Wilson Seeks Quick House Action On War Bindings
President Wilson hopes the House speeds its organization to allow his address to a joint session with the Senate. Leaders favor temporary setups to avoid delay and ensure the appearance Tuesday or Wednesday. The House foreign affairs committee drafts resolutions and the plan hinges on an emergency appropriation origin. Senate friction over war steps also pushes origination in the House.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
House
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Stone
Hitchock
Third Infantry to undergo annual armory inspection
Raleigh reports the adjutant general ordered the annual inspection of Third Infantry units at armories following Eastern Department approval. Inspections start April 12 in Raleigh and April 30 in Asheboro, signaling the Third Infantry will not be recalled soon.
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Raleigh
Genera Yi
Third Infantry
Department of the East
Ashboro
Lecture on Fraternalism by Dr Henry Wise Beville
Dr Henry Wise Beville will speak at the Knights of Pythias hall in the Sherrod building East Commerce street next Monday at 8 pm on The Triumph of Fraternalism. The talk will cover fraternal history including the Spottswood hotel fire at Richmond in 1870 with the fraternity’s role. Admission is free and all fraternalists are urged to attend.
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Henry Wise Beville
Knights of Pythias Hall
Sherrod
Commerce Street
Spottswood
Richmond
High Point
Roosevelt in fine health aboard expedition boat
Russell J. Coles of Danville reports from South Florida that Col. Roosevelt is in good health and enjoying success in hunting devil fish, messaging progress of the expedition.
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Danville
Col. Roosevelt
Russell J. Coles
South Florida
Senate military chief urges universal military training
Washington March 29 Chairman Chamberlain of the senate military committee with a White House engagement today said he would urge President Wilson in his address to congress to endorse universal military training.
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Washington
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
White House
Toflay
Wilson
Congress
Madrid Decree Suspends Constitutional Guarantees
The Madrid Gazette publishes a decree suspending constitutional guarantees across all provinces of the kingdom in a move reported from London on March 29.
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London
Madrid
Reuter
Weather outlook fair tonight and Friday
Fair conditions for tonight and Friday with moderate winds. Winds will be mostly from the west and southwest.
Telegraph Company Adopts Eight Hour Day
Western Union Telegraph Company to switch to an eight hour day effective May 1 for functional and non functional offices nationwide. Local manager J I Benson notes the local office is non functional and current staff will see shorter hours with likely added operators and higher wages. The Charlotte head office released the policy detailing eight hour pay for traffic and commercial staff and for non functional office workers where hours can be defined. Benson confirms local office status and the change.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
J. I. Benson
Charlotte
Benson
Elks' New Home in Winston-Salem Nears Opening
Special to The Enterprise Winston-Salem March 29 Work on the Elks' home at Cherry and Fifth streets progresses rapidly with Fable Bros Co finishing their part and plastering and cleanup underway The lodge plans to move in by April 10 followed by an opening reception and installation of officers for the new year Tonight members meet in Jacoba building to conduct urgent business including election of delegates to the state convention in Raleigh where the grand exalted ruler will be present.
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Winston-Salem
Elks
Cherry and
Fifth Streets
Fable Bros. Co
Jacoba
Raleigh
Colored Citizens' Patriotic League Formed in Richmond
James W. Poe and other prominent Virginia Negroes joined representatives from Washington Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania and North Carolina to organize the Colored Citizens' Patriotic League of the United States in Richmond. The group aims to mobilize Negroes for national defense and urge them to stay at home and at work until the crisis clarifies.
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Associated Press
Richmond
James W. Poe
Virginia
Washington
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Colored Citizens’ Patriotic League of the United States
Hadmania for razors ends with arrest in Greensboro
Sam Scribbens, a negro barber, was arrested on a charge of embezzling two razors. He denied the charge and the police said if his story and witnesses’ accounts match, he would be found not guilty. He was docketed for municipal court this morning. Mollie Gardner, a white woman, was sentenced to 20 days in the work house after failing to pay a fine for drunkenness.
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Greensboro
Sam Scribbens
Sam
Mollie Gardner
Cotton market opens with higher first prices
The cotton market in New York opened with first prices 3 to 11 points higher and active months 18 to 20 points above last night's close. May firm at 19.18, October up to 13.13, and May 1.10, July 18.90, Oct 18.07, Dec 18.15, Jan 18.20 as steady starts.
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New York
Bronze Medals for Tennessee Guardsmen
Nashville March 29 The legislature approved 1500 dollars for bronze medals to honor Tennessee guardsmen who served on the border.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tennessee
Bondman Arrested at Gulfport Amid German Agent Suspicion
Statesville report says Charles R C H Bondman was arrested in Gulfport Mississippi on suspicion of being a German government agent. He had delivered a January 29 lecture here but poor English hindered understanding. Ka rel Bondman, music professor, is his cousin and has lived in Statesville for years after coming from New York. Local views doubt any German ties.
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Statesville
Charles R. C. H. Bondman
Gulfport
Miss
Karel Bondman
Bondman
New York
Bondman held on espionage suspicions in Mississippi
Charles R C H Bondman about 60 is jailed in Gulfport for federal inquiry amid German agent suspicions. He claims to be a former university instructor in France and says his brother Karl is a music professor in Statesville North Carolina. He traveled from Rotterdam to New York in 1916 and was arrested on the coast while bicycling. a list of British consuls in New Orleans Mobile and Cuba was found among his belongings.
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Associated Press
Gulfport
Miss
Charles R. C. H. Bondman
Germany
France
Karl
Statesville
N. C
Bondman
New York
Rotterdam
Mississippi Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Mobile
Cuba
Sheloff Brothers Acquire Interest in Sunnyside Ice and Fuel
The Sheloff brothers R A J C and C E have bought an interest in Sunnyside Ice and Fuel and will run the business. A J Owen remains as manager and stocks, joining R A Sheloff in future leadership. Plant stays at current southern city location with stronger efforts to boost prompt coal and ice delivery at market prices.
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R. A
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Sunnyside Iee and Fuel Company
A. J. Owen
Mr. Owen
R. A. Sheloff
Sheloff
White boy shoots and kills another white man at Rocky River Springs
Albemarle March 29. Paul Brown aged 18, son of Mitchell Brown, shot and killed John Murray at Rocky River Springs near Aquadale. A feud between Brown and Murray families is suspected. Sheriff Blalock and Coroner Humnicutt held an inquest. Brown remains at large as the tragedy unfolds.
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Albemarle
Rocky Rive Springs
Aquadale
Paul Brown
Mitchell Brown
John Murray
Murr
Brown
Murray
Mr. Murray
G. D. Blalock
P. J. Humnicutt
Impetus Given to Universal Training School Scheme
Washington dispatch reports momentum for universal training legislation as a conference is scheduled for Republican house members. Representative Caldwell of New York, a Democrat, announces he will introduce the Chamberlain bill for universal service.
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Washington
Representtive Caldwell
New York
Americ an public limited on German plots and Congress rush
Washington reports the public has as much direct information on the German plots as the government, which guards sensitive details. Lawmakers plan to push appropriation bills ahead to speed emergency actions before Congress adjourns. The Navy graduates 183 officers at Annapolis three months early.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Germany
Congress
Senate
House
Navy
Annapolies
Haider Sinks Japanese Ship in Indian Ocean Raid
A Tokyo dispatch reports a German raider sunk a Japanese warship in the southern pole area. No vessel names were released. Earlier Tokyo announced a German cruiser sighting in the Indian Ocean pursued by warships after sinking a Japanese freighter. Earlier reports cited two British steamers destroyed off Ceylon.
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Vancouver
B. C
Tokio
Pole
Indian Ocean
Ceylon
German and Allied Maneuvers Shift Toward Final Front Shaping
German counteroffensive in Champagne aims to disrupt French defenses along a 15 mile front east of Rheims while French lines around the St Gobain plateau tighten the trap. British and Palestinian operations advance on multiple fronts as Paris and Berlin report limited field changes in Verdun and Champagne.
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Associated Press
Champagne
Hindenberg
Field Marshall von Hindenberg
Rheims
St. Gobain
Laon
Cambrai Line
Bryan Urges Peace Plan to Congress
William Jennings Bryan addressed the senate and house urging adoption of his peace plan. He called for an international tribunal to settle disputes before war and asked Congress to seek the people’s wishes if war seems the only path to restore national honor.
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Miami
Fla
William Jennings Bryan
Senate
House of Representatives
Germany
Bryan
Congress
Bond Issue Is Probable To Raise Funds For War
Washington says plans for extra revenue to support war preparations are not final but a bond issue and higher taxes are likely. Majority Leader Claude Kitchen favors taxes as easier for the public now while war spirit is high.
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Washington
Claude Kitchen
Brother Shoots Off Arm of Brother While Hunting
In Statesville on a Saturday hunt in Hamptonville, 16 year old Lee Wood was accidentally shot in the left elbow by his younger brother. Gangrene developed and his arm was amputated. A blood transfusion from his father W. T. Wood was performed, and the boy is expected to recover.
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Statesville
Lee Wood
Hamptonville
Squires
Young Wood
W. T. Wood
Group of Carolina Beauties Will Invade the Capital
Louisburg March 29 A group of 20 or more Louisburg college girls chaperoned by Mrs Ivey Allen the president and Mr Allen plan a biennial Washington trip leaving April 14 for a week in the capital. Mrs Allen has led the group for 17 years for cultural value and this year Congress is in session with matters of unusual interest on the docket.
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Louisburg
Louisburg College
Ivey Allen
Allen
Washington, D. C
China Recognizes New Russian Government
Peking reports on March 29 that the Chinese government has formally recognized the new government of Russia. The move marks a diplomatic shift as officials announce formal acknowledgment and establish relations.
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China
Peking
Russia
Selma Builds New Freight Yards and Engine Terminal
Selma North Carolina March 29 New freight yard and engine terminals at Selma have been authorized by the Southern Railway system and construction will begin as soon as contracts are let and materials assembled. The facilities include six yard tracks for 100 cars each a 300 ton steel coal handling plant one engine track and main line two cinder conveyors engine storage and repair tracks with shops water and air facilities stock pens a new track scale moving freight depot and relocation of the main line and connecting industrial tracks to suit the new yard.
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Selma
N. C
Southern Railway System
Elon Wins Slow Game From the Liberty Nine
Elon College plays Liberty Piedmont in a 4 to 3 win marked by a slow pace and many errors. Sorrells pitched until a grounder injures his hand in the ninth. Stiteler relieved him to finish the game.
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ELON
Liberty
Elon College
Liberty-Piedmont
Sorrells
Stiteler
British Bark Sunk by Torpedo Off Fastnet
Washington reports the British bark Neth, en route from Mauretania to Havre with a sugar cargo, was torpedoed without warning at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, 20 miles southeast of Fastnet. Two Americans aboard escaped, along with other crew members, with no injuries.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mauretius
Havre
France
Fastent
State Department
Frost
Annual meeting of Cotton Belt Entomologists opens in Florida
The Gainesville gathering at the University of Florida includes state entomologists nursery inspectors and southern quarantine officials. The sessions run through the week focusing on eradication strategies for citrus canker in the gulf states.
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Gainesville
Fla
Association of Cotton Belt Entomologists
University of Florida
Gulf States
Wheat prices jump to wartime highs in Chicago trade
Chicago on March 29 saw May wheat surge to 1.97 cantered by a rush of buying a new wartime high. May delivery rose to 1.97 per bushel from 1.95 and 1.44 set last November. Opening bids edged up to 1.94 and 1.95 for May and 1.67 to 1.67 for July before a sharp advance followed by a setback.
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Chicago
Celebrated 86th Birthday for Americas Oldest Woman Novelist
Cornwall New York reports Mrs Amelia E Barr celebrated her 86th birthday today. Born in England March 29 1831 she remains a prolific author of 68 novels and adds at least one new work each year.
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Cornwall
N. Y
Amelia E. Barr
America
British Army Defeats Turkish Force in Palestine
The British army in Palestine defeats a Turkish force of 20 000 men and captures 900 troops including a general. The entire staff of the 53rd Turkish division is taken prisoner.
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London
Palestine
War Office
German line fortified as Allied push advances
London reports Major General F B Maurice says German positions are entrenched along the front as French and British forces press forward. Maurice notes the exact extent of the Hindenburg line will not be revealed until artillery is brought up.
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London
F. B. Maurice
Maurice
War Office
Hindenberg
Memorial Exercises for Dead Aviator in Carthage
Memorial services will honor Sergeant J R McConnell of the American air service killed in France last week. The event will be held Sunday at the Moore County courthouse with a general invitation to North Carolinians. McConnell was the son of Judge S P McConnell and had lived in Carthage for several years before going to France.
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Carthage
N. C
J. R. McConnell
Moore County
McConnell
S. P. McConnell
France
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