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SI d im N! >unt0f fHot ng Qa.i -458 rarte trees nien have I outfi; UT-\ d say what-] >., rcan cind hot !0. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY L ESTABLISHED 1821 GREENSBORO, N. C. THURS SrARTLIHO FACTS REVEALED M, AH'O AND JAPAN TO MAKE \VXK JOINTLY OX THE UNITED STATES. THE LAG0H1A SUHK BK U-BOAT TWENTY-SIX AMERICANS «KRK ABOARD—GOES DOWS OX THE IRISH COAST. Washington. Feb. 28.—The Assc- ..-,.r* Press is enabled to reveal that ,;,.—.'.ui>. in planning unrestricted tuHoarin* warfare and counting its ..,,- sequences, proposed an alliance "..,•, Mexico and Japan to 'make war ,.. t!,. t'niied States, if this country *'inald not remain neutral. japan, through Mexican media- ;..-.. was to be urged to abandon her I!!:H» and join in the attack on the I- ••■) States. Mexico, for her reward, was to re- -:,i- ceneral financial support from Germany, reconquer Texas. New \i, s -,i and Arizona—lost provinces _ ,nd share in the victorious peace ,-•:-- Germany contemplates. rw-Uils were left to'German Min-a5; er Von Kckhardt in Mexico. City, „■ . by instructions signed by Ger-man Foreign Minister Zimmerman. .,• Berlin. January 19. 1917. was di-iv- v": 10 propose the alliance with Mexico 10 General Carranza, and juiaest that Mexico seek to bring Japan into the plot. These instructions were transmit-i...; to Von Eckhardt through Count Von Uernstorff. former German am- ^a.-sador here, now on his way home :,i Germany, under a safe conduct obtained from his enemies by the ,-onntry against which he was plot-tine war. Germany pictured to Mexico, by liroad intimation. England and the ^n: ente allies defeated: Germany .!?• i her allies triumphant and in ivor'.d domination by the instrument .>:' in.restricted submarine warfare. A ropy of Zimmerman's instruc-ii, ns to Von Eckhardt, sent through V.i- Uernstorff. is in possession of M- United States government, and is i:v>: below. IKS A DOUBLE YIGTORY HOUSE VOTES FOR DRY WASH-INGTON—" BONE DRY" AMEND-MENT AGREED ON. <. I MM A X IS BMMMWM* - TO MEXICO AND JAPAN. Herlin. Jan. 19. 1917—On the first x February we intend to begin sub-marne warfare unrestricted. In spite if this, it is our intention to endeav- >'■ to keep neutral the I'nited States of America. .If this attempt is not successful, •i.- propose an alliance on the follow-in* basis with Mexico: That we shall nick'- war together and together nuke peace. We shall give general financial support and it is under-stood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. The details are left m you for settlement. Von are instructed to inform the president of Mexico of the above in ■ t- greatest confidence as soon as it s certain that there will be an out-break of war with the Unit ites •ind suggest that the president of 'VIexico. on his own initiative, should •onimunicate with Japan suggesting inherence at once to this plan; at lie same time, offer to mediate be-ween Germany and Japan. Please call to the attention of the president of Mexico that the employ-new of ruthless submarine warfare IOW promises to compel England to 'oake peace in a few months. "Signed) ZIMMERMAN. ' 'London. Feb. 27.—The Cunarder Laconia carrying twenty-six Ameri-cans— six passengers and twenty among the crew—was sunk without warning by a German submarine off the Irish coast last night.. Two hundred and seventy-eight persons are known to have been picked up. It is not yet known whether Amer-icans are dead or missing. The La-conia, an 18,099-ton vessel, is the largest single victim of unrestricted submarine warfare since its inaugu-aation February 1. She was enroute from New York to Liverpool, having left New York. February 18. She carried five thou-sand sacks of United States mail. Her cargo was of inestimable im-portance to Great Britain just now. It was entirely consigned to the British government. Included in it were forty thousand bushels of wheat, two thousand cases of brass rifle cartridges unloaded, 2,843 bales of cotton. 1.408 cases of fruit. 1,000 bars of silver and 900 tons of staple provisions. The Laconia was equipped with one gun aft the regulation 4.7 piece mounted on all Cunard liners. She was manned by British officers and a British crew. Her captain is W. R. D. Irvine. The attack took place at 10 o'clock last night. The attack on the Laconia occur- I red at the point where the Lusitania i was Sunk nearly two years ago. ] Altogether the Laconia carried ' seventy-five passengers, six were Americans. Tliore were twenty na- I tive-born Americans among the crew of 216. _ Late tonight thirteen persons were reported missing. ■spm»j>t.th,q pur sengers or sailors were wounded iq the attack, was sent in a message from American Consul Frost at Queenstown .saying that fifteen sur-vivors had been landed there and adding: "Others numbering 267, it is be-lieved are to laud about midnight. Preparations are being made to treat hospital cases." Consul Frost's first message, re-porting the Laconia's destruction read: "Cunarder Laconia torpedoed 10.50 Sunday night. Two hundred and seventy-eight survivors landed. Details lacking but known some missing. One dead." The Laconia was valued at more than $6,000,000 and her cargo which included silver bullion at more than $10,000,000. With the express and mail matter which she carried, the loss is estimtaed conservatively at $20,000,000. Washington, Feb. 28—Prohibition won a double victory in Congress to-night when the house passed by a vote or 273 to 137 the senate bill to make the national capital dry. and senate and house conferees on the postal appropriation bill unexpected-ly announced an agreement under which the Reed "bone dry" amend-ment is virtually assured of enact-ment. Hope of agreeing on the postal supply measure had been abandon-ed by the conferees, who last night submitted a resolution to continue existing postal appropriations for an-other year. Tonight, however, they got together on a report which in-cluded the Reed amendment, prohib-iting shipment of liquor into prohi-bition states, and which they expect-ed to present in both houses tomor-row or Friday. ± MARCH I, 1817. VOL. 96-MO, |B Um OF A SUICIDE PACT MRS. ROBERTA RUSSELL FOUND DBA >; MRS. R. C. KELLY DIES FROM WOUNDS. RKKX IX THE HANDS OF THE PRESIDENT SOME TIME. This document has been in the '"ids of the government since Presf- '-"' Wilson broke off diplomatic re-gions wfth Germany; it has been "P' secret'up to this time, while the ''"-ilent has been asking Congress "r full authority to deal with Ger- •uanj, and while Congress has been •^sitating. It was in. the president'.* ■•"'Is while Chancellor von Beth- Onr Delegation Voted Dry. Washington, Feb. 28.—The North Carolina congressmen helped to put through the "dry" bill for the Dis-trict of Columbia. On the final pas-sage of the bill the following named voted for the bill: Representatives Small, Kitchin. Hood, Stedman. Page, Godwin, Doughton, Webb and Britt, and against it, Pou. All of the members except Messrs. Pou and Small voted against the proposition for a referendum. "I voted for the bill." said Mr. Small. "Failing to get a referendum I could not conscientiously oppose the bill, for Congress has the right to legislate for the District of Co-lumbia." Mr. Pou took the position that prohibition should not be put upon the district without giving the peo-ple a vote. The bill passed today goes into ef-fect' November T, and the next "CoVj gress will be "bone dry.'* WOMAN BURIED 1, THE YARD JOSEPH ZEMAR, HER HUSBAND, FLEES WHEN OFFICERS DIG UP CORPSE. Rich nond, Va., Feb. 27.—Mrs. R. C. Kel r. twenty-seven years old, wife lin Asheboro, N. C, attorney, and sister of Dr. Alfred Mordecai and George W. Mordecai, of Raleigh, N. C.*led at a local hospital this af-ternoon from a self-inflicted bullet wound?: in her head. Mrs. Kelley, with Ifrs. Roberta L. Rusell, forty-three, it Wilmington, N. C, were pa-tients jit Westbrook Sanitarium, and yesterday evening they started for a walk. J Failure to return caused a search, to be made and they were lo-cated late last night in an abandon-ed rocft quarry, a mile distant from the sanitarium. Mrs. Russell was dead from a pistol wound and Mrs. Kelly was found dangerously wound-ed. A note found in the room of Mrs. Russell revealed a suicide pact. It wjas stated that both expected to be discharged from the institution at an 'early date. Mrs. Russell the widow, of a Wilmington .physician had ohfy recently visited her home, and it is believed that she got the pistol'while there. In a note ad-dressed to Dr. Paul V. Anderson, su-perintendent of the sanitarium, she absolvjed the institution of all blame in connection with the affair. Mrs, Kelly was standing beside an old shack, while the blood flowed from a wound in her head. It is said that they were in Richmond shop-ping yesterday, and that both ap-peared to be in exceedingly good spirits. Mrs. Russell was the moth-er of three children, two girls and a boy. Coroner Bright, of Henrico county, deemed an inquest unneces-sary when he made official inquiry into her death. Washington, N. C, Feb. 27.—The body of Mrs. Joe Zemar, a resident of Pactolus, was found buried on her husband's place by police officials yesterday. Zemar has made his es-cape, and it is generally believed that he committed the murder. Zemar is a Hungarian, and has been a resident of Pactolus for only a short time. On Saturday neigh-bors, itiissing his wife, asked him where she was. He replied in broken English that site had gone off on a train to visit relatives. His actions were suspicious and, noting a fresh pile of dirt near his home, the neigh-bors notified the police. The officersi arrived at the place and queried Zemar further. He still insisted that his wife had gone off on the train. He started to move away and they seized him and hand-cuffed him. Then they secured shov-els and started digging in the fresh pile of dirt that had been observed. They dug down about two feet and then their shovels brought up a piece of woman's clothing. They kept on with their work and in a few minutes t.iey lifted the DOdy of Mrs. Zemar up saitte the ground. At sight of their discovery Zemat (led. The officer)! pursued him lor a Short distance, but he was faster than they an.l soon left them ben'.si. He still wore the hand-cuffs. MAD DOGS HAVE CAUSED . MUCH LOSS IN CLEVELAND. FBBIGHT HIT EXPRESS TRA1H SIX CARS A MASS OF DEBRIS PINNING DEAD AND 1WICKED UNDER THEM. PASSAGE OF THE CROP HEN BILL IN SENATE. Raleigh, Feb. 28—Governor Bick-ett's most notable administration triumph was written in the final pas-sage of his crop lien bill tonight, 78 voting for him and against all amendments and 34 in opposition to the bill. It was a memorable debate and day. It' happened to be the date bf.-FeV 27-^-A m»d ~ao£ scarflL^ ^mo*. Bickett was born, but he TEUTONS ANNOUNCE SUBMARINE RESULTS. nii-Hoiiwag - i'nited States had placed an in- ' "iT'tation on-the submarine decla-ation -never intended by Ger-many." and that Germany had pro-moted and honored friendly rela-iona with the United States as "an eirloom from Frederick the Great." °f ''self, if there were no other, it considered a sufficient answer to :->e German chancellor's plaint that <•• United States "brusquely" broke •' relations without giving "authen- •'"' reasons for its action. The document supplies the miss- >S link to many separate chains of ■•'tiiinsiances, which until now have wsmed to lead to no definite point. It sheds new light upon the fre-quently reported, but indefinable movements of the Mexican govern-ment to couple Its situation with the in«ioa between the United State* and Japan. It adds another chapter to the celebrated report of Jules Canibon, French ambassador in Ber-lin before the war. of Germany's world-wide plans for stirring strife on every continent where they might aid her in the struggle for world domination which she dreamed was close at hand. It adds a climax to the operations of Count von Bern-storff and the German embassy in this country, which have been col-ored with passport frauds, charges of dynamite plots andJhtrigue. the full extent of which never has been pub-lished. New Credence to Reports. It gives new credence to 'persis-tent reports of submarine-bases on Mexican territory in the Gulf of Mex-ico; it takes cognizance of a fact long recognized by army chiefs, that that if Japan ever undertook to invade the United States, it probably would be through Mexico, over the border and into the Mississippi valley to split the country in two. It recalls that Count von Bernstorff, when handed his passports, was very re-luctant to return to Germany but ex-pressed a preference for asylum in Cuba. It gives a new explanation to the repeated arrests on the border of men charged by American mili-tary authorities with being German intelligence agents. Last of all, it seems to show a con-nection with General Carranza's re-cent proposal to reutrals that ex-ports of food and munition* to the entente allies be cut ofT, and an in-timation that he might stop the sup-ply of oil. so vital to the British navy, which is exported from the Tamplco fields. .^. • ..—..«.. ■"-- Berlin. Feb. 27, via Sayvllle.— Merchant shipping aggregating 4.998.500 tons, belonging to entente and neutral nations, has been de-stroyed or condemned as prizes by the central powers since the begin-ning of the war, it was officially an-nounced today. Apparently this total covers a pe-riod up to the end of January, 1917. only, as no figures for the present month are given. The official state-ment reads: "During January last, 170 mer-chant ships of hostile powers, with a total of 336,000 gross tons, were de-stroyed as a result of the war meas-ures of the central powers. Of them, 91 vessels with an aggregate of 245,- 500 gross tons were British. Be-sides these, 58 neutral merchant ships, totalling 103.500 gross tons were sunk on account of carrying contraband for the enemy. "The total loss in shipping for the month was 228 vessels with a total of 439,500 gross tons. "Since the beginning of the war 4,357,500 gross tons of hostile mer-chant shipping has been destroyed. Of this, 3,314.500 was British. "In addition, the sea forces of the central powers have sunk or con-demned as prizes, 459 neutral ves-sels, of a total of 641,000 gross ton-nage." English Try to Combat C-Boats. Amsterdam, Feb. 27.—The most energetic efforts are being made by Great Britain to combat the U-boat "warfare, according to British ship crews arriving here. Large fleets of British patrol ships, fishing boats and aeroplanes are constantly en-gaged in long distant patrol trips and in escorting the few steamers that are leaving British ports. The number of ships sunk, the British sailors assert, are kept strictly secret by England. has aroused the community to the extent that letters are going to Rep-resentative W. A. Mauney, at Ral-eigh, asking him to strengthen his dog tax law if it is not already strong enough to protect the lives of people and the loss of property. During one night Hacket Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Wilson, who lives on the Cleveland Springs road, was bitten on the hand by the Wilson shepherd dog, a calf was attacked, 14 other dogs were bitten, in addi-tion to a hog, several pigs and a number of chickens. It is thought several mad dogs are at large. Mr. Wilson not being convinced that his dog was mad. had it kiled as a safeguard and sent its head to the bureau of animal industry at Wash-ington for analysis. Chief Jetton has killed a number of suspicious look-ing dogs today. Dr. R. M. Gldney, farm demonstra-tor says that over $500 worth of live-stock has been killed as a result of the mad dog rampage since the first of the year. Three patients have had to go to Raleigh to take the Pasteur treatment, fearing infection from hydrophobia, since the first of January. MUCH FOOD NOW REACHING NEW YORK. Fodder Destroyed; Mast Kill Cattle. The Hague, Feb. 27.—Via Lon-don.— A large amount of fodder was on board of the merchantmen torpe-doed on Thursday. In consequence, it will be necessary to kill a large part of Holland's cattle. Detention at foreign ports of Dutch vessels laden with Chilean saltpeter and other fertilisers is causing alarm, it being feared that this year's harvest -will, be retarded seriously, . . —-•' - • • New York, Feh. 27.—Enormous quantities of food staples reached New York today by rail and water. Prices broke sharply from the high mark reached last week. The strong-est effect was felt in the wholesale markets. From the retail markets throughout the city a lesser decline was reported foreshadowing a more rapid fall in prices tomorrow and Wednesday. At wholesale today, potatoes were offered at $9 and 110 a barrel as compared with prices ranging from $9.50 to $11 five days ago. The wholesale prices of onions too show-ed a further drop, falling to $9 and $11 for a 100-pound bag from the high mark of $12 and $16 five days ago. Even at the lowered rates at wholesale the sale of potatoes and onions to dealers were small. Re-tailers feared the effect of the boy-cott on these two staples as well as a further decline In price which might wipe out all possibility of profits. George W. Perkins, chairman of the food committee, today announc-ed the purchase of a large consign-ment of brown Brazilian beans to be looked serious enough throughout the day to have expected his death. Immediately upon its triumphant ratification by the house the gover-nor received the news at the man-sion and over the telephone mused to Col. John Pearson. "Your voice is sweeter than Caruso's." The chief fight was made by Harry Stubbs, of Martin, who admitted the impossibility of stemming the tide toward the governor. Stubbs made a powerful speech and going down on the second roll call, tried an amendment which would have re-lieved the clerks and merchants of heavy duties by leaving their books Tpen to inspection rather than forc-ing them to keep the onerous cash and credit prices. McCracken, of Columbus, leading the fight, over-threw all amendments and the bill without trimming is now law. Altoona, Pa., Feb. 27.—Twenty or more persons were killed when east-bound Mercantile express on the Pennsylvania railway was hit short-ly after midnight by a fast freight at the station at the little mountain. town of Mount Union, 43 miles east of here in a heavy fog. Several others were injured. The express had stopped to dis-charge passengers at Mount Union . and members of the crew were test-ing the air when the freight crashed into it from the rear. Alongside the express at the sta-tion was an accommodation train car-rying workmen from Mount Union powder plant and this train had barely moved away when the crash came. There were three sleepers at- ' tached to the express, all of steel construction. As the freight engine, backed by a heavy train, ploughed into the pas-senger the rear coach of the latter telescoped, the second coach, which was split asunder. The freight en-gine was literally welded to the pas-senger car. None of the passenger coaches left the track, but six of the freight cars loaded with coal were hurled down a 40-foot embankment. Little headway could be made in reaching the dead and injured owing to the three sleeping coaches being almost inextricably massed together. The Bellwood, the third sleeper, had split apart and the car ahead was forced through it while the third car from the rear had ploughed into the second car. Telescoping of the cars was of such force that all occupants in them were imprisoned. The train crews and . uninjured were unable to reach them to give aid to any that might have escaped death. One official of the railway said the list of dead may exceed twenty.' This official places the blame on the freight engineer, A. B. Cook, of Harrisburg, who had a leg crushed. It was the first time in three years that a passenger had been killed In a wreck on the road. At noon today Pennsylvania rail-way officials said the list of killed stood at 20, of whom 17 have been identified. MEXICAN EXILES MAY NOW RETURN. Nogales, Ariz., Feb. 27.—Mexico threw open her gates to 100,000 po-litical exiles, residing in the United States today. She also announced that Americans forced to flee from Mexico because they were considered enemies of the first chief Carranza. nay return without fear of molesta-tion. The Carranza ban against Ro-man Catholic priests and nuns how-ever, still stands. The announcement of Carranza's new ruling was made here today by Mexican Consul Jose Del Gado. He said he had been directed by Candi-do Aguilar, minister of foreign rela-tions in the de facto cabinet to do all }n his power to facilitate the grant-ing of passports to exile Mexicans, wlio desire to return to their native land. During the last six years of revo-lutions in Mexico, it is estimated hy prominent Mexicans here at least 100,000 fled to the United States to escape the displeasure of Carranza or the bullets of executioners. FREIGHT STEAMER SUNK; WOMAN LOSES HER LIFE. Villa 111. Unable to Direct Campaign. El Paso, Texas, Feb. 27.—Fran-cisco Villa is ill in a mountain cabin near San Andres, Chihuahua, and unable to direct the campaign he had planned against Chihuahua City and Juarez, according to Americans who arrived here late today from Madera and Pearson, Chihuahua. They say Villa's pld wound, which was received at Guerrero, Chihua-hua, during his pursuit by General this, city J.-'' - ——;.. e*Mi** Ua ******* «»*«rtn*- . Williamston, Feb. 28—The freight steamer Hamilton, plying between Edenton and points on Roanoke riv-er, sank yesterday afternoon near the town of Hamilton. A sunken cypress tree was caught in the pro-peller and was thrown upward, crushing a hole through the steamer. In a few minutes the boat sunk, and the crew of 17 men did not have suf-ficient time to launch the life boat and get off. The cook, a negro woman, was brought out by Captain Overton, but being anxious to save her clothes, tried to rush, back into the cabin and went down with the boat. The crew finally got in a boat and came to Williamston where the agents of the Norfolk Southern, who owned the steamer, aided the men and sent them off on the nignt train to Eden-ton. The steamer was loaded with fer-tilizer and merchandise for points up the river, and was valued at $35,000. She was built about 25 years ago for the trade on Roanoke river. The only thing saved from the steamer was a pet cat, which climb-ed upon the shoulders of one of the men, who brought the animal out and carried it to Edenton with him. German City. Braslau, Has "Female PoBccmcn." Braslau, Germany, Feb. 27.— Braslau, in the face of the disap-proval of most of the rest of Ger-many, has adopted in modified form the American "female policeman" or inspector of pufclic morals. A num-er of Braslau women have volunteer-ed their services as supervisors of the youth of the city, and hereafter will patrol the public streets and squares and keep a watch on the boys and g'lrls that congregate there. The women will have the powers of policemen, and will in addition be carefully watched themselves to see that they come to no harm in their unusnsl vocation. ' i"- -iiiaw^rniai.'rVm
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Title | The Greensboro patriot [March 1, 1917] |
Date | 1917-03-01 |
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Description | The March 1, 1917, issue of The Greensboro Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C. by W.I. Underwood. |
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Full text | SI d im N! >unt0f fHot ng Qa.i -458 rarte trees nien have I outfi; UT-\ d say what-] >., rcan cind hot !0. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY L ESTABLISHED 1821 GREENSBORO, N. C. THURS SrARTLIHO FACTS REVEALED M, AH'O AND JAPAN TO MAKE \VXK JOINTLY OX THE UNITED STATES. THE LAG0H1A SUHK BK U-BOAT TWENTY-SIX AMERICANS «KRK ABOARD—GOES DOWS OX THE IRISH COAST. Washington. Feb. 28.—The Assc- ..-,.r* Press is enabled to reveal that ,;,.—.'.ui>. in planning unrestricted tuHoarin* warfare and counting its ..,,- sequences, proposed an alliance "..,•, Mexico and Japan to 'make war ,.. t!,. t'niied States, if this country *'inald not remain neutral. japan, through Mexican media- ;..-.. was to be urged to abandon her I!!:H» and join in the attack on the I- ••■) States. Mexico, for her reward, was to re- -:,i- ceneral financial support from Germany, reconquer Texas. New \i, s -,i and Arizona—lost provinces _ ,nd share in the victorious peace ,-•:-- Germany contemplates. rw-Uils were left to'German Min-a5; er Von Kckhardt in Mexico. City, „■ . by instructions signed by Ger-man Foreign Minister Zimmerman. .,• Berlin. January 19. 1917. was di-iv- v": 10 propose the alliance with Mexico 10 General Carranza, and juiaest that Mexico seek to bring Japan into the plot. These instructions were transmit-i...; to Von Eckhardt through Count Von Uernstorff. former German am- ^a.-sador here, now on his way home :,i Germany, under a safe conduct obtained from his enemies by the ,-onntry against which he was plot-tine war. Germany pictured to Mexico, by liroad intimation. England and the ^n: ente allies defeated: Germany .!?• i her allies triumphant and in ivor'.d domination by the instrument .>:' in.restricted submarine warfare. A ropy of Zimmerman's instruc-ii, ns to Von Eckhardt, sent through V.i- Uernstorff. is in possession of M- United States government, and is i:v>: below. IKS A DOUBLE YIGTORY HOUSE VOTES FOR DRY WASH-INGTON—" BONE DRY" AMEND-MENT AGREED ON. <. I MM A X IS BMMMWM* - TO MEXICO AND JAPAN. Herlin. Jan. 19. 1917—On the first x February we intend to begin sub-marne warfare unrestricted. In spite if this, it is our intention to endeav- >'■ to keep neutral the I'nited States of America. .If this attempt is not successful, •i.- propose an alliance on the follow-in* basis with Mexico: That we shall nick'- war together and together nuke peace. We shall give general financial support and it is under-stood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. The details are left m you for settlement. Von are instructed to inform the president of Mexico of the above in ■ t- greatest confidence as soon as it s certain that there will be an out-break of war with the Unit ites •ind suggest that the president of 'VIexico. on his own initiative, should •onimunicate with Japan suggesting inherence at once to this plan; at lie same time, offer to mediate be-ween Germany and Japan. Please call to the attention of the president of Mexico that the employ-new of ruthless submarine warfare IOW promises to compel England to 'oake peace in a few months. "Signed) ZIMMERMAN. ' 'London. Feb. 27.—The Cunarder Laconia carrying twenty-six Ameri-cans— six passengers and twenty among the crew—was sunk without warning by a German submarine off the Irish coast last night.. Two hundred and seventy-eight persons are known to have been picked up. It is not yet known whether Amer-icans are dead or missing. The La-conia, an 18,099-ton vessel, is the largest single victim of unrestricted submarine warfare since its inaugu-aation February 1. She was enroute from New York to Liverpool, having left New York. February 18. She carried five thou-sand sacks of United States mail. Her cargo was of inestimable im-portance to Great Britain just now. It was entirely consigned to the British government. Included in it were forty thousand bushels of wheat, two thousand cases of brass rifle cartridges unloaded, 2,843 bales of cotton. 1.408 cases of fruit. 1,000 bars of silver and 900 tons of staple provisions. The Laconia was equipped with one gun aft the regulation 4.7 piece mounted on all Cunard liners. She was manned by British officers and a British crew. Her captain is W. R. D. Irvine. The attack took place at 10 o'clock last night. The attack on the Laconia occur- I red at the point where the Lusitania i was Sunk nearly two years ago. ] Altogether the Laconia carried ' seventy-five passengers, six were Americans. Tliore were twenty na- I tive-born Americans among the crew of 216. _ Late tonight thirteen persons were reported missing. ■spm»j>t.th,q pur sengers or sailors were wounded iq the attack, was sent in a message from American Consul Frost at Queenstown .saying that fifteen sur-vivors had been landed there and adding: "Others numbering 267, it is be-lieved are to laud about midnight. Preparations are being made to treat hospital cases." Consul Frost's first message, re-porting the Laconia's destruction read: "Cunarder Laconia torpedoed 10.50 Sunday night. Two hundred and seventy-eight survivors landed. Details lacking but known some missing. One dead." The Laconia was valued at more than $6,000,000 and her cargo which included silver bullion at more than $10,000,000. With the express and mail matter which she carried, the loss is estimtaed conservatively at $20,000,000. Washington, Feb. 28—Prohibition won a double victory in Congress to-night when the house passed by a vote or 273 to 137 the senate bill to make the national capital dry. and senate and house conferees on the postal appropriation bill unexpected-ly announced an agreement under which the Reed "bone dry" amend-ment is virtually assured of enact-ment. Hope of agreeing on the postal supply measure had been abandon-ed by the conferees, who last night submitted a resolution to continue existing postal appropriations for an-other year. Tonight, however, they got together on a report which in-cluded the Reed amendment, prohib-iting shipment of liquor into prohi-bition states, and which they expect-ed to present in both houses tomor-row or Friday. ± MARCH I, 1817. VOL. 96-MO, |B Um OF A SUICIDE PACT MRS. ROBERTA RUSSELL FOUND DBA >; MRS. R. C. KELLY DIES FROM WOUNDS. RKKX IX THE HANDS OF THE PRESIDENT SOME TIME. This document has been in the '"ids of the government since Presf- '-"' Wilson broke off diplomatic re-gions wfth Germany; it has been "P' secret'up to this time, while the ''"-ilent has been asking Congress "r full authority to deal with Ger- •uanj, and while Congress has been •^sitating. It was in. the president'.* ■•"'Is while Chancellor von Beth- Onr Delegation Voted Dry. Washington, Feb. 28.—The North Carolina congressmen helped to put through the "dry" bill for the Dis-trict of Columbia. On the final pas-sage of the bill the following named voted for the bill: Representatives Small, Kitchin. Hood, Stedman. Page, Godwin, Doughton, Webb and Britt, and against it, Pou. All of the members except Messrs. Pou and Small voted against the proposition for a referendum. "I voted for the bill." said Mr. Small. "Failing to get a referendum I could not conscientiously oppose the bill, for Congress has the right to legislate for the District of Co-lumbia." Mr. Pou took the position that prohibition should not be put upon the district without giving the peo-ple a vote. The bill passed today goes into ef-fect' November T, and the next "CoVj gress will be "bone dry.'* WOMAN BURIED 1, THE YARD JOSEPH ZEMAR, HER HUSBAND, FLEES WHEN OFFICERS DIG UP CORPSE. Rich nond, Va., Feb. 27.—Mrs. R. C. Kel r. twenty-seven years old, wife lin Asheboro, N. C, attorney, and sister of Dr. Alfred Mordecai and George W. Mordecai, of Raleigh, N. C.*led at a local hospital this af-ternoon from a self-inflicted bullet wound?: in her head. Mrs. Kelley, with Ifrs. Roberta L. Rusell, forty-three, it Wilmington, N. C, were pa-tients jit Westbrook Sanitarium, and yesterday evening they started for a walk. J Failure to return caused a search, to be made and they were lo-cated late last night in an abandon-ed rocft quarry, a mile distant from the sanitarium. Mrs. Russell was dead from a pistol wound and Mrs. Kelly was found dangerously wound-ed. A note found in the room of Mrs. Russell revealed a suicide pact. It wjas stated that both expected to be discharged from the institution at an 'early date. Mrs. Russell the widow, of a Wilmington .physician had ohfy recently visited her home, and it is believed that she got the pistol'while there. In a note ad-dressed to Dr. Paul V. Anderson, su-perintendent of the sanitarium, she absolvjed the institution of all blame in connection with the affair. Mrs, Kelly was standing beside an old shack, while the blood flowed from a wound in her head. It is said that they were in Richmond shop-ping yesterday, and that both ap-peared to be in exceedingly good spirits. Mrs. Russell was the moth-er of three children, two girls and a boy. Coroner Bright, of Henrico county, deemed an inquest unneces-sary when he made official inquiry into her death. Washington, N. C, Feb. 27.—The body of Mrs. Joe Zemar, a resident of Pactolus, was found buried on her husband's place by police officials yesterday. Zemar has made his es-cape, and it is generally believed that he committed the murder. Zemar is a Hungarian, and has been a resident of Pactolus for only a short time. On Saturday neigh-bors, itiissing his wife, asked him where she was. He replied in broken English that site had gone off on a train to visit relatives. His actions were suspicious and, noting a fresh pile of dirt near his home, the neigh-bors notified the police. The officersi arrived at the place and queried Zemar further. He still insisted that his wife had gone off on the train. He started to move away and they seized him and hand-cuffed him. Then they secured shov-els and started digging in the fresh pile of dirt that had been observed. They dug down about two feet and then their shovels brought up a piece of woman's clothing. They kept on with their work and in a few minutes t.iey lifted the DOdy of Mrs. Zemar up saitte the ground. At sight of their discovery Zemat (led. The officer)! pursued him lor a Short distance, but he was faster than they an.l soon left them ben'.si. He still wore the hand-cuffs. MAD DOGS HAVE CAUSED . MUCH LOSS IN CLEVELAND. FBBIGHT HIT EXPRESS TRA1H SIX CARS A MASS OF DEBRIS PINNING DEAD AND 1WICKED UNDER THEM. PASSAGE OF THE CROP HEN BILL IN SENATE. Raleigh, Feb. 28—Governor Bick-ett's most notable administration triumph was written in the final pas-sage of his crop lien bill tonight, 78 voting for him and against all amendments and 34 in opposition to the bill. It was a memorable debate and day. It' happened to be the date bf.-FeV 27-^-A m»d ~ao£ scarflL^ ^mo*. Bickett was born, but he TEUTONS ANNOUNCE SUBMARINE RESULTS. nii-Hoiiwag - i'nited States had placed an in- ' "iT'tation on-the submarine decla-ation -never intended by Ger-many." and that Germany had pro-moted and honored friendly rela-iona with the United States as "an eirloom from Frederick the Great." °f ''self, if there were no other, it considered a sufficient answer to :->e German chancellor's plaint that <•• United States "brusquely" broke •' relations without giving "authen- •'"' reasons for its action. The document supplies the miss- >S link to many separate chains of ■•'tiiinsiances, which until now have wsmed to lead to no definite point. It sheds new light upon the fre-quently reported, but indefinable movements of the Mexican govern-ment to couple Its situation with the in«ioa between the United State* and Japan. It adds another chapter to the celebrated report of Jules Canibon, French ambassador in Ber-lin before the war. of Germany's world-wide plans for stirring strife on every continent where they might aid her in the struggle for world domination which she dreamed was close at hand. It adds a climax to the operations of Count von Bern-storff and the German embassy in this country, which have been col-ored with passport frauds, charges of dynamite plots andJhtrigue. the full extent of which never has been pub-lished. New Credence to Reports. It gives new credence to 'persis-tent reports of submarine-bases on Mexican territory in the Gulf of Mex-ico; it takes cognizance of a fact long recognized by army chiefs, that that if Japan ever undertook to invade the United States, it probably would be through Mexico, over the border and into the Mississippi valley to split the country in two. It recalls that Count von Bernstorff, when handed his passports, was very re-luctant to return to Germany but ex-pressed a preference for asylum in Cuba. It gives a new explanation to the repeated arrests on the border of men charged by American mili-tary authorities with being German intelligence agents. Last of all, it seems to show a con-nection with General Carranza's re-cent proposal to reutrals that ex-ports of food and munition* to the entente allies be cut ofT, and an in-timation that he might stop the sup-ply of oil. so vital to the British navy, which is exported from the Tamplco fields. .^. • ..—..«.. ■"-- Berlin. Feb. 27, via Sayvllle.— Merchant shipping aggregating 4.998.500 tons, belonging to entente and neutral nations, has been de-stroyed or condemned as prizes by the central powers since the begin-ning of the war, it was officially an-nounced today. Apparently this total covers a pe-riod up to the end of January, 1917. only, as no figures for the present month are given. The official state-ment reads: "During January last, 170 mer-chant ships of hostile powers, with a total of 336,000 gross tons, were de-stroyed as a result of the war meas-ures of the central powers. Of them, 91 vessels with an aggregate of 245,- 500 gross tons were British. Be-sides these, 58 neutral merchant ships, totalling 103.500 gross tons were sunk on account of carrying contraband for the enemy. "The total loss in shipping for the month was 228 vessels with a total of 439,500 gross tons. "Since the beginning of the war 4,357,500 gross tons of hostile mer-chant shipping has been destroyed. Of this, 3,314.500 was British. "In addition, the sea forces of the central powers have sunk or con-demned as prizes, 459 neutral ves-sels, of a total of 641,000 gross ton-nage." English Try to Combat C-Boats. Amsterdam, Feb. 27.—The most energetic efforts are being made by Great Britain to combat the U-boat "warfare, according to British ship crews arriving here. Large fleets of British patrol ships, fishing boats and aeroplanes are constantly en-gaged in long distant patrol trips and in escorting the few steamers that are leaving British ports. The number of ships sunk, the British sailors assert, are kept strictly secret by England. has aroused the community to the extent that letters are going to Rep-resentative W. A. Mauney, at Ral-eigh, asking him to strengthen his dog tax law if it is not already strong enough to protect the lives of people and the loss of property. During one night Hacket Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Wilson, who lives on the Cleveland Springs road, was bitten on the hand by the Wilson shepherd dog, a calf was attacked, 14 other dogs were bitten, in addi-tion to a hog, several pigs and a number of chickens. It is thought several mad dogs are at large. Mr. Wilson not being convinced that his dog was mad. had it kiled as a safeguard and sent its head to the bureau of animal industry at Wash-ington for analysis. Chief Jetton has killed a number of suspicious look-ing dogs today. Dr. R. M. Gldney, farm demonstra-tor says that over $500 worth of live-stock has been killed as a result of the mad dog rampage since the first of the year. Three patients have had to go to Raleigh to take the Pasteur treatment, fearing infection from hydrophobia, since the first of January. MUCH FOOD NOW REACHING NEW YORK. Fodder Destroyed; Mast Kill Cattle. The Hague, Feb. 27.—Via Lon-don.— A large amount of fodder was on board of the merchantmen torpe-doed on Thursday. In consequence, it will be necessary to kill a large part of Holland's cattle. Detention at foreign ports of Dutch vessels laden with Chilean saltpeter and other fertilisers is causing alarm, it being feared that this year's harvest -will, be retarded seriously, . . —-•' - • • New York, Feh. 27.—Enormous quantities of food staples reached New York today by rail and water. Prices broke sharply from the high mark reached last week. The strong-est effect was felt in the wholesale markets. From the retail markets throughout the city a lesser decline was reported foreshadowing a more rapid fall in prices tomorrow and Wednesday. At wholesale today, potatoes were offered at $9 and 110 a barrel as compared with prices ranging from $9.50 to $11 five days ago. The wholesale prices of onions too show-ed a further drop, falling to $9 and $11 for a 100-pound bag from the high mark of $12 and $16 five days ago. Even at the lowered rates at wholesale the sale of potatoes and onions to dealers were small. Re-tailers feared the effect of the boy-cott on these two staples as well as a further decline In price which might wipe out all possibility of profits. George W. Perkins, chairman of the food committee, today announc-ed the purchase of a large consign-ment of brown Brazilian beans to be looked serious enough throughout the day to have expected his death. Immediately upon its triumphant ratification by the house the gover-nor received the news at the man-sion and over the telephone mused to Col. John Pearson. "Your voice is sweeter than Caruso's." The chief fight was made by Harry Stubbs, of Martin, who admitted the impossibility of stemming the tide toward the governor. Stubbs made a powerful speech and going down on the second roll call, tried an amendment which would have re-lieved the clerks and merchants of heavy duties by leaving their books Tpen to inspection rather than forc-ing them to keep the onerous cash and credit prices. McCracken, of Columbus, leading the fight, over-threw all amendments and the bill without trimming is now law. Altoona, Pa., Feb. 27.—Twenty or more persons were killed when east-bound Mercantile express on the Pennsylvania railway was hit short-ly after midnight by a fast freight at the station at the little mountain. town of Mount Union, 43 miles east of here in a heavy fog. Several others were injured. The express had stopped to dis-charge passengers at Mount Union . and members of the crew were test-ing the air when the freight crashed into it from the rear. Alongside the express at the sta-tion was an accommodation train car-rying workmen from Mount Union powder plant and this train had barely moved away when the crash came. There were three sleepers at- ' tached to the express, all of steel construction. As the freight engine, backed by a heavy train, ploughed into the pas-senger the rear coach of the latter telescoped, the second coach, which was split asunder. The freight en-gine was literally welded to the pas-senger car. None of the passenger coaches left the track, but six of the freight cars loaded with coal were hurled down a 40-foot embankment. Little headway could be made in reaching the dead and injured owing to the three sleeping coaches being almost inextricably massed together. The Bellwood, the third sleeper, had split apart and the car ahead was forced through it while the third car from the rear had ploughed into the second car. Telescoping of the cars was of such force that all occupants in them were imprisoned. The train crews and . uninjured were unable to reach them to give aid to any that might have escaped death. One official of the railway said the list of dead may exceed twenty.' This official places the blame on the freight engineer, A. B. Cook, of Harrisburg, who had a leg crushed. It was the first time in three years that a passenger had been killed In a wreck on the road. At noon today Pennsylvania rail-way officials said the list of killed stood at 20, of whom 17 have been identified. MEXICAN EXILES MAY NOW RETURN. Nogales, Ariz., Feb. 27.—Mexico threw open her gates to 100,000 po-litical exiles, residing in the United States today. She also announced that Americans forced to flee from Mexico because they were considered enemies of the first chief Carranza. nay return without fear of molesta-tion. The Carranza ban against Ro-man Catholic priests and nuns how-ever, still stands. The announcement of Carranza's new ruling was made here today by Mexican Consul Jose Del Gado. He said he had been directed by Candi-do Aguilar, minister of foreign rela-tions in the de facto cabinet to do all }n his power to facilitate the grant-ing of passports to exile Mexicans, wlio desire to return to their native land. During the last six years of revo-lutions in Mexico, it is estimated hy prominent Mexicans here at least 100,000 fled to the United States to escape the displeasure of Carranza or the bullets of executioners. FREIGHT STEAMER SUNK; WOMAN LOSES HER LIFE. Villa 111. Unable to Direct Campaign. El Paso, Texas, Feb. 27.—Fran-cisco Villa is ill in a mountain cabin near San Andres, Chihuahua, and unable to direct the campaign he had planned against Chihuahua City and Juarez, according to Americans who arrived here late today from Madera and Pearson, Chihuahua. They say Villa's pld wound, which was received at Guerrero, Chihua-hua, during his pursuit by General this, city J.-'' - ——;.. e*Mi** Ua ******* «»*«rtn*- . Williamston, Feb. 28—The freight steamer Hamilton, plying between Edenton and points on Roanoke riv-er, sank yesterday afternoon near the town of Hamilton. A sunken cypress tree was caught in the pro-peller and was thrown upward, crushing a hole through the steamer. In a few minutes the boat sunk, and the crew of 17 men did not have suf-ficient time to launch the life boat and get off. The cook, a negro woman, was brought out by Captain Overton, but being anxious to save her clothes, tried to rush, back into the cabin and went down with the boat. The crew finally got in a boat and came to Williamston where the agents of the Norfolk Southern, who owned the steamer, aided the men and sent them off on the nignt train to Eden-ton. The steamer was loaded with fer-tilizer and merchandise for points up the river, and was valued at $35,000. She was built about 25 years ago for the trade on Roanoke river. The only thing saved from the steamer was a pet cat, which climb-ed upon the shoulders of one of the men, who brought the animal out and carried it to Edenton with him. German City. Braslau, Has "Female PoBccmcn." Braslau, Germany, Feb. 27.— Braslau, in the face of the disap-proval of most of the rest of Ger-many, has adopted in modified form the American "female policeman" or inspector of pufclic morals. A num-er of Braslau women have volunteer-ed their services as supervisors of the youth of the city, and hereafter will patrol the public streets and squares and keep a watch on the boys and g'lrls that congregate there. The women will have the powers of policemen, and will in addition be carefully watched themselves to see that they come to no harm in their unusnsl vocation. ' i"- -iiiaw^rniai.'rVm |