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s NTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. SENATOR CHARLES S. THOMAS FIRE SWEEPS CLEAN NEW MUSH . ROOM TOWN OF HOPE , WELL, VA. ' Commerce of America ought NOTE IS SENT TO AUSTRIA-HUNGARY REGARDING SINKING OF ANCONA. to mobilize for big work. SOME SCENES OF DISORDER BE NO PATCHED-UP PEACE ILLEGAL AND INDEFENSIBLE CITY OF HOPEWliL VIENNA DEMANDED VRECKED BY BLAZE TO ACT PROMPTLY JAODBESSES I BUSINESS MEN a ary the ed as 'not ad- fAuatrlans lared tbelr iierlcan cltl- that such Is "ray ba even apartment says: baa received re- llectnr of customs rto Rico, Indicating of the New York and hare been atoped on and searched by - the r Deacartea. The steam- at, northbound, was atop ilea oft San .Juan and the , hlef ateward named Schade in oft by the boarding' officer. .Jnwrs was -allowed to proceed after delay of about two houra. steamer Coamo, southbound, topped about JO miles off shore i ahota acroaa hftKmow and the ing persons bfren off by the ing r ty: J.sLuscor Rutter, hu F illorch, Auatrlana, of the . -if . and H. Krger, a Oer .ti toward s department. It t other Germane In the kit nerlcan eltlienshlp pa- r ere molested. , I : i .hip San Juan, south' ( is ted to have been stop Mil f Porto Rico and two ft passengers, William trmli A Frltlsch Lothar, Oer- Jet . n off ahlp. ea are unuerBioou ulenlJf I PERSONAL J Tax WsrKoh WuhlnrUm.r- -Jr. income tax al year by med Into more by u t$H dnEar ' p,516 Imnrldu a lopnment arrrtl.l00.00 ytim makli il paid year report pre .sccoraing a eommusoi , a jut made p ki greatest inc Wonts wld 1 . iial rev t waa in leet to 'oraaJ tax, a la 1915. , IMf pell this yW red with about There were 82,76 to the sorra&l u orted Income bt tS.000 and 174. w ade on a basla o (M or more. about "000 100 ir. i i, .jjOCt '' who re- mo and is were of $500, Cxploslen In Br Paris. One nun 110. i per mm are reported i k the explosltoh in to! factory at Ha from but city eo '. eucti'cause of the yet teen determine paper. ;1urhe inves iu developed that tees contained box which came from t DUcoTsred in one o u ipparatus design ttUon. ' iled 'He not Id- a Rales Money F Wuhlngton. Mor edln IS minutes ; 'Ihere by the Co Woman Suffrar 'i annual conv 4 used to tin -tag for a na ,e the passu 1 suffrage Congress, mtributlon Ilelmont. ,i New Y 5f ingreaaman Stephen M. Sparkman Florida, chairman, and tha other i ember of the house river and har- bora committee, will have to play again this session the part of but- treaaee for tha usual fight on rivers and harbor expenditures. AUSTRIA MUST ANSWER UNITED 8TATE8 MAKES FORMAL DEMAND UPON AUSTRA-HUN-' GARY. Muat Give Assurances That Such Will Not Be Repeated and Repara tion For Americans Lost. Washington. The United States has aent to Austria-Hungary a note asking for a disavowal of the sub marine attack upon the Italian liner Ancona .assurances that such an act will not be repeated, some degree of punishment for the commander of the submarine, and reparation for the American Uvea lost. The communication went by cable from tbe state department to Ambas sador Frederick C. Penfleld at Vienna Who waa instructed to hand It to the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Burtari. Friendly but firm terms, It Is laid, characterize the document which la understood to make a particular point of prompt assurances for the future safety of American Uvea. Austrla Hungaria has never notified the Unit ed States whether the commanders of its aubmarinea had been given in atructlona similar to those which the German Government gave to lis com manders after the Lusltanla tragedy. It la understood that the note referr ed particularly to the charge that shells from the submarine killed or wounded some passengers on' the Ancona after she had halted, and ask ed for an explanation on the point. In despatching tbe note Secretary Lansing acted with the approval of and after consulting with President Wilson. It Is stated authoritatively that the document which la described a being comparatively brief and de cidedly vigorous in tone, was si draft ed as to attempt a settlement of the controversy at once. :- High officials are said to be of the opinion that the situation ia one which calls for grave consideration. the state of affairs having become more complicated alnce tbe note was dispatched by reports of attacks up on American oil-carrying vessels In the Mediterranean, presumably by Austrian submarines. NAVY IN SPLENDID FORM. Secretary Daniels Makee Interesting Statements of Condition. New York. The United State Navy ha a waiting list at its recruit ing office and accepts -only one in fix of the men who apply for enlistment. Secretary Daniels told members of the Southern Society of New York, speak ing at the society's annual banquet on "The Navy." . When he took office, the secretary said there were 4,053 vacancies in the authorized enlisted personnel of 51,000, but as a result of the' steps taken to make the service-more attractive to young men of proper qualifications,- this has been overcome and in addition the propor tion of re-enllstments has risen from 64 por ' cent to 92 per cent, "which means the securing of men of long training for tbe service." -. Preaident Wilson Confident. Washington. President Wilson told members of the Democratic National Comr'ittee at A luncheon in the state dining-room of the White House that the Republicans bad no Issue for the next campaign except the tariff and that Democracy was certain to win. "Our constructive work has started At irresistible movement which can not be atopxed," he declared. "Any one who tell von otherwise is talk ing through Mn hat" Mr Wilson said nothing to indicate whether be would again be candidate. President In Masterful Address Say Business and Politics Will Not Mix Readily. Columbus, , O. President Wilson expressed the Opinion that there will be no patched-up peace following the European War. In a comprehensive and forceful address before the Co lumbus Chamber of Commerce, he urged American business men to mobilize their resources in order that the United States might be prepared to play a more Important part In the world's affairs, and bring about Jus tice after the present war. ;' The President spent 18-Tiourw in Columbus during which he was ac tlve every minute. Hie redeptlon waa enthusiastic and pleaiAfr him greatly. In addition to the Chamber of Ron merce speech be delivered an address before the commission on country and church life of . the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America, shook hand! with more than 7,000 people at a reception in the rotunda of the atate capltol, spoke briefly to a large crowd from tbe steps of the capltol and took a long walk about the streets of Columbus. The entire city and many people from surrounding towns greeted him. In the Chamber of Commerce ad dress the President defended his Mexican policy and said as long as he was President nobody should "butt In" to alter the Mexicans' Govern ment for tbem; urged business men to pay more attention : to foreign commerce and be more self-reliant; demanded the restoration of the American merchant marine; praised the now banking and currency law; and touched on the attitude of the United States toward the European war. "When the present great conflict In Europe Is over ,the world Is going to wear a different aspect," Mr. Wilson declared. "I don't believe there Is going to be any patched-up peace. I believe that the thoughtful men of every country and of every sort will Insist that when we get peace again we shall have guarantees that it will remain, and that the Instrumentali ties of Justice shall be exalted above the Instrumentalities of force. "I believe that the spirit which has hitherto reigned in the hearta of Americans and in like people every where In the world will assert Itself once for all in International, affairs, and that If America preserves her poise, preserves her self-possessing, preserves her attitude of friendliness towards all the world, she may have the privilege, in one form or another, of being the mediating Influence by whlcb these things may be induced." ASSURE AMERICAN RIGHTS. Vigorous Resolution Are Presented on Subject In Congress. Washington. Tbe long-expected stprm in congress over 'the adminis tration's conduct of the defense of American rights on the seas broke in Congress when Senator Hoke Smith, Demcrat, demanded an Investigation of Great Britain's interference with neutral trade and Senator Lodge, Re publclan, replied with a demand that an Investigation Include the loss of American lives. I The body of an Innocent child, floating dead on the water, the vic tim of destruction of an unarmed vessel, Is to me a moref pregnant and a more tragic spectacle than an unsold bale of cotton," declared the Massa- chusett ssenator. Both resolutions were referred to the foreign relations committee. Their Introduction has served to bring out the first debate of the session on a subject to which all minds ' had turned. " isenhower "Not Guilty" Says Jury.' York, 8. C After being out one and a half hours the Jury in the Isen hower case brought in a verdict . of not guilty. The result was heard In silence by a packed court room, there being no sign of demonstration of any kind., ," - Judge Bice delivered a clear and comprehensive charge to the Jury in which the law applying to the case was fully expounded. The other Fair Held case scheduled for trial at this court have been continued until the April term. Situation la Tenee. Washington, Diplomatic relations with Austria ,are In grave danger of being broken off over the sinking of the Italian Oner Ancona with the loss of American lives. 'All officials here continue to preserve silence over the negotiations with Austria, but through th veil which ha bten drawn about' the situation Is seen a crisis Just ejs grave as that which attended the sub marine negotiations with Germany. Tbe question of continuing diplomatic relations may he suld to doner upon 7 a satisfactory iwl.v 1 1 1 1 I " Senator Charles S. Thomas of Colo rado, chairman of the senate com mittee on woman suffrage, pacified the suffragists by providing for a hearing before the committee on the Susan B. Anthony amendment removing from the ballot the qualification of sex. DIVIDED AS TO SUFFRAGE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CO Ml IT TEE HEAR8 VIEWS FROM BOTH 8IDES. Other Suffragist Leaders Want Dem ocrats to Champion In Congress or Next Democratic Convention.' Washington. Women suffragists and anti-suffragists In stirring speeches debated the question of votes' for women for an hour before the National Democratic committee. . The committee held public session In a hotel ballroom to hear the wo men, and the place was packed to the doors.' : Six suffragist leaders told the com mitteemen that the women of the na tion were looking to the Democratic party to champion a Federal suffrage amendment, either In the present congress or in the platform of the next Democratic national convention. Two leaders of the national society opposed to suffrage argued that the party already had declared that suf frage Is wholly a state question and that moreover a majority of American women did not want to be enfran chised. The committee took no action, but the members appeared to enjoy the debate thoroughly and applauded each speaker liberally. The hearing waa arranged because the Congressional Union for Woman suffrage, In convention here this week, wanted to tell the committee men that suffrage had become a na tional issue. When the union's re quest went in, the National American Woman Suffrage Association asked to be heard and then the national soci ety opposed to woman suffrage aent word to the committee that they could not allow the claims of the suffragists to go unchallenged. Speaker Champ Clark was seated In the front row of the committee men when the first suffrage delega tion went to the platform. 8T. LOUIS GETS MEETING. Uphold Handa of Wilson. MoCombs Chairman. Pence Secretary. Washington. The Democratic Nat ional Convention of 1916 will be held at St. Louis beginning Wedneaday, June 14, at noon. Tbe Democratic National Committee named the con vention city and adopted resolutions calling for the renomlnation and re election of Chairman W. F. Mo Combs as leader of National Demo cracy. Thomas J. Pence of North Carolina, waa elected secretary. Chicago and Dallas contested with St. Louis for the honor of the con ventlon, but St Louis easily led- from the start and Won on tbe second bal lot When the trend of the voting was seen Texas moved that the choice of St. Louis be made unanimous. Dallas held second place on the first ballot,; but was . displaced by Chicago on the second roll call. " The result of the first ballot was; 1 ; SL Louts, 25; Dallas, 14; Chicago, It. On the second ballot the vote was: St. Louis 28; Chicago 15; Dallas 8. The, majority tor St. Louis was gained on this ballot when John T. McQraw changed Wesf Virginia's vote from Chicago to the Missouri city. Bankers to Help Farmers. New Orleans, Definite plans di signed to aid In the advancement of the South' agricultural, commercial and other interests were promulgated by the conference of eottoik State' Bankers, at its closing session here, In the adoption of resolutions pledging support to various movements dis cussed at the two days' meeting. The bankers promised to aid the farmers In marketing and financing their cot ton crops and" In promoting a selling season extending over the entire year IneteRd of a few months. Mllltla Summoned to Take Situation In Hand and Martial Law Is Pro claimed In District Hopewell. Va. Thla mushroom town of 26,000 people, grown up since laat summer with the great new guueotton plant of the Dupont Powder Company, waa completely destroyed by a Are which started In a restaurant and did property damage .estimated at from one to three million dollars. Tbe Du pont works outside of the settlement was undamaged, but was once ser iously threatened. Villages A and B. near Hopewell, built to house the families of married employes of the factory, also escaped. Scenes of wild disorder accompa nied the fire and citizens lynched a negro for looting. There was no loss of life otherwise and only a few minor Injuries were reported. Martial law was proclaimed with the arrival of six militia companies, rushed from Richmond by order of Governor Stnart Tbe thousands of homeless men, wdmen and children had been aent to Petersburg and Richmond, but many men remained to guard what little property they had been able to save. The fire was said to ' have been c; .sed by the overturning of an oil stove, though there were rumors that It had been Incendiary. These ru mors first were given credence In many quarters because of tbe ar rest at the gun cotton factory of a man -whom, factory officials said, had attempted to put a charge of nitro glycerin in one of the beater houses and had been under survellance tor several days. . The fire raged from 1:45 p. m., un til nearly 9 p. m. Available fire fight ing apparatus was utterly inadequate to cope with the situation the flames eating their way through the films frame structures quickly, thrown up during the early days of the town last summer, like so much tinder. Several times sparks set 'Are to mule sheds of the explosive factory, but the flames which followed were quickly extinguished. Wh(Ie the fire raged the police were busy on all sides, keeping back a great throng of people tager to get near the flaming structures. As soon as It was realized that the place was doomed, the police, assisted by experts from the powder plant be gan dynamiting buildings. WOULD ACCEPT PEACE PLAN Germany Dlaavow Responsibility for Continuation of War Berlin (By Wireless to Sayvllle, N. Y.) "If our enemies make peace pro posals compatible with Germany's dignity and safety, then we shall al ways be ready to discuss tbem," said the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, In addressing the Reichstag. The chancellor made It clear that In his opinion It would be folly tor Germany to oppose peace "as long as In the countries of our enemies the guilt and Ignorance ot statesmen are entangled with confusion of public opinion." . Conscious of her military successes, the chancellor said, Germany declines responsibility for a further continua tion of the war. Germany, he declared, could not be charged with the purpose ot fighting on to make further con quests. : "The war can be terminated only by a peace which will give the certi tude that war will not return," the chancellor declared. "We all agree about that" He asserted Germany's food sup plies were sufficient and that her Im mense stores of copper were adequate for many years. - To Construct Two Battleships. Washington. Secretary Qanlels an nounced that contracts tor the con struction ot battleships Nos. 43 and 44, authorized by the last congress, had been awarded to the New York and Mare Island Navy Yards re spectively, their bids being New York 17,690,826; Mare Island )7,413,16. The deciBlon to build the ships In the government yards waa reached at a conference between President Wilson and Secretary Daniels, i AU bids sub mitted by private firm exceeded the cost fixed by congress.. Prize Court Will Settle. Washington. Great. Britain advis ed the United States that in response to the state department's protest In the case of the steamship Hocking and other vessels of the American Traos-Atlantlo Company, orders re quisitioning the Hocking and Gene see would be cancelled and test cases would be tried promptly In a prise court to dispose of the charge that the company Is partly German owned. Two of the ateamer seized by the British cruisers, will be released un- (! -r ! -1. ,: , Declarea Submarine Commander Wanton Slaughterer and Demand That He Be Punished. lean note to Austria-Hungary regard ing the sinking of the Itailun steamsnip Ancona, Just made public, U as fol lows: The secretary of Stato to Ambas sador Penfleld, Department of State, Washington. ' ter of Foreign Affairs, textually as follows: "Reliable lnfromation obtained from American and other survivors who were passengers on the steamship An cona ahows that on November a sub marine flying the Austro-Hungarian flag fired a solid shot toward tbe taamahln that IhsrDiinnn th inniu attempted to escape, but being over hauled by the submarine she stopped ; that after a brief period and before the crew and passengers wore all able to, take to tbe boats the submarine fired a number ot shells at the vessel and finally torpedoed and sank her while there were yet many persons on board; and that by gunfire and foun dering of the vessels a large number ot persons lost their lives or were se riously Injured, among them were cit izens of the United States. "The public statement of the Austro-Hungarian admiralty has been brought to tbe attention of the gov ernment of the United States and re ceived careful consideration. : This statement substantially confirms the principal declaration of the survivors as It admits that the Ancona after be ing shelled was torpedoed and sunk while pesons were still on board. "Tbe Austro-Hungarian Government has been advised, through the cor respondence which has possed be tween the United States and Qermapy ot th i attitude of the government of the United States as to the use of submarines in attacking vessels of commerce and the acquiescence of Germany in that atltude, yet with full knowledge on the part of the Austro Hungarian government of the views of the government ot the United States as expressed in no uncertain terms to the ally of Austria-Hungary, tha com mander of the submarine which at tacked the Ancona failed to put In a place of safety the crew and passen gers of the vessel whlcb they purport ed to destroy, because, it M presum ed, ot the impossibility of taking It into port as a prize ot war. "Tbe government of tho United States considers that the commander ., violated the principles of international law and of humanity by shelling and torpedoing the Ancona before the per sons on board had been put in a place of safety or even given sufficient time to leave the vessel. ' The conduct of the commander can only be charac terized as wanton - slaughter ot de fenseless non-cot'batants since at the -time when the vessel waa shelled and torpedoed, she was not it appears, re sisting or attempting to escape; and no other reaBon is sufficient to excuse . such an attack, not even the possibility of rescue. "The government of tho United States ia forced, therefore, to conclude either that the commander ; of the submarine acted in violation of . his instructions or that the Imperial and Royal Government failed to issue In structions to the commander ot Its submarines in accordance with the law ot nations and the principles of humanity. The government of the United States Is unwilling to believe the latter alternative and to credit the Austro-Hungarian government with an Intention to permit its submarine, to. destroy the lives of helpless men, women and children. It prefers to be lieve that the commander of the sub marine cummuiw uiih uuiTMgs wtn out authority and. contrary to the gen eral or special instructions which he had received, , . . . . "As the good relations of the two countries must rest upon, a, common ' regard tor law and . humanity, the government of the United States can not be expected to "do otherwise than to demand that the Imperial and Royal Government denounce the sink ing ot the Ancona as an illegal and inaeienstme act; tnat we officer who perpetrated the deed be punished; and that renaration bv the navnwnt nf mn uuQiuuuy in uwiB lur uih tuusene OT ' the Unltet. States who were killed or Injured by tbe attack on tbe vessel. , The' government of the ' United States expects ' that the' Austro-Hungarian government, appreciating the gravity ot the ease, will accede to Its aemana promptly; ana it rests this expectation on the belief . that the Austro-Hungarian government will not sanction or defend- an act which Is condemned by tha world as inhumane and barbarlous, which Is abhorrent to all civilized nations, and which has caused the death ot innocent A fri can citizens. ;
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