUROPE
(By The Associated Pfess.)
Baltimore. Feb. 21.-Tne liariana
Steamship Line freighter, RocHing-
Tiam, the first American steamer to
leave, this port for the European war
zone since Germany s new submarine
L". t-!: .,r t?qk,qw i '
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sailed today for Liverpool loaded with
a general cargo
MEDICAL MEN ARE
E
Governor Bickett to Address -
Gathering in Durham
Tonight.
(By The Associated Press.)
purham, N. C.'FeV. 21. The 'Htv
State Medical Association of Virginia
and the Carplinas began its 19th an-1
mmi n.rwvnoiriiere-'today with many
distingushed physicians and surgeons
from these and-other state in attend-
ance. Sessions of the conventionj,"
which- will 'J: continue through Thurso,
a wilt ho devoted lareelv to levcture's !
and' discussions of technical subjects.;
'' Governor -Thom.as..W.;mckett. oi
North Carolina, is erxfrted to address
IN COP
NTION
FORCES TO
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The above photograph shows the
personal bodyguard of the notorious
bandit, Zapata, who dominates a large
part of Southern Mexico.
Zapata has issued a manifesto
. . .. .
in-
iorming tne carranza government that
tiori enacts and serves warning that
he is a free agjmt. -
TO FACE CONGRESS
ON WAR STATUS
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Believed Now His Appearance
- is But a Matter of a Few
Days. i
HE MAY ADDRESS
BODY THIS WEEK.
Has Definitely Mapped Out a
Program But Not Made
Public No War Dec
laration Sought.
(Hy The Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 21. President
Wilson has practically decided to ap
pear before Congress prior to ad
journment March 4, to ask for addi
tional authority toprotect American
seamen and ships N against ' the Ger
man submarine menace.
While officials said today there
was -bare chance that he will not
carry out tlie plan there was every
indication that he would make his
address either late this week or early
next week.
The President's position as outlined
authoritatively today, is that Con
gress before adjourning should pass
a broad resolution giving him addi-
niItwitv tto ha. Hfiniw
decided what he will say to congress
made .(
l-xv-'AAt'1 ". v..
officials generally expect that sooner,
break . expectpl unless Austria
qt latep arm wm be furnished to Am
erican shipSi
In spite of the' statement of the
British government that a very small
per centage of vessels going to and
from the war. zone were being sunk
by German submarines, officials
pointed out today- that most Ameri
can vessels m the trans-Atlantic trade
were still held up.
It was emphasized today that when
:"" zru X:Z
gress he will not do so with the pur
pose of asking for a declaration of
war. While it is realized that the
pacifist in Congress has some
strength, the President is known to
believe t.
believe that the situation is such that
when action is needed there will be
little division.
The President has decided not to
call an;extra session unless there had
iieen an unusually emergency and it
was generally accepted today that he
will not call the Senate into special
session after March 4.
While general reticence in Austrian
situation was observed today, it is un
derstood that the administration be
lieves the negotiations so far have
been unsatisfactory. Ultimately a
break, is expected unlerr Austria
changes its position.
SIR EDWARD CARSON
TELLS OF THE LOSSES.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Feb. 21.- -Sir Edward Car-
son. first lord 'of the admirality, an-
PRESIDEKT READY
nounced in the House .of Commons; session.
that in the first 18 days of February The decision was reached after
89 allied and Neutral steamers of more1 a letter from the President urg-
than 1,000 had been lost, the total ton-'iJ ing ratification (of the convention
nasfe aggregating-268,000. This was : had been read. , Chairman Stdne
compared with losses of. 69 vesgela of,
201,00U tons m-tne nrsc.j.a aays 01 ue -
cember and of 65 vessels of 182,000,
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BE RECKONED WITH IN
This is no idle boast onZapata's
part, as he is commander of 25,0000
i picked cavalry which ,are among the
finest equipped in any country.
Note the rich sombreros -worn by
I r
! these men in
contrast with those
jams, where he maintains aifeastle in
which are the most costly arid eXpen-
V ifiorous
Required to Deal With
Food Situation ?:$L
Fy The Associated Press.)
London, Feb. T,. furilier vigorous
measures for dealing with the' food
situation in Germany have been out
lined in a statement to the Berlin
! press, oy Dr. George Michalis, the
new Prussian food commissioner ac
cording to an Amsterdam dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph ''Company.
come to an agreement with Acioipn
Von Batocki, president of the food'
regulation board, and General Groen
er, head of the army feeding depart
ment that food questions must be
dealt with in the speediest possible j
Way and all red tape restrictions j
should be ignored.
The Prussian minister has been
empowered to act apart, from the
Prussian cabinet and has been giv
en considerable authority to penalize I
recalcitrants. Aong other things he
has been authorized to close mills and
bakeries which disobey -orders.
Hold to the Decision Not to
Risk Ships Under Present
Government Ruling.
(Py The Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. ri. cuppers who
had hoped to send goods to Europe
by the big steamships of the Ameri
can lines sailing from this port re
ceived definite assurance today that
the company had no immediate inten-
tion of sending out. its vessels. This
information was derived from a no
tice that the owners intended to dis
charge cargoes in the hold of the
steamship St. Louis, which has been
lying here loaded since the beginning
of the new submarine warfare. '
The greatest' part of the, crews-of
the St. Louis and of the three other
American liners, New York, St. Paul
and Kroonland, have been paid off.
None of the freight in the St. Louis
has been removed as yet but shippers
have been asked for instructions re
garding disposal of their property.
"Our position in the matter has
not changed at all since the sailing
of the American liners has been in
definitely postponed;" said President
Franklin of the International Mer
cantile Marine Company.
g g l 2 S & ' 2 S 4
WONT RATIFY TREATY.
4 i 4
(By Associated Press) .
Washington, Feb. 21. The Sen-
'i ate Foreign Relations Committee fr
today decided that thevlong pend- 4
ing .treaty providing for comDen-'
sating the Republic of Colombia 4f
4 for the partition of the Panama
J Canal , could "not be ratified at this 4
said he.-, would, make a -'fonnal
r siaiemem, mer.
"
iGEll! BIOS
BE HE 9RpC
I
measures
AMERICAN LINES
MONT SEND THEM
MEXICO.
Gsr- Zapata
sive furnishings, secured by him in
his raids on Mexico City and rich
Haciendas."
Zapata is fond of women, and his
mountain stronghold has been the
scene of many horrible orgies, which
have resulted from his success in cap
turing beautiful girls.
The insert shows Pancho Villa, who
according to unconfirmed dispatches,
is how on his way to Japan.
COUNTRY IS NEAR
ERGE OF RIOTS
AND ANARCHY
I Do VVires Mead or -Oncago
Boarcl of Trade to Inter
x state Commission.
WANTS EMBARGO
' PLACED ON FREIGHT.
Declares Shipments, Save
Food and Fuel, Should be
' Stopped Tramc Elx
perts Meet ih Chicago.
(By Associated Press.
Chicago, ' Feb. 21. President J. P.
Griffin, of the Chicago Board of Trade,
today telegraphed to the Interstate !
Commerce Commission- and to the
President of Eastern railroads insist
ing that unless an immediate em-!
bargo wTefe placed on all products east
bound out of Chicago except fuel and
foodstuffs the country will face the
danger of anarchy and rioting.
In his telegram to the, railroad pres
idents, Mr.' Griffin says:
"Despite all your assurances no re
lief has been afforded to move grain
and other food products out of Chica
go. .
"The present scarcity of supplies
borders on famine in many communi
ties with the consequent inflation of
values directly chargeable to the fail
ure of railroads to meet this National
emergency.
"I request that instructions be is
sued by you forthwith prohibiting the
movement of any freight at this time
except foodstuffs, coal and other com
modities necessary to sustain human
and animal existence.
"Unless this is done, there is great
danger of riot and anarchy throughout
this land. "The present situation is
largely caused by railroads giving pref
erence to commodities other than
those necessary to maintain life.
"Failure to meet the situation is
squarely up to the railroads."
In his telegram to the Interstate
Commerce Commission Mr. Griffin
gives a synopsis of the one sent to
the railroad presidents and says. -'
"We are confronted with a National
emergency. I request in behalf of the
people of this country that the com
mission forthwith issue an order in
line with the request that I have made
of eastern roads."
A meeting of directors of the Board
of Trade, lawyers and traffic experts
was held this afternoon to ascertain
if legal means can' be wound to force
the railroads and the Interstate Com
merce Commission to clear up the sit
uation, particularly as it affects Chi
cago. , '
"The commission and the railroads
have failed in the crisis' said Mr.
Griffin. "We- are trying to ascertain
if the courts offer a solution."
BELOVED WOMAN
DEAD AT TABOR.
(Special to The Dispatch.)-
- Mt. Tabor, N. C, Feb. 21.- After a
lingering sickness of ninejmonths .dur
ing which-tfme almost wholly an in-'
valid, -"Mrs. S. H. Boswell, a sweet lov
able woman thoroughly Christian in
character, died ; late yesterday after
noon. r. She is survived by three daugh
tersMrs.S
MANY SHIPS TODA Y
ADDED TO TOLL QF
THE GERMAN SUBS.
HOUSE ADOPTS
SEiTETlNE
DRY" MEASURE
Congress Puts Lid on in North
Carolina and Some Other
States.
ALL AMENDMENTS
WERE VOTED DOWN.
Webb and Small, of North
Carolina, Against The Bill.
Adopted By a Big
Majority.
fBv The Associated Press. 1
Washington, reb. 21. Supporters
of the Reed "Bone dry." amendment
to the Postal bill, won the first round
of the Reed "bone dry" amendment
today when proposed amendment j
bv Representatives Saunders, of Vir-i
ginia, which would have nullified the
Reed nronosa.l was defeated 206 to 81.
mi, i ,c. I
greeted with wild cheering, handclap-
pinig and cries of "Bone dry! Bone
dry!" Representative Webb, of North i
Carolina, father of the nation-wide
prohibition resolution voted for the
Saunders proposal.
The Saunders amendment ' would
have made the Reed amendment ap-
U J. V . ill I.J1C11. IU1S wuuiu uut
Therewas aHaef debate
over the amendment. Representative
Shirley told the House 40 per cent of
the whiskey manufactured in Ken
tucky was sent to States from which
the Reed amendment would bar it.
Representative Crisp, of Georgia;
Cox, of Indiana, and Cannon, of Illi
nois, supported Mr. Shirley.
An amendment by Shirley to post
pone operation of the provision for
one year was rejected on an aye and
nay vote, after 'friends of the bill had
warned the House that any change of
the Senate amendment would kill it
in conference.
Another amendment by Representa
tive Small was defeated and then a
vote of Representative Randall's mo-1
i tion to concur in the Reed amendment
was begun.-
Early voting indicated that it would
be carried.
The Senate amendment to the Post
al bill, designed to make "bone dry"
States, which have State-wide prohi
bition laws, was adopted this after
noon by the House.
Six States Affected.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 21. Six Southern
States whose prohibition laws have
permitted the importation of a limited
quantity of whiskey, beer and wine, for
personal use, become "bone dry" on
July 1
under the Reed amendment J
They are Virginia, North and South .
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Miss-
issippi. Arkansas already is entire
ly dry and Tennessee becomes so on
March 1, under the State law.
Florida, Louisiana and Texas having
local option laws are nqt affected.
Representatives Crisp7 of Georgia;
The vote was 321 to 72.
SECY'S DAUGHTER
TO WED RUSSIAN.
(By Associated Press. j
Washington, Feb. 21.-The engage
ment of Secretary McAdoo's daughter,
Miss Nona Hazlehurst McAdoo, to
Ferdinand De Mohrenschildt, second
secretary of the Russian embassy, was
announced today.
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ALL RECORDS TAKEN
AWAY FROM THEM
Talking Machine Records of
BernstorfFs Party Deemed
x to Be Contraband.
(By Associated Press.)
Halifax, N. S., Feb. 21. On the dou
ble grounds that talking machine rec
ords might carry code messages for
the German military authorities, while
the material of which" they are made
might heip-v relieve Germany's hard
rubber scarcity, a large quantity of
such records found in possession of
the : German officials returning home
from the United States on the Fred
erik VIII will be confiscated by1 the
British authorities, it was learned to
day.? : : ' .' '' -; : ' ::; . .'
; In searching pne passWger yester
day it was found' that a packet; of pa
pers was ge wed r1inder the Hnis of his
j Dozen Vessels Swell The Grim
Harvest and Add Destruc
tion of Qreat Tonnage.
GERMAN SOURCE TELLS
OF LARGEST LIST.
Lloyds Announces Sinking of
British Steamer Number
Ships Go Down in The Med
iterranean War Opera
tions on Land of Minor Im
portance Today.
)Despatches from various sources
today added a dozen ships to the lit
of those sunk as the result of the re
cent Teutonic submarine operations.
Most of these were sent to the bottom,
several days ago.
The longest list came from a Ger
man source and claimed the sinking
os six vessels In the Mediterranean.
The names oLthe three, not previous-
ly mentioned in shipping reports.
were given, their tonnage aggregating
8,000. The ' sinking was claimed of
two steamers, names not given, of a
total of 7,500, tons, and a crowded
Italian transport, tonnage not stated.
Paris officially reports the sinking
of five vessels in the period from
February 16th to February 20. None
j is positively identifiable but the indit
cated aggregate of the five is not lesg
than 13,000 tons.
. 1U "ou - i fi t A6eutyi
J! ' "teamer
In addition from the Lloyds Agency,
The tonnage of the vessels named
""" """'J V-JT. ' s
various
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ddrlm Makes Big Report
Berlin, Feb. '21. (via Sayville.).
A large number of hostile vessels,
among them an Italian x transport
crowded with men, have been sunlc
in the barred zone in the Mediterran
ean during the past few days, thfl
Overseas News Agency announces.'
Other! ships unk by submarines
are enumerated by the news agencjr
-as follows:
"Two armed steamers of 3,000 and
4,500 tons, respectively, with import
ant cargoes for Saloniki.
"Italian steamer . Oceania, 4,200
tons.
"French steamer Moyentaux, 3,200
tons.
"French sailing vessel Aphrodite,
600 tons, with iron for Italy.
"The newspapers" observes the"
agency," note the real submarine suc
cesses undoubtedly have been much
larger, as the majority of the subma
rines have not yet reported. In ad
dition the paralysis of neutral naviga
tion must be taken into considera
tion."
The Italian steamer Oceania of
4,217 tons gross, left New York on
January 27th for Gibraltar.
The French steamer Mont Ventoux
of 3,333 tons (probably the vessel
mentioned by Berlin, was last report-
j ed leaving Cardiff on December 8 for
I a. port not stated.
Five More Reported..
Paris, Feb. 21. The sinking of the
following vessels was announced of
ficially today: -
Minas, on February 16. Skogland,
on February. 18. Giuseppe, on Feb
ruary 18. Guida on February 16th;
Rosalie on February 20.
.Maritime records list two steam
ers named Minas, one Italian, 2,854
tons grosa, and the othef Greek, 2,506
tons gross. -
The Norwegian steamship Skog-
! land, 3,264 tons, sailed from Norfolk
January 26 for Bagnoli.
, No vessel named Gulseppe is list'
ed. There are two Italian steamships
Guiseppe, one 1,856 tons, the other
1,221 tons.
Two Russian sailing ships of 371
and 67 tons are named Guido. There
is also an Italian sailing vessel, 324
tons, of 'this name.
The steamer Rosalie referred to
probably is the British vessel of. that
name 4,243 tons which . sailed ' from
New York, January 28 for Saloniki.
There is also an American Rpsalie,
329 tons, owned in San Francisco.
Reports Loss of Schooner.
St. Johns, N. F., Feb. 21. Captain'
Bradbury, of the New Foundland.
rschooner. Rose Dorothea, reported to -
the owners here today that the ves
sel had been sunk by a German sub-:
marine and the ' crew landed at Lis
bon. London dispatches yesterday;
gave the schooner's name as Dorothy,
GENERAL PERSHING 1 " '' S
SUCCEEDS FUNSTON. '
(By The Associated Prss.) ' -
, El Paso, Texas, Feb! 21. Major Gen
eral John J. Pershing, rtqeived , a metn :
sage today from Major General Hugtt
,1s., Scott, chief. ; of ,: staff, : announcing
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