$UB3 a Year, la Advance.
"FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
VOL. XXV.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1915.
NO. 38.
TRADE GOFIISIIJ
BEGINS THEIR WORt
MEMBERS OF GREAT GOVERN
MENTAL AGENCY TAKE OATH
OF OFFICE.
GREAT CONTROLLING POWER
Will Exercise Supervision Over
American Enterprises. Davis Is
First Chairman.
Washington The second great gov
ernmental agency created toy Con
gress in President Wilson's Adminis
tration came Into being when Joseph
E. Davles of Wisconsin, Edward N.
Harris of Illinois, William J. Harris
of Georgia, William H. Parry of Wash
ington and George- Rublee of New
Hampshire were sworn in as mem
bers of the Federal Trade Commis
sion With far-reaching powers of su-
- There were only the simplest cere
monies. Chief Justice J. Harry Cov
ington of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia, administered the
oath, completing the work he began
as a member of Congress, when he
Introduced the bill creating the. com
mission. . Later in the week the com
missioners will be received by Presi
dent Wilson.
AH of the commissioners were In
Washington engaged in preliminary
conferences. Mr. Davies, who is the
first chairman of the commission,
called the first formal meeting im
demiately following the induction of
the members into office. From that
time on the commission will be in
daily session.
No announcement as to the first
problem to be attacked has been made
Through the absorption of the Bu
reau of Corporations in the Commerce
Department by the new commission,
its work of organization will be great
ly simplified. The office staff and
recoids of that bureau are transferred
to the commission ana rurnisn a wont
ing force already organized and equip
ped with much information as to the
corporations witn wnicn ine commis
sion will deal. The declared purpose
of the trade commission is to estab
lish regulated competition among con
cerns engaged in interstate trans
actions. ENGLAND EXPLAINS BLOCKADE.
Great Britain Tells How She Will
Place Blockade on Germany.
London. Great Britain made known
to the world in a formal proclamation
signed in council by the king and is
sued from Buckingham Palace how
she proposes to sever the arteries of
sea commerce, to and from Germany
during the period of the war.
. The term- "blockade" Is not used
and no prohibited area is defined.
Nevertheless the text of the order
makes plain England's purpose-,o pre
vent commodities of any kind from
reaching or leaving Germany during
the war.
The last clause of the proclamation
contains the proposal most interesting
to neutrals. This is a flat agreement
to lift the "blockade" in case any na
tion will certify that the ships flying
its flag shall not carry goods to Ger
"many or goods originating therein or
goods belonging to the subjects of the
German empire.
It is notable that the order declares
no intention to capture ships proceed
ing to and from the countries of Ger
many's allies Austria and Turkey the
reason being no doubt that the meas
ure is avowedly a reprisal against Ger
many's submarine warfare. However,
a cordon of ships will be maintained
to shut off the commerce of German
ports and regulate trade in the war
zone, although ships voyaging- east
ward across the Atlantic, will, it is
expected, be seized before they reach
the North Sea.
27,000 Japs Embark For China.
London. The Daily Telegraph's Pe
king correspondent says he is able to
assert on reliable information that
27,000 Japanese troops have embarked
for China and that China is about to
appeal to Great Britain.
Detained German Vessel.
Newport News, Va. According to
testimony given the Washington Gov.
ernment, Charles Frank, one of the
members of the crew of the American
ship William P. Frye, which was sunk
by the German converted cruiser
Prinz Eitel Frledrich is being held
aboard the German warship in Ger
man uniform against his will. The
circumstances of the case as com
municated to Washington were reveal
ed here by other members of the
crew of the Frye who remain In New
port News. -
JAMES A. BARR
James A. Barr is director of con
ventions for the Panama-Pacific expo
sition. He Is a Kentuckian by birth
and for many years has been an edu
cator in California, resigning the su
perintendency of the Stockton City
schools to undertake his exposition
work.
TELLS WHY HE SANK SHIP
REPLY NOT MADE PUBLIC BUT
WILL CLAIM CARGO WAS
CONTRABAND.
It is His Intention Says Commander
to Return as Soon as He Thinks
Repairs Are' Completed.
Newport News, Va. Commander
Thierichsen of the converted cruiser
Prinz Eitel Frledrich, which went into
drydock for repairs, submitted two
statements in German to Collector of
Customs Hamilton of. this port. One
stated his reason for sinking in South
Atlantic waters January 28 last the
American sailing ship William P.
Frye and with her cargo of 5,200 tons
of wheat consigned to Queenstown.
The other related to he length of time
that will be required to repair his ship.
Collector Hamilton announced that
he regarded the answers of the Ger
man commander as state papers and
that he would forward them to Wash
ington. It was learned, however, that
the commander of the German ship
frankly has stated to American Gov
ernment officials that he sunk the
American ship Frye because he re
garded her cargo as contraband of
war.
In the communication relating to the
repairs necessary on the Eitel Fried
rich, it was believed that the German
commander stated that the vessel
could be made seaworthy within a few
days or a week at most. Whether he
made the statement that he wished to
depart as soon as American naval offi
cers could pass on repairs that are to
be made was not disclosed. The Ger
man commander previously made it
clear, however, that it was not his In
tention to intern his ship.
As to the conditions of Eitel Fred
rich it. was reported that whereas she
had been making 18 knots an hour at
the beginning of her historic wreck
ing cereer of merchant belligerents in
two oceans, she scarcely dared make
12 when she reached American waters.
After the German cruiser went Into
drydock she discharged the crews of
British and Russian ships she had
sunk, having released the American
crew. The French crews left on the
Old Dominion Line for New York. A
few Russians went with them. The
British crews plan to return to Eng
land on British ships laden with horses
from this port.
Commander Thierichsen assured of:
fleers here that neither he, officers nor
men of the Eitel Frledrich would set
foot on American soil except on offi
cial business. He made this statement
to Collector Hamilton after stating
that it was his intention not to intern
his ship.
British Victorious in France.
London. The arrival of the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich at Newport News, removing
for a time at least another menace
to .British shipping and the success of
British troops in the region of La Bas
see ' claim attention in the British
Islei. Whether the Prinz Eitel will be
interned or again will set out for the
high seas, It is considered that her
career as an armed cruiser must come
to an end, for should she be allowed
to sail, it u believed Allied cruisers
on the watch will account for her.
ASK FOR ECONOMY
N APPROPRIATIONS
MR. GILLETT CRITICISES DEMO
CRATIC CONGRESS FOR SPEND
. ING SO MUCH MONEY.
ANOTHER PLAN IS NEEDED
Mr. Fitzgerald Says Tariff is Not to
Blame For Shirking Income But
Economy is Needed.
Washington. Statements issued by
Chairman Fitzgerald of the house ap
propriations committee ,and Represen
tative Gillett, ranking Republican
member, agreed that appropriations of
the last session of congress totalled
$1,115,121,409; that contracts involving
additional appropriations of $37,400,000
were authorized and that a treasury
deficit is probable.
Chairman Fitzgerald's staement did
not give the total appropriations for
for the entire Sixty-third Congress.
Mr. Gillett placed it at $2,231,000,000
greater than that. of the Sixty-second
congress and $177,000,000 more than
the last Republican congress appropri
ated. Mr. Fitzgerald estimated that shouid
the condition of the treasury continue
as at present until June 30, the total
deficit would be $133,000,000 offset,
however, by income tax collections es
timated at $80,000,000.
Mr. Gillett asserted that the treas
ury has not been so empty since the
Cleveland administration.
Chairman Fitzgerald declared the
tariff in no way was responsible and
that, until the outbreak of war the
new law had proved an effective rev
enue producer. Mr, Gillett did not
agree with that. .
Mr. Fitzgerald said the effect of the
war was world-wide and that as it goes
on reduction of customs, imports and
their revenue will continue. At some
length he discussed the need of
economy.
"The finances of the Federal gov
ernment must be readjusted," said he.
"No more important problem will con
front Congress when it reassembles "
NEW DANGER SITUATIONS ARISE
Anarchy Reigns at Manzillo But Lit
tle Food.
Washington.: While conditions in
Mexico City , have improved with the
food and water supply replenished and
the Capital placed in order by the
Villa-Zapata government, situations
fraught with difficulties for the United
States government have arisen at Pro
greso, the East coast port, and at
Manzillo, on the Pacific. The Ameri
can consul at Manzillo reports a con
dition of anarchy there. Foreigners
are apprehensive, he declares and the
food supply is decreasing, while V- a
Zapata troops are investing the town's
approaches. Admiral Howard, com
manding the Pacific fleet, is reported
ready to take foreigners away if con
ditions do not improve.
Progresso, the port from which vir
tually all the sisal hemp used for
American binding twine Is shipped,
has been ordered closed to foreign
commerce by General Carranza.
' Coal Steamer Torpedoed.
Bordeaux, via Paris. The steamer
Auguste Conseil from Cardiff for Rou
en with a coal cargo, was torpedoed
by a submarine off the Start Point
near the southern extremity of Devon,
England. The crew of 28 men is re
ported to have been saved by a Danish
steamer and taked to Falmouth.
Big Fire at Norfolk.
Norfolk, Va. A mammoth lumber
shed, the machinery building and
about 2,000,000 feet of lumber were
destroyed by fire at the plant of the
Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation at
Money Point, three miles outside the
city limits.
Reward for Sinking Transport.
Leipzig, via London. A Leipzig
citizen has offered a second reward of
$750 to the crew of- the German sub
marine which sinks a British troop
transport. The first gift of a similar
nature already has been distributed.
No Reply From Commander.
Newport News, Va. Port authori
ties are awaiting instructions from
Washington regarding representations
to be made to Commander Thierichens
of the German converted cruiser Prinz
Eitel, concerning the detention of
Charles Frank and Robert Rogge,
members of the crew of the American
sailing ship William P. Frye sunk
January 28. Sworn statements that
one of these men is being detained
against his will have been made to
the Collector of the Customs by other
members of the Frye's crew.
JUDGE ED B. ALM0N
Judge Ed B. Almon succeeds the
late William Richardson as represen
tative from the Eighth Alabama dis
trict. His hobbles are rural credits
and national aid to good roads.
GERMAN CRUISER IN PORT
PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH, AFTER
SCOURING OCEANS ENTERS
PORT.
Cruiser Carried 300 Prisoners: -Amerl
cans, British, French and Russians
A Problem.
Newport News, Va. The German
auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich,
after a marine wrecking scouring of
Pacific and Atlantic Oceans which cul-
minted in the sinking of an American
sailing ship in the South Atlantic
Ocean January 28 last limped into this
port and anchored for supplies and
repairs. She brought with her rescued
crews and passengers of American,
British, French and Russian ships and
lies at anchor in Hampton Roads
proud of her trophies of war that
crunch the bottom of the sea but in
a state of mechanical exhausting from
the strain of a 5,200-mile journey.
The German cruiser began her
scouting for the ships of the enemies
of the Fatherland at Tsing Tsau,
China, last November under master
ship of Commander Thierichens and
put Into this historic port with the
admitted sinking of eight merchant
ships, three British, three French, one
Russian and one American. The sink
ing of the American ship, the William
P. Frye, a sailing vessel bound from
Seattle to Queenstown with 55,000 tons
of wheat, most concerned American
port officials here and the Washing
ton Government.
H. H. Kiehne of Baltimore is the
master of the American ship and af
ter leaving the Eitel Friedrich with
Customs Collector Hamilton he told
a dramatic story of hij experience.
With him were his wife and two chil-
f dren
"Despite my protestations that I
was the American master of an Amer
ican ship, the German cruiser Eitel
Friedrich sank the William P. Frye
on the morning of January 28, blowing
a gaping hole through her vital3 with
a charge of dynamite.", said Captain
Kiehne.
When the German cruiser entered
this port all souls o-i board were in'
good humor and admitted that they
had been well cared Jor. The cruiser
might well have been flying many
flags because she had on board Ger
mans, Frenchmen, Russians, English
men, Irishment, North Americans,
South Americans, Portuguese, China
men, and others, all except the ship's
officers and crew being captives of
vessels which the cruiser had captur
ed and sunk in the waters of the Pa
cific and the Atlantic. There were
men, women, children and a litter of
puppies, bora while the ship was en
voyage. The captives had been allow
ed to bring their belongings on board
and these were piled on the decks
here and there while emigrant women
squatted around, some with infant
chidren in their arms.
Collector Hamilton has requested
the commander of the German vessel
not to use his wireless apparatus while
in port. Collector Hamilton will per
mit to be landed and delivered to the
port authorities to be forwarded to
New York some hundred and fifty
sacks of mail taken from the steamer
Florlde, when it' was bound from
Havre tc South American ports
GGEST BATTLE OF
W IN PROGRESS
GERMANS MAKING DESPERATE
DRIVE AGAINST RUSSIANS IN
NORTH POLAND.
MORE THAN A MILLION MEN
Half a Million Men Engaged on Each
Side in Big Battle. British At
tacking in West.
London. Just as the French attack
ed the Germans in the West when
Field Marshal von Hindenburg made
his drive from East Prussia last
month,, so the British Army operating
in Flanders has undertaken the task
of relieving pressure on its Russian
ally," now that the Russians again are
being attacked in North Poland. This
is part of the general plan of the
Allied generals. When one is attack
ed the other attacks to compel the
Germans and Austrians to keep strong
forces at every point and endeavor to
prevent them from sending new troops
where they could do the most good.
The Germans now are attempting to
crush the Russians. For this purpose
they are reported to have an army
estimated at nearly a half million men
marching along the roads toward
Przasnysz. To prevent this army
from being strengthened further the
British are thrusting at the German
line north of La Bassee and besides re
porting the capture of the village of
Neuve Chappells it is asserted that
they have advanced beyond that town.
The battle taking place in the East,
experts say, is the biggest pitched bat
tle of the war, no less ttvas a million
men being engaged nrnie Germans in
their official report aim an advance,
while Petrograd considers it likely
that the Russians wiljl have to fall
back beyond Przasnyz as they did last
month, before making a stand. It
probably will be days before a definite
result is attained in this battle.
Meanwhile another German army
has appeared on the Pilica River
front, south of the Vistula, probably,
military observers say, with the idea
of inducing Grand Duke Nicholas to
withdraw men from the North, where
the real blow is being struck.
Farther south, along the foothills of
the Carpathians, fighting between the
Austrians and Russians continues in
wintry weather. Each side c.laims the
other is doing the attacking but it is
believed here, that as the Austrians in
itiated this battle, they probably are
still the aggressors.
MURDER PROMINENT AMERICAN
Stars And Stripes Float Over Man
Zapata Forces Kill
Washington John B. McManus, a
prominent American in Mexico, was
shot and killed in his home by Zapata
troopers as they were occupying the
Mexican capital after avacuation by
Gen. Obregon's Carranza forces.
Official dispatches from the Brazil
ian minister in Mexico City reporting
the affair to the state department, say
the American flag was floating over
McManus' house and that his doors
had been closed and sealed by the
Brazilian consul. The Brazilian minis
ter's dispatch indicated that the kill
ing may have been one of revenge,
for it was charged that when Zapata
troops recently occupied the capital
McManus had killed three of their
number.
The fact that the American flag
had been hoisted over the house and
the doors had been sealed by the con
sul of a neutral power was taken by
the officials here to indicate that ei
ther McManus felt that he was in dan
ger or that all foreigners were fear
ful of their safety with the entry of
the Zapata troops and took steps for
protection. The killing of the Amer
ican is described in the official dis
patches as having caused great emo
tion in the foreign colony. McManus
originally was from Chicago.
Japan Modifies Demand
Pekin Japan has definitely modi
fied her attitude toward China in con
nection with her demands presented
after occupation by Japan of the Ger
man concession of Kiao-Chow.
Make Gasoline and Dyestuffs
Washington Secretary Lane an
nounced after the Cabinet meeting
that he had entered into a contract
with private interests to build a $250,
000 plant to house the invention of Dr.
Walter G. Rittman of the Bureau of
Mines, a process for the manufacture
of gasoline, dyestuffs and explosives.
Propose Prohibition In Alaska
Juneau, Alaska A bill providing
for prohibition throughout Alaska was
introduced in the lower house of the
territorial legislature.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Movements Due and Their Local
Effects For Cotton States
March 21-23, 1915.'
National Weather Journal.
Sunday, March 21 The week
will open with moderately warm
temperatures in the South and
with increasing cloudiness, es
pecially in Western and Middle
Belt. "
Monday, March 22; Tuesday,
March 23; Wednesday, March
24. Cool wave is due to over
spread the Western Cotton Belt
Monday, accompanied by snow
well into Texas and by rain in
the remainder jof Western and
Middle Belt, bringing light freez
ing temperatures over the North
ern half of Texas, with frosty
temperatures nearly to the Tex
as Coast, but only moderate falls
of temperature ' elsewhere in
the South. It is not expected to
clear in Texas, so that actual
frosts should be generally avoid
ed. Thursday March 25 to Sunday,
March 28. General rains in the
South Wednesday and Thursday
will precede cool wave, wThich
will clear the weather in West
ern Cotton Belt by Friday and
in the remainder of the South
by Saturday. Frosts are indi
cated for this movement as far
South as Houston, Texas and in
the Northern halves of the other
Gulf States, except Florida,
where no frosts are probable
from it.
MRS. B0YLIN SALES AGENT
Wadesboro Woman Will Sell Products
of Girl's Canning Clubs To
Visit Clubs.
Wadesboro. Mrs. Jane C. McKim
mon, state demonstration agent, has
appointed Mrs. J. G. Boylin of Wades
boro sales agent for the products can
ned by the girls of North Carolina. It
is her plan to visit all of the schools
of the state and the public institu
tions to get contracts for next year's
supply. Meredith College, Raleigh;
the State Normal, Greensboro; Albe
marle Normal, Albemarle; Horner's
School, Charlotte, A. & M. College,
Fassifern, Hendersonville, have given
satisfactory answers to request to
hold off contracts until Mrs. Boylin
can visit them; also the Deaf and
Dumb school at Morganton, the Insane
Hospital, of Raleigh; the School for
Feeble-Minded, at Kinston, and the
Insane Hospital at Morganton, are
ready to give contracts for the 4 II
brand.
The state will pay the actual trav
eling expenses of the sales agent, but
each county is expected to make an
appropriation to cover the expense
account of selling these products.
The counties that make appropria
tions will receive a larger pro rata
share of sales.
In some instances tuition aftd
board will be given for products. Al
ready Rev. Geo. Atkinson has given
through Mrs. Boylin to a woman be
longing to the Tomato Club, a barrel
raf sugar to be made into preserves,
the sale of which will go for the ex
pense of her son at Rocky River Mili
tary School.
Turn Cows on Cotton.
Kinston. At Marltown, in Pitt coun
ty, where the price for picking cotton,
much of which recains in the fields, is
a dollar the 100 pounds, the planters
are beginning to turn their cows into
the fields rather than pay that high
price for labor.
MARKET REPORTS.
Cotton, Cotton Seed and Meal Prices
In the Markets of North Carolina
For the Past Week.
As reported to the Division of Mar
kets, North Carolina Agricultural Ex
periment Station and Department ol
Agriculture, Raleigh.
p a ti BE
S 2
? 9 be B G
P Jr-3 J- 8 ' oS
North Eastern
Ahoakie 6 -7H
Farmville ...74-7
Kelfoni 7 -7
Is'e-w Hern. .'..7-7
Vanoeboro ...7-7
Washington.. T3
Williamston. .5 -71j
Windsor 7
Winterville. . .74-7
South Eattrn
Favetteville. . .fH7
North Carolina
40-42 33.00
40-42 32.00
35-45 30.00
39- 42
40- 43 31.00
43 U 30.00
2000
ieoi
32-33 31.00
40-42
40-42 30.00
North Carolina
34-37V- fiS.OO
33 1-3 32.00
9.00
North Carolina
42 30.00
40-45 32.00
30-42 Vi
1800
1400
Jacksonville. .54-74
Maxton
North Central
Airlie 7
Rattleboro .. 74
Enfield 7-7
Greensboro ..7-7
Kenly 7 -7Vj
Ijoutsburg ...
Pittsboro ....
Raleigh 74-7
Scotland Neck
Selma 7H-7
South Central
Charlotte 74-8
Cleveland
2000
2000
lovjd
2000
2000
1700
2000
2001
13GJ
31.00
30.00
3S-40
40
35-43
39
33-40
37li-40
30.00
2S.00
32.00
30.00
North Carolina
33-39 30.00
38-43 30.00