VOL. XX. NO. 47.
GERMANS SINK TWO
STEAMERS; 150 DEAD
ENGLISH PASSENGER SHIPS SENT
TO BOTTOM BY SHELL AND
1 TORPEDO.
ENEMY'S GUNS KILLED SOME
Both -Biats Tried to Outrun Pursuers
Which Caused Them to Get Less
Consideration.
London. Upward of 150 persons
iost their lives in the sinking by Ger-.
man submarines of the Dempster liner
Falaba and the British steamer Aguila.
The Falaba, bound from Liverpool
tor the coast of Africa, with abnuc ICO
passengers, was torpedoed in St.
George's Channel. !
The Aguila, sent down by shell p,r3
of the submarine U-23 off Pembroke
shire had three passngers and a crew
of 42 and of these 23 of the crew
and all of the passengers were lost.
The Aguila also was outward bound
from Liverpool and was en route fox
Lisbon.
An Official list supplied at the office
of the Elder Dempster Stemship Com
pany, owners ofthe Falaba shows ti'at
so far as is known at present 52 first
class passengers, 34 second-class pas
sengers and 49 of the crew of the FaV
aba were saved. Four of the passeng
ers and four of the crw are reported
killed and 61 passengers and,43 of the
crew are missing.
When the submarines appeared,
both steamers . tried to escape by
crowding on fuil steam, but the, under
water boats Overhauled them, after
short chases anoV in eaclwcase the
Germans then allowed but a few minu
tes to get his passengers . and; crew
into the small boats. " . ,-, '
The captain of the Falabv who.a
lost, was given ftve minutes to get his
passengers and crew off but, accord
ing to the survivors, before this was
possible a torpedo hit the engine room,
causing a terrible explosion. Many
were killed and the steamer sank in
10. minutes.
Trawlers rescued most of those
who were saved; others got "away In
the boats. Those still on tbe steamer
when the explosion occurred were
thrown into the sea and it took r he
fishermen an hour or more to pick up
those in the water who, managed to
keep afloat. . .
The Auila's captain was allowed
four minutes in which to leave his
ship. The submarine-opened fire kill
ing a woman passenget, the chief
engineer and two of the crew, . Even
after the crew had commenced to
lower the boats, according to the sur
vivors,. the Germans kept up their fire
and some of the boats were riddled.
SEND TROOPS TO BROWNSVILLE.
Thre Batteries Are Ordered to Texas
Border , to Protect.
Washington. Acting Secretary oi
the yar Department Breckinridge or
d-red three i batteries of the Third
field Artillery to Brownsville, Texas,
as a demonstration to the Mexican
forces fighting for possession of Mata
aioros that American lives must not
he endangeied by, firing across the
A regiment of infantry also was
. -:r r. , held in readiness at Texas
( ''y to be moved to Brownsville if
::'-'"lcd. ' ;
T !iese precautions were deemed nec
"''sary, although assurances had been
..given by both Carranza and Villa
agencies here that no shooting across
tif line would-be permitted. Secre
t;iry ?ryan said that orders had been
Jl,nt by commanders of each faction
tr their troops in and about Mata
ni-iros to see that no shots entered
American territory. .
Von Kluck Wounded.
Berlra, via wireless. The official
communication relates ' among other
!ings that General von Kluck, the
ftfrman commander who led the fa-
"i ous German rush into France, In
the early days of the war, has been
'ightly wounded by shrapnel fire
while inspecting advance positions of
bis army. The condition of the gen
pral is described as satisfactory. ,
The Hemisphere Growing Unified
Annapolis, Md. Speaking at a lun
cheon given in his honor on' board the
r-HW' Argentine battleship Moreno by
.'Dr- 1 ttomulo S. Naoh, the Argentine
'taiDassaaor. President Wilson em
phasized the "growing warmth of af
fection, as well as understanding" be
tween the United States and other na
ons of, the Western Hemisphere.
The president spoke in reply to an ad-
aress in a similar vein delivered by
Ambassador Naon. Technically the
President was on foreign soil during
ni3 visit to the Moreno.
VILLA
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ES
BADLY DEFEATED
ENCOUNTER AT MATAMOror
. HAS CEASED TO AWAIT
V ARTILLERY. .
SERIOUS FOR TEXAS TOWN
Carrama Troops Are Strongly En
trenched and jOnly Artillery Will
Move Them From Garrison.
Brownsville, Texas. Failing in
their attempt to dislodge the Carranza J
garrison by. rifla and machine cun fire.
Villa forces beseiging Matamoros vir
tually ceased their attacks awaiting
U was announced, the arrival of artil
lery. In the event of an artillery duel,
tfrownsv.lle, directly across the Rio
Grande from Matamoros, would be en
dangered one of the gravest of border
crises was feared. The likllhood of
shells falling in Brownsville was de
monstrated by the rifle bullets which
dropped here during the first Villa as
sault on Matamoros trenches, a costly
failure of Villa forces in which , their
losses were officially given as 100
killed and 40 wounded. This attack
was a headstrong dash of 2,000 mount
ed riflemen. The Carranza losses
were 10 killed and 45 injured. Two
personswere struck by bullets in
Brownsville. Neither was seriously
injured. -
. The coming Villa, artillery must be
powerful enough to cope with, nine-
three-inch field pieces of the defend
ers, none of "which has yet been fired.
In addition the Carranza troops are
said to have, four three and one-half
inch guns.
A troop of 250 Villa cavalry, pircling
five miles south of ; Brownsville, ap
preached unwittingly at a town named
TRQSitas, i&; machine gnji irencbIdflen
by brush.. They were trotting past
this trench when the machine guns
were fired. Nearly the entire Villa
dead were said to have fallen at this
point, while almost .to a man, the
others were wounded.
Nafarrate said, he would defend the
city to the limit. Four flags, cap
tured, floated in front of his head
quarters, the band played in the plaza
andv men and women of Matamoros
celebrated, filling the streets ! with
color.
One flag. is inscribed "Second Bri
gade, M. Chao." This battalion, the
Constitutionalists claimed, was almost
wiped out by its dashing assaults in
the breastworks. Both Villa and Con
stitutionalist soldiers say three Villa
troopers were killed carrying this flag
Another flag is inscribed "Villa Bri
gade." These and the other two cap
tured banners were bloodstained.
FRUITLESS WORK FOR F-4.
Discovered Object Was Only Big
Anchor. Submarine Located.
Honolulu, T. H. Three days search
for the lost United States submarine
F-4 has resulted only in unfulfilled
hoDes. Divers who went down the
two cables thought to have been at
tached -to -the submarine found the
heavy body was an old anchor, prob
nhlv lost bv the battleship Oregon.
Diver Agraz, who went dow nthe
cable attached to the anchor, wore
nnlv a helmet.
-
nivpr Evans, who descended along
the second cable, reported that he
found nothing. Agraz, whose descent
to a depth of 215 feet is said to be
a world's record, spent 22 minutes on
the downward journey and nine and
half minutes in the ascent, ine ex
perience apparently caused him no
distress.
The submarine F-4 has been located
outside the harbor it was announced.
Portions of the superstructure have
been brought to the surface. The
The dredge California will shift moor-
In es. tues will criss-cross in all airec
tions and an attempt wil be made to
life the submarine.
Alahama Ordered to Hampton Roads.
Philadelphia Carrying the flag of
Roar Admiral J. L. Helm of the Atian
AVVUl m-
flPt ' the battleship Ala-
Kama called from the Philadelphia
Navy Yard for neutrality duty at
Hampton Roads.
r.Attnn Proceeds to Italy.
runn Ttalv via Paris As a1 result
of the efforts of American Ambassa
instructions have been re
.oivod bore from the foreign ministry
at Rome to allow all American 4 cot
ton billed through this country to be
exported. .Difficulties In the way of
moving the commodity now are due to
congestion. 'There are 158 ships at
Genoa waitng to unload while outside
the harbor 116 vessels re waiting to
enter. Methods employed in unload
ing tbe ships prevent more than 3,000
bales of cotton entering the port daily.
FORO
AKb
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SALUDA, POLK COUNTY, N.
RUSSIA STRIVES FOR GOAL
FIGHTING DESPERATELY IN EF-
FORT T0 GET THROUGH THE
CARPATHIANS.
Making Great Effort to Keep Back the
Invaders. British Announce End
of Submarine U-29. v -
London. The Russians have lost no
time since the fall of Phzyemsyl In at
tempting their drive in the Carpath
ians to reach Hungary. In the var
ious mountain passes where already
thousands of men have fallen Russians
and Austrians are in another death
grip, the one army to force-its' way
through the mbnntain passes the- pth-
er to beatA laciif the fnykdewaiej
Russiansale .striking .tReVrest btW?
on the SO-mile front between Bart
field and Ussok, and although the
operations are being carried on under
the most difficult conditions he claim
is made officially that they are de
veloping "with complete success."
The nature of the fighting is indi
cated bythe fact that only are there
great snow drifts to contend against,
but the Russians have had to fight
their way through . barbed-wire en
tanglements, rows of trenches and
works strongly fortified. In one of
these places, near Lupkow Pass, an
Austrian position, said by the Russian
War Office to be very important, was
carried by assault. Here the Rus
sians captured 5,600 men, 100 officers
and several dozens of machine guns,
and latest advices from Petrograd de
scribe the Austrians as in retreat
from certain positions.
The British Admiralty announces
the end of the famous German sub
marine U-29, which sank several
British steamers and torpedoed oth-
ers.
In making the announcement
the Admiralty said it had good reas
ons to believe that ttie U-29 had been
sunk with all hands. More( than or
dinary interest attached to the U-29
because of the belief in some quarters
that Lieutenant Weddlngen, who com
manded the submarine U-9 when she
sank three British cruisers in the
North Sea last September, has been
promoted to the command of the
newer and larged boat.
WILSON EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE
Praises Stability of Great Body
of
Calm People of Nation.
Washington. Full confidence in the
great body of calm people of the Na-;
tion, who serve as "stabilizers" when
the excitable ones try to "rock the
boat" in these perilous days, was
voiced by President Wilson in an ad
dress before the Baltimore conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, in annual session here.
The President 'appealed to the Na
tion for support in administering his
office, saying "if I can speak for you
I am powerful, if I cannot I am
weak." He said it was possible for
a people to be impartial when a
"quarrel is none of theirs."
Referring to the danger to mission
aries in some foreign lands of which
he said he had thought much of late,
he added:
"Wars will never have any ending
until men cease to hate one another,
cease to be jealous of one another, get
the feeling 'of reality in the brother
hood of mankind, which i3 the only
bond that can make us think justly of
one. another and act righteously be
fore God himself."
Kaiser Has New Grandson.
London. The Dutchess of Bruns
wick, formerly Princess Victoria Luise
daughter of Emperor William, grae
birth to a son, according to a Reuter
dispatch from Brunswick. , ;
ALL FOOLS', DAY,
C., FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1915.
MARSHALL AT EXPOSITION
VICE PRESIDENT. FORMALLY DED
ICATES THE PANAMA-PACIFIC
EXPOSITION.
Duty Deti'ned President Wilson at
Washington. Vast Crowds Hear
Marshall.
San Francisco. Vice President
Thomas R: Marshall, representing the
President of the United States, for
mally dedicated the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition Standing
beneath the great arch of the Tower
Of Jewels, the Vice President address
ed: a vast crowd, of people who pack
;edtfie;V Court, of the Universe
; mriarsaaii was ; constantly nauea
1y Applause. - Especially ' was- this the
case, when, referring to the Panama
Canal, he voiced regret "that this al
truistlc work has a real or seeming
defect in the charge of an injustice
done to the sister republic of the
South."
"Let us not be too much dismayed
this day by reason of that fact." he
said. "The American people are wise
and they know he is not wise who is
not just."
Charles C. Moore, president of the
exposition, introduced the first three
speakers, United 'States Senator James
D. Phelan, Chester H. Howell repre
senting Governor Johnson and Mayor
James Rolph, Jr., the latter express
ing the hope to the Vice President
that the message he would forward to
the President would be "California has
done well."
Vice President Marshall said in
part:
"I crave your sympathy and your
charity while jfor a brief moment
stand here commisioned to take but
not to fill the place of the President
of the United States.
"In justice to the day, Woodrow
Wilson should be here. The office and
the man would each fittingly grace
this occasion. But duty said to liim
that justice to all the people bade him
to stay in Washington. You hope for
continued peace. Do not forget that
he is iyour greatest peacemaker. May
the truth that he seeks your good
rathef than his own or your pleasure
lighten the disappointments of this
hour. Before the sunset bell shal
proclaim the close of this marvel of
the Twentieth Century, the President
of the United States hopes to meet
you face to face.
"Ostensibly I am here in the name
of the President of the United States
to dedicate this exposition in glorlfi
cation of the completiton of the canal
Really that waterway from its be
ginning was dedicated to the idea and
the ideals of the Republic.
"Here men of every age and every
clime behold the i noonday of the
world s accomplishment, tne crysiai
lizatlon of the dreams and thoughts of
genius and of talent. May we not
hope that here a thoughdawn will be
born that shall not cease to broaden
until, at its meridian light, all men
around the world are one?"
Will Pay Indemnity.
Washington. Secretary Bryan an
nounced that regret for the killing of
John B. McManus, an American, In
Mexico City, by Zapata forces has been
expressed on behalf of General Zapata
by General Palafox, in charge at Mex
ico City, and that negotiations for pay
ing indemnity to the dead man s ram
ily wer? progressing satisfactorily.
Aviator Drops Bombs.
Berlin, via London. An enemy avi
ator appeared above Mulhelm and
dropped three bombs on the city and
the artillery barracks. Three soldiers
were wounded,
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LOCATE SUBMARINE
AND TRY TO RAISE IT
AMERICAN SUBMARINE IS LOCAT
ED FIFTY FATHOMS BELOW
THE SURFACE.
TWENTY-ONE MEN ON BOARD
First Submarine Disaster For United
States. F-4 is One of Latest Mod-
els of Under-Sea Craft.
Honolulu. The American submar
ne Ft4 lost for over thirty hours off
Honolulu harbor, has been located!
Heroic efforts being made to raise the
stricken craft, but after having been
submerged for more than 30 hours it
was regarded as .doubtful whether any
of the crew of 21 men remained alile.
To lift the little vessel to the sur
face it was found necessary to send
to the Pearl Harbor Naval Station for
a derrick and crane. This Involved
much loss of time and it was thought
the fate of the crew might not be de
termined for many hours. Rescue
vessels dragging the ocean bed with
grappling" hooks chanced upon the
stricken craft at a -depth of 300 feet.
Making fast to the F-4 the naval tug
Navajo and the steamer Makaala be
gan to tow their find they were
not certain that It was the sub
marine they had hooked toward shal
low water. Quantities of oil came to
the surface, proof that it really was
the lost vessel. Soon afterward a
submarine marker buoy discovered
far below the water, removed all
doUbt that the F-4 had, been found.
Just when the marker buoy had
been released by the disabled boat
there was no means of determining.
If the signal was given after the grap
pling hooks of the rescue vessel Hook
hold, then the crew, or at least some
of "them; gtVTiHimte."'-'--
For more than an hour the tug and
the steamer struggled with- their Un
wieldy burden. Soon afterwards ( it
became apparent that It would be Im
possible to tow the submarine near
enough to shore to bring her to the
surface and a hurry call was sent to
the naval station for a wrecking ship.
Naval authorities admitted that they
had given up hope for the F-4's crew.
However, resuscitating apparatus has
been dispatched to the scene and every
effort will be made to develop any
spark of life that may remain. The
general opinion Is that the vessel's
plates were sprung through the im
mense pressure or the water at a
depth of 50 fathoms and that the two
officers and 19 enlisted men aboard
have perished. Vessels in the vicin
ity equipped with submarone signal
apparatus continued to send out sig
nals, but no answers came.
EITEL STILL AT NEWPORT NEWS
Many Rumors That Vessel is Prepar
ing to Leave Port.
Washington. Rumors from New
port News reached Washington that
the Prinz Eitel Frledrlch, theGerman
sea raider, docked there for repairs
after her commerce destroying cruise,
was preparing to depart. 0ne report
said the cruiser actually hatd left her
dock at the shipyard and was putting
out to sea to escape or bid defiance
to British and French warships patrol
ing beyond the Virginia capes.
All these stories were proved
groundless, however, as the Prlns
Eitel was at her dock and repair work
was said still to be in progress. The
immigrant passengers aboard the ship
were removed and this fact, together
with a growing belief that the time
limit allowed the ship for remaining
in port is drawing near probably gave
rise to the reports.
Tennessee Limits Capital Punishment.
Nashville, Tenn. The senate pass
ed a bill abolishing the death penalty
in Tennessee. The bill which makes
two exceptions, in criminal assault
cases and in case of life-term convicts
who commit murder, now goes to the
governor.
No More F-ee Lunches.
Providence, R. I. The senate pass
ed a bill prohibiting free lunches in
liquor saloons. It will go to the house.
$20,000,000 In Foods.
London. A financial report issued
here by the American commission for
relief in Belgium shows that $20,000,
000 worth of foodstuffs have been de
livered in Belgium since the inception
of the commission's work. Nineteen
million dollars worth of food is on the
way to the stricken country or is .stor
ed for future shipment Of the grand
total $8,500,000 was provided by benev
olent contributions and the balance of
$30,500,000 was provided by banking:
arrangements set up by the commission.
ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Weather Movements Due and
Their Local Effects For the
Cotton States April 4-11. ,
National Weather Journal. .
Sunday, April 4; Monday,
April & The week will open
with rain -and rising tempera
tures in Western Cotton Belt
and clear and cool 'in Eastern
Belt. j
Tuesday, April 6; Wednes
day, April 7 The unsettled
weather and rains in the West
will gradually extend Eastward
and cover the South about the
middle of the week.
Thursday, April 8; Friday,
April 9; Saturday, April 10
A cool wave should overspread
Western and Middle Belt by
Thursday and Eastern Belt Fri
day and Saturday. This will
clear the weather and bring1;
unseasonably cold temperatures,
minima ranging down in the .
lower 40s all aong the Gulf
Coast, with frosjt in the North
ern halves of all of the Gulf
States.
Sunday, April 11-The next
week will open wfth rising tern-.
peratures. '
Special Easter Sunday Fore- ;
cast: The Gulf and South At
lantic States and possibly Mid-V
die Atlantic States promise to
have fair and moderately cold
weather for'' Eastern Sunday.
Elsewhere the -weather will be
cloudy and unsettled, with sea
sonable temperatures.
LONG SERVICE SECURES JOB
C. F. Carroll of Warsaw lsv New Rail
way Mail Superintendent of
the Third Division. ;
Warsaw Mr. C. F, Carroll is re
ceiving many letters of congratula
tion from bis friends in the eastern
part of North Carolina and Virginia
on .ibis -'promotion-to the position of,
superintendent -of - this, the third, di
vision, of the railway mall' service.
There is no man in North Carolina
who has aspired for preferment under
the present administration who has
stronger endorsement than Mr. Car
roll. He was endorsed by the entire
North Carolina delegation, consisting
of both United States Senators and
Congressmen, Josephus Daniels, Sec
retary of the Navy, some of the Su
preme and Superior Court judges,
both branches of the General Assem
bly of North Carolina, the Attorneyf
General -of the State,. prominent railt
road officials, bank presidents, law
yers, and influential men in different
vocations throughout! the State. He
is also endorsed by both. Senators
from Virginia, and five Congressmen
from that State, and lastly, he has
the endorsement of seventy-five per
cent of his colleagues in the railway
mail service, which is a testimonial
of his fitness and popularity among
his fellow-workers.
Chair Company Enlarging.
Thomasville. The Thomasvllle
Chair Company have begun the erec
tion of another large building at their
already large manufacturing plant
This building will be an "L" to the
recently completed building. It will
be a five-story building Including the
basement, and will be used fro the
purpose of finishing and storing. This
chair company has grown to enor
mous proportions and is steadily en
larging and growing,
ing recently torn down.
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
periment Station and Department of
Agriculture, Raleigh. '
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North Eastern North Carolina.
Farmville 37-40 .....
Kelford 7 -8 30-35 .....
New Bern..:. 33-36
Washington.. 8 -8 37Vi 30.00
Windsor .7 40 .
- South Eastern North Carolina.
Fayettevtlle 33-36
Fremont 8 33-S6 30.00
LaGran&e ...8 -8 38 34.00
Maxton 8-8 1-16 29.00
1650
2000
North Central North Carolina
Airlie
7
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41
31.00
32.00
Battleboro .
Kenly ...
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Macon ......
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Pittsboro
Scotland Nk.
Smithfleld
Tarboro
Warrenton . ,
40
31-36
40
40
!
37
40
30-36
37
36
2000
2000,
32.00
33.00
30.00
3 6.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
2000
1600
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South Central North
Carolina
Kings Mt'n..8-8 .....
Monroe 8 -8 25H-33
Mooresville .. 8 30-35
Newton 7 -8 40
Shelby 8 30
Statesville ..79iT8 36
Norfolk, Va...8V4.-8 S-8
31.00
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30.00
32.00
31.00
30.00
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