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WEATHER ' FORECAST. , for North Carolina Fair Sunday' - . .... and Monday. THE LARGEST-ClfeCULATlON IN WILMINGTON VOL. XXII. NO. 253. WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1916. PRICE 5 CENTS . W IJblVMlJ G 1 ON noii 1 hH M ! Mm x uNiuwb Ktiiiwe again mmm indh bives iiiifiinECERiOf UP A ViLI IIUIIIU,- HUlMUn .READY IB STAGE ATTACK BUT THEY GHAS. HUGHES ilLplllErCIIil HE Ifll IIH II E mi : WTM OFF BWEETiNGf 0iiollIDE: 111 IV lJ II II II II fl II II H UK - I II lit JIB II tt n II II II II III H B 1 1 B II f ri n II II II II II II In Service of France Former! Tar Heel Died While Fight ing On High KIFFIN ROCKWELL SHOT IN THE HEAD Had Daringly Engaged a Ger man Taube on The Alsace Front One of The ' Most Noted of All War Aviators arrcj Had Been Many Times Honored. Taris. Sept. 23. Kiffin Rockwell, thp Atlanta aviator, attached to the AnifTirTin squadron, was snot aeaa this morning at 10 o'clock in the course of an air battle on the Alsac? front. Rockwell rose at 8:30 o'clcock, alone in hi machine.and fearlessly attacked a fierman Taube. He succeeded in emptying tne magazine or nis rapid firr with accurate aim, but whl'.o turning to encircle his opponent he. received a bullet in the head and drop ped like a stone. Death was instan tenous. The body was taken with all honors to a military hospital. The funeral will take place Monday. ' Meanwhil? the aviator's brother Paul, was advised telegraphically of Rockwell's death. He will go to Al sace tomorrow, accompanied by Wil liam Thaw, who is in Paris on a fur lough. Rockwell's death is a great ldss to the French military aviation, it was stated at the war office tonight that hp was one of the most brilliant avia- tors in action since outbreak of the, war. Rockwell was twlpL5gntioned?anfantry attacks were made. - Both In the Admiralty dispatches and had been awarded the war-cross and a military medal. He was about to be pronioted to the rank of Lieutenant. Four months ago .Rockwell was wounded in the face. He returned to the front immediately upon his re covery. He was credit3d with having brought down many German war planes. Formerly Of Ashevilla. Atlanta. Sept. 23. Kiffin Rockwell, j formerly of Asheville. N. C, and At-j lanta, killed today in France wasj well known here. Rockwell and his Li other, Paul, were Atlanta newspaper men until the outbreak of the war, wh?n they joined the French foreign lpgion . Both have had a distinguished career. Effin became one of the most fear less aviators of- the corps. In his first teal tight he brought down a Ger-J man aeroplane, after chasing the Ger man for miles, manipulating his flier, with one hand and his machine gun with the other. He escaped unhurt. Son of Baptist Divine. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 23. Kiffin itockwell was the son of a Baptist minister, who died at Newport, Tenii., when Kiffin was a small boy. His I mother, Dr. Lula Rockwell, after wards studied medicine and located ith Dr. Meacham at Asheville, N. C. The Hockjwell brothers went to France, leaving their mother under the impression that they Were going as the representative of an Atlanta p;ie TIFT AND TEDDY TO BURY HATCHET Will Appear On Same Plat form at Big Meeting In New York Xew York, Sept. 22 Colonel Tlit-rxlnrp Rnnaevplt and Wm. HOW- &r) Taft, the only two living ex-J ''residents, are going to patch up "iir historical differences and .shaken hands and be friends once more. niey are going to. ao ll on me -vening of October 3 at the Union '-''ague Club In this city! Both men have accepted invitations to be pres at a reception 40 be given them thai night and have agreed to call ff their long-standing feud. BOLL WEEVIL FOUND IN GEORGIA COUNTY Augusta. Ga., Sept 23. The bo?l ' (vii has been discovered in Burke (fJ'inty. It was thought, the weevil Would not reach the district "tor two' A THE RUSSIANS Sharp Offensive Aimed to Stop the Rtish-on Kovel RUSSIANS CLAIM ATTACK STOPPED Bulgarians Succeed In Stop ping the Serbians Russo Rumanians Turn On Invaders London, Sept. 23. The new Ger !rn offensive in Russia, aimed at stopping the drive on Kovel and Lem berg, appears to have begun. What is believed to have been the opening attack in the expected new drive was launched yesterday south of Narotock Lak, east of Wilna. It i was ushered in by the emission of quantities of gas and followed by violent infantry assault ift dense masses. The Russian war office this afternoon asserted that the Teutons were driven back on the wbole line of attack. Further to the , south, near the rail way intersection' at Baronpvitchi, the Germans also liberated gas, but no '--off ensive operations arer believed to usher in a drive against Minsk, the important railroad city west of Wil- na, which von HindehburW tried vain ly to reach in his drive last fall. The German war office reports the repulse of strong Russian attacks near Koritntza, southeast of Vladi-mir-Volynski. The fighting in the Carpathians is reported by Berlin to be slackening. Vienna tonight announced official ly that the .Roumanians were driven back south xt Dorna Vatra, in the wooded Carpathians, in a counter at tack. The Bulgarian t right" wing in Mace donia has stopped the Serbian offen sive, temporarily at least, and has begun a counter offensive in which during the last 24 hours soma trenches were recaptured. The Russo-Rumanian army, in the Dobrudja, has turned and resumed the offensive against Field Marshal von Mackensen's German, Bulgarian and Turkish forces, south of the Czernawoda-Constahza line. The Ger man war office this afternoon report ed that the invading army has been attacked both on the Danube and Toprosari, 14 miles southeast of Con- stanza. The attacks were repuisea, it is added. Sofia officially announced today that about 20,0000 Rumanians at tacked the Bulgar forces Thursday, but were repulsed Unofficial dispatches assert that Mackensen s army is in revrtsat uu that the German commanaer naa abandoned the Danube fortress 01 Silistria. The reports are discredited here by military experts, as are rumors of Mackensen's army being "encircled." Critics point out that the strategic position of the Bulgar-Turko-German armies precludes such a movement on the part of the Russo-Rumanians at this stage of the Dobrudja battle. No doubt is entertained here, how ever, that the Russians and Rumai nians have successfully checked the advance on the Czerna wood, Con stanza line. 4 IF YOU MISS YOUR LAUGHS TODAY. 41 Some Dispatch readers will go shy today the comic supplement 4to the Sunday Dispatch, as the weekly shipment for today's is- sue failed to bring all the pack- ges and therefore several hun- 4 dred' funny sheets are missing, 4 though still being sought. In consequence, some of The Dis- 4 patch readers will miss this sup- plement. It is hoped that you ' 4 are not one of them, but if you are you have The Dispatch's apology, 4 and assurance that it won't hap- pen again. , . . GERMANS PLAN ! 4! Busy Lining Up Forces Fori Giant Walk-Out in New - York DIFFERENT ESTIMATES AS NUMBER OF MEN Leaders Contend Over Three Hundred Thousand Will Quit Midweek Judge Issues Instruc tions Npw vnrir Son 99 rsr,i i00 for Wednesday's eeneral strike of all union labor organizations were dis cussed at an important conference' in the Continental Hotel today. Thist followed a city-wide tour by labor leaders. Thev sminrtPfi cPntimcnt in Individual nrcn nidation a nvar tVioin ij n'j , nciiuu r i iua.y in ordering a general J walkout. Estimates of the labor 1 leaders ranged from 60,000 to 400,000, of the number of men that will parti cipate in the strike. Hugh Frayne , chairman of the Greater New York labor conference, which decided the strike, expressed the belief that 350,000 of the 70,000 union men in New York city will go out Wednesday morning. Ernest Bohin, secretary of the Central Federated Union of New York, gave the same estimate as Mr. Frayne. Mr. Bohm announced that the union teamsters, numbering 12,000, had vot ed to join in the strike. At headquarters of the Amalgamat ed Clothing Workers Union of Amer ica announcement was made that the 40,000 members will strike in sym pathy with the car men. Scores of local unions will hold meetings tomorrow to determine the question of participation, in the move ment. Mr. Bohm declared that the order for a general suspension of work in f ympathj with the striking car men j is aesignaieci 10 aiteci an iraaes. "We don't propose to Injure any firms that have been friendly to our organizations, however. Our men will be so instructed." "Will the waiters go out and the men employed in providing the food supply to New York?" he was asked. "They're all included," he answer ed grimly. Justice Guy, of the Supreme Court, issued an injunction today re-'f straining ofticers of the Garment cut ters' Association from calling out on a strike certain members of the union who have individual contracts with employers. The declaration also forbids acts of violence, threats or intimidations. Employers con sider the declaration of great im portance, because it may have wide application in connection with the general strike. The labor conference this afternoon issued an order placing the subways, elevated lines and surface cars in Manhattan and, the Bronx on the "un fair list." Plans were formed to picket all lines. Union men patron izing the strikebound transit systems will be fined from $1 to $2 for each offense. T II EN ROUTE Part of First Contingent For Border Stoped Here For Short While En route to El Paso, Texas, to do patrol duty along the Mexican border 0 for Unclie Sam, the first contigent ot . large paper mills owned ' by Speaker of the North Carolina Troops from Sweet, of the Assembly, have been de Camp Glenn, passed through Willing-1 stroyed as well as fifty other buildings. A Art , , ?The loss may reach, $1,000,000. The ton this morning, about 3:30 oclock.. aboufc 1Q oclock nignt The train of 19 cars arrived over the and ia 8tin raging. The Syracuse fire New Bern branch and after a short stay, department rushed aidon a special in the city, was transferred to the I train and the men are working fran- W.-C. & A. tracks and proceeded South. In the train was the Ambulance Company, Field Hospital and Troops A. and B, cavalry, together with all equipment, such as horses, wagons, tentage, etc. The enlisted men were traveling . in tourist cars and the of-j countjr officers have seized fiveau ficers were in a Pullman car. The.tomobUV ioads of wet ? goods and train was provided with a standard made nine arrests within the- past kitchen car and consequently the men four days Policeman Haynie fought will no suffer for proper food. It Is understood from good authori ty, that. the other three train sections, which will conveys the First Regiment to the border will pass through the city Monday. The other regiments will.be routed another way . Raid On England Daringly Made But Said To Have Been Frustrated ! ONE BIG AIRSHIP KNOWN BEEN DOWNED Another Reported to Have Been Brought :to. Earth Extent of Damage Not Known Yet . 24 (Sunday) A iZeppelin raid on Lincolnshire, the f eastern counties and the outskirts of; London last night was beaten off with serious losses to the invaders . . One Zeppelin tras brought 'down in: SoutheasternlUssex and another is re- ported to have been downed on the 1 Essex COaSt. j I An official ronnrir Jacuari Vvir GJ - . f.. John French early this morning, says: "Airships attacked Lincolnshire, the eastern counties and the outskirts of One airship was brought down 1nand though husky of voice, he wound southeastern Essex and another is re ported to have been downed on the Essex coast, but this is unconfirmed. The damage caused by the raid has not been reported." H An earlier reports say: "A- number of hostile airships visit ed the east and southeast . coast of England. Bombs were dropped at various places . " LITTLE GAUD Oil TRESDMME British Capture rortified Sys tem of. ..TrencliesTrrLittle ' 'Else London, Sept. 23. The capture by the British of strongly fortified sys- tem of trenches east of Coacelette in the din of Bapaume, is the only out standing event of the last 24 hours on the Somme front. 'The advance was made oh a front of half a mile. Tonight's headquarters report ' from Sir Douglas Haig says that hre troops during the day "continued to improve their position" south of the Ancre. British detachments penetrating thejtitude toward things not where you German advanced lines at several points. On the Franco-German line3 in Picardy there was no action of con sequence. "Violent artillery duels raged throughout the day in the re gions of Bouchavesnes, Belloy and Berny villages. In ther' Vbges the French frustrated a German attempt to penetrate the lines south of Saint Emarie. The final repulse of the Teutons was preceded by bitter hand-to-hand fighting. Three German . aeroplanes were shot down and five others forced to descend. Five British machines are missing after the ' 'day's numerous aerial combats, the statement ad mits. ' The German war office this after noon reported the repulse of all Frencji and British Attacks on the Somme during the last 24 hours. A French aviator flew 100 miles beyond the German frontier and threw bombs in on Ludwigshafen, where Count Zeppelin has his personal base fortest ing his airships, and on the city of Mannheim. - FIRE SWEEPING TOWN NEAR SYRACUSE, N. Y. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 24. 2 a. m. Fire is sweeping the village of Phoenix 16 miles north of here . Already the tically in an effort to stay the flames . SMUGGLING BOOZE INTO ATLANTA BY AUTOS Atlanta, Sept. 23. After learning that a regular system of smuggling liquor into Atlanta by automobile, I from Chattanooga, was in operation. a bloodless pistol ' duel withHwo of , the ' blcSade - rtraneri;'?who were-cap jPaign at 'Omaha on Oct. 5, it was an tured earthy Wednesday. The cars.nounced at democratic national head leave Chattaiiboga go as to enter At-! quarters today. Chairman McCormick lanta in tne n 'darkness of the early stated that this would probably be the morning, Thousands of -dollars worth 'extreme western point on the Presi of liquor has been smuggled." . - dent's swing about the circle."- r - 1 - I H - II Ba IB ' ' - - mm mm mm mm mm mm . mm mm mm mm mm mm H IB Thousands Cheer Him and Running. Mate On Same Platform HIS THROAT HAD TO BE SPRAYED Again Bitterly Attacked Wil son's Mexican Policy and Denounced The Eight Hour Bill (By Wm. Hoster.) Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 23.- -Seven- ty five thousand PeP welcomed here tonight the first appearance in the campaign of Charles Hughes, Repub- lican candidate, and Chas. Fairbanks, his running mate, on the same plat- . fomi . By constant spraying and applica- , tions of ice bags Hughes' throat was J enabled to stand the strain to the end, up the tour in Indiana in a whirl of devil fire, brass banditry and enthus iasm. Six thousand people heard the candidate speak, in Tomlinson Hall, where he was introduced by Mr. Fair banks. Twice as many more attended the overflow meeting at which Hughes appeared and spoke briefly. At the big meeting Hughes returned to the Mexican attack, reading once more the alleged instructions of Presi dent Wilson to John Lind that Huerta must be driven out Of Mexico. He re- newed also his demand for the use reason instead of force in the settle- ment of industrial disputes, driving home, amid cheers from his audience. his denunciation of the Adamson 8 hour law. He got a flattering response to his plea for a protective tariff and a genuine ovation followed his pledge, American ' commerce anajipnom tne: National hondr in all parts of the world. "I want splendid patriotic sentiment in this country", he declared. "Atn- erica cannot provide work, America can never ba successful and prosper if we do not have a splendid patriotic sentiment. We are all Americans, whatever race, whatever creed, Wher ever we come from . Whether foreign i born or born here, we are all here as Americans . America means your ar- were born or What is your race. It is a word of the spirit, not a word of flesh. As I stand here to say, he de clared, that If we are going to have America of the future realize these great ideal . 4 1 have been talking about. We have got to enforce Ameri can rights throughout the world, and dignify ourselves. "1 stand for the honor of the Am erican flag, for firm insistence on Am erican rights, I stand for the enforce ment of American rights on land and on seas, without fear, unflinchingly, with regard to all nations, and in re spect to American lives, American property and American commerce". MUST HELP FIGHT Demand Made For Carrahza to Consent to Co-operate of U. S. Troops New London, Conn., Sept. 23 j General Carranza must consent to the' co-operation of American troops f ightr ing villa and the other bandits who infest Mexico. The American delegates came to this conclusion. today . after three weeks' discussion. Mexican envoys have placed the entire situation before the first chief and expect his reply,-by Monday. ' Factors have convinced the Ameri can that Carranza is utterly unable to pacify Mexico without the military assistance of United States. ' WILSON TO BEGIN WESTERN TRIP OCT: 5th New York, Sept. 23. President Wilson begins his western special canv AMERICAN TROOPS tiy iv i i i.yyii i v i iy y 1 1 En A FIERY SERPENT IT ERD IN THE AIR Graphic Description of Burn ing of Zeppelin Over Eng land Last Night SET ON FIRE BY HOSTILE SHELLS Flame Lit The Big Airship .Fell With a Crash to The Ground Sky Aglow For Many Minutes. London, Sept. 23. A dispatch from Essex gives-the following graphic de scription of the destruction of a Zeppelin: "At midnight a Zeppelin passed over here. We could hear the hum ming of the engines and saw the searchlights flickering in the sky. Ten minutes later we saw it sroine in the ofldirection of London. Guns were fir ing and shells, were bursting, around jthe airshiPj wnich disappeared north wards. The guns suddenly ceased: We held our breaths, expecting the same thing to happen as at Cuff ley. -There was silence. The Zeppelin haL disappeared- Its etigines-were At terv a few ininutea heavyypm fifing was heard eastwards and -shells were seen' bursting around the Zeppelin. "Suddenly a red spot glowed in the sky, the sizeNof a foot. All saw im- i mediately that the Zeppelin was afire. "Flames swept it back and soon it was afire from end to end. It looked like a fiery serpent shooting through the sky, with red flames stabbing its sides. Almost immediately there was a . chorus of weird sounds coming eastward. Steam whistles and sirens were sounded from the river, sending forth screams of triumphs . Thestreets were crowded and the people were actually dancing with happiness. It was a pandemonium of joy. "The Zeppelin's tail seemed to go upwards, with its nose down . Sud denly, amidst the ffcames, ' Its7 back seemed to break. The Zeppelin made a hdadlong dive to the ground, its fiery tail oscillating. Flames lit the sky. Within half a minute the flam ing wreck smashed to the ground a red furnace . The sky burned al together about five minutes before the monster dropped . " Having Too Many Tilings Manjr nervous, irritable dis satisfied, unhappy women would become calm and con tented if they would store, throw, sell, exchange or give away half of their belongings. Some have even abandoned elegant residences and taken their families-into hotels or boarding houses who could have continued to keep up their homes if, instead of giv ing up the houses themselves, they had done away with the superfluous furnishings. The best, safest, surest and most economical way to rid yourself of these useless fur nishings is to advertise through the columns of this paper. One cent per word is the cost worth a dollar. Confer. 176 SWEPT TD i . v j- Felt it His Duty . In Face Strike to Protect One Hun dred Million People PRESIDENT OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN Speaks to Delegation of Two V Thousand at Shadow Lawn, and Plainly Discusses Rela- tion of Capital and Labor Praises Federal Reserve Act. Heartily Applauded. Shadow Lane, Sept. 23,-7-President Wilson opened his campaign here this afternoon with a defense of the Adam son law and praise for the Federal re- , serve act. The meeting was arranged for the Business Men's League, of New . Jersey and the attendance was ap proximately 2,000 persons. The President talked from the veranda of his summer home. He said the rail-,, soad controversy out . of which the,8 hour developed caused him much dis tress. 1 never had franker conferences than ' I had with both, sides to this contro-,4 versy, he declared. "When I saw there was no chance . fyor an agrees meht I felt it my duty to the 100, 000,000 people of this country to intern fere. ' v ' "I saw there was one side that was!, arbitrable; another side that waa not. arbitrable. I do not consider the people of the 8-hour day arbitrable. , "The railroad executives wanted to know how they were to meet. extra bur den in wages . When they asked tot. legislation -which would, protect them T through increased freight- rates I; was , willing to arbitrate that point- by ap pointing a f air ? commission, to ; obseryif . tlie'.law.'.1n'v bpemitdn;and''repbrt..M' . I The preamble to the speech .was dis4 cussion of the relation between capita! and labor and was considered by many. to be a direct appeal for the labor) vote in November. To give emphasis to the main points in his talk the President repeatedly, pounded with clinched hands a small table before him. At np time did he mention Hhe Republicans or Mr.- Hughes. He was believed to be an-, swering the charge made by Mr.-, Hughes that the labor unions had forc ed the Democratic congress and the . chief executive to concede their,, de-. mands when he said: "When men "say we must not let any organization interfere with the interest of society I answer 'Amen.' At another point he said: 'It is the duty of the government to see that no other organization grows stronger than . itself." t , ' Another telling point was made when the President said: v "America will never say to men: 'You must work whether you want to- or not." Mr. Wilson said he recognized thev business interests of the country in having a law like the Federal reserve act. s "We are now out in the open as com-v petitors for the competency of the ; world," he said. The sentence which followed. was an answer to ,Mr. Hughes j charge that current law is faulty and dangerous. Mr. Wilson said: "Re-, action in this matter would ; shut us up like a province. To turn back now , would be craven ." W. Parkhurst Runyan, chairman of the National Business Men's League, . introduced the President. .. Mr.-Runy-on said: ' "m "We wish to acknowledge, our. appre--ciation.of the constructive liegislation t President Wilson has given us . It is reasonable for the wave of prosperity we are now enjoying, and he has kept us out of war." ' The .last statement by Mr. Runyan was applauded for several minutes. The President said : v ( "I need not tell you what a. sense, of gratification it gives me that you should come bearing this generous ; message which I have just heard from your chaifman. - There is a 'sense ini which the business men of America represent , America, because America ; has devoted herself time out of. mind' to the arts, and achievements of peace ' and', business ; and the . organization . of the engeries of peace." ' "There have been times when if looked as if Americans were interested in only herself but in these recent ' years American business . men have 4 seen how the markets of the. world were , waiting for their, service and as -they have sought and - obtained en-, trance into these markets a new vision , has come to them f what ttie develop- ment of the resources of "America means; of what the organization of; American efficiency means; of why 'V (Continued on page eight.) ' years more. n