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WEATHER FORECAST, North Carolina Rain Sunday. Colder in extreme western portion. Monday, colder and probably fair. IKEt -- wf - A- X i - THREE SECTIONS. PRICE FIVE CENTS. mm NG Pit PA CM ' - FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OUXXII. NO. 411. A a WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1917. ; ' xuf QFlfilflfK TlltliRI Iftfll I 1 1- oath ' today. i'Ibfrminy emus HOUSE makine US ULIMIUJ IU INUunll . TO ILL V SHE HAD HI GHr iB Organized Filibuster Looms Large and This Morning Looked" As If It Would Block Action PRESIDENT DECLARES "NO EXTRA SESSION" Small Coterie of Senators Launch Fil ibuster That Calls for Bitter De nunciation from Both Demo crats and Republicans- (F.y rmted rress.) r Washingtoii, March 4 (Sunday). By an informal vote-the United States Senate lias declared itself at least j. j 10 X in lav ui jx. oiuicu u.uiiu iiy" Owing to the Senate rule which pi-rinits unlimited debate, however, it appeared unlikely itiat an official voie on the full power measure sought ty Prsident Wilson could be secured bl'fore adjournment of Congress at noon Sunday. . , . - The sentiment of the Senate was obtained bv moans of ax manifesto p:is.-ed through the chamber and sign- J e l bv members of all parties. This v . ; . ,i , 0 i rone time before noon. An organized -filibuster, conducted actively through the night by a few so-called "Independents" Senators """'i miliums, iwhib 1-tte, with some six other "sympa- J timers" enrolled on the reserve list i Jones, Cummins, Norris and LaFol appeared capable of defeating the resolution by talking it to death. Early in the night the strength of this niibusier( developed. Democratic leaders struggled to offset it by com promises, concession and argument bin to no avail. At midnight Senator Hitchcock, in charge of the measure, made a strong 'ffort to set a time for voting and to luiuici uBuaLe. rat; ueuiai cu . i "An overwhelming majority is ready ' and anxious to vote on the bill." i iiiait further debate. He declared iapp, oi Minnesota, however, od- iocted, so Hitchcock did not press his resolution asking unanimous con sent. He said he would again seek con sent for a vote "before noon" and in the meantime would hold the Senate in continuous session. In the nresencp nf hundreds of Deo- Pje who jammed the galleries to the . uu jniLuueu iiie gaum ies uj tiic a great majoriio' ui mo yjhi. ''Kit, the Senate talked on and on ore(j granting him the power if a vote through the night. Party affiliations j bad been possible under the rules.", and personal friendship were forgot-' Shortly after 1 o'clock the Senate in the heat of the discussion and ' sUSpended consideration of the armed consideration of stakes at issue. neutrality bill to adopt the final con Republicans joined with Democrats ;'ference report on the navy bill just m bitter flennrioiatinn nf tVio filihns-i.cooj 'h-tr t'Vm TTmise ' ' ' lermg ff-w who "would tie the hands ot the President." This sentiment was responsible for ti e C.'ireillH t inn ttiT-nno-Vi Vio rfiTTl'har i of (he manifesto which was designed, ; SCCordinrr t r ann..o. n rrioc i & 1 uciiaiuis J i an jclm. wo, l0 show foreien envprnmpnts that yted a formal expression by the -uu states senate, that Doay p -' overwneimmgiy- Benind tne;ed resident in giving him necessary! o-nrino- Vi ? -m nonoOQQrv! i. v nig mill I'eis to protect American rights." President is attempting to esuaoiisn rhe manifesto passed around in the ; an autocracy in this country, senate was "generously signed" byi "The President has no desire to senators on both sides, it was declared ' pntrench upon constitutlonalities on JJ' Senator Harding, of Ohio, Repub- Congress." JiCa- ; Cummins responded that als re- 4he manifesto read: "In view of the! mark referred to the legislation rath that the rules of the Senate for- er than to what the. President would u a vote onthemeasure if the fili- do. - . ,x "uster should continue to the end, the Consideration" of the agricultural nate has adopted this means of re- J bill sidetracked the neutrality bill at "Wing its sentiment." I 1:30 a. m., "but parliamentarians said Shonly after the manifesto was! this would not affect the general situ I'ut mto circulation Senator Hitch-', ation. , : Ch. m charge of the armed neutral-1 " measure, said: "Things look a! Early last night the end of the de- '"''e bit heifer- " ro nnt in tht. Jl!l whs Taken as an indication It appeared early tonight that; tne tl-p manifesto might be turned resolution giving the President the c'Vin ffctive club to swing the power he asked would be passed at "-calcit rants into line. least ve to one it it could get to & 'oiiovvnig is a list of Senators who! vote. signed the manifestb up to II There was a dawning belief growing C o;:k: ljust before six o'clock, that Senator isrady, Brandegee; Broussard, ! tions committee, and, always-hereto-' Catron, Chamberlain, Chilton, . fore one of the President's chief sup FerK'i Curtis, Dillingham, Fall, i porters, waclukHy" .dragging his . ui u. h jetcher, Harding, Hard- speech into a filiDusier. tin?' "itchcock, Hollis, Hughes, Hus-' At 5:30 o'clock he had been speak & James, Johnson, Jones, Kern, r ing more than three hours, y . Lee, Lewis, Lodge, McCumber, . And at-that time he branched off ' tLan, Martin. Mvers Nelson. New- from the armed neutrality bill m an Phelan, Pittman, Poindexter, Pomer- ene, Ransdell, Robinson, Saulisbury, Shaf roth, Sheppard, Sherman, Shield, Simmons, Smith, Georgia; Smith, Alary land ; omiin, micnigan; ouitxi, Smoote, Sutherland, Swanson, Thom as, Townsend, Wadsworth, Walsh, Watson, Williams, Underwood, Du Pont, Williams and Warren. As the session? dragged after mid night Washington society having completed its social activities, decid ed, to take in'the big show and storm ed galleries in evening clothes. - Society found practically all the de sirable seats taken. Society, how- ever decided to rougn u. Women in evenine gowns and weai- . .ing fortunes m furs sat on the steps m tne members gaiieries. Up to 1 o'clock this morning, Sen ator LaFollette had not yet taken the floor. During that time ,how- ever he had gone among nis co-nu- busters asking them to talk for shells . rt that hia time when it came, might not be too long. The general j impression prevailed that after all others had concluded. Liat'onetie would demand the right to be heard and then talk the measure into its final death throes. But in spite of all these unfavor able things, some few Democratic leaders still hoped against hope that "a break might come" before the end. anOUia inisia,ii iu ueciui, uuntii and should the Senate be prevented from taking its official vote, it was emphatically declared oy tsenaior President on the floor that there would be no extra session called now. "The President will go ahead and put into effect the power, he has de clared was alreacy his," Simmons said. . "And in so doing he wilLknow that a great majority of the Senate tav JJXDkV M J The report was adi V fJ w The report was adopted viva voce. It is now ready for the r-resiaenLs signature ol,-(-lit gUillUl c. Shortly before midnight, after an absence of six Hours since his speech ; t)f,iont AA7ilarn's stand. oppUolllg x icuiuuui. - 1 -j ' Qdtq tnr Rtnnft re-entered the cham- Senator Reed here took exception o Cummins' remarK max. ue uyyo- Kaisenzmg me unueu . owica. "This." Reed said, "implies t rnt, i ' Tarl Ctn llllDlieS the x 11JLD, avv -x- - -:- -:- -- -x- -x- -x -x- 4 -x- VARDAMAN BLOCKS THE RESPITE. (By United Press.) Washington, March 4. The -X-) resolution, providing delay- -"-ing operations of Hie "bone dry" -X-amendment to the postal appro- -X-priation billuntii - juiy 1, w.as -X-blocked for the time being any- -X-way early today by objection of -X-Senator Vardaman. -X- -5f -X- -X- -X- 4r w -Jr X -X- -X- -5 -X- X -X- -X- -X- purely extra news matters. While some hopefully argued that Stone could not stand the grind throughout the night and until noon to morrow, others argued it was not at all unlikely that Sone shortly would be relieved by Senator LaFollette, wave e have been resting, on couches in his office, practically all day. In this connection, it was remember ed that Stone and LaFollette conduct ed the famous filibuster some years ago, against the Aldrich-Vreeland cur rency bill; "and it was foiled by a par liamentary trick which caught Stone and LaFollette unawares." At that time it was LaFollette, Re publican, leading a LaFolette-Stone filibustering team against a Republi can measure and approved by a Repub lican President. If the hinted Stone-LaFollette fili buster material insists tonight it would be: Stone, leading a Stone-La-iFollette filibustering team aaginst a 'Democratic measure approved even asked by a Democratic President. It was also pointed out by some Senators that the constituents of Stone in the middle West Eastern Missouri have much in common with the constituents of LaFollette in the Northwest Wisconsin. ' Fear1 was openly expressed on both sfdes of the Chamber that whatever Stone's real intentions. LaFollette in tended to wait until the last minute, and then talkntil the session die3. , At best, proponents of the bill be lieved, the vote wanted by a big ma jority in the Senate, might not come until just before the final gasp ot the , Congress at noon tomorrow. . Impatent at the delay, caused by the long drawn out remarks of differ ' ent Senators, the President spent a restless afternoon at the White House. He was in constant touch with devel- opments "on the hill." I At iour o'clock, when a telephone inquiry to his executive office disclo?- ed the fact that no end of the discus- sion appeared near, he left for a long walk with Mrs. Wilson in a cold and drearv drizzle. Tonight the President resumed his vigil in his library at the White House, keeping in constant communi cation with his lieutenants at the Cap- litol. ! Bitterness of administration leaders i at the White House was not concealed. Friends and intimates of the Presi j dent were unbridled in their denuncia tion of the Senate's action in debating ! for nearly a week a Virtual vote of con t fidence in the President and the pow ! er to protect American rights. They drew a gloomy picture of the effect it has created in the minds of Eu i rope governments. ' The President "will not fail to grasp the opportunity to place responsibili ty" for halting action on the big sup ply bills was emphatically declared. The course which the President will 'pursue was not disclosed but there were some who believed that before I this session adjourns, Congress and i the country will hear from the Prest ' dent on the present situation. ! Amazement and regret mingled in I administration expressions on Sena I tor Stone's long speech against the ' armed neutrality bill during the after ' noon. j There was something tragic in the j withdrawal of support by "Gumshoe Bill" who has always stood- staunchly I by the President's side through many hitter-fiehta durine the last few years. Stone himself referred to his posi tion now and there was a not& of taan vturrat. in his Voice as "the V WNsjfe' - first disagreement he and the Presi dent had been unable to reconcile." r "If this were but a question of faith ! and trust in him," Stone declaied, "I would not hesitate. "Bat," he-added dramatically, "I wf.uM not for a moment consi ler vot- j ing suth extraordinary powers into .the hands of any president although ' I would rather trust President Wilson than the whole United Conclave of jingoes in and out of Congress." j In opnosing the granting of unlimit ! ed powers to the President Stone held as did many of the speakers, both ( Republicans and Democrats that the "Armed .Neutrality- diii wouia actu ally and shortly too result in a state or war of at least give the President authority to . engage in hostilities. But Stone, even though speaking for hours and delaying action on the meas ure, declared thai while he could not j v (Continued from Page One) TARBORO'S MA YOR AND TWO OFFICERS SHOT BY A "TIGER" Tragedy Enacted in North Car olina Town When Raid Was Made. , BOTH OFFICERS DEAD; MAYOR LIKELY TO DIE. Notorious Booze Seller, Named Nelson, Riddled Of ficers When'They Entered His Den Captured But May be Taken Away to :Save Mig tiBr (Special to The Dispatch.) , Raleigh, N. C. March 3. Patrolmen Uwaltney and Riggan, of the Tarboro force, are dead and Mayor Keech of that city, is fatally wounded, as the result of a raid upon one Nelson's "blind tiger" joint this evening. Nelson, who had run a little chicken and egg business as a blind to the more lucrative business, was visited by the Mayor and the Chief with the two" officers, and after the Chief rapped on the door, he was invited in. The two patrolmen walked in and Nelson fired four times. His first three shots were deadly and the fourth aimed at the Chief went wild. The officer caught and held him under arrest. Mayor Keech's wound is in the small of the back and his chances are slim. Messages from Tarboro tonight indicated that Nelson would be sent away for safety. The fellow stood trial years ago for murder in Pitt and has borne the reputation of an exceed ingly bad man. Picked Up in Life Boats of De- stroyed British Steamer - Nq Lives Lost. (By United Press.) London, March 3. Four Americans were rescued from life boats of the British steamer, Belgier, and landed today by a French scout ship. Their ship was torpedoed by a submarine on February 23 without any casualties among the crew. The four Americans who were among the crew were: i Isadore Frank, Percy Frey, , Dewitt : Stevens and Daniel Gatliff. The Belgier was a steel screw steam er of 4,588 tons, owned by Brys and Gylson, London, and registered at Lon don. TAMMANY BRAVES OFF TO THE INAUGURATION (By United Press.) New York, March 3. One thousand and sixty-four Tammany braves, re- i splendent in frock coats and top hats, j departed today in four special Penn sylvania trains for the inauguration at Washington. Each section had a barrel of beer QTirl JfioV Twxt fin o miior -fHaS on of Colonel Jacob Puppert. No worn- en or children, but plenty of cheese, .salad, lobster and sandwiches went ! along to keep the Tarnmanyites from getting hungry on their six-hour ride. A flock of brass bands totalling 169 members, including snare dnim j mers and tuba players, also rode. FOUR AMERICANS WERE RESCUED! i : PIIPIIUR cnuT I I W I Ukllll UUI 1 I BILL DEFEATED BY THE SOLONS Initiative and Referendum Turned Down, By House r Committee Last Night. PEGR AM MUNICIPAL BILL GOES THROUGH Alien Capital Punishment Bill Is Killed Both Houses Now Working Hard. (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, March 3. Initiative and referendum failed before the House committee this evening, but the six months' school term went through with less than no difficulty. Farmers' Union leaders urged both measures and besought the committee not to kill the initiative and referen dum, but to allow its regular course on the floor. It was too much for Doughton, Dees, Grier, Ray and Stubbs, who found no difficulty in supporting the school increase. Tonight both Houses are fiercely at work. The House first took up the Doughton substitute for the Turner bill, prescribing such sweeping changes in prison management. The two former lieutenant governors were able to agree on the Senate amend in ent which supervises corporal pun ishrrnt so effectively as to make it the last resort even for fncorrigibles and then not necessarily to whip. The Senate tonight slew the "bill cap tioned, "An Act to Protect Women." The measure, originating in the House, was designed to prevent publication of the names of women victims of either assault or attempted criminal assault. It had passed both Houses, but was lost 19 to 21. Senator Jone3, of Buncombe, denounced it. It would be a gross injustice to the news papers," he said. The Senate also killed, the alien bill "abolishing capital punishment in all except criminal as sault. Both houses worked late and will begin early Monday, passing the act for inspection of public school chil dren. The House wrote the bill into law. The Statewide municipal bill, known as the Pegram act, passed the Senate tonight and becomes law, along with the companion Pegram municipal fin ance -bill. WATER POWER BILL LOST IN SCRAMBLE. (By United Press.) Washington, March 3. The Shields water power bill, desired by the Pres ident, was defeated tonight when House and .Senate conferees failed to reach an agreement The bill would have provided regulation of re maining water powr on government reserves. v - FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS MUST CONSERVE. (By United Press.) Washington, D. C, March 3. Fed eral reserve banks must conserve ! their investments and be prepared for heavy drains on their resources. The Federal reserve board warned tonight in its February report. Boldly Admits Move to Array Japan and Mexico Against j United States. ONLY IN CASE OF WAR, ITS EXPLAINED. Foreign Secretary Declares Germany Had to Take Pre paratory StepCountry Supports Him. (By United Press.) Berlin, March 3. Germany supports Foreign Secretary Zimmermann's ex planation that Germany's move for a Mexican-Japanese alliance against America was justified. Hiditonal comment today on the American' revelations of Zimmer imann's plan, together with Zimmer j mann's explanation, made public ! through the official press generally, indicated unity in holding Germany ! was not exceeding her rights in such a plan a plan specifically advanced j as not to be carried out unless Amer I ica declared war. The press and public alike agreed that America's course prior to the break in relations ground . for taking precautionary! , iucasuiBB tiiose measures to become effective only upon America entering the war against Germany. Berlin newspapers held that Zimmermann had aptly stated the circumstances and unassailably presented Germany's position in his statement. The com ment of the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger Was characteristic of this general view. The editorial said : "With beneficial frankness the Ger man government sets forth its essen tial explanation against the tendency! or sensational reports from America of the precaution which the govern- j ment took, and to which it was not i only diplomatically entitled to take, j but which it was its duty to take, to j meet a possible attack." j The foreign secretary's statement, as announced by the official press bu j reau, contained these statements:' j "I fail to see how such a 'plot' is j inspired by unfriendliness on our jpart It youid -mean -nothing but that we would use means universally ad mitted in war in . case the United States declared war. "The most important part of the al leged plot is its conditions and form. The whole 'plot' falls to the ground in cae the United States does not declare war against us. And if we really, as the report alleges, consid ered' the possibility of hostile acts of the United States against us, then we really had reasons to do so." Continuing, the minister quoted a j report in an Argentine newspaper ! how America has "suggested to other American republics common action; asiuiisi uermany ana ner allies, a plot which was apparently not con ditional in the least. He also quoted reports of an American newspaper man, who said: "The United States was waitincr I only for the proper moment in order j opportunely to assist the Entente," uuu mai irom me oegmning or the war Americans really participated in it by putting the immense resources of the United States at the Entente's disposal and that Americans had not declared war only because they felt sure that assistance by friendly neu trality would be doing . at that time much more efficiently for the entente than direct participation in the war." In conclusion; Zimmermann said: "But there were other facts which seemed to confirm this and similar assurances. Everybody knows these facts and I need not repeat them. The Entente propaganda services have sufficiently heralded all these jprofentente demonstrations in the Unit ed-States. And if you think of these demonstrations with the actual atti tude of the United States, then it is obvious that it was not frivolous on our part to consider what defensive measures we should take in case we were attacked by the United States." V Stirred Holland. Amsterdam, March 3.--Revelation of the German plot to align Mexico and Japan in an alliance with Ger many for war on the United States, created a profound sensation in Hol land, coming as it did almost coinci- i dental with rumors that the German Duuuiaiiut; auction, i cucntij uii sc v till Dutch ships, was part of a deliberate German plan. This plan, according to the rumor, was to force Holland's hand and her entrance into the war. The rumor was founded on the be lief that Germany's recent massing of troops near the Dutqh border was undertaken with the idea of preparing for a forward sweep over Holland's rich agricultural lands and seizure of j her rich food stores and supplies, in case Holland resented by a war dec laration attack ,onxher ships, "condi tionally guaranteed" safe passage by j uermany. y. ; the menace of these troops' It IS which is steadying public indignation!1 in Holland , over the submarine attack and-the additional belief that the Ger-i man retirement on the Ancre is being undertaken to shorten the German lines and release a considerable num-J ber of troops for any purpose. Official circles were silent today. over the German move to ally Mexico and Japan against the United States, as well as on Foreign Secretary Zim- mennann'a explanation. . Present Congress Has About Run Its Course Closing ) Scenes Being Enacted. SENATE TIED UP WITH FILIBUSTER House of Representatives Free of Trouble and Both Sides Join In Singing and Jesting. (By United Press.) Washington, March 3.--Dignity, levity, pathos mingled tonight as the second session of the 64th Con-' gress droned its life away. Dignity was the Senate portion. Levity at times, sadness at others, marked the House session. The Senate, long winded and seri- ous, talked and talked and talked. The House, less serious about it self, and things it did, injected a whoop of laughter npw and then, while as the hours stretched toward morning it turned sentimental in the sadness of good-byes. Late tonight the House' sang its farewells. . . ' Behind them was a strain of real sadness for Representative "Mike" Conry, crippled song leader of other dying Congresses, had gone in -death. They missed him as they hummed out the tunes he had loved "Auld Lang Syne," "Home, Sweet Home," "Mother Machree," and many others but they knew that good-natured, whole-hearted "Mike" Conry would have had it thus. And as the chorus died down from several hundred throats, a auartet from the press-gallery above took the refrain of old-time songs that gave a tug at the heartstrings. It seemed a bit strange, this body of men, political enemies, turned sud denly sentimentalists. The air pf sadness vanished; a thrill of patriotism struck through the assembly and all stood solemnly as in closing the singing they struck up "My Country, -'Tis of. Thee." : Over on. the Senate side the usual last minute throngs watched a drag gled group of staid and solemn men. The floor was littered with scraps of paper like a stock exchange at the end of a big market day. Outside both House and Senate gal leries streams, of inaugural visitors lined up for hours awaiting the priv ilege of a seat within where they could see the representatives of their home States. Atop of all this movrng stream of history in the moulding the capitol dome stood forth white and pale In the streams of searchlights while lib- erty crowning the dome in bronze sil houette. looked down on the din of talk anil fight and filibuster. PEACE FAILURE Reported Her Agents Med dled In The American Mexican Commission. (By United Press.) Washington, March 3.- Germany's plotting on the American continent were doubtless instrumental in large measure for failure of the American Mexican peace commission. German agents followed the ses sions of that body with a persistence that seemed surprising and one of the highest officials of the German gov ernment was often at Atlantic City when the commission was meeting there. The fact that German influ ence was manifest there is believed by many officials toJhve been di rectly responsible for failure. That the seed of the Mexican-Japanese plot may have been sown at the time is entirely possible, though not to the extent of actually planning a war. Since that time Germany or Ger man government money has gone in to the Mexican government's coffers in a considerable sum. In one in stance, Carranza, it is learned, felt he could get a $10,000,000 loan from an American commission in which some Germans were Interested, but this fell through because the loan did not meet with the Washington govern ment's approval. Not only in Germany, but elsewhere in Central America, information is in the hands of the government that scores of traveling Germans have been operating. ' PRESIDENT SIGNS "DrV" DISTRICT BILL. ' (By United Press.) Washington, March 4. Presi- 4 ' dent Wilson signed the District of Columbia prohibition bill Just before retiring at midnight to-, night. 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