North Carolina Newspapers

weather forecast, I'.tt y ' - ' v . . vy;;f- iy: y-y C:yv: : ,r V: v. r '-' rV' r -y; ! For Wilmington Vicini 'TT ' " ' ''" 45rijWs FILEDITIOII j:-r VOL. XXII, NO. 262. WILMINGTON; NORTH CAROLINA, T0Ep AFTERNOON, OCTOBERS, 1916; PRICED CENTS 1.1 ! - rr: ' ' " "u-1; . 1 - ... TliSIPPH IF 111 If MI0DlE WST Violence Resorted To In Many Cases, While Lactic Fluid Flows on Ground. OFFICER-TIED AND DAIRYMAN BEATEN Crossroads Are Being Pa trolled andMasked Farm ers Sounding Warning Dispute Between Dairymen and Distributors Is Cause. New York, Oct. 3. The New York Stale farmers are still holding their srip on the milk supply today, and it has caused further reduction in th tjuantity supplied New York city. The farmers are holding back"thejr product to compel the distributors to pay the prices demanded. - The milk war, which" originated ; with the origin of the forming of tfc"! Dairy men s League, has spread throihout j t he State. Representatives from New York tell of thousands of gallons of milk spilled on the ground in combats) between the dairymen and the m 1 ployes of the distributors. The pick eting of crossroads in the dairy dis trict has been started. One, man has been held up and severely beaten. The establishing of cheese factories to dispose of ' the -surplus is being con templated. -5 ' . ' Seventeen deputy sheriffs have been sworn in in Duchess 'county to prevent j raids by farmers on" neighboring farm ers for holding ' backtheir product. This followed an 'attack on a man, who was severely beaten while a deputy sheriff was4ied to a tree., .Masked farmers -are reported to be pat rolling t the roads . in tne several counties where "the mil supply is "rue tare-eomrawsirmcrBr ioocr,"jnot represents the league 6t farmers, esti mated that only 25 per cent, of tie normal. -supply -of mi:x was; shipped ivnf New; York city today. The cha?rman of the Dairymen's League said that the conditions which lad to the formation of the league are spreading through other states and organization offarmers is under way in Virginia, West Virginia and other sections of thesouth. COUPLE or E Seismograph at Georgetown Showed Two of Them Last Night. Washington ,Oct. 3. Two earth quake shocks Were recorded during last night on the Georgetown Univer sity seismograph and announced to day. The first-was of moderate inten sity and begah at 8:36 and lasted un until about 10 o'clock. The center of the disturbance was estimated to have been 3,900 miles from Washington. The second began at 12:02 this morning and; lasted ten minutes. The intensity of this was not so great as that of the first shock UP Rising Tendency Shown In Price of Foodstuffs by Lat- , est Reports. Washington, bet. 3. Marked in crease in the cost of living is shown in the rising tendency of the price" of foodstuffs on the October ist reports, which are Jjejflg received at the De partment of Agriculture from the prin fipal markets of the country. With flour selling at prices higher than at any time since the Civil war, due to the shortage jf the wheat crop, the cost of that; product has mounted. For the same reason meat prices con tinue to "advance, Mth prices being paid at an increase of 20per cent. Butter, eggs' and cheese are selling at higher prices than they were last year and beans show an increase of 70 per cent over the prices a year ago. Louisa Sailed. 'The Spanish steam er Louisa, which completed .. loading a general cargo Jtere- yesterctay, sail ed this morning at 10 o'clock for o'clock for l K V- : QUAKES WR RECORDED COST OF LIVING SHOOTING Geona, Italy. : ; - M " ' U U . If U U II 1W. II . Il l t FUlflllifiiB Ifl BRUSSELS , - 1 Despite Gentian,) Control the Belgians Find Cay to Air Their Views. Havre, France,-: Oct... 3The Belgian government authoriUes here, have re ceived information of jthe continued pearance of patriotic newspapers at Brussels and throughout Belgium, inl defiance of the German censorship and despite all the efforts or the German military police. It is one of the mys teries -of the German occupation of Belgium how these secret .papers can be published, .where they engrave their cartoons ridiculing the Germans, and how they set tne tyj)e and cirCulatelhe papers. V ' , rnere is a"prrceipr,ou,uoo marKs on Llie head of the editor of the Free Bel gium, but it keeps on appearing just the same. Several of the. supposed edi tors are said to have seen shot. One man was sentenced to twelve years hard labor, other to three and eleven years, and a woman, Madame Scheu pen8fi to five years. But each time that a supposed editor Is imprisoned and the German authorities feel the trouble is ended, the paper appears; the following day more lusty than ever' 4 With a cartoon making fun of the pros- ecution v A file is kept here of these secret papers. as a matter of curiosity. Free Belgium, which has given- the most - th. ATtAin., wiMd "A bulletin of patriotism, submitting to no censorship whatever. "Price per copy elastic, from zero to infiinity. "Business office: Not being handy to have an established address, we are installed in a movable automobile eel- installed in a movable automobile eel lar. "Advertisements: Business being nil under German dtomftfation, we have suppressed our advertising page and counsel our patrons to keep their money till times get better. A recent issue of Free Belgium gave a cartoon by Raemaker, adapted from Gustave Dore's "Scenes in Hell," showing women and children in agony as they are trampled down by a sol dier in German helmet, the face of the soldier being evidently meant for that of the kaiser. Another cartoon, en titled "Love's Chagrin," shows Gen eral von Bissing, the military comman der of Brusselsr trying to find the ed itor of Free Belgium in cellars and at tics, While the editorial rooms, busi-, ness office, -etc., are depicted on wheels A big sun, labelled Free Bel-j gium .smiles down derisively at von Bissing's vain efforts to capture the editors. La Patrie is another of these secret newspapers. It announces under its title that it is a "non-censored journal, appearing how, where and when it- Virgiii will beconsolidated at Ashe pleases." Another line states that it j ville aim Tun in special trains to Spen ls in the Second year or Its publication, j cer, where the Southern has provided The bitterness of this paper is shown in a standing line carried at the head of its editorials, referring to the Ger mans "en route for Calais," by way of the Yser river, with the bodies of Ger man soldiers slaughtered by the Bel gians, floating in the river. L'Echo, another of the secret jour nals, announces that it prints "what censored journals dare not and can not' say." A recent number gave the) speech of Premier Asquith in the House of Commons, declaring there would be no peace until Belgium was free The editorial was headed: "Teuton Pirates and Vandals." Other secret newspapers are La Ve rite and the Jlemish Lion. There is also a weekly review of the French press, giving articles which have been prohibited from being published in Belgium. Illustrated books also con tinue to appear;" '"with' ' handsome en grayings and colored lnaps, giving the Belgian story as against tne German. Even a secret press bureau has been set up at Brussels, whfen Issues type written sheets comparing favorably with those from the official press bu reau at Paris and London. The edit ing is well done, showing that there must be capable men to gather the material and put it in shape. The sheets, mechanically, are even better than those issued at Paris and London, showing there ' must be a large and first-class duplicating process , sotne .where beyond the power of the Ger mans to discover. , . , Thc Bftlzian officials tnemselves ; do not know how hts-work s done, and it i simply incomprehensible how. ajl it l simpiy mcomyiucuo," - r - this eating-publishing, printing, circu-j ie Leaves 1 his" Atternoon to . Speak In Omaha - on . Thursday. : BACK IN SHADOW " LAWN SATURDAY His. Private Car in Be At tached to Regular Train. Not ar Campaign Tour. . Ixng Branch, Oct. 3. President Wilson is ready today for the first in vasion of the Middle West since the campaign opened. He will leave this afternoon for Omaha;' where he will Speak Thursday, returning to Shadow ap-;Iawn Saturday morning. Although many requests to speak en tour nave been recelved no arrange merits for any have been made. His private car will be attached to a regu lar train and only the usual stops will be made. Ha is adhering strictly to his determination not to turn the trip intp a campaign tour. RALLY Wadesboro People Will Turn Out in Numbers to Wel-- come Bickett. Wadesboro. N. C., Oct. 3 A large rany is 10 oe new nere " nen aiuraay ana tne people or j Anson county are enthusiastic as Hon. T- w- Bickett, North Carolina's next pernor, flas accepted an invitation W ureaeni .-anu, tavaaaress v tne the. people of the county have had to hear Mr. Bickett in this election and many are planning to be here to wel come the leader of the forces of Dem ocracy in this State. I T T - T T T" 1 - UDOinson- wen Known Democrat, will also speak and those who are familiar with Mr. Robinson's speeches guarantee an address that will make the people sit up and take notice. Mr. Robinson is the nominee for Congress from this district. SOUTHERN HAS? DAILY LIVE STOCK SERVICE Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 3. Cattle, hogs and sheep are now being grdWn in the South to such an extent that the South ern Railway has found it necessary to establish a daily fast live stock service from points in Western North Carolina, East Tennessee and Southwest Vir ginia to eastern and southern markets and to Virginia feeding grounds, and from Alabama points" to the St. Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati markets. iThis is in addition to the dally fast service f rom St. Louis to Atlanta to handle the inboutid movement of horses and mules for the Southeastern and Carolina ter ritory ' Stock from points in Western Caro lina, East Tennessee and Southwest elaborate facilities for feeding, water ihg ahd resting stock. Stock for the St. Louis market will be concentrated at Birmingham and move to St. Louis on the special live stock trains of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The special service from St. Louis to Atlanta is in connection with the Mobile and Ohio, leaving St. Louis at 6 p. mV arriving Birmingham 6 p. m. next day, leaving, Birmingham over the Southern at 7:00 p. m., arriving Atlanta 3:00 a. m., giving a through run with out -necessity for feed stops en route. From5Atlanta special fast service is i provided over the Southern to points j in Georgia,-South Carolina, North Car olina and Florida. WEDDING RING USED TWICE. San rFrancisco, Cal., Oct. 3. The same wedding ring which seventy-five years: ago his grandfather placed fm the "finger of his bride, and winch thirty years later his father made similar, use of, was again employed as a token of plighted troth when D. D. Chose, a Christian Scientist prac titioner,, of Oakland,, married Laura Zerbe ' VVJjL . . : .... latingt getting the requisite white pa perttd ink, drawing cartoons, engrav ng lhd lithographing, and all the in numerable details of, getting out news papefs, weeklies, books and a press serylcejcah be, accomplished in secret with the German police straining every nWrve Wd offering prices on the heads f VrfflfnfftP Tt fnltes couraee and in- gonuity to be ah editor in Belgium i - - . der tlese cditions.. THEY WILL LARGE HOLD -K- Sf fe5- UKUcHS .; ty AyUj W mm w,- mm m I OF v . FQRTREfi -X- Loiaon, Oct VSrt Marshal -X- von :rMa6fcensnpfex)i the ? forces 1 bfethecl nder ' ! of al allies, bpertAg inljih 55- in ;ihiprdYcbf I)pubdja,has bideed theetjuatibn of the, Danube forfi-gpsor Silistra, in w 'JTrttfkaiT'y&ptured the J German TujrkWhf and Bulgarian ' forces, ayWpaIispatch'; from .V. .St if. i'. 4 PROTEST Complain to State Department of Action jbt Carranza ; nt. WashmgtontjiO; 3Strpng pro tests have- been vinatde to the State De partment by the--British - and French embassies ' againifethe action of the Carranza government in seizing the assets of the British; and French bank ing institutions Sln.rMexico's capital city. ' . So far, the State. Department has given no indication: of what it will do, but it is believed that it will be re ferred to the Mexican-American joint commission, nowylnsessioh at Atlantic City. ' t ;':;' Mr. Holer, theKBritish charge of the legation in Mexicot City, is in Wash ington conferringt with the embas sies concerning the. situation in Mex ico. , yrfr-.- BRITISH AEROPLANES ATTACK GERMAN SHEDS London, Oct. S, rBritish naval aero planes yesterday (toade an attack on the German airship, sheds near Brus sels, according ' to ' British office state ment issued, this? afternoon. One of the British aeroplanes' was lost. HAS BUSINESS Tokio, Oct. . 3. The newspapers here announce that the cabinet of Premier Okuma has decided to resign. The Premier is said to have stated that he would recommend Viscount Kato as his successor. A; LI TO ttMlENCE Stantonburg JPeqple , ;Expected Ex-Governbr Glenn Who Cancelled Date. Wilson, N. C, Oct. 3. Ex-Governor Robert B. Glenn, who was to have spoken at Stantonburg Saturday af ternoon, was compelled at the last minute to cancel the engagement. As the speaking had been widely adver tised the promoters felt that it was up to them to deliver the goods, so Hon. N. A. Sinclair, elector at large, was requisitioned to fill the ex-governor's place. Many people were on hand to hear the address and as Mr. Sinclair reviewed the Democratic par ty's progress and compared its rec ord with that of the Republicans he was loudly applauded time after time. Mr. Sinclair was introduced by Dr. S. H. Crocker, who acted as master of ceremonies. -. ;. Running at Full Blast When Revenue Men Arrived On Scene Take 40 Gallons. Wilson, Oct. 3 By the same oftV cers and within half mile of where a still was taken Saturday night near Sharpsburg,, a 4 7-gallon capacity still was taken Sunday. The still was cap tured while runnhig at full blast and 40 gallons of whiskey was confiscated. The operator, E. Thornell, was also captured. v Fay escaped ;jfrom prison by telling the guard that he fead to go but arid look at some electric . wires . The xt time ; he capes;;Wll have .o think up something entirely new to i iTIllfil RRin 1 :-ii'i' - -. ; :-i- 'f-:ffc- NC POKE Wl SON OFFICER un-lteH the. guardCleveland Plain Deal Veri : jer. . RUIWIllii! llsiilE slisill Depends Upon Sijof Army i lhat Has Crossed the STRIKING AtyTHE - GERMAN ARMY Entente Keeping Up the Pres sure in Macedonia Ser bians Claim to Have Upper Hand. ' The Rumanian stroke against the central powers, in throw'ng a. force across the Danube into Bulgaria, is the outstanding feat in the current war news . Should the army be of formidable' size it will constitute a severe menace to Field Marshal von -Mackensen's left flank, and might easily force his retirement from his present position, south of the Con- stanza railroad. He already is be ing subjected t9 heavy along the lines from both pressure Russians and Rumanians. The last statement from Sofia mini mized the impression that the Ru manians: were in invincible forces and describes them as consisting of "sev eral Italians.". In Macedonia the Allies are press ing a movement at present to pre vent reinforcements toeing sent by the central powers to another field where the tide of battle is fluctuat ing. The Serbians appear to have gained the upper hand in the hilly Kaimack clan region. Sofia admits that the Bulgarians returned there and th French reports the announcement of a new advance by the Serbians. The entente statement- declares : that5 the Bulgarians were repulsed : on the,' east end of Macedonia from an attack on the Struma, f However. Sofa reports the capture of .two villages, recently taken by the British .' . - On the So tome a period of counted attacks has been apparently begun by the Germans. They have been striking back strong at the British and have won their way ; into ; Eau court Labacaye and today they are reported by Paris to have attacked the French line north of Perrone. They were unable to debouch from the St. Pierre wood, Paris declared, being checked by the French fire. -X- .V. t ... FIRST WORLD SERIES GAE.-X- SATURDAY. , C- New York, Oct. 3. At a meet- ing of the National Commission -fc held here today it was decided -X- x- to play the first game of the X- world series on Saturday, Octob- 55- er 7, at - the Boston National X- Club's field. . ' . . -K- x "H- - -y- AVIATOR SPERRY FOUND ON SHORE Boston, Qct. 3. Lawrence ;Bperry, of New. York, who started from here 4n a hydro-aeroplane 'last night, .was picked up on the north shore by a freight steamer. He had not. suffer ed during the night. The torpedo boat destroyer, Warrington, had been ordered out to, search for the aviator, who was forGed to descend on account of engine trouble. " V , . Farmer Fell Out of Tree and Fractured Skull When Hunting Quadruped. J Newton, N. C., Oct. 3 While hunt ing Opossums along a few nights ago, Robert Hefner fell from a tree oh his headland was -apparently 4hstatttiy killed as his skull was" fractured. When found the 'man's body was; at the foot of the tree beside f thaCf of the possum and the - dog that Was faithful in life was also near the Man sending out the most doleful -of howls. According to ttie looks of the tree it was too small x for a man: btvHef- ner's size and when he ascended it broke about 12 feet from the ground. , - Hefner leaves a wife and four child ren, v He was a farmer and was about 40 years of age KILLED WHILE 'POSSUM HUNTING :y;HiFilliii lyooiL .yy v -'U.nivini.iu. .. - " 1 . . ' - , :.''' GBin and McCaskiU Will Cover Cumberland County This Week, Ralegh, N. C, Oct. 3. Alexander LamontMcCaskill, Republican oppon ent of Congressman Hannibal. Lafay ette Godwin, attended the Linney speaking today and gathered ammuni tion for further shooting up Godwin in their joint canvass. The two will cover Cumberland this week as the waters cover the sea. They are at it twice daily and Will have afternoon and night dates. They keep it up until the last night before the election. McCaskill has started it and the luxury has become a neces sity with him. "They are trying to get me to call off the dates the night before elec tion," he said today, "but they'll never do it. They want to pull off some big things, but I am going to be right there after my opponent. I am can vassing this district as very few dis tricts have ever been canvassed. I have made 91 speeches in it and as you will see I am going to make a good many more. I am going to try to get the Dem ocrats to make a ruling that where only one candidate is on a ticket it will be unnecessary to mark an 'X' in the space opposite the name,' Mr. McCaskill said, further discussing his Is goinglto gye-m0;t is me only one on thfe Republican congressional ticKet. it tne name is ? not marked it will not count. I am going to ask Godwin to join me in that request. I am demanding thnM there be no joker in the election." "Will Mr. Godwin sign the request with you?" the Scotchman was asked. "Naw," he said in that wonderfully j toting voice of his. . The State yesterday chartered Hay wood Garage Company, with Paul Roebling, Thomas A. Jones and R. R. Williams, of Asheville, subscribing the $10,000 stock of an $80,000 cor poration. The Goldsboro Milling and Grain Storage . Company with $50,000 author ized and $3,000 paid in capital, is char tered by H. G. Maxwell, Charles Min or and D. W. Davis. The Kash Korner, incorporated, is a Southport business doing general merchandise. B. J. Holder G. H. Ru ark and L. P. Ruark pay in $2,000 of the $10,000 capital. BUSINESS CONDITIONS ARE REPORTED GOOD c. o. uiii.oii- ditions are described as good in a re- port from the twelve federal reserve director of the Pan-Am'erican Union. districts made public today by the.The Premier expressed much Interest ' reueia,i xweserve coara. ine report' says: "Richinond: While, the final results of the crops in this, district depends to some extent on the weather for an assured future, reports indicate gen eral optimism. Atlanta: There has been little material change in this district. The people are awaiting for the general crop conditions." RETAIL PRICES ARE BEING COMPARED New York, Oct. 3. Comparison of retail prices for staple articles of food ! asked on the local , markets as against the former same commodities' one year ago show an increase of an average ranging from 40 to i00 per cent with some products ranging'as high as 500 per cent higher. Prices paid to. producers of food pro ducts are 9 3-10 per cent higher. Dur ing the last eight years prices have shown a decline of 2 i-10. Potatoes are selling at 116 per cent higher than they were a year ago. ' -K X -K- CUTS OF RUIWAMlAN RE- TREAT, " - .. Berlin, Oct. 3. The war office -a- announced, today that Austrian and German m'onitbrs have de- stroyed ' the, pontoon - bridges if across , the Danube river' -in the'- rear of the . Rumahian'- iorces',,. X- which have,. crossed the' river -JC- and invaded Bulgaria. 4 Viscount Bryce .Protest Against Lasting Tradejy ar , Between Countries. : ; TALKS OF PEACE v AND ARBITRATION Quotes' President Wilson and , Also Charles E. Hughes. America Would Join Hands to Prevent Future Wars, '' Io Declares. ' : 'Birmingham, England, Oct. 3. Vi- ' cerned." The former ambassador said , Washington, addressing a union today, ; decried the spirit of hate against- the " Germans and the talk of a lasting trade war. He advised the league to, resist aggression and to compel arbi tration. " -f ' "If this is to be a record war, the'f coming wars will terminate with an unceasing advance of science and we may well despair of the future," "President Wilson," he added, "de-' livered four months ago a powerful ad, dress announcing tnat the United States could not stay aloof where the , highest interests of mankind were con eerned." The former ambassador said , that he felt sure that the United -States was prepared to join hands' in any feasible scheme toward the pra ventlon of future wars. "He continued:; "Two monhs ago Mr. Charls Ev -Hughes declared that the time had come to unite with European countries in a well-considered scheme for apgly, ing methods of arbitration and , con PUlatton to secure a general and per manent peace. .Thus tne neads or tnei , . two great American parties have prom i ised co-operationof their nation in thi.- iPrpject." ; , mil i rT ni mnrn rsn i DULLtiburrtuuin OF A PASSENGER Police Too Premature in With-1 drawing Patrols from, Street Railways. ' New York, Oct. 3. Convinced that there as little further dangei of vio lence on the subway or elevated lines' as a result of the street railway strike, the police department : with drew all police forces on strike duty : on these lines. r; Shortly afterwards three 'trains Were attacked, one a Bronx -express A bullet fired at a 3rd Avenue ele vated train clipped a piece from the right ear of a passenger. ' ; FRENCH PREMIER CONFERSAVITH BARRETT Parig Qct 2 (Delayed) Premier Priai fnHav tv, n, ' in the Latin-American countries and. hoped for the co-operation of .the French and Americans; in building." up trade with that section of the North American continent. Mr. Barrett al-, so conferred with Minister of Finance C. elemental, along similar lines. Human Wants are many and varied. . For every want echo - answers, l j have it. The business of The' Dispatch's locals is to bring the buyer and seller together quickly.' . ; : The very next time "I wish". " slips through : your mind place it into a practical way. towards Obtaining your'wish" by placing a Business Local ' in these columns at one penny ,' a, word. . .Worth a dollar. They are the magio wonders of the' every day.work- world. . ; ' Confer with vA ' - r Phone-176 .V4: u V 1 1 t ;.(. (','. I'-' V:''r;H;.jf V .1 ; i1'.". i . 1 4'