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THE WEATHER- 10 Pages Today ONE SECTION Wednesday and Thursday; ,.-int warmer Wednesday. VOL. XCV-INO. 50. wiLMmGTo Sn; Cn Wednesday mobotg, novembee 25, 1914 WHOIiE 1 3,830; outcome of poland ba ttle 'will vitall y Affect the BELGIANS DENIED SAYS STATE MUST ARKANSAS FOREST FIRES ENTIRE WINTER'S CAMPAIGN 1 m - ' ' - i ' ' 1 . -'- 1 - ' ' " . - " in i - , - - .. . 1 ' i- i. . -e V EXERCISE COMBO Petrograd Declares the Germans Have Been Temporarily Checked at Least While Paris Claims Germans Are Fleeing Latter Says Issue Has Not Yet Been Decided Victory Will Affect War. QUIET STILL FEATURES GREAT BATTLE LINE IN BELGIUM Portuguese Congress Voted to Co-Operate With the Allies When Step Considered Necessary Partial Mobiliza-. tion Will be Ordered England's Greatest Loan Has Been Successfully Floated. 2" ' London. Soy. 24. t'p to late . tonlsrbt there was no conclusive news from the Polish battlefield, where a decisive victory for either Russia or Ger manr would vitally affect the course of the winter campaign botfr in the i:at nnd In the West. . ' rrtroprad declares the Russians have inflicted at least a temporary re vfme on tl Germans between the Vistula and Warta rivers but does not. flnfin that the fortunes of war have been permanently settled. A Paris Ma tin correspondent describes the Germans as fleeing. Berlin announces offN. cinlly that the issue has not yet been decided. On the snow-covered . fields of Belgium and . France quiet continues, the only unusual Incident being the bombardment of Zeebrugg-e and Heyat by British ivarshipH. A few shells struck betels where the German staff waa quartered and other buildings. The German shore batteries were unable to reaeh the warships in reply. - 'Vht Hague reports that railway communication ( with Antwerp has been ii upended and that no travelers will be admitted to Belgium during- the next few day. The Germans are believed to be preparing for' another usanlt on the Allies defenses, but for the time being there, is a nearer approach to rest for the armies spread out from Ostend. to Verdun than at any time in the past two months. . ? . v s ' 'yf ; ' i. -" V The Portuguese Congress today decided .that; eountry should cq-opera.tc with tJie- Alli-a Trheu ii ulll iMiir n deeree tar The area test loan UT England's history 35,0rf,600 r(lJST50,000,000) . has been sucpessfuliy floated by the Bank of England, "both large and. small lu- - ' i es tors beins; among; the buyers. The eountry awaits announcement by The chancellor of the exchequer as to the amount of the subscription witb'the belief that they will exceed considerably-the amount of the loan and that the rollossal transaction will have an Impressive effect 'upon Great Britain's enemies. Berlin reports that the Bundesrat has passed laws to prevent and to punish speculation in gold, to tlx the price of potatoes, to limit consumption of bread in Berlin, and to extend the moratorium applying- to bills of ex change in Alsace-Lorraine, East Prussia and parts of , West Prussia another 30 days, making its extent 150 days. It Is expected the price of wool will be fixed this week. The . British government has taken up all the . stocks f of leather. The hunger-stricken Belgians on the border of Holland are pictured as resorting to brigandage. Reports say a state of anarchy is approaching. ineen Mary has sent to Mrs. Walter H. Page, wife of the American am bassador a letter of thanks for the mission of the Santa Claus ship Jason, which Is bringing Christmas gifts from American children to Children' la England and on the continent. The Jason will arrive at Devenport tomorrow, "he will be given an official reception by the municipality of Plymouth and y representatives of the government. TREXCHES OF ARMIES MEET ivid Description Given of the Under found Defensive and Offensive. ''ari?, Nov. 24. The trenches of the opposing armies between the Oise and SoR1me ai-e at some point only 300 feet apart, according to a Hava's dispatch from t,ie front. The correspondent says a French officer, acting as guide for 1 newspaper men told them when they Pproacheri the firing line' they must be ifent for "the enemy can bear us." lie crashing voice of the three inch suns which we had left behind us as e aovancefj," continued' the dispatch, ' wafi a'ost obliterated by the th! anr1 ciuicker staccato reports of ,m"cnine puns ad the Mausers. At "'stance of TOO yards Vas fa gray, ain nce;e. of, earth, the advance line the enemy's trenches. of i r faP to face and wthin range ,.. ', olher's forces, men were shoot- from 'her down point Wank, while fnver-VrV ridgre and every mound, s h'' w lth four inches of snow, un- -n batteries completed the turmoil of t.o l7e lml there a head rises cau Ti.pl nbrve a white crested trench, heari rre Eix ulck Bhot nd then the itv n . H -cnc, d,a xnougn swaiiowea tors f:et. or snow. This is all snecta- Of thp V,Iln.j r .1 . j T""1 the burrows. The vat nu. i . . : th iiuiuers rooieq over wixn -n.j.. 11 ceo ana w.iui'-iuu( 1 , "ars. in front supporting lik 7. Partl1- Protect the men inside Tlippr . . P"C11S ana tne tempests m """ersrround forts for mod t.h.-rBrifr!'rPV,With san,tary Pitches, hp0, - for the mess and bunks for the their turn on the fir- "in f,.. ch?ne xwpapers. n-u-J. r,ses an ancient windmill, "'i'tirr i without the form an ar o i1(; , 1 ience Provisions are brought Further enches of bot-h the combatants "ach r0n' the trenches are so near P'nc.n?nat' te Germans and 'Co T anfee newspapers. -rot".?,H;;'caterl barbed wire defenses At -t ,r tl'enches here from surprise. 'an,N ?w,rJ?ln point on one-spot enJrii "S at the wall Of Which :i -nmieB arrived at the same time. tinn ?an, rifleman. breaking a '' - n w the wal1' thrust a bay ftf., the nose of a French eenti- ' "A'Ltihr Spot where the situation v.W -, r .tn days ago r a brigadier general saved . ' s AND NORTHERN FR 4CE t partial :Wllaattoi r x ' tfZ " ' " the day and gained the stripes of si gen eral commanding an army. "To the right and left black clouds from bursting German shells are in- terspersed by chimney stacks from i which the smoke of Industry curls up as la days of peace. Further down ap pear the crumbling ruins of Arras, where the war has been more pitiless and -where no . building remains stand ing. "From Arras where German shells still rage to the Bassee canel, a tug of war continues across the same . dead line as -during the last three months. Over this line bullets whistle and shells screech unceasingly. Dark clouds that mark the targets of the German heavy artillery, stand out in gruesome relief against a background . of snow." IN THE INDIAN TRENCHES." " Conditions There are About as Else ' where Along Allied Lines. London, Nov. 25. The life of Indian troops In the trenches is described in a dispatch from the front 'given out tonight by ..the official press bureau. Nothing sensational has" happened In the Indian lines," says the bulletin. "There has been trenching, '. counter trenching and hand-to-hand fighting but no Gurkaha reariment has penetrat ed behind .the German lines and .blown up a powder magaslne. . "' v "The report says the Germans nave, not attacked the Indian "" trenches "as desperately as they have other parts of the line and have been repelled: without difficulty. When the Germans have captured an Indian trench invar iably it Jias been re-captured usually at night vrith the bayonet. Despite the cold weather- the path of the Indians is better than that of the " white soldiers, who accompanied,, them .from India. -.: "The Indian officers are extraordi narily well informed regarding the war. ; Describing German attempts "to 8 educe the Indians the report says the operator of a taube aeroplane threw down' over the trenches many leaflets bearing the announcement ' by a Ger j roan professor that Sheik-"Cl4-Islam had proclaimed a holy war. All the leaflets fell into the hands of white soldiers. ; -:'Two Indiana -were creeping towards a Ipermapr trench on a scouting expe dition ontst-rW"hen a search " light wa , thrown on one of them, -j He was quiik rltted enough. to realize that no ordfeary resottrees .'would save ;his . i.. (ContlQueden P4g- Ten i. General Blanco Likely to Join V With Obregori. VILLA DRAWING NEAR Zapata 'Forces Engaged in Subvrba of City Witli Troops Left by Car ranza to Guard City Little Fear Felt for Capital Washington, Nov. 24. Fears that General Lucio Blanco may follow Gen eral Obregort ,'gnd -Abandon Mexico City . are expressed in official reports today to the United States government. Zapata forces have been fighting Blan co's men in the suburbs and General Villa's, "men are rapidly approaching from the North , Indications that General Blanco was wavering in his decision to protect Mexico City has caused the belief in administration quarters that the Villa advance guard must be close to the i Mexican capital. From George C. j Carothers, American . consular agent with s General Vila, - advices dated Queretaro, last Sunday, said Villa ex pected to occupy Mexico City in a few days without resistance. Although there have been reports that Blanco would arrange for Villa's peaceful en try, official advices indicate that he may join his superior officer, Obregon, who is moving along the west coast of Mexico. Roberto V. Pesqueira, formerly con fidential agent of General Carranza in Washington, today joined Rafael Zub aran Caphiany who holds that posi tion now. Representative at Washington Enrique C. Llorente, Mexico consul at BlPaso during the Madero admin istration arrived here today as the Washington 'representative of Provis ional President Gutierrez. Carranza supporters .here regard the evacuation of Mexico City asl a strate gic move and-tne 'beginning of a gen eral - mobilization. Representatives of both sides seem to .recognise ' that civil war "is- inevitable "'with a - more definite alignment qf the' generals as the f actional strife develops, v Capmany, hol 'inasoT '- . several months' -been tlwr pkeenMuCax rtdiilgrhr saf ingr the -e-yctta evacuation of "Vera I ruz -shows not only - the uftswering steadfastness' of President Wilson but also' the friendliness 'of the 'American people. '. ' . , TROOPS TO ASSISTANCE Garrisons - of - Towns Loyal to Carransa ' Will be Supported by His Troops El Paso, Texas - N ov. ' 2 4. Carranza .troops are moving to the . assistance of their . garrisons in West and East Mexico, according to an official report today "to agents here. Villa's forces are being allowed to take Mexico City but it is asserted the former first chief .soon will dominate all coast coun try and begin an aggressive movement into the North. . It was stated officially that Generals Villareal, and Hay. were at Puerto, Mexico, entraining their forces on the gunboat Zaragoza for Tampico threatened-by Villa troops. . General Obre gon's army is moving to the assistance of -Guadalajara. Carranza forces led by General Aguilar are depended on to hold Vera Cruz. TO BOTTLE UP VILLA. Is plans of Generals Loyal to Carranza. Villa Near Capital. Mexico City, Nov. .24. It is reported here that General Villa's advance guard has reached Teolo Yucatan, miles away. General Alvero Obregon is still in the city and his difficulties with General Lucio Blanco have been ad justed. , The ' two generals conferred today! In a statement today General Obre gon said that General Villa had arrest ed Julio Madero, brother of the late President Madero. He declared that he and; General Pablo Gonzales had suffi cient " troops v to defeat General Villa, but that they had desisted to Allow Villa to enter the city where the entire Constitutionalist army would botye him up. -v.; . ; . , ' "When, Francisco Villa and Emiliano apata are found together in the Na tional Palace," said General Obregon, "the Republic will feel a convulsion of repugnance which will shake it to its foundation. ,It- is then that we will start our campaign to eliminate them and -we will be successful." ENGLAND SENDS .ENVOY TO THE HOLY SEE. Vatican Expresses Great Pleasure Over Great Britain's Action. : Rome, Nov.; 24. The appointment of Sir Henry HOwafd as envoy from Eng. land, to . the Holy . See . was announced today. The Vatican expressed great pleasure at the appointment and-it was said-Italways had been regretted that Great Britain and the .United States were not - represented among - the dip lomats accredited to the Pdpe. --Once. 'during the reign of, the late Pope Leo,' England sent Sir: Henry Er. rington to Rome on .a mission- to -the Vatican' and, in; 1902, the Jnited States sent William Howard Taft: to settle the Philippine friars " land 4ueBtiofi. Neith er couhtry, however, -eVerhas been represented by a permanent diplomatic agent-to 4he pontiff as have other non Catholie countries like Prusia and Russia. - . New York, - Nov. 24. Contributions for i the American . Red v Cross 'received through Ivw York delegates of the Central Association o f the German Red Cross " societies total : $576,671 to date, it was announced tonight by Dr. Bern -hard JDemburg; official xrepresentati ve 4 of - the --organisation- here. ? - ; v . : Appeals to Conquerors Are Consistently Refused. MILLIONS DESTITUTE American Committee for Relief in Bel 1 glum Says Report That No Que Is Starving Is Cruelly False Announcement Ijs Made London,: Nov 24. The American commission for. relief in Belgium is sued' the folowing statement today: "With regard to a statement pub lished in America and-credited to (gen eral Von Frankenbery, .governor of Antwerp, that if America had not been so kind hearted as to send foodstuffs to Belgium the Germans themselves would have considered it their duty; to bring food from Germany, we can not conceive that the German gover nor of Antwerp ever Issued such a statement and belive the report is un founded. . . "The - following " cities through their representatives had made repeated ap peals to . the German representatives iij Antwerp for food : , . Malines, Lierre, Willebroeck, Boom, Duffel, Torhagen, St. Nicolas, Coutich ana Wahlen'. They were refused. ' "Last Friday two town councillors of Antwerp came to our headquarters in Rotterdam and stated that they nad been released by the German authori ties under bond v of. 5,000,000 francs ($1,000,000) to obtain help for the des titute of Antwerp and on their urgent representation ve sent 540 tons of supplies to Antwerp. - "The provinces of Limbourg and Luxembourg, adjoining the German frontier, have made repeated appeals to the Germans for the right to. buy food in Germany and import it into! Belgium and. have been consistently re fused. Do Not Believe Report- ' "These are only a few instances which - make it impossible for us to believe that any such statement as the one referred- to was authorized by a responsible German .official.-v - , . "If the Germans are prepared to feed the Relgiuins, an- early announcement rto Utat eJCtect and,, au, jorganlzatton for quired to save- the Jiye"? -of millions pf people. As, jregards1 the report that no one . is starving in Belgium,'., the .official statements of the Spanish and American ministers in; Brussels, the appeals of Cardinal Mercier' and" the daily detailed accounts from every source of wide spread suffering prove that such a re port is' cruelly1 false .and that .there are considerably more than a million and . a naif people dependent on the soup kitchens as. the present movement is iii itself sufficient, evidence". INSTRUCTIONS AS TO FLAGS "; . ' ' : , : . Ships " Carrying Provisions Etc., . to Belgium will Carry Certain -Flags New York, Nov. 24 The American Commission for relief in Belgium re ceived today from London instructions concerning flags and insignia to be car ried by American relief ships to in sure their safety and prompt docking in English and .Dutch 'ports. Each vessel will have a flag in white with red letters reading: '""Commission Bel gian Relief, Rotterdam", They also will carry long banners with the same legend which they will string on the sides of the vessels when approach ing port. The commission announced the fol lowing prospective arrangements: for shipping food: " ' - "Th6 steamer Orne sails with food Thursday from Philadelphia. " The steamer Ratiscan, due .to arrive . in Philadelphia about November 25th has been chartered for the transporatlon of food. Other ships under charter with the dates of arrival are: The steamer Ferrona, due Decem ber 1st to 10th, steamer Hannah, due December 15th,u the ; Muskinonge, due December 15 th and the John Hardie due December 15th. The 'Ferrona will dock in Philadelphia; the Johii Hardie in Baltimore and the others in New York. In addition the teamship North western"rMillers, with a capacity of t,000 tons, will sail; from Philadelphia about January 15th with a cargo of flour from the Northwest. MISTRIAL ORDERED. INn '"1"- . CASE OF S. M. POLLARD Jury in Second- Triai, . Fails to Agree After Three Days Deliberation ; (Special Star ' Telegram.) - .- "Farmvilie, N, C, Nov.- 24. Having had the case under I deliberation' since Saturday, the jury Tin the .second trial of S. M. Pollard, charged with killing Chief . of Police T. H. Smith, reported today that it could hot agree and a mis trial was ordered. rfPollard was held for the next ' term; of Superior court under bond of - ?2,500,. Several sensa tional incidents occurred during the trial. . ; At his former trial Pollard was con victed, but .; appealed to the .- Supreme court, which granted him a new trial. . SAN DOMINGO ELECTIONS U Bryan Gets V Personal Report from v Commission To Result 5 ' " Washington, , Nov. ' 24,--Secretary Brykn r received in .person today the report of a commission headed by -former governor Fort, pt New- Jersey; whichi Avent to Sari Domingo -to arrlmge for the -recent- presidential Election: . Mir. -Bryan said-- t the election had brought general satisfaction. Presi dent Jimines "received not only a ma jority "of the popular, vote - but apluri alty in. the electoral,? colege. American observers were . stationed at every polling place,"; The commission r gofas many civilians for the .duty as possible but ; drew on thei forCe.ot, jnarLhed ia Sanomino-40ri-aSaist.r' " Of the Making of Rates Fire Insurance. on COMMISSION REPORTS Rates Now Arbitrarily Fixed, Inequit able and Often Too High la Find ing of Legialative Commission -Changes Urged (Special Star Correspondence) Rajeigh, N.C, Nov. 24. The legisla tive commission for the investigation of the conduct of Are insurance com panies in North ' Carolina, Victor Bryant, of purham, chairman, round ed out its report to tne General As sembly with findings and recommenda tions. and filed this documenf with Governor Craig this afternoon. It' com prises .31 pages and carries supplemen tal proposed bills for the amendment of the insurance laws of the State that make 49 additional pages. ' The' commission finds that the in vestigation really meant an investiga tion of the Southeastern Tariff Asso ciation, the organization and prac tices of which are reviewed at length. The report states that the committee endeavored to get from officials of the Tarjff. Association and the companies some .'clear idea of how the rates in this- State- are arrived at, and says it failed,; to elicit any very clear idea 'or definite information, but that it did ap pear that they, are not obtained- from and ' tabulation of the combined ex perience of . the companies or any con siderable . number of them. In the opinion of the committee, the rate making' system in this State- is old and lacks much of the elasticity of otner systems, and the rates com paratively and proportionately on same properties are' too high. The report states that the companies assert their desire to work out some reduction of the rates and that in this desire the committee and all right thinking peo ple concur. - Fire Waste Too Great v The committee declares? that the fire waste in ;North Carolina is entirely too great, .but insists that it cannot v be reasonabjy expected that tiw Jire .wasfe state are ignorant of how the rates are made and of what defects increase the fire hazard and the premiums ; exacted; with rate's arbitrarily flxed'by the in sufance j companies and combinations of large property ' interests procure big reductions in, rates, and with classifi cations believed to, be unfair and dis criminatory along with' actual increases in premiums for the same property. Also, that in spite. of the fact that in 1912, $256,480,000 of net risks were written in the State and the premiums aggregated $3,285,000, no official in the State and. no owner of property in surance had any voLce in fixing .the rates or classification of the property. The commission illustrates how low rates are secured by combinations by reciting the organization and advan tages, of The Factory Insurance As sociation and the low rates it pro cures of 25 cents on the $100 for a three years policy. First Class City Rating The report treats the first class- city rating allowed for Raleigh, Durham, Wilmington and Charlotte for special fire, fighting equipment and regula tions and the application . of the 'co-insurance clause to policies in the fire districts of these cities. (Jhe com mittee believes that coinsurance should be aptional with the insurer and that each,, policy should Dear a statement of the process by which the rate on the property insured is arrived at. f The commission reports unfavorably on the increases made, for insurance on .household furniture vand dwellings occupied by tennants as" falling most heavily on a class of people least able to bear the burden. - . State Must Assume Control The commission finds that arbfltrary and increased rates make it imperative that-the State-assume control through its Insurance Department of the mak ing of rates, that k the people demand better treatment and are . entitled to it and. that rather than continue pres ent conditions the State should char ter one' insurance company to carry all the fire insurance in the State, re gulate its rates, fix ..the terms of poli cies tax. it as fire companies are now taxed, "and in a few years the State would receive revenue sufficient to pay off the State debt and the people would in the meantime pay lower rates for the insurance of their property". ' "Flat Commission". Must Go The commission insists that the "fiat commission" system for . compensation for agents. ; must go and the agents' compensation. must depend to some ex tent -on the proportions of his fire losses the contingent .plan. The com mission recommends theadoption of the insurance law of the State of Kan sas which- has been sustained by the United States Supreme court, and that the - Department of Insurance be al lowed; more money for investigating fires and reducing fire waste, but that this" shuld not -be obtained through in creased taxes on the insurance companies- i N - ; Other Recommendations -The.' committee recommends a law against the. co-insurance clause being effective as to any policy except where the assured shall ; in writing request such clause, the request to be attached to .the policy. " ' -"-Recommendation - is made that the Insurance Commissioner have right to pass" pn , qualifications as well as char acter, of agents licensed. Also, - that Insurance .adjusters be licensed, their Characters; and qualifications passed on by the State Insurance Department; that ; half the premiums on insurance paid v to agents be flat and -remainder contingent upon , the -profits -, of 'the agency, this being, to effect more; care tul discrimination v by agents between good --and bad risks. - v ; v ' , The ; committee .asks ?that in the event, the JLgislature. confers on- the - CUcatinued on Page ' SevenJ; : - ' For Limited Trading in Cer-' tain Listed Bonds RULE OUT SPECULATION Agitation , of Weeks Conducted by the Members of the Exchange Results in Decion of Yesterday by the Governors. New York, Nov. 24. The New York j Stock Exchange will reopen next Sat urday for restricted trading in the sev eral classes of bonds which are for mally listed and approved by the ex change, and which run into hundreds of millfons of dollars. This decision, reached today at a meeting of the gov erning committee, is the outcome of weeks of agitation by a majority of the 1,100 exchange members. In the formal statement announcing the resumption, it is declared all deal ings would be under supervision of the special committee, of governers, which has exercised' absolute authority over affairs of the exchange since its sus pension July 30. It also is prescribed that all transactions must be for cash, this virtually precluding speculation or marginal trading. No trading will be allowed under minimum prices to be authorized by the committee from time to time. . ' While the trading will partake of an open. character, in that it will be done "on the floor," . quotations will not be transmitted to the ticker service, but prices will be issued at stated times during the day. . The question of quot ing "bid and asked" prices of bonds not actually sold is yet to be determined. There were rumors that a money pool amounting to many millions of dollars might be organized to take care of such firms or individuals as. may need finan cial assistance, because of the reopen ing. No such movement is contemplat ed so , far as could be learned tonight, but it is an 'accepted fact that any member of the. "exchange requiring as sistance will receive ail r easonable ac commodations .forn the .banks to carry out -his commitments.' ". V Ivpoipt of fact, "Wall Street regards the. actions jbt 'tlesiuinge &s, asentl, merit al,at$rvthttn An- actual-factor to ward restoration, of normal conditions. There naturally is much, conjecture as to. the extent 6f,ariy ; liquidating move ment, but J bankers, who have favored reopening, the bond market, believe all offerings" will be readily absorbed. - So far as is possible every effort will be made ;to minimize foreign selling, though it is not clear-how this can be done. - ' WATER COVERED TRACTS OFFERED BY SALESMEN. Chambers Case Charging Fraud In Sale of Florida Everglades. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 24. Water covered the tract of the Chambers Land Company in Florida at the time it was sold to investors, but that fact was set forth in the company literature, according to testimony today by E. L'. Russell, of Miami, Fla on trial here with four other officials of the con cern on charge of using the . mails to defraud. Russell said the exact truth was told about-the land, and investors were assured on the strength of asser f- tions by state officials that it would be drained. J. O. Wright, of Washington, a gov ernment engineer, sent to Florida to investigate conditions in the Ever glades, testified, he believed a plan to dig canals to the . ocean to drain the Everglades was feasible. On cross ex amination he admitted that so far as he knew the' Everglades never had been reclaimed or made cultivatible. UNIDENTIFIED SCHOONER AND CREW. REPORTED LOST. Vessel in Squall Went Down Miles Off Maine Coast Three Kittery, Me., Nov. 24. An unidenti fied schooner went down in a squall three miles northeast of the Isles of Shoals today and all her crew are be lieved to have drowned. - The vessel appeared to be; a Gloucester fish car rier and was bound west heavily load ed. Two lobster fishermen in a motor boat a-mile or more from the scene saw her careen and disappear. A line became . entangled ' in the propeller of their boat and. it was an hour before they could go to the rescue. .They found no survivors. The Wood Island , life saving crew went out toward the scene of the wreck as soon as the fishermen re ported it. They had not returned at a late hour. ' . v NEXT STEP UNCERTAIN Lawyers for Frank May Not -Appeal to Other Justices of Supreme Court . ' Washington, Nov. 24. Attorneys for Leo M. Frank, of Atlanta, Ga., con victed of the murder of "Mary Phagah, said tonight they, still were uncer tain as to their nextstep. in the fight J LO Save lAlts vuuuciuuvu . ,Jta,u 0 itxe. He'nry Peeples one of counsel returned to Atlanta today, leaving Heiiry Alex ander to handle - the case here. Mr. Alexander said yesterday he would ap ply to "other Justices of the Supreme Court for ,the writ of-error refused by Justice Lamar, but declared today that course might not be followed. He" may make application for 'the writ to the entire court Monday. - Washington, -Nov. -; 21. The greatest wheat area , in the world's history will be planted for 'the 1915 harvest as a result of the5 Europeamwar in the.opin ion of Charles M. Daugherty, statisti cal expert of.,-the-Department of Agri cultuxe,. . ;; ; , ' . - ? ; No Prospect of Checking Onr rushing Flames. LIVES ARE ENDANGERED Ne Lives Lost So Far, But Several EM, capes Border on Miraculous Damage Confined Chiefly to- Timber Smolce on- River; & Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 24. Report early tonight 'indicate little change iO; the forest fire situation in Arkansas.. Damage has been confined largely tot timber. The smoke cloud which lifted in Little Rock last night again settled; over the city tonight, and it was im-i possible to see more than two or three blocks. Early reports indicate similar? conditions throughout the state. The only hope of extinguishing thew fire is a general rain and the weathen bureau offers little such hope. That.-, any considerable setback was given to the fires by rains that fell today in. portions of the burning district was not indicated in reports early tonight. At . Carlisle, Ark., 30 miles east oC. Little Reek, sparks from burning tim ber set fire to two oil tanks and de stroyed 5,000 gallons of oil at a loss) -of $1,500. Near Magnolia, it is said, small ' farmers and homesteaders are loading their household goods in wagons and, removing it to points of safety. -, River- Traffic Endangered. . Mississippi river traffic still is said, to be endangered by the smoke palls which overhang, the river. At Harrison small fires have been.) reported in the United States foreBt reserve of some 80,000 acres. Capt. R. R. Rice, a pioneer settler od Lincoln county, and a party of camp-: ers returning from a trip told of & des-j perate battle with the flames fn the woods whereby, they escaped .with only their clothing and with faces scorched, and arms -burned from a ten-mile flight' through the blazing woods. Fifty-iseven convicts were in peril of their --' lives for. several minutes last night, in, the burning of a, rock crush er pljmt jlist' a- mfle: west-of the'' new state capitol.. The men were housed ' in the stockade. 150 feet from the burn-'-ing ' structure. With all doors of the ' stockade locked and escape impossible, a riot was imment when extra forces Of guards were rushed tor-the endan gered buildings. Hurriedly the men were formed in lines and taken from the building under close convoy. DANGER AT ST. LOUIS Smoke So Thick People Driven From! Homes and Offices. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 24. A heavy blanket of smoke, believed to have come from Arkansas or Southeastern Missouri, forest fires, hung ove.r the city tonight producing the effect of a dense fog. ., Thousands of persons were driven outdoors by the smoke which penetrat- . ed homes, factories and office buildings. -Conditions on the streets were almost as stifling. Street car and vehicle traffic was reduced to a minimum, speed because of the danger of colli sions. - KANSAS CITY SMOKY. Several Vehicle Collisions Result from) Smoke Conditions. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 24. Several vehicle collisions here tonight were the; result of a , dense smoke cloud which . continued to come from forest fires In. Arkansas. With darkness the smoker cloud settled closer to earth and the irritating atmosphere forced persona . inside their houses. Traffic was great- ly retarded.. , From many places in Eastern Kansas and Missouri there continue to come reports of accidents and discomforts? caused by the smoke. - FIRE IN OKLAHOMA Heavy Rainfall But Not In Sections Be Ing Swept by Flames. Muskogee, Okla., Nov. 24. Reports tonight indicate that the forest fires in the Kiamichi mountains of Eastern Oklahoma are spreading to the south-, west towards the Oklahoma-Texas boundary. New fires in the vicinity of Eagletown, Octavia, Noah and Bethel were reported today. Dispatches from woods where the 400,000 - plant of the Oklahoma Pipe Line Company is located, , report the fires receding. -A heavy rain fell in the extreme southern part of the State to day but did not reach the fire swept district. AGAINST ALL FOREIGNERS Panama Passes Drastic Law Giving President Extraordinary Power Panama, Nov. 24 The' National As sembly today pased a law which vir tually places in" the hands of the Presi dent power to expel, all -foreigners... The law declared the President may expel within 24 hours any foreigner who has become obnoxious, without giving him a trial. It also prohibits foreigners taking part In politics and from -writing .articles against the political party in power. There is jnuch opposition to the law owing to Irs drastic provisions. It is held in some circles that the law takes away -and confers thee powers of the courts on the "President. . ' Washington,' Nov. 24. Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, expended $6,500 dur ing the primary and election campaigns at which he recently was reelected, ac cording to a statement of expenditures filed with the Secretary of the Senate. Of this amount . he received contribu tions of $903. '.-.'.- Senator Overman, of North Carolina, also has filed a statement showing ex ntodituxes of $J5 and receipts $25. - 1 1 i-'! if m i !?. 'J -All- p if 'IV t "Ji ".11 til M3e
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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