,v J .v"'. .' :v , . . . ..... - .J ' s . ''---.J-:.- : V , " - C V, . , : FILL EDIIIBO : ER FORECAST. rtTm WEATHER Showers and cooler tonight. Wed nesday fair and cooler '4r THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN WILMINGTON VOL. XXII. NO. 277: WILMINGTON, NORTH CADOLINAUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBERS, 191k PRICE 5 CENTS mm nnrrif PYflnnTimii iwiiiwcfi: niria i flP iu iv i i v-v ii ii II fin ii mi in II mm i r mill i i n ti mil im i nira oniraw figuri na AT CBITICfll 1RTj&h1P! wEflLffiAGEDY; in uuui u uwiiil uunuiL t . -U- Entente Follows Up Its Action In Recognizing The Veni zelos Government. BLUEJACKETS LANDED TO GU ARD POINTS Heavy Fighting Continues Along The Somme Front Serbians' Attack in Macedo-J nia Teutons Begin Heavy Onslaught on Russian Lines The Greek situation has entered a critical stage. Following yesterday's advice that the entente powers had fortnerly rec ognized the provisional government set up by former Premier, Venizelos and his followers in the Isle" of Crete, news dispatches from Athens report 1 hat a new note of "extremely im portant character" has been handed the Greek government by the com mander of the entente fleet, causing King Constantlne to return hurriedly to the capital. Coincident with this the land ing of more than 1,000 bluejacket, who have occupied the railroad sta tions at Athens and Piareus, and va rious public buildings, is reported with the summoning of the cabinet for an urgent meeting. Concerning the fighting in Greek Macedonia, Paris reports an attack by the Serbians, which was followed by a counter-attack of the Bulgarians in the Cerna river- region. Consider able artillery fire was also reported for that section. Only patroj activi ties have .developed in the Struma sector. Heavy fighting continues on the Somme front in Northern France. French troops Hook 'the offensive last night, north of the river, and pushed their way intothejiager -SajSBy! Sa illif el, "e Perohne-Bapdkme road, capturing another group . of houses and repiilsiing another Ger man counter-attack, according to Paris. In Galicia, southeast of Halicz, the Austro-German forces have begun heavy attacks on the Russian line. Petrograd makes this announcement. The storming operations by Teu tonic troops near the junction of the borders of Rumania, Transylvania and Bucharest, has so far been fu rious, according to Petrograd's official bulletin, which reports the repulse of the Russians. Fighting Continues. Petrograd, (via London), Oct. 17. Fighting continues all along the front in Rumania, but no change in the sit uation is disclosed in the official an nouncements. Cavalry Battling. Petrograd, (via London ) Oct. 17. Heavy cavalry" fighting continues in Turkish Armenia, in which great losses are reported by the war office. WHEAT LEAPyP T Jumped Over Seven Cents as Result of Stampede To Buy. Chicago, Oct. 17. Wheat prices made an exciting leap upward today 7 1-8 cents a bushel, as the result of the general stampede to buy. It was said that export transactions amounted to 1,500,000 bushels and that the British government appeared to be making efforts to cheapen the cost of handling American wheat, not ably in the direction of cuttng freight on the Atlantic. WILSON LEAVES FOR CHICAGO TOMORROW S-'iim rsrnnnh rvi 1 tint iv ktpei- dent Wilson will leave tomorrow -for Chicago, where on Thursday he will ppeak three times. He plans to re turn here midnight, Friday. This will he the President's third trip in the Middle West during the present cam paign. He will go to Cincinnati on October 26. ALLIES TAKE GREEK SHIPS. London, Oct. 17. The Allies have taken over the Greek battle- ships, Kirkis, formerly the Unit- J u oiaies snip Idaho; the Lemn- os, formerly the Mississippi; and the Averoff, says Reuter's Ath- ens correspondent. ' AGAIN ' . - . : ." ' t : ! : . . r- FRENCH flEjflj INT ORATOR French Socialist Made Most Interesting-. Address in v Chamber of "Deputies. ; Paris, Oct. 17 Pierre Brison-, the Socialist deputy who recently called upon Premier Briand "to stop the war," and gave the Premier occasion to deliver in the Chamber one of the most eloquent speeches of his ca reer, is not taken , seriously in France, but some portions of the address he delivered in opposing the war credits are interesting. " He is one of the three dissident Social deputies who met a number of German Socialists during the war in conference in Switzerland. In the course of his at tempt in the Chamber to arrive at a calculation of what the war costs he ce'd: ' "How many men snail we have lost at the end of the war? I have said that it will last another year still, at least with the policy of Monsieur Briand. Supposing that, at the end of the war, France has a million and a half of men killed. Going back to our calculation oif the value of their work and taking , an average of 33 years of effective labor for each man, we reach the sum of 100,000 francs for each individual. Multiply 100,000 by a million an a half, and you b omic value of the Frenchmen who tain 150 million francs as the econ will have been killed during the war: "Thus we have the three figures: 50 billions and more public expendi tures at the present timer In a year E10I more billions orW inakingta? tblwas.filTea-herby a friend of the fam- taLof 80 billions for public expendi tures. . Let us estimate five billions for the reparation of war damages, making 85 billions, to which wemust add our old debt, that we are' too like ly to forget in these days, of 30 bil lions, which makes 115 billions. There is the gulf that is to be filled in actual cash, which, added to the 120 billions of economic loss, brings the cost of the war up to 315 to 320 bil-j lions of France." "War is a business," cried Monsieur Brizon, at this point, provoking ex clamations from all parts of the Chamber. "Yes, in the capitalistic period in which we have lived for a century past, wars, colonial wars, and the present war is nothing but business. "Now, business is treated in a busi ness way, intelligently, prudently, with clear eyesight upon the future.' Instead of giving thej blood of his country, if Monsieur Briand "could Ob tain 'the result that we wish to at tain victory, according to you, or national independence that we all of us want by negotiation or through intermediaries, we can, and we ought, to negotiate. Before Aaving arrived; at absolute, positive proof that any peaceful solution is impossible, we have not the right to continue to throw, without counting, the people's billions into the abyss and masses of! men under the drum-fire of death." HARDWARE MEN i . IN THE SESSION Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 17. The National Hardware Association con vened here today in its twenty-second annual convention, which promises to be one of the most successful in the history of the "organization. The at tendance was large and representative; at the opening this morning, and many more came in during the day. Numer ous problems of importance to the Ufede are scheduled for discussion during the four day's' sessions. STORM NO WOVER GULF OF MEXICO Washington, Oct. ' lT.-j-The tropical storm is now . moving northward across the Gulf of Mexico and north east storm' warnings' were ordered displayed' from Carrabelle, Fla., to Galveston, Tex. The weather bureau announced that the disturbance would cause northerly gales along the Gulf Coast. All shipping is warned to remain in port and Qvlt Coast points are warned to take precautions to meet the force of the gale. 1 Mr. L. A. Scott, of Norfolk, Vai, superintendent of, Bradstreet's Mer cantile Agency, Is spending the day iiv the city- John Tolliver The;Victim and Raymond Whitaker Thei Assailant. FORMER IN HOSPITAL; LATTER BEING HUNTED Shooting at Gami This Morn ing Near Ivanhoe Wound ed Man In Hospital i y Here. Mr. John Tolliver is lying seriously wounded- in the James Walker Mem orial Hospital this afternoon and Mr. Raymond Whitaker is being sought by the police of this city and of Fay etteville as a result of a near trag edy that was enacted near Ivanhoe early this morning when the former was shot and perhaps fatally wounded by Mr. Tolliver. vThe injured man was brought to the hospital here for treatment immediately and his alleg ed assailant departed from the scene of the near tragedy. The bullet clipped the thumb from the right hand of Mr. Tolliver and buried itself in his left arm near the shoulder. The hospital authorities can not say how serious, his v condition s this afternoon because they are not yet in position to determine this. The matter was reported to the po- iico here by Mrs. Tolliver, ,wife of the ! injured man, and she advised that Whitaker had. fled towards Fayette- ville. Chief of Police Williams at once notified the Fayetteville author ities to be on the look-out for Whit aker and to arrest him. Later, the police were told that Whitaker v had returned to this city and was exhibiting the "guh" with which he is alleged to have done the shooting. Chief Williams has a num ber of men searching for Whitaker and intends placing him underltrrest just as soon as possible. This second information as to the presence of Whitaker in the city was furnished by the wife of the injured man , and ilywho claimed to have seen Whit aker here. . The shooting occurred near Ivanhoe at a camp where both men were stay ing. Very little could be learned of the details other than Mr. Tolliver was attacked while asleep. Whitaker is employed by the man he is alleg ed to have shot. Both are residents of Wilmington. STILL CLIMBING. CottOn Is Quoted At 17 1-4 Cents Per Pound Here Today. Wilmington spot cotton is quoted at the Chamber of Commerce this after noon at 17 1-4 cents per pound, a jump of one-fourth of a cent over 17 cents, the high price of yesterday. Thus the steady climb of the price of the fleecy, staple of the past few days continued and many heer are of the opinion that the price will reach 20 cents per pound by Christmas. BETTER BUSINESS Large Church Publicity Propa ganda Urged at Episcopal Convention. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 17. Use of ef ficient systems in the conduct of the business of the church, coupled with large church publicity for church propaganda, was urged by delegates .to the general convention of the -Protestant Episcopal church in ses-: sion here today. A report of the joint committee on business ' efficiency urges a new system of handling finances, the reg- ular auditing of funds by outside ac- countants and the handling of such finances by trust funds, MUST FIRST DROP Bayohne, IN. J., Oct. 17. The de mands c of the striking Standard Oil Company's employes were again re fuse! today when a committee repre senting: 4he striking workmen con feired 4with the superintendent of the Standard Oil Company's 'main plant. The .superintendent informed the committee " that he would deal with them when they dropped the wage de mand He said the company was ready to grnt or arbitrate the other demands v regarding working hours and conditions. SYSTEMS WANTED W 1MI . 4 MILLS OF FEB.- 18 CENTS. ' - . ' -X Rock Hill, S. C., " Oct .17- Mills here today are offering 18 cents for good middling cotton with little being marketed. Seed -X- is selling at 90 cents. ; x . , ; . . - - 4 ' MORRISON IS HERE Speaks at the Court House This Evening Ladies as Well as Men Invited Out. The Hon. Cameron Morrison, of .Charlotte, N. C, is in the city thjs afternoon, registered at the Orton HHk tel, and tonight the Mecklenburg gentleman willj&ppear at. the County Court House and strike an addition-f al blow in behalf of Democracy. Mr. Morrison is one of the known Demo- crats in the Stated is a . delegate-at-1 large to the National Convention and in all probability will be candidate for governor in the next election. - Be cause of his prowess as a "stump speaker" and because he is known so widely andl because Wilmington and New Hanover is interested in Democ racy at present almost to the exclu sion of everything ilse; a. good crowd is expected out to bear Mr. Morrison this evening. . : , .. Because Mr. Morr son understands the issues of the day, both State and National, and because he is a speaker and a man to command the attention of all it is doubtful if the Court House will prove Sufficiently large to accom modate the crowd that will want-to hear him. The woman of today is tak ing a great deal of interest in politics and is especially interested in the president's return t to power and J be cause of this it is expected that a number of ladies wilf attend tonight's address. Several' have taken ad vantage ofsiniilar peftkgof late and 4utef.a- fewi Mr. J. W. Bailey when he .spbke here, last week. The ladies as well as the vot ers are invited out to hear Mr. Mor rison tonight and all will be better citizens and better Democrats aften listening to what he has to say T COMING ELECTION Chairman Lamb Tells Interest ingly of The Rules Gov erning ff VsQ&ng- Mr. Wilson G. Lamb, the Democratic hChairman of the State Board of Elec tions, interpreting the State Primary law. has answered the following ques tions for information of the voter: 1. If a voter in the primary vot ed for one" Or more candidates of one party, can this voter vote in the gen eral election in the fall for candidates in the opposite party? Answer: Yes. See proviso at last of Section 11, primary act. ("Provided, nothing herein contained shall be con strued to preevnt any elector from casting at the general election a free and untrammelled ballot for the can didate or candidates of his choice") 2. Do the voters have to declare their party affiliation in the general election,, or can he vote .for whomso ever he likes, and can he vote a fold ed ballot? Answer: Not required to declare party affiliation in the general elec tion. Can vote his choice and can vote his ballot folded. ' 3. If in the count it is discovered that a voter voted one way in the pri- ,mary and voted for. one or more can- didates in the opposite party in the general election, would such ballot be legal and properly counted? Answer: Yes. 4. The voter, , we understand, ( must declare when he registers, which party he affiliates with. Does this apply to the voter v who is already registered, and his name already on the registra tion books? . . Answer: Not in the general elec tion only in the primary. 5. If a voter voted in the primary and at. the general election proposes to vote for one or more candidates in the opposite party is that a causet for challenge to1 ;the voters ? Answer: No. 6. If a voter in the primary voted for certain state and county officers of one, party, can he vote for the oppo site party in the Congressional' and National ..election, . Answer: ....He can yote his choice in such election. -(Signed) W. G. LAMB. i POINTERS MIDDLE I'JESl Back From There Democratic Chairman Is Most En thusiastic. RESULT NOTjVT ALL DOUBTFUL West Largely For Wilson, He Declares -Democrats Are i Enthusiastic .and Militant. . "- Chicago, Oct. 17. After spending 36 hours at the Western Democratic headquarters conferring -t with Nation it committeeman Vance C. McCor tnick, chairman of the Democratic Na- jtional Committee, left for New York today. "From the deports that have come to me while n Chicago I haven't a doubt as to the result of the election," Mr. McCormick said. "The President's (campaign in the Middle West is in splendid shape. The Democrats in every state from whom 1 have -received reports are enthusiastic and mili tant. I had heard before I left New York that the Middle West was for President Wilson, but I was unpre pared to find the tide running in such volume. - It is evident to me that the campaign is on in full force, as it is In the east" - State Chairman A. E. Stephenson, of Michigan, and Joseph Martin, Dem ocratic National Committeeman from .Wisconsin, visited the Western Dem ocratie headquarters .today. Mr. Stephenson reported Michigan as doubtful and said that chances for Wilson are growing brighter. Mr. Martin declared that President Wilson would carry Wisconsin by 40,000. "DRY" CANDIDATES ENTER LAST STATE Jackson, Mich., Oct. 17.J. Frank lanly 0 tubmen candidates, . toaay en their &st State in 'their "wet and dry" fight. j They urged all factions to get to gether and put the saloon out of busi ness. There were ijew developments in the breaking of the plate glass on the observation car of the train near Fort Wayne, Indiana, bya stone or bullet last night, but it was generally agreed that it was a stone thrown by some one. r ' PROSPERITY MARKED AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago, Oct. 17. Prosperity mark ed the American league season just closed, according to President B." B. Johnson, who is back at his office here after an absence of two weeks. "'Only one club, Philadelphia, lost money," he said, "and some teams made up what money they lost through the invasion of the Federal league." , Mr. Johnson said he was of the opin ion that Chicago stood at the head of the league in point of attendance. RUSSIANS SUFFER SEVERE DEFEAT Berlin,, (via London), Oct, 17. The Russians have suffered a sever de feat in Galicia, the war office an nounces today. Repeated attacks were reported and trenches of 1 1-4 miles in length were takefl"hy the Austro German fortes. Nineteen hundred prisoners and ten machine guns were captured. farmers national congress Meets f Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 17. Gover nor Ralston and Mayor Bell are to deliver addresses of welcome to the 1,500 farmers and delegates interest-- ed in the advancement of agriculture wheri the Farmers' National Congress convenes for its 36th annual meeting today. President E. H. Stockbridge, of At lanta, will deliver his annual address. RUMANIANS REPULSE THE ATTACKERS Bucharest, (Via London), Oct. 17. Austro-Germans attacks in Transyl vania have been repulsed by the Ru manians, the war office announced to day. The Rumanians are still hold ing the position west of the frontier. COTTON EIGHTEEN , CENTS AT CHARLOTTE. Charlotte, Oct. ,17. Spot cotton was quoted at 17 5-8 to 18 cents on the market here today with only eleven bales offered forsale. Oh the same date last year 53 bales were market-J ed at 121-4.; Seed is quoted at 85 to 90, with little offered. - - - -- .' . POLISH BELIEF . OF CLE SfiLI i - t Belligerents Cannot Agree on Terms So The Efforts Fail. PRESIDENT; MAKES SUCH ANNOUNCP.IENT Declares He V is. Disappointed That Urutecl States Can't Send Relief to The Stack end People. . Long Branch, N. J., Oct. .17. Presi dent WilsoiTannounced today that his efforts to hring about an - agreement among the belligerent nations to be allowed to send relief supplies to Po land have failed. The President gaye out. a statement that-he had received replies from the rulers of Great Britain, France Ger manyand Austro-Hungary to a letter he had sent in July suggesting that those nations come together in Polish relief work. The statement followe: "I have now received a reply from ' T . . . Ann ... -..a the King of Engla.d. the Pre.Ident o. I ZTJn! Pnu.ce; the Empejor ot the Z?J2JES Emperor ot Germany, and the Emper- theat accordlng , R" Beuter- dia or ot Apstna Hungarj to my letter. ,,, , ,. . .. ., of July 20, 1916, in which I tendered the services of this government in negotiations looking to the fresh con sideration of relief in Poland. It ap pears that there are still differences between the Allies and the Central Powers as to the terms of relief sent to Poland. I am disappointed that I have not yet been successful enough to induce the powers to come togeth-J er." STIFF SENTENCES Must Pay $50 in Fines or Go To Roads For 7 "Months. Assaulted Mr. Johnson. Clyde Peterson, a young white man employed on one of the government dredges on the Cape Fear river, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon in two cases, and one of car rying a concealed weapon, in the Re corder's Court this -morning and was given the alternative of paying fines aggregating $50, in addition to the costs or going to the roads for seven months. Fred Davis, another white man, employed on the same dredge, was fined $20 and costs for assault with a deadly weapon. The two men were arrested by Spe cial Officer J. H. Johnston, custodian of Greenfield Park, who, it is alleged, was assaulted by the two men at the park some time ago. Mr. Johnston was cut in the back by one of the men. Peterson was also charged with assaulting Mr. J. J. Brown with a beer bottle, early in August. For carrying a concealed weapon Peterson was ordered to pay a fine of $20 and the costs or go to the read for three months and for one case of assault he was ' given the opportu nity of paying $25 and 'the costs or three months on the roads, and in the other the alternative of paying $5 and costs- or two months on the roads. Mabel Magrew, arrested a few days ago for vagrancy, was paroled in the custody of the Salvation Army. Annie Williams, colored, paid the costs for an assault with a deadly weapon. Wil lie Mubrey, colored, charged with as saulting a female, was ordered to the roads for two months or pay a fine of $5 and costs. A case against James Whiteburst, colored, was con tinued. ' MONSTER FIGHTING CRAFT IS READY The Arizona Will Be Placed in Commission by Navy This Afternoon. New York, Oct. 17. The new super- l,dreadnaught; Arizona, built at the New York Navy Yard, will be placed in commission this afternoon' with the customary ceremonies. Her main armament consists of twelve 14-inch euns. She is 608 feet long and has a, rftatifl.1 cement, nf 22.400 tons. i Early Morning Call. The fire de partment was called to Box No. 17 at '4:45 o'clock to extinguish a blaze at a house of Charlotte Hooper, colored, No .1217 North Eighth street. Little damage was done. s .. . . , FOR WHITE U i itlES-TllKlfiG I DRASTIC STEPS I J lOl'J If GREECE King Constantine Hurries! - Back to Athens In Great Haste, Says Report. i ' : URGENT CABINET v SESSION CALLED French and Italian Sailors Oc-4. cupy Important Greek J Spots Machine Guns In " ! Municipal Theatre. London, CMj&Tlijs. - commander of the Anglo-French fleet in the Med iterranean has handed the Greek government a note of , grave charac--ter, says the Exchange Telegraph. Company at Athens. Following the presentation - of the note King Con stantine, it added, came to the cap ital in haste from the royal residence in Tatol. The railway station atV Athens Piareus, the city hall at the capital and .the Castalla barracks, have been, patch from Athens. it adds. An urgent cabinet council has beenf summoned. , It is officially expected, adds the dispatch, that the detachment land ed will assist the police -in keeping order. ! SERIOUSLY HURT : IN AUTO. ACCIDENT Mrs. J. A - ; Badly Cut Orf j The .Hiibs''tftns In- , When a new model Ford automoV bile, in which' Mr. J. A. Fettel, mall carrier at the local, postoffice, . and family, were taking their second ride,, went through a small bridge oyer Tur key Creek, near Rocky Point, Sun day afternoon, about 3:30 .o'clock, Mrs. Fettel sustained a painful. rtqund on her forehead which necessitated eleven stitches and today she "is suf fering from internal injuries'' ' Mr. and Mrs. Fettel and two chil dren and Mr. Langston, of the Ford Automobile Company, were just re turning from the home of Mr. Luther Guyton, near Rocky Point, when the accident occurred. When It was-die-", covered that Mrs. Fettel was ejjous . ly injured she was hurriedly h'rCight to her home by persons passlng'in aa automobile. She was attended by Dr. Harlee Bellamy. . - ' Mr. Fettel stated today that when the accident occurred the' machine was not moving faster than. ten miles an hour and as the planks jpf the bridge were not nailed they : w,ere pushed forward by the car, which was only held up by partly decayed sleep ers. One wheel was in the'-yfiter of -the stream. " ,.J--'. Mrs. Fettel was suddenly and vio- - lently thrown against the front seat and was struck on the head by one : - of the supports of the car covering; . Mr. Fettel was partly, thrown through , the wind shield and sustained a brok- t: en tooth. Mr. Langston, .who -was i. driving, and the two children, were , , not hurt other than a shaking up. The car. which was one "of 'the 1917 Ford model auStomobilea,r.wa "badly damaged about the front axle and engine. It had to be towed. to. the garage for repairs. s Y'' , ' WILMIINUlUlN-I-IIZJUNa. - C' . NAMED AS DELEGATES, Raleigh, N. C. Oct. 17. Governor Locke Craig yesterday appointed del egates from this State to the South ern Commercial Congress, which as sembles in Norfolk, Va., December 11th. ;. . . ' ' On the program are speeches by a number of men prominent In National life, including President WilsOn; and, Governor Craig. ' ' j v Among the delegates appointe'd are the following from Wilmington: Hugh, MasRae, James Sprunt,' H.' C.- Mc Queen, Judge George Rountree,' Col. Walker Taylor and Martin S. Willard- 4, 4 4J TERRIFIC FIGHTING IN MID air. . , r Paris, Oct. n.French and, 4 German aeroplanes fought., sixty- five engagements! In thei region .' of the Somme river, vysays . the 41 French official statement. : ,'Flve German machines werbrought 4 down 4, 4f . .Mil ,:lfiv '4 -Il It I! I) .i ,i m 1 "f "A f: hi i - f H :.r.r. ,v'.-,r jyy-: -r-