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VOL. XXV.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1915.
NO. 27.
STRENGTH OF NAVY
QUERY OF DEBATE
6ECOND OF A SERIES OF QUES-
TIONS SUBMITTED TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF N. C.
SUGGESTS TO HIGH SCHOOLS
William Boyloss, of Raleigh, Gives to
University 300 Volumes of Books
and Bound Periodicals.
Chapel Hill. The proposition of
. the enlargement of the United States
Navy, stated in the form of a query
"Resolved, That the. United States
Navy, should be greatly enlaTged,'c-
is the second of a series of questions
submitted by the University Bureau
of the Extension to the high schools
of the state for public debate.
The library of the University is the
recipient of a gift of three hundred
volumes of books and bound period
icals from the library of William Boy'
lan, of Raleigh. The gift is made by
Mr. Boylan in memory of his son, "Wil
liam James Boylan, who was a student
at the University from 1904 to 1907
Among the volumes of periodicals and
"books are a number of early news
papers- A copy of the Raleigh Mi
nerva of 1812, and early copies of the
Edinburg Review and the - Annual
Register are included in the valuable
periodicals.
Through the generous services of
Professors H. M. Wagstaff and Oliver
Towles of the University faculty, sub
scriptions were taken in Chapel Hill
for the needy Belgians to the amount
of $164.25. The collections were for
warded to J. P. MoTgan & Company,
With the confirmation of the ap-
pointment of Dr. William J. Battle of
the class of 1888 of the University of
North Carolina ,as acting president
of the. University of Texas, the Uni
versity finds itself the source ffrom
which three leading state universities
have drawn upon for its executives
Dr. E. A. Alderman president of the
Univers'ty of Virginia is a University
graduate; Dr. Battle of the University
of Texas, and President E. K. Gra
ham of the University of North Caro
lina. Dr. Battle previous to his ap
pointment to the office of acting pres
ident held the office of dean of the
Texas institution.
The University News Letter ex
presses a note of optimism when it de
clares that "there is ample evidence
that the entire state is interested in
the Correspondence Study Courses at
the University. Representatives of
the following ten counties are now at
work: Duplin, Camden, Johnston,
Lincolnton, New Hanover, Stokes,
Guilford, Caldwell, Halifax and Le
noir. Farmers, editors, teachers, min
isters are discovering this new op
portunity to secure helpful guidance
In study along their particular line.
The idea is spreading rapidly."
Tobacco Market Breaks Record.
Greenville The Greenville tobac
o market has sold nearly 20,000,000
pounds of tobacco this season- and
before all tobacco is sold and the mar
the farmers. The market closed for
the holidays, but will open again in
January. It will probably be March
before al ltobacco is sold and the mar
ket closed. The sales of this month
to date were 3,769,753 pounds at an
average of $13.48 the 100 pounds.
This brings the total sales for the
season up to 19,416,467 pounds, which
is more than the market ever sold in a
season before. The sales will prob
ably reach 22,000,000 pounds.
Patents Granted Tar Heels.
1& "ashington. Messrs. Davis & Da
1 patent attorneys, report the grant
V;itizens of North Carolina of the
i wing patents: Charies W. Jones,
li.lh Mills, Split pulley; Shealy L.
LvHll. Greensboro, loom; Frank M.
Salter, Charlotte, building-block;
Delgado Mills, Wilmington, trade
mark for ginghams; James P. Horn
buckle, Reidsville, trade-mark for
remedy for catarrh, headache, coughs,
colds, etc., Franklin P. White, Shal
lotte, wheel-hub.
Truckers Appoint Directors.
Wilmington. Realizing that some
thing must be done before the begin
ning of the next season to secure a
better distribution of lettuce and oth
er trucking products raised in the
Wilmington section, it was decided at
a meeting of the leading truckers of
New Hanover county a few days ago
to appoint a board of seven directors,
one from each local organization in
the county, who will meet in Wilming
ton at an early date to devise plans
that will help to remedy present con
EMPHATIC NOTE TG
ENGLAND FROM U.S
BRITISH MUST CHANGE ATTI
TUDE TOWARD AMERICAN
COMMERCE.
WILL PROTECT EXPORTERS
President Wilson Personally Super
vises the Document Framed In
State Department.
Washington. The United States
dispatched a long note to Great Brit
ain insisting on an early improvement
in the treatment of American com
merce by British fleets. It warned
England that much feeling had been
aroused in this country and that pub
lie criticism was general over unwar
ranted interference with the legitl
mate foreign trade of the United
States. The document, constituting
the strongest representation on the
subject made by the United States to
any of the belligerents, was cabled
to Ambassador Page to be formally
presented to Sir Edward Grey, the
British foreign secretary. Its prepara
tion was begun a month ago by Solici
tor Cone Johnson, Counselor Robert
Lansing and Secretary Bryan and dur
ing the last two weeks had the per
sonal attention of President Wilson,
who reevised t its phraseology with
minute care.
As the detailed point of view of
the United States in the numerous
specific cases of detentions and seiz
ures of cargoes had been set forth in
a series of emphatic protests most of
which have gone unheeded, the com
munication was couched in general
terms covering the entire subject of
the relations between the United
States and Great Britain as affected
by the latter's naval policy, consider
ed highy objectionable to this govern
ment. The note declares at the outset that
the representations are made in a
friendly spirit but that the United
States considers it best to speak in
terms of frankness lest silence be
construed as an acquiescence to a
policy of Great Britain which infringes
the rights of American citizens un
der the laws of the nations.
Since France has virtually adopted
the same policies on contraband as
Great Britain today's note is a state
ment intended for all members of the
Triple Enterie.
The documents point out that com
plaints on every side and public
criticisms in the United States hold
the British policy as directly respon
sible for the depression in many
American industries. Reimbursement
alone for cargoes unlawfully detained
or seized, it states, does not remedy
the evil as the chief difficulty is the
moral effect on American exporters
vho are restrained from taking risks
or hazards which in no case ought to
surround legitimate trade between
the United States and other neutral
countries.
LEO FRANK'S APPEAL GRANTED.
Judge Lamar Gives Georgia Man Stay
of Execution.
Washington. Justice Lamar of the
United States supreme court has
granted an appeal from the refusal of
the Federal district court for North
ern Georgia to release on habeas cor
pus Droceedines Leo M. Frank under
death sentence for the murder of
Mary Phagan, at Atanta.
Frank has been sentenced to be
hanged January 22, but Justice La
mar's pction causes a stay of execu
tion. Thirty days' are given for the
record of the proceedings in the low
er court to be filed in the Supreme
court here. The state of Georgia
then may ask that the hearing of the
:ase be advanced. Such suggestions
generally are granted.
As a result of Justice Lamar's act
ion the entire court will pass upon
Frank's right to seek release from
custody on a writ of habeas corpus
on the ground that the trial court in
Fulton county, Georgia, lost jurisdic
tion over him by its failure to have
mv present when the jury returned
Its verdict.
Mexican Factions Split.
Washington. Dispatches from the
Brazilian minister In Mexico City
dated there and received here de
scribed the political situation as full
of uncertainties. The minisister re
ferred to the lack of harmony between
the several chiefs, but indicated that
nothing alarming had developed and
that good order was being preserved.
From its own agents also the state
department was advised that friction
existed between the Zapata and Gutierrez-Villa
factions.
ITALY MAY WAR
WITH THE TURKS
Landing of Sailors at Avlona Against
Turkish Ruler May Have Far
Reaching Results
A REVOLUTION IN ALBANIA
1 1,1 1 "
French Report States That Further
Small Advances Have Been
Made In West
x-ionaon. unnstmas Drougnt no
rest to the European armies. It found
the Russians still fighting desperate
ly in the snows of Poland against
the fierce attacks of the German and
Austrian allies; Przemsyl is still in
the grip of the invading army; the
French making spasmodic thrusts
against the strong German lines of
trenches in northern and northeast
ern France, and the British and Bel
gians engaged in almost hand-to-hand
warfare against the German trenches
in west Belgium.
The French claim several successes
along the center and eastern lines,
while the Germans declare they have
taken the second British trenches in
Belgium. Both sides assert they have
repulsed attacks at various points,
which indicates that the feeling pro
cess is under way all along the lines
So close are the trenches of the al
lies and Germans at many points that
almost the only weapons used are
hand granades, since it is impossible
for the men to expose themselves
even to use their rifles.
A violent revolution has broken out
in Albania against Essad Pasha, whom
Turkey established as ruler. Essad Pa.
sha's palace at Tirana has been pil
laged and burned. Massacres are re
ported. The Italian government has
landed sailors from warships at Avlo
na to restore order and protect Euro
peans and peaceful inhabitants. Ital
ian intervention may embroil Italy
with her recent foe Turkey and
holds possibilities of far-reaching re
suits.
BRITISH AIRMEN FIGHT
Hostile Aeroplane Struck Over Sheer
ness And Chased To Sea
By Aviators
Sheerness. A German aeroplane
was sighted off South End. The
weather was misty and machine was
flying at a great height at high speed
Several rounds were fired from anti
air craft guns, apparently without hit
ting the German, but naval aeroplanes
soon chased the intruder, who disap
peared. Many thousands of people
flocked to the sea front to witness
the affair.
Later three British aeroplanes tried
to outbank the German machine, but
the German was too fast and disap
peared to the eastward. The weather
was misty at sea, but comparatively
clear on land. Nothing has been heard
regarding the dropping of the bombs.
Dover. It is reported here that a
German aeroplane flying at a great
height passed over the Medway river
and Herne bay. British aeroplanes
and seaplanes were out on scouting
duty for many hours.
London. The war office has issued
the following: "A hostile aeroplane
has been sighted. It was flying very
high from east to west over Sheer
ness. British air craft went up in
pursuit and engaged the enemy.
Big War Fund Refused
Tokio, Japan. The imperial diet
was dissolved. The house of repre
sentatives rejected the army expan
sion measures proposed by the gov
ernment. This led to the dissolution
of the house. The closing session of
the house was extremely dramatic. De
bate occupied the entire day and ex
tended into the night. There was no
sign of a compromise, when it
was announced that Emperor Yoshihi
to had exercised his royal prerogative
and had dissolved the diet.
Russia Claims 357,406 Prisoners
London. A Reuter Petrograd dis
patch says the number of German
prisoners registered is 1,140 officers
and 131,700 men; the number of the
Austrians registered is , 3,166 officers
and 221,400 men. Slav prisoners have
asked the Russian naturalization so
that they may be sent against the
Turks.
Avlona Occupied By Italians
Rome. A company of Italian sail
ors have occupied Avlona, a seaport
of Albania, on the Adriatic sea. Re
cent dispatches from Athens said an
archy reigned at Avlona and that the
region around the Albanian seaport
wa3 a prey to civil war. Partisans of
Kemal Bey last month forced the gov
ernment to haul down the Turkish
flag and hoist the Albanian colors.
Essad Pasha, commander-in-chief of
the Turkish forces in Albania, then
Eent 500 soldiers to Avlona and they
disarmed the inhabitants.
THE WOODEN CROSS
"Father, Forgive Them "
THE LEVER COTTON BILL
LOWER HOUSE FINALLY PASSES
CONGRESSMAN LEVER'S
WAREHOUSE BILL
This Is Mr. Lever's Second Big Agri
cultural Measure Has Approval
Of President Wilson
Washington. The Lever cotton
warehouse bill, before the house for
months, was passed by a vote of 218
to 97. The measure provides for fed
eral licensing of cotton and grain
warehouses and is a substitute for a
senate bill restricted to cotton ware
houses. The bill now goes to confer
ence beteween the houses.
The bill, approved by the" administra
tion, was the subject of brief debate,
its sponsors contending that it would
greatly enhance confidence in agricul
tural products. Its opponents claimed
it was constitutional.
Main provisions proposed by the bill
are:
Classification of cotton and licensing
of cotton warehouses.
It bonds owners and operators of
warehouses and gives the right of re
covery upon the bonds to the owner
of cotton stored.
It provides that licensed warehouses
shall issue receipts describing the
bales stored, the receipts to be as
signable when desired.
It provides for maintenance of ac
curate records of cotton stored, the
receipts issued, the right of the secre
tary of agriculture to examine records
and requires reports' from operators to
the secretary.
It authorizes the secretary to de
termine whether cotton stored in ware
houses actually Is of the grade or class
certified in the receipt and to publish
his findings.
It empowers the secretary to sus
pend or revoke licenses and to pub
lish not only that fact, but the re
sults tf investigations made.
Decorates Americans
Vienna. Emperor Francis Joseph
has conferred on the American am
bassador, Frederic Courtland Penfield,
Rear Admiral Aaron Ward U. S. N.,
retired, commander of the American
Red Cross ship Red Cross, and the
American minister to the Netherlands,
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, the Red Cross
Medal of Merit for their services in
connection with the American - Red
Cross mission to the dual empire. Re
cently the emperor decorated Mrs.
Penfield with the Grand Cross of the
Order of Elizabeth, for establishing a
hospital at Vienna.
World's Biggest .War Dog
New York. The Bivadavia, the
world's greatest battleship, built in
this country for the Argentine repub
lic, left here for a destination unof
ficially reported to be Buenos Aires.
The gigantic sea-fighter's keel was
laid at the Fore river yards at Quin
cy, Mass., May 25, 1910. She was
launched on August 26, 1911, but was
not placed in commission until Au
gust 28 of this year. Rumors that
negotiations are afoot to purchase the
leviathan by either England or Ger
many are said to be unfounded.
PROHIBITIONJAILS IN HOUSE
CHANGE OF 31 VOTES WOULD
HAVE RESULTED IN TWO
THIRDS MAJORITY
Prohibition Leaders Claim That Re-
suit Came Up To Their
Expectations
Washington. The national prohibi
tion amendment to the federal Consti
tution, proposed by Representative
Richmond P. Hobson of Alabama, fail
ed in the house by 61 votes. A change
of 31 votes would have furnished the
necessary two-thirds majority, 197
members voting for and 189 against
prohibition.
This was the first time in the his
tory of the country that a measure to
make the nation dry was voted upon
in either house. The prohibition forces
assert that they will continue the
fight until success is won and the man
ufacture and sale of liquor is outlawed
in the United States.
Prohibition leaders declared the
vote of 197 for the resolution had
come up to their expectations, as they
had not expected a two-thirds majori
ty. Whether a similar resolution sub
mitted by Senator Sheppard of Texas
would reach a vote in the senate this
session Is not certain. Administra
tion leaders were inclined to believe
it would not, because it could not pass
the house.
Notwithstanding repeated public as
sertions that many memJbers of the
house would try to dodge a record
vote, the roll call disclosed a heavy
attendance, larger than the average
throughout the session. To have car
ried the house the Hobson resolution
would have required 258 affirmative
votes. It thus failed to carry 61 votes.
Party lines were wiped out in the
struggle. Democratic Leader Under
wood and Republican Leader Mann
fought shoulder-to-shoulder at the
head of the forces opposing the reso
lution. And when the vote came, ,of
the 197 standing for the resolution, 114
were Democrats, 67 Republicans, 11
were Progressive and 4 were Progres
sive Republicans.
1,000 Austrians Reported Killed
London. Nearly one thousand Aus
trian soldiers are reported to have
been killed or Injured in a collision of
two troop trains near Kalisz, Russian
Poland, according to The Daily Tele
graph's Petrograd correspondent. The
trains are reported to have met while
running at fuil speed, as the result of
accidental opening of a switch
Roumania To Restore Province
Petrograd The Bulgarian minister
announced that an agreement had been
reached between Roumania and Bul
garia under which Roumania will re
store to Bulgaria Dobrua province, and
most cf the other territory she acquir
ed from Bulgaria by the second Bal
kan war. "This agreement has been
reached without pressure from either
Germany or the allies," said an offi
cial connected with the Bulgarian min
istry. "We shall continue to be neutral
and believe Roumania has no cause
to fear us."
GERMANS ATTACK
POLISH CAPITAL
Kaiser's Move On Warsaw Forces
Russians To Quit Territory
Before Cracow
The
ALLIES MAKE GAINS IN WEST
Russians Victorious In Galicia And
Pursue Small German Army
Northwest Of Warsaw
London. The allies in the west, the
Germans in Poland and the Russians
in East Prussia and Galicia continue
offensive operations, but the advances
have been so slight as to be almost
Imperceptible. In the long run, how
ever, the ground gained may prove
vital and the various armies are fight
ing with an intensity not exceeded
since the war began.
In Poland the center of interest has
shifted slightly to the south. Finding
the direct road to Warsaw blocked by
Russian reinforcements, the Germans
made an attack from the southwest
and have reached Skierniewice, some
40 miles from the Polish capital. They
thus far have failed to pierce the Rus.
sian lines, but have forced Grand Duke
Nicholas to withdraw from before Cra
cow. In this, one of the chief aims of
their offensive against Russia, the.
Germans have been successful.
In Galicia Russia has resumed the
offenive against the Austro-German
forces which have poured in from the
west and across the Carpathians. Ac
cording to the latest Petrograd report,
the Russians have inflicted heavy
losses on these forces, while in the
north they have pursued back into the
interior of East Prussia, a small Ger
man army which made a feint at War
saw from the northwest.
Although the allies have scored,
some successes in the west, they are
meeting with stubborn resistance and
military men warn the public that
very heavy casualty lists must be ex
pected before any serious impression
can be made on the German entrench
ments. GUTIERRES LEAVES MEXICO CITY
Departure Of Provisional President Is
Reported Due To Enmity With,
Angeles and Zapatista Chiefs
San Antonio, Texas. That Provi
sional President Eulalio Gutierrez had
quit Mexico City due to enmity be
tween him and Felipe Angeles and
Zapatista chiefs, was reported to T.
R. Beltran, local Constitutionalist con
sul. The message said the capital was
governed by a commission composed
equally of Villa and Zapata adherents
and that another provisional presi
dent would be selected January 10.
Scott And Hill Meet
Naco Arizona. Peace along the en
tire Mexican border is a possibility,
as the result of conferences between
Gen. Hugh L. Scott, United States
chief of staff, and the two Mexican
leaders of Sonora. "Very satisfacto
ry," was General Scott's opinion of
his conferences with Benjamin Hill,
Carranza defender of Naco, Sonora.
He deemed the result favorable to the
final solution of the border problem.
The meeting lasted less than an hour,
and was held in the bullet-damaged
United States customs Jjouse, fifty
feet north of the International boun
dary. KING THANKS AMERICANS
Youthful Monarch Directs His Army
From Small Corner Of Belgium
Still Under His Rule
Grand Headquarters of the King cf
the Belgians, in West Flanders, Bel
gium. In the council chamber of an
ancient Flemish town hall from which
he is directing, under German shell
fire, the resistance of his war-worn lit
tie army blocking tlfe road to Dun
kirk and Calais, King Albert of the
Belgians told of the stand his soldiers
are making against the German invad
ers. The king's headquarters is locat
ed on one cf the remaining dry areas
of that small corner of Belgium still
under his rule.
King Albert also requested the press
to convey to the people of the United
States his deep gratitude for their
efforts to feed his subjects under Ger
man military rule.
Period Of Prosperity Predicted
New York. European nations have
placed contracts in the United State3
for more than $300,000,000 worth of
supplies sirice the beginning of the
war, according to Charles M. Schwab,
president of the Bethlehem Steel cor
poration, who returned from England
on the Lusitania. Mr. Schwab de
clared that as a result of this buying
the United States now was at the
threshhold of the "greatest period o'
prosperity it has seen In many years.
Mr. Schwab went to England to cancel
1 provisional contracts he had mada,