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GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1915 VOL. 94—NO. 43
GERMANY'S REPLYOW
nrlrKS ANSWER TO DEMA, 6S
L.'|«»KS NOT SATISFY THE .
INITED STATES.
T.e German reply to the Amerl-note
on the sinking of the Lusi-
M
to was received in Washington
!«t' niein and is generally regarded
as unsatisfactory to this govem-
T,,e note defers a direct answer
to the questions raised by President
Wilson, pending A further exchange
j views- Germany desires to estab-llsl,
whether the Lusitan'a was a de-fenceless
merchant ship or was be-jng
used for the transportation of
war munitions and soldiers, on which
ansuspecting passengers were per-mitted
to take passage to safeguard
,l,e «■•« materials.
l:i its reply the German govern-n,
declares that it is not its inten-tion
to submit neutral ships in the
war zone which are guilty of no hos-tile
aits to attacks by submarine or
aeroplanes; that it is investigating
,lie circumstances in coni.ection wtth
the attacks on the American steam-ers
cushing and Gulflight, and that
in all cases where neutral vessels.
through no fault of their own, have
beea damaged, Germany will pay in-demnification.
The reply urges that in the case
of the Lusitania, which Germany al-leges
was armed and carried large
stores of war munitions, "it was act-ing
in justified self-defense in seek-ing
with all the means of warfare at
its disposition to protect the lives of
its soldiers by destroying ammuni-tion
intended for the enemy."
The text of the German reply fol-lows
:
"The imperial government has
subjected the communication of the
American government to a thorough
investigation. It entertains also a
keen wish to co-operate in a frank
and friendly way in clearing up a
possible misunderstanding which
ma;- have arisen in the relations be-tween
the two governments through
the events mentioned by the Ameri-can
government.
-ilegarding. firstly, the cases of
the American steamers Cushing and
Gulflight. The American embassy
has already been informed that the
German government has no intention
of submitting neutral ships in the
war zone which are guilty of no hos-tile
acts to attacks by a submarine or
aviators. On the contrary, the Ger-man
forces have repeatedly been in-structed
most specifically to avoid
attacks on such ships.
"If neutral ships in recent months
have suffered through the German
submarine warfare, owing to mis-takes
in identification, it is a ques-tion
only of quite isolated and excep-tional
cases, which can be attributed
to the British government's abuse
of Hags, together with the suspicious
cr culpable behavior of the masters
of t.;e ships.
"The German government in all
fasts in which it has been shown by
its investigations that a neutral ship,
not itself at fault, was damaged by
German submarines or aviators, has
expressed regret over the unfortu-nate
accident and, if justified by
conditions, has offered indemnifica-tion.
"The cases of the Cushing and the
Gulflight will be treated in the same
Principles. An investigation of both
cases is in progress, the result of
•Men win presently be communi-cated
to the embassy. The investi-gation
can if necessary be supple-mented
by an international call on
'he international commission of in-try
„a0s ppriuovviiudeeud buyy asmrtioctlee ii*na owf
The Hague agreement on October
]8. 1907.
"When sinking the British steam-
*r Palaba the commander of the
German submarine had the intention
of allowing the passengers and crew
■ toll opportunity for a safe escape.
0n'y when the master did not obey
lhe or<ler to heave-to. but fled and
summoned help by rocket signals,
' tiie German commander order
e cr,;w and passengers by signals
'■"id megaphone to leave the ship
v"hin ten minutes. He actually al-
°*«1 tliem twenty-three minutes
time a- •
*hen s
and fired the torpedo only
suspicious craft were hasten-s
'" 'he assistance of the Palaba.
Regarding the loss oi life by the
•'-akitiK of the British passenger
^earner Lusitania, the German gov-
, "ment has already expressed to
neutral governments concerned
3 «een regret that citizens of their
"•J* lost their lives.
0n this occasion the imperial
government, however, cannot escape
the impression that certain impor-ant
facto having a direct bearing on
the sinking of the Lusitania may
have escaped the attention of the
American government.
"In the interest of a clear and
complete understanding, which is the
aim of both governments, the imper-ial
government considers It first nec-essary
to convince Itself that the in-formation
accessible to both govern-ments
about the facts of the case is
complete and in accord. The govern-ment
of the United States proceeds
on the assumption that the Lusi-tania
could be regarded as an ordi-nary
unarmed merchantman. The
imperial government allows itself in
this connection to point out that the
Lusitania was one of the largest and
fastest British merchant ships built
wjth government funds as an auxil-iary
cruiser and carried expressly as
such in the 'navy list' issued by the
British admiralty.
"It is further known to the im-perial
government, from trust-worthy
reports from its agents and neutral
passengers, that for a considerable
time practically all the more valu-able
British merchantmen have been
equipped with cannon and ammuni-tion
and other weapons and manned
with persons who have been specially
trained in serving guns. The Lusi-tania,
too, according to information
received here, had cannon aboard,
which were mounted and concealed
below decks.
■ "The imperial government further
has the honor to direct the particular
attention of the American govern-ment
to the fact that the British ad-miralty,
in a confidenial instruction,
issued in February, - 1915, recom-mended
its mercantile shipping not
only to seek protection under neu-tral
flags, and distinguishing marks,
but also, while thus disguised, to
attack German submarines by ram-ming.
As a special incitation to
merchantmen to destroy submarines,
the British government also offered
high prizes and has already paid
such rewards.
"The imperial government, in view
of these facts, indubitably known to
it, is unable to regard British mer-chantmen
in the zone of naval oper-ations
specified by the admiralty
staff of the German navy as 'unde-fended.'
Germait commanders con-sequently
are no longer able to ob-serve
the customary regulations of
the prize law, which they before al-ways
followed.
"Finally, the Imperial government
must point out particularly that the
Lusitania on its last trip, as on
earlier occasions, carried Canadian
troops and war material, including
no less than 5,400 cases of ammuni-tion
intended for the destruction of
the brave German soldiers who are
fulfilling their duty with self-sacri-fice
and devotion in the fatherland's
service.
"The German government believes
it was acting In justified self-de-fense
in seeking with all the means
of warfare at its disposiion to pro-tect
the lives of its soldiers by de-stroying
ammunition intended for
the enemy.
"The British shipping company
must have been aware of the danger
to which the passengers aboard the
LuBitania were exposed under these
conditions. The company in em-barking
them, notwithstanding this,
attempted deliberately to use the
lives of American citizens as protec-tion
for the ammunition aboard and
acted against the clear provisions of
the American law, which expressly
prohibits the forwarding of passen-gers
on ships carrying ammunition
and provides a penalty therefor. The
company, therefore, is wantonly
guilty of the death of so many pas-sengers.
"There can be no doubt, accord-ing
to the definite report of the sub-marine's
commander, which is furth-er
confirmed by all other informa-tion,
that the quick sinking of the
Lusitania is primarily attributable to
the explosion of the ammunition
shipment caused by a torpedo. The
Lusitania passengers would other-wise,
in all human probability, have
been saved.
"The imperial government con-siders
the above-mentioned facts im-portant
enough to recommend them
to the attentive examination of the-
American government.
"The imperial government, while
withholding its final decision on the
demands advanced in connection
with the sinking of the Lusitania un-til
receipt of an answer from the
American government, feels impell-ed
in conclusion to recall here and
now that It took cognizance with
satisfaction of the mediatory pro-posals
submitted by the United
States government to Berlin and
London as a basis for a modus Viven-di
for conducting the maritime war-fare
between Germany and Great
Britain. The imperial government,
by its readiness to enter upon a dis-cussion
of these proposals, then dem-onstrated
its good intentions in am-ple
fashion. The realization of these
proposals was defeated, as is well
known, by the declinatory attitude
of the British government."
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
OF THE PAST FEW DAYS.
Deeds transferring Guilford coun-ty
real estate have been recorded in
the office of the register of deeds
during the past few days as follows:
T. F. Wrenn to H. F. Wright, 9.4
acres in High Point township, $2,-
000.
John M. Coble to Charles A. Shep-hard,
63.5 acres in Clay township,
$1,200.
J. R. Hughes to Fleida Johnson,
a lot on Grace street, in Greensboro,
$10 and other considerations.
W. O. Goley to the county board
of education, one acre in Clay town-ship,
$1.
Orlando Coble to the county board
of education, one-half acre in Clay
township, $10.
V. A. Smith to the county board
of education, two acres in Jamestown
township, $60.
W. C. Tucker to the county board
of education, one acre in Fentriss
township, $2,750.
P. H. Sumner and G. R. Apple to
the county board of education, one
acre in Fentress township, $1 and
other considerations.
R. W. Wyrick to the county board
of education, two acres in Washing-ton
township, $60.
W. L. Clayton to Bascom iloskins,
a lot on Redding street, High Point,
$600.
C. R. Ward to Dr. O. D. Baxter, a
lot on Hamilton street, High Point,
50 by 230 feet, $1,200.
Bascom Hoskins to R. S. Wyrick,
a"ldt on Myrtle avenue, "High' Point,
$150.
Mary E. Bartley to John and Char-lotte
Bartley, three tracts of land in
Sumner township, 100, 39.5 and
415 acres, $175.
Mary E. Bartley to Charlotte Bart-ley,
16.65 acres in Sumner town-ship,
$25.
Mary E. Bartley to John Bartley,
41 acres in Sumner township, $50.
Oliver S. Nelson to Mrs. R. C.
Ridge, a lot on Sycamore street, in
Greensboro, 40 by 128 feet, $1,600.
C. M. Vanstory tp C. W. Bradshaw,
a lot at intersection of Penny and
Vanstory avenues, city of Greens-boro,
$10 and other considerations.
J. Planning to C. M. Glass, three
tracts, 50 by 145 feet, 50 by 50 feet,
50 by 150 feet, Giliner township, $1
and other considerations.
W. M. Albertson to A. F. Jones,
eight acres in High Point township,
$500.
AMERICAN WOMEN ARE
SENTENCED TO PRISON.
Charged with insulting a German
officer, Mrs. Harriet Boyce and
daughter, of San Francisco, have
been sentenced to three weeks' im-prisonment
in the little German town
of Lindau.
Ambassador Gerard, at Berlin,
sent a memorandum to the German
foreign office on behalf of the Amer-ican
women. Pending action by the
foreign, office, Mrs. Boyce and her
daughter are at liberty under $5,000
bail, offered by the American consul
at Munich.
The authorities at Lindau alleged
that the American women used in-sulting
language to the German of-ficer
who examined their baggage:
Mrs. Boyce explained that she in-tended
no insult, and that if her re-marks
were so construed it was be-cause
she was unfamiliar with the
German tongue.
The court at Lindau, however,
sentenced both women to serve
three weeks in jail. They were al-lowed
to communicate with the
American consul at Munich, who pre-vailed
upon the Lindau authorities
to grant a stay of sentence.
Mrs. Boyce and her daughter were
released on bail and went at once to
Munich to await the outcome of Am-bassador
Gerard's intervention.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Dalton have
gone to Oakwood, Wilkea county, to
spend some time with their son, Mr.
Tom Dalton, who has a large apple
orchard at that place.
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF FORM
HATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE
READERS OF THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
Summer School.-—The summer
school at the State Normal and In-dustrial
College will open tomorrow
and continue until July 27.
Has the Mumps.—Mr. W. E. Allen,
secretory and treasurer of the
Greensboro Loan and Trust Com-pany,
is confined to his home with a
genuine case of mumps.
Cool Weather.—The weather con-tinues
cloudy and uncomfortably
cool. The weather bureau predicts
more rain for today and makes a
guess at fair weather for tomorrow.
In Extremis.—The condition of
Mr. Samuel A. Denny, of Gibsonville
Route 1, who has been seriously ill
for some time, is reported as critical
in the extreme. His death is expect-ed
at any time.
To Pave Street.—The city com-missioners
are planning to pave Ashe
street from the north side of Buch-anan
streets to the railroad, this be-ing
the only block of the street south
of West Market that remains un-paved.
On Special Duty.—Mr. A. T. Ver-non,
baggage master at the South-ern's
passenger station here, left
last night for Richmond, where he
has been assigned to special duty
during the Confederate veterans' re-union
this week.
Negroes to Salisbury.—A good
representation of Greensboro's col-ored
population left this morning on
a special train for Salisbury to at-tend
the annual memorial services
in honor of the memory of the Union
soldiers buried at that place.
Baptist Revival.—A revival meet-ing
was begun at the First Baptist
church yesterday. Rev. A. G. Rid-dick,
of Durham, will arrive today
and do the preaching during the re-mainder
of the meeting. The music
will be in charge of Mr.'P. E. Epps,
of Durham.
June Wedding.—Mrs. W. L. Gris-
Aom na* issued Invitations to. the
marriage of her daughter, Miss An-nie
Lee, and Dr. R. L. Offen, of Con-necticut,
the ceremony to take place
in West Market Street Methodist
church Wednesday evening, June 16,
at 9 o'clock. ,
Back to the Farm.—Mr. John W.
Shue, who came to Greensboro from
eastern Guilford about three months
ago to take employment in the Prox-imity
mills, has decided that- the
farm is the place for a young man
and Saturday returned to his home
on Whitsett Route 1.
Gets Good Contract.—The Pomona
Terra Cotta Company has been
awarded the contract for furnishing
the terra cotta to be used in the good
roads work just inaugurated in Dav-idson
county. Davidson recently sold
$300,000 of bonds for permanent
road improvement and is losing no
time in getting to work.
Boy Drowned.—Samuel Shrop-shire,
about 16 years old, a stepson
of Mr. W. H. Gurley, of High Point,
was drowned yesterday afternoon
while swimming in the pool at the
Southern Power Company's plant in
High Point. The body was recover-ed
in about half an hour, but efforts
at resuscitation were fruitless.
Death of Infant.—Winfred, the
nine-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Hanner, died yesterday after-noon
at the home of the parents, on
Arlington street. The funeral will
be held from the residence this af-ternoon
at 3 o'clock, followed by in-terment
In Greene Hill cemetery.
Rev. Dr. P. H. Fleming will conduct
the services.
Bird Had Flown Sheriff Staf-ford
and Deputy Marshal Kennett
went down below Pleasant Garden
Thursday to arrest a man who had
been reported for the illicit dealing
in liquor, but when they arrived the
suspect had departed. It seems that
some one norated it around that the
officers were coming and were not
careful to keep the information from
the alleged law violator.
On to Richmond.—The special
train carrying the Confederate vete-rans
to, the Richmond reunion left
here this morning at 10.30 o'clock
and was loaded down with a happy
crowd of the old boys. About 100
veterans boarded the train in
Greensboro and other members of
the Guilford camp got on at High
Point, Jamestown and Brown Sum-mit.
It is probable that 150 Guil-ford
veterans will be in Richmond
this week, which is doubtless the
largest number that ever attended a
reunion from this county.
1. P. Minltree Dead.—Mr. Joseph
P. Minitree, formerly a well known
young traveling man of this city,
died Friday morning in a sanitarium
In Laurel, Md., where he had- been
a patient for the past 18 months. He
was afflicted with paresis. The body
was brought to Greensboro Satur-day
morning and the funeral held
from the home, on North Edgeworth
street, at 3.30 o'clock in the after-noon.
Rev. Robert Ewell Roe and
Rev. Dr. Melton Clark conducted
the services. Mr. Minltree married
a daughter of Mrs. A. B. White
about ten years ago and is survived
by his widow and four children. He
also leaves a mother, five sisters and
a brother, who reside in Washing-ton,
D. C.
Boys Held For Court.—Hassell
Turner, Roy Rumley and Pete James.
white youths of Stokesdale, were
given a hearing Saturday before Jus-tice
of the Peace Collins on the
charge of entering and robbing
stores in Stokesdale. Turner was
arrested recently for the theft of $32
and made a confession In which he
involved the two other boys, who
were arrested by Sheriff Stafford
last Wednesday. It was In evidence
at the trial that the stores of V. E.
Vaughn and J. S. Preston had been
entered and robbed several times
during the past year. Rumley denied
any connection with the thefts and
was released for the lack of evidence.
Turner and James were held for the
next criminal term of court under
bonds of $200 each.
GERMAN SAILORS LOSING
MINDS OVER WAR STRAIN.
The New York Times reports that
several sailors aboard the German
liners tied up in Hoboken have be-come
insane owing to the mental
strain caused by the war. Although
every effort has been made by offi-cials
of the North German Lloyd and
the Hamburg-American line to keep
it secret, it was learned last night
that three of the sailors who had be-come
violent had been put in the
Hudson county jail. They are being
-watelted by County Physician George
King.
Last Saturday Reiner Koenig, a
sailor in the Barbarossa of the North
German Lloyd, went ashore to make
some purchases. On his return he
asserted he was Kaiser William and
issued orders directing a battle In
France. He was turned over to Police
Chief Patrick Hayes, of Hoboken,
and taken to jail.
Max Thainernicht, a blacksmith of
the Vaterland, on Sunday said he
was going to sink the Vaterland be-cause
she wouldn't take him back
to Germany. He was also turned
over to Police Chief Hayes.
Yesterday Hermann Heidecker, a
steward of the Barbarossa, became
too vehement for his shipmates and
was placed in jail.
It is believed by Doctor King and
the Hoboken police that there are
many others among the several thou-sand
men in the German liners who
have temporarily lost their reason. It
was reported last night that at least
three men were being watched on
board the Vaterland. The ship's offi-cers
said that Thainernicht was the
only maq who had gone insane.
Doctor King said that the men un-der
his surveillance were under the
strain of acute melancholia produced
largely by homesickness and absence
from their native land in time of
stress.
"Many of these men," said Doctor
King, "are reservists, and I have
heard that some of them, under the
impression of the force of the Ger-man
law that any man who shirks
his military duty will have his prop-erty
confiscated, believe they are in
personal danger. I am also confident
that their strained mental condition
Is due to the fact that they have too
many idle hours."
Doctor King also said that lack of
proper nourishment might be a con-tributory
cause. Several weeks ago a
committee of sailors waited upon the
Hoboken health board with the com-plaint
that they could not eat their
food. Dr. William D. Kudlich, of the
health board, made an investigation,
the result of which has not yet been
announced.
Calls For Explanation.
People who believe that the high
cost of living limits the birth rate
are now called upon to explain why
the town of Harrisville, in West Vir-ginia,
which owns its natural gas
and oil wells and has no taxes at all,
has been compelled to offer a bonus
for every baby born there.
CLOSING EXERCISES OF
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The commencement exercises of
the Greensboro, high school were
held In the Grand opera house Fri-day
night, when diplomas were pre-sented
to the 16 members of the
graduating class, prises awarded,
scholarships announced and an ad-dress
delivered by Dr. Thomas W.
Lingle, of Davidson College.
The following graduates received
diplomas: Clarence Angel, Ellebre
Brodnax, Kirk Callum,' Kemp Clen-denln,
Mary Foust, Robert Frazier,
Gordon Hunter, Edward Mabry, John
McAlister, Mary Rees, Carol Shel-ton,
Connie Stout, Adelaide Van
Noppen, John Walker, Hilton West.
The Mann medal, donated by Su-perintendent
Mann for the best
year's work, was awarded to Miss
Adelaide Van Noppen. The set of
books given by Mr. E. P. Wharton
every year for the best essay by any
member of the graduating class, was
awarded to John McAlister, who pre-pared
an essay on "Greensboro's
Waste Places and Practical Sugges-tions
for Their Improvement."
Winners of scholarships were an-nounced
as follows: Hilton West,
University of North Carolina; Ed-ward
Mabry, Trinity College; Eller-bre
Brodnax, Lehigh University, Pa.
Dr. Lingle made a very interesting
address on religion and education as
the two great forces that tend to
elevate mankind. He said a man
may have education and no religion
and still be a fair sort of citizen; he
may have religion and no education
and be a fair citizen, but a man with-out
either religion or education is a
liability on society.
Exercises by Grammar Grades.
The closing exercises of the gram-mar
grades of the city schools were
held in the Grand opera house Fri-day
morning at 10 o'clock, when the
children presented a very attractive
program of recitations, songs, drills,
etc.
Superintendent Mann presented
certificates to 100 pupils who have
completed the work of the seventh
grade and are entitled to enter the
high school next fall.
The school children were address-ed
by Mayor Murphy, who empha-sized
the importance of conserving
the health of the community and told
his young hearers how they could
be of assistance in the work.
Must Walk to Avoid Jail.
• Akron, O., May 28.—After he had
pleaded guilty to a charge of man-slaughter
in the, death of Mrs. Wilda
Pyfe. prominent in social circles in
Canton, L. Oscar Beck today escap-ed
a sentence of from two to 21
years, when Judge E. D. Fitch, in
Criminal court, suspended the sen-tence.
Conditions of the suspension are
that Beck must not operate an auto-mobile,
reckless driving of which is
alleged to have cause Mrs. Fyfe's
death; that he refrain from use of
intoxicants, and that he must pay
$100 annually for three years to the
Young Women's Christian Associa-tion.
Beck is a wealthy business man of
Akron. Mrs. Fyfe was killed last
February when Beck's machine
crashed into a telephone pole.
Death Warrants Signed.
Two death warrants were signed
Friday by Governor Craig for elec-trocutions
to take place in the elec-tric
chair of the state's prison. The
first is for Charles Trull, of Meck-lenburg
county, who is to die July
2 for the murder and robbery of an
aged storekeeper in Charlotte from
whose person he took nearly $500.
The other death warrant is for Abe
Allison, of Iredell county, who Is to
die July 9. He is a negro under
sentence for entering the home of a
white woman several miles from
Statosville, while her husband was
away for some time on contract
work, and attempting criminal as-sault.
Eighteen Lives Lost In Storms.
Eighteen persons are known to
have lost their lives as a result of
storms and floods in Kansas, west-ern
Missouri and eastern Oklahoma
which reached their height Thursday
night and early Friday. The number
injured is placed at 20. The prop-erty
loss will be heavy.
Mr. E. Poole has returned from
Henderson, where he spent a few
weeks recuperating from a recent ni-ne
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