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- WEATHER. A- SPEND your money with the Home Merchant. He helps keep up the schools, build roads and makes this community worth while Fair, cooler Wednesday; Thursday , rain. .' ' ', v ' 1 VOL. XCIX-KO. 26. WILMINGTON, X. C, WEDXESP AY MOBNIKG, OCTOBER 18, 1916 ' WHOLE NUMBER 39,737 GREEK KING CHEMcED VOTE FOR CHANGE t J. FRANK HANL Y DECLARES WAITING TO LEARN BY GREAT m$YDS 77V STREETS OF A THENS HUGHES IS DOMINATED BY 'INVISIBLE G O VERNMENT IN PRAYER E OF 0. S. f ir m -V - I, , , l 1 . . ' TOBACCO CARGOES HELD III ENGLAND BOOK A Wild Demonstration Follows the Landing of Marines From War. ships of the Allies. FRENCH COMMANDER HISSED Volhynia, Galicia and Transylva nia Are Still Points of the Heaviest Fighting. TEUTONS SCORE ADVANCES Over 1,900 Russian Officers and Men Are Captured. With the occupation of Athens and Piraeus by marines from the warships of the Entente powers a tense situation has -arisen in Ath ens. Great crowds of royalists have paraded the streets of the Greek capital, cheering the king, and cordons of Greek troops and marines have been thrown about the railway stations, city, hall and other points occupied by the En tente forces to prevent clashes be tween them and the royalists French Admiral Hissed. An official dispatch says Admiral Du Fournet was hissed by the throngs in the streets of Athens and that a de tachment of French sailors was driven back by the hostile crowd. , King; Con Btantine, in a speecha,t the officers of bis fleet, told them he -would stand by them, no matter what consequences might follow their loyalty to Greece. Volhynia. Galicia and .Transylvania ire still the points where the Jveaviest fighting is taking place. Along: the Somme front, in France, bombardments alone have prevailed, except to the east of Belloy En .Santerre, where the Germans threw . two attacks against the French, only to be repulsed. . In Macedonia the . hostilities ; have been confined mainly to1 patrol engage ments and artillery duels. '-Bad weather has set in through the Austro-Italian theatre and with snow in the mountains and rain in the .valley little fighting of moment has taken -place.. Continuing their violent offensive in Galicia, the Austro-Germans, accord ing to both Berlin and Vienna,, have taken trenches over a front of 'l 1-2 miles from the Russians and made pris oners 30 officers and-1.900 men. - West of Lutsk, in Volhynia, v the Russians attacked violently many times, but, ac cording to Vienna, -were everywhere repulsed with great, losses. In the southern Carpathians, near -Dorna Wa-' tra, additional heights have been taken from the Russians by the Teutonic al lies. . In Transylvania, the Rumanians fighting near the border passes con tinue tenaciously to hold back the Austro-Germans almost everywhere. In the Uzul valley they have driven the invaders back 'across- the Rumanian border. NO MEANS YET DISCOVERED " TO EXTERMINATE" BOLL WEEVIL Reports Denied by Secretary Houston. Many Letters Received. Washington, Oct. 17.--Secretary Houston today denied that the De partment of Agriculture has discovered a means of exterminating the cotton boll weevil, a report which has caused scores of planters and cotton brokers to make inquiries of the department recently. The Secretary, in a letter to a Southern farm journal, explained that agricultural experts still are forking diligently but without defi nite results so far to develop a means of eradicating the pest. It was be lj lieved by many officials that reports of the department's alleged discovery have been promoted by persons anxious to influence the market. ROYALIST DEMONSTRATIONS I- THE STREETS OF ATHENS London, Oct. 18. A Reuters dispatch from Athens says: "The situation appears to" be danger ous. There have been Royalist. demon orations in the streets. Admiral Du J-ournet, commander of the Entente AUied fleet in the Mediterranean, was '?sed and a detachment of French sail rs was driven back by a hostile crowd. tol'f pcession of some 4,00 malcon- ' aded tey the Greek and Amer en flags, stopped outside the Ameri can legation, protested against the mai1?8 J forein marines and de Sfr i ? 6 protectlon ot the American "if ter who wa absent, th. deTOOnstrators then paraded inther,?" ' s,ngInK the Greek national PLOIR TO ADVANCE TWENTY TO FORTY CENTS A BARREL. Tl in Announced a Result of Rise In Wheat Prlees. . thrsrvtland' Prt- ct- I? Recause of See ofPfladVanCf in heat prices the thVooflOUi;ftWi11 be creased here re!''). " 40 cents a barrel tomor--cent enounced tiday. A 20- perT6 W,Uld Place Patents at of p.? r ba"el- paling the record WvanreJ-K1'1- hile a 40-cent ance ould break all records. FRENCH MARINES LAND AT PIRAEUS They Occupy Railway Station There and Several Buildings in the City of Athens. DEMONSTRATION BY GREEKS Great Crowds Throng; Streets of Athens Cheering: for King Constantlne. Troops and Marines Are Called Out. Athens. Oct. 16. (via London, Oct. 17.) Marines from the ships of the En tente powers, to the number of about a thousand, have been landed at Pi raeus and have occupied the railway station at Piraeus and several buildings in Athens. Immediately this became known, the streets of Athens swarmed with Greeks frantically cheering King Constantino and chanting the Greek national anthem. Great crowds march ed through the streets, thousands gath ering in the neighborhood of the post office square. The war minister, General Draco3, ordered out Greek troops and marines to guard every approach to the square in order, to prevent any clash between Greek civilians and the French, who occupied th&t section, establishing a complete cordon about the French and taking all precautions to avoid any in cident or accident capable of starting strife. - It is impossible to predict whether trouble can be prevented throughout the night. The Greek government is fully alive to the fact tnat Greece's fate hangs on the prevention of fur ther" measures on the ' part of .- the French commander. Earlier in the day, a review by King Constantlne of the sailors belonging to the vessels of the Greek navy which were taken possession of by the En tente Allies, .was made the occasion of an- immense royalist demonstration, crowds -parading the streets hauling life-sized portraits of the sovereign and wildly cheering for the monarch. Admiral Damianos, minister of ma rine, ; read an , order of the day prais ing the loyalty of the sailors and com plimenting . them on their, conduct un der most trying circumstances. After the ceremony the king assem bled the officers about him and ad dressed them '.. personally, expressing pride that they had scorned offers of money and honors and had remained faithful to their oath and their. coun try. He-gave his word that he would stand by them to the end against whatever consequences their loyalty might entail. Boston, Oct. 17. Jack Brltton,, of Chicago, .welterweight champion, suc cessfully defended his title tonight, outpointing Ted (Kid) Lewis, of Eng land, in a 12-round bout. Both men set a furious pace. TO NEGRO BLOOD New Orleans Man's Name to Re main on the " White ' Roll. Judge Parker Dismisses Mandamus Suit to Compel Registrar of Voters ,; - to Remove Joubert'a Name From the Books. , ' New Orleans, Oct.- 17. Judge Porter Parker, in civil district court here, late today, dismissed the mandamus suit recently filed by Ave employees of the Municipal Public Belt ' railroad f which sought to compel the registrar of voters. 'to remove from the white registration rolls the name of John H. Joubert, secretary and general man ager of the belt line. The petitioners charged Joubert was of negro descent. In dismissing the suit Judge Parker said Joubert had proved, undoubtedly that there Lwas no negro blood in his family. - . Several persons testified regarding tne definition of the Spanish word "mestezza," yrhlch was applied' to Jou bert's great grandmother in the record of hermarriagei That the word sig nified the offspring of whites and In dians " and was not applied to persons of negro blood was testified bj i Fran cisco S. Carbajal, provisional president of Mexico.. for a time in .1914, and for merly -Justice of Mexico's supreme court; theVRev. , Father Michael Mur-t phy, instructor of ethics and philoso phy at Loyola UniVersity, and Rafael Mallen, instructor of Spanish at the Tulane -College,. 6f commerce and busi ness administratidn. Joubert s mother-testified she was born, in Hamburg, Germany, and was married in St. Augustine's church, here, in 18SU, to Charles Joubert. She" declared -s all her ancestors were Qau- - (Continue on Page Eight); JGUBERT IS QUND Episcopal Morning Prayer for the President Would be Substi tuted by Evening Prayer. PASSES' HOUSE OF DEPUTIES Resolution. Admitting, Women to 9Iem berahlp Is Saved From Being Killed by Adverse Report of the Committee. St. Louis, Oct. 17. The House of Deputies -of the General Convention ot the Protestant Episcopal church today voted to remove the present prayer for the President of the United States from the service of Morning Prayer and to substitute therefor the Evening Prayer for the President. The morning prayer, as now in the Prayer Book, asks for the President the boon "in health, and prosperity long to live." The evening prayer has no reference to long, life, health or prosperity. Neither does it ask for his eternal felicity. The change must be approved by the House of Bishops and by the next Gen eral Convention before 1$ can become effective. 0 Rev. Lelghton Parks, of New York, who spoke in favor of the change, said the present prayer in the morning ser vice was an adaption of, the prayer for the kingpin the Prayer Book of the Church of England, and that it was trivial to pray for the "Ivealth, prosper ity and long life of the President. In the House of Deputies the day largely was occupied by the reading of the proposed changes in the. book of common prayer. The House of 'Bish ops, holding its meeting behind closed doors, also spent the day considering the proposed changes. . Skilful parliamentary ' maneuvering saved the resolution admitting women to membership in the House of Depu ties from being kilied by an adverse committee report. From the time of the church's first convention in Phila delphia, in 1785, men only have been allowed to represent dioceses' on the floor. Before the. adverse "repjpr. was acted on today, 'almlJTO.sJjnade. which put the original 'resolution on the calendar, thus giving it a chance for discussion in the House. Cognizance of the European war was taken in both houses of the convention today. From -the House of -Bishops came the announcement that the pas toral letter this year will contain a message to the communicants of the church "in view -of the present work! crisis." This letter is read in each Protestant Episcopal church in the United States. . Steps" toward an official expression from the convention of its attitude on practical methods' tending to minimize war were taken today when the House of Deputies adopted a resolution which proposed that a committee r of three clergymen and three laymen be ap pointed to draw up a resolution," em bodying these ideas. The House of Bishops concurred In . the action. A larger religious life in the homes of . the United States was urged In a resolution introduced in the House, of Deputies by the Rev. Charles N. Tyn dall, of Williamspdrt, Pa. This resolu tion, which was referred to a commit tee, provides for a commission of five bishops, Ave clergymen and five lay (Contlned on Page Two:) PRESIDENT TO SPEAK May Say a Few Words at Various Stops Along the -Route. Will Leave Shadow La vm This Morn ing for the niinola Metropolis, Where He Will Deliver . Three Addresses. Long Branch. N. J., Oct. 17. Presi dent Wilson will leave here tomorrow morning for Chicago where he is to speak three times Thursday. While Mi-. Wilson has refused sreveral. invitations to make speeches, he will appear on the observation platform of his pri vate car to shake hands with people who assemble to greet him and per- j haps say a few words to them. His campaign managers include Illi nois, Indiana and Ohio in the doubtful states and wish the President to meet as many persons as possible on tomor row's trip. The President will lunch at the Chi cago Press Club Thursday and after wards will address a non-partisan wo man's meeting at the auditorium, din ing privately ? afterwards. In the evening he will deliver the main ad dress ' of his trip before the third an nual New Citizens' Allegiance meeting. This address is expected to have an im portant bearing on the hyphenate issue of the campaign. The President will return to Long Branch Friday. RICHMOND BLUES ENTRAIN. First Squadron First Virginia Cavalry Stxrta for Border. Richmond, Va., Oct, 17. The histori cal Richmond Blues, officially first squadron,' First Virginia cavalry? regi ment, started for Brownsville, Texas, ! early this afternoon. Mayor Ainslle land a large ..crowd bade the command L I goodl-bye. . . . H CHICAGO TOMORROW British Government Claims Con signments From America Vio late ; Recent Ruling. MAY CAUSE HEAVY LOSSES State Department, However, Hopes to blear Up Misunderstanding, to the Satisfaction of American Interests. London, OetJ 17. Large consign ments of tobacco from ' the United States for -Dutch - and Scandinavian ports are being held here on the'claim of the government that they fail to comply with the Tecent arrangement under which cargoes paid for -before August 4 and shipped prior to August 30, might proceed to neutral destina tions. Many American ' tobacco shippers who have their own representatives in Europe, witn ' whom Jthey do a whole sale business,, shipped to them, under the impression that the new order would permit- such action. The gov ernment, however, cpnten.ds that proof must be furnished tnat the cargoes were paid for before- August 4, by the actual European buyers. REPRESENTATIONS 'ALREADY MADE RY STATE DEPARTMENT Sashington, Oct. 17.: Great Britain's ntion of American tobacco ship ments is expected here to cause beavy losses to members of the trade in this country, unless a modification of the British ruling" can - lie secured. The State Department already fias'made In formal representations, and ; officials, said tonight' they- hoped to clear,up the misunderstanding- tcr - the satisfaction of American interests; Besides .the consignments reported held in London, American tobacco val ued at more than $1600,000 is detain ed aboard. British! ships and.- in ware houses at Danish port,s on the charge that its shipment violated the ship ninar arrangement. V j ': Trie ih'ter'prtftatiftnV applied to the arrangement-byBrmsTl oTncrars-waa as much a surprise to officials here as it was to the American, shippers. In her previous, agreements for. passage of shipments through the blockade lines, it. was declared tonight. Great Britain neyer attempted to apply the doctrine of ultimate sale." The understanding here was that only bona fide sale to European wholesalers would be re quired in the case of tobacco consign ments. The regulation which stopped Amer ican tobacco shipments was: issued on July 15 by the British Trade Depart ment under general authority of the orders in council. It , prohibited the importation of tobacqo to Germany or to German; dealers. In countries con tiguous to Germany. A, serious disrup tion to the -American tobacco industry resulted in, the St.ate Department final ly securing an agreement under which all tobacco bought and paid for before August 4 and sliipped before August 30 was to be admitted' to Denmark and other neutral -European countries. Chicago, OctM 7 A seat' on the Chi cago board of trade 'sold' for $7,550 to day, $250 higher than the previous nign-recora. - S LEVEL All Active Months in New York Sell Above 18 Cents. Spot in New Orleans Advance A boot f 1.50 Per Bale, the Quotation Be ing. 17.31, the Highest Since 1S74. New York, Oct. 17. New high rec ords for the season were established In the xotton , market here today with all the active-months selling above the 17 cent level. The market reached -the highest point in the late trading when January sold at 18.16, or $1.80 a bale over last night's closing figures. .. .. FRESH ; ADVANCES MADE ON THE NEW ORLEANS MARKET. New Orleans, Oct. 17. Cotton 'made fresh advances today on a widespread demand, futures rising 52 a bale to. the highest levels since the so-called Sully season. 18 years ago, while spots ad vanced 31 "points, or about $1.50 a bale, to 17.31' cents a pound for mid dling, the highest price since 1874. Thousands of bales on contracts . were thrown - overboard by traders ' on the long side in -order to realize profits, but liquidation quickly was absorbed. - ONE LOT LONG STAPLE AT THIRTY-TWO CENTS A "POUND Memphis," tenn., Oct. 17. Middling cotton was quoted on the Memphis cot ton -exchange -today at -1737, an ad vance of 25 ' points over , yesterday's' close, with sales of approximately jo, 000 bales. One lot of long .staple brought 32 cent a pound. PRICES HIGHEST IN MANY : !. ". YEARS AT GREENVILLE, S. C. Greenville, S. -C, Oct. 17. Middling cotton was" sold here today forls cents a pund.;This - ls the highest price many years., COTTON REACH NEW HIGH SEASON Says That While the Republican Nominee Was Governor of New York "There Was Not an Hour During His Administration When Invisible Government . Was Not Triumphal at Albany" ' Assails Attitude Towards Liquor. " Sputhbend, Ind., Oct. 17. Declaration by Charles E. Hughes in Omaha that there was' ho invtsi'bltr'gojjejypn Albany while he was governor of New Yprk, caused J. Frank Hanly, Prohi bition candidate for president, today, to assail Hughes' attitude on the liquor question during that period. Hanly insisted the liquor interests then com prised a powerful "invisible govern ment" in New York and that Hughes refused to attack them. "Ttake issue flatly with Mr. Hughes' statement that while he was governor of New York there was no invisible government," , said Mr. Hanly today to several audiences "in Michigan and Indiana. , "There was no hour during his ad ministration when invisible govern ment was not. triumphal at Albany, nor has there been an hour since when it haS .not been. Mr. Hughes knew it and was constantly importuned by the best . citizens of , his commonwealth to War Department Officially Auth orizes Sixteen Leading Uni versities and Colleges. V. M. I. AMONG THOSE NAMED Executive Meet in Washington . For Conference Committee Selected to Arrange Details of the Course, and to Report Later. Washington,-. Qty, , rO&d ,. au thorization for the training5 fii '"mili tary science. of students In Iff of the country's leading universities and col leges, Including the Virginia Military Institute, was given by" the War De partment today to' executive officers of the. institutions at. a. conference be tween them and ranking department officials. . The purpose of the conference was to establish a systematic method for training reserve officers along lines described by the army reorganization law. . . In the absence of Secretary Baker, who issued the invitation - to the col lege and university heads, Acting Sec retary Ingrahm presided and officers present included Major general Scott, chief of staff; Major General Wood, commanding the Eastern Department; Brigadier General Macomb, president of the War College, and members of the general staff. The conference was a general infor mal" discussion of the law authorizing army training in civil institutions, and the general impression of the speakers was that the regulations prescribed by the statute were not sufficiently elas tic and should be modified so that it might be better adapted to the various types of educational institutions rep resented. Mr. Ingraham appointed a committee composed of President Lowell,, of Har vard, chairman: Major John J. King man, U. S. A. ; Superintendent E. W. Nichols, Virginia Military institute; the Rev. Edward A. Pace, Catholic University of America; President H. S. Drinker, Lehigh; President W. O. Thompson, Ohio State University, and President George E. Vincent, -University of Minnesota, to arrange details for the actual beginning of instruc tion. 'The conference concluded . its work tonight and adjourned to await the committee's report. The institutions authorized today to give military ' instruction are: Vir ginia Military Institute, Princeton Uni versity, Harvard University, Yale Uni versity, University of Michigan. Uni versity of Alabama, Stevens Institute of Technology, Catholic University of America, Lehigh University, Ohio State University, University of Tennessee, Clemson Agricultural College, Univer sity of Minnesota, University of Illi nois, City College of New. York, and Universit -. of Vermont. TRIP TO SHRIMP CAMPS IN . ' LOUISIANA IS POSTPONED Delegates of Fisheries Society - May " Take the Trip Today. New Orleans, Oct. 17. Because o? unfavorable weather conditions dele gates attending the annual convention of the American Fisheries Society to day, postponed a scheduled trip on the Louisiana conservation bureau's yacht through lower Louisiana Jakes and bayous and to shrimp camps. Weather conditions permitting, the trip. wlU be taken tomorrow, it "wais announced. Sessions today were devoted to dis cussion of fish propagation" and prob lems dealing with the fishing industry Speakers -during the seslon today in cluded G. W. N. Browne U. -S:,buearu of llsherdies, Orangeburg, S. C . SCHOOLS 10 GIVE MILITARY TRAINING do battle with it, and he refused to molest it, or even touch it. It domi nates Mr. Hughes now, sealing his lips, making his tpngue mute, dominates him until nothing can persuade or in duce him to give public utterance, however slight,, against it, though he has journeyed for days through states where the people' are at death grips with it. "The .only defense "Mr. Hughes can make to this charge is to answer that President Wilson also is mute and obe dient to the same element of invisible government. T this extent both are its representatives or at best its dumb and silent toleratorsr' Finding that Michigan wets were urging that President Wilson is op posed to statewide prohibition, Ira Landrith, vice-presidential nominee, declared at Kalamazoo today that the President's position was being misrep resented. Landrith said he had seen a letter the President wrote to a Texas man declaring his advocacy of state wide, prohibition. The dry train, will campaign through northern and, western Indiana tomorrow. THE ADAH LAW? Hughes, Answering Heckler's Question, Says a; "Surrender Could Not be Repealed. ' ' FREQUENTLY INTERRUPTED Republican Noi(ninee?T Speaking' at Sioux Falls, Iowa, Tells What He Would Have Done, to Prevent ' Railway Strike. Sioux Falls, Iowa, Oct. .17. Charles E. Hughes, facing a' friendly audience sprinkled with hecklers tonight, re plied in answer to a question as to whether he would repeal the Adamson law if elected President that a "sur render could not be repealed." Mr. Hughes was asked - what, he would have done to avert the threaten ed railroad strike. '' "If arbitration . had been refused." Mr. Hughes refilled, "I should have gone right to th" American people, stated the facts and put the responsi bility where, it, belonged." "I should , at the -same time," Mr. Hughes said, "have secured a commis sion of inquiry so impartial, so fair as to command' thfe-respect of the entire country and :; directing,' public . opinion to that end there is .ho group of men in the United States .thM Would have dared hold up the.' instrumentalities of commerce if th&t were done." The heckler stilt' had another ques tion to ask. ' - "Mr. Hughes," he said, "any question that is asked, here is - 'asked with no enmity toward' the candidate of the Republican party. You would have done all that within 24 hours?" "Why, sir," the nominee Teplied, "the business men of the. United States, through the Chamber of Commerce of the United States on July 29, sent a telegram to the President asking for an inquiry. A resolution was intro duced ln-'the Senate for an inquiry, and was laid on the table. For months the business men of the United States ask ed for an inquiry as to this very mat ter, and the crisis was allowed to be developed when it was unnecessary that It should have been developed anc" there was adequate time to ascertain what the facts were." The heckling was attended by the utmost confusion.. The audience ap parently was Incensed at the Interrup tions, and there were many cries of "Put him out," "sit down," and' "shut up." As the nominee replied to each question the audience cheered its ap proval. PROBING VISIT OF U-53. Treasury Officials - Interview Persons Who Talked With Lieut. Rose. Newport. R. I., Oct. 17. The visit of the German war submarine U-53 to this port was renewed today by two representatives of the neutrality di vision of the Treasury Department who interviewed various persons re ported to haVe talked .with Lieutenant Capt. Hans Rose, of the U-boat. The investigation, it -was explained, had to do only with civilians as the visits ex changed by the commander with Amer ican naval officers were covered in of ficial reports. According to the investigating offi cials, nothing new was disclosed by the inquiry. EFFORTS HAVE FAILED. No Source of Getting Supplies to Po land Yet in Sight. Long Branch, N. J., -Oct. 17. Presi dent Wilson annuonced today that his efforts to bring about an agreement among belligerent nations to allow re lief supplies to be sent to Poland had failed. '' England to Make No Represents tion on the U-53, Pending American Announcement. REPLY OF VISCOUNT GREY Is Question In the House of Lords Con cerning American Attitude To ward Patrol of the British Warships. London, Oct. 17. The British govern ment will not make any official repre sentation to the United States concern ing the German" submarine U-53, pend ing an annoucement of its attitude by the American government, said Vis count Grey, secretary of state for for eign affairs, in the House of Lords to day. In reply to a question concerning the attitude of the United States toward British . patrols. Viscount Grey said that the United States admitted the British ships were not exceeding their legal rights under international law, but that the American government complained of their presence on the ground of the irritation which the continued presence of belligerent war ships off the coast of the United States naturally, caused In a n'eutral country. He declared that the United States had requested Great Britain emphatically not to patrol oft its coast and said that Instructions were sent to the British ships there to avoid causing any unne cessary irritation and to comply as far as possible with the American request. "With regard to the U-58," the for eign secretary continued, "we do not know what steps were taken by v the United States for patrolling its waters or in regard to coming to port and se curing information from newspapers. We do riot know whether it is true that American warships got out of the sub marine's w-ay. That is a matter for the American government only and we assume that that government is mak ing full Inquiries. We also assume It will announce its attitude ,ln due course. Pending that, we. do not pro pose to make .any official representa tion on the subject of the" submarine." The question concerning the German submarine' raid in American waters wag raised by Baron Charles Beresford, former commander of the British hom fleet; Earl Grey, former governor gen eral of Canada, and others. Baron Be resford asked whether British cruisers were removed from American watersj owing to American objections, and il so, what steps the government propos ed for the protection of British vessels He criticised the submarine reply as at least curt and said that the American ideas of neutrality were curious. Earl Grey , wanted an assurance that the report was untrue that American commanders of destroyers had acceded to the request of. the German subma rine commander to clear out of the way and give him room to blow up ships.' - Viscount Grey'n Reply. . The foreign secretary said in reply td Lord Beresford's question: "The best thing I can do Is to read a summary of what actually passed be tween .the , United States government and His Majesty's government on thltr subject .since, the war hegan and what we understood the view of the United States government to be." Viscount Grey then read the follow ing statement: "On the 14th of September, 1914, the British ambassador at Washington tel egraphed that the United States au thorities had' intercepted wireless com munication from H. M. S. Suffolk, to New York asking for supplies and newspapers, and he informed us that the United States government cdnsid ered that this would be making use of United States territory as a base for supplies and information as to ship (Contlnued on Page Two.) SEVEN BODIES FOUND IN RUINS OF FACTORY Two Other Persons Are Missing as Result of Fire. Dye Works -and Lumber Plant at Queensboro, N. Y Destroyed. ThOoc Who Loot Lives Were Clerical Employes. New York, Oct. 17. Seven persons were burned to death and two others are missing as a result of a fire which destroyed two factories In the manu facturing section' of Queensborough late . today with a material . loss esti mated M $250,000. The charred bodies were not found until the flames had been extinguished and firemen were pouring water into the ruins of the buildings. All those burned were clerical employes in the plant of ythe Oakes Dye Manufacturing Company, where the flames started among chemicals- on the first floor of the - Oakes building and - spread with euch rapidity that the office force was trapped. on the second floor. , In addition to the office building, five one-story storage buildings of the Oakes company were destroyed. From these buildings the fire spread to the Astoria-Veneer-mill, and lumber yard, where many thousands of feet of lum ber was destroyed. ' : Z: ' ti rrr iwv. '.' '--Karl' i .; --j, i- 1 .-. .-J . 1 ;,.'-(' i :. : -'! .-
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