WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Saturday. Colder, tonight with temperature slightly above freezing. Fresh west winds. VOL. XXII. NO. 3 1 4. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY JERNQON, NOVEMBER 24,1 9 16. PRI CE ; 5 CENTS HUNDREDS SAID 1 - W idlmingtoh Dispatch fSmi ' , THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN WILMINGTON , . ' ' . " "'J .. 1 1 , ; : - j . .v 1 .y jv. . . ;. v . ' . .... 1 1 , . 1 - . . 1 1 .1, 1 1 1 1 1 : Villa Renews Atti On Ghihwx0$. City -5S-:i r... gerIin Announces Great Vic tory in Western Rumania. Army's Fate Uncertain. RUSSIANS MAKING A CENTER ATTACK. Entente Forces Pushing On Against Germans and Bul garians Around Monastir- ' No New Development On The Somme Front. Virtual completion of the Teutonic (omiuest of Little Wallachia is an nounced today byBerlin. Orsova and Turnu Severns have been captured by the Austro-German forces, which have broken the resistance of the Ruman ians in this section of Western Ru mania. No mention is made of the fate of the Rumanian forces. The retreat of these forces is assumed to havo been cut off. as result of the capture by General von Falkenhayn's army of Craiova, and with it the only main line of railway leading eastward. Pushing eastward, the Austro-German forces, it is now announced, are approaching the Alt Valley. It is along this valley that the Rumanians have elected to make their next stand. Bucharest yesterday TepoTted a withdrawal of the Rumanians from the Jieul Valley region and announced that they were holding their own in the Alt Valley-where a Teutonic force was driving from the northern Ru manian border, ina converging at tack with a force from the west. Sim u'taneously a "move has been begun presumably by the Bulgarians, which may prove of notable importance. Bucharest reports an attack of hos tile forces across the Danube at Zim nitza, on the railroad leading to. Buch arest. This meYement &ay "mean cutting-ill tar beyond the present Ru manian line along the Alt. Zimnitza is 70 miles southwest of Bucharest. INVENTOR 11.1 DIED TODAY fit HIS LONDON If American-Born Genius Pass ed Away After Reaching Ripe Old Age. GAVE WORLD THE MAXIM MACHINE GUN Known as One of The Most Famous of -Inventors Son Invented The Gun oiiencer. ; El Paso, Texas, Nov. 24,-Villa renewrgis attack on Chi huahua at 9 o'clock this morning, a messagereceived at Juarez stated. ' J ; Andreas Garcia, inspector of General sCarranza's consu lates, today officially denied a report that General Trevino and his forces had evacuated Chihuahua City and were now to the north of that place, "General Gonzales was talking with General Trevino over the military telegraph at 1 0 o'clock and General. Trevino was in the military headquarters at the state capitol Mr. Garcia said. ' "Therd is nothing to such a wild rumor," he added. "Neith er is there any truth in the rumor that Carranza troops have joined Villa's band. Censors Release Report. Chihuahua, Mexico, Nov. 23 (Via El Paso Junction, Nov. 24. Delayed by military censors) One general, two colonels and 100 men, of the Carranza forces were killed during the fighting between General Carranza's troops and the Villa ban dits. Four hundred of Villa's command are knowto have been killed and left on the battlefield. OVERTON ADMITS i HE KILLED JUDGE NO i TIN London, Nov. 24. Sir Hiram Ste vens Maxim, inventor of the auto matic system of firearms, died at his ...hie here early this morning. Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-bom, was one of the most famous inventors, civil, mechanical and elec trical engineers of Great Britain. He was most widely known as the inven tor of the Maxim machine gun, which makes the recoil of the weapon serve as the power for reloading, and which is the weapon largely used in the European war today. He was born in Sangerville, Me., February 5, 1840, the son of Isaac Weston and Harriet .MV. Maxim, and received only a common school edu ,action, but he acquired scientific .knowledge by reading, and attending lectures. He"wen$to England in 1881 and had resided there ever since. He was knighted by Queen Victoria ill ON RIVER BRIDGE 'Declares Jurist Attacked Him With Knife and He Slew Him. The Pussians have made a center move in Dobrudja. - Petrograd announces-they have pushed south to Lake Tashuaul, about twelve miles north of Constanza which is the Black Sea terminal of the railway from Tashuaul, and have crossed the Kartal river. Berlin announces a battle in this region, but declares, however, that the Tfussians were thrown back from their advanced positions. Both east and west of Monastir, on the Macedonian, front, the entente army is pressing the German-Bulgrian line hard and making further advance, according to the French announce ment. Berlin announces the repulse of local attacks by the entente north west and northeast of Monastir. -N'either Paris nor London reports any infantry activity on the fronts in ftanee and Belgium. According to Berlin, the British attacked in the Ancre region, but tailed to gain grouna. A change in the Russian govern ment is announced in the appoint ment of Alexander Trepoff, minister of railways, as premier, succeeding Boris Strumer. Petrograd dispatches recently have intimated that political affairs m Russia were passing through a crisis and in one of them His son, Hiram Percy Maxim, is a well-known inventor in the United States, known particularly as the in ventor of the Maxim silencer. For many years Sir Hiram was a DENIES DISPOSING OF MAN'S BODY Alabama Case Takes a Sensa tional Turn When Accused Admitted The Bloody Act. HunUville, Ala., Nov. 24. David Overton, former Madison county cir cuit court clerk, charged. with the muf- director in the firm of Vickers Sons & Maxim, but resigned that post in 1911.. For more than thirty years he experimented in aeronautics and in dented flying machines, in the light of the present war, with its numer ous German airship raids on England, it is remarkably interesting to recall that eight years ago Sir Hiram took the British nation to task for its V small interest m aeronautics, ana pointed then, at a time when aero planes were in their infancy, that .England- was in grave danger of bombardment by airships. "Does any one doubt for a mo ment," said he, "that in case we find ourselves at war with a continental power, airships will be used for bom barding English towns, both on the coast and inland? The city of Lon don within a year's time can be at tacked without our enemy needing to fear the boasted British fleet." Following the success of the Wright biplane, Sir Hiram renewed his long continued interest in aviation and in 1910 perfected a machine which he declared had certain advan tages ove rthe Wright's. It was he interested me STATUS DF THE SI TOATDN U. S. Govt. Officials Make Answer To The Sensa tional Rumors. ADMIT THAT IT IS STILL DELICATE fBut There is No Change- Awaiting To Gather facts Before Proceeding Further. Washington, Nov. . 24. Revival sensational rumors of renewal of of it court clerk, charred. with the mur-t rousnness of submarine warfare and der iwler, : teamed at .hiM mtea&la.te4 ; tnt?axJfe TJnJted whn with others. a Liberal leader was quoted as de- J British government in beginning its daring that an agreement between i'nani79tinii of an aerial navy, and trial here today a"n dsaid hc-killed the Huntsville jurist " on Whitesburg Bridge, near here, on the night of June 14, in self defense, after Judge Lawler had attacked him with a knife. Lawler, he said, rushed, him several times, knife in hand, and they fought over a wide area; that he shot the jurist with a revolver, after striking i him on the head several times with the weapon. He denied having any thing to do with the disposal of Law ler's body or with the alleged painting out of the blood spots on the bridge. Overton said he and Lawler drove to the Whitesburg Bridge, from Hunts ville, together to discuss political dif ferences which existed between them. PRESIDENT WILL BE AT THE GAME With Large Party, He Will See l The Battle on The Gridiron. States was met by a statement from officials here that the situation, while delicate, absolutely was unchanged and would be until the United States had gathered all evidence on recent attacks. The State Department is still await ing the result of the investigations and meanwhile officials reiterated that the position of the United States as laid down in the last correspond ence with Germany is unchanged. It was made clear that a severance of diplomatic relations would follow any violation of pledges from Berlin. FARMERS INT GOVT. OWN THEM Union's Convention Advo cates Taking Over Rail road Lines. 'hp Duma and Pie's the government had -,f-n reached satisfactory to the peo- rfjpresentatives. SANDS WILL BEHOLD THE GAME Army and Navy Officers Crowd Gotham Big Fleet Arrives In Port. New York, Nov. 24. A formidable 0pt of American warships is in port oday to permit its officers to attend no Army and Navy football game nr tomorrow. The fleet includes e dreadnaught, 7 batleships, 5 crui sers. It a torpedo boat and 2 colliers. w expected that between 10,000 Hnd 12,000 men will be granted shore though he was then 70 years old he lived to see the great war bring air-fighting- to pass in even greater measure, probably, than he himself had dreamed. In addition to his his gun and aero plane, he patented many electrical inventions, including incandescent lamps, self-regulating current ma chines, several pieces of ordnance arid a smokeless powder. The aged inventor took a keen in terest in the war, and from time to time there was unconfirmed reports of his invention of devices to meet the needs Of the war, one of them an apparatus to counteract the effects of the poisonous gases which the Ger mans were first to bring into use. In 1915 he was appointed a member of the Inventions Board of the British Munitions Department under Lloyd George. Washington, Nov. 24. President Wilson expects to attend the Army and Navy football game at New York tomorrow. The President will be ac companied Ibly5 Mrs. Wilson and a large party, leaving here at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning on a special train Palatka, Fla., Nov. 24. Election of officers and selection of the 1917 con vention city was the chief matter be fore the annual convention of the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America, here today. The convention yesterday adopted a lengthy platform, urging, among other things, government ownership of transportation and communication lines and advocating changes in the country's financial, economic and in dustrial system, as well as making a and arriving at New York at 1.06 p m. He will return to Washington! .Q . Mnti'r, rillti in min try schools o fchildren residing in ru ral communities. after the game Secretaries Lansing, Baker, Dan iels and McAdoo are also planning to attend the game. EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL WILL CLOSE TODAY. Fayettevile, N. C, Nov. 24 The case of J. Sprunt Newton continued today, occupying the whole morning session of Cumberland Superior Court, E. M. Strongfield, attorney for defense, continued his argument for nearly an hour. Court will reconvene at 2 o'clock, when the last speech by counsel will ANOTHER i j TiArrr Wfnotnn'ii ohariro will! i:,j v-rvlf an srem.,ue umue. ouu6o " sir 7 J V" I follow immediately, the case reaching its close,today. 1:i "uertv u,j j - nuuuieus oi active ana re 'red officers of s the Army and Navy ponged hotels today and with the ingestion caused by an abnormal owd of ciViiians virtually nearly ' ery leading hotet-in the city is re prted filled to capacity. lfle. Armv sQuads luarte U1".v ana Navy football society oi id, I r atniJ arrived today and took up tionf for the advancement of Science, ry H. Sto uously to science throughout his long life that even his recreations were given by him as "reading scientific hnnin and studying the abstract sciences." He wrote many important t nWicles. and an autobiography, "My't Life," in 1915. He was a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, a member of the American So viet v nf Civil Engineers, the Royal STATE PRESENTING EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL Nashville,: Tenn., Nov. 24. The state began its evidence in rebuttal this morning in the trial of Charles C. Society of Arts, the British Associa- Trabue for. the alleged murder of Har- i j. ..m.io nVior bp.lAhtlfta bodies 1 was from character witnesses. L SHIP TO BOTTOM British Admiralty Makes Known Loss of Another. All Aboard Saved. London, Nov. 24. Closely following the news of the sinking of the giant White Star liner, Brittanic, in use as a British hospital ship, comes an nouncement today of the loss of an other British hospital steamer, the Bramaer Castle a 6,2&0-ton vessel. She was mined or topedoed in the Aegean sea while on her way from Salonica to Malta with wounded, says the of ficial statement, which reports all on board saved.; ..? ;r A Reuter's dispatch from Athens says the vessel was torpedoed. E DESERTED HAV GEN Sent Out to Attack The Band its They Joined The Villa Forces. nnnrin rnn nnPTTinnF GARRANZA flrrun run rmoi IK I -.1 I REFUGEES GIVE DIFFERENT VERSIONS Other Nominations Will Be Published as Contest Progresses. ; If Name of One For Whom You Want to Vote Does Not Appear Send in Her Nomination Today. -X- 46- Some Expect Chihuahua To Surrender to Villa- Others Think Bandit Chieftain Was Tricked. El Paso, Texas, Nov. 24. An Am erican member of a party arriving here early today from Chihuahua said that more than 1,000 Carranza soldiers sent out Wednesday by General Trev ino, commander at Chihuahua, have gone oyer to the bandits without firing a shot. A train arrived at Juarez -X- V. -X-X- I -X-X- THE PRIZES. $68E Overland Automobile. Ford Automobile. Building $100 la Gold. $75 Victrola. $50 O. K. Mystic Range. $40 Sellers Kitchen Cabinet. $25 Wrist Watch. Two $60 Diamond Rings. " Dublin, N. C. '. Maude Allen tt.Willette Hughes ;Alma McDanlel AS. :;Mrs. A. O. Trust'.. " Elizabethtown, N. C. East Arcadia. N. C. 1,0.00 ; l.ooo. : 1,000 , . t 1.000 ' ; Agnes CromartI 1,000 Ruth Hester 1,000 two ; l.ooo : Mildred Peterson ,! Evergreen, N. C. -X- -X- -X- -X- Who the contestants are in The Dis- from Chihuahua bringing about 100 patch contest is told for the first time Suda Fay Benton Eleon Dunham 1,000 .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 .. - 1.000 Lizzie Griffin .. . . , Inez Shaw ' , Fair Bluff, N. C. Frankie Anderson . . 1.000 iBiugccs m a pdBscH6er wauu auu iu.m tOOay'S iSSUe Of The Disnatch. iTCva Elvinc-tnn . .. The list of contestants presented Pet Martin ... on another page is within itself a story Grace Powell of the most interesttrig nature. Al- Pauline Renfrau 1,000 ' though it has been but a few days! Fairmont. N. C. box cars filled with Chinese. The train left Chihuahua at noon yesterday a short time after the attack on Chi huahua by Villa bandits began. At that time the guns on Santa Rosa hill were firing at intervals and the rifle fire on both sides was said to be brisk. Other passengers are of the opinion that the town would be surrendered to Villa after a brief resistance, as many of the civilians and soldiers are Villa sympathizers. Villa's attack on Chihuahua was not 1,000 1,000 1.000 since the contest was announced, an ' Bennie Baker. . extra large list of nominations has al ready been received. Other nominations will no doubt come in as the contest progresses for ; there arc some who have been wait ing until the list was. published be fore sending in either their own names 1.000' Olga Carrell 1,000 ' Bonnie Granthum .. .. .. . . ' 1,000' Bertha Jenkins . . Mrs. J. !. Watson. . . . Faison, N. C. Mrs. P. A. Clifton. Elizabeth Gibson t 1,000 1,000, a i I or those of friends. There is every . argarei ooumenana I reason to Deiieve mat Deiore many state. unexpected by the Carranza garrison, Mexican officials said today, as Villa' avs havft naSR . thf onnttiaf has publicly announced that his next haye developed into tne moit hotly action would be to take Chihuahua , struggle of a frlendl na and then drive the American expedi- ture eyer witnPSSed in tnis part of the iiuu uui ui mcAitu. villas uuiuucdb is ascribed to a common belief that General Trevino was seriously short of small arms and munitions. It is thought here that General Trevino al lowed this impression to be spread so as to assure it reaching Villa, while the fact is that he has sufficient for all emergency. 1,000 1,000 1.000 Garland, N. C. Belle Carter . . . . . . . . . Mrs. P. S. Cromartie Leila Herring . . , . Fannie Lamb .. .. 1 1,000 Gibion. N. C. 1 I Jessie Baxley . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 PROTEST 5 THEIR SE Kill I IIIIH The nomination period is still open - Tllij, rih(tnn and will be open until the last. Re-jMrg w H Webster .. .. member, that it is never too late to Gladys Wright. . ., .. .. enter, but those who wish to secure Hamlet, N C the greatest number pf votes should ' Glady8 Sherwood. . ' sena in ineir-nommaiion at once, as , Ivanhoe N the votes will be much easier to se- Mrg G c Bannerman ' cure now tnan tney will later on. C. The list of contestants in today's paper are of three differ ant classes. There are those who sent iu their own nominations, . and . fcave..np $OUbt Tal Both American and Spanish Ministers Talk With The German Chancellor. Berlin, Nov. 23 (Via London, Nov. '24). Secretary Joseph C. Grew, of the United States embassy, had an hour's interview yesterday afternoon with the German imperial chancellor, Von Bethmann-Hollweg, regarding the Belgian labor problem. He laid before the chancellor information and unofficial suggestions for ameli oration of compulsory employment of the Belgian workers, as a conces sion to the Belgian national feeling and neutral public opinion. Details of the conversation are regarded for the present as confidential. The Spanish ambassador, as the of ficial representative of the Belgian government, also had a conversation with the chancellor on the same subject. AGREE ON A TEST CASE EOR COURTS votes. Then there are' those who "are still undecided Just what they wiH do about it, and have been waiting until the list appeared to decide fully what they would do, and there are those who have been nominated by friends and did not know of their nomination until their names appeared In the pa per. In the list many will recognize ac quaintances and friends. The can didates thus far enrolled possess the proper element of refinement, dignity and, it is believed, energy to make up a successful and highly interesting contest, the winners of which wfrfc be awarded an Overland automobile, Ford automobile, building lot at Car olina Beach, $100 in gold, $75 Victrola, $50 O. K. Mystic Range, $40 Seller's kitchen cabinet, $25 wrist watch and two $60 diamond rings. Contestants who have been nomin ated should not hesitate about beginn ing their campaign. The sooner you start the better. The opportunities we are offering you for' your efforts are certainly well worth anyone's time to secure. Let your friends know, by either seeing them personally, or call ing them by telephone, . that you are in the contest to win, and they will readily come, to your assistance. We can never tell just what we are cap able of doing until we try. Why not try? You cannot lose in this contest as all who take an active part and do not win one of the ten prizes will be paid a commission of ten per cent, of all payments for new subscriptions. Abbottsburg, N. C. Lorrene Ballantine.. .. .. .. 1,000 Edna Cashwell 1,000 Margaret Craven 1,000 M....e.11. A .. r 1 Md'6"ci wa.tju , now oeni io attorney vaeiiercu Rutn Johnson 1,000 For His Approval As to I Acme, N. c. Adamson Act Fight. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 24. A ten tative agreement on a test case of the Adamson law was reached today by attorneys of the railroads and gov ernment, who have been in " confer ence since yesterday. The agreement has been forwarded to Attorney-General Gregory and the conferees here will await his reply. Rena Bradt 1,000 EACH STATE TO BEAR A PART OF DEFICIT. New York, Nov. 24. Apportion ment of the $300,000 Democratic cam paign deficit among the States has been decided on, Chairman McCor mick announced today. '.'Popular subscriptions are all right and the Democrats . expect to raise the money by this method, but it is slow and it takes a great many subscriptions to make up the money necessary," Mr. McCormick said. "I lovo tTiorAfnro. riftmrtad to have each State committee raise the amount ap- Lillie Bell Phifer 1,000 portioned to its State." Bessie Smth 1.000 Mattie Powell 1,000 Ruby Scull 1,000 Nancy F. Wall 1,000 Armour, N. C. Mrs. B. L. Daniel .. 1.000 Mrs. W. R. Lovei. ,. 1,000 Ashton, N. C, Fannie Lee Armstrong 1,000 Atkinson, N. C Mabel Henry 1,000 Sallie J. Kelly 1,000 Florence Murphy 1,000. Mrs. T. S. Teague . . t 1,000 Bladenboro, N. C. Annabel Bridger 1,000 Pauline Hilburn : . Elizabeth Pate Vera Singletary 1,000 Esther Thompson .. 1,000 Burgaw, N. C. Beulah Batson . . Fannie M. Sidbury Eleanor Williams . . . . . Clarkton. N. C. Margaret Clark . . . . . Maude Ivey 1,000 Lois Owen .. .. 1.000 1,000 1,000 , . 1,000 . . 1.000 , . 1,000 1,000 Margaret Corbett . Edn Qobi Jacksonville, N. C. Julia Bender Eveyn., Cole 1,000 1,000 1.000 i.ooa s . 1,900 1.000 1.000 .f 1.000 i;doa rijHMr: i,d 1.00a . . 1,0 1.6&d -... ..... nVUSBT- Ik.kKlAJLL i . . . Mrs. R. C. Warrick R. F. D., Jacksonville, N. C. Rachel Scott 1,000 ' Mettle Walton .. . .. 1,600 Kenantvllle, N. C. Fannie Bryan .. .......... 1,000 Leona Grady .. .. 1,000 Virginia Johnson . . . . 1,000" Blanche Swinson 1,0 00 Kenly, N. C. Mrs. Emma Broughton 1,000 Inez Edgerton 1,000 Sadie Morris .. 1.000 Mrs. J. R. Sauls .1,000 Agnes Watson l.OQft Laurel Hill, N. C. Mary Snead ( 1,000 Laurinburg, N. C. Hallie Beacham ; . 1,000 Emma Neal Covington 1,000 Annie Goodwyn 1,000 Lois Paylor 1,000 Annie B. Roper 1,000 Anna Stewart.. .. . . .. Myrtle Willoughby .A.. Loris, 8. C. Dorothy Gladys Butler 1,000 Marietta, N. C. Mae Oliver 1,000 Maxten, N. 0. Jeddie Mae Bristow 1,000 Emma Fine ... 1,000 Anna Dell Henderson .... . . l.OOrf' Josie Maness . . . . .' . . . ..' 1,00" Marguerite McQueen .... . . 1,000 Mrs. W. E. Reid .... LOOO ' Estelle Steed . . .. '.. 1.600 Mayaville, N. C. Gladys Collins t, 1,000, R. F. D., Maysvllle, N. C. . . Sadie Morton l;0()d Lizzie Mills . . , . . . . 1.000 Katie Sabiston .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 Newberlm; N. C. Mrs. R. C. Applewhite 1,000 Elizabeth Mettler .. .. .. .... 1,000 Pembroke, N. C. ; Mrs. J. A. McCarmick ...... 1,000 Mrs. Margaret Pennington . . 1,000 Pearl Sheppard .. .4 .. .. 1.000 R. F. D., Pembroke, N. C. v EtheP Brown 1,000 Inez Lewis., .r .. WOfr Stella McNeill M00 Phoenix, N. C. ' Annie Mae Butler -1.000 Gretchen Gaylard 1,000 Mae Medlin .. .. -.. .. ,. 1,000 Rockingham,. N. C. "T" - LiUian Biggs .'.'..--'1.000 Iola Cole . . . . - 1.000 Maggie Hasty .. .. 1.000 Emma Porter . . 1,000 Roseboro, N.C Irene Collins .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.000 Crosby Fisher 1,000 Mary Mills . . 1.000 Meda Spell . . . . -. ...... Shallotte, N. C. Irene Rourk.. .. .. .. Katie Rnss . . .... . . . Rexie Tripp i .. 1.000 ' ' . 1 . 1,000 1.000 (Continued on Page Fire) at different hotels. inu Hume vuo wv"- v- i -t N V i

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