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VOL. XX. NO. 46,
SALUDA, POLK COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1915.
ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894.
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PRZEWSL IS1B
ALLIES CELEBRATE
stSi; CCD FOR MONTHS EAST"
ERN FORT CAPITULATES TO '
INVADING ARMY.
OPENS UP WAY TO GRACOW
Much Enthusiasm In Petrograd, Lon
don anc! Paris Over Victory Re
garded as Most Important. . '
London. -The long investment . of
the inid-Galician fortress of Przemysi
has ended Depleted' by disease ) sub
sisting oi. horse flesh and surrounded
by a superior force of ,Russians, the
garrison has surrendered to :he be
sieging army after a defense lasting
many months, which up to the present
js recorded as ' Austria's most n'ote
. worthy contribution to the war.
Petrograd, London and Paris are
celebrating the event PetTograd and
Paris in the sopntaneous manner char
acteristic of those cities London with
silent, and grim satisfaction, which is
the British way. "
Ther newspapers assert that the
fall of the fortress marks""the most
important capture' of the war, not
ecepting Antwerp, in that it not only
releases tonsiderable Hussian forces
whkli can be thrown into the fluctuat
ing strugsble 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 Roumanla and Bulgaria just as the
operations in the Dardanelles are
causing an agitation - in Greece and
'Italy.-. .. 1 ':
r. The Italian, situation i3 receiving
attention, although rumors, rather
than facts, seem tto be the basis of
most of the news dispatched. The
Italian Embassy- at London had no
confirmationcof 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 theAustrian litteral,
or the as-sembling ot aTtillery at
Tries:.
Przemysi 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 the Ger
mans to capture such strongholds as
Liege -vXamur and Antwerp, was due
;to two causes, one being the desire
of tjhe Russians to keep the loss of
life! among the besieging army at a
, minimum, the other to the lack of
great guns, which the Germans had
in Belgium. The investment was not
a close one, the garrison having had
up until recently a radius of about
1- 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 Przemycl
the; situation around the German port
f,f -Mem el is the most interesting,
l-'r; this town the Germans main
tain they have driven the Russians,
'ile a t ontrovejsy is being waged by
i p press of the' two countries as to
th merits of the Russian contention
th.it civilians fired on them in this
'-t incursion in East Prussia an
t which demanded reprisals.
MERIQAN SAILORS DROWNED.
CrJrimander Brlcker of Scorpicn and
Three Seamen Dead,
Constantinople, via Berlin and Lori
Lieutenant Commander William
Bricker, of the United States con-
rted yacht Scorpion and three sail-
-, Charles Ford, Irven Dowell and
. Ibert F. Leverens, were drowned on
'u- night of March 20 while attempt
's to reach their vessel wih aj1 row
' oat. The Scorpion was anchored In
-so Bosporus off Constantinople. The
wboat was swamped in a heavy sea.
Lieut. Herbert S. Babbitt and one
; !oilor, also in the boat, were saved.
Confers With Bryan.
Washington. Viscount Chinda, the
'panese ambassador, . called at the
tste department and conferred, with
sKTetary Bryan for nearly an hour;
Later the ambassador was asked
" nf ther he had talked about the Jap
:'nese-Chinese situation. "I absolute
ly, cannot discuss the situation at all,"
he replied. Mr. Bryan was equally as
lUKo'omunicative. Before the confer
ence it was stated at the Japanese
embassy that late advices indicated an
earlAj settlement of the negotiations
between Japan aad Cnint, ; -
BATTLESHIP
The new battleship Pennsylvania the world's largest fighting crafty-was launched at Newport News a few
days agoamid the shouts .of more than 10,000 . spectators including Secretary of Navy Daniels, and Com
mander Thierichens, of the German raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Miss Elizabeth Kolb of Germantown, Pa., was
sponsor." - The Pennsylvania is the largest vessel in the United States "Navy, being 699 feet long, 97 feet
ueam ana di.uuu tonnage. She will
FRENCH SUBMARINE LOST
GREAT FRENCH BOAT 1 IS DE
STROYED IN THE -NARROW
TURKISH STRAIT.
Admiral Tells of Sinking of Undersea
Craft fn Attempt to Torpedo the
Big Cruiser.
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London The loss of a French, sub
marine boat in an attempt to run
through the Dardanelles is described
by Rear Admiral Guepartte of the
French Dardanelles fleet, in an inter
view with the Daily Telegraph's Ten
dos correspondent. The attempt ap
parently was made some time ago al
though no announcement has been
Lmade of it heretofore.
The object of the submarine was
i the sinking of the Turkish battle
cruiser Sultan Selim (formerly the
German cruiser Goeben), the corre
spondent says Admiral Guepratte told
him. The submarine was submerged
and successfully navigated the straits
up to the corner where the Asiatic
coast juts out at Nagara. Throug-h
some miscalculation the hull struck
the rocky shore which compelled the
boat to rise to the surface. Immedi
diately the submarine? ;apeared the
forts sank her. Only a few of her
crew escaped and these were made
prisoners. .
Regarding the present situation in
the Dardanelles Rear Admiral Geu
pra'tte said the .waters of the straits
are clear sa far as Mephez Bernu. to
which points all vessels of the fleet
can safely navigate. The main mine
fields, however, are between Chanak
Kalessi and Kilid Bahr, where also
are the main coast defenses."
BRITISH ORDER PERPLEXES.
American Government Awaiting Fur
ther Construction . By England.
Washington. While the United
States does not know as yet whether
the Allies intend to maintain a legal
blockade or propose to apply general
rules of contraband and non-contraband
in enforcing their embargo on
commercial intercourse between Ger
many and neutral countries, Ameri
can naval .officers and officials versed
In international law expressed the
opinion that the indefinite limit pre
scribed "European waters, including
the Mediterranean," might be con
strued as a legal area' of operations
for a blockading fleet.
Naval officers frankly adfnit that
the old form of blockade by warships
close to an enemy coast passed with
the investment of Santfago in the
Spaniah-Ameriean wr. Accordingly,
in asking Greatv Britain and France
for an explanation of their recent
declaration of an embargo, the United
States conceded that the activity of
submarines might make physically
impossible a close blockade of an
enemy coast, and suggested that if
the declaration of the Allies were to
be construed as a legal blockade some
"radius of activity" be announced.
One Quart Law Unconstitutional.
Montgomery, Ala. The law recent
ly enacted by the Alabama legisla
ture prohibiting the delivery into the
state of more than one quart of liquor
to one person was declared unconsti
tutional by Judge Gaston Gunter. The
court ruled' that the statute is a regu
lation of interstate commerce; that
congress cannot delegate such author
ity to the states; and that the Federal
Webb-Kenyon act prohibits the ship
ment of liquor in a state only, when
possession of any quantity of liquor
in that state is unlawful.
Steamer Hyndford Torpedoed.
Glasgow, Scotland, via London
The British steamer Hyndford was
torpedoed in the English Channel by
a German submarine. It is reported
one member of her crew was killed.
This steamer was torpedoed in the
favorite hunting ground of the Ger
man submarines off Beachy Head
while she was proceeding for London
under her own steam.
PENNSYLVANI A
be ready for commission February 28,
NOTES NOT SATISFACTORY
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UNITED STATES WILL SEEK FUR
THER INFORMATION AND ALSof
LODGE PROTEST.
Allies Cannot Interrupt Shipments Be-
tween United States and Neutral -:
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Countries.
Washington. The United States
considers that Great Britain and
France in the British Order-in-Council
and accompanying notes have not
answered "questions . propounded to
them as-to what warrant there is utt-:
der international law for the establish
ment of an embargo on all commercial
intercourse, directly and indirectly be
tween Germany and neutral countries.
it was stated officially at the State
Department that this government still
does not know whether the action of
the Allies is intended as a legal block
ade or whether rules of contraband
and non-contraband are to be their le
gal basis for future detentions. On a
determination of this question prob
ably will depend 'not only the nature
of any steps to be taken by the Unit
ed States now, but also the basis for
damage claims arising out; of ;5inter-,
ruption to American commerce. 4 '
In preparing the protest to be sent
to Great Britain and France the posi
tion of the United States; substantially
is as follows:
1. If the action of the Allies is a
blockade, all commerce directly with
Germany can be halted by making the
blockade effective, a certain "radius
of activity" being allowed for the
blockading warships off the German
coast because of the newly developed
activities of submarines. But there
can be no legal blockade of the coast
of neutral countries of Europe -con-tigious
to those at war, under any
circumstances and commerce between
the United States and neutrals espe
cially in non-contraband, should be
free from interruption, Irrespective of
ultimate destination.
1 If the action is not a blockade
then there exists no legal right to de
tain cotton or other non-contraband
cargoes even when consigned directly
to German ports. Nor can foodstuffs
or conditional contrabaid be justly in
terrupted unless proven though con
signed to Germany, to be destined for
the. use of Its belligerent forces and
not its civilian population. Under the
same circumstances too, there is no
legal basis for detaining cargoes con
signed from the United States to the
neutral countries of Europe if con
taining cotton or non-contraband
goods. ','
EXPECT BIG CLASH SOON.
Germans and Belgians Face Each
Other on River Yser.
j London.- The next important bat
tle in the West, it is believed, will
take place along the River Yser, held
on one side by the recently reorgan
ized Belgian army, and on the other
by Germans.
As the floods have , subsided the
Belgians, supported by the Allies' war
ships, have pushed their line - slightly
forward, and this is almost certain to
lead to couunter-attacks by the Ger
mans and then a general engagement
as when similar movements were ini
tiated elsewhere along the front. An
artillery duel already has commenced.
The contest for the spur of Notre
Dame de Lorette is still in progress,
and, according to Berlin, further at
tempts of the French to advance in
Champagne, where they captured an
important ridge north of Le -Mesnil,
have been repulsel. Fighting in the
Argonne forest and the Vosges has
slackened somewhat owing doubtless
to the cold weather.
There may be a slight delay while
the Germans are awaiting reinforce-
meats far they have been using most
of their reserves to counter-attack the
British troops at St. Elols and Neuve
Chappelle and the French north of
Arras, but that a big clash-will sbon
come nobody doubts , ; 1
LAUNCHED
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WILL CONFINE BLOCKADE
GREAT BRITAIN AND, FRANCE
ASSURE UNITED STATES OF
BOUNDARY.
Allies Propose to Blockade Germany
With as Little Loss to Neutrals
as Possible.'
Washington. Diplomatic communi
cations were made public by the State
Department constituting the entire
correspondence of the last few weeks
between the United States and' Ger
many and between th United States
and Great Britain and France, relative
to the cessation of submarine attacks
on merchant ships, the shipment of
conditional contraband and foodstuffs
to civilians, the use of neutral flags by
belligerent merchantment, the remov
al of mines, and the proclamation of
a virtual blockade of the Allies against
Germany,
The communications revealed that
the! United States, realizing the diffi
culties of the Allies maintaining an
effective blockade of Germany' by a
close guard of the coast on account of
the j newly-developed activity of sub-
marines,r asked ttiat'a radius of ac
tivity" be defined. Great Britain and
France replied with th6 announcement
that the operations of blockade would
not be conducted "outside of European
waters, including the Mediterranean."
While Germany agreed it is disclos
ed to abandon her submarine attacks
on "mercantile of any flag" except
when they resist visit or search pro
vided foodstuffs were permitted to
reach her civilian population, Great
Britain and her Allies rejected the
proposal originally madeby the United
States in an effort to bring the bel
ligerents into an arrangement which
would safeguard the interests of neu
trals. .:
Furthermore the documents show
that the United States asked Great
Britain and France whether the em
bargo on all commerce between Ger
many and neutral countries was to be
carried out under the rules of a
blockade or by Interference with ships
and cargoes "as if nd blockade exist
ed," the two together presenting in
tne view of. the American Government
a proposed course of action previous
ly unknown to international law.
The answers from Great Britain and
France reveal for the first time that
the Allies officially regard their policy
as a "blockade" but desh-e to refrain
from exercising the rights of belliger
ents under a blockade to confiscate
ships and cargoes as a -penantly for
breach of blockade, substituting pro
cedure in prize courts and compensa
tion through sale of the detained mer:
chandise. ,
GERMAN CONSUL ARRESTED.
Charged Wjth Trying to Secure Busl
- ness Secrets at Seattle.
Seattle, Wash. Dr. William Mul
ler, Imperial German consul at Seat
tle and his secretary B. M. Schultz
were served with notice of arrest at
the consulate. They are charged with
conspiracy in attempting to corruptly
influence John Murdock, an employe
of the Seattle Construction and Dry
dock Co., by inducing him to sell busi
ness secrets of his employers.
Consul Muller and his secretary are
accused by the State of Washington
of offering Murdock a cash considera
tion to supply them with information
bearing out Ambassador Bernstorff's
charge that the Seattle corporation
was shipping; knock-down submarines
to the British government.
I Four Spanish Vessels Lost.
Algeciras, Spain, via Paris Four
sailing vessels with Spanish dock la
borers on board 4have been lost in a
j great storm. It is estimated that 300
persons oh board the vessels were
drowned. " One hundred vessels of
various nationalities have taken refuge
form the' storm In the Bay of Alge
ciras. " i
RAILROADS LOOT
POSTAL REVENUES
BURLESON SAYS THAT CERTAIN
RAILROADS DEFEATED AP
PROPRIATION BILLS.
PAYING ITS OWN EXPENSES
Parcel Post Makes ' Poitoffiee De
partment Profitable Says the Post
master General - .
Washington. Postmaster General
Burleson issued a statement reiterat-.
ing nis cnarge that, certain railroads
brought about the defeat of , the post-
office appropriation bill In . jthe last
Congress because of its provision for
changing railway mail pay from a
weight to a space basis. He announc
ed his intention to renew his recom
mendation for this change when the
new Congress reconvenes.
The railway mail committee rep
resenting "certain railroads" the,
statement declares, "engineered the
fight against the appropriation bill
and financed a propaganda designed
to mislead and wrongfully influence
the public mind into an attitude of
antagonism to the department."
Under the present system, accord
ing to Mr. Burleson, some railroads
get much more than . their share; of
tfye money paid for. transporting tho
mails, and substitution of the space
basis hot only would save money for
the Government, but would make pos
sible more equitable treatment of the
roads. Of the department's effort to
have this legislation included in the
appropriation bill, the statement says :
"It was and is a determined well
considered effort to end a system un
der which the noatal 'anthnriMfts arft
compelled to stand helplessly by while
the railways loot the postal revenues.
Although the railways contend they
are underpaid for carrying the mails,
the facts are that they are overpaid
and that they are receiving from the
government amounU which, for ahaul
of any considerable length, exceed by
about two to one the amounts they re
ceive from express companies for sim
ilar service."
GEN. ,SCOTT IS PEACEMAKER.
Tse-Ne-Gat, "Old Polk" and Chief
Posey Are Taken Unarmed.
Washington. A laconic r telegram
came to the War Department from
Brig. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, Chief of
Staff, at Bluffe, Utah, announcing that
the "General was bringing in the four
Indians who recently led a band of
their tribesmen on the war path who
the Federal authorities attempted to
arrest Tse-Ne-Gat for murder. The
messgae addressed to Secretary Gar
rison said:
"Successful. Have four Plutes de
sired by Marshal Nebeker and am, at
their desire, . personally conducting
them to Lake City to turn over to
Marshal Nebeker. Am leaving every
thing peaceable behind us in South-
ern Utah. Should reach Salt Lake
City in 3 or 4 days." I
Secretary Garrison, gratified and
relieved of more anxiety than he had
cared to confess at once dispatched
the following to the General:
I heartily congratulate you. I ap
preciate your work in the highest de
gree." . ,
Newspaper dispatches told of Gen
eral Scott's arrival at Bluff with the
four Indians, Tse-Ne-Gat and his fath
er, "Old Polk." Chief Posey and the
latter's son. The party rode in just 10
days after General Scott, unarmed and
accompanied only by an orderly and
two Navahoe scouts; had started off
on a snow-Covered mountain trail for
the distant hiding place of the Plutes.
Force German Steamer to Return.
San Juan. P. R. The German mer
chant steamer Oldenwald attempted
to leave port without obtaining clear
ance papers but was stopped as she
was passing out the harbor entrance by
two shots across her bow from a five-
inch gun, and direct shots from a
maxim. She then returned and was
taken in charge by the 'collector of
customs. Permission to sail was re
fused the Odenwald by the collector
pending instructions from Washing
ton. .
Fire Destroys Horses.
High Point. Fire at the Gould
Lodge, six miles from) High Point, de
stroyed 13 horses, one of which was
valued at $1,300, 1,300 bushels of corn
together with the three large barn
buildings, including great quantities
of hay and feedstuff. The average
value of the animals is estimated at
?200 each. Tne lodge itself was saved
The High Point motor fire truck was
called, but arrived too late to accom
plish anything because of low water
suply. The origin of the fire is un
known.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Movements Due and Their Local
Effects for the Cotton States
March 28 to April 4, -1915.
National Weather Journal "
Sunday, March 28 to Wednes
day, March 31. The week will
open generally fair and moder
ately cool in the South and lit
tle change of any. kind is ex
pected during the first half of
the week, while cool weather is
crossing the country. Light
frost temperatures are expected
in Northern Alabama and Geor
gia and In the Carolinas Wed
nesday and Thursday, but it will
be warmer in Middle and West
ern Cotton Belt.
Thursday,, April 1 to Sunday,
April 4. Unsettled weather
will apear in Western Cotton
Belt Thursday and it will con
tinue more or less . unsettled
breaking into general rains by
Saturday. The general rains
will be spifeading over the
South as the new week opens,
with no material change of
temperatures.
CONVENTION TO PAY ITS WAY
Baracas and Philatheas Meeting in
Rateigh April 22-25 Will Try
Dollar-a-Day Plan.
Raleigh. A feature of the State
Baraca-Philathea Convention to, be
held here April 22-25, will be the try
ing out of the pay-plan.
Raleigh is believed to be particular
ly suited to the trying out of the plan.
Probably more conventions meet here
than in any other city in the state.
Of course many of these are of a sec
ular nature and the delegates pay
their way as a matter of course! But
with conventions of a religious nature
the practice has been here as else
where to give free , entertainment.
And it has happened on many, occas
ions that some have had more than a
fair share of the entertaining to do.
The Baracas and Philatheas are go
ing to change all this as far as they
are concerned.- 'Many who have been
unwillingr to take .-delegates hereto-,
fore," said a leading member of the
Committee of Arrangeinnets, "will no
doubt now willingly' do so as they will
be 4amply paid for their services."
Demand Larger Bond Issue.
. Asheville. Holding a mass-meeting
the residents of West Asheville de
cided to ask the county commissioners
to reject the petition asking for a bond
issue of $20,000 for school purposes
and to begin the circulation of peti
tions asking for an issue in the sum of
$35,000 for the same purpose. , It is
planned to erect a central school
building at a cost of $20,000 and to
spend the remainder of the money
derived from the sale of the bonds la
the construction of buildings on the
west banks of the French Broad River
and in the extreme eastern section of
the town.
Family of Negroes Killed.
Henderson.' Unidentified persona
recently tried to exterminate the fam
ily of Joe Perry, a negro living ten
miles from this place, and succeeded
in killing Perry's wife and child,
wounding Perry and his brother John
probably fatally.
Reports state that the dwelling of
the negroes was saturated with kero
sene and set on fire, a fusillade of
bullets being poured into the house
when its occupants tried to escape.
The woman and child fell dead, the
men mortally wounded, it is thought
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 of
Agriculture, Raleigh.
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North Eastern North Carolina
Farmville 7-7 40 30.00
Kelford .. 7 -8 40-45 31.00
Murfreesboro 7-7 40-45 . 33.00
New Bern .... 37 -39
Washington.. 7 -8 39 30.00
Williamston..7-73i 30-33 30.00
Winterville ..7-8 J 38-40 30.00
Winsdor .... 7-7
South Eastern North Carolina
Fremont 7-8 36-40 30.00
Jacksonville ...7-8 38 32.00
KinsUDn ..7-7 36 30.00
Maxton 7-8 29.00
North Central North Carolina
Battleboro ...6 -7 40-43 30.00
Greensboro ....7-8 ..... 31.00
Kenly ..7-8 30-36 32.00
Louisburg ... . 40 .....
Pittsboro .... ..... 36-45 30.00
Raleigh ...... 7-8 39 30.00
Riggsbee ....7.-8 40 J....
Smithfleld 8 " 42 30.00
Spring Hope.. 7-8 40 30.00
Tarboro 7-8 36. 30.00
Wilson S.r .... J
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