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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Berlin Proposed Further
Discussion Nth Spain

Tendon. April 2G.-Reutc-'s Amstcr-
Can correspondent corrccts a mistake
'egSrding The Spanish note 70 Berlin
shi,h had given the impression that
S'ain left the door open for further
,,sgotiauons. lie reports that the Ber-
IN pspe-s print a. toe final sentence
o the Spanish note 20 Germany what
tai really a German scri-ofic,al STATE
nsnt appended 20 the note. T. reads:
The imperial German government
iely sppreciating the difficult economic
situation OF Spain. will enter into a dis
ta'Non with the Spanish government
trsrding measures which may be taken
within the limits Of military necessities
.ei The mitigation Of the difficulties
',ieh have arisen in Spain"
10 earlier reports the sentence had
oeen made 70 read that Spain hoped
germany would "cnter into discus
SON
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Romanones Quit
Because Spain
Didn't Enter War
.io Handing Resignation TO
King | Voted for France"
He Says
Era of Notes Passed
Neutrals Worse Bloekaded
than England, Declares
Ex-Premier

.-s krrl 4-.- Count Romanoncs
,..,,-c5 rrcquvocslly 20 the Madrid
.,,,o7dcn. OF the petit Parisien'
This yes raat.on as Spanish Premier
-. 8ue 10 his conviction that Spain
.t,s6 join tho Allies. The former
p.,-i,- is quoted as saying:
Eve arc d, an hour when every con-
..;,,.ious man must cast his vote and
~. m his position in tho European
,,,siet In handing my resignation 20
.,Virg 7 voted for France. ! weighed
...-v word OF my letter 20 the King
,,3r maintain them more than ever.
IN more than ever certain Of being
rght
Moreover. we arc az an epoch when
.,.-s can be no longer question Of
..,us,,ng doctrines. One is only
decd bv events. Il is only if events
-. me right that 7 shall resume
.H,, Ms whole political career IS
~ A. stake. II 7 am mistaken. Il
.,,,,. d. not fall out as l believe they
,.,,llv must. I will remain outside pol
mes -.
q was convinced that the era Of
..,,, had passed. We are worse block
,s.s. We neutrals. than England. Ships
,.v in ports. business is paralyzed
"a EXPORTS are impossible. It is ruin
,,a while they ruin us, the Germans
A.. carrying on unbridled propaganda
,,-e They are trying 20 brighten the
people by emphasizing the horrors Of
-, in their newspapers. They pose as
~ champions Of world peace. II is
absurd. but adrolt
Nevertheless, the South American
nations. issued from our blood, our
LATIN daughters. are preparing for the
,obls task. They raise their eyes tow
Ard their mother with anguish and sur
mise The situation is poignant Well
y, shall see"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
New Cabinet Crisis
Threatening Spain
Romanones May Return to
Post and Lead Country
Into Allies Camp

London. April 25.-Another Cabinet
crisis is threatening Spain. Count de
Romanones. who resigned last week,
nav return TO his post and lead Spain
INTO the camp OF the powers lighting
against Germany.
The note sent by Spain TO Germany
protesting against the latter's subma-
me ruthlessness was not the work Of
he present Cabinet. It was dispatched
BY The retired Ministry, although given
out for publication only now. There
reason to believe that this note
agsed the fall Of Romanones.
The Cabinet Of Pietro has been hailed
NTH Joy by the Spanish GermanOph,les
and in Germany. Il is considered a
weak Cabinet Count De Eomanones is
he strong man Of Spain. als an
noupeement that pains interests ne
IN an alliance with France must nave
produced a great effect on the Spanish
people.
The present Cabinet has been cnr.7t-
sned Is Kaiser ministry ny lnc Ec-
publican newspaper "El PAS The pro-
Entente press is generally in agree
nent with this view. Especially is this
view emphasized by the intensified pro
German propaganda throughout the
country. Led BY Senior Nillanueva, the
spanish Germanophiles are more active
than ever.
The best elements in the nation are
With Count de Romanones. His return
70 power largely depends on the course
Q! Argentina. Should the latter take
zore determined attitude toward Ger
many, il would be hard TO restrain
Spain from following. Spain feels that
South America entrance into the war
against the Teutors would isolate her
tonpletely in the latin world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Germans Lay Poison
Traps for Americans
Food on Seized Raider Doc
loIed. Explosives in Tobacco

icy telegraph 10 TIE Tl11nc
Baltimore. April % Announcement
y NE appointment OF Captain Henry
sa''' OF She Merchants and Miners
'As'porislion Company. as master OF
~ former German auxiliary cruiser
80 raider Punz Eitci Friedrich, now
shiladelphia. comes at the same time
- facts concerning poison traps in
,,uepsratory tic vessel being
s,eo N the merchant marine. her
~ which contained spoils from Al
- tsssels she sank while operating IN
south Atlantic a. a raider, had %
-, cleaned out Seamen and naval
thnen were called for this service.
thousands OF cases Of beer, wines
=. canned goods taken from the hold
found poisoned Smoking tobacco
n. ,oe storeroom contained gunpowdcr.
=. o. The sesmen took enough Of the
A. nc TO ~ his pipe. Almost as soon
A. ~ applied a lighted match the bowl
ne Plse sxp.oded.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
GREENWOOD EFIoRE COUNTY SATURDAY 1917
THE PAVING OF
RIVER FRONT
No Action Taken at Meeting Of City
Commissioners Last Nnght.-Im.
provement Badly Needed.

At the meeting of the City Com.
missioners last night no definite actor
was taken relative to the proposed
paving of River Front street.-the
matter being postponed a few days
until the question of authority to is
sue the necessary bonds can be deter
mined.
The paving of this street is being
asked for by practically everybody
who owns property fronting thereon
among whom are some of tho larg-
est taxpayers in the city-and The
Daily Commonwealth believes it is
but justice to them that the City
Commissioners grant their petition
and proceed to make the improvement
needed so badly. and SO much desired.
Greenwood is the most progressive
city in the Delta; River Front is one
OF her prettiest streets, and when
paved it will be the pride of the Del
ta-leading to the new Kings Daugh-
ters Hospital, which will be the most
up-to-date hospital in Mississippi.
We believe in substantially improv-
ing every portion Of our city-the
streets, the fire department, the
schools, and in fact everything that
will tend to make for US a prettier,
a cleaner and more attractive munich
pality throughout.
And in this connection, The Daily
Commonwealth wishes to go on rec
ord in favor of an additional school
building-a $4,000 to $4,000 struc-
ture-which is now an urgent neces-
sity.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
(By Associated Press)

Baltimore, Nd, March 24-Greedy
parents are SO tempted by the high
salaries paid to children by motion
picture companies as to make it diff
ficult to enforce laws regulating the
employment of children in moving
picture plays, declared Miss jamie v,
Minor, Of New York, Assistant Sec
retary of the New York Child Labor
Committee, in an address here today
before the thirteenth National Con-
ference on Child Labor.
New York, Miss Minor said. has a
law regulating the employment Of
clldren By motion picture companies,
but the high wages paid to them in.
duce the parents to evade it.
"One mother" said Miss Minor.
"Was SO intoxicated by the earning
capacity Of her five-year-old child that
she tried to obtain permits simultan-
eously for movies and theatrical work
and another family Of four lives sole
~ on the earnings of baby Of six
months, the father having given up
MS work to carry the baby to and
from the studio.
Public opinion, expressed in ,oh's
and abs whenever a winsome baby
is flashed on the screen is largely re-
sponsible for the Overwhelming circle
OF child talent in the making Of mo-
ton pictures. But would it add to the
enjoyment Of the audience witnessing
2 thriller where the flames spread
rapidly and the actors barely escap-
ed cremation, to know that in such a
picture . girl Of twelve trying to es-
cape, was not rescued until seriously
burned?
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
KEEP CHILDREN IN SCHOOL.
(By Associated Press1

Baltimore, Nd, March 24-The
practice by farmers of taking their
children from schools to work on the
farms was criticised by DR.. Edward
N Chopper Of New York, Secretary
for the northern states of the Nation
al Child Labor Committee in an ad-
dress on Rural Child Labor" before
thS National Conference on Child "a.
Dor here today. VI
"Ths result Of the frequent abssncs
tor farm work i apparent IN The large
percent. Of retardation Of school
work." declared Dr.. Chopper. *The
farm has long been looked upon q
the ideal placs for the child, but
whether the child on the farm u -
lativsly " fortunate q he Il pictured
II . question. When the erops are
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24

4 j ~
fscSf ysar as unless III pssdsl
fusdJ are provided II ths extra ~.
sion VI Consress, practically in wori
Of this character must shortly be
stopped. In al the harbor4 from
Eastport to Key West and Browns
ytl from San Diego To Ssattls, from
"a ensburgh to Chicago and Duluth,
ana on all the rivers Of the country.
great and small, hundreds Of dredges
will be stilled, thousands Of boats and
barges will be tied up to the banks
and tens Of thousands Of men win be
discharged.
mot only did the Rivers and Har-
bors bill fail, but the Sundry Civil
bill % well. It is in the latter bill
that appropriations are made for pro-
jects which have been placed under
continuing contracts and to the com
pletion Of which, therefore, the honor
Of the Government has been pledged.
1T is my deliberate judgment that
no better Rivers and Harbors bill was
ever framed, or one more free from
items justly subject to criticism, than
the one which recently failed to re-
ceive consideration in the Senate.
"Let me name few out Of the
many projects on which stoppage
OF work is threatened. There is the
East river, where better entrance
to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for our
battle ships is needed. President Will
son secured an appropriation to begin
this work, although the Rivers and
Harbors Committee had voted to omit |
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
STORM SWEPT
INDIANA TOWN
Scores of Buildings Wrecked, 200
People Injured, Forty Three Killed,
Property Loss 100000.
(By Associated Press)

I
New Albany, Ind, March 24-Ear
ly today the number of known lost
lives from the storms which late yes.
terday swept New Albany, wreckine
scores of residences and other build
ings reached forty three, according to
unofficial records. This number is
expected to be increased by further
search into the debris of the ruined
structures.
Approximately two hundred per-
sons are known to be injured.
The State troops from indianapolis
took charge of the situation this
morning.
The damage done by the terrific
winds extended for several miles into
the country.
Unidentified woman and man driv-
ing toward New Albany were hurled
over fence into field and killed.
The estimated property loss will
reach one million dollars.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
SOME PLAIN TALK ABOUT
BUILDING OUR PUBLIC ROADS
AFair Deal Demanded Eor. a Il Sections af aaas
County-A Public Meeting Of Tax Payers
Is Suggested.

Itta Bena, Miss, March %, 1917.
Mr.. J. L. Gillespie, Editor The Daily
Commonwealth, Greenwood, Miss
My Dear Sir:
Isn't it about time that the taxpay.
ers Of the County sit up and take
notice, and at the same time get to-
gether and take some action about the
means of having our 100000 road
fund spent in legitimate and benef-
cial way? Since the recent action of
our Board Of Supervisors and Road
Commissioners, or rather some Of
them, in refusing the public a hearing
at their meetings by going into execu-
tive session, think it benooves us to
be up and doing to see that the thing
Is zone that the majority of the peo-
PIE want done. 1t is an imposition on
tne intelligence of the public to pull
OIL thing like this, and / think
larraiieled only by the act Of .biibo
"nen he asked the Legislature to 20
ln'o executive session TO exclude the
committee OF Mississippi Bankers who
went before the Legislature on leg
Inmate business, and were turned out
OF doors without recognition about
tDgee or four years ago.
cant conceive a man wanting to
90 the right thing, and willing to let
'Ae people know wnat he wants, re-
i1se to let that same people have q
"earihg In the deliberations of q ques-
'loh OF vital importance to them; es-
peclaiiy when rne members OF our
board and Commissioners are select
~ oy the people, and supposed to
carry out the wishes and expressions
VI 1aelr constituents; verify some one
" Trying to imltare the eminent
'smes N. in casting aside the wishes
of desires of anyone except his own,
which ne considers chaste, and un-
usputable, above contradiction, and
absolute.
am no Road Expert" nor do / |
CAIN any knowledge Of the various !
qualities Of road materials, or the
construction or roads, beyond . the
Anowledge Of the ordinary layman
Nao has given the matter an intelli-
ssns thought, but 1T appears to me that
'ne thing that we want, is the most
niles OF road, at the minimum cost,
we want the greatest number Of peo-
pc served by these roads that it is
possible |, to serve; every one knows
\ nay the future Of this county lies in
~ !: production Of its rural communi-
~; II we don't encourage rural prog
~ Then we propose to stand still
ano IN this twentieth century, if you i
'ackwards.
70 me, concrete construction Of
Ccos ~ - absurd; We can spend 360O,.
~ On concrets and than not have !
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
(By Associated Press)

Washington, March 24-The United
States is preparing to put into effec,
measures of the most far-reachinp
and aggressive character in the
event of War with Germany.
She will not be satisfied with mere
attempts to protect the American
merchant vessels, but preparations
will be signed to meet any eventuality
OF long war, if necessary. There
will be no half way measures.
This was agreed upon after long
cabinet meeting yesterday. The pro-
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
UNITED STATES WILL MAKE
-. UNLIMITED PREPARATION
Far-Reaching Measures of Most Aggressive
Character Will Be Adopted ed-Loan of Five
Billion Dollars to Entente Suggested. ~


gram includes military, navy, indus
trial and financial measures. The
question Of sending an army abroad
will be left for future consideration.
Suggestions before President Will
son today included the possibility Of
floating loan Of five billion dollars
for the entente.
President Wilson when he goes be-
fore congress, is expected to make
clear position of the government and
the people. United States not prompt
ed by hostility toward the German
people, but only by acts Of the Ger
man Government.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
fPy Associated Press)

Increased peril to the so-called Hin
denburg line of Germans in northern
france. running through Cambri, St.
Quentin, Lafere and Moan, is indicat-
~ in today's dispatches. Flooding
H. the Germans Of Lafere is an in
d;cation that they have despaired of
holding the place. Both the British
nd the French are making steady ad-
v.nces Retirement believed explain
81 by preparations offensive Russian
northern front.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24

enough to benefit one tenth of tn
population, and besides in the cours,
of a few years there will be perpet.
ual expense in the up-keep that gets
worse with the age of the road.
The graveled street in Itta Bena is
proof beyond question, that it will
give the maximum amount of efficien.
/ cy 365 days in the year, at the min
imum Of cost and up-keep. All we
want in an improved highway is one
which will give the service required
Of it, and give the service every day
in the year, and give it at the mini
mum cost Of building and repairing;
/ if we can build one hundred or two
hundred miles Of this road, it will
be worth more to Lefore County in
dollars and cents than sixty or sew
enty miles Of concrete or other costly
material, one hundred and fifty miles
Of gravel road will be worth more in
one year to the county than seventy
miles Of concrete would be worth in
two years, and l dent doubt very
much, after paying for the PRELIM-
INARIES that we are now paying
for, that there will be enough Of the
$500, 100000 left to build 30 miles Of
concrete roads; l believe that ninety
per cent Of the people Of Lefore coun-
ty want our roads built Of gravel; we
will find out in q few days, as there
will be expressions on this line short
ly; and if this is SO, why apd where
fore should our Board and Commits
sioners stand 30 pat against our wish
es; let's find the truth in this matter,
discover the i'll, and then we shall
invent panacea to cure the i'll.
Looks like the whole world is getting
in abad way; we let the heads Of the
federated unions, about four in num-
Der deliver an ultimatum to our gov
ernment, and demand action on cer-
tain things in 4s hours; we have the
sum Of 12 Or 13 Senators in our Con-
gress block the will Of the one hum
ired million people Of the U. s. on
account Of their individual pampered
notions; absolutism in Russia is mild /
with Us in some things; and
vet We boast Of q free country, ruled
ior the people by the people; and yet
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
GREAT JEWISH CONGRESS-.

Chicago, March 24-(By Union A.
sociated Press s)--Prominent Hebrews
from all parts Of the country are
gathering here today to attend the
meeting Of the Affiliated Jewish Con.
gress Association tomorrow. Judge
Hugo Pam Of the Supreme Court and
other distinguished men will make ad-
dresses.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
all projects from the 1915 Bill.

all projects from the 1916 Bill.
There are the Hudson river ant
tne Narrows OF Lake Champla,n
Which must be improved by the Gov.
ernment before fun use can be made
OF the Barge canals on which the
State Of New York has spent nearly
$l55, 100000.
"When general strike on all the
railways OF the country was threaten
ed last summer it was suddenly real
lied that, because it leads out from
our greatest center of the iron and
steel industry, dependable channel
IN the Ohio river would be of the
greatest value to our Navy.
"Wnat is true Of the Vnio is true
in greater or less degree Of all the
otner rivers Of the United States.
IF our railroads, etriclent as thew
are, are utterly unable to handle the
TRAFFIC in time of peace, in Gods name.
aMnat would happen in time OF war!
- ees9ien spnsei1esl
] 1 urge ali friends 81
waseFweys n cali upon their Sena-
torn ana Representatives. to support
preparations tor the rivers ana mar
Doss which are essential to our nat
iOnal prosperity and may be vital to
out national safety."
4 4Tt . Z
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24

Revised lists show the number of
dead to be thirty-one and the injured
one hundred. Ten or more injured it
is thought will die. Three hundred
residences, industrial plants and 9TH
er buildings damaged and destroyed.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
WITHDRAWAL FROM BELGIUM
lBy Associated Pressl

Washington, March 24-American
workers in Belgium and American
Minister Whitlock were formally
withdrawn from Belgium, according
to official announcements to this ef-
feet made by State Department today.
American relief commissioners will
be replaced as far as possible by
members of joint neutral commission,
largely under supervision Of Dutch
military officials.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
HINDENBURG'S SO-CALLD LINE IN
NORTHERN FRANCE IN PERIL
F1oodiug of Lafere by Germans Indicates They
Have Despaired of Holding the Place Brit
ish and French Making Advances.

mittee and parliament Representa-.
tives of the constitutional-democratic
party at Petrograd voted today in
favor of Republican Form of Govern
ment for Russia, according to a Pc
trograd dispatch. Prof. Mulukoff, for
eign minister in the new government,
is the leader Of this party.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
BETTER MILL CONDITIONS.
(Rv A aaociotoN p.ne.N


Baltimore, Nd, March 24-Efforts
to induce Massachusetts mill and fac
tory communities to build up the
health and intelligence of working
children, were described by Richard x.
Conant, Of Boston, Secretary Of the
Massachusetts Child Labor Commit
tee, in an address delivered here today
before the National Conference on
Child Labor.
Mr.. Conant said the Massachusetts
Child Labor Committee had abandon
ed efforts to enforce the child labor
law, leaving that task to state auth
critics and had attempted new meth
DDS Of coping with the problem. The
first test was made in Fall River.
Mass, with a fourteen-year-old bow
employed in mill.
1--WE decided on recreation = the
easiest thing 70 get for him, + said
Mr.. Conant... We persuaded tie tity
supervisor Of Fairgrounds to organize
2 playground at the mill. The Mil
superintendent was skeptical bot at
the end Of the summer, was very much
pleased with the result. The mill con-
tributed $500 toward the expenses OF
q boys club which was established n
the mill village outside Of Fall River
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
FREIGHT RATE !.
INCREASE ASKED
For BY Railroads of Probably Ten Of
Fifteen Per Cent. at Hands Inter-
state Commerce Commission. T
by Associated Press)

Washington, March 24-Efforts Of
the railroads. Of the country to obtain
a general increase in freight rates Of
probably ten or fifteen. per cent, is
the forecast today by preliminary
petition Of the principal Eastern roads
TO the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion.
The new rates will apply to all clas-.
es OF freight except coal, coke and ore.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
FORCASTE INTERVIEW PIJR.
LISHED,
by Associated Press)

Paris March 24-Additional Ger
man Emperor Forcaste by former
German Magistrate who wrote the
celebrated book; "Jaccuse," interview
has been published in Ceuve.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
DECREE PROHIBITING IMPORTS
(By Associater Press)

(by AsSOcIater PresS)
Paris, March 24-By authority of
the Cabinet Minister of Commerce to-
day issued decree prohibiting all
imports except such authorized spe-
cifically by the Government upon ap-
plication.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
EIGHT PATRIOTIC WOMEN EN-.
LIST.
(By Associated Press

Wy ~1SSUCIdCcU TVSSJ
Pittsburg, March 24-Eight won.
en- have presented themselves for en-
listment in the naval receiving sta
tion here within the last twenty-four
hours. No men have applied.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
RUSSIANS CAPTURE KERIND.
(By Associated Press)

Petrograd, March 24-Capture by
Russian troops of Kerind, Persia,
forty miles from the Mesopotam bor-
der, was announced by the war office
today. Pursuit of the Turks continues.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
FOR SALE.

$4,000 Upright Grand Player
Piano, forty five new pieces, $235.00.
A BARGAIN. Address IN. G." care
Commonwealth.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
WEATHER BUREAU.

March, ~, 1917.
Lssal Dstay GEssnwssd, Miss.
For the ~ Houfs Ending at Z A. M.
Temperature: Highest 81 degrees
Lowest 40 degrees
At 2 .. m. O degrees
Precipitation 0.A inches
River Stsge,7 am 28.7 feet, rising
Change 03 feet
J.H. STEPHEN,
Local Observer.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-24
STORM RUSSIAN FRONTS.

(By ASSOCIaJeu fTeSSJ
Berlin, March 24-German forces
Yesterday stormed Russian points on
the Rumanian frontier between Soly-
mtar and Czobanos valleys, the war
Office announced today.