WfHMG cinir ABOUT AMENDIHEKTS RETURNSWOFULLYINCOMPLETE AND OFFICIAL COUNT WILL BE NECESSARY. EAST FAVOR,XENTRAL DON'T y, . .1 ' Co?tt Countlts Favor; Piedmont Doas 1 Not; Wast Uncertain. 4. W. I Ballsy la Still opsfut Raleigh.?M max taka an offlclai count, and most probably will, to da tormina Just what the cltliens of the Mate-of North Carolina did to the 10 proposed amendments of their Con stitution. Amendment No..7, Ihat re lating to taxation undoubtedly caught the brunt of the attack of the oppon eota of theee measures, but there ? were auctions which handled the sec ond. third and tenth roughly. Not all oared for six-months schools. Samp son cared for nothing. In complete returns are the best Obtainable data, and there were few counties which made any real effort to report the votes accurately. -In the Third and Sixth Districts fci of ficial count will certainly be nedHW, although for the moat pert the ex treme eastern Democrats appear (to have voted solidly tor the amend ments and to have been helped In soma instances by the Republicans. Brunswick, for example, gave about 800 majority for the amendments, a far greater? majority than that given the Democratic candidates. However, Sampson County, being given a chance to vote against something, rolled up a majority of about 2,000 votes against the amendments. In the Ninth district end through out Piedmont North Carolina gener ally, the amendments met stern op position, especially the seventh pro posal. Anson and Richmond Coun ties counted heavily against them, aa did Mecklenburg. In the close coun ties they seem to have broken about even. In the western pert of the state aywood county reports both parties as voting In their favor. It must be remembered that the eastern counties voting for the amendments do not as a rule poll large votes, while some of the counties of the piedmont gave heavy majorities against all 10 of the proposed changes In the state constitution. However, the Isolated counties have yet to make their reports and the vote In the close counties has not been determined. If the piedmont has gone solidly against the measure, there would be little doubt of their being loet; but such may not have been the ease. Reports from Dur ham would indlvate that they have carried In that county, and there may be others. Chairman J. W. Bailey of the Amendments Campaign Committee said at midnight that It will be Im possible to determine the fate of the amendments before Wednesday aft ernoon, bat that he Is very hopeful that they have carried, that while they bad heavy adverse votes In Wake, Guilford, Cumberland, Robe eon, Mecklenburg and some other counties, returns show New Han over, Beaufort, Lenoir, Duplin and other counties repotting with large majorities for the amendments. Amendment* Carry In Union. Monroe.?Union county Rave 1,000 Democratic votes and 250 Republican votes. The Constitutional amend ments carried in Union by nearly tour to one. 8tanly Defeats Amendments. Albemarle.?With two precincts not heard from it appears that Stanly is safely Democratic by at least 100 ma jority. A11 the county ticket is elect ed. The vote was light on the consti tutional amendments, but from infor mation obtainable the majority votes cast were against them. RETURNS FROM C0UNTIE8. - Smtthfleld.?From returns received up to 10 o'clock Johnson county ap pears Democratic by 500 majority. Durham.?The whole (Democratic ticket In the county was carried by a majority of at least live to lone. , Carthage.---The Democratic ticket In Moore la elected by from two to three hundred majority. Rutherfordion?It Is admitted by conservative estimates that the entire Democratic ticket, headed by J. F. Alexander for the legislature, Is elec ted by a safe majority. Mocksville.?Returns from all town ships In Davie county show that the Republicans have carried the coun ty with the, exception pf Demoratic commissioner and county surveyor. Lenoir. ? Caldwell county went Democratic with majorities ranging frotn 75 to 500 for the county ticket Jefferson.?Ashe county' goes Dem ocratic' 60 to 150. R. L.. Rallou's ma jority ,1s 125. Dougbton's 100 Warsaw.?Early returns from Dup lin Indicate a Democratic majority of 400 for state and connty officers and legislative candidates. Bakersville.?For the first time In 35 years Mitchell county elected a Democrat to the lowe^ house of the general assembly, J hn H. Phillips winning over his opponent by about 10C majority. N. W. Going, a fireman on the Nor folk and Western, was fatally Injured atBonsack, when be was struck by the Memphis special. Going was stooping down, fixing bis engine, which was standing on a siding at Bonsack. The noise from bis locomotive prevented --?him from hearing the approaching train, and as be stepped to the other trick he was struck. Fire wblcb broke out In, one of the student's rooms ccinpletely destroyed the msln building of Thyne Institute, Chase City. The loss tg aboat f10,090. Hff ' _ : m incMiHs GROUND II STATE REDUCED IN MANY SECTIONS ?UT CARRIED SOME REPUB LICAN COUNTIES. :v ??'* 6U0GER DEFEATED BY BRin Indicated That Doughton Haa Safe Majority.?State Qlvee 30,000 to J 40,000 Majority. Raleigh.?By staying at home In ?tsad of going to the polls, the Demo cats of North Carolina permitted the Republicans to reduce the usual me Jorlty of the stata Democracy, while in some Instances this Indifference of harder flghfb than usual on the pert of Republicans elected part or ail of tickets In counties customarily class ed as Democratic. Except In the Tenth District, where the defeat of Congressman James M. Oudger, Jr., seems almost certain, there were few real inroads made by Republicans, however, and in part payment there for comes the newe that Mitchell end Madison counties for the first time In nearly two-ecore years have both elected Democrats to the lower house of the General Assembly. The reduction in Democratic ma-, -joritlea reported from all counties over the state la for the moot part de counted tor by the light vote cast, but the . close counties had a tendency to split their tickets or to elect Repub licans. Cabarrus county elected the entire Republican ticket by about IK majority, the Mtepublican majority in Catawba was about tba same, Lin coln elected two Republican officials. It was at first claimed by Republi can headquarters that F. A. Llnney la the Eighth Dlstrict'had-defeated Congressman R. L. Houghton for re election but the latest returns would Indicate an entirely different state of affairs. Gndger lost heavily In Buncombe and Rutherford counties and did little better than hold his own In the rest of the district, which has about as many Republicans as Democrats, any way, and- so lost his seat in Con gress. Senator Overman and the state ticket ran along wltfr the county tick ets for the most part. Democratic State Chairman Warren said at midnight that the vote In North Carolina has been very light, but that the indications are that the state Is giving a Democratic majority of SO,000 to 40,000, that nine of the 10 Congressmen elected by this state are certainly Democratic. .... Stadman, is Re-elected. Greensboro.?Early returns Indicate re-election of Maj. Charles M. Sted- ] I man to Congress by majority of 4, [ 225. Martin F. Douglas, the Progres sive candidate, received a very small vote In counties heard from. Kitchen's Majority 10,000 Klnstoq. ? Congressman Claud Kltchtn will probably carry the Sec ond District by nine or ten thousand majority. W. O. Dixon, hie Repub lican opponent, concedes Kltchin 8, 000 majority. Tsnth Electa Rapubllcan. Ashevllle?That the Tenth Con gressional District has elected James J. Brttt, Republioan-Progreasive can didate, to the next Congress by a ma jority which ranges from 500 to 700 is Indicated -by Incomplete returns re ceived from a majority of the coun ties of the district. Third and 8lxth Democratic. Wilmington.?All countlee of the Third and Sixth Congressional Dis tricts remain Democratic, but by con siderably reduced majorities, due to the jllght vote cast, according to re turns received here. RETURNS FROM COUNTIES. StatesvlUe. ? Iredell gave an In creased majority to Congressman Doughton. Reports from 19 ont of the 10 precincts give Mm a majority over. Llnney of 1,180. Marshall.?A light vote was polled throughout the county. Webb polling about the usual vote, with a heavy falling off in the Republican vote. Newell's majority will not apceed BOO. Murphy.?Cherokee went Republi can by 250 majority for state officers, senate, congress, state senator and so licitor. Southport.?The Democrats have elected sheriff, register of deeds, treasurer and possibly two commis sioners. ? Llncolnton. ? Webb's majority In this county Is about 200. The Repub licans elected two of tbe eounty offi cers, sheriff Jind treasurer. Shelby.?With two precincts to hear from out of total of 23 Congressman E. Y. Webb has a majority Of 876 In his home county. HMsboroj?Orange county elected the larger part of the Democratic tick et by handsome majorities. Shelby.?With about 600 Demo crats remaining at home. Cleveland county's usual majority In the Demo cratic columns was cut down consid erably. All Democratic candidates are elected by 1,000 majority. Reidsvllle?With all precincts re ported officially, the Democrats have an Indicated majority of 300^ Hickory.?A conservative estimate places, the Republican majority In Ca tawba county at 125, based on vote for commissioner*. . The twentieth annual meeting q( tie Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern Stales. held ?t the Pnleenltr of Virginia. Was more largely attended than any aeaalon In recent yeara etery Southern college of Importance baring one or more repre rentptlrea present. There were also delegates from the TTnlreralty of Chi cago, Columbia. the "tarnegle Founda tion. Johna Hopkln?cand thrde re pro sentaflres from the ' TTnlted States Bureau of Education, including Com missioner P. P. Claaton Tlje program was a atrona one, and the papers read ef nnnaual high order KITCHEN WILL CUIIII HOUSE IEIDERSHIP GREAT 8HAKEUP WILL OCCUR IN CONGRESS BECAUSE OF ELEC TION RESULTS. r' ' * , CLARK WILL BE RE-ELECTED But Underwood Hat Gone to Senate ~and dther Prominent Yrtembere ' Were Defeated. Washington.?Many changes In tha organization of the National House of Representatives will be made when Champ Clark and '"Uncle Joe" Cannon once more face each other across the center aisle at the beginning of the next congress. The dwindling of the Democratic majority, which will drop after the close of the December ses sion from 140 to 23. w'll necessitate a general shifting of the working or der (n the house. With their slender majority the Democrats, while able to re-elect Speaker Clark and retain control of the commitees. will be forced to main tain an almost perfect organisation. Even with a full attendance In the house a shift of 11 votes woultf throw the control to the minority side. Prac tically complete yeturna gave the Dem ocrats 222, Republicans 19?, Progres sives, 7; Socialists, 1; Independents 1; doubtful 1. This would give the Democrats a plurality of 31 over the Republicans aal a majority of 24 over the combine! opposition. This narrow margin probacy will result In a re arrangement bf committee representa tion, the -Democrats now holding over whelming majorities in all of the standing committees. The falling off of the Progressives from 19 to 8 will probably cut down tbelr committee representation materially and even may loee them the few Important places they hold In the present bouee. Democratic leadership in the house will undergo great changes. Repre sentative Underwood was elected to the senate and will leave the house at the close of the Democratic sesaion. Representative Kitchln of North Car olina, ranking Democrat on the ways and means committee, will claim the Democratic leadership by right of sealorky and Is expected to have" the support of southern democrats. Representative Mann of Illinois un doubtedly will retain the republican leadership. The election will vacate live of the fourteen democratic places qn-?u>e ways and means committee. Representative Underwood goes to the senate. Representative Hammond was elected Governor Of Minnesota, Representative Mitchell of Massachu setts was defeated at the polls. Rep resentative Palmer of Pennsylvania surrendered his seat to run for the Senate and was defeated, and Repres entative Stanley of Kentucky sought the senatorial nomination In Ken tucky and lost his place. Representa tive Murdoch of Kansas, the Progres sive leader and member of the com mittee, lost his seat in au effort to go to- the senate. All of the republican members of the committee returned. TRUST WOULD COMPROMISE. Offer to Accept Decreet by the Courto to Settle Anti-Truet Caee. Washington.?The American Sugar Refining Company ha* made another proposal to the Department of Justicf to end the Qovernment anti-trust eult against It and to settle the question of Its alleged monopoly of sugar pro duoion by an agreed decrees such as recently was made In the New Haven Railroad civil case. Although Department of Justice of ficials declined to discuss the proposal. It was understood here that James M. Beck, counsel for the company, made the proffer and that it was declined. It was said that the fact that the case la now In the courts and that a de cision may be expected shortly figured In the refusal. It is not known here lust how tar the company was wilting to go In meeting the department's de mands, but it was understood that K would not agree to an those set forth in the Government's prayer for a dis solution. This is not the first time that nego tiations have been sat afoot to bring this case to an end without reeort to the long way through the Federal Courts. About a year ago there was an ?B?rto bring about a compromise but It proved unsuccessful Just as the present proposal. The case against the alleged trust wss begun about four years ago when suit was filed under the Sherman act in the Federal Court In New York City. It Wat directed against the American and othpr companies, 30 In all with an aggregate ctfpttal of $230, 000,000. Withdrawing Certificate#. Washington.?Clearing house certi ficates issued Id large cities of the country after the outbreak of the European war have been greatly re duced In amount, according to a state ment by Comptroller of the Currency Williams. "Reports from all portions of the country," said the statement, "indicate an emphatic relaxation of financial tension an Increasing supply of loanable funds, and steady and un interrupted progress towards normal conditions. . - ' Not Officially Closed. Washington.?Nary Department of ficials said the Tuckerton, N. i., wire less station bad not been closed and there would be no interference with official messages. They explained that the reason for the Western Union Telegraph Company's an nouncement was that a congestion of messages made necessary a temporary suspension. The suspension of that business would last-only throb or four days, U was said, while messages on hand were hgfrg. disposed of and some repairs fnadb to the station. J 7 0 REPUBLICANS GAIN SOME HI CONFESS INDICATION* THAT DEMOCRAT* WILL RETAIN BARE WORK INO MAJORITY. \ WHITMAN IS ELECTED GOV. Olynn la Dafaatad In Naw York. Maaaacliuaatta Electa a D ? ?a ' Elected Full Ticket.' Montgomery, Ala.?Early returns throughout the state show the election of the entire state Democratic ticket. Including Congressman Burnett, In the Seventh District, where the only formidable opposition Vas mads against the Democratic nominees. All Are Democrats. Jacksonville, Ma.?Senator Match er and the entire Democratic Con gressional delegation were re-elected. -y Democrat For Governor. Boston.?For Governor: 800 out of 1,125 election ^Jiptflots'. McCall, Re publican, 120.215; Walker, Progree alve, 20,468: Walsh Democrat 142,522. Defeated Woman Suffrage. St. L , ? >a ' " 1 * Democrat* Did Well. St. Louis, Mo.?Senator William J. Stone of Missouri, chairman. of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, considers the result of the election an emphatic endorsement of the Wilson Administration. He said: "The Republicans have been saying that if they could become united they could lick us. They were united everywhere and the contest generally ?van a clean-cut fight between the Democrats, standing by Wilson's Ad ministration, and the Republicans op posing It. V _ "Considering the fact tbat this Is an off year; that the Democrats have enacted a new tariff law and new currency legislation; that we have had to meet the hard times cry, and that a great war la on which has ab sorbed public "sttentlon, I think the Democrats have done, remarkably well." Three Mere Dry Staten Chicago.?Three of the six states that votsd on ousting saltans decider to retain bar-rooms while the othei three on Intent returns e s?^arentl> went dry. . ** HIS REPORT lOHFKIM COMMANbER REPORTS CHIEF ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FREE ENT CAMPAIGN. ALLIES PUN SPOIL DIVISION Qrsaca, Bulgaria, and Sarvia Ara. Choosing Portion, of Boutharn _ Euro pa They Would Claim. London.?1The Russians report thai, having driven, the Germans back to Rielr border In" the north and forced . their center to retire from Vistula to the Warthe River, the Russian Geo. anil Staff haa turned Ha attention to" the Austrians who have hold their position, atubbornly along the Sea River in Gattcia. According to e telegram from Grand Duke Nicholas the Russians have won a victory more impertent then may previous one. The Russians say they again have occupied Jaroslau, north of Pnemsyl, capturing 6,000 prisoners. It la believed here, however, that there will be another big battle on the Warthe before the armies of Em peror Nicholas seriously threaten Silesia. In the struggle between the Ger mans and the Allies in the weet there again haa been lktSe If any change. The Germane, twice balked In their ? attempt to reach the French coast, are preparing for another attack, which like the last is directed at the line held by the British otruotti aides of the town of Ypraa, where for a fortnight some of the moat sanguin ary lighting of the war has been hi progress and where casualties on both sides probably have been larger , than those on such a restricted front la any previous battle. A Berlin official report claims the f Germans hare made r progress here but this is directly contradicted by claims of the Allies, who say they are ' holding all their positions and have made some advances. Reports come from tho Dutch fron tier that, the Oermttns ate preparing for retirement bat military observers here ?9Hhat the bringing up of reOP ' forcemeats proves they nave sot yet despaired of breaking inrongh the Allies' front end reaching either details or Botogne. Elsewhere Alone the (rant front there hu bean ? repetition of Isolated encounter* The British float, according to on official accounts, again has bean In action along the elgtaa coaat, bom barding Knocks and Zstbrugge, where the Germane are understood to ba or ganising submarine basil. ?Except tor the Russian announce ment of their Invasion of Turkish ter ritory from the Caucasus, silence pre vails as to operations in the Near East for at the present, attention is centered on the possibility of the Balkan States becoming involved in the war. It la declared Greece baa annexed Eplrus denied her by the London conference after the first Bal kan War. It Is said also on good authority that negotiations ere proceeding for en agreement by which Bulgaria will receive Macedonia, which is largely Bulgarian, If the will consent to ac tively. support the Allies. Servla. which won Macedonia by the sword, hesitates tt la said, to give R up; but It Is thought hers sne can hardly 4 turn a deaf ear to Russia who enter - I ed the war on her account. Further, it It said, she would receive compen sation In Bosnia through which she would get a route to tile tea. Germane Lose Telng-Teu. Tokio.?It is officially announced that the German rortress St talng "* Tau has surrendered to the Japanese and British forces. It' la officially announced that the first step In bring ing about the surrender of the fort rees occurred at midnight, when the Infantry charged and occupied the middle fort cf the line of defence. In this operation they took 200 prisoners. \' Struck by Shot Constantinople, via Sofia and Lon don.?According to a Turkish official announcement on the British warships bombarding the Dardanelles was ?truck by a shot from one of the torts and en explosion on board resulted. Little Change In Front. Paris.?The French official an nouncement given out In Paris the day passed without any perceptible modification on the front. The fight ing between Dlxmude and the Yye -ontlnued without any chahge. Fugitives From Antwerp. Amsterdam.?A Telegraaf d|spatch from Rooseendaal says all trains from Antwerp are Piled with fugitives. One fugitive declared that not a single German official slept in Antwerp, all being housed in the forts. The cor respondent adds that a proclamation Issued at Antwerp threatened . to im prison all citizens found < n the streets at 9 o'clock at nlsht. "Machine guns have been mounted at the railway station and the Impression prevails that the Germans fear their occupa tion of Antwerp is not secure." Monmouth is Still Missing. London.?It was the British cruiser Good hope. Rear Admiral Cradock's flagship, that foundered after being set on Are by shells from the German warships in the naval battle off the Chilean coast recently. The British cruiser Monmouth, which the Ofh ?nans said they had sunk, was' badly tamaged and ft Is possible she is the warship reported ashore on the coast if Chile. So far as Is known hone he Ooodhope'a crew survived. This raws was given out by the {(British Admiralty. .J "V