VOL. XX. NO. 48.
SALUDA, POLK COUNTY, N. C.," FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1915.
ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894.
OTE 10 GERMANY IRE TROUBLE Hh: f backyard activit.es I
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MENT
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ASKS FCS FULL PAY. FOR
THE FRYE,
kuHERATIOl OF THE FACTS
I Raiser's Government is Asked, to Oil
the Amount of $228,059,547-4
'ay
List of Damages
Vhington. True' American note
I Germany on the sinking of ' the
Wrican sailing ship William P.
by the German auxiliary-Prinz
ai rripdrich. has been made public.
k confined principally to a re-
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i, nf the leal aspects 01 me sins-
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F of the Frye and in polite and dip- -
fiif make "reparation."
this is the text of the ' instruction
Ambassador Gerard: -
You are instructed to. present the
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lowins cote to the German Foreign,
rr.der instructions! from my Gov-
nmpnt I have tne nonor to present
prflim -for 52.059.54 with interest
om January 2S, 1915, against the
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man Government on nenaii 01 me
tners and captain of the American rne
lins vessel William P. Frye' for .
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sustained bvi them on ac as
unt of the destruction of that, ves
1 on the high seas -by the German
rmo'red cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich
a January 2S, 1915.
"The claim of the owners and
aptain consists of the following
ems: ' . " ' .
Value of ship, equipment and
Mflt, $150,000.
'"Actual freight as per feright list
pi, 1000224 tons at 32-6-S1S0-19-6
$4.S6, $39,759.54. L':V"-
("'traveling and oflier expenses of
iptainrKtehne and Arthu Sewell,&
o.. acents of shirj. in ponnArrfinn.xirltli
3k'i.n? a rla vit nroTuirlni, filing
jclalm $500. , ' i
I " Ttsi'onal effects of Capt. H,: H.
''Damages covering loss due to
deprivation of use of shin $37,500.
Total i228,059.54. . - ' -v
By direction of my Government
J hard tie honor to request that full
reparation be made by the German
Government for the destruction of the
Wliiam P. Frye by the German cruis
er Prinz Eitel Friedrich. "
! "BRYAN."
WILL'ARD WINS FROM JOHNSON
Negro Pugilist Took' Count Jn 26th
Round-
' Havana. Jack Johnson exile from
bis own country, lost, his claim 'to -fis
tic fame as the heavyweight champion
r the world. The title was wrested
from him by Jess Willard; theJ Kansas
cowboy, the biggest man who ever en-
tered the ring and a white hoDe" who
af-s last has made cood
T"he fight ' probablv has no parallel
in the historv of Hnp- hnttiea TTrir
twenty rounds. tktic,w, miTiM,
- - -. wj vuuauu uuvuvu uuu i
Pounded Willard at will but his blows
n?w perceptibly less powerful as the
nzH progressed until at last.he, seem-
nnable or up willing to go on!
Sf ir-svas until the twenty-fifth
f v: :vV f'V-n Willard got one' of his
'Vtf'-ty i rrv-eine. wind mill' rieht-
ifncvLTia jhts to Johnson's heart.-
ring the the beginning of the end.
ines. Fnria round closed Johnson
;equentlv e0 his wife that he was all
ce which maF to start for home. She
sr. S'orghu-ay out and was passing
13 Purnase anhe twenty-sitth round
a increasing 'UPS left to the body and
Fably; Millet 'htto the jaw caused
on prasq nrQ unnle on the floor of the
present t Aly' partl3r outside the
Vt frequenttj referee co'Jnted 10
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7V.farrpniar1 3 hand In token
i newiy,won laurels. s
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Nearly 100 Lives Are Lost.
,W York With nil Tinno fnr fha
W of the Royal Dutch. West In-
teamen
Prins - MaUrits abandon-
iiif; toll of human life in the great
'Vin which
swept the Atlantic sea
-ii was believed to total nearly 100
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British Cruisers Violate Law.
J'ev York. Dudley Field Malone,
collector of the port, charged that
British cruisers patrolling the waters
along the coast of the United States
had been violating the neutrality law
,y coaling and taking ' on supplies
trom vessels putting out from the port
of New York. Mr. Malone.. conferred
yith -United States District Attorney
' Snowden Marshall regarding, the
state of affairs he claims to have "dis
covered and declared he expected to
win gthe subject to the attention-of
England.
TAMPICO DISTRICT
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CARRANZA AGAIN ASKED TO OB
JTAIN RESPECT FOR FOREIGN
FLAGS.
FOOD CONDITIONS BETTER
Operators Buying Corn For Dls-
tribution in Order to Relieve the
Situation.
haa
renewed its representations to General
Carranza to Obtain respect for foreign
flags recently violated at Manzanillo,
asuing mat : bo instruct his officers
mere 10 anord protection to foreigners
.
"u iublt interests.
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In the flrit note to Carfanza a con-
that Jhe British and American flags
had (been violated by lawless Carranza
troops, mat was denied by Car-
ranza and additional data has now
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oeiare mm wun a reierence
mumcation. JSo reply has been re-
w,"u
A separate communication was sent
fcU vihum mums uu uienuuu iu me
InHUrrlmlnatk fWin or ,Vw lilo trnnna rn
e j
oI1 tanks near Tampico, 150,000
-barrels of oil already naving been lost
a result of perforations made by
Duuets penetrating the oil tanks.
Conditions in the Tampico district
gave officials much, concern. The. dis
patches saids "that the oil operators
are organizing for the purpose of buy
ing corn in the United States for local
distribution which will be disposed of
at cost in order to relieve the situ
ation.
From Manzanillo and the . city pf
Colima came reports of further law
lessness..
The State Department received a
dispatch; from Zacetacas '"confirming
the report that General ; Isabel Robtes",
Secretary of War to General Elulio
Gulterrez had "surrendered on April
1 all of his command, much guns, am
munition and equipment to General
Villa's forces near Camacho."
BIG STORM ON ATLANTIC COAST.
Streets Flooded, Wires Down, Trains
Not Moving Along Atlantic Coast.
A snow storm of unprecedented pro
portions swept practically the whole
Atlantic seaboard. Snow, driven by a
northeast gale, which at times blew
70 miles an hour, held up ocean travel.
crippled telegraphic and v telephone
communication, delayed steam and
electric strains and nearly-dashed the
hopes of Easter paraders in New York
and New England.
In Greater New, York nine inches of
snow fell, a record for ApTil and heav-
iest of the year. ;it wis accompaniea
by a 60-mile-an-hour blow and early
crippled all surface traffic in the ci:y
and environs. Hundreds of accidents
occurred. Upwards of 15,000 men at-
tacked the snow and paid special at
tention to Fifth Avenue in an effort
to clear it for paraders. In New York
and other large cities the snowfall
proved a 'boon to the unemployed.
"Norfolk where no trains arrived
during the day and other places along
the Virginia coast, were hit hardest
by the storm. They also suffered from
MaoV nf wire communication
Although trains as far south as
South Carolina arrived hours late at
nifrht PhHadelDhia and other sea
board cities railroad , officials pro-
fessod to see a gradual j restoration of
normal schedules.
Italy and the War. ,
Paris. Giuseppe Bevione, editor of
The Turin Stamp a and member of the
Italian Chamber of Deputies told the
Associated Press that he had a deep
conviction that Italy would begin war
against Germany and Austria before
the end of April.
French Steamer Sunk.
Fecamp, France. The three masted
fishing vessel, Paquerette of Fecamp
was sunk by a German submarine off
Etretat, nine miles southwest of Fe
camp. The crew was rescued.
American Army Officers Recalled
Washington The five American
Army officers on duty as miV' ary ob
servers with German armies i have
neen , ordered here and their places
will not be filled.' The reason assigned
by Secretary Garrison for the recall
order was that their mission had been
, fulfilled. That statement, ; it was an
nounced, would be the war depart
ment's last word on the matter. Ix
is known, however, that other reas
,ons, largely of a personal character,
were considered by army officers, in
determining to withdraw observers.
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SAFETY IN MEXICO CITY
WASHINGTON PROPOSES THAT
CAPITAL BE MADE NEUTRAL
TERRITORY.
Zapata Also Willing and Result of
, Effort Depende on Carranza Coun
cil to Maintain Order.
Washington. With the hope of se
curing permanent protection -for the
25,000 foreigners in Mexico City, the
United States Government has pro
posed to the Villa-Zapata forces and
to General Carranza that the Mexican
Capital be declared neutral and out
side the field of operations hereafter
In Mexico's civil war. .
, The Villa-Zapata forces have agreed
to the proposal and I are willing to
evacuate the city .s "soon as a similar
agreement Js obtained, arith the: car
ranza' authorities.; On General Car
ranza depends also : whether or not
the effort ot the United States to
neutralize the railway between Mex
ico City and Vera Cruz shall succeed
as the Villa-Zapata officials have
agreed to this. . .
The plan with respect to Mexico
City contemplates an arrangement
whereby order would be maintained
by a local council of prominent resi
dents. The Capital would not be
subject to further attacks nor would
there be more changes in Govern
ment until a central government had
been established., Should the Capi
tal be declared neutral, much of the
apprehension for the .safety of for
eigners would be removed and the
famine menace eliminated.
No important . engagements be
tween the Villa and Carranza forces
were reported to the Washington au
thorities dispatched saying that com
parative quiet prevailed along the
border and that the Mexico City situ
ation was unchanged. .
CATTLE DISEASE IS CONQUERED.
Department Announces Virtual Eradi
cation. 124,141 nimals Killed.
Washington. Virtual eradication of
the livestock foot and mouth disease
in the United States wajs announced
by the Department of Agriculture. It
was said that except for a herd of
animals near Syracuse, N. Y.; tele
graphic reports from throughout the
country showed the disease wiped out.
'Figures compiled by the Depart
ment show that 124,141 diseased ani
mals have been slaughtered from the
time of the outbreak , in October to
March 25, last. It was pointed out,
however, that the total loss coulfl not
be estimated alone by , the. number of
animals killed. Interference; with . the
operations of stock yards, the quaran
tining of infested regions and other
precautionary measures, it was said,
jhad caused indeterminaible losses
Ambassador Asked for Report.
Washington! Ambassador Sharp at
Paris was called on by the state de
partment for a report as to circum
stances surrounding the arrest of Ray
mond Swoboda, an American," charged
with having set fire to the La Tou
raine, a French lineri on her recent
trip from New York to Havre. New
York friends of Swoboda had brought
press reports of his arrest to the de
partment's attention and vouched for
his American citizenship.
Barge Tampico Still Adrift.
. Wilmington. The barge Tampico
with 13 men aboard which broke
aloose from the tug Pan American on.
Frying Pan Shoals in a gale recently
has not yet been located according to
reports received ;rom the j owners
here. The coast guard cutter Semi
nole and "the tug Pan-American ii
still searching for the missing , craft.
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FROM ME BILL.
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TWO BRITISH SHIPS SUNK
GERMAN SUBMARINES CONTINUE
; RAIDS ON WEST COAST OF
ENGLAND.
Merchants Ask Permission
to Arm
Public
Trading Vessels. British
Greatly Stirred.
London.j Two German submarines,
the- U-28 and another whose number
has ;3iot been ascertained, which have
been operating off the west; coast of
j England during the past . f ew days,
nave added two more British steamers,
the Flamlnian and Crown of Castile,
to their list of victims, totalling five
in five days. , -
There was. no loss of life on the
two "vessels, although the submarine
J&red before ' the crew of the Crown
ofiCastile-left the steamer. V.
, i neftjrown or uasnie was sjmK iry
shell fire but the Flamlnian was tor
pedoed. I
Ab an offset to this, a French de
stroyer rammed, and It is believed,
sank a German submarine off Dieppe.
As the destroyers have been unable
to round up the submarines ship own
ers have petitioned the Government to
be allowed to arm tneir ships. This
has not been Dermitted heretofore, as
steamers then could be considered
ships of war and be sunk without no
tice. The heavy Joss of life in the sink
ing of the Falaba and Agulla has
aroused a storm of indignation aiid
the demand is made that the captured
crews of submarines be treated
pirates. -
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This ' question and that relating to
drink, which is said to be causing de-
Jay in the delivery of munitions of
war, absorb public interest. The King,
through his secretary, has sent a let
ter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
emphasizing the necessity of stopping
excessive drinking, and has offered, if
it is- considered advisable, personally
to give up the use of alcoholic liquor
and to prohibit the use ' of it in the
royal household.
The Government has reached no de
cision in the matter.
It has been decided to incorporate
the Liverpool dockers in the army
voluntarily because the workers re
fuse to work .week , ends. They thus
will receive both army and their reg-
ulaf pay.
WASHINGTON VIEWS SITUATION.
Death of Thresher on British L'mer is
A Grave Matter.
- Washington. While no official no
tification of the death ' of an Ameri-
1 can, Leon C. Thresher,, on the British
liner Falaba, sunk by a German-submarine
had reached the American
government, officials viewed the situ
ation as fraught with grave possibili
ties. Secretary. Bryan said he expected
Ambassador Page in London to sub
mit a full report on the case if ad
vices there confirmed reports of
Thresher's death but added that no
inquiries had been received by the de
partment nor had any been made of
Mr. Page.
In view of the language of the
American note of inquiry in reply to
the German notification of a subma
rine blockade of England, it is known
the facts in this case will be awaited
with the greatest interest.
J. E. Davis Resgns.
New York. The resignation of Jos-
eph 'E. Davies as secretary of the Na
tional Democratic Committee was an
nounced by Chairman McCombs. Mr.
Davies was recently appointed chair
man of the Federal trade commission.
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MEEff OF DYESTUFF
BECOMES URGEHT
IMMEDIATE AND CONCERTED AC
TION BY MANUFACTURERS
IS URGED.
SUPPLY FOR TWO MONTHS
Mr. Metz Says Manufacturers Should
Declare an Industrial War on
Great Britain.
Philadelphia.- Immediate and con
certed action by American manufac
turers to obtain a modification of
Great Britain's rules governing over
seas commerce was urged as a rem
edy for industrial ills by Herman A.
Metz member of congress f pm New
York and a widely-known manufactu
rer in an address at a conference of
dye men here. Mr. Metz said manu
facturers should declare an industrial
war on England. , 1 y"
Unless the 'British government
ohanges Its policy Mr. Metz declared
hundreds of factories throughout thw
United States will have to suspend
operations and about 300,000 men will
be thrown' out of employment.
Mr. Metz said that American manu
facturers are dependent on Germany
for certain raw materials but to ge
them they must find a way to ship to
Germany cotton and other things.
The Germans,", he added,; "have got
ten tired of sending us dyestuffs and
other materials without getting any
thing in return." .
D. F. Waters of this city read a let
ter from President Wilson in which
the president said the state depart
ment appreciates the situation and is
doing all it can to relieve it. - r
The meeUng was under the auspices
of the board of directors and ridyisdry
board of the National Association of
Hosiery, and . 'Underwear . "Manufac
turers. ,;; -V.;;' - -;,'.wv
Congressman Metz and - D.' F. Wa
ters, president of the Master Dyers'
Association were appointed a commit
tee to place before the state depart
ment "the acute crisis In the dyestuff
industry at present confronting this
country and urge in the strongest
terms that such steps be taken as
shall relieve the - situation." The com
mittee also was empowered to act in
conjunction with committees and simi
lar organizations throughout the
country. ;
Several speakers at the conference
declared the supply of dyestuffs now
in the United States would last onl
about two monhs. ,
RUSSIANS PUSHING GERMANS.
Have Assumed Offensive Along En
tire Front In Poland.
London. The Russians are on the
offensive along the whole front, from
the Baltic Sea to the Roumanian bor
der and in the Caucasus and according
to a Stockholm dispatch they have
concentrated an enormous number of
soldiers on the Finnish coast to pre
vent the Germans landing there.
All the Russian advances accord
ing to Petrograd, are proceeding with
success. The Russian official report
claims that the Germans in North
Poland are being pushed back to the
East Prussian border and that in the
Carpathians between the Lupkow and
Uzsok Passes the Russians have cap
tured still another strongly fortifier
ridge overcoming insurmountable dif
ficulties such as the scaling of steep
ice-covered hills and penetrating clev
erly arranged barbed-wire and timber
obstructions. ' - .
The Russians are also attacking tht
Germans in the region of Koziouwka,
near the Uzsok Pass. There are k
large number of prisoners reported tu
have been captured. j
Germans Sink Three Trawlers j
Newcastle, England Three Tyne
trawlers, the Gloxiana, Jasen and Nel
lie, were sunk by the German subma
rine U-10. After all the members of
the crews were safely in small boats
the Germans blew up the trawlers.
They then towed the fishermen to
wards the Tyne until they met fish
ing craft which brought the men
ashore.
Obregon Near Mexico City
: Washington First definite infor
mation of the location of General O
bregon and his army since he evacuat
ed Mexico City to the Zapata forces
came in an official dispatch from Car
ranza to his agency here announc
ing that Obregon had occupied Quere
taro, 80 miles north of the capital and
was menacing Valla's advance. ,The
gunboat Manchias was ordered from
New York to join the American cruis
er squadron at Vera CruzJ The bat.
tleships Dele ware and Georgia soon
will come north for 'target practice.,,
PITT ELECTS HE ALTH OFFICER
Dr. M. T. Edgerton, Becomes.. Whole
Time County Health Officer. r
'.. . Begins Now. r
Greenville. The countyi board of
health of Pitt cotfnty has just elected
Dr. M. T. Edgerton whole-time county -health
officer. He is expected to be
gin work immediately. This makei
ten counties in . the state with men
giving their entire time to healtlr
work. -. ... .
Dr. Edgerton hails from FremontiN;
C, and Is a graduate of the University .
of Georgia, and of Johns Hopkins. ' He
was elected from quite . a number of
strong applicants for the position. For
several months the county board of .
health had deliberated over the , mat-
tef of securing the right man for th .,
placer In making their choice in this
matter the local board asked for recJ
ommendations and advice from the ,
State Board of Health. The State .
Board unhesitatingly recommended
Doctor 'Edgerton because of his eu'
perior training, experience and per
sonality, which should pre-eminently
fit him as a health offioer.
Catawba Cows Pa Well.
Newton That there is a consider
able number of dairy cows in Catawba
county which are yielding their own
ers a profit as high as $79,24, and
more, each year, is the statement of
County Agent H. K. Foster, who sub
mits a table of averages for 719 cows
In a number of i Southern States giv
ing also a list of the best 10 cows In
the lot.
. The average of the 719 cows was
4,299.4 pounds of milk, and 216.8
pounds of butter fat. The value of
the product was $68.90, less $36.27
for feed, leaving a-net progt of $32.63
the cow the year. The butter fat cost
16.7 cents the pound, and for every
dollar of feed there was a return of
$1.90.
On. In Earnest Now.
Wilmington Although delayed for
two months the fertilizer season ik
now on in earnest and the six facto-
ries ;in vWilmlrigton are running o
Lfull time :ih :'a: strong effort to catch
up with JLhe heavylnflux of receniv.
orders.' 'It Is "expected that the ship--ments
from Wilmington for the season
will be almost 75 per cent normal
which is considerably more than was
at one time hoped for. The local fac
tories are said to be well stocked with
material Imported from Germany, but
there will be a scarcity next year if
the war continues that long.
Highway Commission Selects Office..
Raleigh. The special committee
from theState Highway Commission
consisting of Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt,
E. C. Duncan and Col. Beneham Cam
eron co-operating with State Treasu
rer B. R. Lacy on the part of the
Council of State has selected room
in the Commercial Bank building for
the Raleigh headquarters for the com-:
mission.
MARKET REPORTS.
.
Cotton, Cotton Seed and Meal Prlcet
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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Farmvllle 8 -8 37-40 30.00 ....
Kejford , ...... 7V4-8 30-35 .r.'.
Murfreesboro. -8 40 30.00 1700
New Bern. 30-33
Washington.. 8.-8 - 30.00 ....
Wmsdor ....,8-8 . ....
South Eastern North Carolina
Fremont 8 -8 33-37 30.00- 1700
Jacksonville.. 8 -8 ..... 34.00 ....
Maxton 8 -8' 40 29.00 .i..
North .Central North Carolina,
Airlie U. 8 41 31.O0T ....
Battleboro ... 8 40 32.00 2000
iranKiinton .. 8 33-35 30.00 1900
ureensooro .
Kenly 8
Louisburg
Pine Ievel
Raleigh 8-8
Riggsbee ....8-8
Scot. Neck... 8 -8
Tarboro 8-8
"Warrenton ..8-8
30.00
81-36 32.00 2000
40 ....
374
39-41 28.00 2000
35
32.00 ....
32.00 1600
30.00 ....
31.00
32.00 2000
30-35
30-36
35-36
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Whi takers ..7 -8
Wilson '. .. 8
36
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South Central North Carolina
Charlotte ....8-9 ,' 33 29.00 2000
Cleveland 33-40
Ellerbe 8 -84 35-40
Gastonia .... .... 30
LiUington ...8 -8 36-38
Monroe 8-9 25-30
Newton 8 40
StateBville 8 -8 36
Norfolk Va... 8 3-10-9
29.00 1800
30.00 1900
30.00 1500
32.00 200O
29.00 ....
32.00 180O
30.00 ....
PRICES PAID FOR GRAIN, BUTTER
AND EGGS DURING PAST WEEK
Charlotte k?orn, 92c: ' oats. 6c; soy
beans, $230; cow peas, $1.75; N. . C.
creamery butter, 25c; eggs, 20c.- !
Elmore Corn, $1.00; oats, $1.00; -cow-peas,
$2.00; eggs,' 20c.
Durham Corn, 95c; oats, 70c; cow peas;
$2.00; N. C. creamery butter, 25c; eggs.
lTc
Greensboro Corn,, $1.00; oats, 70c; cow
peas, $2.00; Western creamery butter,
30c; N. C. creamery butter, 32c; eggs, 17c.
Hickory Corn, ,95c; soy beans, $1.60;.
cow peas, $1.80; N, C. creamery butter,
32c; eggs 15c. . . ' , -j
Maxton Corn $1.00J oats, 75c: West
ern creamery butter :40c; N C. ereamery"
butter, 45c; eggs, 20-25c. - -
Moyocfc Com, 75c; soy beansK JL75:
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