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--V- : - Y...N. - ' ..'.V- .;- -'?;; :-i':-;-J: -AV, ,;,uV i a'" .t.'' .' , i ,?!;N'v,-V,vV V- ' " :: i . ' ' ', , -,, '--?t'1 :. 'if 1 FI K AL EDITION f II . ' J i . 7 I . ' ' - f . '.. . ' tl - r YYSifSi Y.;YYYr if Y :t ir'?fe Yf Y ' "Y WEATHER FORECAST, Generally fair tonight and Satur day. Little change in. temperature M.V I I'll ,A.fc7V"7"i iiii VOL. XXII. NO. 265. Craig and Stuart to be at Kings Mountain Celebration To row. VIRGINIAN WILL MAKE AN ADDRESS Governor Craig Left For Scene Today With His Staffs Many Will Be T Present. Raleigh, Oct. 6. Governor Craig and his staff will leave this afternoon lor Kings Mountain, in the western part of the State, to take part in the annual celebration of the battle fought at that place during the American Revolution Governor Stuart, "of Virginia, who will make the principal address at the exercises, with his staff, will join the North Carolina party at Salis bury. The Kings Mountain celebration yearly draws hundreds of people from North and South Carolina. The battle is looked upon vas the turning point in the war, as it prevented General Ferguson from joining Corn wallis at the Battle of Guilford Cour. House. Riverside Church, Near Ash ton, Selected As. The Next Meeting Place. annual meeting tof-the v Wilmington Baptist Associatibn, which was held at Wallace, N. C, have returned to the city and report an unusually pleas ant time. The meeting was a success from every standpoint. Twenty or more Wilmington Baptists, including the three Baptist ministers of the city, were in attendance. Just before ad journment the Riverside church, near Ashton, N. C., was decided on as the next meeting place? .. The matter, of securing an evangel ist to assist the Various pastors in con ducting revival services was one of the mpst important matters discussed and although definite action was not taken as regarding this matter, it was referred to the executive committee with full power toact. Considerable discussion was engage ed in as ta whether,, an evangelist should be appointed at once or the matter delayed for the time being and as the matter , now stands the com mittee is empowered to ' name such a man at once or to wait until the end of the year. It is thought, however, that no appointment will be made un til later. It is highly probable that the executive committee will begin casting about immediately in atr ef fort to find some one capable Of carry ing on this work. Yesterday afternoon's session was featured by an address by Rev, John Jeter Hurt,jastor of the First Baptist churchr oiT "Christian . Education." Others to address the meeting were: Dr." Charles Brewer, Meredith Col lege, Raleigh, and Rev. W. N. Johnson, secretary of the Baptist- State Mis sion Board, of Raleigh. Principal L. B. Olive's-report on the work of the Dell school, at Delway, was listened to with keen interest. Rev. j. A. Sullivan, pastor of the Cavalry Baptist church, of this city; led the dTscussion on associational topics at yesterday morning's session his report on Home Missions was rj j r, tit n Tiii, i vv tjuutJBuay. rwev. vv. vr. nouo rnna il. c ' ijui l uii iae worn ol me ouiiua.j'i, schools was also made Wednesday morning. GIVES BRITISH GOVT. AIRSHIP PATENTS t: London, Oct. 6. -According to a newspaper, "The Aeroplane," Orville Wright, the Dayton, Ohio, inventor, has presented Ms patents to the Brit ish government. Ti GOVERNORS WILSON HEARS A ILL lEETfTHE IflBATE M 4 BIG 0CCAS10M WOMEN VOTERS BAPTIST MEETING ' . . TAR HEEL ENGINEERS TO EL PASO. -! . ,V , Washington, Oct 6. General Funston notified the War De- partment today that the North Carolina engineers, ordered to the border yesterday, would be sent to ELPaso." One Says She Is Not Going to Vote For Him Though Likes Him. HER "SISTERS JUMP ALL OVER HER PresidentJForced to Listen to a Suffragette Hairangue ' Confers With Chicago Leaders. Chicgao, Oct. 4. president Wilson made a brief stop in Chicago today en route from Omaha to Long Branch; -"A debate between women over poli tics was" heard ?by.the President this morning when, his train - stopped for several minutes at Malta, 111. Most of the women wore sunbonnets. "I like you, but I'm going to vote for Hughes,", said one, wosjan to; the President. Tmmediately, allftb? others began a verbal onslaughter." - "Aren't you 5 ashame i of yourself? hYou know Wilson-. -is &eibest man," exclaimed another "Well, I'm going to vote for Wilson, xsald a third. "Ladies, ladies," exclaimed the Pres ident, "It is vety;cmbarassing for me to be present at this debate. " During his briei stay here the Pres ident discussed politics with a 'num ber of Western Democratic leaders. . WILL NdT RESUME OLD WARFARE -;H-- i '. J - German Chancellor Standing Pat In His Submarine Policy; Berlin, Oct. 5 (Via Lontf Oct. 6.) ftp reveal the result of this exami Jfforts 4 jcojas43a)iifeeTO en" Chancellor Bethman vonj Hollweg and his opponents in the Reichstag, apparently have accom plished little. The Chancellor's po sition, however, appears, ,to beun shaken and from such information as is available indicates that the campaign for the resumption of sub marine warfare on the old basis has met with no success. The conferences thus- far have shown the Chancellor to be in full accord with Field Marshal von Hin denburg, chief of staff, and with the navy department. Both military 'and naval represen tatives have supported the contention of the Chancellor against the inaug uration of an unrestrained submarine campaign. WARSHIPS HALTING .... FILIPINO CRAFT Manila, P. I., Oct. 6. Allied war ships, believed to be British vessels, are again active in territorial walers of the Philippines and half a dozen inter-island vessels have been overhaul, ed, halted and examined during the past few days.x The proceedure is gen erally to halt a ship, send an armed landing party aboard, examine the ship's papers, ask for information as to the nationality of the passengers and inquire whether the ship carried cargo or mail addresses to Teutonic subjects. So far there has been no interference either with passengers, mail or cargo. ' A large cruiser, believed to be Brit ish, created a 'sensation recently by dashing into Manila Bay and coming within four miles o the harbor. Then she.' turned tail and as suddenly made for the Den sea again. No effort was made to stop br by the American war ships in the Hay which have charge of enforcing neutrtlity regulations, but it is understood that the matter was BUUJBtl "l I SCzS th eovernor eeneral s office and tne w . v-; Kririsn eonsuiaie. N BRITISH "TANKS" KPORTEi FAILURES Berlin, Oct. 6.-r-The British tanks are a failure. The Overseas Nw-s 'Agency says that "only one of the land cruisers succeeded In crossing a German trench and" this was an nihilated by a shell. The land fleet will soon be composed of wrecks." ' -7 " Deals In Dirt. Following are the deeds filed for record today: Stacy Adams to H. W. Koriig and wife, for $100 and other valuable considera tions, lot on west side of Seventh street, between Smith and Howard streets; Carrie W. Van Buren to C. T. Weeks, for $5 and other consider ations; lot No., 8, block B, Norern ExiertSion, Wrightsville Bea6h; L. O. i?nn and wife -to B. B. Humphrey, one-half of lot No. ,$9, Winter Park WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 4. 4. 4J . . DISPATCH BASEBALL RE- TURNS. ' ' f ri , v Jl . In order to keep its big army of readers in touch with the World baseball series, while be- 4 ing played, . The Dispatch will 4 have a special leased wire-in its office - which: will provide Asso- Hated Press reports of the big 4 games. The wire runs from the ball field and the plays will be 4 reported a second after they are made. 4. In addition !to providing a bulle- tin board service, The Dispatch will be glad to answer all tele- phone calls and the city edition 'will carry a full, detailed account of each game. So Wilmington people can read about "today's game today." v 44 ' PqIi$J Expect Important Out come to Plot to Kill Trac tion Omcial. New York, ; Oct. 6. The police promise more arrests today in con nection with the alleged plot to kill Theodore T. Shonts, president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, and Frank Hadley, manager of the New York Railways Company. Two men, said to be striking, sub way guards, arrested early today, were held on charges of stoning an elevated train. The police declare that they" have evidence that the men were involved in the supposed conspiracy, but refrain from bring ing charges against them until the others were arrested. The prisoners, who gave their names as Oscar Wallace and John J. Sheeran, were questioned for several hours today but the police said that - uueting the investigation. CRUSHED 8Y FALLING TREE W. M. Sledge, of Warsaw, Met Tragic End When 'Pos- . sum Hunting. Warsaw, Oct. 6. The sudden death of Mr. W. M. Sledge, of this city, came as a shock to the entire com munity, when details of it were re ceived Thursday morning. Mr. Sledge, who was a trestle foreman of the At lantic Coast Line Railroad Company, was engaged in work on the Cin ton branch line, near Turkey. Wed nesday night he, in company with a white man, named Perry Powell, and a negro, Ed Sykes, went 'possum hunting. The tree up which was the 'possum was cut down, and in fall ing it crushed Mr. Sledge against an other tree, and. knocked the negro unconscious. It required some time for the other white man to extricate Mr. Sledge and he died as he was laid on the ground. The negro recovered and together they brought Mr. Sledge's body to his home here about 12 o'clock, though the accident oc curred about 9 o'clock. Mr. Sledge was 45 years of age and had been in the employ of the Atlan tic Coast Line Railroad company for a number of years. He was well thought, of nere and had a number of friends,' being kindly and courteous in nils manners. He was a devoted husband and father. He is survived by his "wife and the following chil dren !"v!Mrs. W. H. Jackson, Lilla, Louise and Wilbert Sledge. The remains, accompanied by his family, were taken to Enfield for terment. ALUMNI BANQUET TONIGHT. Lotfal Association Members Will Gather at Graystone Inn. Automobiles, carrying a score or more members of the NewxHanoverT 'V County A. ; & M. Alumni ; Association, will leave the Odd Fellows' building, corner Third and Princess streets, tonight- at 7 o'clock, with Graystone Inn; Carolina Beach, as their desti- nation, where the annual banquet j will .be held. Elaborate preparations j have been made by the hotel man-j agem'ent for the occasion and a de- lightfiir time is anticipated. j Mf: Buxton White, of- Raleigh, of' the Sta&t Alumni Association, -has ar- j rived, id, the city, to be present at the banquetVand will be one of the prin-j cipal speakers of th orening. Mr. J.' L. Becton, president of the local as- sociation, wUlacias toastmaster. I MORE ARRESTS ARE THE MADE TODAY THE LARGESt CIRCULATION IN WILMINGTON. . l ? FRI DAM. ITT NOW AT VERDUN WITH Paris Reports German Guns Have Opened Rire Again On Fortress. RUMANIANS: HAVE CLEARED AWAY lhrown rrom ine oouthern: rv, , r ti t i I Bank or 1 he Danube-- Allies Hold The Center at Macedonian Front. The Allies holding the center of the Macedonian-front remain inac tive, but still continue Jon the aggres sive. Today's reports indicate ' a 'weak ening of the Bulgarians resistance to the British and they ire reported in retreat. The offensive movement east of the Struma 'has been fol lowed vigorously. Sofia reports the failure of the Ru manian and Russian attack to push back Field Marshal von Mackensen's lines at Dobrud3a. The complete clearing of the southern bank of the Danube of the Rumanians, who re crossed the river, is also announced. Attacks by the British on the Somme front resulted in their hav ing gained ground along the Pozier Baupaume road, according to London. Further inroads were, made in the German lines. Only artillery activities on the French section of the Somme front arc I reported. The German Crown Prince has re sumed active command at Verdun, Paris announces. His guns have opened up a fire on the north of the fortress, while elsewhere the artil lery is notably busy. EMPRESS SUPPLIES ARTIFJCIAL LIMBS Tokioi OctfS. Empress fjSadako. has decided to supply artificial limbs and eyes to the Japanese and Germans who were wounded in the campaign at KJao-Chow. . The estate belonging to the Impe rial Household is estimated to reach about 500,000,000 yen; or $250,000,000. Besides i-kilrto'ad ' and 1 b'aliiR ' ; securities and various public bonds and deben tures held by the household, which are valued at approximately 180,000, 000 yen or $90,000,000, the imperial holdings include extensive forests and rice .lands' in , addition to; 'the land of the Imperial palace grounds and the Imperial detached palaces and villas. The value of the Imperial property is reported to be increasing at the rate of 20 per cent, per annum. The money disbursed from the privy purse is said to 'reach an enor mous figure. The most serious de mands are due to the various court ceremonies and functions of state, the maintenance of intercourse with the Imperial households or rulers of the friendly treaty powers, the recep tion and entertaining of occasional guests representing foreign courts and governments, stipends, pensions and other allowances to household of ficials, donations and gifts to chari table institutions and general' relief work. , CIVIL AUTHORITIES NOW OVER MILITARY Mexico City, Oct. 6 An order has been issued by General Alvaro Obre gon, minister of war, abolishing the title and position of, "Jefe de las arma" throughout the republic, 'fhis is taken here to mean. one of the in itial steps -m the diminishing of mili tary control throughout pfaic6.c Here tofore the power dt Hhe'-fNtle las armas or military coniraare 4uj?er ceded those- of the clyilMWthoritles and judges!1 A;Hereafter?ai250Tdihg o Obregon's decree, the coni ganders :t MrPiaona win hare authlvit- ovef in-ltheir own men onlv and wWt deal r m any way witn tne civil administra tion. Those who have been acting as administrators without military command have been ordered to rejoin j their regiments or brigades at once. "Oh, John ! " exclaimed the young mother happily; "the baby can walk!" "Good for him!" returned the cruel father. "Then h$ can walk the floor with himself at night.4 L AS. JUL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL JUL AL JvL 7? 7T w w vv Www vv vT w YC w "' COTTON STlJjL MOUNTING. ; ' . . - ' Wilmington . 8ot cotton took another rise today, the price ascendingHdJlf 1-4; an eighth of a cent 'above yesterday's quota- tion. Thereby another record was smashed nd new record for 1916-1T established. V . ; " x I ERNOON, OCTOBER 6, 1916. SUCCESS Petrograd Declares Progress Has Been Made In The Armenian Field. MANY PRISONERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN a js d nr Aavance Russian iroops r kt t Draw Nearer Lem- berg. Petrograd, Oct. 6 (Via London). The Russian offensive in Turkish Armenia, in the district west and south of Trebizond,N is being success fully pushed, the war office an nounced today. Russian troops are continuing their offensive against the German and Bulgarian forces in Dobrudja, the statement added, and yesterday took more than 300 prisoners. Russian troops have made headway on the Galician front, in their cam paign for Lemberg, according to to day's war office announcement, and have captured a German position southeast of the Galician capital. BASEBALL IAD City Officials and Business Men Give Pennant Winners A Big Send Off. New York, Oct. 6. Brooklyn gave the National League pennant; winners a rousing send-off.- for the opening gWhe 4f thV Wdrid ed in Boston tomorrow. 'Thousands of enthusisats gathered at Ebbett's field long before the hour4 for the de parture of the players. In the crowd were city officials, business men and the "Brooklyn Boosters," who go with the club to Boston to cheer the play ers to victory or to condole them in case of defeat. A band led the big parade from Ebbett's field to the subway station' and a multitude of fans lined up be hind. MAY LOAN DUBLIN FIVE MILLION DOLLARS Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 6. The city of Dubfin is , arranging for a special meeting to consider the offer by the National City Bank of New York to loan" the city $5,000,000,000 to rebuild. INVASION DECLARED A GREAT SUCCESS Llondon, Oct. , 6. The recrossing of the Danube by the Rumanian forces constituted a most successful raid, ac cording to a wireless message receiv ed today from Rome. The Rumanians, says this version, destroyed Bulgarian depots containing large . quantities of army provisions and recrossed the' Danube without los ing a man. RED SOX HAVING FINAL PRACTICE TODAY Boston, Oct. 6. Active attention concerning the game between Brook lyn and Boston here tomorrow is being evinced today. The Red Sox at a practice game at the Braves' field this afternoon, will work out a new set of signals. Fair weather is promised for to morrow and . President Lennon has said that the attendance would be greater than any ever attended here tofore. More than 42,000 persons saw the first game of the world's se- Pries last year EFFECTIVE MONDAY. Late Fall Schedule on Beach Line Almost Same as Last Season. The latefal! schedule goes into ef fect on the Beach Line Monday, Oc, tober 9th, and with a few minor changes, is the same as last-season's schedule. The new schedule is pub lished in today's Dispatch and spe cial attention is called to it : to pre vent patrons of. this line suffering in conveniences'. N Provide7 Special Car. The annual meeting of the Cape Fear Country Club will be held Monday night, Oct- ober 9th, at. the clubhouse. A car will leave corner of Front - and Princess streets at 8:15 and a special car will convey the members to the city after the meeting. , , BROOKLYN GOES DR. HENRY WILL BE THE EDITOR Has Resigned Chair of Chem istry at University to Work With Chemical Journal. Chapei Hill, Oct. 6. Dr. Charles Homer Her.y, profes'or of chemistry at the University of North Carolina, has resigned from his position there to accept the editorship of the Jour nal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Dr. Herty has been connected with the university since 1905. Before as suming his duties here he was con nected with the chemical department at the University of Georgia. He was for two successive terms president of the American Chemical Society and is regarded throughout the country as an authority on chem ical subjects. Dr. Herty is now in New York and no further details as to when he will take the editorship of the Journal will be available before his return. POLICE GUARD AGAINST RIOT Now Only, .Difference t Length of Contract as to Milk. New York, Oct, 6. A difference only as to the length of the contracts to be given by the New York distributors to the farmers existed today when the State opened its investigation of the deadlock which has kept the city on a short milk supply. The condi tions of the deadlock remain serious as it effects the milk supply. Milk dealings were diminished and many thousands were unable to pro cure the product at all. To prevent a recurrence of yesterday when hun dreds of women stormed the milk de pots, extra policemen are on duty. The women again swarmed to the depots today, but the supply was soon ex hausted. There was no disorder. THE EST HAS A FATAL RACE RIOT Billings, Mont., Oct. 6. Two white men were shot and killed by seven negroes last night in a race riot near Nihill, Mont., according to word re ceived here early today. A third white man was, severely wounded, according to the report. Five negroes and two whites are under arrest at Cushman on a charge of participating in the riot. REDMOND DECLARES ; HOME RULE SAFE Waterford, Ireland Oct. 6 In a , no table address to his constituents here today John Redmond, the Irish Na tionalist leader, declared that "de spite the recent rebellion, with all its inevitable aftermath of brutality, stu pidity and inflamed passion, home rule for Ireland is safe if Ireland re mains sane."- Mr Redmond also declared that conscription could never be forced on Ireland. EPIDEMIC INCREASE SHOWN FOR TODAY New York, Oct. 6. An increase of six cases and two deaths over yester day's figures was shown in the health report on the infantile paralysis epi demic issued for the 24 hours ending at 10 a. m. today. The cases number ed 19 and deaths 6. SAYS RUMANIAN TROOPS WERE DEFEATED. ' Berlin, Oct. 6 (Via London). Rumanian forces in the Tran- sylvania have been defeated by troops of General yon Falken- hayn and driven back over the Alt river, the war office an- nounced today. PRICE -5 CENTS Democratic Leaders Pleasecf al; Big Greeting-Given By . Middle West. PRESIDENT NOW ON HIS WAY HOME Will Not Make Speeches On Way Back But Will Appear T..il PI o f tnirm T TnifrJ States Ready to Fight, But iv7 . r-. - .w.i . r 2 . . .'-'"fi'- wont rignt wiinoui vause, Declared Wilson. Clinton, Iowa, Oct. 6. President Wilson is on his way home through the Middle West) after receiving one of the greatest demonstrations of his , . career in Omaha yesterday and last night. He is. due to reach Long.; Branch early tomorrow morning, in time to address a crowd of voters at, , ; Shadow Lawn. ' ' The President's campaign managers . were jubilant over tje reception ac- ' v corded him in the Mi,, lest. ;; His statement "e ..Waited . States is a readdt y . other country, but,! 1 vt know what it is fighting - , Roused mom " entous interest. Plana today call for . several stops en route home. lie in- tends to appear at every station and shake hands, but persists in.' hlsNje-v termination not to make any Bpefcches . , KENNEDY OECLAREO NOT GUILTY T 1 Delayed Decisioh'Pronoimcvto; By Recorder Empie Tiger Given Road Sentence. J. R. Kennedy, United States deputy r internal revenue collector, was today ' adjudged not guilty of assaulting Leo ' Jones, a white man, with a deadly weapon. The assault was alleged to.'' have occurred several days ago. The . case came up for trial before Justice ) W. A. .McGowan, shortly afterwards, but Kennedy waived examination and the case was sent over to the Record-' t er's court and the evidence was heard, . but judgment was withheld until to- , day when it was announced' by Re- ' -corder Empie. ' ' y. It was charged by Jones tnat Ken- nedy was acting suspiciously, near Garrett's Winery, - in South Wilming ;'. , .ton, several nights ago, and when he approacnea mm iienneay arew a pistol and threatened to kill him if ' he came any nearer. The only other case to come up for ' -trial was against W. M." -Nikon, col-1 ored, who was arrested by Policeman J. O. Bullard, when Jn the presence ' of the officer, he sold a pint of whis- v key to Mr. W. H. Avant. Nixon was 7 given three months on 'the county ? roads. Two and a half pints of booze that was found on' the negroe's per-; son was confiscated and destroyed in Y court this morning. 7 r Did You Ever hear the question, 'Why (a it I never strike a bargain like ' you do?" That person is no,t a wide awake nor careful buy- f er" and does not read adver tisements. ' When a business man pays money to make a public an nouncement, he usually has ; something worth while ,to of- ' fer something hat is to your, advantage to know. -. '.( Y- ? 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