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VOL. XXII. No.;310.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLIMQNDAY foFpj fiNOON, NOVEMBER 20, 1916.
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City In Ruinsand Occupation
Delayed hJecause or r ire
and Explosions
OPINION DIVIDED AS
TO FUTURE ACTION
Entente Forces May Rest or
May Inaugurate Sweeping
Operation Despite Weather
Little Doing On Other
Battle Fronts
The capture of Monastir, in .Mace
donia, is looked upon by entente mil
itary writers as of notable import
ance, uui opimuii appears 10 ue aivia
fi as ro whether it will be followed
bv military developments of swees
ir.g chariuitciv-
Events of the next day or two are
r-xppcted to sJiow whether the cap-
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tors oi uif -viact;ujuiaii uapiuLi will
i, --quire a period of rest before start
ing a new advance or wh 'ier pur
suIt of i lo retreating Gert: -Bul-
funan forces will be pressed desJpite
the weai her conditions. In some
quarters advance by the entente
forces along tne road to Frilep
forecast ed, to be followed by a thrust
from Prilep for Nagotin, on the Varda
with the object of outflanking the
Bulgarians and opening up the front.
passes on the road to Salonika.
Considered a Rout.
London, Nov. 20. The-. retreat of
the German-Bulgarian forces from
Monasiiiv. in the direction of Prilep,
is a rout, says a dispatch to the Wire
less Press from Rome today.
The entente troops are pursuing
the fleeing- foe and have occupied vil
lages north of Monastir, taking pris
oners as they advance, the dispatch
adds.
The Serbians, acdord Log to these.
:i vices, are delaying entering Mbiv.
astir, because of fire and explosions,
which have virtually destroyed the
city, from which the population has
fled.
Only Minor Operations.
Beroin (By Wireless to Sayville),
Xov. 20. Operations along the east
ern front have been only of minor
character, the war office announced
today.
Situation Remains Unchanged.
London, Nov. 20. The war office
announced today that the situation
on the Franco-Belgian front is un
changed. Rumanians Still in Flight.
Petrogad, (via London), Nov. 20.
The Rumanians are still in retreat be
fore the invading Austro-Germans in
the Jieul Valley region.
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lextile Men Will Gather aU
Wrightsville in June Will
Bring Families
The next semi-annual meeting of
'ho Southern Textile Association will
he held at Wrightsville Beach, June
2- and 23. Mr. A. B. Skelding, gen
eral manager of the Tidewater Power
Company, returned to the city from
Columbia today, where he waged a
Lght to bring the convention here,
and won out over the Isle of Palms
hands down. The 'vote was Wrights
vilie Beach 897 Isle of Palms 35.
-Mr. Skelding stated this afternoon
'hat the Columbia convention of last
v-eek was well attended, but is sat-!-'i'Jd
ihat the next, which will be
hl,l at Wrightsville, will draw tex
"1" men in far greater numbers than
did the Columbia convention. It is
"'e intention of the delegates to bring
wives and children to the
)'r;phtsvi!le convention. Mr. Skeld
ing based his argument on the repu
tation Wrightsville has and that gave
h'm an easy victory. He attributes
mueh of the success in landing the
invention for this city to the edi
torial efforts of Mr. Escott, editor of
The Mill News, of Charlotte.
The convention has been to the
lsle of Palms for the past three sum
rs, but this year marks a depart
,lrr' from what had almost become a
f'i custom, and the convention will
1)0 held at WrighlsA4ile. '
Mrs. Arthur L. Mills arrived today
nom Greenville, S. C, to spend sev
ral days with her mother, Mrs.
(f,e"er Moore, at No. 116 South Fifth
street.
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OFFICIAL DEAD
Passenger Traffic Manager of
Central of Georgia Dies
of Apopolexy
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 20. J. C. Hale,
passenger traffic manager of the Cen
tral of Georgia railway, died suddenly
today of apoplexy. He was at his home
preparing to go to his office when
stricken. He had been with the Cen
tral railway for 25 years as general
passenger agent and passenger traffic
manager.
OFFICER KILLED
Negro Shot Deputy Sheriff
Few Miles West of Fay
etteville Last Night
FayetteviUe, N. C, Nov. 20. Last
night Deputy Sheriff Frank A. Dees
was shot and killed a few miles west
of FayetteviUe by Carl Bryant, a ne
gro, whom the deputy was seeking to
arrest on a warrant.
Dees went to the home of Ike Mon
roe, where he knew-Bryant was. Mon
roe admitted the deputy to arreTst Bry
an, who was sitting in the room! The
officer was in the act of serving the
warrant when -.Bryant-'-, shot him. '
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TLY TESTS
Fired at Corpse to Prove Pow
der Theory in Nashville
Mtirdei Trial .
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 20. Dr. W.
H. Hollinshead, assistant professor of
chemistry, at Vanderbilt University,
was the first witness called by the de
fense today in the trial of Charles
Trabue, for the alleged murder of
Harry L. Stokes.
He was present at the Vanderbilt
anatomical laboratory, with a number
of surgeons when a shot from an au
tomatic pistol was fired at a corpse
He later analyzed the powder contain
ed by the shells used in the experi
ment and from two shells given him
by Trabue.
According to Dr. Paul DeWitt, an
other witness, the corpse fired at was
that of a clean-shaven white man.
Ten shots, he said, were fired from
the right side of the face at a dis:
tance of twelve inches and there was
no deposit of powder on the face. At
a distance of six inches there was a
deposit from shots, but the deposit
could be rubbed off.
The next experiment told of was
that of firing at a- wig of hair. No
singeing was detected, the physician
testified.
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.SECOND TRIAL
OF MRS. DEUTINGER
Newark, N. J., Nov. 20 For the
second time within a month Mrs. Mar
garet C. Beutlnger, young and beau
tiful, is to face a judge and jury here
indict-,'
fiiic wppIc in ariswer to an
ment charging first degree murder.
In her home at Caldwell some months
ago Mrs. Beutinger shot and killed
her husband. ' The tragedy, as alleged
by the defense, was the finale of
years of abuse ' whtlch1 the wife had
suffered at the hands of the man she
killed. At the first trial of the case,
which ended T)ctober 28, the jury
was unable to agree after twenty
two hours of deliberation. It was re
a ot tin ttmo that the iurvmen
stood ten for acquittal and two forj
conviction.
. T ortTTAM OUAATC 1
PRICE CO 1 1 vIN DriUU ID
IN MHO
UP IN ENGLAND TODAY J spite the Republicans' apparent plu
' rality now,
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t imiixn TMVvtr 9( An advance or
half penny in American cotton and dent, however, that they will be able
three-half pence in Egyptian cotton 'to win the -votes of enough indepen
today occasioned a temporary suspen- dent Republicans and Progressives to
sion of business ol the Manchester ' re-elect Champ Clark as Speaker and
Exchange, the ' Exchange Telegraph make it unnecessary for Clerk Trim
Company reports. i ble to .take a hand.
4. 4. 4. 4.
U. S. SUPREME COURT
' TAKES RECESS.
Washington, D. C, Nov. 20,-
The Supreme Court recessed to
day until December 4th.
4 4 4?
COULD STILL HAVE
L OF
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Possible for Democrats to Re
elect Champ Clark and
Organize Branch
, (By George H. Manning.)
Washington, D. C, Nov. 20. Even
though the Republicans have 217
members a plurality, but one less
than a majority in the House of Rep
resentatives in the Sixty-fifth con
gress that will take office March 4th,
1917, against only 212 for the Demo
crats, with six scattering members
as seems probable on the face of the
present returns, it will still be pos
sible for the Democrats to re-elect
Speaker Champ Clark, organize the
j House, appoint all the House employes
and dictate committees and chairmen
of committees.
I a. , rv in otiii uks puoai fcic iui tiic jjciu
ocrats to maintain control and do all
these things even if the Republicans
obtain the consent of the six congress
men of scattering political allegiance
to join them, giving them an apparent
total of 223 votes against the 212 of
the Democrats.
And all these things can be accomp
lished by the Democrats without the
least fraud.. Fraud, would, of course,
be charged by the Republicans, but
would scarcely alter the result.
Just one man, the Clerk of the
House of Representatives, South
Trimble, of Kentucky, could bring it
all about unassisted,.
aoutn Trim Die, a Democrat, ap
pointed Clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives by the Democrats, could
do this and retain his place as Clerk.
If,- as a last resort,, the whole jig is
- - t6,TrJmble. - 'iflOiwpfoi3 - the
necessary act, and cetaiihis' "position
If he falls aad the Republicans come
into power, Trimble will lose his posi
tion along with the hundreds of other
Democrats. His office head being at
stake might influence him to turn the
trick for the party that puts 'him in
office aiu3L wil retain him.
AH South Trimble would have to
do would be to juggle with the roll
call, as was done by Clerk Garland
in 1889, at the opening session of the
Twenty-sixth Congress, and he could
do this with full honesty- of purpose.
Under the rules of the House of
Representatives that body opens for
business without a Speaker, and with
the Clerk of the previous Congress in
the chair as presiding officer. The
Clerk, Doorkeeper, Sergeant-at-Arms
and other employes hold office until
their successors are appointed by the
party controlling the House.
The first act of a new Congress is
for the Clerk, who acts as presiding
officer, to call the roll of all the Con
gressmen with whose credentials he
has been supplied by the State offi
cials. If the election of some of the
candidates is contested, or for some
other reason the Clerk might think
them not fully entitled to their seats,
he might leave their names off the
roll. The Clerk ' might have on his
roll 212 Democrats and a lesser num
ber than 212 Republicans, instead of
217 Republicans, who, now appear to
have been elected, which would give
the Democrats control of the House.
A motion then made for the elec
tion of a Speaker would have prece-
dence over all other motions, includ
ing a motion to. protest the roll call.
The Democrats could then elect their
Speaker, effect their organization and
appoint their employes, including the
Clerk.
Action similar to this was taken
by Clerk Garland, a Democrat, in
1838. Garland had been the Clerk of
the preceding Congress. The line-up
in the House was so close between
the Republicans, who seemed to have
av majority, and the Democrats, that
the elimination of four or five votes
would give control to the other
party.
There were five Republicans in the
New Jersey delegation of whose elec
tion Clerk' Garland was not certain,
so he called the roll, omitting their
names. The chopping off of the five
Republicans gave the Democrats the
majority. They promptly elected
their Speaker and did with the House
organization much as they pleased.
There are now several Republicans
whose election is being contested and
should Clerk Trimble decide to leave
... Vi Mill if mierht trlva
tneir names uu uic ev
the Democrats continued control de-
Th democrats are ramer wuu
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ASSISTANCE
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Berlin ?; Reports 1 tLt. the bl-
beria' Is Stranded Off
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CAN'T LAUNCH BOATS
IN HEAVY SEA
Evidently, a Mix-ilj in Names
and Ship Meant is the Su
biria" Other Vessel
-Way fo Japan
Berlin (By Wireless to Sayville),
Nov. 20. The American steamer Si- j
beria, according to a. wireless report,
received here, is-stranded near Dover j
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ficers of the Siberia say it is impos-, Master Malcolm Hall, the ten-year-sible
to-launch boats . owing to the old son of Councilman and - Mrs. J
heavy seas. M. Hall, was painfully injured, yes-
. . i terday when he was accidentally shot
The vessel referred to in the fore-' in one of his legs by Armstead Mer
going dispatch from Berlin is undoubt- cef, son of Mrs. Mary L. Mercer,
edly the steamer Sibiria of 3,027 tons when the latter was tampering with
gross, bound for Sherbough with a a pistol that was thought not to be
cargo of wheat and flour, She carries loaded, at his home at No. 215 South
a crew of 50 persons, said to be all Am- Second street.
ericans. , Master Hall was taken to his home,
The steamer, Siberia, of 11,284-tons No 214 South Second street, just
gross, which had operated for fifteen across the street from the Mercer
years under the American flag, is now, home where lhe ccident occurred,
under the Japanese flag and on a voy- and was given medical attention. To
aSe to Japanese and Chinese ports. I day the anti.toxin treatment was ad
ministered to Master Hall as a pre
S THE
ELECTION GRAFT
Governor of West Virginia
Calls on Legislature for
a Remedy
Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 20. In his
message at the opening today of the
special meeting; of jthe West Virginia
legislasaiFSibvffir;
ed -political corruption which, It is
charged, prevailed in the election No
vember 7, and recommended an
amendment to the election law with
which it is hoped to remedy the situ
ation.
Two Automobiles, Building
Lot, Victrola, Gas Range,
KitcheniCabinet,. Among
the Awards.
CAMPAIGN OPEN TO
WOMEN AND GIRLS
Clip Nomination Coupon Ap
pearing in Today's Paper,
Fill it Out and Send to Dis
patch Ten Vote Coupons
in Each Paper.
Have you ever thought how nice it
would be to own an automobile, build
ing lot, victrola, gas range, kitcnen
cabinet, $100 in money, diamond ring,
or watch?
The auto would afford you much
pleasure, the victrola would brighten
and cheer your home, the range or
the kitchen cabinet would lighten
your work ana maice it more or a
pleasure, the $100 would buy those
things you have long wanted, and the
diamond ring or watch" would be an
object of beauty and value.
All this and mucn more was. con
templated by the publishers of The
Dispatch, when they decided to vir
tually take the women of this section
of. the State into partnership for a
few weeks and divide the profits of
the business with those who are will
ing to co-operate.
xesteraays uispaicu coniameu a
two-page announcement of the propo-i
Yesterday's Dispatch contained
sition, giving a compete list of all of
the prizes, their vaTue and wnere
they were purchased, and the details
of the plan whereby it will be decid
ed to whom the valuable prizes will
be awarded. This1 announcement is
sure to arouse unusuai interest all
over this section or tne state, De
cause it is one of the most liberal of
fers ever made by a newspaper.
The campaign is open to all white
women and girls of good character
living in the territory covered x by
The niknatch All that is necessary
to enter the competition is to cut out !
the "nomination blank, .v appearing j
elsewhere in this paper, fill in the
DENOUNCE
D,S1ZE
CENTRAL POWER MINISTERS
ORDERED TO LEAVE , '
GREECE. 4
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London, Nov. 20. An Athens 1
4' dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company, says that the
German, Austro-Hungarian, Bui-
garian and Turkish ministers to
. Greece have been informed by
tne commander of the Allies'
fleet that they must depart from
j 4 Greece by-Wednesday.
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EMPTY, MHOS
Son of Councilman Hall Ac
cidentally Shot By Com
panion Yesterday
ventive against possible lockjaw in
fection. Councilman Hall stated today that
his son, with young Mercer and other
youths, were toying with a pistol at
the .Mercer home yesterday after
noon, when suddenly the pistol dis
charged and the bullet took effect in
the fleshy part of Master Hall's leg.
Young Mercer afterwards stated that
he knew there were empty shells in
the revolver, but did not think there
were any unexploded ones.
Industrial Welfare Conference.
Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 20.--Every
phase of the relationships : between
dustries-of Pennsylvafi
hsylvania will -.be dls"
cussed at the fourth annual efficiency
and welfare conference to -open here
tomorrow, under the auspices of the
State Department of Labor and In
dustry. name and address of yourself or any
one whom you think would like to
have one of the prizes we are offer
ing, and bring or send it to The Dis
patch office. This will give the
party nominated 1,000 votes.
Each issue of The Dispatch for the
next few weeks will contain a coupon
good for votes. The ones appearing
now are good for ten votes each and
any candidate may cast as many cou
pons each day as she can secure. Clip
these coupons every day. Don't de
stroy the paper without clipping the
coupon', for some ambitious woman
will be asking for it, and you can
give her assistance with but little ef
fort. Those who are desirous of having
an automobile, or one of the other
valuable prizes, should not hesitate
or delay their campaign for votes.
You, young woman, who are reading
this article, have multiplied scores of
friends who would gladly assist you
to secure one of the prizes, but they
are also friends ot otner young
women, and they are pretty certain
to give their assistance to the first
one who asks for it. Why not you
be the first one? Use the telephone to
. f call up friends whom you can reach j
that way and make personal calls on
others and let them know that you
want one of the automobiles we are
offering and will appreciate their as
sistance. The campaign will not make an ex
orbitant demand on your time. You
qti rhtnin nne of the nrizes bv devot-
- a
ing your spare time to the work The
chief tmng to ao is to let your irienua
know that you would like to have
one of the automobiles, or other
prizes, and they will be glad to aid
you.
If you did not see the big first an-
nouncement, or if there is anytning
Dertainine to the contest that you do
not understand, call at The Dispatch
office and talk it over with the Con
test Manager. If you cannot come
to the office call ; 176 over the tele-
phone, and ask for the Contest Man-
aeer. or send him a postal cara. tie
will be glad to give you any mforma-
tion and assist you ail mat ne can i
impartially.
TO THOUGHT
INAUGURATES
lOTIifi CONTEST
file AMOUNT
Elnormoqs $urn vQbtained in
Ureat Britain bince I he
War
n
London, Nov. 20. Estimates com
pleted for the first .two years of the
ar show that the1 enormous sum of
$250,000,000 ? Has : been1 "faked in the
British Empire for Ibharities growing
out of the world conflict
Of this, amount more than $100,
090,000 has been contributed for the
relief of distress and the reestablish
ment of men returning to civil life.
The Prince of Wales fund is perhaps
the greatest of the public charities
dealing with distress. About $60,
000,000, however, has been raised in
factories, banks, offices and various
business establishments through
weekly contributions for the assist
ance of families and dependents of
employes who m have gone to the
front. Part of such runas is, of
course, being reserved for relief work
after the war.
For sick and wounded soldiers and
sailors the contributions are estimat
ed at $30,000,000, most of which has
been raised and administered by the
British Red. Cross. Another $80,000,
000 has been spent for soldiers' "com
forts," such as tobacco, mufflers,
pipes, socks, mittens, gloves, sweat
ers, safety razors, insect powder,
needles, sewing cotton, writing ma
terials, chocolates and. sweets.
It is estimated hat fully $50,000.-
gwnTorrelief ; work amoagvthe Al-
lies, the largest amount1 gtttags.'to Bel
gium. Rellei among the Belgian ref
ugees in Great Britain also has called
for large expenditures.
WOULD PAY THEM
EXTRA ALLOWANCE:
The Hague, Netherlands; -Nov. 20.
To prevent irregular attendance in
the Second Chamber of the Dutch
Parliament the Prime Minister, Mr.
Cort van der Linden, has brought for-
ward the proposal that members shall
be paid an extra fee of $2 for every
sitting they attend. He proposes also
that the yearly salary of members
shall be raised from $800 to $1.200.
with right to pension.
According to the Dutch Constitu
tion, not only is the Chamber de
barred from taking any decision un
less more than half its members are
present, but it may not even deliber
ate. The "absenteeism" has not only
sometimes prevented parliamentary
sittings opening at the appointed
hour, but has even occasionally en
tirely stopped the Chamber from pro
ceeding with its business.
TO ATTEND DEDICATION.
Chief Schnibben Will Go To
Rocky
Mount Thursday.
Fire Chief Charles Schnibben has
received an invitation to be present
at the dedication of a new fire station
in Rocky Mount on Thursday of this
week. Also on that day there will be
a test made of a new triple-combina
tion motor car enerine recently nur-
chased frQm American-LaFrance
Company for the Rocky Mount de
partment. The fire-fighter embodies
a gasoline pumper, hose wagon and
chemical outfit.
WANTS GOVT. TO BE
HOME BUILDER
American Federation of Labor
Would Have Money Loan
ed in This Way
,
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 20. Congress
is ureed in a resolution adODted by the
American Federation of Labor to enact
loiHaiatinn under which the eoverh-
ment may locan postal savings bank,
funds to municipalities to build model
homes for its citizens. .
An alternative suggestion in the
resolution is that the government es
tablish a system of credit under which
people may borrow money on long term
notes, at no interest, to Duna tneir owu
J homes.
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Brotherhood Heads Will Con
fer at the White House
This Afternoon
LABOR TO STAND
TOGETHER IN FIGHT
American Federation to Back
the Eight Hour Day
President's Message to Con-
gress Will Contain Recom
mendation. Washington, Nov. 20. While It wa
insisted that they came only "to , pay
their respects" the heads of the four
great railway brotherhoods, made an
engagements at the White House to
day to confer with the President In tae
afternoon. It was expected that the
eight-hour day fight and probably a
plan for co-operation of the brother
hoods with the American Federation Of
Labor in the fight would be discussed,
if only briefly.
The leaders will see the President at
5:45 o'clock' and at 6 o'clock the PresI
dent will confer with Representative.
Adamson, author of the present eight
hour law, and vice chairman of the
joint congressional commission, which;
began an investigation of the railway
ituation today. - ,.
In the President's address to cong
gress next month he will make recom
mendations for the remainder of his
legislative program which was unfln
shed when congress adjourned. The
of the President's recommendation
which would provide investigation of
railway controversies before a strike
or lock-out is permitted. The Ameri
can Federation of Labor has also gone
on record against the recommendation.
; Plans. for coordination of efforts be
tween the American Federation of La
lioad for the !gHt3tottr, day fitfrT&ro:
said to have been formulated at a con
ference here yesterday. !
The brotherhood leaders will ad
rlrfiss thJ American ForlArfi.Hnn of
Labor, convened in Baltimore, on the
subject today; it is said. President
Gompers refused to discuss the subject
on the ground that it was to come be
for the convention.
Government officials
tnterested In
the congressional investigation of the
eight-hour law and brotherhood rail
way leaders have a plan formulated
to meet a reported move on the part
of the employes to band together to
fight the eight-hour day. Until the
Plan is fully disclosed the legislative
program of the administration will
' be fully shaped. It is admitted that
! action of the labor leaders will have
an important bearing on It.
PERHAPS A STATE
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Such Will Be' Proposed at
Meeting of Commercial . t
Secretaries, Gastonia
High Point, N. C, Nov. 20. It la
announced here that the annual meet
ing of the North Carolina Commercial
Secretaries' Association will be held
at Gastonia January 23 - and 24. Dis
cussion of the work of the organiza
tion by speakers of both State and
National prominence will feature the
convention. - ,
A proposal ' to organize a State
Chamber of Commerce also will be
given attention by the delegates. M
BRYAN WON'T MOVE
TO TARHEEL!
Has No Idea of Leaving Lin
coln, Nebraska;-H Tells'
Interrogator
Chicago. 111., Nov. , 20. "A dry. Chi
cago" campaign was opened today by
an address by William Jennings
Bryan before a-meeting of the Dry
Chicago Federation.
Mr. Bryan, was asked about the re
port that he was to move his home
to Asheville, N. C. :
"I don't mind denying It again
said Mr. Bryan. "Why. should any
one leave a nice dry State like Ke-'
braska? My home will remain at-
Lincoln and I will do my Toting
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