North Carolina Newspapers

■MUTANT ICWS THE WORLD OVER hppahis if Tte * Iter Mm hr SUM Bays AN IK HEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In the South toad Will Be Feund In \ Brief Paragraphs. European War Three of the allied warships of the Anglo-Wench fleet sow storming the Dardanelles have been sunk by Turk ish mines, according to reports from lioadon and Constantinople. Two of the sunken vessels were British men of war, ths Irresistible and the Ocean, and the third was s French battleship, the Bouvst Prance and England have each de clared their intention to carry out their blockade of German ports and Interfere In every possible wsy with German commerce with any foreign countries, neutral or otherwise. This blockade, however, both countries an nounce, will be confined to European waters, including the Mediterranean sea. The British admiralty office an nounces ths Anglo-French fleet has forced its way through the Darda nelles ss far an Fort Nagara, which Is the last fortification before reaching the entrance to the Sea of Marmora Both German and Turkish authorities, however, deny this and state the re port has erroneuously been circulated to keep up the spirit of the English people. The British admiralty office an nounces the sinking of the German sea terror, the Dresden, near Juan Fernan dcz Island off the Chilean coast. The majority of the Dresden's crew was eaved and fifteen were wounded, all taken prisoners. Fighting ii In progress along the •astern war front. Both .Germans and Russians claim to have the advantage. The Germans are attacking the Brit ish near Ypres and the French claim decided gains In Champagne between Boise Le Prater and Pout a-Mousson At Dieupt Height. Turkish troops are pouring Into the Asiatic territory bordering the Sue* canal In an effort to forestall the land Ing of troops from Australia and New Zealand, whose arrival up the Red Sea Is dally expected. The Ottoman government at Con •tantlnople claim no fear Is felt for the safety of the Moslem capital, as the Turkish authorities state the re ports of the progress of the Anglo- French fleet through the Dardanelles havs been greatly exaggerated. The Constantinople war office says only •ne Asiatic fort has been bombarded and that unsuccessfully, and that the fclg Krupp guns protecting the Helles pont have checked any advancement np the straits. Italy and Austria are about on the point of hostilities. Italy is said to be preparing to strike at her ancient ene my just as soon ss the weather breaks and the war office Is buying horses from the United Statps and other countries. After conferences between the Italian minister at Vienna and Em peror Frani Josef and the Austnvllun garlan minister of war, Oen. Rltter ▼on Krobatln, have resulted unsatis factorily, as Austria will not concede to yielding all the territory Italy de mands as a price of peace. Domestic In a speech at Ogden, Utah, Vice President Marshall said the present crUls with England Is similar to the situation of 1812. The vice president la on his way to San Francisco, where h« will personally represent President Wilson at the Panama-Pacific exposi tion. Former President Taft, In an ad dress in Chapel 11111, N. C., urged the nation to support the present admin titration and stand behind President Wilson regardless of partisan politics lo such critical times as these. The former president's many utterances in this respect and his generous praise ot his successor have proven htm one of America's most patriotic citizens In trying to assist his successor all tie can instead of finding fault and criticising by a system of public at tacks which other ex-presidents have Indulged in. Large contracts for southern pine have been let by Alabama lumbermen to French, British and Belgian con tractors for the purpose of rebuilding the city of Liege, which was raxed to the ground last August at the outbreak of the European war in the strenuous ■lege of that city Governor Ferguson of Texas, before • meeting of the federal industrial •commission In Dallas, greatly deplored the present system of credits for the farmer, and advocated an improved rural credits system which he hopes (Will come with the next congress. W. W. Howland, a member of the lower house of the Colorado legisla ture, was expelled from membership in that body following an Investigation ,of charges entered against htm of per- Jury. It waa charged that Howland received a package of money while in the house chamber, which he first tes tified was payment in a business Wran taction with a commercial assocl siate. Later he skid the money came Dr. Mary Bates to pay for serv ices of a woman detective shadowing HMrtain persons Interested in bills nrhich would affect Judge Llndsey's ■vranile court. Billy Sunday, tne baseball evangel ist, after concluding a series of revival meetings In Philadelphia, received SIOO,OOO aa a thank offering from the people of the City of Brotherly Lore. Prom there Sunday fee to New York. En route he stopped at Trenton, where be addressed the New Jersey legisla ture In Joint session, which was pre sided over by Oovernor Fielder. Governor Goethals has sent a letter to President Wilson, advising sgalnst the appointment of Jorge Boyd as the Panaman member of the Joint land commissioner to suoced his father, Prederlco Boyd. Governor Goethals reels Boyd should be barred because he Is an attorney for a number of claimants. The appointment 1* still only in contemplation. Clouds arc gathering around Vlrgln lus J. Mayo, a wealthy New Haven manufacturer and president of the Mayo Radiator company. His arrest following the suicide of Lillian Cook, one of his stenographers, has develop ed suspicions that he has lived a dou ble life In several eastern cities, where he Is said to have maintained luxuri ous households for several women with whom he is reported to have lived under different names A former sten ographer, Miss IJOIS Waterbury, Is said to have lived with him In Brooklyn as Mrs. J. Dudley. A further sensa tion has been sprung by MIHS Susie Wahlers, another former stenogfapher In his service, who claims he Is the father of her child. Ellhu Root, former United States senator from New York, and former secretary of state In the Roosevelt cab inet and secretary of war under Mc- Klnley, announced In a public utter ance In Albany that he would not be a candidate for the presidency on the Republican ticket against President Wilson In 1916. At a large ban |Uet tendered by the Manhattan Bar asso ciation In New York City in Mr. Root's retirement from public 1 fe, he was praised In addresses by former ('resident Taft and Joseph Chbat», am bassador to England under McKlnley and In a letter from President WiUon, which was read by Mayor Mitel aI. Foreign Three of the leading American am bassadors, Ambassadors Page, SI irp an«* Gerard to England, Prance hid Germany, respectively, have sent offi cial word to President Wilson and Sec retary Bryan of the course to be fol lowed by those countries regarding American commerce. The notes and oftli'lal correspondence between these ambassadors and their negotiations with King George, President Polncare and.Emperor William, now been made public by Secretary Bryan at Washington. The Japanese foreign minister at Tokyo, Baron Kato, has received of ficial calls from the Russian and Eng lish ambassadors to Japan, Informing him of their displeasure at hla coun try's attitude towards China. Ambas sador Guthrie, the American envoy to Tokyo, acting Independently of the other powers, also has notified Baron Kato that Japan's demands on China would violate the integrity of the Ori ental republic and the treaty between the Pekln government and the United States. * p ' Many American citlions, at last heeding the many warnings of Secre tary Bryan and the state department, are leaving Mexico and are seeking passage back to the aboard Admiral Howard's Pacific squadron, which Is now in port at Progreso. Many American citizens In Mexico City have been scared by the "ghastly" acts of the Mexicans., tinder Zapata In the capital, and have sept an ap peal to Secretary Bryan to aid them in leaving In Mexico. The secretary and state department have previously given warning to all Americans and foreigners In Mexico to quit that coun try, but all have gone unheeded until now. General Carranaa has signified his willingness to yield to President Wil son's demand that the port of Progre so, on the Pacific coast of Mexico, be kept open to United States and foreign commerce. He further promises that no further depredations will be com mitted at Mansanlllo, especially upon American and foreign lives. Due to the illness of Secretary Mc- Adoo, Secretary of State Bryan will act officially as host to the Pan-Amer ican republic's representatives at the financial conference In Washington next month. Washington President Wilson held an Important conference with Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia at the White House over the British embargo on American trade with Germany. Both the president and Georgia statesman agreed that Eng land's attitude was "high-handed and intolerable." The situation between the two nations is regarded critical in Washington's official circles, and It Is believed the two are again near the broking point. The United States Is angry over the English attitude. - Secretary McAdoo is reported to be recuperating from his recent operation for appendicitis at Providence hospital In Washington. President Wilson has appointed A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania, for mer congressman from that state, who Was defeated last November 4or Unit ed States senator by Senator Penrose, as chief Justice of the United States court of claims. Judge Palmer will suc ceed Judge Charles B. Howry, whose resignation will take effect April 1. President Wilson sold his cotton he purchased during the buy-a-bale cam paign to H. H. Conway of Paris, Tex as, at 10 cents a pound, and tumpd the money over to an Oklahoma char ity, which was to be selected by Sena tors Gore and Owen. THE gWTKKPRISK, WTT.T.TAIfBTON, NORTH OA&OLIMA. PRZEMYSLIS TAKEN ALLIES CELEBRATE SISIEOEO FOR MONTHS EAST ERN FORT CAPITULATES TO INVAOINQ ARMY. OPENS UP WAY TO GRACOW Much Enthusiasm In Petregrad, Lou den and Psrls Over Victory Re gardsd as Mojt Important. London.—The long Investment of the mld-Galiclan fortress of P-cemysl has ended. Depleted by disease, sub sisting on horse flesh and surrounded by a superior force of Russians, the garrison has surrendered to :hc be sieging army after a defense lasting many months, which up to the present Is recorded as Austria's most note worthy contribution to the war. Pstrograd, Ix>ndon and 'Paris are celebrating the event —Petrograd and Ptrls In the sopntaneous manner char acteristic of those cities —I/ondon with silent and grim satisfaction, which is the British way. The newspapers assert that the fall of the fortress marks the most Important capture of the war. no* eceptlng Antwerp, In that it not only releases considerable Husslan forces which can be thrown Into the fluctuat ing struggble In the Carpathians, but opens the door to Cracow and the plains of Hungary. It Is argued, too. that the moral effect of the surrender will be tre mendous, the Allies declaring It will stimulate feeling In their favor both In Houmanla and Bulgaria Just as the operations in the Dardanelles are causing an agltutlon In Greece and Italy. The Italian situation Is receiving attention, although rumors, rather than facts, seem to be the basis of most of the news dispatched. The Italian Embassy at lxmdon had no -confirmation of the report that freight traffic between Italy and Germany by way of Switzerland had been stopped, nor was there confirmation of the re ported massing of Austrian and Ger man troops along the Austrian lltteral, or the assembling of artillery at Trlest. .... Frxemysl fell with honor, the Brit ish press concedes, for it withstood the onslaughts longer than any place during the war, the Investment hav ing begun about September 16, some thing more than six months ago. The duration of the siege compared with the length of time It took ths Ger mans to capture such strongholds as Liege .Namur and Antwerp, was due to two causes, one being the desire of the Russians to keep the loss of life among the besieging army at a minimum, the other to the lack of great guns, which the Germane had in Belgium. The Investment was not a close one, the garrison having had up until recently a radius of about 12 miles In which to move about, and some dispatches told of shooting expeditions Indulged In by the officers of the garrison. Nothing of great Importance has been recorded in the west. In the east, aside from the fall of Prxemycl the situation around the German port of Memel Is the most interesting. FTom this town the Germans main tain they have driven the Russians, while A controversy is being waged by the press of the two countries as to the merits of the Russian contention that civilians tired on them in this latest Incursion In East Prussia —an act which demanded reprisals. AMERICAN BAILORS DROWNED. Commander Brlcker of Bcorplon and Three Beamen Dead. Constantinople, via Berlin and Ix>n don.—Lieutenant Commander William P. Brlcker. of the United States con verted yacM Scorpion and three sail ors, Charles Pord, Irven I>oweH and Albert. P. Leverens. were drowned on the night of March 20 while attempt ing to reach their vessel with a row boat. The Scorpion was anchored In the Bosporus ofT Constantinople. The rowbost was swamped In a heavy sea. Lieut. Herbert S. Babbitt and one aaollor, also in the boat, were saved. Confers With Bryan. Washington.—Viscount Chlnda, the Japanese ambassador, called at the state department and conferred with Secretary Bryan for nearly an hour. Later tho ambassador was asked whether he had talked about the Jap anese-Chinese situation. "1 absolute ly cannot discuss the situation at all." he replied. Mr. Bryan was equally as uncommunicative. Before the confer ence It was stated at the Japanese embassy that late advices Indicated an eurly settlement of the negotiations between Japan and China. Two American Vessels Stopped. New York—Twp steamers leaving here were stopped by ahoits over their bows fired by the dispatch boat Dol phin. stationed in the harbor to guard American neutrality. Both ships were later allowed to proceed. The American steamer Santa Clara was halted by a shot when she failed to stop at signals. The Amerioan steamed Newton was stopped because she failed to display signals despite whistle Mrarnings by the Dolphin. Neu trality officers ordered Captain Abbott to hoist his signals- SOUTHERN RAILWAY WOULD GUT TRAINS PETITIONS CORPORATION COM MISSION FOR PERMISSION TO CHANGE SCHEDULES. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH D*(ngs and Happening* That Mark Uw Prograaa of North Carolina Peo ple Gathered Around tho State Cooltol. S*l*lgtL Pleading thai If allowed to take off certain train* specified during the "war-time" depreoaion they would reatore them Just aa soon aa travel resumes normal condition!, officials of the Southern Railway Company submitted direct apllcation to the corporation commission for discon tinuance 'of tralna directly affecting the service at Greensboro. Raleigh, Ooidsboro, Durham. Charlotte, Salis bury, Wlnston-Balem and Wilkeeboro. The commisaion heard the statements and intimated strongly a disinclina tion to allow the taking off of any more trains, but directed that detail ed statements of the e&rnlnga of the tralna in question be aubmltted with a view to showing Just what the con ditions ere. Trains desired to be taken off are trains 108 and 131 tbeween Greens boro and Ooidaboro; trains 239 and 240 between WJnstoi>-Salem and Wllkeaboro; trains 21 and 22 between Ashevllle and Wayrtesville; morning train Into Charlotte from Winston- Salem end afternoon train out of Charlotte to Winston-Salem: morn ing train out of Norwood for Sails bury * n d afternoon train otlt of Salis bury for Norwood; trains 122 and 133 between Orewiaboro and Mount Airy; request to change trains 132 and 133 to mixed trains between Greensboro and Han fo Ixl. Oenwal Supt R. E. Simpson and Division Tassenger Agent R. H. He ll Utta of Charlotte were the spokes men for the Southern. Other officials hore for the hearing were District Supt. A. D. Shelton and Superintend ent Newell. corporation commission has taken the whole matter under ad visement and wiH await the filing of detailed statement* ae to alt the tralna asked to be taken off. It is ad mitted that a number of the tralna. are,£rofitebl% but thai they aAp pro*/ ItabW only at the expenae or other tralnß over the aame lines that make essentially through connections and could not be taken off under any circumstances. This la especially true as to the trains between Greena boro and Golds boro, 108 and 131, ac cording to representations by the railroad officials. Lima Far Tsr Heal Farmers. Commissioner of Agriculture W. A. Graham Is already taking steps to put Into operation the act of the recent legislature to have the Department of Agriculture provide Kme for the farmers for agricultural purposes at the lowest possible cost. The Ijeglsla ture placed at the dlapoaal of the de partment $16,000 to be expended, If necessary, In equipment for carrying and grinding lime and authorized the use of State convlcta for th work at a rate of $1.25 a day to be paid to the State's Prison for this labor. The bill as passed by the legisla ture says that the commissioner can either grind the lime on the State'a account or can make contracts with private corporations for the purpose of supplying the lime at figures that the commissioner may deem more advantageous than undertaking the actual grinding by the State. All these matters are being* worked out as rapidly as possible and the expec tation Is to be in position to begin supplying the lime applied for not later than May 1. It Is eatlmated that the average two-horse farmer should nee as much as 10 tons, a minimum car load a year, to keep his farm up to the stand ard in lime resources. It now costs from $3 to $4 a ton and the purpose of the legislative act Reduce Rates on Truck. A considerable reduction In the ex press rates on green fruit and truck in both tnter and Intrastate handling of these classea of packages Is an nounced as just secured by the cor poration commission. It Is the appli cation of a rate that Is 60 per cent of the first-class rate. Instead of 76 per cent of the first class that has heretofore been applied. Also there Is a concession by which the stand ard package are to be received as 50 pounds weight Instead of 70 pounds actual weight. r • Argue Woman Notaries Case. Ashevllle— Arguments are being heard by Judge James L. Webb of the Superior Court in the case of the State against Mrs. Nolan Knight in which It Is charged that she Is holding a commission as notary public con trary to law. This action is a test case instituted to ascertain whether the law passed by the last session of the General Assembly giving women the right to hold office la constitu tional. Appearing' for the State, Solic itor J. E. Swain asks that Mrs. Knight be robbed of her commission. Discontinue Hookworm Work. Dr. W. P. Jacocka, since last. May director In North Carolina of the Rockefeller Hookworm Commission and International Health Commission, left for Waahlngton, D. C., from whence he will go to St. Vincent Isl and of the British West Indies, for fntnre work. He announced that on March II the work for the eradica tion of the bookworm in North Caro lina will com* t* sn end as far as the International Health Commis sion, which succeeded the Rockefel ler Hookworm Commission la con cerned. The work of eradication of the hookworm under the auspices of the and lately the International Health Commission was started In North Carolina about five years ago and four months ago. Dr. John A. Ferrell, now assistant general director of the In ternational Commission, was the first state director. During that time 526,- 000 microscopic examinations were made and over 100,000 infected per sona treated. Dr. C. L. Pridgen. now of Wilmington, succeeded Dr. Ferrell. Dr. Jacocks succeeded Dr. Pridgen. The work has been carried on In every county of the state, the state and various countlee appropriating the cash for this wortt. Second cam paigns were made In seven counties. Including Wake. The communities completed are Salemburg, Sampson county; Phlla delphus, Robeson county; Red o*k, Nash county; Hallsboro, Columbus county; Mt. Pleasant, Nash county; Ingold, Sampson county. The state board of health Is plan ning to take up on as comprehensive a scale as possible April 1 the con tinuation of the work for the eradi cation of the hookworm in this state as it has been carried on for the past five years by the Rockefeller sanita tion board with such marked success. The Rockefeller board only launches the work in the state for a five-year period and its recently announced in tention to terminate Its work in this state March 31 is in line with its orig inal plans. - The details for the con tinuation of the work under the im mediate auspices of the state board of health have not been worked out yet but there are assurances that the work will be on an effective basis. Qovernor Namea Highway Board. The State Highway Commission, provided for by the recent Legislature with an annual appropriation of $lO,- 000, was appointed by Governor Craig and is to meet for organisation as early as possible. Governor Craig and State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt are ex-ofllclo members of the commis sion and the other appointees are Prof. Marvin H. Stacy, chair of engi neering, Unlveralty of North Carolina; Pror. W. C. Rldlick, the chair of engi neering, North Carolina College of > Agriculture and'MecnanW Arts; E. C. Duncan. Raleigh; Col. Benehan Cam eron Stagvlile; Guy V. Roberta, Ashe vllle Professor Stacy and Riddlck are appointed under the provisions of the bill that specify that there must be on the commission an engineer from the State University and an engi neer from the A. A M. College. State Food Chemist Plsassd. State Food Chemist W. M. Allan Is well pleased with two advances In pure food legislation that the recent legislature made by special acts. One requires that the net weight shall he branded on ail package goods. Here tof ore the law has been that if the weight was shown on a package it must be the correct net weight else the goods would be condemned as "mlebranded." However, it has not been required until now by the laws of this State that all foodstuffs put up* in packages shall show the net weight. The other new law Is that requir ing that all packages of flour artifi cially whitened by whatever process shall be branded "bleached" so that the consumer may know that they are getting that kind of flour a&d not the naturally white flour. New Enterprises Authorised. The secretary of stats chartered the J. W. Carter Company. Max ton, capi tal 9126,000 authorised, and SIOO,OOO subscribed by J. W. Carter, H. F. Car ter and F. W. Carter for general mer cantile business Including fertilisers and farm supplies. Another charter Is to the J. D. Mc- Lean Company, Fairmont Robeson county, capital SIOO,OOO authorised and $30,000 subscribed by J. W. Carter, J. D. McLean and others, for general mercantile and farm supply business. The Piedmont Ice A Coal Co., of Greenaboro, was chartered with $25,- 000 authorised and SI,OOO subscribed, by W. M. Perdew, W. B. Roes and others. Qovernor Announces Reward. A reward Is announced at the of fice of Governor Craig for the arrest of Sam Hobson. a negro, who is wanted dn Rockingham county for the killing of Sam Matthews. The negrd is believed to have Bed Ito West Virginia. Appoints Receiver For Bank. The Corporation Commission has in structed Bank Examiner Hubbard to procure at once from the judge for that judical district, the appointment of a receiver for the Merchant's A Fanner's Bank of -Cleveland, Rowan County, In order that the affairs of the bank may be wound up at once to the best advantage to the deposi tors. who, it Is understood, will have to stand some considerable loss as the affairs of the bank were In quite bad condition when closed several days ago. r v . c "• I Are Yoa Ghrieg f\ Ymt My | A Squre Bed ■ The Db of Life* TUs km Wk k a |U» MM 4 if* wj* •» »• raw. IVrkmidPWm TWjr kw» -WjUyfoUbo, aW FatWa. Mr -i *■*. hMRMI« SmiUt—. Pmm M i ilaM UMIMU ruiy h m abe • *4* IWM. Aa iiii illi —4 fe* •UiriyM«. kiaapatf tsrtUb l» Imn Paw mfe m k V yaw DNIW dw set BFFA I* IMS P— ■ ia MOJL orda il ML kw WL tljQO i Uk 95J0QJM m. We pr way. Oka keaia wil aawiaea jm. THE PfItUNA COMPANY, r i in. ou» RHEUMACIDEI The Old Reliable Remedy! tor Mate, afcnmla or nMlu RHEUM ATI SMI IhiwliflowwlwNii RHK(7MACIDI la aot a anporattoa that I etna only Mayors 17 rollaf. bat It la So- ■ •Ivnod to romoTO tbo aaeaa u4 Utm tfco I polaon from tko »j At All OracgtoU WINTERSMITH'B CHILL TONIC not only the old reliable remedy FOR MALARIA tt: general at rangtheninitonic and appetizer. Fo» children ea well aaadulta. Sold lorOO jeera. 60c end 91 bottlea at drug a tore*. ALL RIGHT IN THE FUTURE Proof That Little Dorothy Had Im blbed the Pollclea Advocated by Her Mother. Dorothy'a mother la a suffragette of advanced type. Dorothy Is a dear little girl in a primary grade, but somewhat inclined to copy her elders. One day her teacher received a note from the secretary of the school board, but waited until after class to read It. Dorothy returned for lone books and caught tears In the teach er's eyes (the latter had been dented an Increase In salary upon which she had baaed large htfpes), and said: I "Why are you cry tad?" v # The teacher laughed and said, "The naughty old school board isn't nice to me!" Dorothy took hold of the teacher's hand with both hers and said very seriously, "Don't you cry any iqpre. When we get the vote we women will correct such things!"— The Sunday Magazine. In Charlla Knoll's Pasture. When Harry Atwood was aeroplan- Ing from St. Louis to New York he alighted to adjust his machine In a field near Port Plain, N. Y. Atwood wasn't certain what state he was in and wanted to know. A crowd of vil lagers rushed toward him and he called to them: "Where am IT" "You're In Charlie Knoll's pasture," shouted the nearest man. Every body's Magazine. Open Game. "Let me make the songs of a nation and I care not who makes Its laws." "Well, have a try. Many people seem to think there's room for Improvement In both just now." Books- Food To make good use of knowledge, one need* a strong body and a alter brain largely a matter of right food. Grape-Nuts FOOD contains proper nutriment for building Body and brain — for renewing the tissue edit that are exhausted daily by work and play. Grape-Nuts food is made from wheat and barley—con tains all their nutriment, in cluding those vital mineral salts found under the outer coat, which are especially necessary for the dafly up keep of nerves and brain. "There'* a Reason" for Grape-Nuts —sold by Grocers everywhere