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' ' ''"V-, :----ry rl7'7-7-- v-;j-;t.; V - , -.- ?' 1 1 SPACE in : this v paper -'..-will' carry your message direct to people with the ineans apd. intelli gence to buy advertised goods; VOL. XCIX-NO. 52, WILMINGTON, C, MONDAY MOBIONG, KOYEMBER 13, 1916 WHOIiE NUMBER 39,763 rrobably local ; rains, Monday and. . - ' TT TT I " VSy '.,JSyVVCT ' : ' ' " -: . ' ' ' Tu-day. not much cnange in tempera- . . - v f't- ,. : - fA , rWT'l TOXV TT WTTOl isX TTa JA a GREAT CROWD GREETS PRESIDENT UPON HIS4 RETURN TO CAPITAL Hundreds Begin Shouting and Bush Forward to Shake His Hand at Passenger Station. ' ; DOFFS HIS HAT AND SMILES Is Assured by Secretary Tumulty There Has Been No Change vA in Calif ornia Vote; : HAS CHANCE; AT MINNESOTA HllffheS and WillCOX tO Remain in o , I ,r., r- -rrri jxew xuitf. iur wec& or j.uore. r AVashington, Nov. 12. Presi dent Wilson came back to Wash ington tonight, ready to take; up ..waiting public documents-and be gin flaming plans for his Second OI November 6 during a violent temp- urt wv,it uA1A: , TT-L A ?st- . The submarine compelled the Co term in the .White House.- He had ..,, w. . v . been away two months.' ' , - A cheering crowd .packVd the railroad station and waiting out side in a drizzle of rain to welcome the President. . As .he. appeared walking down the station platform accompanied by Mrs. 'Wilson and flanked by secret service men, hun dreds began shouting and rushed forward in efforts, to shake his hand. 7: u .'V Smiles With Head Bared k Mr. Wilson walked through -the sta tion with his hat oft-bowing and smil ing, and was taken thrtTugTf?h Presi dential waiting- room" to' an 'automobile outside. Secretary , Baker,,,. Attorney General Gregory, Secretary .Tumulty, and Senator James, pf Kentucky, were among those who .greeted him.,, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Margaret 1 Wilson : and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, a cousin, accompanied him here oh." the trip "from New York where the party landed late today from the yacht Mayflower. The President was-assured by-Secretary Tumulty that thete had been no change in the result in California pnd that there was a chance of Ms capturing the electoral." vote' ftf Min nesota. The President, however, , 4s not expected to indicate his. own at titude toward the outcome untU : it is formally conceded by the Republicans. Will Be at Desk Today 'llr. Wilson paid no attention to offi cial business tonight: but tomorrow: will be at his desk. . Secretary . tans ing is expected td lay before him - a 'summary of recent "developments- in the submarine situation collected at the State Department,"; dealing, parti cularly with the Marina', yCTumbian, Arabia and Lano cases. Ko. aecret ris made of the belief of. some " "officials that the situation- is '-serious. - The President has made ft clear ;to friends that the policy toward sub marine warfare with ,the,': correspond ence on the Sussex case - will be fol lowed strictly. Mr. : Wilson probably 1 will have another conference in1 the r-ear futurewith James W, Gerard, American ambassador " to Germany, ho las been in this country for sev eral months. - e ' The President also will take up cOn Fideration of the Mexican; situation , Prompt! He has been getting fre- ;t-9"t requevSts from Secretary Lane, chairman of the American section of thf Mexican-American commission Netting at Atlantic City, and , will cow give the question detailed study. -r Important Appointments A number of important : Soon ; appoint- oentf are to be made. soon, but some "f them may be postponed until Con- tress convenes. They . include tha embers of the tariff , commission, nf shipping board, . several federal Jake's and a board of administer the 'orkingmens' compensation law for j cdsral employees. Postmasters at 01k and Chicago "also 'are ;to be eppoinu,. Heports that the President as decided on .changes ' in -his cabinet Ere said tonight by officials, to be pre Eiataro. The President's plans for the Fcr.od between now and the opening of (.Vnress are not decided definitely, plough officials close, to him believe hat he will spend moat .of. the . time 'jre in Washington attending to of husiness and preparing for the mins of congress. -He has been in- ,te,J t0 so to the Army-Navy" football Ume in xcw ork- November ' 25 but not yet accepted. , , ' " I5i;hes plurality ys -i :V . -MIXESOTA STANDS AT 280 I'aul, Minn., Nov', 12. Today's cor f(tionp additions and subtractions left Hughes plurality in' Minnesota at - The vote to date . waff: Wilson 'V-!S: UliffhM 17C8ftB fa aa nnntitv's K:irrh-:S f;iVorr rl returns gave Wilson 1,260; Pairbault county soldiers Wilson 14 to 12. - '. - 'Uiation of rfeports-from the -coun-.i t.v manors at the. Canital is to becrin this veek nnrl first. vnnn. nets to hear from and 'practically -all Jne Second and Third regiments.1 ' srrr v.-,-..-,":rv-'' ,-;:'. ;' lLLY THREATENS CONTBST" : iF RETURNS SHOW DEFEAT; enton. N. J,, Nov, 12, Jersey. " De repres2nted in the next House ten 'pnnw; j . . . ,: s the Official ranvn aa r. Vu ma.l& county tomorrow p.hanees an Continue on Page Eight). , - COLUMBIAN VICTIM OF GERMAN U-BOAT American Ship is Said to Have En countered Submarine During v a Violent Tempest. WAS AT ANCHOR TWO DAYS Accordinjr to Information . - Reaching Parl Vessel Was Kept Under Sur. . ... . veiuance Until the Storm .. x . - - Subsided -Paris, Nov. 12 .(via Madrid). It was a German- submarine which sank the American steamship Columbian. "According to this information, ' the Columbian encountered the submarine to under surveillance until November 8. When the "storm , subsided, the dis patch .says, the submarine ordered the crew to abandon the ship and then sank her.- . . : ' ' "'". ?"A Hayas dispatch from Madrid quotes the newspapers of Corunna, 1 Spain, where" the crew is reported to have landed, to the effect that when the Columban was held up, the submarine ordered the prew to disembark but that the storm was so severe that this $ras impossible until two days later. - The dispatch also says that the Nor wegian steamships Balto and Fordalen were "destroyed :ln .the same manner on November 9. (A report of the sink ing of these ' steamships was received from London Saturdajr . nigh t. FOUR SOLDIERS ON THE - " BORDER M13ET TRAGIC DEATHS Body or Private Headin, of the Fonr. teen th Cavalry, is Found. Laredo, Texas, Nov. 12. With the finding early today of the body of Mich ael Headln, a private of I troop 14th cavalry; the number of United States soldiers who met tragic deaths here yesterday, and last night was tnci cased to four. The-other were Private Jones and Mcltnight, of K troop, 14th cavalry, ;who were shot and killed- sariy yes terday by a corporal of the same troop, .who officers loelie-73 was demented,, and Paul; Torrey . ,a private of the supply Cpmpany of the Ninth infantry, who .waswas struck by a train last night and killed. V V ' "-: ' There were no bruises o,n' Headin's. body which'was found in a road near the- camp and the cause of his death has-not been ' determined. - . ; f . A PPEL FOR SYRIAN RELIEF Is Issued by Sir cen Biahops of . the .v" 1 ' ' Episcopal Church. -New Yorki Nov. .12. Sixteen bishops i of - the Protestant Episcopal , church. headed "W the Right Rev. David H. Gjeer, " of ' New York, have issued an appeal tor tne reiiet or 100,000 Asy-rian Christians, .chiefly women and jchild ren , it was announced here tonight. These' people, left to die by the Kurds and Turks, have straggled to the lower villages of Kurdestan, it was said- INTEREST UP IN THE TENTH AT FEVER HEAT Wfiavcr fl.nd BHtt. Rnt.h f?t.ill niaim. .. ,' ing the Election. ' Board, of Canvassers to Meet No More Until ' ' Thursday Chairman Wnrrm Will Look Into the - i , ' , Situation (Special Star Telegram) Asheville, -N. C, Nov. 12. interest in the election of a congressman from the Tenth ' district is still at fever heat, with' - claims and counter claims being f reely " made hy both Democrats and Republicans anent, the election of Mr., Weaver or the re-election of Coh gressman, Britt, the Republican In cumbent. The "board of . canvassers, afterHolding several' conferences, has adjourned until Thursday. Mr. -Britt is claiming his re-election on the face of the . official returns. t.He claims a majority of thirten . vdtes.- Mr. Wea ver,' asked . tonight for, a statement said, "More votes were - cast for me than have been' counted, and" this will be shown when a final, canvass of the votes is; made." . 1 , - ". The best legal talent of both par ties is taking an active interest in the vote.; situation here, : and State- "Chair- man JThomas'fW;' Warren- .will: arrive' here - tomorrow to look into the situation.;..-;';,';;. ;.,.. ,'- ' ''jv .: ''" . - ,xr : -In' the. meantime, nobody has con ceded: the, election- of ..either, candidate arid hundreds of dollars,; waged on the result,, are being held up by the: stake holders, who refuse to turn overj tho money until the contest is -aenniisiy Battled.": - . N OF 65TH CONGRESS IS MOST UNCERTAIN Even if Republicans Have Plural ity,' It is Doubtful Whether - They Can Gain Control. N . ' - " ' " '. '';: ' DEMOCRATS ARE HOPEFUL .-... . Leaders Believe IndepetfsJent Re publican Members May Help Them Hold House. Washington, Nov.. 12. Members of the House of Representatives in the newly elected sixty-fifth Congress face one of the most uncertain, organiza tion situations in the history of the government. "J With a few districts still in doubt, he Republicans , appear to have a plurality of four or -Ave members and a possible majority of two or three when, it is figured that an Independent elected in Massachusetts and a Pro gressive elected in Minnesota prob ably will vote with " them for organi zation purposes. Independence of ac tion has characterized a number of the re-elected members on the Repub lican side, .however, and their attitude toward Democratic legislation in the last few years has given Democratic leaders cause for hope that some of them might carry their independence into the organization of the next House. " " ' No Working Majority On the face of the , unofficial re turns, the political division . of the House is so close that, an effective and -certain working majority does not exist. In view " of the situation, it is regarded by Dem6cratic leaders 'as improbable hat President Wilsop will C8.ll an extra session Of the -new Con gress next spring.' In that case the i . ! ; - 1 ... I. 111 I I nifT ' " ... MUL . ...... wr . which will mean maneuvering for more than a year in the contest for speakership of the House and the organization Nof important , committees. Probable. Candidates ; As matters . stand today , the candid ate of the .Republicans Tor speaker would ' be .James R. Marin, the present minority leader, and -. Speaker Clark generally is regarded as . the. -Democratic choice to succeed himself. Al ready,, however,, there :are rumblings of uncertainties because of, the close political division. On the Republican side there are-reports of disaffections against the minority leader as a. can didate for Speaker on the part of sev eral members, who, it is ; suggested; might vote for.-Clark instead. Conse quently -there is gossip among some Republicans regardingi the advisability of naming another man as candidate for ..speaker if pne. can. be found upon whom . the Republican membership would unite. : " . - ; ' There are: certain to. be some ; in teresting and lively ; party . conference? on both sides. bef pje,. any, organization tickets are finally MauftcHed;' it "ls' as sured.' As the Democrats apparently will be 'In the minority, so'me 'oftlie friends of Camp Clark are not ,'cer.tain that he will be a candidate , to suc ceed' himself." Unless, he cannot be elected-. Speaker they propose ,that he abandon the race and .become a can didate for minority leader, the "post he .held for many years before ; tbe De mocratic; ascendancy in 1910," Such a development might precipitate a llve (Continue on Page flight). ZAPAT NEARLY 100 PERSONS - ' t Women, Children and Carranza Soldiers Among the Number. Representative Slemp, of Virginia; on Train Near ;Conrreras Dead ' lay in "Piles Beside Oars, The Stated. - '' Laredo, Texas, Nov.-12. An indiscri minate massacre of nearly 100 women, children and Carranza soldiers, who i were traveling on a train near Con- treras, - state, of - Morelos, . which. . was attacked by .Zapata followers, is re ported in Mexico City newspapers re ceived here rtoday. After the attack on the train," the dead lay in piles beside the cars the paper a. state, ; Only one .person, so far as known, escaped death at" the hands of the ban dits, i He was .Captaln .Antonio Priegos. The attack occurred November 3. The passenger train, covered by a mill fary train was haltedln a mountain wilderness after the military train had blowed to jass iUiimolested. .For 15 minutes the bandits murdered men, women and children indiscrimin ately. ' ' -' .: Soldiers aboard the -passenger train, re. with,out! their, accoutrements, and uiiable. to offer any resistance-:' Among the listof dead-given in the Mexico City papers is the name of ,;olonel-Gardic-Alfaro,; two-;majors and, three captains. .-: Vlien a relief train reache.d tlie scene of the attack several hour3-after lt;oc- curred the Zapatistas had. scattered in I to the Ula. . . , 1 ( SA MASSACRE RDWANmORE TRIED TO ESCAPE, SAYS U BOAFS GAPTAIH Report to German Admiralty Says Steamer Disregarded Subma rine 'a Signal" to' Halt, CREW TOOK TO THE BOATg No Report HasjYett'een Received Regarding jinking of Brit ish' SteamerMarma. Berlin, Nov. 12. (By yrireless to the Associated Press Via Say ville, Novem ber 12.) The report' of the command er of the German submarine .which sank the British Rp,wanmore on' which there were several American, has been received by the admiralty and indicat es that the r captain , of the steamship was responsible ifor-Jaer bombardment by the submarine, j 'The report ' says the Rowahmore disregarded"' the sub marine's signal to. halt and endeavor ed to escape at fult; speed, making, it necessary 'for the submarine to fire a few shots in' order to bring, her to. The crew, showed ;1ts opinion of the captain's course, the report says, by piling into '-boats;-leaving -the master alone on the steamer He was forced to lower a boat Unaided and was pad dling around alone therein when pick ed up by the submarine. The Amer icans on board, as far as can be learn ed, consisted "of several negro fire men.' - -.' .-' -X--'' ' ' ' No report has ben received in the case of - the) Brtish : steamship Marina, which '' with"' ftf ty-'two Americans In the crew, was sunk by- a submarine off the Irish coast.-. Inasmuch.aa she waa sunk on the' same day as was the Ro wanmo're a "Report " is" expected soon. Three other cases-- of the sinking of the "steamships have---been"- .submitted by Ihe-American embassy to the for- . - - . . , ii g a. i iiii,a'-FGiii taii Stroy ed -' In September; -J. Jio evidence was presented In" this connection to indicate that "Germany's assurances in regard to the Conduct of submarine warfare have not been Observed. -No reply has - been-received-by - the em-' bassy. . - - ; An informal request' for information in regard to -the sinking of the. Ro wanm'o're aiid'M arinawas made to the German; government "by the American go-ernment.' last v month. There were two. white. Americans v- and. five Fili pinos in the. crew of , the - Rowanmoro all of whom were saved.' ' . ' Affidavitsiobtained by . the American consul at .Liverpool ..saidthe .Rowan more attempted to escape'.but that the submarine continued to shell her after she ' stoppedl 7 " " "' ' ' . Six "Amerlc?fte, on the -Marinar-which was armed .with a 4.7 inch gun, lost their lfves.7" "American- survrvoi's : said under l oath-j that the vessel was tor pedoed without warning.. . INDIGNATION ilN GERMANY GROWlEXG OVERirIf41 AFPAlR Two Snrvivors tn Row Boat -Deltberate-. y Ri -Bown1 by ;BritlW Craft. Berlin, Nov. ,12, (yUaSayvjlle.). A deep impression has been:.made on the German p."gbjlcr.r by the recent report from the admiralty that a British pat rol ship, fling'the. American flag, -after destroying the German 'stfb.niarine U-41 deliberatelyran down a rowboat- con taining, the1 two survivors of the sub marine's" crew' in an endeavor to re move the .only witnesses. 'Indignation 'is'growing in Germany says theOverseas News Agency, "and the excitement is stimulated by the fact that. German submarines .returning from trips report again and again' that they have ' been attacked treacherous ly by hostile merchant men." These cas es - furnish Iproof that the; instructions glvcm by the British admiralty "in May of last year. a copy of , which was found on the -steamship Woodfleld are still in full force. According to these instruc tions, ' armed trading ships are to at tack submarines on sight." WILL CONSIDER ADVANCING CIiOCK HANDS ONE HOUR Question to Come Before Railway Asso ciation Next Wednesday. 1 New York, Nov. 12. .Day light sav ing," the plan , tried last summer by several European nations involved in war, when 'the -hands of the clock were advanced one hour, .will be con sidered: at the semiannual meeting of the American Railway Association In this city next Wednesday, it was aii nounced tonight. , ; .. . 0 A report by the committee on stand ard time, , headed 1 by ,B. V; Thomas, president of the Lehigh Valley railroad, will oppose;- the -change,' it was" said. NO .MANIFEST FILED. Time of . Departure .; of ' Submarine 1 rentsl.land Remains. . Uncertain New London.' Conn., f Nov. 12. The time pf . the;, departure of, the .German commercial submarine Deutschlarid was still -'. uncertain today through ' : every thing has been! In" readiness since Sat- urday for a quick - dash, to sea. At the customs nouse-vwas .sxaieaine mani fest had notlbeeri! filed, but that (this fqnhality: together ''with-'.the: issuance oX clearance papers " wouid occupy - only ; a short time: 'r:...l , . ". .'' - , . - There were rdmors today that Britisn cruisers' '-were 'otltsde 'the' 3-mile limij waiting for "the DeutsChland and that two German war - submarines, were off the,coa8t tolconvbythe.jooat haCkj-to 1 Germany. There' was no confirmation. KAISER TALKING TO i V5"'-'T 1 I-."? ' I"- ivT f if . 'TU cut shows the Emperor of Germany visiting a field , hospital on the western front in France. The photograph was received from German via the submarine "Ceutschland. : OF KAISER MAT COME IflTO THE CASE , - .- ,,.- . ' Arrangements for Trial of Graves .A , to Be Made Today. Prince Hatsfeldt, of German Embassy, Stay Appear as Witness Ambass- ador and Mrs. Bernstorff Not .-;' Likely to be Called. ; - Washington, Nov. 12. Arrangements for the prosecution of Karl Armgaard Graves, self styled "master, spy'' and magazine writer, who : was r arrested JUSlISSiZM ttempjt ing to . extort $3,000 from Countess von Bernstorff, wife of the German ambass ador, wil be completed tomorrow at a Conference between agents of" the De partment of Justice, representatives of the district attorney's "office aAd Prince Hatzfeldt, counsellor of the .German embassy. ! - -:, .y The name of Emperor William of Ger many, may. be brought in the case in directly as. a result of -this conference. . A diplomatic representative in a for eign) county cannot divest himself of his immunity from giving testimony without - special permission , from . hs sovereign. As. Graves conversed solely with Prince. Hatzfeldt, it-may be that the 'district attorney's office will deter mine that his testimony, is ; essential. It 'is not expected that either . Count- . ess-von .Bernstorff . or. the German am bassador will be requested .to appear against Graves. . .The warrant was sworn out by A. Bruce Bielaski, chief of the Bureau of Investigation --of the Department of Justice, as the complain ing witness. . - ' . . ' .The " warrant is. made out. on two counts. One charges attempt to, ex tort, penalty of which" is five years, im prisonment or a fine of $1,000, or both. The other charges that. Graves brought into" the District 1of Columbia letters obtained by theft,, the, "penalty, of. this offense' being nearly' as severe as for the first pne. ', .. ' '. ' TJtie ' letters for " which Graves ;is al leged to have asked $3,000 remained in the possession'of "agents of the De partment of Justice today. The German embassy is most anxious to learn how Graves obtained- the letters which he is alleged to have thought would .'em barrass" Countess von Bernstorff, if made public. It 'f? considered unlikely, however, that information "on,this .point can be obtained until ; the steamship Oscar II, upon which. Graves declares tKey were brought to the 'jUriited States, returns to New York. ; -Graves was in New York today. He left Washington last night, after his release on $2,000 bail, saying he intend ed to secure counsel before returning for his preliminary hearing Wednesday morning. .:. .. ' - . SOUTHERN DOCTORS GATHER " THIS .WEEK IN ATLANTA, GA. Modern Me&ods of Surgery and Bledl- . cine Will Be Discussed - Atlanta; Nov 12. Modern methods of surgery and medicine, ranging from latest treatment of wounds as practiced "in hospitals in France to new Ideas for combatting Pellagra in in the Southern states, will be discus sed . here this wek, during the tenth annual .convention of - the' Southern Medical Asociatlon. Infantile paraly sis also will be taken up In- a special address tomorrow night by Dr. W. . W. Evans," former health commissioner of Chicago.' -.'--; '':'-'.' f -Delegates representing . ;16 - states were gathering - here today and visit ing "phy8icfan3 pecuppied pulpits - in many churches where; "they discoursed on health topics. The convention .will be "formally opened tomorrow. Emin ent physicians from over the South as well as many -; from ; northern j and eastern states and several from Eu rope will Be present. .. f . , , , Dr. Robert Wilson, Jr., of - Charles-, ton, is president of the association. TWO. STUHEKTS KILLED ;: P Another' Mortally Injured When .Train t ' Strtues . Automobile. .;J Newark, N. J.,' Nov.- 12-Two students were' instantly killed and three others badly Injured, one mortally, near here today - when ' their "auto rdobile , . was struck by an express traini ; -The dead arei JThelma Jackson, .a 6, -.and .Richard I Jackson. 14, of Newark. k . ' - 1 WOUNDED SOLDIER V. SMALL AMERICAN TOO E J: Was Abandoned by All Except Three Members of the Crew. They Refused to Leave the Craft When Being Lashed by Heavy Seas and Made Trip Safely Across 5 the Atlantic. London, Nov. 2. - (Correspondence of Associated Press). The Bere Haven correspondent. of the Cehtralews tele graphs the following remarkable story of the sea: :. ; :-: .; .7"Oner "'fEe' most extraOrnary voy V ages eveTOkdeifiisiieA just been completed by the Vigilant, a small American tug belonging to New York, and bound frpm'Stl; Johns, N. F., for Cardiff. . Two '.-days, out from. St. Johns, which she left-a week ago' last Sunday, the Vigilant v experienced' ter rific weatherland on the fifth day sent out SOS calls, the captain, fearing she would founder; - The Holland-American liner Ryndam , picked ' u the signals, and proceeded to her assistance. "The. captain , and 12 of the tug's crew were taken off by the Ryndam which was bound for , Rotterdam, but three men, refused -to, leave. - They were the second mate, Robert Ferguson, a Scdt; the . third engineer, Thomas Walsh, an Irishman, and , an - American fireman, named Smith.. '.;..-. ; I. "Taking control of the. shi pthese three . men overcame, tremendous diffi culties and actually succeeded in bring ing her within .sight of the Irish coast, where .they w.ere 'picked fu'p ; fey a Brit ish patrol vessel!. .Fecgusom. was lock ed in the wheelhouse and .the other t Wo in the engine,- fobm. V The terrible weather prevented them frOm moving and they remained 'at'thejrVposts for 50 hours, without ' food; ' wat'e? or .sleep. Several parts of the ship were smashed in the gale, including the shaft of the dynamo in "the ehgin room. This caused the tug .to'be .in" total darkness by night,- and- added to the terror of the situation." .- ; r 7 . .-: ? , U-BOAT REMOVED 30 HOSTILE , CITIZENS .FItQM ; DUTCH SHIP One Was British Soldier From a Dutch Detention s Camp. -. Berlin, via Sayville, Nov. 12. The fol lowing announcement was made today by the -Admiralty: . ... . "A German submarine stopped near Schouwen" bank; (off , the! Dtch. coast) the Dutch mail steamer. Konihgin Re gentes, bound from Flushing to Lon don. The . steamer '.was' brought into Zeebrugge. , '...-"'... "Immediately after she was , stopped, several bags,- apparently? containing mail, were thrown, overboard from the steamer. -One of them which was re covered . by the submarine, . contained mainly newspapers for the foreign of fice at London. . " "Thirty hostile citizens of military age, who were on , board thesteamer, were arrested. One of them was an English soldier on leave .of absence from a Dutch detention damp." , A dispatch from London on Friday night told of the seizure of the Kon ingin ' Regentes. . It was said. Thomas Smith,, Howard Kimblay and William Gobdbody, Americans, were on board. The steamer carried '. 93 'passengers, most of them Belgians. JUDGE TOULMIN DEAD. Had Been on Federal Bench In Alabama r Nearly Thirty; Years Mobile, Ala., Nov. "12."-; Judge Harry Theophilds Toulmin, of the !U.. S." Court of the Southern District?-of Alabama, died tonight at his home in Toulmin vllle, near here,' as a result of a stroke of paralysis which he. suffered last Frlr j day. - Judge Toulinin was born in'Toul- mmviue in 3&. ,-Aiter graduating from the . University - of Alabamahe studied at the University. 'of Virginia and the University of Louisiana.- -He1 was ap pointed; to the. bench : by President Cleveland and was the5 first Federal judge to ; grant ? an, injunction against strikefai'VHe had. expected- to - retire December 1,- at -which' time-he would have .been on the - Federal bench thlrjy years. 4 - , v HAD A STORiiIY VQYAG RUSSO-RUMANIANS ON OFFENSIVE ON TV0 WAR FRONTS .Driving Teutons in Dobrudja and. Transylvania Russian Rein- i k forcements Arrive. FRENCH OCCUPY SATXLISEC Little Fighting Going on at Pres ent in Russian, Macedonian T and Austro-Italian Theatres. The Russians and Rumanians on both-, the Dobru.dja and Transylvanian fronts ; of the Rumanian theatre are vigorous ly on the offensive against the troops;; of the Teutonio allies. Keeping, up their operations to the north of the Con- ; stanza-Tchernavoda railway begun last, week, the Russo-Rumanian forces have ) been enabled to push back Field Mar shal Von Mackensen's .men, to & front running through the towns of TopaU Inancesne and Karanasif . , ? r In the Transylvania zone the Russ- ians have gradually reinforced the Ru manians on the northern section of the line until they ., now are fighting side by side with them over a front of about fifty; miles south of the Bukowina bor- uer, xue latest, oa.iciai communications ,'Ji ! . ; from both Bucharest and Petrograd re- ; port the capture of Austro-German po- 4i sitions In the Trotus and Alt valleys, ; .11- and , the repulse of attacks at various : y? points.. ; Near the Ouituz pass the Aus- tro-Germans have made advances, ac- ' . ' ;-' cording to Berlin. . . ' ; ; s After, days of. sanguinary fighting;,' . ', the village of Saillisel, lying to the east of Peronne-Bapaume road in the,' Somme - region - of - France, has at last fallen entirely into the hands of the' - ; troops 6f General Fbch. In the cap v j ; I -ture of the town the French . inflicted ?" heavy casualties on the Germans and' - . V; inaddition ;captured seven, officers and 22Q ,Bien;-and elgnt .machine . guns.iOn, x.. . the remainder,- of ; thef rarrt in Franca... artillery- duels are' ,! process:"; ' . -2 Little fighting of moment is going on" -; ; in the Russian, Macedonian; and Aus-tro-Itailan - theatres. Along the Nara- ' -yuvka river, in Gallcia, attacks by th " Russians have been put down by the Austro-Germans. The town of Polog and Culse-hill have been captured by '77;. the Serbians, from", the Bulgarians, ac cording to Paris. Berlin admits an ad- r77: vance by the Serbians in this region. ;;;;;?, No infantry engagements on the Aiis-tro-Italian front have been reported. : Unofficial advices from Berlin say that the commander of the German sub marine that recently sank the British steamer, Rowaninofe, on which there were . several Americans, reports that the vessel was shelled because she fail ed to halt "when so order ed by the sub marine commander: . FOUR INHABITANTS WOUNDED st -IN RAID BY ALLIED AIRMEN Berlin, Nov. 12, (via London). "Ene my aeroplanes on Friday afternoon at tacked industrial works in Saar region, dropping bombs on the villages ojf Volkimgen, ' Mehreden and Forbach killing three inhabitants and wounding two slight, two seriously," says an offi cial ' announcementNglven out here to day. "No ' military -7 damage- was; In flicted. The - material damage, was small." : - , v . HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED " j ON TRANS YLVAIAN FRONT Berlin,' Nov. 12, (via Say ville) Heavy , fighting. Js jn progress on the Transyl- ? vanian front. The war office announces that eight Rumanian attacks yesterday north of Oituz pass were repulsed and that several hundred prisoners were ; taken. The Austro-German troops gain ed ground at several places. 1 v-; Renewed assaults yesterday fcy. the Russians against 'Austro-German posi-," tions on the river southeast of Lemberg resulted inlfailure ,it is announced om-j ' cially from the Russo-Gallcian front. 14j - - . k . t BATTLE LASTED ALL DAY :i SOUTHEAST OF LEMBERG Petrograd, via London, Nov. 12 Af ter an all day battle In Gallcia, south east 'of. Lemberg, Austro-German; troops captured a section of the Rus sian trenches, . the . war office repbrts. The , engagements occurred in the vf- cinity of Lipnicadolna and SvistelnikI where continuous heavy fighting has been in "progress since the Russians captured Austro-German : positions there . last week. - The war office also "announced ' that the Russian ; army which : is Invading Transylvania to assist the Rumanians in . the defense of, their western f rpn-; tier has: gained further successes and has penetrated . transylvanla" a di-. tance of more than 50 miles below the Bukowina border, fn Dobrudja thto advance against Field Marshal V0V1 Mackensen's army continues. , v REBELS LEAVE KATERINA '77',. ,7' - IN HANDS jOF. THE FRENCH Lltokhoron, Greece, Nov. 10 (via Lon don, Nov. i 12) The f 'insurgents hav completed the evacuation ' of Katerina, leaving the town 'in the hands of a fej French guards. : The government troops have - recommended ; their withdrawal southward to' take up quarters at Pelo ponnesus;" on the. Isthmus of Corinth, l compliance with; the agreement between the .Entente; commanders and the Roy alista ' J ; 'v--.if:: ";, ': y -'-.-. Washington, Nov. 12. ArrangemenU for a nve-day6 sight-seeing trip to the Panama Canal for the officers and men of -the- Atlantic fleet, were ? announced tonight ? by the " Navy Department. The fleet-will vWt the -canal during tMe r' exercises, beginning Marca XZ -; ! j ft' -S. r. .ll ' iii 1 .I .i ! 7M It 'n m mm Vn u 5 V Am - i - 7-A i AP if r i
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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