, r W-"---- -V -..4-.,...TV;.- -T - - , , t r LOST! AN OPPORTUNITY! The day a empapet reader falls to fflanee through . the advertising t a newspaper Is probably a tiny of lost opportunity. The Want Ads especially, arc a mini of opportunities. VOL. XCVII7-KO. 35. y IliMXN GYOK, 3ST. C, THURSDTT MORNIN QCTOBER 28, 1915 T7HOLEmMBBB 39,365 1EUI0SIG ALLIES NOTE OF PROTEST EPISCOPAL BOARD JUDGE ROBERTSON ss RESISTING VILLA MEN WILL BE SHOT THE. WLAIMLK. f T TT Mrr CHURCH AT GHAPEL HILL GIVEN m Presbyterian Synod at Gasto nia Has Busy Session. SENT TO BRITAIN ENDS DISCUSS fiSftDE SECflET DEAL TRADE LEGISLATIQ T Can Now Send Supplies to the Turkish Armies and to Bul gars on Aegean Sea. SERBS RE-TAKE VELES 5erious Situation in Bulgaria May Help Allies in Hold ing on to Macedonia. London. Oct. 27. The German army wla.U'ii crossed the Danube at Orsova is joined by the Bulgarians, who in vade' Serbia near Prahoyo, and .the entral powers now have an oen road through northeastern Serbia and Bul garia to the Aegean -sea and Constan tinople. They are thus in a position ;o send guns and munitions by river md 'railway to their . Bulgarian and Turkish allies who will be greatly itrengthened thereby. the invasion of northern Serbia by ;he ustro-Gerrnans continues apace, ifhuc Bulgaria la putting rorth a iVf.flg effort to secure control of ad- . ytUr.'..! sections of the Belgrade-Sa - KniVu railway. .- , " Strba BeoeennT Veles. . ' j, o fu as the north, is concerned, Ser-' i d, u is feared by her allies, is 'doom id. tut m the south,, reinforced T)y the British and French who are' fighting ay her side, Serbia is using all her jtrenpth to throw the Bulgarians back. ifta tha French victory at- Krivolak, ie Serbians, according to the Athens reporC, were able to re-occupy Veles, in ii.-.cortant railway and road June don just south of Uskup, where a big attle still Is in . progress. It is argued here that if the Bulgar ens can be held in the south1 until the ingiC-rrench reinforcements, .now on .he way, arrive,' Bulgaria may yet be robbed of Macedonia, on which she has let her heart. But the, Allies also will lave to make aft attempt to block the Jerman road to Turkey, and their big ittack may be directed elsewhere. The internal situation- of -Bulgaria. rbieh is reported serious,-may have Nftne ecect on-the campaign. A mill pry conspiracy against King Ferdi- iand, Athens dispatches say, has been inearthed and the leaders shot. Many f the inhabitants of Bulgaria are .said :o be loyal to Russia and are showing inclination to join the colors. Rumanians Display Uneasiness. Th-3 Rumanians, too, are 'displaying lome uneasiness as to the inactivity of Jieir government, and agitation in fa ror of the Allies is ; being carried on iccording to unofficial reports, by m luential leaders. The Allies, however, ire "depending on their own resources ind arranging to throw into the Bal tans as many men. as can be spared. At the present time, the Allies can lot weaken the other fronts, as the lermans are showing considerable ac- ivity. The latter have made still an ther center attack in the attempt to -capture LaCourtalne in Champagne, rhich the French recently took from hem. Strong German patrols, herald tg an attack, were also observed in he Loos region, but were dispersed. Germans Lose Gained Ground. The Germans continue their attacks gainst the Russians in the Riga and Jvinsk districts and claim to have tenetrated the Russian positions near lie railway north of Dvinsk. They uld not hold all the ground gained is the Russians launched immediate iour.ter attacks. While the position in his region remains serious for the Russians, they-appear on the whole to e holding their own. In the South, on the other hand ilonsr the Styr river ana Galicien Tontier, the Russians report successes loth in carrying through their own at tacks and repulsing German attacks, riie Italian are persisting in their of ensive, and, although their progress 6 slow, they apparently are making .chances. much damage: by bombs. lealzi Church and Famous Painting in Venice Snffes In Air Raid. Rome, via Paris, Oct. 27. An ejeam nation of the famous Scalzi chiirch in 'enice which suffered in a recent raid y air craft, shows, that the first bomb e!l in the left, nave. It demolished w'o beams and pierced the ceiling, rhich was entirely destroyed by the feond bomb. Not a foot of TIepolo's naErnificent fresco remains intact, and is considered virtually Impossible , restore even a "small part of the masterpiece. . .MA JOH GENERALS PROMOTED. fnmbpr Have Been Made Ueutenant eneals In British Army. London. Oct. 27. The following tna r erenerals in the British army have '"" made lieutenant generals for dis suished services rendered: ' K1T -John Stevens- Cowas, member, of he army council; Sir Archibald James 1'irmy. chief of the imperial staff at headquarters, London;. - Sir iisrs Carmichael jMonro, the new .pr.der- of the Gallipoll peninsula; f.v !!liam Roberts Robertson, chief genral staff.: and Sir William "laeil Birdwood. who on the with r'Wfli of General Sir Ian Hamilton, r-hiced in temporary command on I,; .'a'i,f"'li peninsula, pending the ar-, . i .-ai there of General Monro ; ' l.n':din Oct. - 27. Edwsin) Wlnaht 1 Si ''PPln agent and an A morlm n was remanded in Bow street on a charge of trading with interests. Ma wa ririoA n iail. "inacnts attorney mm mh oh. a comnlete a n swor tA'.flia He arrived in England four ay., v. on nis first vial t ii -ry since the issuance of the war- Agar interference With the erce of America. STARTED SUNDAY bout 10,000 Words Long and is 4iowa to Repeat Protest Against V Order in Council of So . Called Blockade. Washington, Oct. 27. America's long considered protest against British in terference with commerce between the United States and Europe has been dispatchd to London by special mes senger and will be presented by Am bassador Page at the British foreign Office next week. It became known to day that the note, which is about 10, 000 words long and covers exhaustively the argument of the American govern ment on all phases of interference with neutral trade, was approved by the Bresident last Saturday and start ed on its way 10 j-ionaon Sunday. aieianaer . w . jitk, intra secretary of the American embassy at Berlin, who had returned to Washington car- Tying documents frvm Ambassador Gerard, was entrusted with the mission oh his return journey to Berlin. Was Kept Secret. Until .today the fact that the com munication had been sent was kept secret, instructions having been given to - officials that no announcement of any - kind was to be .-made about it. That it contains a repetition of argu ments made in the note of March 30th which recorded the Washington gov ernment's first protest against the or der in council of so-called blockade, is admitted, but no intimation was given by officials today as to what measures are proposed in the event that there is no modification of British practices. Not only does the latest communica tion cover the various notes and mem oranda sent by the British government since March 30, but it also acknowledg es and discusses the lengthy note that came from Great Britain in January in response to the first protests by the United States against interference with neutral .trade. ' ...Note. Bryan Wanted to Send. , . . v .Lit , was the . .note pow . .on- its way, which - former Secretary Bryan advo cated sending at the same time that the second Lusitania .' note was dis patched to Berlin last June. President Wilson declined to send it at that time because of the fear that the United States might be placed in the position of bargaining for its rights with Germany on the basis of its attitude toward Great. Britain. With the clearing up of the submarine controversy through the satisfactory settlement of the Arabic case, it was announced at the State Department that the note to Great Britain would go forward. After - three weeks of CContlnued on Page "Eight.) v mm 4 DEFECTS IN SUBMARINE F-4 WAS CAUSE OF THE DISASTER Members of Vessel's Crew Who Lost Their Lives Absolved From Any Blame,by Navy Board of Inquiry Graphic Story of Battle of the Men for Their Lives. Washington, Oct. 27.- A graphic sto ry of the battle for life waged in vain, 300 feet beneath the surface of the sea by the 21 men who perished in the navy's submarine F-4 - last March at Honolulu is told in the final report of the loss of the vessel submitted by a board of inquiry headed by Rear Ad miral Busch and made public today. Examination of the wrecked hull con vinced the board that the disaster was caused by a leak resulting from a cor roded battery lining and the failure of the boat to respond to the rudder change which should have returned her to the surface. . Discarding the theory once advanced that chlorine gas brought quick relief in death to the crew, the board, from igns within the rusted and battered hulk pieces gives out in its report a dramatic account of how the doomed men strove desperately to save "them selves as their vessel sank. Fifteen met death in the engine room, where they sought refuge at the last; six died at their posts in the flooded for ward compartment!. : All members of the ship's company are absolved from blame in this trib ute: Not Due to Carelessness. "From the facts established we find that the accident resulting in the dis aster to the U. S. submarine F-4 on March 26, 1915, was not due to care lessness, negligence or inefficiency on the' part of the officers or men of the vessel and that, furthermore, the per sonnel remained at their respective stations until, all effective means em ployed to afvert the disaster impending had failed, and thereafter sought ref uge." v-t' After' a'revjew of all the facts es tablished in the investigation the board states its conception of the disaster as follows; - "The primary cause of the disaster was the corroded condition of the lead lining (of the battery tank) and in consequence of certain rivets in the port wall of the forward battery steel tank; and, " -- ' "The secondary causes were: (a) The poor diving qualities of the vessel; and ib) the consequent failure of the Will Send Seven Delegates to Missionary Congress FOR CONFERENCE ONLY Delegates -Not to Take Part in Legls- lation Upon Ecclesiastical Ques tloa' ..No Action Taken Upon Resignations. . ' New Tor k, Oct. 27. The Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal church, after -a spirited controversy lasting two days, today voted to send seven delegates to the Panama Inter Denominational Missionary Congress, to be held in February. The contro versy developed around the' purpose of the congress and the action of the Roman Catholic church in declining to participate. After long argument today the board passed a resolution that "it shall be the purpose of the Panama Congress to recognize all elements of truth and goodness in any form of re ligious faith," and also stating that the Episcopal board delegates will at tend the congress with "no purpose, authority, or power of committing the board to operation." The quarterly meeting of the board adjourned today without taking action upon the questions of resignations tendered by five prominent members yesterday when the board, voting two to one, defeated a motion to rescind the resolution passed at the last meet ing favoring participation at Panama. Efforts to cause the five men to re consider their action were made with out success. i The five members were the Rt Rev. Reginald -'H. Weiler, Bishop of Fond du Lac, Wis.; the Rt. Rev. Alfred Har ding, Bishop of Washington, D. C; Rev. Dr. William T. Manning, rector of Trinity church. New York City; the Rt. Rev:- G. Mott Williams, Bishop of Marquette, Mich.,-and 'the Very Rev. Selden P. Delaney, of Milwaukee, Wis. The first three men did riot -attend to day's meeting. Bishop Williams and Rev. vMr. Delaney attended the "meet ing but took little part in the discus sions.' - e Rt Rev. Alexander Mann, rec- resolution stating, the -purpose of the Panama Congress, as understood by the boajrd was solely for conference but no instructions to delegates. This brought forth considerable opposition and in the discussion which developed that ' the. main Objection among mem oers of the Protestant Episcopal church to . the Panama congress was not based upon the fact that the Ro man Catholic church . had declined to participate, but upon a question of whether or not the board had author ity to authorise a conference with delegates from board, or . boards of other denominations. . It was decided that the board could (Continued on Page Eight.) vessel promptly to respond to meas ures taken to bring her to the surface. Unknown to Commanding Officer. "Unknown to the commanding offi cer, the vessel acquired some negative buoyancy forward of the center of gravity through the leaky rivet in the port wall of the forward battery steel tank. "Water accumulated in the forward battery lead lined tank and, through ooroded slop tanks, overflowed . into the battery cells in contact with sul phuric acid in the cells generating chlorine gas. ' "The vessel developed a strong ten dency to dive. "Upon those intimations of danger, there followed: Up-rudder, but due to the poor diving qualities of the vessel aggravated by the additional quantity of water taken in through the port Wall of the forward battery tank, ves sel did not respond, but, in fact, con tinued to descend, and downward mo mentum gained before propellers were stopped. "Automatic blow was tripped and blow valve on auxiliary tank opened. In the endeavor to check the down ward momentum maneuvering with propellers probably took place. "The appreciable length of time re quisite for air to build up in ballast tanks for the expulsion of sufficient quantities of water resulted in vessel reaching crushing depths. Seama of Vessel Opened. "Seams of the vessel began to open, and probably . through - open torpedo tubes and' seams water entered the vessel. The conditionof positive buoy ancy was never attained. - "There followed " . actual ' disaster. Vessel began filling -with water. Per sonnel abandoned stations 1 and many sought refuge in the engine room, clos ing the door. - - ; N "Under great pressure, engine 'room bulkhead failed suddenly, leaving ves sel on. bottom, completely flooded." .- From its examination of the valves of the automatic device which was set to expel water from the vessePs bal last tanks at a depth of 100 feet, as required by -' departmental regulations, the board found that the - accident which . started the F-4 : on her down plunge had occurred before the 1,00 foot mark was reached, The most ef . CContlnued " on rage Eight.) - Purchased Meriden Railroad for the NewiHaven. GOVERNMENTS CHARGE His activities Brougit Ont for First Time in Alleged Violation by New Haven rLettera "Are Identi fied by afeilen. New York, , Oct ' 2TThe activities of Judge A. Heaton Robertson, of New Haven, one of the, eleven former di rectors of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad on trial for alleged violation of the Sherman' anti-trustt law, figured today for ' the first time In the presentation of the' government's case. He w&a represented as secretly purchasing for . the .New. Haven, the Meriden, water bury & Connecticut River railroad, a iine which "John M. nan, men vvee president or the New Haven, thought should be "swept off the face of the earth." - Judge Robertson was" said to have kept it for more than two years,. turn lng its rolling stock overi to" the New Haven meanwhile and finally the road useir unaer a lease authorized by the New Haven board' of directors: This, it was stated; was after the patrons of the road had . complained, that- it was not operated and the NewHaven'Tnan- agement feared that the real ownershin would become known and. make possi ble trouble in the Connecticut legisla ture uniess the road, was operated. Government Preaenta Letters. The history of the 'transaction in the form of letters written by Hall, was put in by the government - in pursu ance to its effort to show that even af ter the xwew Haven ? directors were apprised by- the trans-Missouri rate case decision in 1897 that' the Sherman law was applicable' to Tallrvads, if they continued in their allegedllegal acts. Cnarles S. Mellen. on Uie stand for the alxth day served as the Instrument for Identifying thV signature of the etters. V . ,. ttdward D. Hobbies, one of the de fendants, but then ie-ttorney for the Meriden.' . water bury & - Connecticut river also figured in the transaction. That :lMdLBjA the new rork & New England road, had along with the NeviEngland gone into the hands of a receiver and Judge Robertson bought it in at the receiver's sale in 1896. Hall wrote to Robbins asking him in whose name the check should be made. I would like to have it arranged so that payment of the check should not be disclosed, . ha wrote, "I don't. see why Judge Robertson .cant grant the particular right to you." JUater Hall, wrote to Robertson: Kept Trip Seevet. "Mr. Dear Judge: I have received notice from the . New England railroad that they are . prepared to deliver to the purchaser . the, Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut river stock and quite a large amount of freight equipment and desire to do ao MayJ. I suggest that you join the president, myself and perhaps the,- chief engineer in, a little expedition next Saturday over the lines of your recent' acquisition. Please say .nothing about this as we do not wish to advertise our trip any more " thah" Is necessary. If we "go with you we can act as witnesses to the delivery of the property." In July, two years later, Hall wrote to Henry C. Robinson, then director of the New? aven, asking his advice as to what to do with the Meriden road. "The question," he wrote, . "Involves one of policy which it seems to me im portant to settle before it drifts into politics and gets us into a position to do us posible considerable harm in the next legislature," OVERSEAS AGEfiTS TO GO JBROilO IMS WEEK Directors Meet and Plan For Immediate Action Redfleld's Letter Outling Government's Favorable Attitude Satisfactory to Board To Perfect Organ isation. New York, Oct. 27. The American Overseas Corporation, organized to fa cilitate trade with neutral nations, de cided at a meeting of its board of directors here today to complete its or ganization and to send agents abroad immediately. .. This was announced af ter a letter we,-read ' from Secretary Redfield outlining the government's favorable attitude toward the - enter prise. Alexander J. Hemphill, provisional president of . the new corporation, said: . ; . ' "The1 government's attitude as out lined in Secretary Redfleld's letter is entirely satisfactory. to us and we will now go aheadwith our plans. "Agents will be sent abroad hefore the week end. We will confer immediately with shippers and take steps to perfect our organization.', . , ; v PREPARED FOR OPERATIONS Representatives-of Overseas Corpora- tion ' to - Inform 1 Redlleld. -Washington, Oct. 27. Representa tives "here of the American Overseas Corporation were instructed tonight to Inform Secretary . Redfield of the De CContinued on Pasre Two.) To Aid American Merchants and Protect Home Industry LIMIT FOREIGN TRADE president Confers With Secretary Red field and Chairman DavielPlana f"' fo Tariff JLay Amend- ments Rejected. Washington, Oct. 27. Legislation to aid American merchants in their efforts to take advantage of trade opportuni ties" resulting from the European war and. to protect home industry against ruinous foreign competition upon the restoration of peace, was considered today by President Wilson in confer ence' with Secretary Redfield, of the Department of Commerce, and Chairman- Davies, of the Federal Trade Com mission. The President favorably received-suggestions as to legislation that ; would put. limits upon foreign 'competition and enable exporters to co-operate in the establishment of for eign sales agencies. As a result of the conference, the Secretary of Commerce will recom mend -to Congress the enactment of a law making selling by foreign firms at less than the cost of production here, "unfair competition" punishable under the anti-trust laws. A similar recommendation will be made to Con gress by the Federal Trade Commis sion which also, is expected to propose an amendment to the Clayton anti trust law to legalise combinations for the operation of co-operative selling agencies abroad. Both of these subjects probably will be dealt with by the President in his opening message to Congress. In considering proposals for legisla tion to prevent foreign manufacturers flooding the American market with products at prices below the cost of production at the close of the Euro pean ' war, commercial officials have rejected plans calling for tariff law amendments. Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, who has been in charge of the investigation of this subject by the Department of Commerce, said today: .-ib qusrio;of-the-tsifr-has been raised ' in connection with -the building of new industries. The tariff question can be left out of the discussion. We are hot likely to j-each any conclusion in such a discussion." - Secretary Redfield made - it apparent that - he believed Tthe "anti-dumping" problem . could ;' ' best- be met ' through changes in the Clayton anti-trust act. Harrisonburg, Vai, Oct. 27.- News" of the -death of James B. Stephenson, a prominent Harrisonburg lawyer, was -received "here "today from Chicago, where he had gone to , visit his- child ren. Mr. Stephenson was a law class mate of President Wilson at , the Uni versity of Virginia, PRESIDENT INVITES K1TGHIN AND GLARK ammnssnanrsl . To Confer With Him on De fense and Other Matters. North Carolinian Not Expected by His Friends to Support Present Pro . gramme of the, Admlniatra- . a, tion "Preparedness." (Special Star Telegram.) Washingtop, D. C, Oct. 27, President Vviison today wrote to Representative Claude. Kltchin and Speaker "Champ Clark' inviting these two national lead ers to a conference, to be held at the White House with in the next ten days, the date to be fixed when it is ascer the Scandinavian countries for han tained the time' that will be most con venient to Messrs. Clark and Kitchin. The fact tnat the President will in vite Mr. K-itchin here was stated ex clusively In this correspondence ten days ago. . National defense in particular and the legislative programme in general will be gone over and an effort made to- get the views of Speaker Clark and Majority Leader .Kitchin. It is hoped, too, that Mr. Kitchin may be persuaded to vote for the billion dollar army and navy programme which Secretary of the Navy .Daniels and wecretary of War Garrison are advocating. One of the serious problems in con nection with so large an appropriation for National defense, is that there is a shortage of money in the United States Treasury at this time, and the prospects for filling the coffers are not as bright as many the coffers are not as bright as many would like to see. It has been sug gested that the money be raised by a bond issue. But this would mean a bond issue each year for five years and Democratic leaders high enough to see above !', water realize that this would' mean party suicide. Unless the President changes his present programme, Mr. Kitchin, it . Is believed, will not support his national defense Plan. To do . so, the Second district congressman would be compell ed to completely change this veiws on this subject and, being a man with cour age enough to back up his convictions, those who know him see little hope of ever winning him over to the admin istration's side. ' P. R- A- if They Refuse to be Disarmed by U. S. Troops. TREATED AS OUTLAWS Should They Cross Border to Attack Mexican Town Carranza Soldiers Would Toe Allowed to Return. Fnnaton Has Authority. Washington, Oct. - 27. Should Villa, troops cross the border and attack the Mexican town of Agua Prleta from the Texas side, as press reports from the scene have indicated, they might do, they would be treated as outlaws, disarmed and in the event of resist ance shot down by United States troops. Officials at the State and War Departments made this clear tonight, although no official advices had been received that such developments were in prospect. ! Major General Funston, Commanding the American border forces, has full authority to take any necessary steps to prevent violation of American terri tory by Mexican armed" parties, short of actually invading Mexico. An order to cross the border would have to come from Washington: but if bullets fall on the American side during any battle across the line. General Funston may use his artillery to drive the 'Com batants away.' Carransistas Could Return. With the recognition of the Carran za regime ,as the def acto government of Mexico, the border, situation is somewhat changed. Should armed men in revolt against that government cross the line, they would be consid ered, officials explained, merely as out laws to be placed in custody and sur rendered to ' the Carranza forces on application for extradition. Should Carranza soldiers be - defeated and forced to flee into American territory, they would, be disarmed but permitted to return to Mexico at some other point on the border .where their arms would be returned, to "them. ' In the event of; a battle at Agua Prieta in wti"ich General Funston found it necessary to-use his guns to protect Amwieaisr- itveAxsnraroPerty,'' it f s said that they undoubtedly would be train ed upon the outlaws; not upon the Carranza forces. FORCES NEAR BORDER Advance Guard of Villa Army IS Miles East of Agua Prleta. - Douglass, Ariz., Oct.. 27. The advance guard of General Villa's forces invad ing Sonora was reported late today by cowboys to have reached a point near the international border, 18 miles east of Agua Prieta, opposite here, where the Carranza. Torces of,-General Calles are concentrated.- General Villa was reported to be near (Continued On Iage Eight.) TRAIN AREIN HIDING Estimates of Loot Taken from $9,000 to $60,000 i Outlaws Boarded Train and Ordered It Stopped in Secluded Section of the Oklahoma Hill Eight Men in the Gang. t Muskogee, Okla., Oct. 27. The unin habited fastnesses of the Kiamichi hills, in the far southeastern corner of Oklahoma, rendezvous of bandit gangs since frontier days, tonight were believed to be holding five of the eight men. who early .today held up and robbed a southbound limited train of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail road at Onapa, 27 miles south of Mus kogee. Three of the outlaws were thought to be in Texas, after having boldly ridden into Muskogee to secure medi cal attention for one of their number and then boarded anotner southbound train. ' . Despite the statement of express officials that their loss was small, a report from McAllester declared the robbers obtained 560,000, being sent South- for the cotton marketing- sea son. Other estimates placed the ' amount stolen at 9,000, though from the general offices of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road, in Dallas, came a statement that the men secured only four sacks of cheap jewelry. The band boarded the train at Che cotah, north of the scene of the rob bery. After passing Onapa, a station without telegraph facilities at night," the train was in a sparsely settled ter ritory, remote from interruption and affording wild foreets and marshes for escape. Here the robbers climbed over the baggage and mail cars into the engine, forced the engineer and firemen to stop the train; routed the conductor from the passenger coaches and the other members of the rew from the baggage and express cars. All were lined up by, the track and tied while members of the gang stood guard. Work was then begun on the expresf safes. Three safes proved im pregnable and were abandoned. A fourth safe was opened. The robbers held the train two hours and sent back a detachment which stopped a freight train coming up from behind and placed the freight crew under guard to prevent interfer- BANDITS WHO ROBBED REV. E. L. SILER RESIGNS Aahevllle Presbytery Asks-for Coatia . nation of Appropriation Memo, rial Service Held Dr. Wells Presents Report (Special Star Telegram.) Gastonia, N. C, Oct. 27. Followins; a brief business session this morning, the North Carolina Synod .of the Pres. byterian church, in its 102nd s eastern, here, held a memorial service at. 11 o'clock, this being preceded by the ad ministration of the Synodical commun- , ion. Rev. H. B. Searight read a me morial of Rev. J. E. Ballou, who;died at Tarboro, April 1st, and Rev. Neal L. Anderson read a memorial of Rev. B. B. Palmer, colored, who died near Milton May 14 th. Both these memorials were adopted by a rising of Synod and were' ordered spread on thaInutes. Rev. R. E. Henoerlite, of Swan Quar ter, conducted the opening devotional services this morning. The Preabytery of Asheville, whtch has been transferred to the new Appa lachian Synod, embracing portions of the mountain sections of North Caro lina, Tennessee, Virginia and Ken tucky, presented a .petition asking a continuance of the appropriation to this Presbytery for another year from the home mission boarcL, The petition was left in the hands of the. committee of home missions. Rev. E. Li. Slier tendered his resigna tion as permanent clerk, the same to take effect at the close of the present session. This was referred to the com mittee on 'nominations. A number of reports and communi cations were read and referred to the proper committees. Following .an earnest plea by Rev( Melton . Clarke, of Greensboro, in ' be half of the University church at Chape Hill, a subscription of more than $1, 000 towards the salary of the . pastor ot that church was taken in just a few minutes. Rev. W. T. D. Moss pastor of 'the' University" Jchurch, was one of " the principal speakers at last nighfe session and made a splendid impres sion' on Synod and on the congrega tion. Rev. G. W. Shipley, the head of the Albemarle Normal and Industrial In-y stitute, at Albemarle, addressed th house for a few minutes on the wnf it and the needs of that Institution. While It belongs to the Presbytery of Mecklenburg, he stated that it was educating worthy girls from all sec tions of the State and asked for the support of Synod. There was no session of Synod this afternoon, recess being taken until 7:30 in order that the numerous com mittees might have an opportunity to complete their. work Tonight's servioe was devoted to foreign missions. The principal speak er was Dr. Egbert W. Smith, of Nash ville, Tenn., secretary of the foreign' mission board, who thrilled his au dience with the plea he made for the. extension of God's kingdom In the for eign fields. Dr. Smith is a North Caro-. linlan. Short addresses were made by three foreign missionaries at home oo leave of absence. - Rev. J. M. Wells, D. D., of Wilming ton, presided at tonight's session and presented the annual report of the for eign mission board. Tomorrow will be a busy day, as. all the standing committees are to make their reports, Rev. A. W. Crawford will make .the report of the home mis sion board tomorrow night and there will be several short addresses on this subject. HANS SCHMIDT'S FATE RESTS WITH THE COURT OF APPEALS Arguments for New TrialMay Re quire 'Weeks for Decision. Albany, N. Y Oct. 27. The-fate ot Hans Schmidt, the rormer Catholic priest under sentence of death for the murder of Anna Aumuller in New York in 1913, rests with the court of ap peals. Arguments for and against a new trial -were made before that body today. A decision is not expected for several weeks. Should the court rule against Schmidt his next recourse will be an appeal for executive clemency to Governor Whitman, who, as. district attorney of New York, prosecuted the case. TWO CONVICTED ON CHARGE .OF BREAKING NEUTRAL-ITS Found Guilty of Conspiring to Hire Men for British Army. San Francisco, Oct. 27. Ralph K. Blair, and Dr. Thomas Addis were found guilty in Federal district court today of conspiring to hire men in the United States for British military 'ser vice. The cases against Lieut. Ken neth Croft,' of 'the British army, and Harry G. Lane, were not considered. The state wanted them for witnesses. Clieve E. Lawrence was found not guilty, as was the Blair-Murdock Com pany; FERGUSON OFFERS REWARD For Arrest or . Delivery, Dead or Alive, of Two Band Leaders. Austin, Texas, Oct. 27. Governor Ferguson tonight offered a reward of $l,ou0 for the "arrest and detention of Aniceto Vlzano and Luis De La Rosa or for the delivery, dead or alive, to any sheriff in the state of Texas." Iizano and De la Rosa are reputed to be the, leaders of the bands of Mexi can outlaws operating in the Ibwer Rio Grande valley. Governor Ferguson also announced that he had urged President Wilson, to insist upon the co-operation of the Mexican troops along the boundary with the United States border patrol in sunoresslnsr disorders. t:! in 61 1 f I V I