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VOL. XXV.
SHIP PURCHASE BILL
HAS HOUGH SAILING
NINE DEMOCRATS UNEXPECTELY
JOINED WITH REPUBLICAN
FORCES.
TRUST'S WORK, SAYS REED
Missourian Congratulates "Hoary Old
Monopoly" on Invasion on Demo
cratic Territory.
Washington. Nine Democrats Jn
the - Senate joined an alliance with
the Republicans in an unexpected at
tempt to recommit the Government
ship-purchase bill.
The sudden revolt turned in a
twinkling an Administration advant?
age into a defensive, which appeared
almost hopeless to many Democratic
leaders.
Democrats who voted against the
Tuling of the chair were Bankhead of
Alabama, Camden of Kentucky, Clarke
of Arkansas, Hardwick of Georgia,
Bryan of Florida, Hitchcock of Ne
braska, O'Gorman of New York,
Smith of Georgia and Vardaman of
Mississippi.
Senator Clarke of Arkansas sprang
the surprise when he rose while Sen
ator William Alden Smith of Michigan
was concluding a long speech against
the bill and asked him to yield to a
motion. The Senator yielded and
Senator Clarke, introducing his re
marks with an appeal for considera
tion of other legislation moved to
send back the ship bill.
The legislative pendemonium that
followed had not been witnessed in
the Senate in many yeaTS. Senators
poured from the cloak rooms to the
chamber. The rush from the Repub
lican cloak room was even more im
mediate as they had been forewarned
PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS
Cruiser Montana and 600 Marines Are
Gathered at Haitian Port.
Washington. The cruiser Montana
with 600 marines gathered from the
Atlantic fleet at Guantanamo. has
taken station off Port au Prince,
Haiti, to protect American interests.
A report to the navy department
from Rear Admiral Caperton. com
manding the naval forces in Haitien
waters, summarized by Secretary
Daniels, says: 'Conditions unchang
ed and quiet at Port au Prince."
Admiral Caperton, who commands
the cruiser squadron of the Atla-ntic
fleet, has taken his flagship, the
Washington, from Cape Haitien to
Port au Prince. The gunboat Wheel
ing is at Saint Marc. Although Ad
miral Caperton does" not discuss the
military situation, It Is supposed that
General GulHaume's revolutionary
forces are nearing Port au Prince to
attack President Theodore at the
capital.
Revenue Collections Short.
Washington. Revenue collections
by the Government in January failed
by $8,166,427 to meet the month's dis
bursement. Receipts usually are low
at this time of the year but in Janu
ary, 1914, the excess of disbursements
was only $4,512,262. Neither customs
nor Internal revenue brought In the
expected returns. Customs receipts
wera $16,558,193, compared with $23,
528,080 in January, 1914, and $14,890,
982 in December.
Wheat Prices Soaring.
Chicago. Smashing of high record
war prices continued in the wheat
market here. On top1 of an advance
last week ranging from 7 1-2 to 8 3-4
quotations jumped as much as 2 1-8 at
the very outset. May delivery selling
at $1.54 a bushel as against $151 7-8,
when the market closed last week. In
creasing urgency of European demand
- for what was indicated by a decided
fresh upturn in prices at Liverpool.
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Mexicans Executed.
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HIS SUIlj IiUBiaiuu, auu iftuu-Liu jtcicijui,
members of ills staff, were executed by
General StantibAjiez, former Constitu
tionalist general who deflected to Za
pata, according to leegram received
by the widow of General Carranba
from the first chief at Vera Cruz.
FLASHES FROM THE ' WIRES.
Secretary Bryan issued a statement
denying the report that any nation
had filed protest over proposed ship
bill.
A big sleet storm has done much
damage in Chicago.
When the Chicago women regis
tered for the coming election they
were required to tell their ages.
The supreme court has advanced
Leo M. Frank's appeal case until Feb
ruary 23 on request of the counselors.
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GABEE. PARKER
Gabe E. Parker, whom the president
appointed commissioner of the Five
Civilized tribes, is himself one-eighth
Indian and a member of the Choctaw
tribe.
PRESIDENT VETOES BILL
THE LITERACY TEST FOREIGN
TO THE AMERICAN IDEA, MR.
WILSON THINKS.
Effort Will Be Made to Pass the Bill
Over President's Veto, But Many
Believe Cannot Be Done.
Washington. President Wilson ve
toed the immigration bill because of
the literacy test for admission of
aliens. His message was referred to
the house immigration committee,
whose chairman, Representative Burn
ett, will move that the measure be
passed over the veto.
Much informal discussion among
members of the house followed re
ceipt of the veto and there were many
who believed the two-thirds majority
required to pass the Dill could not
be procure" Immigration bills con
taining literacy tests were vetoed by
Prsident Cleveland and President
Taft, but both failed of repassage.
Senate leaders insist there would be
no trouble in repassing the bill In the
upper house. That was done in the
Taft administration but the lower
house failed to muster a two-thirds
majority.
In his veto message President Wil
son told the house which originated
the bill, that he had no pride of opin
ion on the question and that he wi.3
not foolish enough to profess to know
the wishes and ideals of America betr
ter than the body of her chosen Rep
resentatives know them." He asked,
however, whether the bill rested upon
the conscious and universal assent
and desire of the American people and
pointed out that no political party
ever had avowed a policy of restric
tion In this fundametal matter gone to
the country on it and been commis
Bioned to control its legislation.
SMALL BATTLES EVERYWHERE.
French Claim Germans Have Lost
20,000 Men.
London Although no big battles,
as battles go in this war, have been
fought of late, there have been engage
ments in all the arenas from Asia
tic Turkey to the English Channel in
which the losses in men and material
probably have been greater in the
aggregate than in many of the battles
of history. According to French re
ports, German attacks against the
allied lines in Flanders, France and
Alsace on the first three days of the
week cost them 20,000 men, to which
must be added the losses suffered in
repeated attacks on the Russian en
trenchments in Central Poland.
All attacks in the West, the Allies
announcements say, failed except
near Craonne, where it it admitted
the French lost 800 men, largely be
cause of the collapse of an old quarry.
The Germans on the other hand,
assert that they inflicted a severe de
feat on the French at Craonne and
that they repulsed all French attacks
in the Vosges and upper Alsace, with
heavy losses.
Confer With Rockefeller.
New York. John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., conferred with representatives of
the Colorado mine workers for two
and a half hours In the offices of the
president of the Rockefeller Founda
tion at No. 26 Broadway. The con
dition of the employes of the Colo
rado Fuel & Iron Co., of which Mr.
Rockefeller is a director, was discuss
ed. Neither Mr. Rockefeller nor the
miners officials would discuss the con
ference in detail. Mr. Rockfeller said
there had been an exchange of views.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1915.
HUE VESSELS SUNK
W GERMAN ATTACK
SUBMARINES GET THREE IN
IRISH SEA AND TWO IN THE
ENGLISH CHANNEL.
THE CREWS ARE ALL SAVED
It is Believed That the Crews of All
The Vessels Were Allowed to De
part from the Ships.
London. The toll taken by the Ger
man submarine U-21 in its raid in the
Irish Sea in the vicinity of Liverpool,
stands at three ships the steamers
Ben Cruachen Linda Blanche and
the Kilcoan, the last a small vessel.
The Kilcoan's crew was landed on
Isle of Man by a coastwise steamer.
In addition a German submarine
also torpedoed two British steamers
in the English Channel near Havre
the Tokomaru and the Icarian.
The Irish Sea raider escaped and
shiping1 interest confident Islxe had
returned to her base, ordered a re
sumption of normal traffic.
This under-water Emden is the ves
sel which last September torpedoed
in the North Sea the British cruiser
Pathfinder with a loss of 246 lives
and later destryoed two British steam
ers off Havre. In addition to the
three vessels she is known to have
sunk she chased at least five other
steamers. These include the teamer
Graphic with 100 passengers and a
crew of 40 and the smaller boats At-
reus, Ava Kathleen and Edymion. All
these vessels escaped in zig-zag
flight.
The Graphic's captain had his pass
sengers don life belts and sent the
stoke hole so that the steamer could
keep up a full head of steam. The
captain also warned by wireless ves
sels from coming into the zone of the
submarine's activity.
The Allan Line steamer Scandina
vian from St. John, N. B., January
22 for Liverpool with 500 passengers
on board, learned of the raid of the
U-21 and put into Queenstown. After
remaining in Queenstown for a short
time the steamer proceeded for Liver
pool. DACIA SAILS WITH COTTON.
Will Follow Usual Course and Make
No Efforts to Avoid Capture.
Galveston, Texas. The steamer
Dacia recently transferred from Ger
man to American registry and whica
the British Government has declared
would be considered a fair prize of
war, sailed for Rotterdam via Norfolk
with a cargo of 11,000 bales of cotton
for trans-shipment to Bremen.
Capt. George McDonald, master of
the vessels, announced that the Dacia
would follow the usual course of trav
el and no special effort would be made
to avoid capture. The cargo, valued
by the shippers at $880,000, was in
sured by the Government War Risk
Bureau but it is stated insurance on
the bottom was refused.
The Dacia cleared January 22. Un
favorable weather conditions, accord
ing to the captain, delayed the depar
ture of the vessel for several days and
then it was explained that no attempt
would be made to sail until important
papers were received from the owner,
E. N. Breitung of New York.
Rear Admiral Montagu Dead.
London. Admiral The Hon Victor
A. Montagu is dead. Rear Admiral
Bontagu was 79 years old. He served
with the fleet in the war with Russia
in 1855, in the China War of 1857 and
with the naval brigade in the Indian
muntiny of 1858.
Bread 50 Per Cent Flour.
Vienna. The Vienna Zeitung pub
lishes a ministerial decree ordering
that henceforth bread may contain no
more than 50 per cent of flour or rye
meal. The remaining ingredients
must consist of substitutes, such as
barley, maize, oats, rice or potatoes.
William M. Brown Dead.
New York. William M. Brown,
Representative in Congress for the
Twenty-fourth District of Penslvania
and fcrmer Lieutenant Governor of
that state, died here of pneumonia.
Big Storm in Texas.
Dallas, Texas. The Eastern por
tion of Texas and parts of Arkansas
and Oklahoma felt the effects of a
severe windstorm, which at Tyler,
Texas, and Malvern and Garland City,
Ark., assumed the proportions of a
tornado. Falling temperatures also
were noted. No serious delay to
traffic or communication lines were
reported. No death had been report
ed. Tyler, Texas, and Malvern, Ark.,
reported tha greatest property dam
age. At Tyler the damage i3 estimat
ed at acproximately $15,000.
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MISS ANNA O'GORMAN
Miss Anna O'Gorman, second daugh
ter of the senator from New York and
Mrs. O'Gorman, together with her
younger sister, Agnes, made her debut
recently in Washington society.
FIEE FROM CAPITAL CITY
WILL ESTABLISH NEW SEAT OF
GOVERNMENT AT CUERNAVA
CA NEAR BY.
Commanded By General Alvarado
the Carranza Forces Are Expected
to Enter Mexico City Soon. .
Mexico City. The Provisional Pres
ident Garza and his Government left
the Capital for Cuernavaca where a
new seat of Government will be stab-
lished.
The last contingents of the army of
evacuation have passed out and the
army of occupation lingers on the out
skirts of the city, but is expected to
enter soon.
All the commercial houses and
banks and even private dweHings are
barred and shuttered, although no dis
order has attended the fleeing of the
Zapata and Villa forces.
The National Palace, the Federal
telegraph and postoffices and other
Government establishments are clos
ed The incoming Carranza forces
are commanded by General Alva
rado, former post commander here.
Food prices have soared beyond the
reach of the needy. The supply of
food is, low and unless the railway
line to Vera Cruz is opened soon it is
believed there will be much 'suffering
The Government's decision to quit the
Capital come after a heated discussion
at the session of-the convention. It
was decided President Garza, his Gov
ernment and members of the conven
tion should proceed after midnight to
Cuernavaca. Colonel Garza and Gen.
Ernesto Santoscoy are reported to
have departed on a special locomotive.
The deputies who have not left al
ready will be forced to proceed from
the city in automobiles as there is
no fuel for the locomotives.
TURK INVASION OF EGYPT.
First Skirmish of the War in Suez
Canal Region Occurs.
London. The advance guard of the
Turkish army undertaking an inva
sion of Egypt has reached the British
in this region took place. Official
reports say the clash was a small af
fair, only one British officer being
wounded, but dispatches from Cairo
declare the invaders suffered severely
from the British machine gun3.
The dispatches do not disclose the
size of the Turkish force engaged, but
say the fight took place east of El Kan
tara which is on the Suez Canal and
is the terminus of the caravan route
from Rafati, the border station be
tween Egypt and Syria. The distance
from Rafati to Ei Kantara is 143 miles
and, as the British had filled in all the
wells along the caravan route, the in
vaders would have had to carry their
own water. Evftn El Kanatara is sup
plied by a pipe line from a fresh water
stream which runs under the Suez
canal.
No Records cf Blease's Administration
Columbia, S. C. Governor Manning
in a special message to the senate
asked that the general assembly ap
point a committee to examine into
the fact that there were no records
Of the previous administration. All
of these records are said to have been
removed. The message was referred
to the judiciary committee for action.
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SERIOUS FIGHTING
IN EAST WAR ZONE
BOTH RUSSIAN AND AUSTRO
GERMAN ARMIES HAVE AS
SUMED OFFENSIVE.
QUIET REIGNS IN THE WEST
Campaign in the Carpathians Vital t
Both Sides Russians Are Attack
ing Austro-German Forces.
London. With, the armies in France
and Flanders recuperating after stren
uous fighting of earlier days of the
week and no local actions being re
corded, interest In the war situation
has been transferred to the Russian
offensive in East Prussia and the at
tempt of a strong Austro-German
army to dislodge the troops of Em
peror Nicholas from their positions In
the Carpathians.
In East Prussia a Russian offensive
has developed in the extreme north,
where renewed fighting seems to con
firm a belief that a definite effort to
advance north of the Mazurian Lakes
district, where previously the Russians
were defeated has been decided on by
Fthe Russian General Staff.
More vital to both sides, however, is
the campaign in the Carpathians,
where southwest of Dukla Pass the
Russians have delivered an energetic
attack. According to their account of
the combat they compelled the Aus-tro-Germans
to retreat, leaving behind
ammunition and stores. This attack,
according to military observers, Indi
cates a Russian attempt to turn the
flank of the Teuton Allies. If it would
have serious consequences for the
large Austro-German army In and
about the Carpathian Passes.
Russian military experts anticipated
that the Austrians will deliver their
main attack with their extreme right
in Western Bukowina, aiming to
achieve a signal victory and thus give
Roumania cause to pause. The only
thing holding Roumania in check at
present it is said is uncertainty aa to
what Bulgaria will do. Bulgaria it is
asserted still demands that part of
Macedonia now under Serbian rule as
the price of her neutrality and Serbia
is reported unwilling to make this con
cession. CARRANZA TAKES MEXICO CITY.
General Orbregon Head of the Car
ranza Forces Now In Capital.
Mexico City The capital is again
in possession of the forces of General
Carranza who, while acting as pro
visional president was forced to leave
Mexico City, early in November under
threat of Villa and Zapata's advancing
trooDs. The new authorities have re
established order and a general feel
ing of confidence prevails.
It has been determined that the
shootins: which occured before the
national palace, when Gen. Alvaro
Orbregon at the head of the Carranza
forces, reached that place was done
by snipers who were hidden on the
cathedral roof. Gen. Orbregon said
the shots were undoubtedly directed
towards him. The perpetrators have
not been captured. Three soldiers
were killed and a number wounded
during the fighting.
All saloons are closed. Commercial
houses and banks declare they will
resume business immediately.
20.000 additional Carranza troop3 en
tered the capital. The Zaptista troops
have retreated southward.
French Official Statement.
Paris It is comparitive quiet along
the battle line in France, judging from
the official announcement by thv
French war office. There were artille
ry engagements, some of them fairly
violent at different places and on
or two infantry encounters are men
tioned. Apparently long sections of
the line showed no activity whatev
er.
District "Jim Crow" Bill.
Washington A bill by Represent
ative Clark of Florida requiring Dis
trict of Columbia transportation com
panies to provide separate accommo
dations for white and negro races.
was favorably reported to the house
by the district committee.
Consider Naval Appropriation.
Washington The House met to be
gin consideration of the naval appro
priation bill carrying about $148,000,-
000. Indications were that the meas
ure wocld provoke lively debate. The
agricultural appropriation bill, carry
ing more than $22,000,000 was pass
ed in the House and sent to the Sen
ate. Only two of the appropriatien
bills the urgent deficiency and the
District of Columbia have passed
the Senate. All of the big supply bills
except the naval, the sundry civil,
pensions, have passed the house.
NO. 32.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HEARS W. J. BRYAN
NO BUSINESS TRANSACTED BY
EITHER BRANCH OF THE LEG
ISLATURE. APPROVES THE PRIMARY BILL
Also an Advocate of Recall Pleads
For Woman's Suffrage. Crowds -Hear
Speeches.
Raleigh. The initiative, referen
dum and recall, extending even to the
judges, woman's suffrage and the ex
tended application of the income tax
for national and for state revenue, to
gether with a presentation of the re
lation of the legislator to his con
stituency were the overshadowing:
features of the address of William.
Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State
in President Wilson's Cabinet, to the
members of the North Carolina Gen
eral Assembly.
These views of Government policy
were presented In a clear-cut manner
and without regard to whether the
North Carolina law-makers ' had any
predictions in these directions or not.
The initiative and referenrum, he
insisted, are fundamentals of Demo
cratic principles, and he was for theni
HON, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
even to the recall of judges even
though his own father was a judge,
"and a good one, too," boasted the
speaker. In advocating woman's suf
frage Mr. Bryan declared that no
state which has tried it has ever turn- -ed
from it.
Effort for world peace and the policy
of the Administration to this end, and
tributes to the official course of Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels constitut
ed a pleasing prelude to discussion
of legislative matters. The theme
was really, according to previous in
dication, "Man's Duty to Govern
ment." He spoke on "Man's Relation
to Sociey," in the auditorium of the
North Carolina Social Service Confer
ence, and stated that he would at
Durham discuss "Man's Duty to His
God," thus in the three - addresses
covering the whole scope of the three
fold relations of man,
Mr. Bryan was heard by 3,000 or
more people in the city auditorium,
and by an audience that overflowed
the Representatives' Hall galleries
and jammed the corridors in his ad
dress to the legislators. He was in
troduced at the city hall by Attorney
General W. T .Bickett and in the
Representatives' Hall by Governor
Craig. The joint legislative commit
tee, consisting of Senators Gardner
and Cooper and Representatives Page
and Roberts of Buncombe had Mr.
Bryan in hand and he was a guest at
the Governor's Mansion during his
stay in the city.
There was a brief reception in the
executive offices of Governor CTaig
between . the two addresses, the Gov
nor and the state officers constitut
ing a receiving line with the distin
guished guest. Then there was a
luncheon at the mansion following the
address to the legislators, with the
legislative committee and the officers
of the Conference on Social Service
as guests with Mr. Bryan.
Neither branch pf the Legislature ,
transacted any legislative 'business.
In presenting Mr. Bryan to the
General Assembly Governor declared
that he first presented him to a North
Carolina audience 20 years ago and
had averaged one or more such pre
sentations every year since and there
fore, ought to have his hand pretty
will in by this time. . 1
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