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THE REVIEW, HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA.
GERMANS TORPEDO
FRENCH STEAMER
1. TAFT FORSEES AMERICAN STEAMER
FAIR OPENS
Catarrh of Kidneys
Gored By Perona
CRISIS IN AFFAIRS
EVELYN BLOWN UP
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GRAVE DANGER TO THE UNITED
STATES IN NEW ISSUES OF
EUROPEAN SITUATION.
MUST STAND BY PRESIDENT
Fully Sustains President Wilson in the
Course He Hae Taken in Interna
tional Situations.
Morristown, N. J. The United
States is threatened by a serious in
vasion of its rights as a neutral by the
warring factions of Europe and in pro
tecting its commerce -with those Na
tions is face to face with a crisis, in
the opinion of former President Wil
liam Howard Taft.
In the solution of that crisis should
it arise, no jingc spirit must be allow
ed to prevail, Mr. Taft advised; neith
er pride nor momentary passion
should influence judgment.
"And when the President shall act,"
. Mr. Taft declared, "we must stand by
him to the end. In this determina
tion we may be sure that all will join,
no matter what their European origin.
All will forget their differences in self
sacrificing loyalty to our common flag
and our common country."
Mr. Taft's reference to the situa
tion confronting the United States was
made at the conclusion of an address
before the Washington Association of
New Jersey. Quoting a reservation in
the treaty of Algeciras, proclaimed in
1907, and entered into by the United
States and 11 European Nations, Mr.
Taft said:
"Our interest in the present war,
under the conditions that exist, should
be limited as set forth in this reserva
tion, to wit.
"To preserving and increasing the
commerce of the United States with
the belligerents; to the protection as
to life, liberty and pfoperity of our
citizens residing or traveling in their
countries, and to the aiding by our
friendly offices and efforts in bringing
those countries to peace.'
"Our efforts for peace," he continu
ed, "have been made as complete as
possible.
"In preserving tho commerce of the
United States with the belligerents,
however, we are f&ce to face with a
crisis. The planting of mines in the
open sea and the use of submarines
to send neutral vessels to the bottom
without inquiry as to their neutrality
when found in a so-called war zone
of the open sea, are all of them a
variation from the rules of interna
tional law governing the action of bel
ligerents towards neutral trade.
"When their violation results in the
destruction of the lives of American
citizens or of American property, a
grave issue will arise as to what the
duty of this Government is. The re
sponsibility of the President and Con
gress in meeting the critical issue thus
presented in maintaining our Nation
al rights and our National honor on
the one hand, with due regard to the
awful consequences to our 90,000,000
of people of engaging in this horrible
world war, on the other, will be very
great. It involves on their part a
judgment in its consequences that we
should earnestly pray that the neces
sity for it may be averted.
"If, however, the occasion arises
we can be confident that those in
authority will be actuated by the high
est patriotic motives and by the deep
est concern for our National welfare.
We must not allow our pride or mo
mentary passion to influence our judg
ment. We must exercise the delibera
tion that the fateful consequences in
the loss of our best blood and enor
mous waste of treasure would neces
sarily Impose upon us. We must al
low no jingo spirit to prevail. We
must abide the judgment of those in
whom we have entrusted the author
ity and when the President shall act,
we must stand by him to the end."
" The great rule of conduct for us
In regard to foreign Nations is in ex
tending our commercial relations, to
have with them as little political con
nection as possible. So far as we
have already formed engagements, let
them be fulfilled with perfect good
(faith. Here let us stop."
Both Houses of Congress Busy.
Washington. Appropriations for na
tional defense occupied the attention
of both houses of congress. The sen
ate discussed until late at night the
army appropropriation bill carrying
approximately $103,000,000, while the
house debated the fortifications bill.
While progress was being made on
both these measures, the senate com
mittee on naval affairs practically
completed consideration of the naval
appropriations measure and the sen
ate paused for four minutes to pass
the pension bill carrying $164,000,000.
Increases for submarines and avia
tion over provisions of the house bill
were recommended by the senate com
mittee in a bill which will total ap
proximately $150,000,000. The com
mittee urges $1,000,000 for aviation
instead of $300,000, as authorized in
the house bill and also recommends
the construction of 6 sea-going subma
rines instead of one and 16 instead
of 11 of the smaller type submarines,
the former to cost not more than 1
400,000 each and the latter not to ex
ceed $550,000 each.
CARRYING COTTON FOR BREMEN
SHE STRIKES MINE IN THE
NORTH SEA.
WAS NOT 'IN NEW WAR ZONE
First Government Insured Vessel
Lost. Sensation Results From the
News at Washington.
Bremen. The Amercian steamer
Evelyn which sailed from New York
January 29 with a cotton cargo for
Bremen was sunk by a mine off Bork
um Island in the North Sea.
The vessel's captain and 27 of her
crew were saved.
The nationality of the mine which
destroyed the Evelyn has not been
established.
The Evelyn is the first American
vessel to meet with disaster as a re
sult of a sea warfare of the Euro
pean nations. She does not sink with
in the war zone included in the Ger
man admiralty's decree. Borkum Isl
and lies directly off the German coast
at the mouth of the Ems River and is
German territory.
Martime records give the comple
ment of the Evelyn at 25 men so that
it is probable thit all on board the
vessel was rescued.
The Evelyn was a single screw,
steel steamship and was commanded
by Captain Smith. She belonged to
Harriss, Irby & Vose of New York.
She was 252 feet long and 1,185 tons
net She was built In Southampton
England in 1883.
Washington. The United States
government was advised officially of
the destruction of the first American
vessel on the high seas since the out
break of the European war.
After a conference with President
Wilson, Secretary Bryan cabled Am
bassador Page at London and Ambas
sador Gerard at Berlin to make an
exhaustive inquiry as to the facts,
and. if the crew was landed in- either
of their respective jurisdictions, to
furnish every care and convenience
to Captain Smith and his men.
Although the extent of the sea
zones of war proclaimed by Germany
was never defined exactly, the Bor
kum Islands are considered far dis
tant from the danger areas of sub
marines. The waters of the viciniy
are mined fWr defensive purposee and
Germany always has piloted incoming
ships through.
FIVE BRITISH VESSELS SUNK.
Big Raid by German Cruiser Off Coast
of South Africa.
London The British steamers High
land Brae. Hemisphere and Potaro and
the sailing ships Sumatra and Wilfred
have been sunk in the Atlantic pre
sumably by the German cruiser Karls
ruhe. Crews and passengers were
landed at Buenos Aires by the Ger
man steamer Holger.
The sinking of these five vessels
and in addition, the British steamer
Viscount Humphreys was reported
from Buenos Aires February 18. The
Buenos Aires dispatch, however, said
that the German auxiliary cruiser
Kronprinz Wilhelm and not the Karls
ruhe, sank them. This version prob
ably is correct, as it was given by
men on board the Holger.
Twilight Sleep Operation.
Raleigh, N. C. The condition of
Speaker Emmet R. Wooten, of the
House of Representatives, injured in
an automobile accident recently con
tinued to grow worse. Late in the day
an operation was performed on a rup
tured kidney. His physicians stated
he was resting better, though his con
dition is considered very grave. The
surgeons used the "twilight sleep" in
the operation.
John Barclay Moon Dead.
Richmond, Va. John Barclay Moon,
chairman of the Virginia Debt Com
mission, for 20' years counsel for the
University of Virginia, and widely
known as an attorney, died suddenly
at his home in Albemarle county.
Canal Tolls Reduced 20 Per Cent.
Panama Under instructions of Sec
retary Garrison changes are being
prepared in the regulations for com
putation of Panama Canal tolls which,
it is estimated, will decrease revenues
from the classes of freight affected
aproximately 20 per cent. It was dis
covered that the fixing of tolls under
the Panama Canal rules at $1.20 a ton
was illegal, the rate being greater
than that sanctioned by law. This
arose from the differences between a
ton as defined by the Canal rules and
a registered United States ton.
Eulogies on Senator Bacon.
Washington. Eulogies were deliver
ed in the house on the late Senator
Bacon of Georgia. Representative
Adamson portrayed the greatness of
the position Senator Bacon held in
public life. Representative Parks re
viewed the Senator's achievements,
and said he was one of the potential
figures in American history and one
of the great constitutional authorities
of Congress and conspicuous in mould
ing American foreign relations. Rep
resentative Hughes eulogized Senator
Bacon's character and personality.
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DOES NOT FEAR HUNGER
NAVAL WAR ZONE METHODS ARE
NECESSARY FOR NATIONAL
PRESERVATION.
If United States Will Furnish Them
and Refuse Allies Then All Will
Be Well.
Berlin, via London. Germany's re
ply to the protest of the United States
against designation of a naval war
zone about the British Isles is couch
ed in the most friendly terms, but
firmly maintains the position of Ger
many as already announced.
The note, which has been trans
mitted to Washington through the
American Embassy, explains that Ger
many's action was made necessary by
Great Britain's policy of attempting
to cut off the food supply of the Ger
man civil population by a method
never recognized in international law.
England's course in ordering mer
chantmen to fly neutral flags, equip
ping them with artillery and ordering
them to destroy submarines, Germany
contends, renders nugatory the right
of search and gives Germany the
right to attack English shipping.
The reply closes with the expres
sion of hope that the United States
may prevail upon Great Britain "to
return to the principles of internation
al law recognized prior to the out
break of the war" and in particular
obtain observance of the Declaration
of London. If this were done, the
note explains, Germany would recog
nize in this, says the reply an invalu
able service toward a more humane
conduct of the war and would act in
accordance wfth the new situation
thus created.
FLEE BEFORE GERMANS.
Populous Towns in Eastern War Zone
Emptied of People.
Petrograd, via London. The Ger
man advance from East Prussia upon
the towns of Kovno and Grodno ap
pears designed to cut the railroad
communications to Warsaw, rather
than to an effort to take the Russian
fortified positions in that territory.
Along the line from Plock to Nie
men, about 200 miles in length, there
has been intermittent fighting. From
all the towns in this district, the
most populous of the empire, the civil
population is fleeing, thronging the
highways and railroads.
The German advance guards are
reported to have proceedd from Au
gustowo towards the railroad be
tween Grodno and Bialystok and to
have reached within 12 miles of the
former place, where they are said to
have been checked by the Russians.
The Germans also are reported to
be attempting to break through be
tween Kovno and Grodno, taking ad
vantage of the frozen Augustowo
marshes and Niemen River, and fac
ing the possibility of an early thaw
which might leave them at the mercy
of the Russians.
The line to the north of Warsaw
of Blonck, Nowo-Gorgiewsk and Se
rock, is well defended.
In the south between the German
column advancing towards Mesola-i
borchborch and the force moving on
Wyshkow, there are virtually no
troops of either side. Around Mes
olaborch the Russians are reported
to be successfully holding their posi
tions and at several points to have
Frank James is Dead.
Excelsior Springs, Mo. Frank
James, of the notorious James gang,
died on his farm near here. James,
who was 74 years old, had been in ill
health several months and was strick
en with apoplexy.
Steal Safe From Train.
Richmond, Va. Two men boarded
the first section of train No. 61 of the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto
mac Railroad Company, due here at
12:30 O'clock in the morning, and after
overpowering the express messengers
threw the safe from the doorway and
escaped on a heavy grade running up
to Franconit a short distance north of
Fredericksburg. It is believed that
the men boarded the train in Wash
ington. While the train was nearing
Franconio they entered the car and
held up the messengers.
GREAT CONVENTION OVER
LAYMEN'S MISSIONARY CONVEN
TION ENDS GREAT THREE
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DAYS' BIENNIAL SESSION.
Near Four Thousand Delegates Make
Charlotte Meeting Greatest
In History of Sessions.
. Charlotte. Closing its three days'
Klennial session in this city, the Lay
men's Missionary Convention of the
Southern Presbyterian Church East
of the Mississippi left the matter of
date and place of next meeting with
the executive committee. Features
of the final session were addresses by
Rev. Dr. Egbert W. Smtih, executive
secretary of foreign missions, Nash
ville, on "That Which is Committed
to Us"; W. E. Doughty, educational
secretary laymen's movement, New
York, Intercession, the Highest Form
of Service"; J. Campbell White, gen
eral secretary of the laymen's move
ment. New York, "Leaving Your Mark
on the World."
The chief thing remarked upon by
delegates and officials has been the
size of the convention, which, al
though the Southern Presbyterian
church has been divided into West and
East of the Mississippi sections, has
been attended by over 3,500 delegates,
making it double the size of any pre
vious convention.
The afternoon session was given
over to a conference on stewardship
and an address by George Innes of
Philadelphia on "How Can a Man
Best Send His Money on Ahead," this
being a discussion of the practical
side of financing the work of evengeli
zation. J. Campbell White led the
stewardship discussions.
The feature of the morning session
was the address on "Efficiency by
George C. Shane of Philadelphia, In
which the speaker contrasted the
practical methods of business with
those of church work, giving as an
instance a Philadelphia financier who
in a few minutes bought five boats
for $287,000 and borrowed $300,000
with which to pay for them, but had
a Bible class of fifty students that he
could not increase by a single mem
ber. SHIP BILL STRIKES SNAG.
Progressives And Seven Democratic
Insurgents Bolt.
Washington Administration demo
crats got another setback in their
fight for President Wilson's ship bill
when they suddenly learned that the
bill as it passed the house will not
command the support of Senators Ken
yon, Norris or LaFolIette, progressive
republicans on whom they counted,
nor the support of any of the seven
democrat insurgents.
The plan to move to concur with
the house amendments was wrecked
by the discovery that tbe leaders
could not muster enough votes. Ad
ministeration leaders made no attempt
to conceal their embarrassment, and
planned to send the bill to conference
with the hope of putting on some
amendments to command support.
Talaat Bey Expresses Himself.
Constantinople, via London "Turk
ey declared war without being urged
by Germany or impelled by any other
influences save those of the empire,"
said Talaat Bey today in a staement
to the Associated Press.
Cotton Exports Increase.
Washington Cotton exports were
beyond normal proportions during Jan
uary. The quantity was more than
300,000 bales greater than last year,
according to the monthly report of
the census bureau.
Birtish Steamers Destroyed.
Buenos Aires, Argentine. It is re
ported from ci edible sources that the
German steamer Holger was sighted
heading for Buenos Aires and having
on board the crews of several steam
ers sent to the bottom by some Ger
man warship, probably off the coast
of Brazil.
The Holger for some time has been
identified with German activities in
the South Atlantic. She left Pernam
buco secretly early in January, pre
sumably with supplies for German
warships.
ONE BOAT STRUCK MINE IN
ENGLISH CHANNEL AND AN
OTHER WAS TORPEDOED.
ACTIVE IN NEW WAR ZONE
President Wilson and Cabinet Discuss
Dangers to American Vessels
Caused by New War Zone.
Washington. President Wilson and
his cabinet discussed Nat length dan
gers to American vessels and com
merce growing out of the reiterated
determination of the German govern
ment to wage a submarnie and mine
warfare on enemy's vessels and dis
claiming responsibility for what ma
happened to neutral vessels venturing
into the new sea war zones.
Struck By Mine.
Dover. The Norwegian tank steam
ship Belridge, which sailed from New
Orleans January 28 and Newport
News February 5 for Amsterdam
struck a mine off Dover. She was
beached near here.
It was first reported she was onl
slightly damaged by the explosion, but
later it was learned there had been
fear of her going down. Her fore
peak and her forehold are filled with
water and her forelock is awash.
The pilot on board and 18 men of
her crew have been landed.
French Steamer Torpedoed.
Dieppe, France, via Paris. A Ger
man submarine torpedoed without
warning the French steamer Dinorah
from Havre for Dunkirk, at a point 16
miles off Dieppe.
The Dinorah did not sing but was
towed into Dieppe. No mention is
made of the loss of any of her crew.
A plate on the port side of the
steamer below the warterline was
stoved in by the torpedo. She man
aged to keep afloat by hard pumping,
word of the occurrence was taken into
Dieppe by fishing boats and assistance
for the Dinorah was promptly sent
out. Her cargo will be discharged
here.
The presence of a German submaine
off Cape Ailly was reported four days
ago. The daily steam traffic service
between Dieppe and England has been
suspended.
WILSON OPENS EXPOSITION.
President Touched Button and Set.
Monster Event in Motion.
San Francisco. An electric spark of
enormous potential, jumping across
the continent, opened the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition at noon,
Pacific coast time. In the white house
at Washington, President Wilson
pressed a button and the serials of the
great government radio station at Ar
lington in response sent a vibration to
a commercial station on San Francisco
bay. From there the message was
relayed by wire to a receiving instru
ment on the exposition grounds.
As soon as the signal was received,
the wheels began to turn, and the
fountains to play; the gates swung
open, and a procession of citizens,
with the mayor at their head, marched
into the grounds.
At the same time, President Charles
C. Moore of the exposition, informed
President Wilson over a telephone
line that the wireless flash had been
received and the exposition had open
ed. In return President Wilson sent
his greetings and good wishes. Brief
ceremonies of dedication and accept
ance followed.
Argentine May Warn Ships to Leave.
Buenos Ayres. The Argentine Gov
ernment is considering warning the
German steamer Holger and the aux
iliary cruiser Ardonna to leave this
port within 24 hours or be disarmed
and interned, it was announced. The
Holger arrived here with crews of
several merchant ships sunk by the
German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm.
Medal for Sir John French.
Paris. The Government decided to
confer the military medal on Field
Marshal Sir John French commander-in-chief
of British forces in the field.
No Mail Lost.
Washington. Although Unite
States mail is going directly or indi
rectly to every country in the world,
so far not on bag has been lost
through the activities of European
war fleets. In fact, postoffice depart
ment officials said, no American mail
has gone down with a merchantman
destroyed by a warship within the
past hundred years. Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson said he expected no in
terference with mail service to result
from Germany's sea war zone procla
mation. Congress Rushing Through Bills.
Washington. Confronted with the
necessity for apropriating an average
of $90,000,000 a day for the next few
legislative days, Congress began hu
rying through the measures which
will supply the billion dollars needed
to run the government during the next
fiscal year. The senate passed the
$39,000,000 legislative, executive ana
judicial appropriation bill and the
house passed the pension bill, carry
in a: $124,000,000 and took up the dip
lomatic and consular measure appro
priating $4,500,000.
tarrn or tne
Kidneys and
Bladder. I
Am Very
Thankful
For Peruna.
I Feel Well,
My tongue
is clear, I
have no hitter taste in my
mouth. I am glad to say I
do not need Peruna any
longer, I am perfectly well.
I have Peruna in the house
all the time. When I have
a cold or when I do not feel
well I take Peruna. We
were all sick with the grip
last winter. We took Peru
na and it helped us. Peruna
is the best medicine for grip
or colds."
Mrs. Gum. H. C&rUon, Box 901 Oiw
tonvllle, Minn.
Smallpox Stamped Out.
Of 3,164 deaths in the great epi
demic in Montreal 85 per cent were
of children under ten years. It is es
timated that 60,00000 persons died
of smallpox in Europe in the eight
eenth century. The disease is prac
tically stamped out now in civilized
countries. Doctor Rotch reports that
in Boston in 15 years there has been
no death from smallpox in children
vaccinated.
SICK "CASCARETS"
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.
Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath always trace them to torpid
fiver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, instead of being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and cany out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret to-night will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
His Point of View.
"What is your idea of matrimony?"
asked the fair maid who was still oc
cupying the anxious seat.
"Well," rejoined the wise chap who
had balked at the hurdle, it's probably
all right for those who haven't enough
worry."
GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA
TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR
She Made Up a Mixture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur to Bring Back Color,
Gloss, Thickness.
Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home, which is
mussy and troublesome. Nowadays,
by asking at any store for "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy," you
will get a large bottle of the famous
old recipe for about 50 cents.
Don't stay gray! Try it! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does it so naturally
and evenly. Tou dampen a sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time, by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick and glossy.
Adv.
An enthusiastic meeting is that of
two girl chums who haven't seen earl,
other for nearly an hour.
Treat Children's
Colds Externally
Don't dose delicate little stomachs with
harmful internal medicines. Vick's "Vaj -O-Bub"
Salve, applied externally, relieves
by inhalation as a vapor and by absorption
through the skin. Vick's can be used
rraely with perfect safety on the young'-st
member of the family. 25c, 50c, or $ 1 . 00
nOS HAM THIS TRADE MARK
VITirC Croup and
MlVIYfc) Pneumonia
BILIOUS
HEADACHY,
SALVE