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OUXXII. NO. 411. A a WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1917. ; '
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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
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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
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The report was adi
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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
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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
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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.
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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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