L WAKT AD Df THE
DAILY NEWS
BIUXGg RESULTS
f THK MfcA/llKH
Unsettled tonight. Prob
able ?bo*-tr? tonight.
K HilBEH &S.
RUMANIANS
ARE BEING
PURSUEDBY
GERMANS
GAINS OF TH* TEUTONS IN THE
CAMPAIGN CON
TINUE. according to
jf? REPORTS.
BRITISH SI HOPEFUL
Claim That II Rumanian Army Was
Encircled, Germans Would Have
Reported m Big Capture of Men
- and Munitions.
(By United Press)
Headquarters of General Falken
hayn's Transylvan'.an campaign. ?
"Our task Is to destroy the Ruman
ian army and that is what we are do- ,
lnjs as heat we c??." J
? So spoko General von Falkenhayn
today, his, brows wrinkled but his
eyes sparkling as he submitted to I
^questions concerning his victorious
progress against Rumania.
"Our flyers," bo coutinued, "report
i the Rumanian roads blocked with
people ana wagons that aro fleeing
'from Little Wallachia toward the Alt
| liver. This is the terrible part of j
the war. That soldiers should suf
fer, la a part of the war, but that
wsr.ien and little children Bhould be
pat to such misery ? that is terrible.
However, It waa Rumania's choice.
She has been playing with Are now
too Ion ff a tlmo not to gft burned.'*
' Rumanian* Retire
BUCHAREST. ? The retirement
from Thealt and also from Topolls,
slightly eastward, is announced
through an official statement.
.PETROGRAD. ? In retiring thru
western Wallachla, the Rumanian
army is taking advantage of all nat
ural obstacles to resist Falkenhayn's
advance. Having crossed the Dkn
uhe near Slmlnetza, the Teutons have
placed observation points on the
River Vcde- and are occupying posi
tions between Valent and Rusede
wade.
French Arc Rcpoleed. _
BERLIN. ? The French llttetnpt to
force an entrnnce into the southern
part of the St. Pierre and Vaast wood
without artillery preparation, was
repulsed by the Germans by machine
gnn fire. Minor firing occurs along
the Somme.
Alexander Is Cuptnml.
BERLIN! ? Alexander has been
captured from the Rumanians In
Wallachla, doclares an official state
ment.
British Are Hopeful.
LONDON. ? yews from German
Sources today caused a renewal of
the hope hero that the Rumanian
nrmy has extricated itself from the
precarious position in which hor
Wcllachlan forces were placed by
General Von Falkenhayn's strategic
camoalgn.
The prime basis for such hope is
thft utter lack In ?all German official
repots of' Ally claims regarding tho
large capture of prisoners and mater
ials. If tho Rumanian army wa^ae
fnally trapped tlie encircling
movement around OHo*a,*? Is re
garded as certain that Genua* re
ports would hav* chronicled- a big
Capture pt men *nd monitions. |
?v ? * .;<>"?
liyn'B rREflrDKNT TO ; rf . ?
ATTBim ENCASHMENT.
^ (By U<ed Pfeea) ' ) fa
WASHINGTON. ? President Wil
son has "been invited to attend the
annual encaihpment of the United
' Confederate Veterans at Washington
during the laBt part of. Way. Is
the first time that the encampment
&11' ever have been held north of th#
M json-Dlxon line. i
WARNED OF A CRISIS
" V iB* ***** R- Auder? )
WA8HJN\>TO?ff ? Count von Bern
storff, Oermtn ambassador to the
United States, baa been warned by
his government that a new crisis be
tween the two countries Is near.
He has been nutifled that unre
stricted submarine warfare Is now the
Germnn policy; that it probably will
land to war. and that within alx
months the two countries will In all
probability have disco nil n end diplo
matic relations.
Thin is* the story. Just . come to
light, of Karl Armgaard Graves, who
eajtt himself the master spy, and who
claimed he had been In the German
secret service many years.
Graves, recently, was srrested on
the charge of trying to sell to an at
tache of tho German embassy in this
city three letters purporting to be J
personal communications from a Ger- '
man woman of high place to Countess 1
von Bernstorff. - These three letters
were turned over to the secret ser-j
vice of the United 8tstes, and are
now in their possession.
Graves claimed that the letters
wet-e not stolen but thst they came
to him direct from Berlin, though
they wore written for other eyes. He
alleged that they were in a cipher
and that In the guise of unlmpofauit
personal communications they con
cealed a message of the greatest in
ternational significance. The* ^sub
stance of this message, as Graves has
stated since his arrest, was this:
"To Ambaasador Count von Born
otorif: Be prepared to leave America
at any time. Admiral von Tirplts
has returnM ffotn his exiled at the
frontier and 1<* in control once more.
Unrestricted submarine warfare will
be ersumed and win probably lend to
war between the United Staitcs and
Germany. *?
This messa re Graves claimed could
be made out of the letters. He claim
ed that having in hlB possession the
code he cooH -translate the message
to thesatlsfa^fjo n and conviction of
anybody who understood German.
Graves Is now held under bond for
appearance before a federal commis
sioner In Washington. He is at~*res
ent In New York.
Graves reepatedly declared, after
his arrest, that he was not worried
about his predlcamont, and with Ihe
utmost sangfroid instated that no
government would employ extretpe
measures against him, because he
knew loo much.
UROB8 5-YEAR HARRIAGB
TO CURE DIVORCE EVIL
1 ?
TOLEDO. ? A law that will provide
that married folk cannot obtain a
divorce until after they haveJiad five
years of married life to their credit!
This Is the solution of the divorce
problem offere dby Common Pleas
Judge Bernard Brough.
"It has reached the shameful polht
Where there is one divorce out of
every four marriages," Judge Brough .
declares. "Thre^ tlmc^ as many I
wfmen as men apply for divorce. J
This may Indicate more men than I
vomen are responsifcl3 for disturb- 1
angCB in the household.
"Some marriages are really no
more thin trials," says tho judge.
"Couples make no pretense of estab
lishing a home and living as sane
married people should. They fight
the first weok, and in a month are
seeking a divorce. Hasty marriagcr
bring about this situation. I believ
the only solution to tho divorce que$
tlon is a five-year marriage."
ASTRONOMER WANTS A
QUESTION ANSWERED
BOSTON. ? The question, "How I
qld is Tna?" wan answered long ago
? !n many ways.
But here Is a new one, propounded
by Professor W. W. Campbell, of I
Lick Observatory. The answer most I
be written on a moving picture film.
The question is:
If light travels 186.000 miles per
second and It requires four and one
half years for light to travel from
the sun to Its. nearest stellar neigh
bor, Alpha Cent&urf; how far is It
from the sun to Alpha Centaurl? i
Visiting Friends Here.
J. R. Evans, of Oreenville, spent
yesterday in the city on a visit to
friends.
NO m IS RAISED j
TO THE BMP ON FOOD,
WASHtNOTON. ? The state d ?
| partment will Interpose no objectlops j
to action by Congress placing an em
bargo on the shipment of foodstuffs I
out of the United States.
The sensational development, com
ing on the heels of an announcement 1
bj^ Chairman John F. Fitr.gerald. of
the house appropriations committee
that he will Introduce such legisla- 1
tlon at the forthcoming session of
Congress, created a profound stir in
official and diplomatic clrdcs.
Secretary of State Lansing made
this statement:
1~ "The department of state has no
views on th!s .matter as It is entirely
ja domestic question."
I This attitude is In sharp contrast I
I to that taken by the state department
toward efforts made earlier in the1
j1 war to get the United 8tatcs to pl^ce
I an embargo on the exportation of |
ammunitions and other war supplies
to the Entente powers. ..fc.
I In * memorandum to the Austrian
' government. Secretary Lansing then
jtook the position that such anem
bargo Would constitute a violation of i
neutrality on the part of this govern
ment.
And ho went on to explain to the
government at Vienna that it was no
fault *Of the United State that the
central powers were unable to enjoy
the Mine advantage* of free and open
trade with the United States as those
possess** by the entente govern
ments. . *
f Officials of the department, Ihfl tid
ing Mr. leasing. made it-plain today
that the distinction between each
shipments and food exportation!! was '
n perfectly valid one. Justified . by
such domestic considerations as the
Increasing cost of living In this
country.
Tho fact. It was said, that Mr. '
Fitzgerald, In his announcement, ad
mitted that such a food embargo i
would be of serious consequence to
Great Britain, was not to be taken
into consideration.
It was emphasised by state depart
ment officials that the conclusion was
not to be drawn that the depart
ment's Indifference toward the qucs
I tlon of a food embargo In any sens? |
reflected a growing resentmrnt on
the paj*t of this government toward
the Increasingly burdensome cffects
of the British stricture! on American
commerce.. Indeed, it was found at
the' department today that the ad
ministration Is making no move
whatever at this tlmo toward avail
ing Itself of the various retaliatory
measures against Great Britain and
?her allieti which the Congress, at its
last session, authorised the President
to oadtrUke.
On . tfct other hand, the administra
tion, it Is said. Is receiving dally evi
dences of dlsoonteat oa tho part of
the American public concerning the
?oaring prices, of foodstuffs.
| * Wheat, flour and other articles ef
food, being in great demand by the
entente powers, whose pre-occupa
tion in the war prevents their nor
mal agricultural - activities, have
reached unprecedented prices, and
the cl^sens of the American cities
arc groaning under the resulting
raw
VEKCtMT
fIS IMMINENT
DISPATCHES INDICATE THAT
'' FR^BKNT BODY WILL 800 N
BE BROKEN CV.
j> CREECElnURMOlL
Conditions Are Steadily Growing
I Worse. This is the Fourth Minis
try That Has Been Formed In
Greece During Last Four Month*.
(By United PresB)
ROME. ? Athens dispatches declare
that {ft* resignation of the Greek
cabinet lis imminent. Greek dis
patches indicate .the impending; dis
solution of the Lambros cabinet,
i which was formed October 10. It
was reported Saturday that the min
ister d( Justice had resigned. This la
the' fburth ministry that has been |
formed In Groece during the last four
month's.
Conditions in Greece are still In
urmoil. With the dissolution of the ,
>resent cabinet, they will be even,
I acre ?o.
I. R. DAVENPORT WINS
BIG PAW WEEK PRIZE
I
f
Drnwipg Wm Held Saturday Night. J
$20,000 Wns Paid on Accounts. I
"Pajr-up Week" ended Saturday
night with cloei to 120,000 paid on
accounts. The drawing was Held at
Davouport'e drug store and a largo
lir mbfjr of persons were present. The
fo.lowing were the prise winners:
Firit uprise, R. Davenport,
Pactolus.
Second prize, $10 ? D. E. Horton,
dlty.
Third prize, $5 ? Mahew Paul, City
Dollar prizes ? L. S. O'Brien. R. F.
D.. C. A. Faucette. R. F. D.. Mrs. A.
M. Dumay, city, C. A. Faucette, R.
F. D.. McT. Roberts, city, H. D.
Charles, citfr, Bruce Leggett, city, J.
K. Alllgood, city, L. S. O'Brien, R. '
F. D., C. A. Faucette, R. F. D. I
FAIRFIELD SCHOOL IS I
"MAKINCJE PROCIIESS
FAIRFIELD, N. C. ? The Fairfield
people are ustly proud of the Falr
Srld High School that entered the
third year of Its existence at the be
ginning of the present term. Pror.
' . V. Lydn. the principal, la quite a
hustler and with the able assistance
ox M.ds El.zj.bjth Scarborough, In
termediate teacher, and Miss Emma
Burrus, primary teacher, our school
Is thriving.
A splendid program 1b rendered by
the school every Friday afternoon. I
and taking everything Into cdhslder- ,
atlon we feel like Joining the school j
children In the chorus of their school 1
"S>?o"t three cheers for Fair
field High School, 't'.s the finest school
wu . ?> , I
BOOK CLUB EHTEKIAINED
FAIRF4EL/D, W. C? Mrs. A. L.
Cuthrell And her daughter, M!ss
Alethla, were at home to the Wo
man's Book. Club Wednesday after
noon from 1 (o S p. m. Those enjoy
ing their hospital'ty wore Miss Mint
nle Spencer, president of the clhb.
Mrs. A. Williams, vice-president*
Miss Emma Burrus. Mrs. J. O. Mur*
ray, Mrs. H. C. Jonee, Mrs. A. O.
Harris. Mra. Ada Burrus. Miss Janle
Chsdwlck and Mrs. Q. P. Carter.
After the business had been trans
acted and vcrtoas books discussed, j
the following refreshments were I
served In ttM order named: banana
salad, ambrosia and eake, coffee and
cheese-elswwtt' ihe Mnb win be en
t*rtaln<*?y MUk'ImiI. Ohadwlc* at
th? OMMMr ttMMnic.
LOCAL HARDWARE CO.
' BOOKS BIG OR
47 . ___
Mffipe^Rlchwdson to Furnish Com
plete 8ftw Mill to South Amcr
i ' lean Concern.
* '
Xhat Washington business estab
lishments are extending their trad?
artaq far beyond the limit* of Beau
Toft county la shown by some recent
jrdei* that have been received from
distant points. Some of the largor
stores cover practically all of Fist
em Carolina. Others extend into ad
joining states.
The Mc Keel-Richardson Hardware
Company last week boolied an order
from the Droadhurst Lumber Com
pany of Paramaribo. Dutch Guiana.
South America, for a complete saw
mill of 25.000 feet daily capacity.
The equipment will be shipped via
New York on the boats of the Trini
dad Steamship Company. The ship
ment wl!l Include everything for the
mill, together with a dry kiln. rd^er.
trimmer, two engines, two boilers,
ctc. The order amounu to about
It, 000. 1
ARMENIAN FL'ND IS
INCREASING RAPIDLY
Total Amount Donated ho Far Is
9122.80. Citizens Vrjjotl to
Contribute.
Every citizen of Beaufort county,
who can possibly do so, is urged to
contribute to the Armenian relief
fund, which is now btlng raised in
this city. It Is desired to get up as
larg? amount as possible this week
and then dispatch It for the nfd of
the sufferers in Armenia and Syria.
Leading citizens are contributing
liberally. Your name on the list will
make someone else contribute. The
following is the report to date:
Previously reported $119 86
Mrs. S. A. Winfleld 1.00
E. R. iTTxon *1.00
J. B. Sparrow 1.00
M'-s. J. B. Sparrow 1.00
Mrs. A. S. Jordan 1.00
Mrs. W. H. Ellison 1.00
Tota* $125.86
In addition to the above, the fol
lowing donations were announced '
this afternoon:
Collection at Episcopal Sunday
School yesterday $ 16.54
By cash 1.00
Complete total $143.40
OFFICERS ELECTED
FOR AURORA FAIR
B. T. Homier. To Be President . Fair
This Ye nr Wns Finnncinl
Success.
At the annu: 1 mooting of the stock
holders of tbe Aurora Agricultural
Fair held laBt Friday the* foil string
wore elected officers for tho coming
year:
B. T. Bonner, president.
C. T. Allen, vicc-presldoat.
O. M. Hooker, treasurer.
J. W. Chapln. Becretnry.
Notwithstanding tho bad weather
during the week the fair was a suc
cess, and the Association Is In tlie
high road to success. We expect to
make the next one the best of all.
The memberB of the Association know
no such word as fall, and work his
already begun toward tho next fair
which will be tho coming event of
Eastern Oarolina. . Under wlnn man
agement tbe stock of the fair is now
ab?ve paf and there la not one cent
ngalnftt the Association. It will be
well for the public' to keep an eye on
Avfora. and see that prosperous tec- '
tton jrow.
jumped From top of
ElfJtfT-ftTORY ncniDINO.
(By Unite*" Pt-oss)
NEW YORK.? Joseph Brooks, not
ed theatrical man, either jumped or
Ml from the eighth story of an
apartment building here. He was
Instafttly killed.
VULISTAS
ARE STILL
BESIEGING
CHIHUAHUA
EVBjg *0* i.n CAllRANZA
^ IS llt.NG HI. SHED
? rl'O CITY AS l A.ST AS
POiiSlllLE.
GARRISONS ARE DEFLEIED
Numerous Sr.uHler Tow::? Arc Clvlnf;
J Up ThoLr Garrison* la Ord.'r to
I Furnish Men to Asftitit in the IYo
I toctiug uf Chihuahua.
(B/ United Proas)
EL PASO. T:x.- ? Tho jiJla.'Is on
Chihuahua by 4C.OO V: J*I?t is uitJ.-r
peisonal command o." VIH.!. .s a- i: :;i
progress, Unite J 'States areata d>
j dared here todsy. They b.-sc their
j statements upon the actim of Car
Ira uza authorities in Bonding every
[available soldier in northern Mexico
Jh belnc rushed td tho beclrccd city.
? From S :ota Ventura the* garrison of
1 150 C.vrrar.z'stas !s being withdrawn
I together with the garrisons at Ximl
plqua. Cases Grandcs, Caiman a:i 1
several other smaller towns, ear It
garrison cumbering about lUO'mcn.
^Tbey are b?lng rushed to Chihuahua
.over the M:>xl?o & Northwestern ru 1
road to Jt:arrz, where they ar--1 bo ng
tranpferred to the Mrxico Cenlr.il.
General Gonzales today announced
that Genera) Muycotte. with C50u of
the defacto tr&or* Is maltlnC-a forrcd
march northward from S'.ntn Tlosn
l!e. It will take him sever? I days to
arrive at Chihuahua because evc?iy
bridge south of that city has boon
burned.
GETTING READY
FOR FIGhF OVER
8-HOUR LAW
* (By United Prose)
W/gruxarCN. Government nnrt
railroad attorneys today m.vkVH -1
together their mrtcrtal for wh-t is
destined 10 h? th? greatest lKliistr.nl
contest in recent yonrs, ? the t. nt of
the Adamson elKht-hotir It".
Attorney General Grpc-ry will b%
in personal rHargo for Ihrr *->vrn
?ment. Brotherhood nElrJnls. fnni
the *Ido lines, will keep (lose t. h.i
on i.\] proceedings.
Riv Fhl|>? fl*wk.
BERLIN. ? Six Brit*Kh Ira'- Irs
wore flunk yesterday . ."f'ernoon by
Cermnn BirtimarincR, -s^^ordinK to
dispatches received hore today.
TODAYS PROGRAM
??AT ?
New. Tliratre
VAcnimrxK a ptcttrks
12th Episode of
"Tho Hflcrol of the Hnhmi?r1n?**'
Triangle Key* tone Comedy
"The Snjnv Cnre"
W'lh ?*ord Sterling
"Mnrrel, Of>erltn A Co-n^nny**
In Mirth. Myatrry nnd Manic
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