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v - - ' - t WEATHER FORECAST. It North Carolina Rain tonight. KB" Saturday, partly cloudy and much LMING FINAL EDITION -older: prooaDiy rain on coast, South uaronna r-roDamy rain to . i.i fallowed hv dearirtn 5at nm-l... mgiu. - - - a Much comer oaiuraay. ", III ' ' . 1 f - " . - -.- . " . , . w-v-. v , THE Wl Disp TOM VOL. XXII. NO. 402. NINE MORE SEN TDOWN SY T HE UNDERSEA BOATS British Steamer of Over Three Thousand 1 ons Among TodajWictims. ANOTHER NORWEGIAN STEAMtK lINLUUUiiU. Paris Makes Known Long List of Vessels 1 hat Have Been Sunk American Vessel Runs The Gauntlet From New York to-Bordeaux. 1 r r r a. ;;io vosf 01s. uggi tJganiig ,uuu tons vrn,i nvo otiiers 01 uiiKuuwn tonnage j-t iVn'-'litHl feuiift. mufty 111 mt5 leu- tonic t'ubmarine campaign. Tli'1 largest was the British steamer thiio-a. of 3.012 tons. The Norwe- --v orr J,;;;.! sioauier uoravore, ui ,ou ions, ranks m'xt. Another British vessel, lably i he British DarK lnvercauld, of 1.41'i tons, tne tmusn steamer Ape, of Vi'c ten; two British fishing smacks and three Italian sailing vessels, ag- erogaiing approximately tons, are raided. Advices from France, indicated that - 1 the steamer vjrieaus was t.;iiuauiy lirougii the submarine zone aiia ex- pttted to reach uoraeaux toaay. David Lloyd-George, the British pre- Eier, anU'JUllLtrU 1U LllC IIUUOC Ul VUJXI- mons loday a programme of drastic ffier-snres for dealing with- the subma rine menace to Great Britain's food end ciher supplies- The plan prob ably is for the stimulation of British food production and the curtailment of imports, chiefly luxuries. The de mands on cargo space thus are ex pected to be reduced by several mil J ! V TJ",. 1 lion tons. He expresses his convic tion that if all the plans were carried out and every one helped, who could, t nation could face tiie worst its foes could do. Xo important military operations are reported. British Report. iT.y The Associated Press.) London, Feb. 3. The sinking of tvo ti.siiing .smacks was announced bv Lloyds todav. The sinking cf the British steamer John .Miles of 087 tons, reported in news agency announcement last menr. was confirmed by the shipping fcKlMlCV. . . The British steamer Wathfield of ,"12 tons gross, built in 1905 and ownr-d in West Hartlepcuole has been sunk s;:ys another MoytTs announce ment. The crew was landed. The invercould Goes Down. Queenstown, Feb. 23. The British ftefiiner Invercould has been sunk by a suomarine. TVip crpw was landed. No British steamer Invercould is lifted in available records. A British bark Ivercauld of 1,416 tons gross wiled from Gulfport. Miss... Decem ber 31, for Fleetwood, England. French Gives A " List. Paris, Feb. 23. An official list of vessels sunk between February 20 and February 22, issued today' con tains the following: Doravore. (Norweerian steamer 2.- "60 tons). Ape, (British steamer 464 tons). San Michael p. f Italian tVirpp masted Giovanni, (Italian brierantine 105 'oris i . AiMina, (probably the Italian sail ing vessel Adolina of 528 tons). me Dutch steamer Ambo. of 3.998 tOUS DreviniT-jlv ronnrto1 onnfr mnv wathfield. (3.012 tons, sinkinar. re- IiOifed l,v London s T.lr.vrts JJonarch, (not identified.) tmiTcy, (not identified). Broke Through Russians. Pc:rcs:rnf1 FpIi 9q (via t indnn 1 P!'m."n tvir, a. j t:iitr ' ciner strung ai lihgi j P'Pavation yesterday, launched three att.ick.s against the Russians positions t? 01' Zlochoff in Galicia and broke 'i'-.ugh the Russian line!?, savs to- S. Oif Oijll caQTVlnnt tr Yi a -1 . ' I V 111 i 1 L lOOUUU UJ tv W-'SiarK 11.--. .(nt, .nr Cart: tli nr,..- .... . " . ... , - ivaiuns to tneir original po sitions GILL EXTHi 1TE SESSION -"-in Lveciaes un mirror 1 he Purpose of Consider ing Nominations. t tiv.,. (RF Associated Press.) Wj, "'ftLua, i-eD. T6 t-esiaent thp'TvV-U was officially announced at ' nouse, has decided to call of the Senate for 1 in rrt -- 1 i; - V.Uilll hi- I I1III1I Ml llll H usUr,i t;-"ciiL ;s aecision to nave tne 'sbpii?f m sessih of the Senate, it MPVed D3 VPS tho roair ttT fha in c. H t". ' - v' tJ M-SM. tU VUU Sc-n, ; .'gural ceremonies, in the inf iU(1; , J amber of theTTce President, ators swearing in of new Sen- 1 ' , SHIPS House Gets Its First Initiative - and Referendum Measure of Session. SENATE CONCURS ABOUT CONSTITUTION Would Provide For Election on Question of Constitutional Convention Sampson School Board Bill Up. (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 23. Roberts, of Buncombe, today offered the, ini tiative and the referrendum in the House, the first bill of, that character presented this session Its late pre-:jtt sentation is argued as" an advantage '--co the House lias spent itself in killing the other Progressive bills of the Buncombe representative. The committee will report on it Saturday. The Senate's passage of the chrip ractors' bill today made if law, only sixteen of the upper House men hav ing voted against this measure. Twenty-nine supported it. It went through as written, save the Ryanzier amend ment, which gives the Governor the 5 power of appointment of examiners i from the profession. Senator Allen 'failed' in two amendments, placing prominent physicians on the board. The Senate passed the constitution al convention resolution, and com- pie ted tne House measure, tne regular election the question will be submitted to popular , vote, and, if car ried, a convention to amend the con stitution will be called here. Only four votes were cast against it. Eight Democrats today voted to I ROBERTS AGAIN LIVE WIRE BILL give Sampson county the right to . also sent to Congress with estimates elect its county school boards. Theylof cost and a detailed outline for a were Blue, Holderness, Jones, Linn, . Person, . Scales, Thompson and Tuck- bn to carry 11 into effect er. It was observed that this broke The main essentials of the plan are: all precedent of a similar nature. In the House tne Warren Senate bill creating four new judicial dis tricts and providing as many emerg ency judges, was lost by forty to sixty-one after the most' interesting par liamentary fight of the session. West ern men, unwilling to vote ior tne sought amendments that would have given the East relief, but Ray of Ma-jing con, fighting all increases by destroy- ing tne compromise measures tnrougu parliamentary tactics, put the main question and on second reading the Warren bill was lost. Representative Doughton introduc ed a new bill providing for two em ergency judges. The House committee on the regu lation of the liquor traffic reported the loss of the Page bill -providing a prohibition commissioner at a salary of thirty-five hundred dollars. Henry Page alone voted for the bill, and six teen against it. The Senate Thursday. The House was convened at 10 o'clock "by President Gardner, prayer by Rev. J. E. Underwood, presiding el der Numbers of the committees made reports of bills with favorable re ports and some with unfavorable re port. There was received a message from the House transmitting a big batch of bills to go through the Sen ate in their progress toward enroll ment. These were referred to various committees. Thereafter, the Senate took recess to 7:30 o'clock tonight in order that 'the Senators might spend the day at the A. & M. College for the ceremonies inaugurating President Riddick. . . The House Thursday. Thte House was convened at 10 o'clock by Speaker Murphy. New bills were introduced, as follows: (Continued on page seven.) AMERICAN MISSIONARY PERISHED ON (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 23. Robert Allen Haden, an American Presbyterian missionary, stationed at Foo Chow, China, per ished when the French liner Athos was destroyed by aubma- rine L v mnes east ui iviana, Consul Kelinger at Malta cabled a report or naaen s aeam to the State Department today and said that the missionary's address was given as in care of the Presbyterian Mission Board at Nashville, Tenn. 'Tknwirt from the Malta ceived here of the sinking of the Athos. The vessel was oi 7,525 tons net and sailed from Yokohama December 26 for Marseilles, stopping at Haiphong January 8. , , FUL L WILMINGTON, NORTH & 4. 4. & - ' WOLGAST SUFFERS NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 -4 i Chicago, Feb. 23 Ad Wolgast is closely confined in a hotel here, at tended by his physician and a trained nurse. The former lightweight cham pion is a very sick man, according to his physician, who states that the fighter has a bad attack of "nerves." Althouarh his marmarar won't. ajilm it- js understood Wolgast's career as a fighter is about oTer. He was brought to Chicago from Hot Springs, Ark., where he had been for some time trying to shake off the malady which has beset him. BOYS SHOULD BE The War Department Makes Known Its Desires For Uni versal Military Service. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 23. The War De partment made public today a synopsis of the army general staff universal service and training plan which was One year of military training for all boys in their 19th year except those exempted for specified reasons. Exemption to be extended to those physically or mentally unfit, and those who are the sole support of otherwise destitute dependents. Training to consist of 11 months dur- the first year and two weeks, dur- ung tne second ana tnira years oi a reservists' liability War v service to be required of all who ha,ve been trained in the first and second reserve, the first reserve duty to extend over a period of four years and one month after training and sec ond reserve duty for seven years. At the conclusion of service in the or ganized reserve the men would re- main liable for duty until they-reach e 45. DECLARES GERARD ACTED AS A SPY. (By Associated Press." London, Feb. 23. "At a meeting of the German Agricultural League", says the correspondent at Rotterdam of the London Evening News, "Dr. Wildgrube a conservative member of the Reichstag, said: " 'Now that Mr. Gerard has closed his espionage office the German peo ple will breathe and wrll be relieved of an intolorable nightmare provided he does not return before peace is de clared. " 'Mr. Gerard's residence in Berlin and his intimation relations with our responsible authorities were painful to the German people, but the climax of pain was reached when Mr. Ger and bis intimate relations with our imperial chancellor as his friend. Next to England, America is our worst enemy." FRENCH SHIP xj ' - . " . V. consul is the first mention re TRANEO L E AS EDSWIRE SERVICE CAEOLINl ST MINT SUB. English Prexmer Declares Problem at Present in the TonnageShorage. GRAVES'PMisiRES I ARE NOVf REQUIRED. j Can Cope With the Menace by Taking Drastic Steps, ' He Tells Souse' of J. Commons. (By Associated Press.) London, Feb. 23. PremieV Lloyd- George said in a s3eeelr'in the House i of Commons today Hhat .the feuccess of j I tne aiaea case cepeaaeq ..upon the j ability to solve the tannage short- ill FROM DEEP, SAYS . LLOfD-TlEOIIEE age, which was now affecting the or7 Baltimore, Feb. 23. Brigadier-Gen-dmary needs of the nation- and mili-. erai William Crozier, chief of the tary exigencies. The jBitation, he f Ordnance Bureau of the United States declared, called for the gravest meas- ( army, - has entered the hospital at ur?f . Johns Hopkins University here to un- The Premier said .there was no dergd a skin-grafting operation of an sure way to victory without hunting unusual nature. the submarines from" the deep. J Fifteen years ago while under the Enormous sacrifices were neces-X-ray he was severely burned and the sary from the British public, said Mr. tissues of his skin have become so thin Lloyd-George. He Stated the govern- that it was found neCessary to -graft ment proposed to dispense with all new skin over tne burned area, non-essential importations ' "to save tonnage. There was a crowded hbuse at the special meeting held today to listen! to the Premier s statement on the restriction of imports and the en couragement of agricultnre. Among those in the diplomatic : gallery were Premier Borden of Canada, Premier Massey, of New Zealand and many representatives of allied nations -and the dominions. " The premier said the ultimate suc- icess or the allied cause depended en the solution of the tonnage diffi culties with which they were con fronted. Before the war British ton nage had been just . adequate and since that time there had' .been an enormous increase ii$ the demand for tonnage. ;'."v', -;"v ' ' More thaii-li000fijq;Krt'tt8-Ii-shipping haa-' Bfflr5?iS alone and a very considerable araount had been set aside for Russia and It aly. In addition a considerable amount had been sunk. Mr. Lloyd-George said that for sometime there has been a shortage of tonnage required, for the general needs of the nation and even a slight shortage in the tonnage, for military t nis successor, saia tne state JJe purposes. The nation should realize partment's . ruling, "(although there absolutely what the conditions were. may .be a slight interval when the ex- Wa ecutive Dower is susnended." If we take drastic measures," he continued," wecan cope with the sub- marine menace, but if the nation is, not prepared to accept drastic meas-. ures for dealing with the menace dis-1 aster is before us . i "The Government is hopeful of imoing means OI aeaimg Willi Uie submarine but we should be guilty " r, .V w; , " t B of folly if we rested tranquilly upon the expectation of realization of that hoDe We have to deal ruthlessly :-e If mu xuuxvuj xxevfee vv- , lem by measures which impose great sacrifices upon the country- "There are three sets of measures: 1 xi- -.t ii 3 -i Hirst oy tne ixavy a,woeu uy 1 Sir Edward Carson (first lord of the admiralty) ; second, the building of vwawu postponing me oatn uu xvion merchantships; third, dispensing with day "unless some official duty should jti!.. c rpmurp it hpine- taVpn nn SnnrJnv XSTS SSST'T much food as possible at home. ThP atop nf fnnrt in Great Britain at the present time is lower than it execution of his office, and as the law ever has been before, Mr. Lloyd- is sllent on the subject," says the De George said. It was essential for the Payment's ruling, "the time seems to life of. the nation, he declared, that Pf some measure, at the discretion every possible effort be made to in-? that hiP officer There is an ob crease home production. 'vlous propriety in taking the oath as The opinion was expressed by the BOn as it calv conveniently be taken premier that .food prices were not like- and thereby shortening the interval ly to decrease for a long time after , execut.ivte p7e.r J? BUJWd" the war, inasmuch as Germany would f' BJm? Pterval is inevitable, then be' a heavier purchaser than ev-, Thls mterval may be unavohl- er before. Therefore it was safe to grant to the farmers a minimum price wVo tw3r hrinrtaMn, was thd only way to bring about im- mediate action. Imum wage of 25 shillings weekly for agricultural workers. The importation of apples, toma toes and fruits will be prohibited en tirely. For wheat the government will guar antee the farmer the following min imum prices per quarter: For the present year, 60 shillings; for 1918 and 1919, 55 shillings; for 1920, 1921 and 1922, 45 shillings. Brewing will be cut down to ten million barrels annually. A simil-on tne plaza at capitol on ar reduction will be made m the eut- March 5 or whether he- will merely put of spirits, affecting a saving of make the ceremony .the occasion for 600,000 tons of foodstuffs. 'delivering his inaugural address. It The importation of aerated, mineral; is probable, however, that he will and table waters will be prohibited. fake another oath then to make the Powers will be given to the board of inaugural ceremony complete in all agriculture to compel land owners to, its usuai features, cultivate their ground. , ! The minimum wagef or farm labor YirrXTT ArTnM DniTteu shillings a week, representing an in crease of 50 to 80 per cent, over the present prevailing payment. The importation of paper, the prem - further 640,000 tons annually. The iomieiT announced that the I government would , guarantee a price or do sniiimes six . pence iur uuts mis vear. 22--shippings for the next two Vears. and 24v shillings for the4 three basis of official action by this govern folowing years. The price of .potatoes; ment in viewot the eventualities be- (Continued tm Page Eight.); , . -5 . - 7. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ORDNANCE CHIEF UNDE .v GOES OPERATION. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 41 - L 4'4 fe 4 4 WILSON WILL TAKE V President Will Have Private Ceremonies That Day May Take It Again on Monday. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 23. It was den- nitely decided today that President Wilson will take his new oath of of fice in private in the White House on " Whetheivhe will take it again at the public ceremony on March 5, or mere ly make that the occasion for deliver ing his inaugural address has not been decided. "There is no interregnum between the expiration of the term of one Pres- ident and the beginning of the term ecuuve power is suspended. The opinion is given in a circular letter made public by Assistant Sec; retary Adee. Precedent ia cited showing that President Hayes, who was elected for the term beginning with March 4, ... ll OATH ON SUNDAY - . intprnnl nnlitiVcj TPntrlnnl sworn in at 7:05 p. nr., March 3, at the , m own mternal Politics, England !whitp Hmio hv rhioV T,cti wo(fD and France especially have succeeded wt?te House by Chief Justice Waite,!. aliGatin admiration a svm- and that the oath was again taken by1611; JeVotion towards them j President Hayes on March 5, after his j patn and a devotion towards tnem on tne .Dart of the Greek people that, rr., .. . . . ine letter aiso cites an opinion Dy. Chief Justice Marshall given at the time when a Presidential term . first : rrnnmPTippd nn Sunrtnv in whinVi tVio - 1 " "7 7 . " ".1 , ass.oc.iaies. aa" S the Conltitution onlyliides that the President shall take the oath,filed t.hem at every vturn and so on Jt prescribes, 'before he enter on the stances should render It unfit to take theoath on the Fourth of March, and I8' public business would sustain no . v Kv, injury by its being deferred till the 5th, no impropriety is perceived in deferr- " ""'l ; No attempt is made to forecast the action of President Wilson. This , will permit the inauguration of the vice president in the Senate chamber as is the custom,- with all the attendant ceremonies. President Wilson himself, it was also announced, will take an oath of office privately in the White House Sunday March 4. It was not made t clear .whether he has decided to take tno Tath hA nnt,i, nnpn-Sir- rr- ORDER AT PRESENT. , (By The Associated Press.) i Washington, Feb. 23. Announce ment today that Great Britain'! re- cent order . in council widely lncreas - ing the scope of her blockade had uetu i cvcu cu um. numu jiuuauijuuijuTc . j I i jVi , x -j- i !. ' i i n : i . i it, I under the circumstances be made the I fore tfciS country. PRESIDENT TO TAKE OVER GREECE'S KING SENDS MOJO BEST BF WORLD Declares France and England Made a Mistake in Trusting v Venizelos., , V."' ' ' ? THEIRPOLIGY HAS r LOST THEM FRIENDS. People of Greece Not Treach-,41 erous, Asserts Monarch Tells Associated Press of The Situation. Athens, Jan. 14. (By Staff Corres pondent of the Associated Press) King Constantine received the Asso ciated Press correspondent in audi ence this morning, just before he left for America. "I am sorry you are leaving us," King Constantine began abruptly. "I don't believe there is a man or wo man in Greece, who does not feel very profoundly what a great thing it has been for us during, this most critical period in our . national history to have a correspondent of the Associated Press here to tell the world with ab-i solute impartiality the truth of what is taking place. They tell me, how ever, that a good many of your tele grams to the Associated Press never got through the censors?" the King laughed ruefully. "You have nothing on me," he added. Neither did mine." "The most ridiculous, the-.most out rageous nonsene about what is hap pening in" Greece is published daily in the. on the spot- to see the facts for them selves. And when my government sends official denials of them the Eu ropean newspapers will not even pub lish the denials. '"After all, all, we ask is fair play. But it seems almost hopeless to try to get the truth, out of Greece to the rest of the world under present cir cumstances. We have been sorely tried these past two years and we don't pretend to have always been angels under the constant irritation of the. ever increasing allied control of every little thing in our own pri vate life letters, telegrams, police, ev erything. Moreover, by taking an active hand lot the hPSTinninff of the War . was vir. 7 . : 7 -Z tuaJly an "nanims tradltion- understand how those responsible for sucn a result seeK to excuse tnem- selves bv exaireeratlne the difficulties Uhv h hnT tA .nntc,H with in Greece by talking about Greek treach ery and the immense sinster organiza- of German Propaganda fat has The only trouble with -that is that they make us pay for the errors of their policy. The people of Greece are pay ing for them now in suffering and in deathvfrom exposure and hunger, while France and England starve us out because they have made the mis take of assuming that their man Ven izelos could deliver the Greek army and the Greek people to the entente powers whenever thy wanted to use Greece for their advantage, regardless of the interests of Greece as an inde pendent nation. "There are just two things about our desperate struggle to save our selves from destruction, that I am (Continued on Page Eight) FRYE CASE C1T : BE Sinking of Other American Ships Has Placed This Out of The Question. (By The Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 23. Arbitration of the case of American sailing ship i William P. Frye. destroyed by the fflormon rnm m ciTna -pairtoT Trln rr TTMtol VI VI U1UU VUiUUiVl W A U1UV. , A. 4-VV Frederich, now is considered out of the question, it was said at the State Department' today because of , other sinkings of American ships. The United States, it was said, agreed to arbitrate the case on the con dition that no more American ships whether carrying full contrabrand or 1 omy cona.xionai coniranrana were to j be sunk. This condition is held to cent submarine operations and the Frye case will have to await the de velopments of the general situation be tween the two . countries. ARBITRATED PRldE FIVE CENTS FOODSTUFFS Senator Lewis Introduces Bill to Give Such Power In Emergency Cases. M ARTINE WOULD HAVE FOOt) EMBARGO Fight to Lower Cost of Living. Goes On Philadelphia Houseivives Propose to Es tablish a Co-operat;ive Store. Going After The Middle man. 4 4 4 4" 4" 4 4 4J 4-4 ' 4- WANTS FOOD EMBARGO. 4 . (By Associated Press) 4 Washington, Feb. 23. Senator 4 4 Martine today introduced a bill 4 4 to empower the President to..jde-4 fr clare an embargo on food exports. 4 It was referred to the Foreign 41 4 Relations committee without de- 4? 4 bate. Similar resolutions are 4 . 4 pending without' prospect of ac- 4 tion. 44444444;444I44'4 Washington, Feb. 23. Senator Lewis, Democrat, today introduced as an amendment to the Revenue bill, a provision to authorize the President to seize foodstuffs deemed to be mo nopolized in violation of the, law. Foodstuffs so seized would be dispos ed' of at public sale under govern ment supervision. The Lewis amendment would author ize the President whenever informa- tion to justify his action should be ob tained, to proclaim "that the food and necessities of life of a citizen are be ing monopolized and wrongfully held by persons in the United States for the purpose of an unjust increase in price" court Dy processes, that might pe filed by any United States attorney. Seizures might be made by any law officer of the Federal government or State -officer authorized to act In con junction with him, or by authority of the President through executive order. Fight In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 231. Housewives of this city, tiring, they say, of pro- . j tests in the abstract against soaring food prices and ineffectual remon strances with dealers today announc ed they had determined on a con-. crete method of lowering prices, a co operative store being the medium se lected. The individual pinching felt through high prices has broadened into a com munity . sensing of the problem, pub lic attention being sharply focused on the food situation by the sporadic rioting in the southeastern ana north eastern parts of the city. These areas house a huge tenement popula tion, of foregin birth- for the most part. Club women and housewives have joined forces to eliminate the pro fits of middle men. The "keystone co operative company has been formed and is to open a store in the heart of the city where the general public may buy food at wholesale prices, pins the bare running expenses and a small percentage to the 'stockholders. Housewives of Kensington, an indus trial section Of the city have allied themselves with the movement and yesterday through Mrs. Hugh Mun roe, a settlement worker, sent a mes sage to Mayor Smith, who is on a vacation in Florida, appealing for his aid in the fight for lower prices. The New York Situa5n. New York, Feb. 23. At the board of estimate meeting today Mayor Mitchel, in pursuance of his promise to Housewives, .brought- up their re quest that the city purchase food and re-sell it at cost to the needy. The mayor prefaced his action by ' saying he did not believe the city had power to act but that the problem, , was one properly for the State Legis lature. Mrs . Jacob Pankin, one of the women spokesmen charged the mayor with prejudicing ttteif cast before placing, before the board their proposl- . tion that -'$1,000,000 be appropriated as a relief fund. "You learnely, Mr. Mayor quoted the. . law, but put aside our requests", she said. "You cannot afford to ignore ' our cry for food. Do. you prefer the people to take the law into their own hands or to provide us Justice your selves. We cannot wait two and a half years for the legislature to act. We want you tc-take up our cudgels for use. You cannot afford to ignore the cry of women and. children for bread." - v : "It is not true we are " ignoring you," the Mayor replied. "We are doing all we can." ' - ' iv ' Several hundred women ? gathered . in an Eastside public square while the ' board of estimate meeting was in pro-,', gress and listened to anti-high speech- , j PS. , ' ' ' If: ' n 1 0 y, 1 u l,- ...4 .