North Carolina Newspapers

! ' 1 ,r'' '''' rj:&&. WEATHER FORECASTS Fair tonight and Saturday. Mod . temperature. Fresh northeast THE LARGEST CIRCUIATI0N4N WILMINGTON VOL. XXII. NOv294: WILMINGTON, NQRTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON,xNOVEMBER 3, 1916. PRICE 5 CENTS SirMEM ARRESTED OF DEFENSE UP OE HIS LUST TODAY COMPLETE . ' .' ' ' - v - i . "r'Aii -'-.V:- ' . . - - . - . i HUGHE 0 VE AND LITTLE mi LARGER El UN IS C -A Splendid Event Makes Auspi-j cious Opening at Bolivia, I With Big Crowd Present. t WILMINGTON CITIZENS v MAKE FINE SPEECHES. Exhibits at The Fair Are of the Finest Type Visitors En thusiastic Ideal Weather For The Occasion. (By StafTCorrespondent.) Bolivia, N. C, Nov. 3. Brunswick county's initialTair opened here this morning under most auspicious cir cumstances, the weather being ideal and the fully 500 persons who 'gath ered from all points of this section of the State pronounced the fair as be ing an unqualified success. The agricultural and educational ex hibits, on the first floor of the hall, were excellent, far surpassing any thing ever shown in the county be fore, and the building was crowded -,t nil tirnps One of the features of the farm nro - ducts exhibits was the excellent show-1 ing of preserved home grown fruits and many people had exhibits that in a much larger fair would easily have walked away with premiums. Featuring the program were the ad dresses of Colonel Walker Taylor and Mr. D. L. Gore, of Wilmington, both of whom were former residents of this county. The exercises were opened by Mr. Jackson Johnson, of Winnabow, pres ident of the fair association. He wel comed the crowds at Bolivia and ac credited Mr. J. O. Lennon, county farm demonstrator of this county, with a large part oftha routine work that was required to make the .fair a success. '.. . - x Mayor J. C Mizzell, dfcttfivia, Jfnade a warm address, following the, "invoca tion. Colonel Taylor, in his address, spoke of his boyhood in ' Brunswick"" and complimented the people on the great strides that had been made since he was a resident of the coun ty. Mr. Gore, in his address, told a number of amusing reminiscences of his boyhood in old Brunswick and laid especial stress on the education of the children of the county and made a plea for the boys to stay at home on the farm, telling them that their chance there was much better than anywhere else. Many Wilmingtonians are in attend ance at the fair, coming by special train, and aTiumber coming through the country in automobiles. Southport also is -well represented. The fair, which is the maiden one of Brunswick county and which lasts' two days, is a big success, to judge ' by the first morning and the people ! of this town and county generally are jubilant. OWEN C. FILL YAW. 2T SHIPS TO BOTTOM Big Loss Since The European j War Started Teutonic Losses Seven Per Cent. L New York, Nov. 3. Eighteen . hun dred and twenty merchant ships, with a aggregate tonnage of approximate !y 3,328,584, have been sunk by bel ligerent nations during the 27 months ot war ending November 1, accord- 'UK to fifflirpa rnmnUoH from Hienat.rh-' es and mail advices published here today by The Journal of Commerce. The losses during October were larg er than for any previous five months, according to the statistics, and amounted to 127 vessels during Oct-! ober- j The table showing the total ship Josses since the war began estimates 1 those of the entente allies at about " per cent and those of neutrals at IS DUr f'Pnt uuifVi tVia TantATii'p lnacoa at " per cent. ' ARLY SiD i Hughes if jje didn't come.' TO START ON GIANT j And the 1,800 appear to be the force PI AMT MCVTT YCI7l o the fight in Wake county. The Re rLAINl rMhJU WlLllK. puWicani- fu-e to be counted ! out. Chairman R. W. Ward has Tom Greensboro, N. (C Nov. 3. The en- eaieer in charge of the construction nere of the Southern Railway's new concrete roundhouse and car foundry announced today that construction would begin next week. The cost 6f piant will be 5525.000. wnen tompieted the plant will accommo- date 1,188 cars daily. j mm9mm9mtmt fl CT M C ft D E JUUuL 111 LH ML OHIO STATE Prominent Wilmingtonian Is j Speaking In Buckeye State For Hughes. : : ,.s Raleigh, C, Nov, 4. -Democrats learned too- late foj-the Obio Democ racy's use that "Judge" Iredell Meares has gone to Ohio to speak for Hughes. Judge Meares is a candidate for Judge against' Stacy ahtf Judge" Stacy is now in the city. Mr. Meares al ways challenges his opponent to talk with him, but Aycock once broke Meares of the chronic challenge, by writing that a man couldn't afford to talk to Ixyedell evtt he agreed with I the Judge, the Judge is some talker. ;He Tifvpr emits He Hirln't invito Stacy to joint issues. He just left the State. And it is allowed that ' they need Judge Meares but' there, the Judge isn't liable to wreck the traditions of the judiciary. The Democrats stopp ed Arthur Sager 5 from coming down here to help Senator Butler's brother George by printing his record, which was one of convenient changes. But they forgot to head off Judge Meares and thatWifmlngtoii's satelnlan is having the time of .his' life talking. Judge Meares expects to. get back in time to vote. Thfe number of speeches which he isl' expected to make is not known, tut' it is 'known that all of the devilment, to be done by him has done 'been and done and if Ohio goes to the devil pbliticaUyli1 the Democrats have only themselves to blame. Even Butler, Bonds, Booze, Boodle and Bull have their weakness es. They ma"de the Democrats forget Judge Meares. SAYS WILL BE ELECTED Former National Committee man Has Returned From The North. Raleigh, Nov. 3. Former National Committeeman R. C. Duncan, who has returned from, the North, brought no woe from the quarters visited by him and he expects Mr. Hughes to be elected. The Republican leader, who insists that nobody must refer to "the dead," does not think there is any mistak ing the confidence in the North now and almost simultaneously with his return came the reversal of form in the shape of betting odds. The Ra leigh banker does not speak lightly of the Democracy and the fight it is making and indulges in no landslide talk: He thinks the country is natu rally and safely Republican and has his sealed estimate with the reasons. He also expects Britt to be elected in the Tenth. Of course, consider ing the attitude of McCaskill in the Sixth and Butler in the Third, Mr. Duncan cannot be expected to give odds of more than two to one on those Republican nominees for Con gress. ' Vic Dockery, angler and scribbler of note, doesn't enjoy the presence h of Zeb Vance Walser. of Lexing ton, one-time Kooseveit leaaer ana head of the party while Mr. Roosevelt was IT. Mr. Dockery hasn't seen Zeb hert but if Zeb is here Vic is opposed tc him. "You may say for me, a genu- ine Roosevelt man and a Progressive, that Wake county has 1Q0 men who followed Roosevelt," Mr, Dockery saysf "and they have gone to Hughes, And' thejr ;wiU stayTQier without any assistance from Zeb Walser, We j. tt...i..ii - Via no m o nwn Tier and vre would 1)0 for Settle for Friday night and. there if little doubt that' Settle will have the biggest of all crowds. The Republ' cans are playing up the $600,000 bond ed indebtedness , as their chief loca! issue and Republicans honestly be lieve that they Will wipe out airbu' a few of the -mfen who made1 such ' tremendous majority four years ago Plots to Dynamite Subway Sta tion and City Hall Are Uncovered. CONFESSION MADE BY ONE OF THE MEN. They Are Charged With Hav ing Caused Explosion at The 110th Street Station. New York, Nov. 3. Plots to dyna mite the Interborough subway sta tions were thwarted today, according to the police, by the arrest of sixi men, several of them charged withleft Albany at 8:15-o'clock for New bringing dynamite into the city and! York, to spend the day campaigning with jausing the explosion at the j down the Hudson River valley. To 110th street station on October 24. . , A confession, whicn detectives say they obtained from one of the men, stated that the station near 59th street and Broadway was to have been blown up today and the City Hall later. L OFFICERS E NAVAL MILITIA Fourteen United States Offi cers Will Be In New Bern Next Week. NEW BERN HAD i THREATENED STRIKE Laborers at Norfolk-Southern Yards Wanted HigheY-Pay But Their Bluff was Called. XT T-l -KT r TkT V T71.. naval militia officers1 will come to New Bern on November 9 for the pur-! pose of examining the commissioned j officers Of this and the other divisions of the North Carolina naval militia. This examination will probably continue for two or three days and will be very rigid, but the officers of the local division believe that they will be able to pass it successfully. All Of the officers as high as the lieutenant grade' and those above will stand the examination. The striking fever has struck New ( Bern and the negroes are the ones whose systems have become innocu lated with the germ. Yesterday morning a score or more i of the colored "help" at the Norfolk Southern Railway Company's Trent river warehouse informed Mr. J. P. C. Davis, the agent, that they desired more remuneration for Ineir services and that if they didn't get this they intended to quit. Mr. Davis endeavored to reason with the men and show them that the company was paying them all that they were worth, but this did not sat isfy them and they informed him that they would not be on hand for work this morning. However, when the hour for open ing the warehouse arrived this morn ing the majority of the men were there in readiness for work and the vacant places were quickly filled. Visitors to the Eastern Carolina Fair next week will only have to pay 15 cents for passage between New Bern and the grounds via the automo bile route, this being the amount that the automobile owners have agreed to charge. The city has agreed to grant the automobile owners license to operate their cars that week upon the - pay ment of a five dollars license tax and hose who charge more 'than 15 cents will : at once have their license re voked. ! VESSEL STILL AGROUND. A Big Part of Her Cargo Has Been Lightered to this Port TES Seminole returned to the side 'Of the Idillio this morning (and anoth attempt is being made today to pull the stranded steamer off the bar on iwhicli she found a resting place 'several days ago. Numerous tugs are assisting th9 cutter in an effort to loat the big vessel, but no success ias attended their work thus far. A big part of the Idillio's cargo of teel has heen lightered and brought to this port and this work will be kept ip until a sufficient amount has been amoved to make possible the floating the vessel. The Idillio was bound for this port to take on cotton when she went aground .on Cape Fear bar. Will XAMNE Republican Nominee Has Made a Remarkable Cam paign Tour, bf Country. -j - - , WILL CLIMAX IT IN NEW YORK CITY. Has Covered Approximately Twenty-eight Thousand Miles Trips Have Agreed With Him. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 3. Charles Ev ans Hughes ends his travels as a presidential candidate today. He aay s J""" WI x campaigning trips, wnich carried him approximately 28,000 miles through 33 ! states. He started August 5 from j New York and has virtually been two and one-half months on the road. He I has visited the chief cities of every j Northern and New England state, ex icent Vermont, and has been , through the Middle West four times and visit ed every western and northwestern i state. In addition, Hughes has visit j ed the so-called border states of Mary I land, West Virginia, Kansas and j Maryland and has spent one day in Tennessee, at Nashville. ! The nominee has visited his home iin (Washington only once since leav iing it the day after his nomination and that for only two days, to at tend to urgent business there. In miles and extent of time the cam paign has been dne of the longest made in recent yearif by a Republican nominee? " It has carried him from Bangor, Mains, the furtherest north eastern point, to San Diego, Califor- i nia, and from Canada to within a ; parently tne .strenuous worK nas agreed with Ml-Hughes, ; as today he era: ical condition than when he started. The special, train carrying the nom inee is due at New York City at 6:15 o'clock tonight. STILL AT LIBERT! Onslow Quarterly Conference Will Be in Session Tomor row at Tabernacle Church Maysville, N. C, Nov. 3. Nicholas H. Collins, who shdt and killed Abra ham L. Collins, on the 17th of October, has successfully evaded the officers. He has not been captured. Rev. 5: H. Hill went to Wilmington last Sunday. The new swa mill at the Cooperage Company's plant is in operation. Mrs. Fannie Foscue visited relatives in Maysville on Wednesday. Election talk is the order of the day. Interest centers on the National tick et. Who will win is a question that can be easily answered next Wed nesday morning. Rev. H. E. Tripp, of Bethel, N. C, was a visitor here yesterday. Fine weather continues and the remnant of the cotton crop is being picked. Miss Ina Eubanks, of New Bern, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Mary C. Eubanks. The Fourth Quarterly Conference of the Onslow charge (Methodist) will be held at Tabernacle church tomor row. Rev. L. E. Thompson, of Wil mington, will be present and preside. CHARTERS ISSUED ON THURSDAY. Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 3. The Mount Holly Realty Company was chartered today by C. E. Hutchison, W. L. Noles, R. K. Davenport, J. W. Hallard, J. A. Costner and W. F, Johnson, all of Mount Holly. The Piedmont Cigar Stores Com- pany, of Charlotte, is a new tobacco business which is authorized to do business with $50,000 capital as a start. Henry B. Fowler, George H.j Brockenboroueh and Ralnh Mvron are: thft subscribers. I - - AUSTRIANS LOSE HEAVILY. London, Nov; 3. A Rome dis- patch to the Wireless Press says -5C- v,ot tho-Mt Ha nf t)iP naw-Ttfli- ' ian offensive cost the Austrians the loss of15,600 men. i it in ii n I in COLLINS 111 ii-U II I II l miunuLHG Tragedy Enacted In North Car olina Town. This Morning. FOUR INJURED 1' THE ACCIDENT. Father and Mother and Brother 6f Little Girl All Hurt Girl Caught Under Car. Rocky Mount, N. C, Nov. 3. Stella Abrams, the ten-year-old aaugnter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Abrams, of Maccles field, was killed today near tnat place by an overturned automomie. The girl was caught under, the car and crushed. Mr. and Mrs. Abrams and a 12-year-old son were all injured. The son's hip was crushed, it was be lieved, and Mr. Abrams is' suffering from many bruises, while ' Mrs. Abrams is suffering from nervous shock. BOTH SIDES CLAIM THE ELECTION Leaders of The Two Parties Declare They Are Certain To Triumph. GETTING JIEADY FOR BIG WIND UP. -wii i i V. TQenionstratTon Torchlight Ptpcession on Program. Chicago, Nov. 3. Managers of tho Democratic and Republican headquar ters here both expressed confidence today that their, party would be vic torious'. Senator Thomas Walsh, Democratic Western manager, issued a statement saying the1 Democratic outlook was never brighter. He said every West ern State claimed by the Republicans is reasonably safe for President Wil son or is doubtful. A. T. Herty, Republican manager, announced that final reports from States within his jurisdiction were the most favorable yet received. Re publican leaders today claimed Wis consin, Indiana, Illinois. Ohio, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Idaho, and even Missouri and Kentucky as being certain for Hughes. The Democrats will close the cam paign in Chicago tomorrow with a mass meeting for the business men and rallies for the men and women in different parts of the city. The Republicans will end the fight with noon meetings at hundreds of factories, and rallies for men and women, and will continue the rally! with a torchlight parade In the even ing. STILL ASSAILS THE RE Hughes Now Attacks Demo crats For The High Cost of Living." Hudson, N. Y., Nov. 3. In an ad dress here today Charles ' Evans JIughes assailed the Democratic party for its failure to reduce the high cost of living. While they did not reduce the high cost of living they were immensely . successiui in reaueing iut cims making a living," said Mr. Hughes, "They put their principles in force. Tney naa not naa a cnauce uiuio . a great many years. They proceeded to do it with extra results. In the jfirst place they had the tariff for rev- enue, but it was a taritt that aid not provide revenue "They said they were going to make j American enterprises take on new size and speed. Well, they did, but It was a much reduced size and a ,much Slower speed. The opponents of labor vanished or were reduced and we have a very extraordinary condi- tion in this country." VICTORY IN WILSON M Reports Today Show They Have About Seven Hundred Thousand More. HAVE ALSO PAID OUT MORE MONEY. Additional Reports Filed By The National Committees of the Two Parties Today. Washington, Nov. 3. Supplement ary reports filed here today show the Republican National campaign fund totals $2,012,535 and the Democratic National campaign fund totals $1, 310,729 at the close Of October 30. In addition to contributions already acknowledged, the treasurers of both committees today reported supple mentary collections. The Democratic committee report ed an additional $304,446 to the $1, 006,283 previously reported, and the Republican committee reported $344- t-778 in addition to the $1,667,757 pre viously acknowledged. The accounts to date show ex penses of $1,886,569 for the Republi cans and $1,126,762 for the Demo crats. . Other statements that will be filed later will show the collections be tween October 30 and the end of the campaign. OOITJIS JOB Trouble Between Star and Stu dent Body at The A. & M. ' College. .Raleigh", N3.r Nov 8?-rBr it Patter! son, former Washington and Jeffer son football star, who was given a place on 4 the Ail-American eleven of 1915, has resigned as the heao? coach of the North -Carolina A. & m. eleven, after an agreement reached last night with the athletic council of the fac ulty. The dbtnmittee fiad' investigat ed the charges that there was fric tion between the coach and members of the squad. With the expression "that his res ignation was best for all," Patterson further refused to discuss the mat ter. Neither the athletic committee nor the squad has questioned Patterson about his football ability, but his method of handling the men is not understood by the Southerners. Pat terson leaves tonight for his home in Detroit, Mich. MOST OPTIMISTIC Declares That a Great Victory For Democratic Party Is Assured. New Bern, N. C, Nov. 3. Senator F. M. Simmons, chairman of the Fin ance Committee of the United States Senate, returned to-the city this morning from Winston-Salem, where last night he made an address before the Democratic voters of that city. In an interview given out upon his return home, the Senator declared that in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and other points in the Western part of the State, he finds Wilson's strength growing by leaps and bounds and that the enthusiasm is increasing daily. At Winston-Salem he was greeted by one of the largest audiences that have appeared before him during the campaign and this was also ther case at Charlotte and Greensboro. The Senator is feeling very optimis tic in regard to the election and un hesitatingly predicts a great victory for the party. Six prisoners who were at last week.s term of Federal Court held in this city, were sentenced to serve terms' in the Federal prison at At lanta, Ga., and one who was sentenced at the trem held at Washington on the previous week, this morning left New Bern in charge of Deputy Marsh al John R. Williams, of Elizabeth City, and Clerk of Court H. C. Green leaf. Those who went along in charge of the officers were Jerry Daniels, color ed; Andrew Jackson, 70 years of age, and whiter Sherman Sheard, colored; Edward Sperry, colored; Jesse Wig gins, white; Odie and Augustus Laughfnghouse, white. SENATOR SIMONS Occupation of Vaux by French Gains This Much Coveted Goal. TOOK POSITION WITHOUT ANY LOSS Rumanian Front Continues Scene of Heavy Fighting Little Change In Macedonia. Fort Vaux is again in French hands and with the taking of the village of Douaumont the ring of defensive for tifications about Verdun has been re established. Paris reports the occupa tion of Vaux, evacuated during Wed nesday night by the Germans. This was taken without loss of life, as tho French waited until all the explosives left in the fort had gone off and then advanced and took the unoccupied po sition. The Rumanian fort continues "the scene of heavy fighting. Berlin claims to have made further inroads; on Rumanian territory. In Galicia the Russians have attack ed in the district southeast of Lem berg, but, according, to the German official report, their attacks were re pulsed with exceptionally heavy Cas ualties to them. Little change is indicated in the re gion on the Macedonian front. Sofia announces the repulse of the Serbians, who attacked yesterday on the Cernaj river. ENDS TRIP Alighted On Governor's Islari( This Morning and Deliv ered Mail. New York, Nov. 3. Victor Carl strom, who left Chicago yesterday for. New York, in a New York Times mail carrying aeroplane, descended on Governor's Island today, ending his flight at 8:55 1-2 a. m. His Journey was interrupted by stops yesterday at Erie, Pa., and Hammondsport, N. Y. The flight from Hammondsport when the aviator resumed his trip at 6:35 o'clork today, was without in cident. Carlstj-om was flying at a height of 2,000 feet, aided by a strong wind. The letter from Mayor Thomp son, of Chicago, addressed to Presi dent Wilson, was placed in the hands of a special messenger who started at once for Long Branch. A repre sentative of the New York postofflce met Carlstrom at Governor's Island and received the bag of mail brought by airpost. On his flight from Hammondsville, Carlstrom broke 'another rrcord, cov ering the distance, 315 miles, at tho average speed of 137 miles an hour, or 11 miles an hour better than the record held by Jules Vedrines, the French aviator. Only Consent of Agents ot The Deutschland Needed to Close 'Bargain. Washington, Nov. 3. If the agents-' of the German submarine, Deutsch land, will signify that she iff available for carrying mail to Germany the post office department will be so notified by the German ambassador. The German ambassador has asked the agents of the submarine to inform him on the subject. The postoffice de partment has already decided that it s willing to accept proposals to es tablish a regular undersea mail ser vice. -x- - DRIVE TEUTONS BACK. -X- ' Bucharest (Via London), Nov. X- 3. The war office announces that -in the fighting along the Hungarian - Rumanian frontier the Rumanian forces have driv- ; X- en the Austrians and Germans across the border at one poifit, - , ' AVIATOR INJFjl YORK UNCLE SAM WILLING ' TO SEND MAIL I- 3' i ,i 1- M it n it's . i. '1 r't 1 :I1 111 i! v,, : 'If : ft- v.