Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-03-03
General News Matters

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items Of Interest TO our Readers Gathered
and Condensed for Quick Assimilation.
Washington, Feb. 26.-Repre.
sentative Pages bill to authorize
the Secretary of the Treasury to
audit and adjust certain claims of
North Carolina growing out of
:the War of 1912 will not be con.
sidered by the Congress At the
present session. Mr.. Page will
reintroduce the bill next session,
and the House Corn mittoe ON
Claims will then take it up. Sen.
ator Simmons will interest him
self in the bill in the Senate.
This bill, its friends say, should
be passed in order to place the
State of North Carolina on q pari.
ty with the other States of the
Union in the matter of the re-
fundment to her of money and
expenditures in the payment and
equipment of the State militia
called into the service of the u.
tied States during the War of 1912
to 1916. 1t provides that tn
Secretary of the Treasury be au.
thorised. and directed to reopen,
examine a.d audit the claim of
the State Ct N r.h Carolina OIL
account of advances and expendi.
lures made by the State in the
War ofNaa2-1s15, with Great
Britain and ascertain and deter.
mine. in accordance with the rule
applied III the settlement of the
like claim of the State of Mary.
land under provisions of the Act
of Congress approved March 8.
1857, the amount remaining un.
paid and due to ths.State of North
Carolina, on account of advances
and expenditures and appropri-
ates whatever sum 10 found to be
neot ssary for the payment of said
claim.
Raleigh. Feb. 26.-There will be
a definite and thorough invssti-
CATION by a special com mission
from the House of Representatives
into the Judge Frank Carter
Solicitor Charles L. Abernethy
contempt case from Newbern and
of the charges against the moral
character of Judge Carter that
have grown out of the conflict of
the contempt judgment. This
was finally settled this evening IN
Judiciary Committee No. of the
House by a unanimous vote to
report favorably resolutions by
representative CLARK of Bladen
providing for such An iuvestiga-
tion. The resolutions will be re-
turned to the House tomorrow
morning with the favorable report
by Representative Alfred of Johns.
ton County for the committee.
London. Feb. 26.-France, Rus.
sis, England, Serbia and Belgium
are said by English officials to be
in absolute accord as TO reprissls
to be made on Germany, Austria
and Turkey in retaliation for the
German submarine campaign.
England was in conference with
her allies concerning reprisals be-
fore the receipt of the last Ameri.
can note making informal repre-
sentations looking to the disoontin
unce of submarine activities and
to the admission of food to Ger
many for her civil population
While il can be authoritatively
stated that the nature of the re-
prisals has not been agreed upon
absolutely - yet, England and
her allies have decided upon the
main points which probably will
be announced Monday by Premier
Asquith in q statement for the
press. simultaneously Ethe posi-
tion of all the opponents of Ger.
many toward neutral countries
whose trade is so vitality affected
by the present naval methods
be submitted to the neutral Gov.
ernments.
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was found dead at his home at
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