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THE. WEATHER REAP THE PROFIT. whni the . manufacturer his oroduct In iewpPr e to Generally fair Monday an3 Tus5ayv in. -i Av nrr dealer Sn fcla goodaw lt v to the retailer to ray the profit fcarvewt. VOL. XCVI NO. 182. WIUVITNGTOK, 3ST. C, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20 1915 WHOLE ITDKBEB 39,528 U IS OCCUPIED f ft BE 'S BIG SYNDICATE TO BY GERMAN ARMIES MERELY COVERED A GARRANZA 1 QUIA CRITICISM Allies' Financiers Confer While German Sandwich Man- Paiades. GIVEN RECOGN TON tt.i , ; . ! i ID E DEHDUR6 Portion of the Russian Forces Almost, if Not Entirely, Surrounded. ONE RAILROAD IS LEFT Balkan Political Situation Still Appears to be Fpr From Any. Solution. London, Sept. 19. The Germans have occupied Vllrta and by a wide move ment to the north have succeeded irf almost, if not entirely, surrounding a portion of the Russian army fighting in the railway triangle between Vilna-, Lida and Vileka. The Russian, forces in this district either, must fight their way out eastward or retire In a south easterly direction, for. the only rail way left entirely in their hands is that which runs from Vilna to Lida and then to Baranovltchl. The army of Field Marshal Hinden burg. which took Vilna and has reach ed Vileka, to the east of Vilna, is work ing in close co-operation with that of Archduke Leopold of Hatavia. in an ef fort to catch a part of the Russian army,, an operation which has been so often tried without, success since the Austro-Germans commenced their drive in western Galicia in early 1 May. The Russians express confidence in the outcome of the battle which must he decided before complete success tails to one side or the other, but with their northern armies closely held along the Jiina and the German flank well pro tected by their cavalry which recent ly occupied Widsey, across the Vilna ietrogradrailway, it seems impossible that any aid can come to them from that direction.. The, battle seemiBgrymust be fought out between the troops now in the district between Vilna, Lida and Slo nim, with the assistance of any rein- fnrpemontc that rQ n ia JmaraH In V Vileka. - ' At the southern epd of the line Gen . eral Ivanok is keeping Field Marshal Von Mackensen at arm's length at thei fortress at Kovno to the key to the route to Kieve and in couter attacks has retaken a number of villages both in Volhynia and Galicia. It seems apparent from the inability of the Austro-Germans to hold their positions in the southern area that they have sent reinforcements from that front to Field Marshal Von Hinden burg's northern army, which, as here tofore, is expected to score the biggest success. Both the Germans and French claim minor vi otnrioa nn tha w-StrTi frnnt. but neither there nor in the Italian theatre nor in the Dardanelles have any events of any great moment been re ported. Bulgaria Still Pussies. The political situation in the Balkans is still shrouded with considerable mys tery. The Bulgarians having secured what they wanted from Turkey in the concession of a railway, line, appear to be well satisfied with the present. But there is now talk in Berlin of the Bulgarians taking by force, If they cannot get it otherwise, the portions of Macedonia taken from them by the L""f 1 mtiq ann 1 --t lt a n ir mir rnt i.hl Balkan war. It is asserted that the Bulgarians have called to the colors all the .Macedonian recruits now in Bul garia and that generally there Is a -warlike feeling in existence among the Bulgars. With Bulgaria surrounded by Serbia, Greece and Kumania and her coasts ope-n to attack by Anglo-French, Ital ian and Russian fleets, however, it is believed here that Bulgaria will hesi tate before throwing in her lot with the central powers and Turkey. Turkey is declared to be having her own troubles over the cession of the edeghatch railway. The Mussulman population in this strip 'of land, is said to be in revolt against being placed under the Bulgarian government. AUDIENCE WITH FERDINAND Opposition Leaders of Bulgaria are April in st Remaining Neutral London, Sept. 19. A dispatch to Leuters Telegram Company from Sofia, Bulgaria, dated September 17 says: "The opposition leaders at their audience with King Ferdinand declar ed that-it would be fatal for the coun try to continue its neutral policy and in order to safeguard the country against a policy which would be con trary to t.he interests and sentiments f '-he nation they recommended the formation of a coalition cabinet ; and the immediate summoning of parlia ment, f "The King listened attentively to he speeches of the opposition leaders and promised to consider seriously the views expressed by them. After the audience the King summoned Premier Radostavoff. "five political parties were repres ented at the audience and the leader of - tar-h outlined at length the views of his party on the political situation. TI"i eagerness of the king to receive the deputation has considerably re eved public feeling." , - Kl ni.IN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TH of von Hlndenburg's Forces Oe tupylne the City of Villa - eriin via London, Sept. . 19. The Russian city of Villa at which the frtnies of Field Marshal von Hinden bui g had been driving and which was stubbornly defended until nearly sur rounded by hostile forces, has been occupied by the Germans, It was of (Continued On Page Eight) ; - -' ':. --jT'-i " "." ' His Movement is the Most Fa- . , vored at Present INVESTIGATE fUATION . 1 - . . . x fii ivcyrcwnioiiTeti ox i c i Several Got Thorough ernmenta to 3V, .4 Probe of the jyalcal Ceo dltton of t Republic ' Washington, S? ". f '' 19. Prospects for the recognition General Carranza, it was admitted in official quarters to day, are much more favorable than they fiave been at any time since the United States began to exert its in fluence toward the establishment of a central government in Mexico. The decision of the Pan-American conference of diplomats in New York to study within the next three weeks "the material and moral capacity" of the elements aspiring to recognition has led to the'general belief by offi cials that unless the militarv situa tion in Mexico was much changed in that period, -the recognition of the Carranza movement is practically cer tain. The United States and the several governments which have taken the sit uation under - advisement intend, how ever, to investigate carefully the phy sical state of affairs in Mexico to learn whether the faction in military supremacy gives promise as well as of creating a stable government. To demonstrate in the meantime that the Carranza movement does not control its claims in Mexico will be the object of a delegation - of Villa Zapata followers expected to arrive here this week. They will be heard by Secretary Lansing as will separately the representatives of Carranza. To supplement their argument here that the Carranza movement should not be recognized because of an alleged lack of moral capacity, the Villa party Is planning an extensive guerrlllawar-' fare. Enrique C. Llorente, Washington "representative of General Villa, - re turned from New York tonight and expressed the confidence that within three weeks there- would be ample proof of the inability of Carranza to control the territory he claims. He would not state what plans for the guerrilla campaign had been made, but it is understood that General Villa, using Chihuahua as a base, will send flying columns into various parts of the republic and by a series of snail dashes, endeavor to show the helpless ness of Carranza., There also will be a renewal of activity by the Zapata forces in the south. Mr. Llorente scouted the idea that any foreigners would be endangered in Villa territory and was optimistic in his . expressions that the military situation would soon show a decided change that would compel the Pan American conference to withhold re cognition from General Carranza. WITH OLDS COMMENT . Carraaia Awaits Official Information Regarding Intentions of Conferees Vera Cruz, Sept. 19. Official infor mation concerning the purposed inten tions of the Pan-American diplomats with regard to the Mexican situation must be received by General Carranza, first chief of the constitutionalists be fore he will commit himself by com ment. While General Carranza and his of ficial family today expressed pleasure (Continued On Page Eight.) DANIELS ASKS IDEAS OF ADVISORY COUNCIL On Naval Laboratory for De veloping Inventions. Members Requested to Present Their Ideas at Meeting of Board Next Month- For Perfecting New Naval Inventions. Washington, September 19. Secre tary Daniels, ' it was announced today. has requested members of the new na val advisory ' council on inventions headed by Thomas A. Edison, to form ulate ideas as to an experimental and research laboratory to be maintained by the Navy Department for the devel opment of inventions. The Secretary in -a letter to the members of the advis ory council, asks them to be ready with their Ideas when the council holds their first meeting next month. "In addition to securing the advice of 3the most famous inventors of the country and in organizing in a practi cal and efficient way to get such ad vice," said Mr. Daniels, In' a statement tonight, "I intend greatly to develdp the resources of the Navy Department it self and to increase largely its facili ties for experimental work in the line of developing unperfected inventions. "The department possesses in the chiefs of three bureaus of construction steam engineering and ordnance, and in the officers assigned to ; those bu reaus, men splendidly qualified to carry to perfection, any novel Ideas,- and to originate many Improvements of their own."-' ' . ' v.4' IT OF THE CASE Omitted Discussion in His Let ter to Lansing of Real Cause for Recall. OTHER STEPS UNLIKELY If the Ambassador Quits the Country as Envoy His Case is Likely Closed. Washington, Sept. 19. High officials indicated tonight that no further steps were contemplated against Dr. Constantin Theodor Dumba, the Aus-tro-Hungarian ambassador, on account of his letter to Secretary Lansing crit icising the treatment accorded him by the American government in connec tion with the request for his recall. It was stated that the possibility of hastening the diplomat's departure from the country by handing him his passports had not been considered. Dr. Dumba's letter was received at the State Department yesterday and was the subject of a conference be tween President Wilson and Acting? Secretary Polk. No announcement was made, and at that time officials had no idea the ambassador intended to make the communication public as he did last night in New York. The officials' view as author! tativelv explained today, of that part of Dr. Dumba's letter in which he sought to show that he had not been guilty of improper conduct warranting a request for his recall .is that the ambassador only partially stated the case and "set up a man of straw to knock it down." The letter defended at length the right of the ambassador to .inform na tionals of his country: they were vio lating Austro-Hungarian laws by working in plants turning out muni tions 'of war . for the Allies. It was pointed out by officials that this point was not in issue, but that the reason for the Washington . government's ac tion was the following statement by the ambassador in the Intercepted let ter to his foreign minister: Reuon for the Recall. "I am under the Impression that we could, if not entirely, prevent the pro duction of war materials in Bethlehem and the Middle West, at any rate strongly disorganize it and hold it up for months, which, according to the statement of the German military at tache, is of great importance and which amply outweighs the relatively small sacrifice of money." State Department officials have not been informed of Dr. Dumba's plan for leaving the United States, although it is known that he had asked his government to order him home to make a strong personal report on his case. So long as he quits the country and does not appear again as an envoy in Washington, it is understood that the United States government will not be disposed to question the manner of his going or the nature of his orders front Vienna. Regarding the ambassador's charge in his letter to Mr. Lansing that he had not been allowed to communicate freely with his government and that a message giving his report on his activ ities had been held up by censors in this country, it was said at the State (Continued on Page Hlig-nt.) SOUTHERN BANKERS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE Wilson Looks Upon Them to Handle Cotton Situation. Secretary Tumulty Writes Letter to Ex Senator McLaurin, of South Caro lina Refers Him to Presi dent's Letter to Harding. Columbia, S. C, September 19. President Wilson "feels that the whole maintenance of the cotton situation de pends directly and Immediately upon Southern bankers and they have only themselves to, blame If It does not come out satisfactorily, according to a statement in a letter from Secretary Tumulty to John L. McLaurin, State warehouse commissioner, which the lat ter made public here tonight. Mr. McLaurin,. a former United States Senator from South Carolina, made Sec retary Tumulty's letter public, includ ing one of his own, addressed to Presi dent Wilson in regard to the handling of this season's cotton crop. Secretary Tumulty's letter was in reply to the one to the President. In his letter, Mr, McLaurin charged that "certain South ern bankers, working through those of New York, were striving to force the sale of cotton at ten cents a pound. Secretary Tumulty's letter, which was very brief, also referred Mr. McLaurin to the letter regarding the cotton situ ation which President Wilson wrote W. P. G. Harding, a member of the Federal Reserve Bank board, and -which Mr. Harding read at a recent address to Southern bankers in Birmingham. The President asks me "to suggest that you emphasise the letter that he wrote to (Continued on Page Eight.) l? I C. tp s iif If I'll tfcy r:..? nr"' -".tscsrX. 1". m ill qlLtfH llSl L JfefWI From left to rights Sir Henry B. Smith, English) Octave Romberg, French; Baron Reading, English. ; MAKES APPEAL ON THE QUESTION OWSCRIPT Fair Chance for Government Asked by Lloyd George. Say Situation Is Serious and That Country Must Exert Its Whole Strength If Victory la to Fall to the Allies London, Sept. . 19. David Lloyd George min,isterif munitions, in .a let ter" to TmeoT hiacOnstltftentsr Issued" by the Official Press Bureau tonight, makes an appeal to the public to give the government a fair chance to decide the question of compulsory service and reiterates his view that the situation is a serious one, which demands that the country, if victory is to fall to the allies, must exert Its whole strength. Mr, Lloyd George says: "You say, 1 and Bay rightly, that the government ought to give the nation a lead on the question whether the moral obligation of every able-bodied man to defend his country should be convert ed during this war into a legal obli gation. "The government, I can assure . yau, are fully alive to the necessity for giving a definite lead. They are en gaged in examining the subject with a view to coming to the right deelsipn. "If the figures demonstrate that we can win through and with the volun tary system, it would be folly to pro voke a, controvery- in the middle of a world war by attempts to substitute a totally different method. On the other hand, if these figures demon strate to every unprejudiced person that the voluntary system. has ex hausted its utility, and nothing but legal pressure can give us the armies necessary to defend the honor of Great Britain and save Europe from the triumph of military despotism, I have not yet heard of the man who would resist compulsion. ' "It is all a question of ascertainable facts. ' Why then all ' this ' premature anger? The determining facts .have not been published. When they have been sifted and made known the advo cates of one view or the other will surely find that the whole cylinders of fervor and ferocity have been wasted in attacking positions which they will then discover they ought to defend. Let the government have a fair chance to decide. - ! "The opinions I have formed as to the essential action are prompted, by the sincere persuasion that nothing but the exertion of our whole strength will enable us to obtain victory, upon which so much depends. "The issue is the gravest any coun try has ever been : called upon to de cide. Let it be settled : in a spirit worthy of its , gravity. I withdraw nothing I have said as to the serious ness of the position. I for months, have called attention to the fangers in the present war. Events alone will prove whether I have been unduly alarmed. So far, I. regret they have justified my apprehensions. "I should indeed be a traitor if I did not hope : fervently that the course of the war would prove that I have over estimated the ,. worst evils, but I have not written without warrang in facts known to the enemy, as well as to the United States facts which I should have thought would have already sob ered the most fabilous optimist." GRAHAM COUNTY MURDERERS ARE SENTENCED TO DEATH Miller and WigglM to Pay Penalty for 1 Killing Farmer. Asheville, N. C, Sept. 19. Merrltt Miller and Hardy Wiggins, who have been on trial at Robbinsville, Graham county, since ' September 10, on -the charge of murder in the' first degrees and sentenced to die in the electric chair November 5. Miller and Wiggins were arrested after a chase through the mountains with bloodhounds.' Mr. Phillips, a prominent farmer of Gra? ham county,, was shot' from ambush the morning of August 23. He declar ed before dying that that night he had seen Miller and Wiggins just before he was shot, and that one ot them fired the shot. Some- time r previous, Phillips' wife, son and . daughter . were killed. Ed. Williams, Phillips' son in law, was charged with this crime C1 "Wv "JU" Tf'",u,'P From left to right t Sir Edward Hol-- IS'&fc., den English; Ernest Mallet, French; NrJU "MW'i Basil B. Blacketf, Englfeh. ::GSWIa BURNING REAMER IN V iO-OCEAJpOONED f jrj IL;? j The Athenia, Bound for Can- f lr f ada, Reported on Fire. z3 ' . I " German Sandwich Man In Front of J. P. Morgan & Co. . This is the .first photograph of the British and - French financiers in - con ference in New York over the loan of 5500,000.000 or 'll.OOO.OOO.OOO. which they hope to get from the American people. While" they were talking the subject over the ' Germans who have been making threats "against the finan ciers and those who may help them, sent to Wall Street five sandwich men to parade in froift v'of the bank of J. P. Morgan & Co. This is one who was told by a policeman to "move on." MEMBERS OF RUSSIAN DUMA REPORTED TO BE ARRESTED Duma Bulldlnga and Petrograd Rail road Stations Occupied by Military. Berlin, Sept. 19 (by Wireless to TucKerton). According to . Stockholm dispatches the Socialist Deputy Tcheidse and seventeen other members of the ..Russian duma have been ar rested: The Duma buildings in Petro grad and all the railroad stations have been occupied by the military, the ad vices add. ' Considerable dissatisfaction was evinced last week when the Russian duma was prorogued by Imperial de cree to the middle of November. The cabinet had objected to the programme of reforms proposed by the majority in the chamber comprising the liberal and progressive elements and - has threatsned to resign. Premier Goremykin visited Emperor Nicholas at field headquarters and the emperor gave his. sanction to the pro rogation of the duma. When this de cision was announced last Thursday af ter , few minutes session, the laborite and radical deputies left the chamber muttering: "It is a crime." It was announced later that Premier Goremykin had conf ered' with the Mil and; civil authorities at Petrograd and Mosgow for the purpose of forestalling possible popular demonstrations. It was stated that the programme of the majority ni the Duma which was con sidered untimely by the cabinet includ ed autonomy for Poland, a conciliatory policy for Finland, amnesty for polit ical and religious offenses not of a criminal character, complete cessation of religious persecution, removal of re strictions upon Jews and the recogni tion of the legality of trade unions. ENGINES IN BAD CONDITION Dreadnought North Dakota Will Have to Be Re-Equipped Philadelphia, Sept. 19. The dread nought North Dakota will have to be equipped with new turbine engines be fore she can take her place in the ad vance line again, according to state ment made today at the Philadelphia yard where the vessel has been in re serve since July. The authorities at the yard would not discuss the con dition of the vessel which , was con-, structed in the Fore River yaras at a cost of $5,951,000 and launched in 1910, but It was admitted that the engines are not in good' condition. It was stated unofficially that during the man euvers last spring the turbines were so erratic that one high naval official ad vocated taking the North Dakota en tirely out - of commission. New York, Sept. 1. The steamship Rotterdam of the ' Holland-American Line on which James F. J. Archibald, the American correspondent who was representative of Ambassador Dumba is returning to this country, was near Fire Island late tonight. Attempts by I wireless : to get a statement from Archibald proved ' futile. - Anchor Liner Reported to Be Standing by and It Was Thought All Aboard Had Been Taken Off Radio Message Received. Halifax, Sept. 19. The Donaldson steamer Athenia , is on t fire at. sea, ac cording to . a radio message received here late tonight. The steamer is bound from a . British port, believed to be Glasgow, for Montreal or Quebec. It was believed here that there are few, If any, passengers on ' board. A later message to the Dominion Ma rine Department said that the steamer had been abandoned. The'Anchor liner Tuscania had previously been reported standing . by . and it was thought here that she had taken off those on board. First word of the Athenia's plight reached here shortly before midnight in a wireless . dispatch to the marine department saying that fire, starting in the forward part of the ship, spread rapidly and that the crew was unable to control it. Calls for help were' sent out and the Anchor Line ; steamer Tuscania, a freighter from Glasgow for New York, responded. Word that the burning, steamer had been abandoned was contained in a brief radiogram which was relayed through the Cape Race station. IS NOT STEAMER ATHENIA? Wireless Messages Leave Doubt as to Identity of Vessel. Halifax, N. S.r Sept. 19 Wireless messages brought Word of the burning of a steamer at sea. tonight but , left in doubt the 'vessel's identity. The steamer .was described as .the .Donaldson Athenia -but subsequent messages indicated that the burning vessel might be "Greek steamship Athinai," bound from New York to Pir aeus. A report rfrom Montreal that the vessel was 'the German steamer Athane, being taxen nere as a prize, could not be confirmed. - The steamer was abandoned, stated a message received last night from Captain McLean, of , the .Anchor liner Tuscania,' which stood by, in response to . wireless messages. There was no word of the crew or possible damage. NOT PASSENGER LINER Reported, to Be Former German Vessel, : Now British Prise. Montreal, Sept. 19.-.-The vessel re ported to Robert Kef ord & -Co., local agents of the Donaldson Line who re ceived advices tonight that the boat on fire is the ' Athene,, a ' former German vesst., which was being taken to Hali fax as a British prize. ' FIRE PREVENTION DAY Anniversary 'of Chicago Fire Designat ed by-Safety First Federation. New York, Sept. 19. The safety First Federation of America announced to day that Saturday,-pctpber 9; the anni versary of the Chicago had been desig nated as the National Fire Prevention day with plans for a general observ ance in many citizens throughout the country. The governor of each state has been requested to issue a proclam ation asking the public to co-operate In the movement. The need of this observance, accord-, ing to the Federation's statements is made necessary by the fact that the fire loss in the United States and Can ada in 1914 was estimated at $235, 591,350. ANOTHER PANAMA SLIDE Passage Through the Canal May Be Delayed at Least a Week. . Panama, Sept.. 19. A serious slide in the canal occurred yesterday north of Gold Hill on the .east bank. There had been a previous slide at this point but the new movement is much great er. The mass almost entirely fills the channel so that the earth shows above the water where ships ordinarily pass. The general opinion" is that it will be a week at least before-vessels even of light 4raught'Wlll; be- able to pass through. ;'.'!" ' TO ENTENTE ALLIES Reported it Will be Largest of Kind Ever Established in the United States. ALL BANKS ARE ELIGIBLE Apparently American Bankers Have Won Victory Over Foreign Financiers. New York, Sept. -19. The proposed' mammoth credit loam to Great Britain and France, it was reported tonight, is to be underwritten by a large syndi cate of American tmanciers and bank ers who are to receive a commission for their services. The securities of fered, it waa said, will be British and French 5 per cent, government bonds, and the price to the investor is to be paid. The amount of the loan, it was re ported, is as yet undetermined but will be between $800,000,000 and $800,000, 000. Whether munitions of war will be included within the scope of the pro posed credit, so far as ' could be learn ed tonight, has not been decided.1 The underwriting syndicate, it was reported, will be the largest of its kind ever established in the United States and probably will be open to nearly all national banks, trust com panies and state banks that may oaro to participate. Victory for the Bankers. Elimination of the reported differ ence in opinion between American financiers and .members of the Anglo French commission over-the manner of placing the loan apparently has re sulted in a victory for the American financiers. Previous reports were to th effect that the . commission's views were that the loan' should be placed by subscription and there .should be no Lunderwritlng syndicate: xne American conierees were report ed "to favor adoption of a plan where by ar syndicate would underwrite the big issue and Lwould receive at least ohe-half of one per cent, for its serv ices. This, it is reported, has been the plan tentatively agreed to. Ef forts to elicit an expression of the com mission's views on this tonight were iutue. So far as the plan has now developed it is the intention of the conferees, -it is reported, to open' their books to vir tually all banks, if not all, who wish to participate and to place the bonds with any and al lof them, pro-German and otherwise, at a figure only a shade better than that which the investor will have to pay,whlch, it was said to night, will be par. The Interest, it was understood, has been agreed upon at 5 per cent. , Pay for Munitions the Question. One vital issue yet remains for de cision whether the big sum realized by the sale of the bonds shall be avail able for the payment of munitions of war as well as wheat, cotton and other Commodities. Chief among other minor details yet to be worked out Is the matter of Russia's participation. Indi cations were tonight that munitions would be excluded from the scope of the loan and that another ; method would be excluded from the scope of the loan and that another method would be adopted to pay for them. Two obvious ways of doing this are open-payment in gold to be shipped to the United States, from abroad, or pay ment by the sale In this market of American securities owned In Great Britain and France. The former meth od. Is regarded as undesirable by both parties to the negotiations. The latter is said to be regarded as undesirable by members of the commission, Inasmuch as it would entail the necessity of their respective government's obtain ing possession of the American secur ities to be -sold and these are in the hands of private investors. They might be forced out of the pri vate investors hands, it was said, by a tax but both Great Britain and France apparently have been loath to go to this extreme. Separate Loan Possible. It was said to he within the rangeof possibilities that a separate credit loan would be established to provide funds? for payment of war munitions, but this was regarded as unlikely. Whether Russia will participate .-jh the loan depend, it is said, wholly upon the conference at London among the Russian and French finance minister and the British chancellor of the exi chequer. CRUISER BROOKLYN SAILS Will Go to Orient to Replaee Cruiser Saratoga as Flagship. Philadelphia, Sept. 19.-rThe cruiser Brooklyn which had been lying at the Philadelphia navy yard for several years, passed out to sea today bound for the Orient, via the Panama canal, to replace the cruiser Saratoga as flag ship of Rear Admiral Winterhalter of the Asiatic fieet. JBefore starting the trip, however, the Brooklyn will go to Newport News and probably will act as umpire ship during the approaching war game of the Atlantic fleet. VETERAN EDITOR DIES W. A. Varty Formerly Resided at Hen- dersonvlUe, N. C. Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 19. William A, Varty, veteran North Carolina editor, is died at Neuva Gerona, Isle of Pines, according to a message received at Hehdersonvlile, N. C, his former home. Mr. Varty was' the first American correspondent with' the American fleet to set foot on-Cuba-in the Spanish American war. On one occasion - he ran the -blockade of Havana harboxv i fi f ! IK I 'A I : Ik tit t it t V .1 1 Sit i- h 111 a. ." 1 1 i t 1 i ( it U li j 1 1 ill' in- iv f VP t --' a. t ft I m I: ' "1 Fl, V 1 -..AH' if 1 1'-,
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