WEATHER FORECAST
jMorth Carolina Local rains to-
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colder in the interior.
VOL. XXIII. NO. 55.
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dministration Can Do No
More Than is Now Being
Done Congress Alone Can
Declare War Germany
Might Beat United States
To It.
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mm PUT ON HER
- sriivm. , luriuer nepresenumve William:
(By Associated Press.) -fKent, of Keatfield, Cal.; Daniel C. Ro- '
London, March 14, 3:20 p. m.
!r According to later -advices front of
x Plymouth t-t"-SMmlte4
s opened fire 1,P"gff?WMTat '
from ?. distancei 4,000 yards, -H-
firing about 20 shells. These
v were nor suffiripnt to sink the 45-
steamer so she was boarded by
men from the submarine, who
placed four bombs, and the Al- tember, 1918, to accept the position on
gonquin was then blown up. The the commission.
crew was given plenty of time -5f Professor "Taussig is authority on
" io leave the vessel. - economics and has written extensive-
- .ly on the tariff.
.". ... .v. ' '. ' ' ' v ' ' v 3i .V- . S-r-
Chairman of the labor committee of
Xew York, March 14. The Ameri-tthe last House of Representatives. He
fan Steamship Algonquin with ten was defeated for election as Senator
Americans aboard, was sunk by a Ger- from Maryland in the last election. He
man submarine on March 12 with a is a native of Pennsylvania,
loss of vessel and cargo valued at $1,-' Daniel C. Roper, Democrat, was con-
.'JO.000. A cable message received
here today by her owners, the Amen -
can Star Liner and dispatches from; of
London, told of the apparent safety of , ity
fticers and crew, 87 of whom.
n landed.
The message said the vessel was William Kent, independent was a field marshal's tactic at Tannenberg, i horsemen took to the life boats, and
torpedoed but did not indicate where , member of Congress from the first! early in the war when his army re.J after being adrift about three and half
she was at the time According to aICaliforma dlstnct in the last Con- ( tired Defore the Russians in order hours they were picked up by an ad
consular report from Plymouth, Eng-.ress, but did not run for re-election, j that room for the strategical opera-! miralty boat.
land, the Algonquin's captain stated ! During the last campaign he support-. tions might be gained. J The Leysian was wrecked at 7:30
his shin i,,. cvi X-ttimif ed President Wilson and was presi-1 TC n.v.. r 'o'clock at night, but did not go to
warning ldent of tne Wilson Independent .
The Algonquin sailed from New.Leue.He; is a native of Chicago.
York on February 20 with foodstuffs.!, Costigan is a lawyer who is,
H'T dPstinntinn wo T.nnrtnr, shA wftR I
J'! of the first American ships
leave the United States after Germany i111,7 . W.aS-U 11
established her submarine blockade. I192 and 1914 he was the Pr-'
Formerly a Canadian owned boat
"r British registry, the Algonquin! Mr-. CulP er n' JQe.
transferred to the American flag tosti01 m the legal department of
December when she was purchased byth Federal Trade Commission. He
the American Star Line. While under,
Canadian ownership she was engaged j
!n trade between New York and St.!
Jhn, N. B.
The Algonquin, a freighter, was one;
y the first American vessels to sail,
irom the United States after Germany j
Enounced her submarine campaign of
""restricted warfare. 1
She carried about 2,000 tons of car- '
sp. v.-as commanded by Captain A.
ordberg, a naturalized American of
Norwegian birth. - !
When she left here on February 20
owners expected her to reach the i
Jubniarine zones about March 8. It :
fta;5 assumed here today that she went ,
wnsiderably out of her course. j
nor to sailing the Algonquin's cap-1
lai'l Said hf VinH n fcor tViof Ytia VPS.!
,ei would be torpedoed. "I feel safer .
ln sailing through the war zone on a
'GSSol f;.j,. ji.. a . ... n xi it i
1U;U 11U lUi L11U ly 1J11U
do try
"viug uie American nag inaii x
in
to make my way about New
'ork streets nnri rwio-incr tflviha " ne '
Said. ;
Slif
eet irmo- anri An f Knom QViol
built in 1888 in Glasgow. She .
Jas a single screw steamer and was
4mmande(i by Captain A. Nordberg.L
Jmng the American citizens onj
ward were Wm. T. Holmes, of Chica-i
T niate. anrl Chnries Sehnitz. of
Charles Sehnltz.
JOKiyn, chief engineer. Her owners
f r(P!'d t0 Sive the officers a war bonus
iitty ppr cent in wae.P9 a.nr. the crew
wnus of 2f per cent with the provi-,
Hlf-1 nie vessel Wilis yay-1
in rtrtar 1 1 nr r ,
destrnvoH ww.ot, rora n he
(1 bonus with their wages until
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(Contind From Page Six.)
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TARIFF BOARD IS
NOW COMPLETE
President Names The Commis
sion, Headed By Harvard
Professor.
(By Associated Tress.)
Washington, RJarch 14. President
Wilson has selected the following
men as members of the tariff commis
sion: Professor rranK W. Tussig; of Har
vard University; Former Representa
tive David J. Lewis, of Cumberland,
Md.; former Representative William
per, of McColl, 8. C.; E. P. Costingan,
Denver, Solo., .and W. S. Culbert
of :
Profe"ssorfc Taussig, who will be
chairman of the commission, is a na-
tive of St. Louis. He has been con-
nprteH. with Harvard TTnivprsitv sitipp 1
1S82 and has obtained a leave of ab- i
sence from that institution until Sep-!
David J. Lewis, Democrat, was
nected with tle House Ways and I
Means committee during the framing
the present tariff bill as an autnor-;
on statistics. He is a native of i
South Carolina, and until recently was,
first assistant postmaster general.
asluUftBU uyuu ao uuo kjl iuc iuuuucio
to the Progressive party in Colorado.'
looKea upon as one oi me luuuueis uij
ssive. tnd?dae lL5!r
comes from Emporia, Kans
STILL DECLINE TO
GIVE THE DETAILS
College Professor, Who Shot
Student, Released on Bond
In Virginia.
(By Associated Press )
Blacksburg, Va., Marcn 14-
-Charles
E. Vawter, professor of mathematics
at the Virginia -Polytechnic Institute,
i J , TroT.r.Qnf pVinrci'nir
was anesicu uu a. t.0.t,
him with the felonious shooting of
stnpirtnn Heth Jr.. in the .former's
t,nnia iioro onrlv vesterdav. it became
known today. He waived preliminary
ovominaHnn before a justice oi tne
peace at Christianburg and gave bond
for his appearance before the grand
jury. ,
Details of the shooting still were
lacking today, both Dr. Vawter and,
his wife refusing to discuss it.
TTeth is in a critical condition in a
Rnanoke hosbital, b'ut his condition
! today was said to be more favorable
than it was last night
The high cost of living is grven ab
the cause for the boost in the price
S ZluVyeiii leaders, win
cost an average of 25 cents more than
Est season.
I I
BRITISH
HAMMER
NOW AT PORTALS
OF
Germans Continue Their Re
treat Along The Somme
Front.
REASONS FOR IT
ARE NOT KNOWN
- p , D .
1 euton Keport
Hurling
French' Back Constanti-
irkneimits Fall'cf
Bagdad.
Another great retreat by the Ger-
mans on the Somme front is in prog-
ress. The consequent British advance
has brought General Sir Douglas
Haig's forces almost to the outskirts
of Bapaume, the speedy fall of which
is now counted among the probabili
ties.
The great ridge west of
the
BAPAUM
town is in British hands, the Ger-, Leysian, which was wrecked off the
mans having abandoned their main; west coast of the British Isles, Feb
defensive system here on a front ofjruary 20, returned to Newport News
3 1-2 miles. j today and stated that the Leysian was
Various reasons for the movement ! beinS chased by a German submarine
are advanced. Thp theorv that Fieldlwhen tne ship went on the rocks.
Marshal von Hindenburg's intention!
was to carry out a strategic retreat
itfa th expectation of drawine the
Bntisn mt0 tne open is neld out Dy
one of tne German military wri-'
ters quoted in a Berlin newspaper,
Thi m attention to the
disconcert the British some of the
military writers declare, it
was frustrated by the British tactics.
Thev sav the Germans becinnine their
Saf L a stoteS opeoto in-!
rp asv tha non. hAinninjr their!
terfere with the British plans for an
offensive were compelled to continue ;
the movement because the British
followed up the retreat with their su-!
peri()r artillery instead of piling in
ftfter th Germans with their cavalry,!
as Lilt; vrci wans ayytticiiLijf iiau ca-
Berlin s omciai report toaay aoes i
not mention the retirement in , the ,
Somme region. It says the operations ;
there were British attacks yesterday i
afternoon and last night in the Ancre '
sector which were repulsed with
heavy losses
Other fighting of a notable charac-
" - nil
ter is in progress on the Franco-Bel-
gian front. Not the least significant, i
J possibly, is a French operation in the j
St. Mihel region, the sector of the fa-
mous German salient, lying southeast;
of Verdun. The French, m an attack
late yesterday, made an impression
on the salient, capturing the Romain-
Trills farm THe Germans admit that
one of their posts here was pushed)
back.
The French also have held the Ger
mans from effecting gains in new at
tacks on the hotly contested positions
near Maisons de Champagne and
have made fresh progress themselves
in hand grenade operations there.
The Turks are apparently still in
retreat up the Tigris from Bagdad.
They announced the evacuation of
that city indirectly in an official state
ment recording a Turkish retirement
from the south of Bagdad to a point
between Bagdad and Samara, which
latter piace is on iue xi&uo, auum
miles northwest of Bagdad.
On the Russian front the operations
have consisted mainly of raids. In
Macedonia, however, there seems to
be an entente movement of some im-j
portance in
nroeress. Tne tserun
statement reports
attacks by the
FreneUJn the Lai.e region west ot
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CHINESE GOVT. NOW
READ ENTER WAR
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 14. China has severed diplomatic
relations with Germany, take possession of all
the German merchant ships in Shanghai, about six
j in number, placed their crews
placed armed guards on the vessels. Advices to the Navy De
partment today from the senior officer in Chinese waters gave
no further details.
American Minister Reinsch, at Peking, today reported to
the State Department that China had severed diplomatic rela
tions with Germany and that the German minister had been
handed his passports. N
China's severance of relations has been expected here for
weeks. The action of the United States in breaking relations
was received with acclaim by Chinese officials and press.
Feeling against Germany has run high, not only because
scores of Chinese on the way to Europe have been killed in :
German submarine operations,
rvaiser s order to ms Doxer runitive rorce to make th wnrd
j German dreaded in China for
j Germany of the whole province of Shantung for the murder
' of two missionaries.
Seizure of the German ships
an act of war as in the case of Portugal.
China's action may be followed by seizure of German
property in China, which is very extensive.
or si.
ylROCKS
Newport News Insurance Man
1 Tells of Experience Aboard
Fleeing Ship.
(By Associated Press.)
Newport Neks, Va., March 14.
George Bland, local insurance man,
who shipped from here as assistant
foreman aboard the British horse boat
Me sam tnat tne Leysian had un-
loaded a cargo of horses at Belfact
and was one day out of that ' port,
bound for Cardiff, Wales, for coal,
when the ship was wrecked at a point
'about ten miles from Fishguard. Mr. ,
Bland stated that aft of the crew and j
pieces untl1 the next day- She was I
broken in two by being thrown on the ,
'cks: )
AIie uere uie nrsi wfK.
L February, the day before the United i
ine ieysian ieu nere tne nrsc weeK
States government severed diplomatic
relations with Germany.
Aorfc MrfcAar nAr
GERARD NOW BACK
iN WAHINfT
TM WAQHINHTOM
wpshintnn Marr.h 14.-Pnrmflr Am-
bassador Gerard arrived here today
and was met at the raiiway station by
Sprptflrv Tl,mi1itv and other officials.
Any plang Mr Gerard may have had I
for makin a statement were changed I
when the State Department arranged
LyJL mill aay uc vw uiu xuan. ut-
tailed statement until he conferred
witVl th nartmnt
for him to say he could make no de
M Gerard mav not see the Presi-
dfmt fnr ,inv nr two fnr thfi presi-
di t receiving no visitors until he
fully recovers from his cold.
uniTMMCV" TA rI17M
EJIXO I IKJ UrLH
NEW ROUTE SHORTLY.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, March 14. The Pennsyl
vania Railroad announces that it ex
peets to open the route between New
England and the South via New York
City and the new Hell Gate bridge
on April 1. Through passenger ser
vice at the opening will be confined
to the operation of the Federal Ex
press at night between Washington
and Boston.
APPROVES ATLANTA'S
DISCOUNT RATE.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March . 14. The Fed-
eral reserve board has approved At-
lanta reserve, uamv a- uiawuui,
effective March 15, of 3 1-2 per cent
on commercial, live stock, agricultu
ral and commodity paper, 15 days or
less.
In
(TIE
on shore urtder guard, and
but from memory of the!
a century, and the seizure bv
may be taken bv Germanv as
Reported That Germany's Le
gation Directed Mexico's
Peace Note.
(By Associated Press )
Washington, March 14. Confiden
tial diplomatic reports passing through
here from the representatives of a
neutral government in Mexico on their
way to Europe say the German bank
i in Mexico City and German legation
there are guiding virtually the entire
financial and diplomatic affars of Mex
ico.
According to these reports the ac-
tion of Mexico in sending recently to
the Ameircan republics a note on the
subject of neace in Euron was direot
subject of peace in Europe was direct
ed by officials of the German legation,
whila f Vi o CI arm n n Kn nV i c ooil koirn
come into control of the Mexican
nnanHai situation
financial situation.
EX-LIEUT. GOVERNOR
OF NEW YORK DEAD
B-V The Associated Press.)
New York, March 14.-William F.
Sheehan former lieutenant-governor
i c
today
ui xw ioik, uieu at nis nouie nere
When the Legislature became dead
locked in the struggle to select a
Democratic candidate for the United
States Senate in 1911. it was Mr. i
Sheehan on whom the fight centered.
The deadlock was broken by the
agreement to choose James A. O'Gor
man. Mr. Sheehan was taken suddenly ill
last night on a train returning from
Florida. Death "was due to heart trou
ble. He was 58 years old.
n a Mir I C DDATUCTC
rtJ 1 1 -
TO COUPLE PAPERS.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 14. Secretary
Daniels sent a protest today to the
New York World and the Washington
Herald against publication of the news
stories today in those papers relating
to the arming and movements of
Amorinan morphflnt chine
"Newspapers generally are gladly
and cordially co-operating with the
spirit of the policy the government is
carrying out," the secretary said in
his message, referring to the request
he had made to suppress publication
of any information regarding Ameri
can mercant craft in" the trans Atlan
ti ctrade.
"This tiem is not in accordance with
the policy of the government," he con
tinued, "and I earnestly ask that no
such publications be made in future."
THIRTY MILES BEYOND
BAGDAD.
(By Associated Press.)
London, March 14. The Brit-
ish have advanced 30 miles above
Bagdad, it is announced official-
ly.
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i GERMAN MONEY
lllNEifliiRK
TT F T
MAN SHIPS
4" 1 fr "i .!$' 444 4 4 4 4 !
4 4
RUSSIANS CAPTURE PERSIAN
4 TOWN. 4
4
(Associated Press.) '
s lonaon, Marcn 14. ine cap
ture by the Russians of the Per- 4
4 sian town of Karmanshah is re- 4
in an unofficial dispatch 4
ived here today. 4
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Negro Who Attempted to
Wo-Up ne JFarme:
Has Been Arrested,
(Special to The dispatch.)
Goldsboro, March 14. Joe Smith, a
negro 18 years of age, giving Kinston
as his home, was brought to this city
and lodged in jail by Sheriff Edwards
and his posse late yesterday after
noon. Smith is identified as one of
the twro negroes who on Monday after
noon attempted to rob John H. How
ell, and as the latter' reached for an
axe handle to defend himself was shot
through the hand.
The arrested negro admits that he,
with one Moses Best, who hails from
this city, are the guilty parties. How
ever, he says that Best is the one who
made the demand and did the shoot
ing. A posse is now on the trail of Best
and the last reports were that they ,
had him surrounded near Fremont, 14
miles north of here. In all probabil
ity he will not be taken alive as he is
believed to be armed and the men
will take no chances with him.
The tragedy caused quite a sensa
tion throughout Mr. Howell's section,
as he is a prominent farmer. Coming
from miles around, men joined in the
search for the negroes and credit is
given the farmers for the capture of
the one now under arrest.
SOUTHEAST STORM
MAY BE ON WAY.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 14. An advi
sory southeast storm warning bulle
tin from Norfolk to Eastport, Me., was
issued today by the Weather Bureau.
The storm is expected to shift to the
southwest at sunset.
PRESIDENT BACK AT
WORK IN WHITE HOUSE.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 14. President
Wilson was so near complete recov
ery from the cold with which he has;
been suffering for more than a week
that, he attended to public business
today in his study. He is not expect
ed to leave the White House for sev-
eral aavs
LAST DAY ARGUMENT
IN STEEL TRUST CASE.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 14. This was
the fourth and last day of-arguments
before the Supreme Court in the Fed
eral dissolution suit against the
United States Steel Corporation. Solicitor-General
Davis summed up for
, the - government
!
NAMES POSTMASTER
!
FOR HENDERSON.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 14 President
Wilson today nominated Isaac J. ;
. 1 -T T . J
Young to De postmaster at nenuersuu
N. C.
ONE D E S P ERA DO
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President Will Make Appeal
To Both Employers and
EmployesFc.Peace. y
SITUATION DEMANDS
HARMONY OF PEOPLE,
President is Being Kept in!
Close Touch With The Situ
ation by The Department
of Labor Conference to be
Held Tomorrow.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 14. President
Wilson i3 amazed at the proposal of
a nation-wide railway strike at this
juncture of International affairs.
Tt wart nia.te.r1 niithnrlratlvAlv tnrlnv
that jbft expects -railroad ma .at "theit-tT , '"
consider the stated of the country's
foreign relations and make every pos
sible effort to agree.
It is possible that he may appeal
to both sides on that ground. Today
the President was being kept in touch
with the situation through Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Labor.
Meeting Strictly Secret.
New York, March 14. Strict se
crecy was thrown about the meeting
here today between the National
chiefs of the brotherhoods of railroad
employes and eastern brotherhood
official to discuss plans for the strike
which may be called Saturday if the
chiefs at the conference with the rail
road managers here tomorrow fail to
attain the desired results.
While professing not td know what
the brotherhood chiefs would demand
railroad representatives just before a
meeting of the National Conference
Committee of the railroads, said they
would not be surprised if they de
manded that the provisions of the
Adamson law be put into immediate
operation, together with a provision
for time and a half for overtime, or,
in substance, complete compliance
with the demands which began the
controversy a year ago A circular al
leged to have been sent to the 400,000
members of brotherhoods from the
Cleveland headquarters in the past
week and signed by W. S. Carter,
president of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen, was
made public today by the railroad
managers. It said, in part:
"If there is a sincere public demand
that the railway employes shall not
strike for the eight-hour day-then
let the Federal government operate
the railroads and assume responsibil
ity for the wages and working opera
tions of the employes."
While the National chiefs of the
four railroad employes brotherhoods
were discussing with the Eastern
brotherhood officials here today the
plans for the threatened Nation-wide
railroad strike, which may begin Sat
urday, representatives of the railway
manager made public what they
declared was a promise not to strike
made by the brotherhoods in secret
meeting in Chicago, January 13. They
quoted from the text of the statement
a' passage saying:
"No radical action would be taken
until the decision of the Supreme
Court had been handed down in con
nection with the eight-hour law."
W. G. Lee, president of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen, was
asked about this statement after the
brotherhood meeting had been re
cessed with an announcement that no
action had been taken at the forenoon
session, but that the -meeting would
be resumed this afternoon. He 'said
he would not discuss anybody's inter
pretation of the Chicago statement.
"It was right then and it is right
now," he declared. "And I am not
going to say anything about it."
Asked if the present . conferences
looking toward a strike might not be
considered a violation of the Chicago
statement, he said:
"We never, said we were just going
to sit still and do nothing indefinite
ly. Our position ha3 been to wait a
reasonable time, and who is to be the
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