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This Forecasts Strife.
AMERICA SWOOPS
DOWN ON VESSELS
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Aftpr Rreak Comes Soain'
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to rvepresent arnica laics
in Dual Kingdom and Swed-.
ill Act for Austria-
Hungary In This Country j
(By Associated Press.)
' Washington, D. C, April &. Saron
Erich Zweidenik, 'Charge of the Au-i
stro-Hungarian embassy here, today1
demanded his passports. i
By this act Austria-Hungary breaks
off diplomatic relations with the:Unit-. . -ed
States. . - . - ..
By pre-armngements, Spain will take ,
over the diplomatic and consular 1n-
tercsts of the United States in Austria-1
Hungary. All Austrian consular j
agents will depart from the United!
states with the diplofliatio. mjsi4nRi
was the case with Germany. . '
Up to the time 'Charge Zweidenik
asked for his passports, no simfiar
action had been taken by Bulgaria and ,
Turkey-Germany's tow allies-:
their representatives here disclaiming'11"" tu xuxx
having any knowledge-of the intention &aVon in Congress -and North Caro
of their governments ' jliman residents here over the oppo-
. Austria's break with the United tio? f Congressmen Kitchin and
States undoubtedly is the prelude to,WeJ?D to the passage of the ''war res
a declaration of a state of war. Sixty-;olution, which was adopted by the
tvro days elapsed between the breaklHouse of Representatives m the early
in relations between the United States Jours of Friday morning, by a vote of
and Germany and the formal declara-,373 to 50.
tion of war. How many days will' The criticism of Webb, who did not
elapse before Germany's chief ally eh-(have the nerve to vote against the Tes
ters a state of war with Germany's olution and left , the House when the
newest enemy will be decided entirely , roll call began, after being paired
by circumstance. The diplomatic "his- against it, is more severe than against
tory of civilization and the precedents Kitchin. .
of centuries show a state of war inva-J While it is true that Claude Kitchin,
riably follows a break in diplomatic re-; the constituted Democratic leader,
lations between first-class powers. I who has failed to lead the House on
Quite aside from this however, Au-'any important measure desired by the
stria has subscribed, even if only ac- 'administration, spoke in opposition to
adeinically, to Germany's campaign of the war declaration and by that action
ruthlessness, although she has not car- j encouraged many othera to do like
ned it out against American interets. ' wise, he made a most logical argu
Eeside that, it is considered that it ment against the resolution and again
''ould be quite impossible to have' demonstrated that he is fearless in the,
abroad in the United States on a! courage of his convictions,
friendly status the diplomatic and con-j And then, Kitchin concluded his
sul agents of Germany's ally. 'speech with the declaration that when
Anti-American propaganda conduct- war is declared he will unswervingly,
ed by Austrian agents, under' German 'unhesitatingly and unselfishly do ev
direction, has been no less off ensive j erything in his power, to bring it to a
and scarcely less effective than the successful conclusion.
German propaganda itself. A clean 1 Contrasted with this stand, Webb
break between the United States and 'moped around the House of Represent
Austria was sometime ago recognized j atives for the seventeen hours the war
as the logical development. I resolution was under discussion, and
It is quite possible, however, that ' a few mmutes before the calling of the ;
there ma V lint ho ararlito nnorotinro TrriVinnt tnalrinc lrnnmn his nORI-!
betw
een the forces of the two govern
1 1 I
ments, unless Germany carrying furth
er her domination of the Vienna gov-
eminent, should force it.
Austria-Hungary has asked Sweden
to take over her interests in the Unit-' port the administration and the Unit
ed btates. . . 'ed States of America after the declara-
. All A . . T . . - ' . . ' . .
. 7, "iJl --"i ican consular onicers, as t
Well ns riin!rTnati ttti"11 iTifhAfatim
10m Austria-Hungary, and Spain will
lake over the interests of the United
fe-atos. All Austrian consular officers
as well as diplomatic will be with
drawn from the United States.
Russia, Serbia. Jaoan. Greece Mor
occo and Egypt will stand ready to
turn over Austrian interests which the
, ,HCU states nas represented in and the American people against Frus
tnose countries to whatever nation the, siahism. ."..-'
Austrian foreign office shall indicate. I It was known jearly on Thursday that
Hie United States, by the break in J Kitchin would vote against the reso
re.ations, is relieved of the care of (lution and speak'against it, and it was
Probably two million war prisoners, j believed then that Doughton and, Webb
About 200 native Americans are would follow him. . After deliberating
nfrht 10 be in Austria and Hungary, over the matter all day and far into
Officials expect no difficulties to be(the night, Doughton' decided' to stand
Placed before Americans in Austria' by the President and voted for the
nd taat all the American embassy of-j resolution, much to the surprise and.
ciais will be allowed to leave without gratification of his colleagues.
Constraint Or inrnnVfinipTlfP nwJnP tn I Worlv In - tho 1av Wohh. tnifl hi.J
the decidedly friendly feeling that
nas snown, despite German pres-Ithe,
m ,tria has in. this country about SOfhext mornirig.just half -an -hour be-
consular officers, in addition to her fore the vote was takenrhe" declined
resular embassy staff, not including (to commit himself. 7
rfp- attaches and families. , Safe Ahen Webb's name was reached on
conduct for all will - be arranged at the first roll call it was called twice
nee and jt is possiDie that the Au-.without response. It was called twice
in arl dismissed at this time may more oh rthe second roll call without
Jin the German nfRiala dicmlco.gnv Qnomo frrTn TXTcJh A cs h o hnrl
rom china and Cuba, in order to jour-1
Rey by the samfi rnnto
Officials here, deeply' regretting the
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be devoted to doing Red Gross &
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tion to his colleagues, arranged to be r
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paired against the resolution and left
the House.
As far as is known he left no word
hphinrt a a tn whpthp.r he would SUO-
tion or war against uermany - to up
hold American rights and honor, or
whether he would be a "slacker."
The humiliation of North Carolina
by the action of Claude Kitchin, the
Democratic leader, in leading the op-
j position to the declaration f war and
making a vigorous speech against it,
was made complete-by the ' failure of
Webb to line up with the President
An-.friends he wouldprobably .-vbte against!
resolution but declined, to frankly
onmmH1 Tiitnoolf- TTrv ' until 9. SA - thft
been in the chamber, but a short while
before' the roll call, the. presumption
was he was opposed to the resolution,
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WEBB AND KITBHIN
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DECLARES VICTOR
PLAN INVALID
OUpreme Court Uecides Ad-
versely Scheme to "Fix
the Price
(By Associated Press.) ,
Washington, April 19. Determining
important questions regarding con
trol by patentees of retail prices of
their products the Supreme Court to
day pronounced unlawful the "limited
license" plan under which the Victor
Talking Machine Company and many
other products are distributed.
The court' held that patent grants
for machines give others the right to
use Ahem, subject to the patent right,
with "any appropriate material or
supplies." This overturns the court's
decision in the Dick Mimeograph case.
The court did not decide -legality
of the Victor plan, of limiting distri
ers. " . . . -
Justices McKenna, Holmes and Van-
deventer dissented from the decisions
in the factor case. 7
The Victor license plan was held to
be mere price-fixing "which would
work injustice" to the purchasing pub-'
lie and designed to avoid the court s
previous decisions.
In another similar patent infringe
ment suit, of the' Motion Picture Pat
ents Company against the Universal
Film Manufacturing Company and
others, the court held invalid restric
tions of the patents company upon
use of competitors' films in the pro
jecting machines.
i.zirmn
With Representatives of Bra
zil and Other South Ameri
can Republics
(By Associated Pess.)
London, April 9. A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph, Company from
The Hague says that Dr. Zimmer
mann, the -German foreign secretary,
conferred for an hour on Sunday .with
the ministers of Brazil, Argentine: and
Chile. The dispatch says that it is
thought in. Berlin that the conference
was connected with a possible rupture
of relations between Germany 'and the
three South American republics.
I First Armed Steamship of This
Country to Make the
.'" Round Trip
(By The Associated Prss.)
- New York, April 9. The American
Line steamship, St. Louis, arrived here
today from Europe the first armed
passenger; vessel to make a round trip
yoyage from America , since the Ger
man decree of nnrestricted submarine
warfare. - :
The;'St. Louis left New York on
March ,17, with American , citizens
among her passengers and passed
safely , through the U-boat zone. On
Tier" return' trip she left a "European
port oh March 31
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IIS RETURNS
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4 .'Raleigh, ;N.. C, April 9. The
Cape -Fears river will rise v to a"
stage, of about thirty-five feet at
FUyetteville during the. next twen-
3ty-f our hours. ; k
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Put Up the Price of -
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TWO MILLIOttTONS
ANNUAL OUTPUT
On Which Excessive Pricie Hs
Been Collected ' By the
Combine.
iHy Associated" Press.) , v
New York, April 9. An inlictment
naming 21 corporations; and 1& indi
viduals, charging violation of the Sher
man anti-trust .law in fing prices of
coal, was handed downtoday by the
Federal grand jury. The individuals
are accused of having combine, during
the past three years to eliminate com
petition in transportation- and sale of
what is known as
smokeless
bunker
coal," mined in the southern, south
eastern and southwestern coui ties of
West Virginia and western, cou ities of
Virginia and placed 011 shipb ard at
tidewater ports at Newport News and
Norfolk.
: Eighty per cent., of . the c al for
ocean vessels loading at those porta is
declared by the Federal aiithc rities to
be supplied by the alleged Combina
tion. Upwards of 3,000 vvess( Is coal
at those ports annually,' by taking
from 80 to 4,000 tons each..' 7
On approximately 2,D0O,0OO : ons an
nually for three years a .'Minimum
price of $5.10 a ton wad fixed! accord
ing to Federal attorneys, aV? compared
with' $3.80 a ton before thai period.
On -this" basis the riarchas
paid $7,-
paid had not the allegedVeombfrlation
been in effect. This comptjtedjdss fell
for the' most, it is asserted, on the
entente allies. '.
Through the alleged fixing 6f a min
imum price consumers were denied the
benefits of competition, the indictment
charges. .. ' t
Twelve of the 21 corporation,s named
auu a w ui luc jLOJUUiviuuBia aic auiuus
the defendants in the government's i
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A GONB
Resolutions Introduced, Pro
viding for Creation of Such
Committee With Power
(By Associard Press.)
Washington, April 9. -A joint reso
lution for a "congressional joint com
mittee onthe conduct of the war" was
introduced simultaneously today by
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts, and
Representative Madden of Illinois, both
Republicans. , .
The committee would be cotf - tsed
of six members of the 'Senate, - ud
ing four Democrats and two Republi
cans, and six-from the House, evenly
divided between Republicans- and
Democrats.
The resolution provides1 thiat the
committee shall be known as the
"Joint Committee on the Conduct of
the War," and shall sit during the ses
sions or the recess of Congress;
shall make a special study of the
problems arising out of the -war; shall
confer and advise with the President j
of the United States and the heads of
the various executive departments,
and shall report to Congress from time
to time in its own discretion or when
requested to do so by either branch
of congress .
The committee, would be clothed
with the "widest powers of investiga
tion, compelling testimdny under oath.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
IN ALABAMA TOWN
s (By Associated Press.)
Andalusia, Ala., April 9. Fire swept
one of the: principal blocks of. the city
this morning, ? destroying, the $35,0-00
is, morning, raeug-u,
MCArtnur upera aouset tne Piant pM
-iuiu.i'D,: uib.
iowingbusiness nouses: jity mar-
water uompany.-uuivts, ui ouuuxciu:
Express Comp LM, Johnson
cerjes ; A'.- C. Coffin, garage; Chero-1
Cola' bottling plant; Andalusia Bus!-
ness College, and T. B, Chewning's tin
shop. . The Ray Hotel; tne Dixje no
te! and a laundry - were nartiaily de
stroyed. 1 x . ' -
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Is to Receive Prompt Atten
tion In Both Houses
of Congress
NO SUSTAINED
OPPOSITION
None Expected to Any of the
Proposed Measures for
Raising War Funds
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, April 9.--Early action
on the administration war legislative
program was forecast upon the as
sembling of Congress today.
Chief among these are measures to
authorize, issuance of bonds for bil
lions of dollars and for raising a big
army. Opposition to both measures
is looked for, but is not expected to
seriously threaten their passage.
On the House side, Democratic mem-'
bers of the Ways and Means commit
tee were preparing to introduce either
today or tomorrow the resolution for
a bond issue, and the Military commit
tee heard representatives of the War
Department explain its plan for rais
ing auriny. The House also is ex
pidto agree promptly to a Senate
amendment to the General Deficiency
bill, giving the President an emer
gency fund of $100,000,000.
The Senate was expected to begin
consideration today of the Army bill,
carrying $270,000,000, which was pass
ed by the House at the last session.
Other measures which, probably will
be taken up in their order are the
Military Academy and the Stibdry Civil
Jty5aaulresToih: drf-wajtaj
already passed the House; h
In addition, other measures , which
will be ready for consideration during oers ana . ao uie crew.. xTce
th0 w00ir Ko s!niAnaM hni tages for torpedoed ships are based
the week include the espionage bill
and amendments to. strengthen the
shipping law and the Federal Reserve
act. ,
About $l,750,000,000r or one-half the
& O Fnn AAA AAA .3
army and
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- . Jy
s had virtually decided today.
propose that most revenue
should come from increased taxation
i ,-v.-j.
profits, ,nd that an issue of 3 1-2 per
cent, bonds be authorized for $5,000,
000,000, of which $3,000,000,000 would
be invested in war bonds of the en
tente nations, and $2,000,000,000 would
cover the balance of the war expendi
tures not met by taxation. All -of the
two billion might not be needed within
the year, according to advance esti
mates. L Tklembers of the House Ways and
Means committee toaay aiscussea ae
tails of the finance proposals, and
there was some talk of pressing im
mediately only for the three billion
dollar bond issue for the entente-loan;
allowing the two billion issue for army
and navy expenditures to await more
deliberate legislative, action.
Indications were that the bend issue
would have little effective opposition
in either House, although the - prob
lems at taxation for the war are likely
to prove more difficult.
A decisiQn to introduce the $5,000,
000,000 bond issue measure on Thurs
day in" the House w,s reached today
by Secretary McAdoo and Represen
tative Rainey, of Illinois, ranking Dem
ocratic member of the Ways and
Means Committee.
RICHARD OLMEY
Former Secretary of State
Cleveland Dies-Suddenly
Last Night -
(By Associated Press.)
Boston, Mass., April 9. Richard
I Olney, Secretary of State under' Presi
dent Grover Cleveland, diea at nis
home here last night.
Mr. Olney had, been ill several weeks
although it was not until yesterday
that his condition became serious. In
an announcement issued by the fam-
ily today it was. stated that he" died
suddenly at 8 : 45 o'clock last night.
Mrs; 0in6y and their daughter, :Mrs
5nnt nf thia eity. were
. . ... t the' end
Mr. uineyiB
dauentei. Mrs. C. H, Abbotr is
to Paris
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deep interest in .tn"
ation." It' was said, -that ewarmjy
commended the on??JeT
nf hi familv informed' him Friday
that President ".Wilson had signed al
war proclamation.
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BIG BONUSES PAID
I Account For Reckless Exploits
of Some of the German
, Undersea Boats
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam (Via London), April 9.
Thev frontier correspondent of- the
Telegraaf suggests that the reckless
ness shown by German submarines
is due to the big financial rewards
offered the crews by the German gov
ernment. .
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The men who man the submarines
get 10 per cht. higher pay than
those of any other branch of the na
tional service and receive in addition
substantial bonuses. "; ' t
Eifty per , cent, of tae value of - 4
caMured ship is distributed among
rereaptors-r 'Bperxat.- tcectrm;
chief engineer. 15 to the . remaining
on the insurance Value of the vessel.
In these cases the submarine com
mander gets 1 per cent., the chief en
gineer 1, the remaining officers 4 and
the crew 10. ' There are also extra
rewards for spepial exploits.
v
Reaches Zurich No Confir
mation of Report of His
Passport Sent Him
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, April 9. The arrival at Zu
rich last evening of Frederic C. Pen
field, American ambassador to Aus
tria, Mrs. Penfield and three members
of the embassy staff, is reported in a
Havas dispatch from St. Gall, Switzer
land. - Mr. Penfield made arrangements
some time ago for a trip to Washing
ton, expecting to return to Vienna
after an, absence of perhaps three
months. -It was reported in press dis
patches last week that the Austrian
government had severed diplomatic
relations with the United States on ac
count of the war between this coun
try and Germany, but no official con
firmation has been received. .
COTTON PRICES
Sensational Advance at Open
ing of New York and New
Orleans Markets
(By Associated Press.)
;New York, April 9.-One of the
most sensational advances in the cot
ton trade occurred 'at the market's
opening today. May sold up $5.55 and
July $7.80 . a bale above Thursday's
. The upturn was attributed principal
ly to the continued unfavorable weath
er east of the Mississippi, with -the
strength of the spot situation as "an
added factor. Since the -war began
there have Jteen a number of extraor
dinary price movements, but.none has
approached today's ' in ; magnitude or
xciti33.nit '- "'--' " m' : ''
V May contracts at : the opening sold
at 21.25, or 113 points' above the clos
ing price before the ; Easter holidays,
and the near-month shorts appeared
tn be ' almost panic-stricken J nly
.hnwod oven ereater ,streneth. Belli
ing up to 21.40, or 156 points net
higher, on active and agitated buying
fmm virfuaiw all ouarters.. - '
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OUR AMBASSADOR
TO AUSTRIA SAFE
SKfROCKETINC
Satisfactory Progress at All
Points Is the Official
Report
NEW OFFENSIVE
' ; FORESHADOWED
By Intense Aerial ' Activity -'
Danger Point For the Ger
mans Their Plans Frus
trated. ' ' . ,
(By Associated Press.)
London, April 9. The British -early
this morning attacked the Ger- '
man lines on a wide front from a point
south of Arras to the south of Lens, i
thus opening what is believed here
to be a general spring offensive.. - ,
The move has been looked forward ' ;
to eagerly for some days. The - of fen- "
sive of the British flying corps in the
latter part of last week, the attack :
on Zeebrugge, Saturday night,, and the ; -activity
of-the French in Belgium" as , j.
shawn in-yesterday's official commu- i-
nicatlon rom ; Parls, ' were considered
a prelude, to imnoTtant- military, uperrv J (
4.
Hai& , whose reports ; are-always . mod- :
est, says the German line lias been .
penetrated everywhere and' that satv,,'.
isfactpry progress .was 'made in the f
direction of Cambrai and St. Quentin, .
two important positions in connection '
with the new German line. .
I The extension of the attack north-
j ward to Lens doubtless was intended
1 to give the British more elbow room .
for their operations from Arras to the
point of juncture with the' French ''.'
around St. Quentin. ; ,: " . f .
Referring to the attack-on the front
between Arras and Lens the official
statement says: ,
"We are making satisfactory pro
gress at all points. . . . . . .,. ;' . .;
The statement is as follows: i " t'
"We attacked at 5:30 o'clock 'this '' ,
morning on a wide front from south. .'
of Arras to south of Lens. bur troops
have everywhere penetrated the ene- ;
my's lines and . are making satlafac- '
tory progress at all points.. . 1' ,'.
"In the direction of Cambrai, we
stormed the villages of Hermies and
Boursies and have penetrated ' into
Havrincourt wood.
"In the direction of St. Quentin we
captured Fresnoy-le-Petit and ad
vanced our line southeast of La Ver
guier. . .. .
"No estimate of the prisoners taken
can yet be given, but considerable
numbers are reported captured."
The fighting line from Lens to Ar
ras is approximately 10. miles - in
length and-lies directly north : of the
field of the retreat which the Ger
mans have been conducting , for., the
past several weeks. "'". .
The fact that the line "has been pen
etrated by the British all -along this
wide front indicates' that the . more-'
ment there is a general offensive. That
it is proving a successful drive is in
dicated by the statement' that "satis
factory progress" is being made ; "at
all points' . . - I
An entire new phase of .operations
on the western front, is 'opened up in
this new battle on the Lens-Arras line.
The field of attack-. represents ,;. the
greatest danger point for:, the Ger
mans, as in the recent fighting a sharp
salient was driven into the German
line southeast of Arras. " . J i ,
In the Lens, region, Into which the
British are driving, is a rich coal field,
which the " Germans ' have been ; ex
ploiting since their occupation of this
territory, early. in the. war,.7, L,y
The opening of - the new offensive
had been foreshadowed, in 'the intense
aerial activity ' of the past-, two . . or
three, days, in which bufldteds of aero,,
.planes have been engaged. This
work, as the . British statements' have
indicated, has given General-Haig's
staff photographic ..- 'reproductions of
the German positions -for; long dis
tances - behind the fighting line." .' .' ,
f Further south the British have con
tinued their progress ia the , field of
the German . retreat, -the advance re
ported at Hermies and, Boursies being
particularly important; v Boursies Is dK
rectly on ; the road , from Bapaume to
Cambrai, about 8 miles from the latter
places. Hermies lies Just to' the' south.
of .Boursies; Jn their, drive toward St.
Quentin the Capture .of Fresnoy-le-
Petit puts -the British i within 21-Z
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