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ESTABLISHED 1821 GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY I, 1917. VOL. 96—NO. 10
?D1 S NAVAL WARFARE
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U B%RKBU 8SONE ESTABLISH-
, ,M> NKITHAI. CRAFT
uAl.vl;„ TO KEEP AWAY.
in, Jan. 31.— (Via Sayville)
"... oilicial note 10 the United
• .vi-nimen: handed today to
Ambassador Gerard, the
government declared tor
. ..,•,,; naval warfare after
•.■ I.
• barred zones around enemy
are announced and Ger-innounves
:"iiat neutral ships
ihin those zones will do so
: . :> risks.
•v.- will be taken to pro-
,-.,; »hlps which sailed for
,;H'O prior to February 1,
i: ,'» are urgently advised to
..■ vessels on the way to
• ie barred zones and direct
iay from those areas. Neu-i-
in ports within the barred
. . ;i be given until February
- . ; ;;;-..l must take the shortest
.. ,• of the restricted areas.
-. . ..•.:• notes were handed by the
j. office to the diplomatic rep-
-.... ■ rives of all neutral nations.
Barred Zones Defined.
inorandntn accompanying the
- : Ambassador Gerard, defines
;....::■ i zones. It says:
."■ -ii February 1. 1917, within
zones. Great Britain. France,
r.•:•. .ml in the eastern Mediterran-
'.:.. :..- outlined in the following, all
•i • • -.laic- forthwith will be opposed.
~ , .. warred zones are:
;;-. the North sea, .the district
i England and France, which
United toy a line twenty nautical
■*: the district along the Dutch
.-: as far as the Terschelling
. '-hip. the degree of longitude of
- Terschelling Lightship to Vdir;
•• from there across the point. 62
■ •-s north latitude at five longi-
,-. westward along 62 degrees to
aolnt three nautical miles south of,
,;r south point of Farover (Faroe
land? I; from there across the
at 62 degrees north—degrees
. .- to fil degrees north, 16 degrees
. ■-•: then 57 degrees north, 20 de-
::• - west, to 47 degrees north. 20
■ .-rees west: farther, to 43 'degrees
-.. 15 degrees west: then on de-
-•. latitude 43 degrees north, to
rioint 20 nautical miles from
' ■ ••• I'lnisterre and 20 nautical dis-iilong
the Spanish north coast
i- far as the French frontier.
1 ":; -erning the south, in the
M' l:<erranean: For neutral ship-p::
, •KIT- remains open the sea dis-
'■:■ ' .vest of a line from Pt de Les
P-i' !■••! to MS degrees. 20 minutes
i>' . and six degrees east, as well
!■ :.->:-.U and west of a zone.60 sea
tK .• - broad along the north African
'. iieginning on (?) degrees west
•i'nde.
i'., order to connect this sea dis-
• with Greece, the zone leads 20
- < miles in width north or east, fol-
' '.an this line: "H degrees north
HI ^ix degrees east. 38 degrees
i---'I and 11 degrees. 30 minutes
'■■-' to >!4 degrees north and 11 de-
:'.0 minutes east to 34 degrees
' ' ■ and 22 degrees, 30 minutes
From there it leads to a zone
s<:a miles broad west of 22
••'-'-. 30 minutes east longitude
'' i k territorial waters.
ships plying within the
do so at their own risk.
'■' '■'-■■ ■»?•■• autions are being
': "• spare neutral ships which
K^bniary l are on the way to
'' '•!•■ haired zone, during an
;>riaie delay, yet it is urgently
■ ivis.il uiat niey should be
■<u<l directed to other routes
ni'-ans available.
•Hal ships lying in ports of
' r'.d zones can with the same
abandon the barred zones if
•ill before February 5 and
■ shortest route into the open
I '"•<lli<- Rules |."i)i- Americans.
Traffic of regular American pas-
' -'•!' steamers can go on unmolest-
\ Falmouth is taken as the
'•f destination and if,
"- On the going and returning
': it'-y ihe Scilly Islands, as -well as
point fifty degrees north, 20 de-
J: ■'■ • west, be steered on. Along
- route no German mines will be
■ a'i| ■
' if steamers on this journey
'''-'■*" 'he following special signals
"■l»i<n only theywill be permitted to
"•Play in American ports: a coating
01 Paint on the ship's htill *nd the
,ul")r.strueture in Tettioal atrtpea
tnree metres broad, altornating
ALLIES ARE JOLLY PREPARED
THK BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS
BEEN" ASSEMBLING LARGE
FLEETS OK "CHASERS."
HEWS RECEIVED AT CAPITAL ILEAMIS HALT PEACE DEBATE
OUTLOOK IS THAT PROSPECTS
FOR PEACE„HAVE ALL BEEN .
BLOTTED OUT.
New York, Jan. 31.—Great Brit-ain
and her allies are prepared to
meet Germany's move in her subma-rine
campaign, it was authoritatively
asserted in shipping circles here to-night.
The ports of Liverpool and
Bordeaux will be kept open at all
hazards, British steamship represen-tatives
asserted, even if it becomes
necossai?' to convoy every merchant
ship which crosses the Atlantic. The
first step to be taken by the British
admiralty, which virtually controls
the merchant fleets of the allies, will
be to arm every ship with guns fore
and aft for defensive purposes, it
was predicted.
To meet the emergency, the Brit-ish
government has been assembling
for months, it was said, a large fleet
of small, fast cruisers to be used as
"submarine chasers." This type of
war craft has proven very effective
against undersea boats, well inform-ed
shipping men declared.
Agents of British lines declared
the admiralty now lias a fleet of four
thousand vessels available to keep
the sea lanes olear of raiders and
submarines and to act as convoys.
The admiralty has so arranged
sailings and bookings, it was ex-plained
that ithey can be changed
without delay to meet whatever cir-cumstances
may arise. The assertion
was made that there will be no in-terruption
in the sailings from
Americans ports of ships flying the
flags of the entente allies.
It was considered probable, how-ever,
that vessels flying neutral col-ors
will be kept in port until instruc-tions
are received from their gov-ernments.
This is certain to be true
in the case of Dulcii steamships.
A marked advance in marine in-surance
raitos tomorrow was consid-ered
tonight to be inevitable. One
way rates today for American ves-sels
were 77 per cent, while there
was a ten per >ent war risk rate on
ships clearing for Mediterranean
ports.
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Washington, Jan. 31.—Germany
has declared unrestricted sub/marine
warfare.
A starvation blockade of England,
the like of which the world never
has seen, was announced today in
notes delivered to American Ambas-sador
Gerard, in Berlin, and to the
state department here by Count Von
Bernstorff.
Thus begins the long feared cam-paign
of ruthlessness, conceived by
Von Hindenburg, it is said here, on
a magnitude never even •contemplat-ed
by Von Tirpitz.
* Again the United States faces sev-erance
of diplomatic relation with
Germany with all its eventual possi-bilities.
President Wilson's repeat-ed
warnings of "a world afire" and
Secretar? Lansing's "verge of war"
statement are being recalled in the
capital tonight with feelings of ap-prehension
and misgiving.
'Germany's action m the super-crisis
of all those that have stirred
(be American government in two and bellion against the authority of the
CUMMINS? RESOLUTION,FOR A
WEEK OF DEBATE IS TABLED
—LIVELY DISCUSSION.
Washington. Jan. 30.—Debate on
President Wilson's world peace ad-dress
enlivened the senate for sev-eral
hours today before it was halted
by concerted action of administra-tion
leaders. Then Senator Cummins'
motion to take up his resolution to
set aside time for a general discus-sion
of the subject was tabled by a
vote of 38 to CO.
Senator Martine, of New Jersey,
was the only Democrat to vote with
the Republicans against the motion
to taiMe. The action of the major-ity,
wtiile definitely disposing of
plans for a prolonged discussion,
will not serve to check intermittent
debate.
Senator Cummins spoke at length
today, declaring that to carry out
President Wilson's suggestion would
necessitate the creation of a world
power that would destroy the sov-ereignty
of nations and lead the
United States inevitably either into
constant worid war or constant re-
FDLL DIPLOMATIC RELATIORS
WITH DE FACTO MEXICAN GOV-ERNMENT
ARE TO BE RE-
' SUMED.
COURT ADJOURNS FOR TERM
LIGHT DOCKET DISPOSED OF IN
THREE DAI'S—NO CASES OF
IMPORTANCE.
EVERV EXIT TO THK PORT
OK XKW YORK IS CLOSED.
New York. Jan. 31.—Orders were
issued tonight to the torpedo boat
stationed at quarantine to preserve]
neutrality, not to permit any vessel, |
either neutral or flying the flag of
one of the belligerents to pass out to-night.
The order applied not only to
steamships but to tug boats. Several
tugs which passed Quarantine early
in the evening before the order was
issued were compelled to return to
uoit. The purpose ol the order was
not disclosed.
It was learned late tonight that
the order closing the port of New
York was issued by Dudley Field
Malone, collector of the port, in
whom is vested absolute authority
and sole responsibility for the main-tenance
of the neutrality of this port.
Even naval officers are under or-ders
to take instructions from Mr.
Malone in all matters affecting the
neutrality of New York.
Under his orders the ..port was
sesled tight during the night. Every
exit was closed.
Opens I'p Eight to Make Maryland
Dry.
Baltimore. Md., Jan. 30.—The
opening gun of the Anti-Saloon
a half years of world war.
Peace Hopes Vanish.
Peace and means of preserving
peace have gone glimmering.
President Wilson, incredulous at
first when the unofficial text of Ger-many's
warning was brought to him,
at once called for the official docu-ment
which had just been presented
lo Secietary Lansing by the German
ambassador. Mr. Lansing absolute-ly
refused to make a comment. Pres-ident
Wilson began at once a careful
study of the document.
President Wilson has the task of
deciding what shall be the course of
the I'nited States. ,Three immediate
fieps appear among the possibilities.
The United States might solemnly
warn Germany against a violation of
her pledges; It might be decided
that the German warning is suffi-cient
notice of an intention to disre-gird
those pledges and a sufficient
.warrant for breaking off diplomatic
relations: it might be decided to
await the results of the blockade
and determine the course of the
I'nited States as the actual opera-tions
develop.
On almost every side Germany's
drastic action is interpreted as an
open confession of the effectiveness
of the British food blockade. It is
regarded as a determination to
strike back in kind. German offi-cials
in the United'States estimate
the food supply on the British Isles
will last a month. Admittedly the
plan is to carry starvation to the
doors of England with swift, stag-gering
strokes, as a -fulfillment of
Germany's announced determination
to use every weapon and agency at
her command to end the war quick-ly.
She counts on the operations of
an unheard of number of submarines
to deliver blows to bring England to
her knees within sixty days. One
German official here predicted today
the war would be over in a month.
Answer to Peace Talk.
Conveyed to the world as the an-swer
to the refusal of the entente al-lies
Co talk peace, Germany's latest
warning says:
"From February 1, 1917, within
barred zones around Great Britain,
France and Italy and in the eastern
Mediterranean • • * all sea traf-fic
forthwith will be opposed."
It virtually is a renewal and an ex-ne-
w world sovereignty.
Praising the president's purpose-in
seeking to bring an end to the
war add eulogizing much of his ad-dress.
Senator Cummins confined his
criticism of his own interpretation of
conditions which Mr. Wilson would
impose on America's Joining a league
to enforce peace.
"There is but one conclusion that
can be drawn from the" president's
utteraoees," he declared. "It is that
over all the nations of the earth
there shall be a common and su-prem
«KDOwer, which will not only
undertake to decide all the contro-versies
Which may lead to interna-tional
disturbance, but which, having
Mij,£TW judgment upon them, will
|•'^9^^l?,"-pbe<lience.,
"That I am right in the interpreta-tion
which I have put upon the mes-sage
is further proven by the analogy
which he finds between the Monroe
Doctrine and his doctrines of the
world. Those who think that the
president does not intend that the
decisions of the league of nations
are to be executed by force have but
to remember that if any foreign na-tion
were to attempt to invade the
American Monroe Doctrine, there is
but one way for the United States
to enforce it. Without the force of
arms, either actual or potential, 'be-hind
it, our policy in this regard
would be the emptiest bravado." •
Senator Hitchocok insisted I hat
Senator Cummins had misinterpreted
the president's address. The presi-dent,
he declared, had presented no
program, but merely had .suggested a
principle under which this govern-ment
could unite With a league of
nations for peace. He predicted that
after this year there would be such
a development of democracy and sen-timent
for popular government that
a future war would with great dif-ficulty
be forced upon the people.
Although Democratic leaders
seem determined to prevent any ac-tion
relating to the peace issues at
this session, there remain before the
senate three resolutions bearing on
the subject. Two of them were in-troduced
today and may be called
up at any time on a motion.
Washington, Jan. 30.—Full diplo-matic
relations with Mexico are to be
resumed immediately in an effort tby
the United States to solve through
formal channels the troublesome
questions pending with the Carranza
de facto government, and for its
moral effect in aiding Carranza to re-store
order and set up constitutional
government. It was announced af-ter
today's cabinet meeting that
Henry P. Fletcher, confirmed as Am-bassador
to Mexico months ago,
would leave for his post in a few
days, accompanied by his embassy
staff.
There has 'been no American am-bassador
at Mexico Cttv, since Henry
Lane Wilson was recalled after the
killing of Madero and Huerta's as-sumptoin
of power, and formal diplo-matic
intercourse has not existed
since Huerta handed Charge Nelson
O'Shauglmessy his passports April
23, 1914, upon the landing of Amer-ican
marines at Vera Cruz. Since the
recognition of the de 'facto constitu-tionalist
government subordinate of-ficials
have been in charge of the
embassy.
Ambassador Fletcher will go by
steamer from New York to Vera
Cruz and from there to Queretaro or
to Mexico Cfty if by that time Gen-eral
Carranza has re-established his
capital there. He is expected to ar-rive
at his post a few days after the
last American soldier ihas crossed the
border into the United States. Capt.
Frank R. McCoy, of the third cav-alry,
has been detailed as 'military at-tache
of the embassy.
Although no official notification of
the Intention of General Carranza
has been received, it is taken 'for
granted that he will at once send to
Washington an accredited ambassa-dor.
Elisco Arredondo. now in Mex-ico
on leave of absence, has been
here as ambassador designate for
more than a year.
It was indicated -t hut the sending
of Ambassador Fletcher would ibe
followed by an order for the return
of many consuls to their posts. Con-sular,
representatives at all interior
posts were withdrawn last summer.
League to make Maryland "dry" was | tension of the celebrated submarine
fired Monday at a large mass meet-ing.
Rev. Dr. Thomas M. Hare, state
superintendent of the league, an-nounced
an effort would be imade to
put a prohibition bill through the
legislature next year.
white and red; on every mast a large
flag of checkered white and red, on
the stern the American national flag;
during darkness the national flag
and the coat of paint to be as easily
recognizable as possible from a dis-tance;
and the ships anust be com-pletely
and brightly illuminated.
"D—If only one steamer runs
each week in each direction arriving
at Falhouth on Sundays, leaving Fal-mouth
on Wednesdays.
"E—If guarantees and assurances
are given by the American govern-ment
that these steamers carry no
contraband (according to the Ger-man
list of corftralband.)
"Two copies of maps oA which the
barred zones are ovttlMB *M
added." -
blockade of the British Isles pro-claimed
on February 4, 1915, and
which became effective February 18,
1915. Under it, ships were sunk
without warnings until Germany
abandoned the practice and gave her
assurances in the Sussex case to
abide by international law. The Lus-itania.
Falaba and scores of other
ships were sunk under the degree.
Brashes Aside Collateral Issues.
The new German proclamation
brushes aside all the perplexing col-lateral
issues which have surround-ed
the submarine controversy and
has brought it back ' to the point
where' It was left at the. conclusion
of the Sussex case.
Today's anouncement reciting the
refusal of German's enemies to dis-cuss
her peace proposals, and refer-ring
to the starvation blockade says:
"Thus a new situation has sprung
up Which forces Germany ateo to
new decision*."
The new decision is exactly the
one prominent when the Sussex neg-otiations
were closed.
In the note conveying her pledges
to keep sulbmarine activities within
international law, Germany included
a threafof resumption if the United
States did not succeed in lifting
British restrictions on commerce to
Germany and the European neutrals,
and the United States in reply e*-
pressly warned Germany that her
pledges must he absolutely uncondi-tional.
BELGIAN DEPORTATIONS
ARE STILL IX PROGRESS.
President Goes to Bed.
Washington, Jan. 31.—President
Wilson went to bed at 11 o'clock to-night
after spending the evening
alone in his study with a copy of the
German note. This apparently dis-posed
of suggestions that some ac-tion
might be taken before morning.
The president saw no callers but
is understood to have used the tele-phone
freely. As far as could be
learned no plans have been laid for
him to go before Congress as he did
to anonuacelhe sending of the Sus-sex
note threatening to break off dip-lomatic
relations.
The Hague, Jan. 30.—The depor-tation
of Belgian workmen continue,
but at a slightly lower rate than pre-viously,
according to information
from an unquestionable source. It
is said that the deportations from
Brussels now are being made at the
rate of about 350 men daily. Many
of these men. it is alleged, are not
idlers but skilled workmen whb have
been engaged for at least a part of
their time in their trade.
In some provinces the Belgians, It
is said, are adopting 'methods of pas-sive
resistance in efforts to escape
deportation. This resistance takes
the form of failing to appear at the
appointed place for examination. Out
of 1,700 men called in five com-munes
near Malinea, not more than
one-half presented theniselves.
Thereupon, the German military au-thorities
arrested three prominent
men in each commune, holding them
as hostages until the appearance of
the absentees, who in the meantime
were hunted by squads of soldiers.
In Brussels many of the summoned
men Who failed to appear now are in
hiding.
About one thousand Belgians call-ed
with the work of the American
relief commission—members of pro-vincial
and communal committees of
helpers and storehouses, mills or
soup kitchens—have been deported
to Germany over the strong protect
of the commission As a result of
vigorous protests, however, a few of
these men have been returned to
their homes and no others are being
taken.
By working a few hours overtime
the busines of the criminal term of
Superior court was completed early
li.st night and formal adjournment
.a ken.
The hardest foughj case tried dur-ing
the term was an indictment ,
against J. W. Phillips, a young white
man of Sanford, charging him with
embezzlement. The case was taken
up Tuesday morning and was com-pleted
about 6 o'clock yesterday
evening, when the jury returned a
verdict of not guilty, it was alleged
that Phillips, who was a student at
Davidson College, had been engaged
as the representative of a book pub-lishing
company, , and he was
charged with having failed to ac-count
for a check for $52.50 he had
collected from the Southern Rail-way
in settlement of a claim for
ciuanages to a shipment of books.
Fred Dixon, colored, was given a
sentence of seven .months on tlio
roads for larceny.
Lee Anderson, colored, was con-victed
of obtaining money by false
pretense and was sentenced to the
roads for six months.
Pete Turner, colored, drew a road
sentence of eight months for car-rying
a concealed weapon.
The case of. Lacy Crutchfield, the
ll-year-old negro boy who shot and
killed Desiree Miles, a white girl of
the same age, at his father's homo
south of Greensboro about three
weeks ago, was continued until the
next term of court. The boy was
bound over to court under a section
of the statutes which makes it un-lawful
for one person to point a gun
at another.
W. W. Evans, of White Oak, who
was arrested and given a prelimi-nary
hearing before a magistrate a
few weeks ago, was found guilty of
the charge and sentenced to the
roads for 18 months. It developed
that Evans had been married three
times. The first woman he married
secured a divorce, but not until after
Evans' third marriage. She resides
in Iredell county. The warrant for
the arrest of Evans was sworn out by
the second wife, to whom • he was
married in Guilford 'county about ten
years ago. The third wife and two *
children reside at White Oak.
Grover Henley pleaded guilty in
three charges of assault and was
fined $40 and 'the vosts.
Maud Haith, colored, pleaded guil-ty
to a charge of larceny. Judgment
was suspended upon the payment of
the costs, the defendant being re-quired
to give a bond of $100 for
her future good conduct.
L. Ballard, colored, was sentenced
to the roads for 12 months for the
larceny of 100'pounds of'brass from
the Southern Railway.
• Sydney Richardson, colored, W$B
found guilty of disposing'of mort-gaged
property. Judgment was sus-pended
upon the payment of the
costs.
Oliver Childers, a white boy, ad-mitted
the theft of a number of
chickens and was sentenced to the
roads for 12 months. Judge Long
suspended the sentence and ordered
the youth placed in the custody of.
R. S. Phipps, who gave bond for his
appearance at each criminal term of
court for the next year to show : is
good conduct.
Robert Ellis, colored, was given a
sentence of six mouths on the ro-Js
for larceny.
Americans Flee in Pershing Wake.
El Paso, Texas, Jan. SO.—Seven
thousand American settlers are flee-ing
tin the wake of General Pershing
army according to reports brought
here tonight. Americans and other
foreigners who have tried to estab-lish
(homes in Mexico believe tihat
Villa will order the massacre of any
American found in Mexico as soon
as General Pershing's troops are
again on United States eoll. Plans
are helag mttde along «he border to
cars for the refngees.
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AMERICAN TROOPH
ARE NKARING BORDER.
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 30.—The first
American troops of the expedition-ary
forces reached Palomas Lakes,
eight miles from Columbus, N. M.,
early today, it was reported this af-ternoon.
The detachment was small,
and made up of negro children. •
Villa forces have moved up to
Galeana, 18 miles north of El Valla
and only 30 miles southeast of Colo-nia
Dutolan, according to Villa
sources here. It was claimed Villa
was slowly occupying the country
being evacuated by General Persh-ing's
troops.
General Pershing was reported
from other sources to have left Co-tonia
Dublan today -with the rear
guard of his expedition.
Arrivals from Chihuahua City said
^Gen. Francisco Murguia, the Carran-za
commander, had admitted his in-ability
to garrison western Chihua-hua
after Pershing's withdrawal.
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