North Carolina Newspapers

Volume 2; Number 119 Single Copy: Five Cents fo)Ml NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY; APRIL 22, 1917. uf n rBrR n ri to) wn7 a i mmm . iiliii ir , T 1 BAUOUR AND HIS 12,000,000,000 PARTV TO U ISSUE IS 0VER WASHINGTON SUBSCRIBED IN THIS AFTERNOON I SINGLE DAfralfl Monday a Series of Conferences Looked Upon as The Most Important "War Meetings" of World Conflict Will Begin. TO WASHINGTON, D. C, April 21. The brains of England and America combine next week to complete (he downfall of Prussian militarism and autocracy and to make the world safe for democracy. Tomorrow afternoon at three o' clock the official British commission headed by Arthur James Balfour, the former minister, will arrive in Wash ington. Monday will see the inaugu ration of a series of conferences look ed upon as the most important "war meetings" of the world conflict. ' War plans of the most far reach ing character, calculated to bring Great Britain and the United States closer together than they have ever been in hiNtory, will be discussed. Twenty-four men comprise the vis iting commission which Mr. Balfour will bring to Washington. They will be met at the station by an official reception party, headed by Secretary Lansing, and Major Gttnerhl 'Wood, representing the ramy, and Admiral firank F. Fletcher, representing the avy. The British committeemen landed at an American port late yesterday. Every precaution will be taken to gaard the distinguished visitors on tfieir arrival here and during their stay. Around the union station to morrow will be thrown two troops of Ae second cavalry. T E TAKE THE WATER Mammoth United States War ship To Be Launched Tomorrow. WILL BE OMITTED t NEW YORK, April 21. The tit Mast precautions against any unto ward incident 'have been taken for : tfce launching of Uncle Sam's newest sea monster, the dreadnought New ... Mexico, which will take place at the : Brooklyn Navy Yard Monday morn iag. : The customary invitation, the lancheon and other festivities will be emitted, only .naval officers and news ' paper men being admitted to witness the big warship take the water. The New-Mexico's sponsor will be Miss Margaret C. De Baca,' daugh : ter of the Governor of New Mexico, . who was selected for the honor by r the late Governor William C McDon ald, Governor De Baca's predecessor. t The New Mexico is a sister ship of the Mississippi, recently launched at. the works of the Newport News ( Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, wad of the Idaho, still on the ways at the works of the New' York Ship building Company, Camden, N. J. These ' vessels, When completed, will m pare favorably 1 in size and both ff ensive; and defensive ' power With any battleship afloat. v Their princi pal dimensions are as 'follows: ... Length over all, 624 feet; breadth, "xtreme, " to outside of armor, 97 ftet 4 1-2 inches; displacement, 32,- (Continued on pn a 7.) EVERY PRECAUTION Win hi PUBLIC CEREMONY Administration Greatly Encour aged by Response of Banks of Country May Increase The Issue By $100,000,000. E S WASHINGTON, D. C, April 21. The administration was given much encouragement as to the prospects of success of the war financing today, when the banks of the country by a flood of letters and telegrams in one day, over subscribed the $2,000,000, 000 issue of treasury certificates placed on the market by Secretary McAdoo. Beginning last night applications for certificates came into the treasury and the avalanche continued through out the day. By noon the issue was over subscribed. So eager are the banks to lend the government money even at the low rate of three per cent which is to be paid on the certificates that tonight Secretary McAdoo is considering the advisability of in creasing the amount of the present issue by at least JlOO.000,000. - The treasvlxertifieates are to be apportioned among the banks of the federal reserve districts. The details of this allotment are now being work ed out by the treasury department. There will be at least sixty days before the issuance of the regular war bonds, because of the great amount of mechanical work as well as official consultation which muBt be disposed of before the securities can be put out TO BE LOYAL CITIZEN Mr. R. L. Alderman, of Tampa, Is Arrested Here and Quer ied by Police. Mr. R. L. Alderman, of Tampa, Fla., was placed under arrest here last night, suspected of being a German spy. The young man was carried to the city hall where an investigation was held, after which he was re leased. Mr. Alderman gave the of ficers the street address where he boards and rooms and requested them to make a thorough search. He gave all information asked for regarding his whereabouts during the past few weeks, and in addition he gave ref erence as to character and by whom he had been employed during the past several years. - '. ' 7 . : The Investigation proved that there was' no foundation for :' the' charge which had been brought against him. It had been reported to the police de partment that he had in his posses sion blueprints of all the principal buildings of the city, the waterfront and the bridges across the Neuse and Trent rivers, but nothing incriminat ing in the least was found in his pos session. '. ''.'..'-.t; v. ':; y-. Mr. Alderman has been employed for the past, five years as foreman and engineer for the, Georgia Eng ineering Company and has been in New Bern since this company began paving . Trent road, which was about eight months ago. ' While, he admits being of German descent, Mr. Alder man declared that he is an American citizen, and a loyal one. y The officers refuse to divluge the source of their "tip," but it is helieved that it was started by some' suspic ious person who saw Mr. Alderman with blueprints of the grading work which he has been doing on the Trent road. . '. i ' .. Mrs. ' A. G; Lynn, of New York, who has been spending a few days here vish-tng her parents, Mr, and Mrs. B. B. Davenport, left last night for Charlotte. Says American People Do Not Realize Serious Proposition At Hand M HIT Bill IT MIDDLE Good Headway on Measure In The Senate Yesterday Vic tory on Floor of House Is Considered Certain. OF E WASHINGTON, D. C, April 21. The fight for President Wilson's bill to raise an army by selective con scription took definite shape today with every prospect of another ad ministration victory by the middle of next week. In the Senate debate was begun on the bill reported out of the Senate Military Affairs Comm'ttee in substantially the form drafted by the General Staff of the Army and ap proved by Mr. Wilson. It is expect ed to pass the Senate by a safe ma jority. In the House the problem will be to overturn the action of the mili tary committee. This, leaders de clare they can do. The House com mittee today finally and formally vot ed to report an amended bill embody ing both the volunteer and conscrip tion features. The vote in committee for the amended bill was 12 to 8. The lineup was the same as last Wednes day, except that Representative Cald well of New York, Democrat, voted present when his name was called to day. Previously he had voted with Chairman Dent and the other mem bers of the committee who thwarted at least temporarily the intentions of the administration for a bill based solely upon the principle of selective conscription. But the eight committee members who stood for the bill in. the form the President asked, for are confident they can win out finally on the floor of the House. Debate on the meas ure will begin in the House Monday. Chairman Dent will defend the action of the committee, in amending the Army General Staff bill. The spokes man of the administration and of straight selective conscription will be Representative Kahn, of California. ' . E Wedding Took Place in Presbyl terian Church at Red Springs . - .. Wednesday. , : .V The wedding of Dr. Norfleet Mann Gibbs and Miss Rosa Goodloe McMil lian ..took place in the Presbyterian church at Red Springs last Wednes day evening at 7:30 o'clock, and was attended by hundreds of friends of the couple from' all parts of the state. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Hill, 'pastor ' of v the Presbyterian church there.' ' : iuTj? :."-.'' The wedding was attended, by he following New Bernians: .-, Messrs. John H. Parker, W. H. Lee, George S. Attmore, Jr., TV L. Barnes and Rev. L. B. Padgett, Mrs. Raymond Pollock and Mr. and Mrs. John F. Rhodes. V ' " Tlie br'de and groom were given a. reception at the home of the bride, and at nine-iorty o'clock Dr. and Mrs. Gibb left for an extended tour of the North. They will n ke their home in New Bern at number three New street. OF WEEK LIKELY MAKES ELOQUENT GDMMITTE GIBBS AID BRIDE NOW IN TH NORTH Famous British Statesman, Here To Confer With American Of ficials on Part United States Is to Take in Conflict, Also Declares Germany Made Fatal Mistake in Driving This Coun try Into The War. EXPRESSION OF APPROVAL OF STEP Bf 0. s. SOMEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, April 21. In the brilliant and forceful fashion which has won for him an enviable position among the world's greatest statesmen, the Right Honorable James Balfour, Great Britain's foreign minister, dis cussed the entry of the United States into the great war, upon his arrival yesterday in this' country to confer with the American government offi cials as to the : common policies the United States and Great Britain will adopt in the prosecution of their common cause against the German government. "The people of the United States, in my opinion, are not, themselves, fully conscious of the part they are assuredly to play in this conflict," said the veteran diplomat. "I have heard that many persons here do not take the war very seri ouslydo not appreciate the propo sition they are up against. "That may be true. I do not won der at it. Why should they? It hasn't been brought home to them yet as it has to the people of the al lied countries, millions of whom have lost their dear ones in the war. But the United States will realize it. And when the people of the United States act they act quickly. Of course from the very nature of its 'position the United States cannot be expected to enter into the war to the extent that European nations have. "Germany would never have driven the United States into this war if she had understood the American people. Because they lacked imagination. They failed to gauge the temper of the people of this country, and they don't understand it now. But they will, sometime they will sometime," continued Balfour with a grim Smile. The famous statesman launched into an eloquent expression of ap proval , of the course of the United States in entering the war. " . "Your president," he said, 'In .'a most apt and vivid phrase, has pro claimed, that the world must be made safe for - democracy." 1 As he stepped upon American soil for : the ' first - time in twenty . years, the foreign minister advanced eager ly out of the back ground of bril liantly uniformed figures to clasp the outstretched hand of one of the re ception committeeu Mr. Balfour waa unwilling to discuss the steps he will take to bring about a closer co-operation between , the Entente and the United States. - . ' ; South to Do Its Part " Raising More Food DALLAS, TEX , April 21. South western farmers are bending every energy to plant food and feed crops. Spurred on by better prices than- ever known to prevail in the southwest for foodstuffs and Warned by the .Gov ernment that unless extraordinary ef forts are made by the farmers this season the country will face a serious food shortage, the farmers are plant ing a great deal of land to those crops which will help feed the nation. In the northern part of the Great Southwest, where winter wheat was killed by an unfavorable winter, some farmers have planted spring wheat. TOTAL OF 33,000 PRISONERS BEEN TAKEN BY ALLIES IN Berlin Announces Repulse Of The New French Onslaught; Foreshadows a Resumption of British Push on Arras Front. THE BRITISH SMASH L LONDON, April 21. Thirty-three thousand prisoners and 330 cannon has been taken by the French and British western armies up to this evening since the big spring drive be gan on April 9, Paris announced of ficially tonight. The British head quarters report tonight told of addi tional gains made by the British dur ing the day following up their cap ture in the early morning of the vil lage of Gonnelieu between St. Quen tin and Cambrai. The British, too, . smashed f urther ahead toward their chief objective Loan. Berlin's official statement today an nounced the repulse of the new French onslaught. The night report stated that there was "on the whole less activity" on the Ainse and in the Champagne, though in some sectors "the activity increased at times." The bulletin foreshadows a resump tion of the British push on the Arras front telling of strong artillery ac tion north of the Scarpe river. Marked improvement in the weath er today gave the aeroplanes a chance to resume their cooperation with the artillery. Sir Douglas Haig tonight reports good results, though his re port admits that two British mach ines are missing. One German aero plane was brought down. German storming columns were cut to pieces by the British barrage fire today, when they made vain at tempts to retake Gonnelieu. The British pressed forward north of the Scarpe east of Fampoux, and made slight gains to the northwest of Lens. There, too, German counter thrusts proved futile. The Germans made a minor raid south of' Ypres. J Mr.Wm. T. Hill Surprised At Size and Progressiveness of . Trenton. . Mr. William T. Hill motored to Trenton in his' car yesterday and spent the day there attending to bus iness matters.;- Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Hill has been living in New Bern for more than twenty years this was his first visit to the Jones county capital, and he was ...very much impressed with the little city on the, Trent. .He states that it is a hustling little town, and - that the people are ' very hospitable. - An electric light plant' is being in stalled in Trenton and the linemen were busily engaged yesterday, ' in placing wires on the streets and in the biuldings. The; plant will . be ready for operation within . about three weeks. - Mr. Hill was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Janette Hill, and Miss Catherine Epting. Mr. H. D. Wood has returned from a business to UolusDoro. AHEAD TOWARD GREATLY MPRESSED T ill TROOPS FICHT IN IN BRAZIL HIS. AUSTRIAN AND; REAGRED STAGE GERMAN CITIES OF WARFARE Rome Hears That Revolution in Austria-Hungary is Inevita ble Many Rioters are Re ported Killed. y LONDON, April 21. News of in ternal upheaval in Austria-Hungary came from Rome today. "Vatican advices" were quoted as saying that revolution in the king dom was inevitable. Reports of the strike troubles in Germany were sent by correspondents on the Dutch forn tier. They told of an unsuccessful at tempt by 10,000 strikers, mostly mu nitions workers, in Madgeburge, to burn the town hall. Pitched battles were fought between the strikers and troops, many roiters being killed and wounded. The city has been declared in a state of seige, dispatches said. Mean while some 20,000 ammunition work ers in Berlin and Spandau, refusing to resume their work which they aban doned last Monday chiefly as the re sult of the reduction of bread rations, are making organized efforts to incite their brethren who are still working to join the strikers. Throughout the day there came many conflicting ru mors about serious outbreaks in other German cities, particularly in the Rhine province. The German public is bitterly dis couraged over the course the war has taken. SAKS CHILE MAY South American Countries May Clash if Argentine Doesn't V'ar on Germany. BUENOS AIRES, April 21. Chile will declare war oh Bolivia if Argen tine does not declare war on Germany. This statement, made in an article in the weekly Revista by Senor Jaim emolina, foremost writer on South American international affairs, creat ed a sensation in diplomatic circles here today. The bone of contention between Chile and Bolivia is the pro vince of Parija. Chile's success in war with Bolivia would, however, de pend upon the neutrality of Peru. MINERS AND OPERATORS CONTROVERSY STILL ON PHILADELPHIA, PA., April 21. A five-day deadlock between the bitu minous coal miners and the operators of central Pennsylvania was not. brok en today, as the joint conference con sidering the demands of the miners for a wage increase and better work ing conditions continued its session. Little hope of adjustment of the questions before next week was held out and some operators declare that another entire week probably would be necessary. ( - . MR. WILLIAM C. LYON - IN CITY ON BUSINESS ' ' ' . t ,.-- Mr. William C. Lyon, formerly with The Raleigh Times and the Associated Press, "now publicity agent for the North . Carolina Insurance Depart ment, arrived in the city yesterday to attend to business connected with this department. V Monday Mr, Lyon will confer with the. different civic, organizations re lative to the inauguration of a "clean up", campaign. , - Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cherry, of Morehead City, have returned home, after spending several days here vir. iting, friends. ; : - RUMORS ARE SPREAD THE UPRISING Natives and Germans Waging Bitter Fight Throughout The Southern Part of South Am erican Republic. BUENOS AIRES, April 21. Ger man colonists of several large Ger man communities in southern Brazil are engaged in desperate warfare with native Brazilians, who in many cases are being officered by Brazilian army men. Many have been killed on both sides. The scene of the fighting, reports said tonight, was extended today ov er the entire southern portion of Bra zil, from the city of Portalegre. on the coast to Uruguayana on the Brazilian Argentine border. As in Portalegre, the German colonists of Uruguayana have been fighting two days against Brazilians, defending themselves and their wives and children against hundreds of unorganized natives who surrounded the barricaded buildings and poured fire against the German rifles. The uprising in southern Bra zil against the Germans now has be-, come general and the fighting, all reports agree, has reached a stage of actual T warfare. The friends of Mr. H. T. Rogers who is critically ill with typhoid fever at St. Luke's hospital, will regret to learn that his condition last night was reported as being no better. GALL FOR Urging That Nation Be Made Completely Dry During The War. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 21. If the action of the Democratic cau cus favoring war prohibition threw the liquor interests into consternation, ' as the report goes, it also brought to the prohibition rank; a large num- ber of prominent and influential men who are in favor of the dry policy during the war on strictly business and economic grounds. "I am firmly convinced," said F. A. Vanderlin. of the National Citv Bank of New York, "that a national , prohibition measure . would he' of, transcendent importance in its ef-' feet upon national spirit,' conserving and increasing our food supply, re leasing labor for other productive channels when the need is acute. The plants could be quickly turned to in dustrial uses for which the need is so pressing." Howard Elliott, president of the Railroad, said, V'Favor national, prohibition.- during the ;war. ; Effect' on health, efficiency,, and economy would be very greafy ;.,r-V;'3:' v. ; David Bv Forgan, president of the National jCity' Bank yof , Chicago: 'Vrohibition during .the war would help meet the; food , crisis,' promote health and, efficiency. !, I am for it." ? Governor Brumbaugh ', of , Pennsly-. vania: "Absolutely for war prohibi tion. Conditions demand it" ( Governor Alexander of Idaho: "Ex- (Continued on page 7.) T ' IN T N LIQUOR INTERESTS