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VOL. 96-NQ.36
lllN.n:i>s KXPKCTEW TO
■ I.M'K THAT A STATE OF
\\.\i: \<>«' I:\ISTS.
Mfc ELEVEN VESSELS OIT OF THAT LS THK WAY GERMAN OF-TWELVE
SIGHTED SINK BY
GERMAN- "SEEADLER."
I' »:. •"
Sri. 1en>;l
;ion, April
. ctraordlnary session by
Wilson, w'll meet tomar-
■ iie'ermine tlie most important
I;,!"I>I-P r"''? legislative repre-
. • v ■-.''.' iiic people of the United
,.- *in<re the Civil war. It is cou-rt
foregone conclusion that it
.; declare war against Ger-ri
, !,,',.rc- thai a state of war
,,x-l-- iie.:iu^e of Germany's aggres-
«: ... ,.:• i :ii.ch seas.
Wilson has completed
±taev lie will deliver to Con-
'"' y-.\ i- ready to address a joint
3j soon as lie gets word that
,,.;;,.. ;;avf been organized and
;i.i; :,i lu-ar him.
fore or directly after he
oncress. the president is
r-infer with leaders of
regarding the specific
I'resi
t'.K'
boi'J
Either
»lJr«-s>M l"
expe^e! :
bota '"il:---
'ration
T .. uar :■:•■'■
.•,-,:.' ».u« > ' l,la>
pre?iiv*.iness at
,.-.inir:d«!on
j--e;.-' leilins :.
ilesired by the adminis-i:
a vj departments
their preliminary
! were ready with
for further
- army and navy to
be i;ui:n!::eii as soon as Congress de-fide.
1 *'.ie:'.ier '■■'■'' nation is actually
n. ;.. ;o '•'■■>■ with Germany.
Bo:': houses mee" at noon tomor-row.
T'.ie senate, -already organized.
»;i'. ii" r.-.i.l;. in transact business
g .. i.ie cave', falls, but in view of
!>•:,:• tint; any war resolution is
(-:,•••■•■: •' rarrj an appropriation
it is expected ii:a: actior. will wail
a:: ir liAiise.
-iie tin!! i>f (lark Seem* Assured.
i' -.. :. ■>' ("lamp Clark as
'.: r •■:' ■ . m-- .-•••ii'.ed assured
I . . . .:::'. ■':■■ pro-perl of a eom-i>>
rtetniHTa'ie organization was
I ':."'•! 'ii It- ■':■'::: even by the
Re?oV.!.i-ans.
r.':>-- ar.il liollihS among Repub-
I i -:'- .! i •> i;n--- : urbanization by
l'-".i.iir,!-s farnrablr in independents
•<-:- experrcl : ;.-•..• vital factors in
i'e ri."
Four KeptiK-.-an*.
i :.-- ",f X,..,;,
'■ilk. of \e l .I--,,
' ''' "" -:: a=.l probably will not
T-.iii Republicans.' Rep-
!• I
- (;.■!.!• ' •■. "f Massachu-
Gray. . Xe .v Jersey, have
'■' '■'■''' for Represent
'•■ ■■• i!:!;can nonii-i:
■• ' '■:•• firs; ballot.
' '•■' ft'ill SUp-
-". i' is estimated
'- .'i :i •■ - cannot poll
- ' ■ • ihe r votes for
'■-' r ■'.'. call even if
'..: •■rship is present.
ia! iney will have
•■ : in.- '-'!4 of their own
• ■• ' ' '• vote for Clark.
nun ing on enough in-
:. L,iv... the 21X necessary
' .-
- >
1 '-;-'• ::' rumors to-
II-IIIOI rj.'s wire plan-
■oHin:iitee assignments
a . joined them in
' 'i- •• Ii was said.
> ork Democrats who
" .-.in'.'.ii a tendency t->
• wan feared, might
• !''■ -• ■• ;utiv.' Gilliran,
'"- opposition t •)
|.' aram. also are to
'-.'■■ Hi.
returned to
■ M allied at the
il i.ie Deiuo-
• xe pi in rare in-
,: •• iici nu n'.s will be
ii:oriiy rule.
" I'uilivan said to-l"
te against the nia-i"
•ii.iiriiiansliips go-iiii-
nibers, and iie
in ssutes he had been
several other Denio-
: as lie did.
ranees the so-called
-i'liizanon has dis-
■•■'■ "d galleries will greet
norrow. Bvery avail-galleries
lias been
' Congress. Rio Janeiro, March 31.—At least
12 ships have been halted by a new
German commerce raider, now oper-ating
off the South American coast,
and 11 of them sent to the bottom of
the ocean, their crews having arrived
here on board the Frenck bark Cam-bronne.
which encountered the raid-er
on March 7.
The German ship is the Seeadler
(Sea Eagle), a three-masted, square-rigged
vessel of about 2.S00 tons.
She carries two 105-millimeter guns
and 16 machine guns, besides a pow-erful
wireless plant. The two large
guns are mounted in the forecastle,
so it is impossible to train them for-ward
or astern. The vessel also car-ries
two gasoline motor launches.
and on approaching her quarry is
said to fly a Norwegian merchant
flag.
Eleven ships were sunk by the
raider before the Cambronne was
--en: to !(:.) Janeiro with the crews.
Tiie vessels destroyed were:
Antoin. French sailing vessel.
-.071 tons, owned in Dunkirk: 31
men on board.
British Yeoman. British sailing
vessel. 1.953 tons, owned in Victoria.
B. C; 21 men.
Buenos Aires. Italian sailing ves-sel.
1.811 tons, owned in Naples: 21
men.
Charles Gounod, French sailing
vessel. L'.loi* tons, owned in Nantes:
2 4 men.
Dupleix. French sailing vessel.
2.206 tons, owned in Nantes: 22
men.
.Gladys Royle. British steamship.
3.268 tons, owned in Sunderland: 26
men.
Horngarth, British steamship,
3.609 tons gross, owned in Cardiff:
33 men.
Lady Island lor Landy Island).
1.500 tons: -IT, men (not listed.)
Laroehefoucaiild, French sailing
vessel. 2.200 tons, owned in Nantes;
2 4 men.
I'eice. British schooner, 364 tons,
owned in Halifax; six men. one wo-man
(not listed.)
I'inmore. British sailing vessel.
2.131 tons, owned in Greenock; 29
men.
There were 22 men in the crew of
the Cambronne. bringing up tlie to-tal
of persons who reached Kio Ja-neiro
:•) 285.
The American citizens among Hie
crews of sunken vessels brought in
by th" Canibroiino, so far as known.
are as follows:
lioye Clark, of Virginia, from the
British sailing vessel British Yob-man.
John Uondoni. of California, from
the British Yeoman.
Luther Leaters, of Ohio, from the
British sailing vessel I'inmore.
Ernest Ray Gilbert, of Washing-ton,
from the I'inmore.
Manuel Guerrero, of Manila: no
snip given.
I'aiil the Prisoners.
For the most part, the Germans
compensated the prisoners for their
services. A remarkable case was that
of a Hollander. This man was as-signed
to work in the gallery. At the
end of his stay on the raider, his
German captors handed him 150
marks in German paper money for
his work. He refused the payment
with a gesture of disdain. He was
a: once arrested and is now a prison-er
on the Seeadler, the only member
of the raptured crews who was not
given iiis liberty, it is said.
Life passed pleasantly on board
I iie raider, the released men report.
The sailors hail a band which played
frequently and enthusiastically when
the men were on* duty. Their or-chestra
was composed of three man-dolins,
three violins, a flute and a
bass drum.
F1C1AL SIMMARIZES SIB-MARINE
WARFARE.
Representatives
Dakota: Cap-
Cooper, of
Meeker, of Mis-ti
Hi
< h. um,.
of
Hands.
:- Donnell. owner
' cafe, has gained con-
«, ,u " "ufflne hotel. Mr. Don-rwa.
immediately take over the
1,1 *ili".'1'1'."''"",nL'nt ot the Hufflne.
ri" ami
IX JAII.. KILLS WIFE .
A.\l> THEN KILLS SELF.
Berlin, via Sayville. wireless.
March 30.—'German submarines
sank during the month at February
more than three-quarters of a million
tons of shipping, the exact figures
being 781,500 tons. Secretary of the
Navy Educard stated in a confiden-tial
report to the main committee of
the reichstag today.
He said the number of new sub-marines
sent to the barred zone by
far exceeded those sunk. He sum-marized
the effect or unrestricted
submarine warfare by saying:
"Great successes and very small
losses."
The German navy, from the com-mander-
in-chief to the last stoker
ate thoroughly convinced that
U-boat warfare will end the conflict
victoriously for Germany, tiie marine
minister asserted. Referring to neu-trals
he said;
"It is painful for our sea forces to
sink neutral ships. It is a hard but
absolute necessity."
A summary of the most important
points of Admiral Capelle's report as
given out by the official Overseas
News agency, follows:
"The result obtained by unre-stricted
U-boat warfare in February
amounts to 781.500 tons. This was
in the shortest month and was ob-tained
in spite of unfavorable weath-er
and floating ice al the months of
the rivers, continued fog and long
nights.
"Tiie result obtained under these
conditions opens the best prospects
for the future, the more submarines
sent to the barred zone will probably
do more damage.
"The Increase in the number of
submarines on the front in February
and March by far exceed the losses.
As to the total number of boats the
number of submarines lost is abso-lutely
um of proportion to the num-ber
built.
•'To be sure our enemies make the
greatest effort to master the subma-rine
danger. If tiie submarines
could be conquered with speeches in
parliament and by a stir in the news-papers,
then of course, they would
have disappeared long ago.
"For us ii is enough to oppose to
these speeches of the enemy the
facts.
"Great success and very small
losses.
""The month of March according to
report on hand commenced very well
although there is a considerable less
of navigation in the barred zones
and the submarines meet much few-er
vessels.
""This is due primarily to the alti-tude
of the neutrals. The navy wel-comed
the fact that neutral naviga-tion
avoids the barred zones. It is
painful for our sea forces to sink
neutral ships; hard, but absolute.!)'
necessary.
"The navy hopes that the emphat-ic
warning not to ply in the barred
zones will Tie more and more ob-served
by neutral shipping circles.
"On February 22, the British first
lord of the admiralty. Sir Edward
Carson, declared in I he parliament:
" 'I shall never consent to the con-cealment
of losses.'
"A few days later the publication
of losses was stopped. The reason
for this is evident.
"Neutrals must make their own
decisions. We musi and we can
await their further resolutions with
perfect calm.
"The German navy from the fleet
commander to the last fireman are
convinced that the task undertaken
will be continued until we are vic-torious."
SERVICES OF HALF A MILLION
FEDERAL AN!) CIVILIAN EM-PM>
V« ENLISTED.
Washington, March 30—Virtually
the entire force of the federal gov-ernment
civilian employes, approx-imately
500,000 men and women en-gaged
in every branch of service, has
been summoned to aid the bureau of
investigation and the secret service
in the detection of spies and the ap-prehension
of persons engaged In
plots, intrigues and other activities
against the interests of the United
States.
In addition, the government "has
sought the active co operation of the
police and detective forces of every
town and city 0f consequence
throughout the country. Hundreds
of letters requesting such co-opera-tion
have been mailed broadcast by
the department of justice and replies
pledging unstained aid are coming
back in great numbers by telegraph
and.mail.
The largest single forte which the
government has enrolled in its na-tion-
wide spy hunt, with the possible
exception of the municipal police and
detective forces, is the army of post-masters,
all of whom have been in-structed
to permit no clue in the
identity of suspected indi*i(jtfais and
their activities m go tin reported. Un
tier the postmasters are working the
letters-carriers in the cities and the
rural free delivery carriers in the
country, a force, all told of about
300.000 men.
DiESMT WANT WAR WITH PS
GERMANY NEVER INTENDED TO
ATTACK AMERICA, SAYS
HOLLWEG.
TWO ARMIES IN WASHINGTON
ONE COMP08ED OF PACIFISTS,
THE OTHER DEMANDING
WAR ON GERMANY. |
Prompt Report* \ske<I.
Instructions to the federal employ-ees
call for the prompt reporting to
designated authorities of all infor-mation,
no matter how minor it ap-pears,
which might seem to furnish
clues in ferreting out agents of for-eign
governments. Under this head
come letf*«* passing through the
mails, telegrams, and even overheard
scraps of conversation indicating ac-tivity
against the government. Such
information promptly will be for
warded to the proper investigating
body at Washington, the name of the
informant held secret, and an in-quiry
quietly begun wherever, in the
opinion ot officials entrusted with
such work, investigation is warrant-ed.
Although nn request for co-opera-lion
on the part of all private citi-zens
looking to tiie preventing of ac>
'ivities harmful to the national
llarrisburg. Va., April 1.—While
occupanying a cell in the jail at
Shennandoah City. Va.. today Harry
Lang, 26. shot and killed his wife,
who had come to visit him in jail,
and then committed suicide. The
Shennandoah authorities believe
that the dual tragedy was prear-ranged.
iLang was placed under arrest a
few days ago when he returned to
his home after an absence of two
improvements in ser-
^•'Pliearance wherever possi- — » <««=■ «■■ auseuce vi mu
D"" Heon. uue11 *1U still conduct years, charged with obtaining goods
I e*»ee as formerly. 'under false pretenses.
HALF MILLION FERTILIZER
COMPANY CHARTF.ItF.R.
The North Carolina Farmers" Co-operative
Fertilizer Union, the com-pany
which is to build the big fer-tilizer
plant in Raleigh, determined
on by the Farmers" Union Council on
Thursday, was chartered by the sec-retary
of state Saturday. The au-thorized
capital stock is $500,000.
divided into shares of $10 each. One
thousand dollars was subscribed by
the incorporators. The incorporators
are: H. Q. Alexander, of Matthews;
E. C. Fair. Aberdeen; J. Z. Green.
Marshville; Clarence Poe, Raleigh;
W. C. Crosby, Raleigh; W. R. Gib^
son, Statesville; V. N. Moore, Parm-ville;
C. T. Weatherly, Greensboro.
i-lk»&^A. -^»-^.ia'...-.J--,,■ gifltifg k.^a»^^,^..^.*,^^j^
- in
terest, a number of private citizens,
impelled by patriotic motives, al-ready
have furnished much valuable
information of this character, it was
said, and have aided materially in
the work of the two bureaus hereto-fore
engaged in enforcing the main-tenance
of American neutrality. Of-ficials
want to encourage citizens to
communicate such information
through United States attorneys or
direct to the department of justice
here.
The idea of enlisting virtually all
governmem employes In this, work
originated with the department of
justice and was promptly approved
by the heads of the various govern-ment
departments. Instructions have
been sent to most of the employes
concerned. It |g understood that
other employes will be instructed
within the next few days.
Rely on Field Forces.
In calling upon its civilian em-ployes
to aid in the work of the bu-reau
of investigation the government j
will rely chiefly upon the field forces!
of all its varied activities, men Whose
daily work brings them in constant
touch with the public. This includes
in addition to postmasters and letter
carriers the field forces of tiie de-partment
of the interior, the federal
trade commission, the department of
agriculture, the interstate commerce
commission, the internal revenue
and customs bureaus of the treasury
department, department of commerce
workers and investigators and immi-gration
and other officials of the de-partment
of labor.
The co-operation of trained detec-tives
and other employes of munici-pal
police forces will result, officials
believe, in obtaining a vast amount
of information of great value to the
government. Under the department's
program virtually every policeman,
plain elothesman and detective-
Other than private detectives—in the
country will be assisting indirectly
in the work of the governments in
vestigating bureau. The total of this
vast force has not been estimated.
Berlin, March 29 (via Sayville.
Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg. the
German imperial chancellor, in a
speech in the Reichstag today de-clared
that Germany had undertaken
submarine warfare for its defense,
and added:
"If the American nation considers
this a cause for which to declare war
against the German nation with
which it has lived in peace for more
than one hundred years, if this ac-tion
warrants an increase of blood-shed,
we shall not have to bear the
burden of responsibility for it.'"
The chancellor made important
declarations concerning Germany's
policy toward the United States and
Russia.
"How did these things develop?"
he asked, in speaking of the relations
with the United States, and then pro-ceeded
to answer the question by re-viewing
the causes which led up to
the German use of submarines in un-restricted
warfare.
"Germany never had the slightest
intention of attacking the United
States of America and does not have
SUch intention now. It never desir-ed
War against the United States of
America and does not desire It to-day,"
was his declaration.
The chancellor, whose speech is
reported by the Overseas News
Agency (the German official news,
bureau) said further:
"Within the next few days the di-rectors
of the American nation will
be convened by President Wilson for
an extraordinary session.of Congress
in order to decide the question of
war or peace between the American
and German nations.
"Germany never had the slightest
intention of attacking the United
States of America and does not have
such intention now. It never desir-ed
war against the United States of
America and does not desire it to-day.
"How did these things develop?
More than once we told the United
States that we made unrestricted use
of the submarine weapon expecting
that England could be made to ob-serve,
in her policy of blockade, the
laws of humanity and international:
agreements. This blockade policy—'
iliis I expressly recall has been called
illegal and indefensible' (the imper-ial
chancelor here used the English
words) by President Wilson and Sec-retary
of State Lansing. Our expec-tations,
which we maintained during
eight months, have been disappoint-ed
completely: England no; only did
not give up her illegal and Indefensi-ble
policy of blockade, but uninter-ruptedly
intensified it. England, to-gether
with her allies, arrogantly re-jected
the peace offers made by us
and our allies and proclaimed her
war aims which aim at our annihila-tion
and that of our allies.
"Then we took unrestricted sub-marine
warfare into our hands, we
had to for our defense.
"If the American nation considers
this a cause for which to declare war
against the German nation with
which it has lived in peace for mire
than 100 years. If this action war-rants
an increase of bloodshed, ve
shall not have to bear tiie responsi-bility
for it. The German nation,
which feels neither hatred nor hos-tility
against the United States of
America, shall also bear and over-come
this."'
Dealing with Russia th,: imperial
chancellor said that the Russian em-peror
had not listened to the German
emperor's advice no longer to oppose
the justified wishes of his nation for
reforms.
"Had Russia's attention been con-centrated
on internal reconstruc-tion."
said the chancellor, "there
would have been no room for the
restless policy of expansion which
finally led to this war."
Dr. Von Bethmanr.-hollweg em-phatically
denied that the German
emperor or Germany was desirous of
restoring "czardom."
Washington, April l.—Pacifists,
marshaled by the Emergency Peace
Federation, will invade Washington
tomorrow for the purpose of at-tempting
to dissuade Congress from
taking any action that would lead to
open hostilities between the United
States and Germany. Leaders of the
movement already here said tonight
that at least 5.000 persons would as-sist
them.
At the same time, a host of "Pil-grims
of Patriotism," headed by a
citizens' committee, will arrive from
New York for the expressed purpose
of counteracting the activities of the
pacifists and "the peace-at-any-price
propaganda." Special trains are ex-pected
to bring thousands of them
from New York. Philadelphia, Balti-more,
Chicago, Syracuse, Buffalo and
other cities.
Both factions, according to their
plans tonight, will storm Capitol hill
and endeavor to present their views
to senators and representatives.
Members of Congress today had art*
intimation of what is in store for
them when they received hundreds
of telegrams, some demanding that
peace not be disturbed, and others
insisting that the honor of the coun-try
be maintained by definite action.
The White House also was literally
flooded with thousands of messages
from both sides. ■
The police have forbidden parades
by either faction, and the delegations
will be obliged to proceed to the
capitol from their respective head-quarters
as individual pedestrians.
At 2 o'clock tomorrow, (he peace
champions will hold a meeting at
convention hall, at which petitions,
resolutions and plans of action will
be developed. Tomorrow night there
will be a mass-meeting for which, it
was learned tonight, the pacifist
leaders had some difficulty in obtain-ing
a hall. -The anti-pacifists prob-ably
also will hold a mass-meeting
in another section of the city. They
have expressed their determination
to remain in Washington until Con-gress
decided to take some definite
action.
Washington itself is in the grip of
a wave of patriotism. In response
to appeals published in the news-papers
by the Board of Trade, the
Chamber of Commerce. Merchants-
Associations and other organizations,
flags are flying all over the city, and
the buildings are decorated with red
white and blue banners. Hags and
streamers, Independence Day in
Washington seldom sees a greater
display of the national colors.
Many representatives of patriotic
organizations today voiced their sen-limeiitr
in public statements.
OVERKILLS" PROPERTY
PASSES TO NFAV H.lMis.
Fire Chickens Stolen.
J. Preston Scott, a grocer who
lives on Spring Garden street, was
robbed of 25 fine liens Friday night.
The cuicken thieves made a whole-sale
cleanup and a clear get away.
The chickens stolen were thorough-brel
Rhode Island Reds, and were
very much prized by their owner
Fayetteville. March 30.—The pur-chase
of "Overhiiis" by Percy A
Rockefeller and W. Averell Jlarri-man
is reported here today, appar-ently
on good authority. The erec-tion
of a large tourist hotel on the
Overhiiis property has been contem-plated
by a company organized by
Sheriff James F. Jordan, of Greens-boro,
with Ii. N. Duke, it. j. ,{ey.
nolds. and other well known men as
backers. What effect the transfer of
ownership will have on (his plan is
not known here, but it is thought
that Messrs. Rockefeller and Harri-ina-
n will use the property for hunt-ing
and recreation purposes. Mr.
Rockefeller has spent much time at
"Overhiiis" this winter, passing
through this city with his family
only yesterday on his way back to
New York from a stay there, his pri-vate
car being run from Overhiiis as
a special and attached to an A:'C. L.
train here.
The property consists of 30,000
acres and it is said that the purchase
price was $600,000.
Mr. Rockefeller is the son of Wil-han
Rockefeller and nephew of John
D. Rockefeller. Mr. Harriman is a
son of the late E. H. Harriman.
"Overhiiis" formerly belonged to
Congressmen William Kent.
School Closing.
The Tucker school closes Friday,
April 6, with exercises by the school.
Music will be furnished by a string
band from Greensboro. Public is
Tiie police are making every endeav- j cordially invited. Exercises begin at
or to catch the guilty parties. 110.80 A. Jl.