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VOL. XX. NO. 42.
SALUDA, FOLK COUNTY, N. C.,-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
26, 1915.
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CRISIS IN AFFAIRS EVELYN BLOWN OR fe'fegH FRENGH STEAMER
i GRAVE DANGER TO THE UNITED
STATES IN NEW ISSUES OF
EUROPEAN SITUATION.
MUST STAND BY PRESIDENT
Fully Sustains President Wilson In the
Course He Hae Taken in Interna
' ) ' tional Situations.
Mnrristown. X. J. The United
States is threatened by a serious in
vasion of its rights as a neutral bj the
warring factions of Europe and in pro
tecting its commerce with those Na
tions is face to face with a crisis, in
the opinion of former President . Wil
liam Howard Taft.
In the solution of that crisis should
it arise, no jingc spirit must Le allow
ed to prevail, Mr. Taft advised; neith-
r priue nor uiuuicuunj yaaaiuu
ghouia influence judgment- .
"And when the President shall act,"
Mr.' Taft declared, "we must stand by
him to the end. In! this determina
tion we may be sure that all will join,
no matter what their (European origin.
All will forget their differences in self
sacrificing loyalty to bur common flag
and our common country."
Mr. Taft's reference to the situa
tion confronting the United States was
made at the5 conclusion of an address
before the Washington! Association of
New1 Jersey. ' Quoting a reservation in
the treaty of Algeciras, proclaimed in
1907, and entered into by the United
States and 11 European Nations, Mr.
Taft said;
. "Our interest in; the present war.
under the "Conditions that exist, should
be limited us set iorth in this reserva
tion) to wit.
"Tfo preserving and increasing the
commerce of the United States with
the belligerents ; to the protection as
to life, liberty ; and - properity d- our
citizens residing or traveling in their
countries, and to the aiding by our
friendly offices and efforts in bringing
those countries to peace.
"Our efforts for peace," he continu
ed, nave been; made as complete as
possible.
"In preserving the commerce-of the
United States with the belligerents.
however, we are face to face with a
crisis. The planting of mines in the
open sea and the use of submarines
to send neutral vessels to the bottom
without inquiry as to their neutrality
when found in a so-called war zone
of the open sea, are all of them a
variation from the rules of interna
tional law governing the action of bel
ligerents towards neutral trade.
; "When their violation results in the
destruction- of -the lives of American
citizens or ot American
grave issue wilj arise " as
duty of this Government
property, a
to what the
is. The re-
sponsibiiity of the President: and Con
gress in meeting the criticarissue thus
presented in maintaining our Nation
al rights and our National honor on
the one hand, with due regard to the
awfjil consequences to our 90,000,000
or people of engaging.ln this horrible
world war, on the other, .will be very
Meii. . n involves on their part a
judgment in its consequences that we
should earnestly pray that the neces
sity -for it may be averted. !
"if, however, the occasion arises
. un be confident that those in
authority will be actuated by the high
est patriotic motives anck by the deep
est concern for our National elfare.
'VVe must not aUPw our Prie or mo"
mentary passion to influence our judg-
ftnt. We must exercise the delibera
tion that the fateful consequences in
the loss of our best blood and enor
mous waste of treasure would neces
sarily impose upon us.. ,lWe must al
low no jingo spirit to prevail. We
must' abide the judgment of those In
whom we have entrusted the author
ity and when the President shall act,
e must stand by him to the end."
" 'The great rule, of conduct for us
in regard to foreign Nations is in ex
tending our commercial relations, to
have with them as little political con
nection as possible. So far as we
have already formed engagements, let
ihem be fulfilled ! with perfect good
faith. Here1 let us stop.!'
Both Houses of Congress Busy.'
Washington. Appropriations for na-
t'onal defense occupied the, attention
of both houses of congress.- The sen
ate discussed until late at night the
army appropropriation bill carrying
approximately $103,000,000, while the
house debated the fortifications ; bill.
While progress was being made on
both these. measures, the senate com
mittee on naval affairs 'practically
completed consideration of the' naval
appropriations measure' and the sen
ate paused for ! four minutes to pass
the pension bill carrying $164,000,000.,
CARRYING COTTON FOR BREMEN
SHE STRIKES MINE IN THE
NORTH SEA,
WAS NOT IN NEW WAR ZONE
First Government Insured Vessel
Lost. Sensation Results From the,
.. News at Washington.
Brement The Amercian steamer
Evelyn which sailed from New York
January 29 with a cotton cargo for
Bremen was sunk by a mine off Bork
um Island in the North $ea.
Th vessel's captain and 27, of her
crew "were saved.
The nationality of the mine which
destroyed the Evelyn has not been
established.
The Evelyn is the first American
vessel to meet with disaster as a re
sult of a eea warfare of the Euro
pean nations. She does not sink with
in the war zone included in the' Ger
man admiralty's decree. Borkum Isl
and lies directly, off the German coast
at the mouth of the Ems River and is
German territory.
'Martime records give the comple
ment of the Evelyn at 25 men so that
it is probable that all on board the
vessel was rescued.
The Evelyn ( was a single screw,
steel steamship and was commanded
by Captain Smith She belonged to
Harriss, Irby & Vose of New York.
She was 252 feet long and 1,185 tons
net. She was built in Southampton
England in 1883.
Washington. The United States
government was advised officially of
the destruction of the first American
vessel on the high seas since the out
break of the European war.
i After a conference with President
Wilson. Secretary Bryan cabled Am-
' bassador iPage at'ixindon and Ambas
sador Gerard at Berlin to make an
exhaustive inquiry as to the facts,
and, If the crew was landed in either
of their respective jurisdictions, to
furnish every care and convenience
to Captain Smith and his men.
Although the extent of the sea
zones of war proclaimed by Germany
was never defined exactly, the Bor
kum Islands are considered far dis
tant from the danger areas of sub
marines. ; The waters of the vlciniy
are mined for defensive purposee anjfl
Germany always has piloted incoming:
ships through.
FIVE BRITISH VESSELS SUNK.
Big Raid by German Cruiser Off Coast
of South Africa.
London The British steamers High
land Braie, Hemisphere and Potarb and
the sailing; ships Sumatra and Wilfred
have been5 sunk In the Atlantic pre
sumably by the German cruiser Karls
ruhe. Crews and passengers were
landed at Buenos Aires by the Ger
man steamer Holger.
The sinking of these five vessels
and in addition, the British steamer
Viscount Humphreys was reported
from Buenos Aires February 18. The
Buenos Aires dispatch, however, said
that the German auxiliary cruiser
Kronprinz Wilhelm and not the Karls
ruhe, sank them. This version prob
ably , is correct, as it was given by
men-on noard the Holger.
Twilight Sleep Operation.
Raleigh, N. C. The condition of
Speaker Emmet R. Wooten, of ,tne
House' of Representatives, injured in
ah automobile accident recently con
tinued to grow worse. Late in the day
an operation was performed on a rup
tured kidney. His iphysicians" stated
he was resting better, though his con
dition is considered very grave. The
the "twilieht sleeo" in
the operation. ,
John Barclay Moon Dead.
Richmond, Va. John Barclay Moon,
chairman of the Virginia Debt Com
mission, for 20 years counsel for the
University of Virginia, and . widely
known as an attorney, died -suddenly
at his home in 'Albemarle county.
(Canal Toils Reduced 20 Per Cent.
Panama Under, instructions of Sec
retary Garrison changes are being
oreDared in . the regulations for com
Dutatdon oi. Panama Canal tolls which,
it is estimated, will decrease revenues
from . the . classes of freight affected
aoroximately 20 per cent. It was dis
covered that the fixing of tolls under
the Panama Canal rules at $1.20 a' tan
was illegal, the rate being greater
than that sanctioned, by law. This
arose from the differences between a
'ton as defined by the Canal rules and
& registered United States ton.
DOES NOT FEAR HUNGER
NAVAL WAR ZONE METHODS ARE
NECESSARY FOR NATIONAL
PRESERVATION.
If United States Will Furnish Therrk
and Refuse Allies Then All Will Z
Be Well.
Berlin, via London. Germany's re
ply to the protest of the United States
against designation of ..a naval war
tone about the British Isles Is couch
ed in the most friendly terms, but
firmly maintains the position of Ger
many as already announced. ;
The note, which' has been trans
mitted to Washington through the
American Embassy, explains that Ger
many's action was made necessary by
Great Britain's policy - of .attempting
tocuf off'the food suppIyof the Ger
man civil 'population by a method
never recognized in International law.
England's course in ordering mer
chantmen to fly neutral flags, equip
ping them with artillery and ordering
them to destroy submarines, Germany
contends, renders nugatory the right
of search and gives Germany the
rights to attack English shipping.
The reply .closes with the expres
sion of hope that the United States
mjay prevail ' upon Great Britain "to
rejturn to the principles of internation
al law recognized prior to the out
break of the war" and In particular
obtain observance of the Declaration
of London.' If this were done,,,. the
note explains, Germany would recog
nize in this, says the reply an invalu
able service toward a more humane
conduct of the war and would act in
accordance with the new situation
thus cfreated.
FLEE BEFORE GERMANS.
Populous Towns in Eastern War Zone
Emptied of People.
. r Petrograd, via London. The Ger
man advance from East Prussia upon
the towns of Kovno and Grodno ap
pears designed to cut the railroad
communications) to Warsaw," rather
than. to an". effort to take the Russian
fortified positions in that territory.
Along the line from Ploekf.to Nie
men, about 200 : miles in length, there
has been intermittent . fighting. From
all the towns in this district, the
most populous of the empire, the civil
population is fleeing, thronging the
highways and railroads.
The German 'advance guards are
reported to , have proceedd from Au
gustowo towards the! railroad be
tween Grodno and Bialystok and to
have reached within 12 miles of the
former place, wher they are said to
have been checked- by. the Russians.
The Germans ' alsjo are reported to
be attempting to break through - be
tween Kovno and Grodno, taking ad
vantage of the frozen. Augustowo
marshes and . Niemen River, and fae-
ing the possibility cof an early thaw
which might leave them at the mercy
of the Russians. - : .
The line to the north of Warsaw
of ' Blon'ck, , Nowo-Gorgiewsk and Se
rock, is well defended. :-
In the south jbetween the German
column' advancing-' towards Mesola-i
bofchborch and ithe force moving oh
Wyshkow, there are virtually . no
troops of either side. Around Mes
olaborch the Russians are reported
to be successfully holding their posi
tions and at several' points to have
Frank James is Dead.
Excelsior Springs, Mo. Frank
James, of the notorious James gang,
died on his farm hear here. James,
who was 74 years old, had been in ill
health several months and was strick
en with apoplexy. :
3?' ,
GREAT CONVENTION OVER
LAYMEN'S MISSIONARY CONVEN
TION ENDS GREAT THREE
DAYS' BIENNIAL SESSION.
Near Four Thousand Delegates Make
Charlotte Meeting Greatest
In History of Sessions.
N
Charlotte. Closing its three days'
biennial session in this city, the Lay
men's Missionary Convention of the
Southern- Presbyterian Church East
of the Mississippi left the matter of
date and place, of next meeting with
the executive committee. Features
of the final session were addresses by
Rev. Dr. Egbert W, Smtih, executive
Secretary, of foreign missions, Nash
ville, on i "That Which is Committed
torUsT; W.. EL Doughty, edncational
secretary laymen's movement. New
York, Intercession, the Highest Form
of Service"; J. Campbell White, gen
eral secretary of the laymen's move
ment, New York, "Leaving Your Mark
on the World."
The chief thing remarked upon by
delegates and officials has been the
size of the convention, which, al
though, the Southern Presbyterian
church has been divided into West and
East of the Mississippi sections, has
been attended by over 3,500 delegates,
making it double the size of any pre
vious convention.
The afternoon session was given
over to a conference on stewardship
and an address by George -Innes of
Philadelphia on" "How Can a Man
Best Send His Money on Ahead," this
being a discussion of the I practical
side of financing the work of evehgeli
zation. J. Campbell White , led the
stewardship discussions.
The feature of the morning session
was the address on "Efficiency by
George C. Shane of Philadelphia, in
which ' the speaker contrasted the
practical methods of business with
those of church work, giving as an
instance a Philadelphia financier who
In a few minutes bought five boats
for $287,000 and borrowed $300,000
with which to pay for them, but had
a-Bible class of fifty students that he
could not increase by a single-member.
: .
" 7
SHIP-BILL STRIKES SNAG:
Progressives And Seven Democratic
Insurgents Bolt.
Washington Administration - demo
prats got another setback in their
fight for President WHson's ship bill
when they suddenly learned that the
bill as it passed the house will not
command the support of Senators Ken
yon, Norris or LaFollette, progressive
republicans on whom they counted,
norv the support of any of the seven
democrat insurgents.
' The plan to move to concur with
the house amendments was wrecked
by the discovery that tbe leaders
could" not muster.', enough : votes. Ad
ministeration leaders made no attempt
to conceal their embarrassment, and
planned to send the bill to conference
with the hope of putting on some
amendments to command support.
v Talaat Bey Expresses Himself.
Constantinople, via London Turk
ey declared ;war without being urged
by Germany or impelled by any other
influences save those of the empire,'
said Talaat Bey today in a staement
to; the Associated Press. I j
' Cotton Exports Increase.
Washington Cotton exports were
beyond normal proportions during Jan
uary. The quantity was more than
300,000 bales greater than last year,
according to the monthly report of
the census bureau.
ONE BOAT STRUCK MINE IN
ENGLISH CHANNEL AND AN
OTHER WAS TORPEDOED. i
ACTIVE IN NEW WAR ZONE
President Wilson and Cabinet Discus
Dangers to American Vessels
Caused by New War Zone.
Washington. President Wilson and
his cabinet discussed at length dan
gers to American vessels and com
merce growing out of the reiterated
determination of the German gov$-
ment to wage a submarnie and mine
warfare on enemy's vessels and dis
claiming responsibility for what ma
happened to neutral vessels venturing
into the new sea war zones.
Struck By Mine.
Dover. The Norwegian tank steam
ship Belridge, which sailed from New
Orleans January 28 and Newport
News February 5 for Amsterdam
struck a mine off Dover. She was
beached near here.
It was first reported she was onlj
slightly damaged by the explosion, but
later it was learned there had been
fear of her going down. Her fore-
peak and her forehold are filled with
water and her forelock is awash. .
The pilot on board and 18 men of
her'crew have been landed.
French Steamer Torpedoed. .
Dieppe, France, via Paris. A Ger
man submarine, torpedoed without
warning the French steamer Dinorah
from Havre for Dunkirk, at a point 16
miles off Dieppe.
The Dinorah did -not sing but was
towed into Diepfpe. No I mention is
made of the loss of any of her crew.
A plate on the port side of the
steamer below the warterline was
stoved In by the torpedo. She man.
aged-to keep afloat-by-iiardpmplng1
word of the occurrence was taken into
Dieppe by fishing boats and assistance
for the DinoTah was promptly sent
out. Her cargo will be discharged
here.
The presence of a German submaine
off Cape Ailly was reported four days
ago. The daily steam traffic service
between Dieppe and England has been
suspended. ur- "
WILSON OPENS EXPOSITION.
President Touched Button and Set
Monster Event in Motion.
San Francisco. An electric spark of
enormous potential, jumping across
the continent, opened the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition at noon,
Pacific coast time. In the white house
at Washington,!' President Wilson
pressed a button and the serials of the
great government! radio station at Ar
lington in response sent a vibration to
a commercial station on San Francisco
bay. From there the message was
relayed by wire to a receiving instru
ment on the exposition grounds.
As soon as the signal was received,
the wheels began to turn, and the
fountains to play; the gates swung
open, and a procession of citizens,
with the mayor at their head, marched
into the grounds.
At the same time, President Charles
C. Moore of the exposition, informed
President Wilson over . a . telephone
line that the wireless flash had been
received and the exposition hadf open
ed. In return President Wilson sent
his greetings and good wishes. Brief
ceremonies of dedication and accept
ance followed.
Argentine May Warn Ships to Leave.
Buenos Ayres. The Argentine Gov
ernment is considering warning the
German steamer Holger and the .aux
iliary cruiser Ardonna to leave this
port within 24 hours or be disarmed
and Interned, it was announced. The
Holger arrived here with crews of
several merchant ships sunk by the
German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm.
i -Medal for Siri John French.
JParis. The Government decided to
confer the militaty medal on Field
Marshal Sir John ?French commander-in-chief
of British? forces in the field.
. ,'"' No Mail Lost.
Washington. ': Although , Unite
States mail is going directly or indi
rectly tqt every country in the world,
so "far not on bag has . been lost
through the activities of European
warfleets. In fact; postoffice depart
menfc officials said, no American mail
has gone down with a merchantman
destroyed by' a warship within the
past hundred years. Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson said he expected no in
terference with mail service to result
from Germany's sea war kone procla
mation, i i
WEATHER FORECAST.
Movements Due and . Their Lo
cal Effects For the Cotton
State, Feb. 28 to March
7, 1915.
Carothers Observatory Forecast
Sunday, February 28. The
week will open with a Cool
Wave In the Eastern Belt as
previously forecast and with
warmer weather prevailing in
Western Belt.
Monday, March 1 ; Tuesday,
March 2; Wednesday, March 3.
Cool Wave is due to overspread
the South Monday and Tuesday,
it is believed without precipita
tion, and it will bring 10 de
grees cooler weather, with light
frosta in Eastern Belt nearly to
the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts.
Thursday, March 4, to Sun
day, March 7. Rain setting in
in Western Belt Thursday will
overspread the; South Friday
and Saturday in advance of the
cool wave. This movement will
cover the South Saturday and
Sunday, with" moderately cooler
weather, minima ranging around
50 degrees, with clearing.
CAPE LOOKOUT CONTRACT LET
Harbor of Refuge Largest Govern
ment Project Ever Undertaken in
- State.
Wilmington. Maj. H. W. Stickle,
United States Engineer in charge of
the Wilmington district, has announc
ed that to D. L. Taylor & Co., of Me
dina, N. Y., hav been awarded the
contract for building ,t he first section
of the biggest government project
ever attempted in North Carolina, the I
same being the breakwater which is
to form the harbor of refuge at Cape
Lookout. There is $1,260,000 now
available for this work, and it is mu-
tually agreed between Taylor & Co.
and the government that the firm will
be awarded the contract for the entire
project, as the appropriations are
made by the government, the whole " ;
amounting to $3,170,000. ." ,
. The contractor must begin the work
within six months. It is probable that
h--wilP beglrr nvlfchln" three hionths;
The agreement makes it mandatory , t
that 'at least 27,000 tons of rock be"t
placed each month. Using this as.av''
basis it is estimated that the work1-'
will be finished that part of it in- -r" f
eluded in the present contract within
two years from the time the work i
begun. The contractor, it is under- .
stood, expects to place the rock at the
rate of 50,000 tons monthly, which
would bring the time of completion to
slightly more' than one year from the .
beginning of the work. .:
The rock will be obtained from a
quarry near Havre de Grace, Md., and
water transportation will be had
direct from the quarry to the scene of
operations. The inland waterway will
be used to great advantage. Thirty;
barges, towed by six tugs, will be used
by the contractor in transporting the
material.
Concord Lady Wins Prize.
Concord, It will be interesting to
North Carolina women of fashion to
know that a Southern woman, Miss
Nannie Alexander of Concord, has
been awarded the second prize and
also a certificate of award in a New
York contest for original design in
ribbon trimmed hats, this being a"nat
ional contest of American designing
in order that America may soon rival
European markets In this art.
The value of North Carolina hoga
has increased $3,463,000 during, the
last five years.
,
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 ot
Agriculture, Raleigh. !
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ICinston 7 -8 c 45-48c 82.00
Maxton .7-7 35-45c -30.00
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Scotl'4 Neck 4345c
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