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( Tl 1) fV IT TT ' ' " ' ! State Library X I r . ' r 1 yTllllllTI I ! IIMII fllllMI ' 1 . I I I ' VOL. XXI NO. 23. UNITED 51 Al co AINU ALL L.AIIIM AMERICA WILL RECOGNIZE FIRST CHIEF. A VERY IMPORTANT STEP NeW Government WW Be Accorded Formal Recognition Within Two " I Weeks-Moral Support. .. Washington. Recognition of the Carranza government as the defacto fCOGNITl FO CARRftHZAFAGTIQN PRESIDENT U. D. C. BETS INTO G0UR1 EXPANSION PLANS HAUL FROM TRAIN ADDRESSED MEETING lovernment of Mexico was unanimous- Division, United Daughters of the Con ly decided upon by the Pan-American federacy, whose sessions throughout conference, secretary Lansing issued tnis suueuuuii. - "The conference, after careful con eideration of the facta, has found that the Carranza party is the only party in Mexico wnicn possesses the essentials for recognition as the ie fact government, and ... they have so reported to their respective govern ments." , i f Secretary "Lansing, on behalf ef the United States expressed its intention to recognize General Carranza and the ambassadors of Brazil, Chile, "Ar gentina and the ministers of Bolivia. Uruguay and Guatemala transmitted the decision of this government as well as their own opinions in agree ment with it. Mr. Lansing . has ob tained the approval of President Wil son to the plan and before the confer ence began all the other ministers in the Latin-American corps also had giv en their adherence to it. This action, was regarded generally the most important diplomatic step in the Mexican situation since the United States decided to withhold recognition from the Huerta govern ment, more than two years-ago. It means that the Carranza government nil receive the moral support of the tTed States which wHl include, an witatgo on arms against opposing -factions as soon as recognition is ac tually extended which probably will, be within a fortnight. The fact that the United States al ready has decided to recognize the Carranza government, It is thought, will have an important moral effect In Mexico. Officials believe many elements will now align themselves with Carranza and that the latter himself will adopt a liberal attitude toward his opponents. GREATEST CANAL SLIDE. Ten Million Yards of Earth Must be Dreged Out to Secure Passage. Panama. A survey of the slide area in the Gaillard Cut shows that prob ably 10,000,000 cubic .yards of earth must be dredged out before a perman ent channel through the cut is pos sible. This is the conclusion reached by the canal engineers who concede there is now little hope of opening the waterway much before the first of the year. f The present rate of excavation is 1.000,000 yards a month and at this rate it would require 10 'months to remove the mass, sliding into . the canal. The area of motion is roughly cal culated to be in the neighborhood of 175 acres, which constitute the great est! slide area in' the canal's history; U extends 2,600 feet along both banks, wlth probably an average of 1,500 feet back of the center line of the canal Prism. '. 7 Lieut. Harris Killed. Richmond. Va. Lieutenant Frank M. Harris of the battleship Delaware whose home is in Memphis, Tenn., was killed and . Lieut. P. JP. Powell and Henry Parsons of the Delaware were seriously but hot fatally injured when n ... . -I A 1 " auiomoDiie in wnicn mey were i Mi- tag turned over. Dr. Leslie B. Wigg3 f Richmond, who was riding with taem was slightly hurt. The party as returning from tne Country Club Virginia German War Loan. Berlin, by wireless to Tuckerton. Payments by subscriptipns to thethird German war loan ud to October 7 amounted to 6,420,300,000 marks ($!, b-,-25,000). President Spends Day In Baltimore. Washington President Wilson and Mrs. Nnrmnn Cln 1 1 Viin fl a noa mAtnr. d to Baltimore to visit the resident's brother, Joseph R. Wilson, who had riot met the next mistress of the White House before. While there they at- nded church and , were guests of nonor at a family luncheon party. p.,u nunared people In .Baltimore mooniight school movement A corn earned of the presence of the couple mittee 0f representative citizens has and crowded about the church and en appointed to take charge of xne apartment house n which Joseph wo'rk aIld many of the teachers have Wilson lives to catch a glimpse ot . oh classes. me dpmm.. .-j t.r,...i-. TRYON, """.inin ANNUAL SESSION SESSION OF STATE DIVISION : HELD AT CHARLOTTE. GASTONIA GETS, 1916 MEET MoPe Tnan 200 Delegates Present and M"cn work Was Done Report l f m . . Were AU P,eas,n0' Charlotte. Two hundred and ten delegates attended the nineteenth an- nuaj convention of the North Carolina were held in the Masonic temple, by courtesy of the Masonic bodies. The convention was called to order by Mrs. C. E. Piatt, president of Stonewall jackson - Cnapter, of Charlotte, the hostess chapter. Besides the welcoming address of the hostess chapter, a chapter wel come was delivered by Mrs; B. D. Heath on behalf of Stonewall Jack son Chapter, by T. W. Alexander of the Charlotte bar on behalf of the Masons, by Mrs. I. W. Faison of Char lotte, president general of the United Daughters of Confederacy, with greet ing- also from the Daughters of the American Revolution by Miss Lida Rodman, state regent; from Woman's Club of state, by Mrs. Gordon Finger of Charlotte, also greetings from bus- ines and -prof esional men of Char lotte by E. R. Preston of the Char lotte bar. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Mrs. Eugene Little, of Wadesboro, re-elect ed; first vice-president, Mrs. C. E Piatt, Charlotte; second vice-president, Mrs.'T. L. Craig, Gastonia; third vice- president, Mrs. J. Q. Kilkie, Marion; recording secretary, T Mrs. W. M. Creasy, Wilmington; corresponding secretary, Mrs. L. J. Ingram, re-elect ed; treasurer, Miss Margaret ? Ether- idges, re-elected; recorder of crosses, Mrs. R. L. Tyrell, Durham; registrar Mrs. Felix Harvey, re-elected; histor ian, Miss Georgia Hicks, re-elected; assistant historian, Miss Winifred; chaplain, Mrs. V. J. Griffin, Goldsboro; leader of Children of the Confederacy, Mrs. R. P. Holt, of Rocky Mount. Two portraits were presented to the convention. Major Orren Randolph Smith, designer of Stars and Bars, and late Judge Risden Tyler Bennet, of Wadesboro. The invitation brought by Mrs Thompson to hold the next conven tion in Gastonia, was heard with keen appreciation by the delegates. Mrs Thompson voiced her city's claim to the honor in a vein which was both happy and convincing, and which radiated the hospitality - of Gastonia Chapter. From the Gastonia Cham ber of Commerce, Mrs. Thompson brought a promise of the delivery o the city's keys into the hands of the 1916 delegates, should the convention accept the invitation. After it had been moved and sec onded that the next convention should be in Gastonia, the convention accept ed Mrs. Thompson's offer unanimous ly and. with an expression of appre ciation, s W. C. T U. Convention Closes. The final sessions of the convention of the Woman's Christian Temper ance : Union were marked by action that definitely outlined the work foi the next year. The convention closed with a brilliant reception tendered the delegates by the Raleigh Woman'a Club in Yarborough Hotel. The off! cers for the next year, all of whom were re-elected after service the past year, are preparing for an especially onHvo narnntxlcrn Thfi nffiPrfS follow V iAMAn anrinn 1 ICOIUSUM i-.io. . ' Raleigh; vice president, Mrs. Clary Foreman, Elizabeth City; honorary president, Mrs. Mary E. Cartland Greensboro; j corresponding secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth Stevick, Kaieign; re r cording secretary, Mrs. Mary E. W, White. Guilford College; treasurer, Mr, Ellen J. Y. Preyer, Greensboro acting secretary L. T. L., Mrs. William Boettcher, Elizabeth City; secretary Y. P. E., Mrs. Charles G. Doak, Gull ford College. New Hanover Fights Illiteracy. , Wilmino-tony While New Hanover County has less illiteracy than any nthor 'county an North Carolina and one 0f the best equipped school sys- tems to be found anywhere, the edu- cati0nal authorities are determined tQ wlpe out illiteracy entirely 'and to tnJs en(j.are joining heartily in the YOiuuww POLK COUNTY, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1915. POLICYHOLDER ASKS INJUNC . TION AGAINST MUTUAL LIFE OF NEW YORK. OLGA H. S. WALSH, CHICAGO Woman Alleges That Insurance Com pany Contemplates Investing $10,000,000 in Allies' Bonds. Chi'cago. Alleging that the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York contemplates investing $10,000,000 of ts trust funds in the Anglo-French loan of $500,000,000, Olga H. S. Walsh! Chicago, holder of a $2,000 insurance. policy in the Mutual, filed suit for an njunction in the Federal court here. The insurance company, Charles A. Peabody, its president, the directors, members of the Anglo-French Credit Loan Commission. J. P. Morgan indi vidually, and J. P. Morgan & Co., were named as defendants. " The complaints set forth that among the thousands of policy-holders. n the Mutual Life Insurance Com pany are many persons of various nationalities, and that the investment of the trust funds of these policy holders in the Anglo-French loan would tend to produce antagonisms among the policyholders which might ead to disrupting the company and thereby depreciate the value of her interest in the company. The bill asks that the officers of the company be restrained from di rectly or indirectly investing its trust funds in the loan or from Investing its trust funds or suffering any of its assets to be used for the purpose of aiding he manufacture of munitions of war, aeroplanes, submarines or any naval outfit or appliances to fee used by the, English or French na tions Ifpr belligerent purposes. . - It fur ther asks that J. P. Morgan and J. P. Morgan & Co., be restrained from soliciting or conniving with the offi cers and directors of the Mutual Life Insurance Company for the purpose of procuring any of its funds to be invested in the 9500,000,000 Anglo- French loan. A similar rule of court is petitioned against the members of the Anglo-French Loan Commission. - WILSON SANCTIONS PLAN. Gives Formal Indorsement to Recog nition of First Chief Carranza. Washington. President Wilson gave formal sanction to the plan of the Pan-American Conference to ex tend recognition to the Carranza gov ernment in Mexico. Diplomatic rep resentatives here of several South American governments received in structions to take the same action as the United States. Similar word is expected within a few days from the governments of all the other American republics. The form and time, of recognition will be fixed then. Correspondence that passed be tween Eliseo Arredondo, Carranza's representative here, and Secretary Lansing and members of the Pan- American Conference relative to the protection of the foreigners, amnes ties, the treatment of the clergy and Carranza's pledge to restore constitu tional government became public. It reveals that Secretary Lansing asked particularly of Mr. Arredondo concern ing the attitude of the Carranza government toward the clergy. . , r Earth Vibrations in Europe. Stuttgart, Germany, via wireless to London. The seismograph at Stutt gart Observatory has recorded strong earth vibrations for the past 24 hours. The disturbance apparently has been central in Europe. Earth tremors were felt at Marienbad during the morning. Lieut. Taliaferro Killed. San Diego, Cal. Lieut. Walter D. Taliaferro, stationed at the United States army aviation corps school at North Island, fell 1,000 feet into San Diego Bay and was killed. His body v.. 'uot hpon recovered. - The cause of the aociden-t could not be as certained. - Wholesale Desertions From Villa. El Peso, Tex. Andres Garza, the uarranza Consul here, declared that he had advices of wholesale deser tions 6i the Villa army mobilizing at casas Grandes. One general, he said, had left there with 800 men dur ing the last week to - march1 to the nearest Carranza outpost and another general backed by 2,000 men was. on the point, of revolt Col. Hippollto Villa, financial agent of the Villa gov ernment at Juarez and brother of General Villa, Issued an official denial ct dispatches about General VUla, DIRECTORS FAVOR CONSOLIDA. TION WITH CAROLINA. AT- LA NT I C A. WESTERN. OPEN LINE OF NEW ROAD Gives Seaboard Connection With Tide water at Charleston Adds 250 - Miles of Track. New York. Directors of the Sea board Air Line 1 Railway approved plans providing for a consolidation wjth the Carolina, Atlantic & West ern Railway and an issue of a $300,- 000,000 mortgage. This is in accord ance with the company's policy ol financial expansion and constructive extension announced some weeks ago An-announcement by S. D. Warfleld, chairman of the board, says the con solidated company to be known aa the Seaboard Air Line Railway com pany, is to have all authorized capital stock of $100,000,000, the same amount as was authorized' by the present company, divided into one million shares, par value of $100 of whicfc 1 there will be issued . $27,280,000 pre fgrred shares and $40,041,000 common . shares: i - New common slock is to be ex changed for an equal amount of com mon stocky of the present .companj and $2,280,000 of the stock of the Carolina, Atlantic & Western Rail 1 j New preferred stock amounting tc $25,000,000 is to be exchanged for a like amount of present Seaboard Stock with unaltered' dividend pro yisions. . " - The $2,280,000 stock to be exchang- fd for Carolina p road bonds is to be entitled - to " non-cumulative ; dividends 8lx---peri cent before dividends1 are declared on the common. The $25,- 000,000 preferred stock is to be non- cumulative at four per cent before dividends are declared on the com- mon. MOST VALUABLE HARVESTS., Biggest Wheat and Corn Crops Ever Government Report. tWashington. American harvests this year will be the most valuable ever produced. With the wheat croj exceeding a billion bushels, the larg est ever produced in one season by any nation, and a corn crop which also may prove to be the largest evei grown, the government's October cron report announced preliminary esti mates which indicate record harvests of oats, barley, ryeT sweet potatoes, rice, tobacco and hay. Corn still is king of crops with Indi cations of 3,026,159,000 bushels. While that is '98,000,000 below the record ol 1912, the final production may more than make up the difference. The higher prices this year assure the most valuable corn crop ever grown, At prices to farmers prevailing .Octo ber 1 the crop is-worth $2,233,000,000, Wheat prospects increased as the growing season progressed and the government's early season forecasts moved up month by month so that the preliminary estimate of production was placed at l,0u2,029,000 bushels. At prices prevailing October 1 the farm value of the crop is $910,844,000, censiderably more, than ever was paid for a wheat crop before. September weather was. particularly destructive to potatoes, causing a re duction of 37,758,000 bushels, or 10 per cent in the forecast of production, Tobacco also suffered from unfavor able conditions which caused a de crease of 21,345,000 pounds in the pro duction forecasts. Tobacco, however, promises to exceed the record crop of 1909 by 43,000,000 pounds. Oats will exceed the record crop ol 1912 by almost 100,000,000 bushels. Barley will exceed its record by 13,- 000,000. bushels; sweet potatoes by 5,000,000 bushels, rice by 500,000 bush els and hay by 8,000,000 tons. - Quake at San Francisco. San Francisco. A well-defined earthquake shock was , felt here at 9 : 26 o'clock. Will Recognize Carranza Government. Washington. Recognition of the Carranza government in Mexico, It was learned in official circles is likely to be: accorded by the United States within the next few weeks. Data sub mitted by the revolutionary factions is being considered now, and the con ference of Pan-Amerieah "diplomats presided over by Secretary Lansing will be held as, planned three . weeks1 ago. The secretary and each of the diplomats will report their opinions on the "material 'and moral capacity p the tactions claiming-recogoiuoa. '--vA - V AA' AA. A A , A.; - 'A - " ' A A ; B A O. EXPRESS TRAIN HELD UP AND ROBBED IN WEST VIRGINIA. I GET REGISTERED PACKAGES There Were Federal Bank Certificates In Packages Stolen. Robbers Could Operate Train. Wheeling, W. Va. Posses continue their search for masked bandits who held up and robbed a Baltimore & Ohio express train en route from New York to St. Louis, two miles west of Central, W. Va., but no trace of them has been found. The local government officials who have been in touch with the situation are of the opinion that the bandits were aware money from Washington was on the train as it has been defi nitely learned they demanded the Washington packages of the mall clerks. Engineer Grant Helms of Parkers- burg, who was at the throttle when the hold-up occurred, said he be lieved the robbers boarded the train between the engine and the mail car at Central when the train stopped tc take on water. Shortly ' after the train started again two men climbec over the tender and down into the cab covering him and Fireman T. R Knight of Grafton and ordered that the train be stopped. j The command waa not obeyed un til after" Engineer Helms struck at one of the men, thinking for the mo ment it was somebody trying to plaj a joke on him. However, on seeing that the bandits meant business, he stopped ; the train. One of , .the-men then ordered the fireman off the en gine. The two bandits commanded Helms to run his engine a short dis tance ahead. At the points of their revolvers, Helms was then ordered to-leave the cab. Three mall clerks were in the car when the bandits en tered and the clerks thought they were some of the trainmen. At the point of revolvers the robbers de manded the registered mail, of which there were about 90 packages on the bench. Two of the clerks, Cecil Plummer and C. R. Phillips, wefe or dered to leave the car and the train was then run a short distance far ther, Haines Huff, clerk in charge of the car, being retained 'in order tc point out where' other registered mail was kept. He was then ordered tc leave the car also and the engine and mail car were taken on to Tollgate by the bandits. At Tollgate the two men abandon ed the engine and car and got into an automobile which was in charge of an accomplice. They were seen to go in an easterly direction from that place. ! MR. WILSON AND PARTY CHEERED Crowds Applaud President and Fiancee While in New York. New York. President Wilson and has fiancee, Mrs. . Norman Gait, came to New York for a brief visit to the President's closest personal friend, Col. E. M. House. From the time of tneir arrival until their departure they were New York's chief objects of interest and each time they ap peared In public they were followed by thousands. - For the first time since he be come President Mr. Wilson gave way as center of attraction to another. The people showed anxiety to see him but their eyes were centered on the woman who : within the next few months Is to become the "first lady of the land." Both the President and Mrs. Gault evidently were pleased by the reception accorded them. They were slightly shy on their first appearance in public as an engaged couple, but acknowledged . applause with smiles. They made no attempt to hide ' themselves and everytime they appeared in public they were side by side. Cabinet Officers Held. Winnipeg, Man. Sir Rodinon Rob lem, former minister of France to Manitoba and three other cabinet of- fleers charged with conspiracy in connection with the erection of parlia ment buildings were committed for trial at the close of their preliminary hearing here. Ball for the four men was fixed at $50,000 each. The three other men committed with Sir Rod man are the Hon. Dr. Wi'H. Montague, former minister of public works J. H. Ho wden, former' attorney general and G. P. ColdwelL :Wonderful Polk Count y, "In The Land of The 'SkyV Of fers Unusual Opportunities for Home Seek-; ers. Mountain Spring Water. Magnificent Scenery. ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894. TRYON TP. FORESTERS HEAR EXCELLENT SPEECH BY MR. JOHN RIIS. HAS POWER TO ARREST When Law Violators Start Fires. Laws Will Be Rigedly Enforced. I The regular monthly meeting of The Forestry Club of lryon town ship was held in Miesildine Hall, Tuesday afternoon.' The regular bus I ness was transacted after which, Patrolman Riis was asked to address the meeting. AIr Riis address fol lows. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen: I have been appointed patrolman for Tryon township by the federal government and also State 4fire ward en by the State forester. The fed eral appointment makes it my duty to plan and execute a system of pa trol that will enable me to notify your district wardens immediately up on the discovery of iny fire in Try- on township. The actual fire fight ing is left largely to .the members of the club, tho I will endeavor to put out any small fire that may occur by myself, providing it will not break my patrol in unusually dry weather. f wll also be ready to assist in fire fighting and if necessary take charge of a fire crew if it can be done without seriously neglecting the pa trol work which-1 am employed to do The choice of a patrol route and the privilege of changing it if conditons require, Is left to my judgement. "A. " , As deputy State warden, I, hae authority to make arrests without warrant in case of violations of the State fire laws which are extremely broad and effective If enforced and lower to summon any able bodied man. to assist in putting out a fire. i want to say that while it will be my aim to give all possible publici ty to the State laws and secure lhe ood will and whole hearted co-oper ation of every citizen. I shall not hesitate to arrest and prosecute vi gorously any offender. Ignorance of the law is not a valid excuse. In svery community large or small are always one or two individuals up on: whom argument and persuasion are wasted, in whom respect for oth ers rights is absent. , When such a man runs cross wise to the law. whether; it be 'their carelessness or willfulness, the sooner an example Is made of him, the better ii will - be fori the community. w - You have organized The Tryon for estry club as;a matter of self protec tion. In doing so you have commenc- ' V A ed a greater work than planned. Our country is just awaking to the need for forest protection and Its value to te Nation and consequently to tho individual. Ambassador Jusserand said, "In France we think much a- bwt to-morrow because we have known bo many ye3terdays." Ameri ca is a young country but we have been so busy building' our towns and cities that we have neglected to pro fit by the yesterdays of older coun tries as for as our forests are con cerned. China, once heavily timb ered is now in many regions barren mountain slopes where it is necessary to build te-races and carry soil up from the valleys by hand to fill in behind the rock walls and make agri cultural land for tbe fanner. The " yearly floods that devastate China with the loss of thousands of lives are'the natural result of the destruc- : tion of her forests. Five hundred years before Christa time the Chinese Emperor Chang, foresaw what would happen and warned his subjects, but like jnost other prophets he was with, out honor, in his own country. Pal e3tine, once a timbered country is now practically tree'ess. Solomon destroyed a .whole', forest of. cedar in order to build his temple and thse vho came after him, took the rest. Tbe shore? of the Mediterra nean Sea in Ceasrrs time were a garden ' of "trees and shrubs. Weal thy Romans built their summer hemes there. The Arabs Invaded -(Ctntlnued on, last page, colanin 3.) -V;.'.