.V THE WEATHER. Fair Sunday; Monday partly- cloudyw 16 Pages Today ONE SECTION IHF, ID). VOL. XCYHSTO. 24. WILMINGTON, 2. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1915 RUMANIA JOINS WITH GREECE IN REFUSING TO TAKE PART IN WAR WHOLE NUMBER 139,354 Officially Declares the Govern-? ment Intends Preserving Strictest Neutrality. ITALY IS NEAR DECISION Reported on Verge of Joining Allies in Balkans; Teu tons Claim Headway. Allied Troops Leave Saloniki, for Serbian Front. GENERA L VILLA IS REPORTED KILLED HARD FIGHTING OK HL BATTLEFBONTS V 0 Teutons Are Reported I ted in Serbian Campaign 1 MM ARY OF WAR NEWS Arrested and Shot by His Own Men, Says One Report. APPARENTLY CONFIRMED London, Oct. 16. Rumania has joined Greece In declining to enlarge the con. fiagration in the near east by declar ing officially that the Rumanian gov ernment intends to preserve strict neu. trality. This step followed close on in timations from unofficial German sour ces that it was time that Bucharest gave more definite indications of Ru mania's staud, in view of the latest de velopments in the Batxans. From a German source also . comes a report that British and French ministers are leaving Athens. But this report is dis credited here, and it is without any other confirmation. Unofficial reports from Petrograd cay the Germans appear to be on the de fensive along the entire line, except that section near Dvinsk which, it is said, they have been ordered to cap ture at any cost, Russians Make Offensive Attacks. Berlin, however, officially reports Eussian attacks not only before Dvinsk but at a number of other places, and, adds that they have been repulsed.' These attacks were all comprised -w ithin the army group of Field Mar shal von Hindenburg, which is taken to mean that the Russianshavei ssumgd, "something m"Thena7ture' of a general offensive along the front, of " which Dvinsk forms "a. 'Vital salient. - Along the western front many iso lated bomb attacks have occurred with varying fortunes. Italy is again un officially reported to be on the verge of joining her allies in the Balkan cam paign. While the French and British are still landing troops at Saloniki for the army which will be under the su preme command of General Serrail, the former commander-in-chief of the army of the Orient, the Germans announce that their forces continue to make headway against the Serbians, whose positions south of Semendria have been stormed. Bulbars Force Frontier. The Bulgarians are said to have forc ed the frontier ridges at several points between Negotin and Strumika. That Bulgaria does not anticipate any hos tile action on the part of Greepe is in dicated by advices from Bucharest that Greece has purchased large amounts of wheat from Rumania which will be permitted passage through Bulgarian territory. Allied Troops Leave for Serbia. Troops of the Entente Allies have left Saloniki for the Serbo-Bulgarian frontier, according to a news dispatch from Athens. The allied forces are said to have started Saturday for this Serbian front where the Bulgarians are reported to be making progress to their assault on the defenses of the Serbians. ' . . In the western theatre of the war a vigorous counter attack delivered by the French in the Vosges enabled them to re-capture all their positions on the summit of Hartmans-Weilerkopf, ac cording to the latest official statement from Paris. The French also claim to have taken a small fort previously oc cupied by the Germans. An official statement from Berlin claims that a German attack, made with the object of improving the Teutonic positions on Hartians-Weilerkopf was entirely suc cessful, the opposing forces suffering severe losses. Another Report Say He Was Sliot in Fight That Broke Out in His Own Army Division in Army Said to Have Resulted ! MESSAGE DENIES THAT VILLA HAS BEEN SHOT : .. 4 -ca i-aso, Texas, Oct. 16. A denial that General Francisco Villa, chief of the convention forces in Mexico, had been ar rested and court martialed by his generals came from : Casas Grandes tonight in a message signed by Colonel Silva, Villa's ! secretary. .j. Btirgarian Portson Aegean Sea Block aded Germans Repulse British Attack in West Australia Much Exercised. El Paso, Texas, Oct. 16. Unconfirm ed reports have been current here for the past twenty-four hours that Gen eral Francisco Villa, chief of the con vention forces, in Mexico has been shot. One report, brought here Thurs day by a Mexican arriving from Casas Grandes, but not circulated until late yesterday, was that Villa had been ar rested by his own men at Casas Grandes and sentenced to death. This report received apparent.; confirmation ;. from an 'American arrival who : gave a rail way employe as his source of infor mation. - Another story was brought here to-, day by a Mexican who said that Villa was shot late yesterday in a fight that broke out in his army. This version is that. Villa demanded a forced loan from one of his comrades and on being refused, ordered him executed. Division in the army" is said to have resulted, and in a fight that followed Villa was reported to have received a mortal wound. SHOOTING NOT MENTIONED In Messages to State Department From Casas Grandes. Washington, Oct. 16. Messages reaching the State Department early today from George C. Carothers, its special agent at Casas Grandes, made no mention of anything happening to GenerarVilla. EN ROUTE TO SONORA Hard fighting has been in progress on all the important battle fronts, the latest official reports show, not the least desperate engagements having been fought in Serbia where Berlin de clares the Teutonic invasion is making further progress. Field Marshal von Mackensen, direct ing the Serbian drive,1 reports the storming of Vranova mountain, south of Semendria, and Smoljinao village, east of Pozarevac, while Bulgarian troops, pressing on the Serbian border to the south, are declared to have forc ed frontier passes at several points and to have taken the eastern forts of Zagecar, some five miles over the bor der .in Serbia and about 40 miles north east of Nish. Special dispatches from Nish esti mate the Teutonic losses in the Serb ian campaign .up to Thursday night, last, as 25,000 killed and, 60,000 wound ed. It" is -declared in these advices that a German army which attempted to turn the Serbian right wing at semen dria was driven back into the marshes of the Danube near the Zembrandra fortress. . Heavy reinforcements for the Germans in the Pozarevac section are reported on the way. Great Britain's declaration of war on Bulgaria has been followed by a decla ration of blockade of the Bulgarian ports on the Aegean sea. The seaports affected include Dedeaghatch, Porto Lagos, Maronia and Mecri. Neutral vessels were given 48 hours to leave the blockaded area. On the western front, the Germans record the repulse of a British attack northeast of Vermellls and the block ing of French assaults in the Cham pagne district, notably east of Aube- rive where 4heFren eft "ar -eeicrd?t nave lost more tnan too prisoners ana three machine guns. German troops are also declared to have improved their positions on Hartmanns-Weiler-kopf in the Vosges and to have foiled a French attempt to re-take positions south of Leintry. Paris reports the re pulse of German attacks north of Reil lon in Lorraine, and between the Llnge and the Schratzmannele in the Vosges. Berlin's account of operations ih the east is confined entirely to the record ing of repulses of Russian attacks west of Dvinsk and at 'Other points toward the northern end of the line, and in the region of Smorgen. Australia is apparently much exer cised over the suggestion made recent ly in the house of lords that the Dar danelles enterprise be abandoned. A Sydney newspaper is quoted as declar ing that such a decision would be "evi dence or gross incompetence some where, for which hardly any punish ment would be too great." The sinking of a Russian coal schooner by a German aeroplane in the Gulf of Riga is announced in Berlin newspapers. Carranza Commander Notified Villa on His Way From Casas Grandes. WILL PUT QUESTION TO GREY liberal Member to Inquire of Govern ment's Attitude as to Dardanelles. London, Oct. jL6. Upon the re-assembling of the House of Commons Tuesday Kobert L. Outhwalte, liberal taember of parliament for Hanley, will ask Sir Edward Grey, the British sec retary of state for foreign affairs, ''nether the Russian government still attaches the same importance to the Dardanelles operations as it did when th? British ambassador in Petrograd stated that the operations had benn undertaken at Russia's request for theJ P-irpose of drawing a Turkish force rrom the Caucasus. The question is signed to bring out if Lord Milner's suggestion of the evacuation of the Gaiiip0ii peninsula finds any official support. No evidence of such support !s as yet apparent. 4 MINISTERS TO LEAVE Russian and Italian Diplomats Prepare f Sail From Greece, is Report. Amsterdam, (via London), Oct. 13. Ljrding to a dispatch from Athens r'J the Cologne Gazette the ministers Russia and Italy are preparing to ie!Ve Greece. The families of the di plomats, -the message adds, , probably lave the Grecian capital' today on a Warship . bound for Italy. Douglas, Ariz., Oct. 16.General P. Elias Calles, Carranza commander at Agua Prieta, . said today he had been notified that General Villa was en route from Casas Grandes to Sonora. He believes his information is correct. PRESIDENT AND PARTY SLIP SECRETLY AWAY He Goes Motoring With Two Cousins and Mrs. Gait. Stop at Inn at Harper's Ferry Where They Are Served Old Fashioned, Southern Dinner With "Poor i Man's Pudding". TEUTONv LOSSES HEAVY Casualties So Par i Serbia Reported to Be 85,000 Men. Pars. Oct. 16. Austrb-German Jss m the campaign against Serbia up to Thursday evening, October 14, Wer? estimated at 25.000 officers and jn killed and 60,000 wpunded, accord ed a dispatch received today by ir. Washington, Oct. 16. President Wil son took a holiday today and with Mrs. Norman Gait, his fiancee, and his cousins, Misses Lucy and Mary Smith, of New Orleans, motored to Harpers Ferry, W. Va., for lunch. Tonight the party attended a theatre here. The motorists left this morning without telling even White House officials where they were going. It was rain ing and the roads were muddy, but the holiday makers were not to be discour aged and noon found them at Harpers Ferry 72 miles away. At an inn over looking the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers the President registered, writ ing "Woodrow Wilson and party." The inn is kept by a negro family and the President and Mrs. Gait, both of whom were born In Virginia, ordered an old-fashioned Southern dinner which was served in the public dining room where there were 20 other guests. The President asked particularly for apple pie for desert, but was given "poor man's pudding." He paid ,for the din ner himself, and tipped the waitress. The news that the President was in the vicinity had preceded him on the return trip, and at Fredericksburg, Rockville and other towns, many peo ple waited to get a glimpse J of Mr. wn.rtT, and Mrs. r Gait. The party I reached the White House shortly after MEXICAN MURDERER OF BRITISH RANCHER AND AMERICAN DEAD General Fierro, Second in Command of Villa Army, Drowned. El Paso, Texas, Oct. 16. Official an nouncement was made today at Juarez of the death of General Rudolfo Fierro, second in command of the Villa army, who was held responsible for the kill ing of William Benton, a British ranch man, and Anton Bush, an American, at Juarez about two years ago. The an nouncement stated merely that Fierro was drowned while fording a lake near Villa Ahumada. Fierro, whose career was stained with innumerable murders, was one of the mosfc picturesque leaders produced by the Mexican revolution. He was formerly a railroad brakeman, and lat er turned bandit, robbing an express train at Lampasas, Mexico. When the revolution broke out, Fier ro joined Villa and won the latter's esteem at the battles of Torreon and Zacatecas. Subsequently he became known as Villa's "right hand man." One of Fierro's exploits as reported from the battlefield, was the shooting of more than 300 prisoners taken in battle. He was a large man physically, alert, cunning and apparently insensi ble to fear. In the battle at Torreon he is credited with having uncoupled a train in the face of deadly fire, pre venting the arrival of Huerta rein $368,000,000 Worth of Millionaires Accused of Criminal Conspiracy l L- j ' S & wsMf MkLik T4 r-r? FORMER MINISTER FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO MEXICO IS DEAD. Sir Lionel Garden Forced by Carranxa to Leave Republic in 1014. London, Oct. 16. Sir Lionel Carden, British minister to Mexico, from 1913 until August, 1914, when he was forced to leave Mexico City by General Car ranza, after the overthrow of President Huerta, died here today. Sir Lionel Edward Gresley Carden was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1851. He was best known in this country as minister to Mexico, where he came into prominence following the assumption of power by General Huer ta. Sir Lionel became a factor in the re lations between the United States and Mexico, when upon his arrival in Mex ico City just after Huerta had impris oned a number of deputies and declared a practical dictatorship he presented his credentials. This action was con strued in some quarters as a virtual recognition of Huerta and the latter's acts.. ' . , :Sir Lionel figured later generally in the press of the-United States through his' reported -criticism of the A: governnient'e'iexican policy. GOVERNMENT puts FOR EMPLOYERS TO ASSIST UMBEKE Will be Asked ta LetpElmployes Train Two Months a Year for Three Years. APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM 16 BELIEVED KILLED AS CAR T PLUNGE WILLIAM ?JXtt4&'ttx HIDE FrtOM PHPTOCBAFGe Twelve great millionaires, the most Important of whim is William Rocke feller, worth something like $150,000, .000, have been placed on trial before the United States court in New fork city on the charge of violating the Sherman act as directors of "the New Haven railroad. The penalty, if they are convicted, is .95,000 fine .or a year in jail or both. . The fortunes of these millionaires is estimated as follows: William Rockefeller ...... $150,000, 000 Lewis Cass Ledyard 10,000,000 George MacCulloch I.zrner . 5,000,000 j,'Jharles F. Brocker 30,000,000, , nanes ai. jrran j.uv,uuu,uuu JUdwafd i-. Kobbins - 1,000,000 D. Newton Barney 5,000,000 Robert W. Taft 10,000,000 A. Heaton Robertson 2,000,000 James S. Hemingway 5,000,000 Henry K. McHarg 4.. 20,000,000 Frederick F. Brewster 30,000,000 Part of Motor Train Goes Through Bridge Into Creek Bodies of Ten Had Been Recovered Last Night. Most of Whom Were Drowned Only Four of 65 Occupants Unhurt. . . erican Randolph, Kas., Oct. 16. Sixteen persons are believed to have lost their lives when a passenger car of a Union Pacific motor train plunged through a bridge into Fancy creek, near here, today. Ten bodies had been recovered tonight and at least: six more were be lieved to be in the mud and water filled car. Most of the recovered dead, including five women and five men, were drowned. Of the 65 occupants of the motor train, only four escaped un hurt. Many of the passengers were young women school teachers. All went into a heap when the car struck the bridge, weakened by three inches of rain, and plunged intoi the swollen creek. A rescue of the passengefs was ex tremely difficult and many were badly injured after they had been extricated from the half submerged car. It was necessary for the survivors to crawl up the sides of the car, using the win dow ledges and seats as the rungs of a ladder and many fell repeatedly af ter almost achieving success. Nearly all became unconscious from loss of blood or shock on finally reaching safety. . IS PRODUCERS T BE NOT MEREJREPA1RERS Navy Yards to Perform Spe cial Service for Whole Navy COMMITTEE DECLARES E IS THE NOMINEE Further Evidence of Purpose of Wil son Administration to Develop the Navy to Highest Point of Efficiency. FOUR MEN KILLED AND FOUR INJURED IN GAS EXPLOSION. Occurred in Bi-Product Plant of Coal Company Near Birmingham. Ala. Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 16. Four men were killed and four injured in a gas explosion in the bi-product plant of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Com pany, at FaiVfieW. near here tonight. The dead ar' -X L. Donnelly, L.' J. Wright,SPerry. Poor, and Bernhart, all emplbyes. '. . The explosion occurred in a valve ot a 42-inch gas main. The cause is not known. Birmingham fire companies, assisting in fTghting the-.fire that followed the explosion and' first aid corps and nu merous physicians from the company's various plants, were on the scene with in a few minutes;: Nashville,. Tenn., , Oct. , 16. Fifteen touchdowns and ten goals netted Van derbilt a score of 100. to 0 .against Henderson-Brown1; this afternoon, the visitors showing--up: unexpectedly -weak. (Special Star Telegram.) v Washington, D C, Oct. 16. Further evidence of the purpose of the Wil son administration to develop to the highest point the efficiency of the American' navy came to light today when Secretary Daniels let it be known that in the future naval stations must be producers and not mere ornaments o rrepair plants. To this end a group of navy yards along the Atlantic sea board have been chosen for special services to the navy as a whole. Mr. Daniels stated today, for in stance, that the following stations have been or would be required to i;.gage in special production: Nor folk, mines and mine laying appara tus; Charleston, clothing for sailors; .Fensacola, aircraft of all classes; Portsmouth, electrical machinery and appliances; Indian Head, powder manu facturing and gun tests; Washington, manufacture of guns; Philadelphia, equipment for marines; Newport, torpe does. The Norfolk yard also will be devel oped for the great repair yard of the navy system, and it is understood that the .secretary will renew his request for the construction of the big dry dock there. This dry dock will be the larg est on the Atlantic coast. The Norfolk yard last year produced more ' mines than any plant has turned out in the history of tne navy. Shelby Becomes a City. Shelby will be put in the real city class after December 1. Upon that date the Postoffice Department will inau gurate city delivery mail service for the town that has been made famous by Representative Yates Webb The service will start with two carriers. The Postoffice Department has ac cepted the proposal of Messrs. Frame Bros., to lease new quarters for the postoffice at Southern Pines.-The-new office will be on the east side of State streetone-fourth of a block of , Sev enteenth street South. - ' P.' R. Majority Over Mayor Grace Was 128 Votes Situation in Charleston was Quiet Yes terday National Guardsmen and Naval Militia Remained on . Duty Last Night. Charleston, S. C, Oct. 16. Tristram T. Hyde, was declared the Democratic nominee for mayor of Charleston to day, after the city executive commit tee had canvassed the votes' of last Tuesday's election under guard of state troops. 'According to the offi cial figures the nominee had a majority of 128 votes of Mayor John P. Grace. Following yesterday's shooting af fray in the committee room, in which one man wasTkilled and four wounded, today passed '-quietly. A strict guard of the German artillery hall where .the committee met was maintained by local troops and naval militia under Colonel E. M. Blythe. Credentials were inquir ed of all persons passing through Wentworth street and those entering the hall were searched : for concealed weapons. Mayor Grace, Chief of Po lice Cantwell and Sheriff J. E. Martin were among those said to have been disarmed .s they entered the commit tee room. The ten. Grace members withdrew from the meeting when the committee voted to sustain a protes in the mat ter of a box from Ward 10. The National guardsmen and the naval militia remained on duty tonight. MANNING ISSUES ADDRESS Tells People of Charleston to Have Self -Restraint and. Calmness of Mind. Columbia, S. C, Oct. 16. Governor Manning, who has Kept in close touch with the Charleston situation all day, tonight issued an address to the peo ple of that city urging upon them "that self-restraint and calmness of mind which will enable you to think clearly and to see the impossibility of the continuance of such conditions." Six of the eight companies of militia outside of Charleston, which yesterday were directed to. hold themselves ready to respond to a call for service, still were under, orders tonight. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 16. Georgia Tech had an easy time with Transylvania here today, defeating the Kentucky team at football 57 to 0. The tough back Jield apparently had little trouble skirting , Transylvania's ends, scoring eight tauchdowns. Long runs by Strup- per and Fielder-featured.-' Besides Sixteen Capital Ships, the Navy Proposes Many Smaller War Craft. v Washington, Oct 16. Employers throughout the United States corpor ations, manufacturers, professional men, tradesmen and business men of all classes will be asked to contribute, as their share in the National defense,, permission for their employes to en gage without serious financial loss in two months' military training during each of three years. This is an essential part of the ad ministration's plan lor raising a citi zen army of "800,000 men in six years which, with a regular army of 140,000 men and 130,000 reserves, would give a trained force, exclusive of state mil itia, of about 1,200,000 in the event of war. The success of the plan, officials ad mit, depends not on the appropria tions of Congress, for its cost will be comparatively small, but on the pa triotic response of employes, to whom an appeal will be made to furlough as many men each year, at different ses sions as they can spare and who wish to join the proposed continental army. Would Attract Men to Enlist. Administration officials are confident that even though it is proposed to en list only 133,000 men a year in the continentals, or a total of nearly 800.- wuo ior the nrst six year periods, more than that number will be attracted by the outdoor life of a military camp if they could be assured by their em ployers that their positions would not be lost or their earnings seriously de creased. The proposed enlistment re quires two months' service for each of three years, and liability for service during the remaining three years only in event of war. The army plans for more than 1.- 000,000 trained men in six years and the navy's programme of ten dread noughts and six battle cruisers within five years, bdth of which will be pre sented to Congress with the endorse ment of President Wilson were the ab sorbing topics of interest here today. The .proposed army appropriation bill will be $182,000,000, or an increase of $72,000,000 over last year, and that of the navy is $216,000,000. a $68,000,000 increase. The" total defense budget of nearly 400,000,000 is an increase of $140,000,000, which it is understood, is to be raised from a return to certain tariff duties removed last year. Navy Proposes Many Vessels. Added details of the navy plans be came known tonight. The five year programme included, besides the ten dreadnoughts and six battle cruisersi 85 coast Submarines, 15 seagoing sub marines, 50 destroyers, 15 scout cruis ers and five gunboats. Two dread noughts will be built each year. Two battle cruisers will be built the first year, one the third year, two the fourth year and one the fifth year. This plan . was agreed upon in ordei . that the appropriations out of the $500,- 000-.000 fund to be expended for new ships during the five years might be evenly distributed through the various sessions of Congress. The first year's bill will provide $28,000,000 ,to com plete ships already authorized, besides the new dreadnoughts and battle cruis ers, and provide also for the construc tion of 25 coast submarines, five sea going submarines, 15 destroyers, three scout cruisers, two gunboats, one fuel ship and one hospital ship; $2,- 000,000 for aircraft and for 10,000 ad ditional men and 250 additional mid shipmen at the United States naval academy. Welcomed in Naval Circle. The decision to increase the personal was welcomed in naval circles, where it .had been variously estimated that the navy is now from 10,000 to 18,000 men short of the complement necessary for ships built and building. By authorizing 16 capital ships in the five-year programme the American fleeti whe nail ships are completed, will be 'composed in 1825 of 33 dread naughtsand battlecruisers in the fight ing line and 13 battleships of the sec ond line, or a total of 46 capital ships. This. would be exclusive of nine battle ships now in commission which will be super-annuated in 1924. ALL GOVERNMENTS IN FAVOR OF RECOGNIZING CARRANZA Favorable Response From All Partic ipating in Pan-American Conference. Washington, Oct. 1?6. Favorable re sponses were received today from all the governments participating in the Pan-American conference which decid ed to recogfiize General Carranza. Sec retary Lansing has called a meeting of the conferees next Monday to ar range the form of recognition. Recog nition probably will take the form of presentation of a note to General Car ranza through Elias Arredondo, his rep resentative . here, who will go to Mex ico to meet Carranza. With the presentation of such a note ah embargo on arms would go into effect against opposing factions and an ambassador or charge d'affaires would be sent to Mexico as soon as a selection could be made. . Pittsburg, Oct. 16. 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