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V: I WEATHER. r'PACE in this paper : will O' carry your message direct to people with the means imd intellir gence to buy adyertised goods. t i . Fair Saturday, and Sunday, not much change, in temperature, VOL. XCIX--N6. 57. WILXIKGTOK, K. C, SATURDAY MOBIKG, NOVEMBER 18, 1916 WHOLE ISOJMBEIt 39,7(58 U-BOAT LINER AT DOCK ON ACCOUNT OF FATAL COLLISION OF THE TUG SCOTI Offices of the Deutschland, Vfhich Rammed thees Eirijjr Yesterday,- Testify v ! - -;.- . . c' .. .'" WAS PURELY AN ACCIDENT Submarine Damaged; Slightly. Capt. Koenig Expresses Re-? ; , gret Over Loss of Lives Xew London, Conn., Nov. ; 17. The collision which caused ; the " merchant submarine Deutschland to abandon her return voyage to Qermanyo almost at Its outset early today, whtn a convoying tug, the T. A, , Scott, Jr.;. '( was, sunk with'a crew of five men, was The sub ject of Federal investigation Hhis af ternoon. j :. ; ' : The United States - inspectors of eteam vessels heard, through witnesses, of the conditions under which the sub marine slipped but of' the harbor in the darkness so that she , might 'submerse in neutral ' waters ftbef ore day -break, ran down the tug wiiich Was acting: as her protector, off Jlacet BLoOk, just; out side this port,' The": teetimony : came from Captain Paul ifKoentgr. Vlof, the Deutachland; .'from 'M. W.: Krapbhl, his. chief orncer,1; and -from IJans -Kleese, his chief engineer, ',I.t .wa driven, in. secret but it. became -.kn'QwihJoub, jatatev ments outside ' the t chamber that the .collision was. an accjdfent. vyV ; f Swift Currents the Canae. Survivors whoi,; Would ' discuss T the matter were a&reedthaii Itv,was due to a combination of swift 'currents, which carried the tug off; ' its" scourse ' ? and across the bow of.th submarine and to the darkness which, 'was to bei the Deutschland's medium of saf ety, 'but which instead prevented ' ready obser vation of the danger 'ahead. Captain Koenig would say only to questioners: "It's a terrible thing - to lose . those good men. I feel it deeply.;: You must excuse me." . , . . . ,t Captain Hinsch Uaconieioss. Before the inspectors fli blame for - the loss of the Scott and-her-crew, they will hear testimony Of Captain Fred erick Hinsch, an official of the Eastern Forwarding Company, '.who- was the only survivor on the tug. " .. Captain Hinsch was thrown fiom - the deck house on which he was standing "Into the rushing water of tlie race where he was rescued, almost Exhausted, by the crew of the tug Cassle, ".following behind. Captain Hinsch' m was i uncon scious after the accident -and tonight was still so exhausted'hat It might ber several days before" he, can testify. Captain Marry Baker,,of ,the .Cassie, and some of his crew. ais.owUJ-.be call ed to tell of their observations. Deutachland Slightly Damaged. " The Deutschland's return will be de layed only a few days by the'-idamages which she sustained and hot at all-by the fact that inquiry is being made. Examination of herbow today showed that three plates had been stove to a degree described by some as a.V'hole" and others as "a dent"? ' Her stem was twisted to starboard but ' the - general structure of the. submarine was -said to be firmly in place, notwithstanding the force of the impact which sent the tg to the bottom within a few mom ents. . . " ' The men of the T. A.' Scott," Jr7, had "o chance for their; lives. . They" went down imprisoned in - the 1pilot . house, engine room and galley and -undoubtedly were drowned" at . -their; -.posts. Their bodies have not been recovered. Those Who Were Trowned. The dead are: Captain - John Gurney; William A. Ca ton, engineer; Edward tone, fireman; Clarence B.- Davidson, cook; Eugene Duzant, deck' hand. The Deutschland had moved quietly out of her protected pier Nearly this nwrnins and slipped down the Thames Jiver to the sound, under convoy of tugs, she carried a cargo estimated at 'bout $2,000,000, composed:" principally f rubber and metals, which Germany needs in the making of munitions of war. , ,. - To starboard was . the T. A. Scott, Jr-. slightly advanced and acting as P'lot. The submarine,-moving ' on the surface at a speed of about 10 knots, as about 600 yards behind, and half . a mile astern the tug Cassie followed as additional protection'." Reaching the race the several vessels' slowed down lt cross the eddying currents of the Passage at slower speed.; V'".-.;';';.- Tug- Cansht In Current. :: The tide runs swiftly, through '.the race, and one of the .rips .apparently Ca"Sht the tuar unawares. , This an- Peared to be so ' to Captain " Koenig, I o, with Chief Officer Krapohl, was ;n the Deutschland' deck. In' the dark- s the T. A. Scott," Jr., .was forced "to the submarine's course. The'ool. ''sion resulted without discovery . by ary one of its imminence and the tug sank almost at one.- j -r The Deutschland was able to return 'o her dock unassisted and ? v in fact could have continued, her. voyage with out great danger, according to one ofB f'.al who saw her today, as her damage fl'd not extend below .the :light water (Continue on Page Eight). BACk ' A P. THOM BEFORE II Tells of Suggestions Railroads Will Make to Joint Con- , gressional Committee 8-HOUR LAW IS DISCUSSED Mr. Adamson Thinks CongreM Will Pass Supplemental Legislation Before Report n Investiga tion Hai Beea Made. Washington, Nov. 17. Some of the suggestions the railroads will make to the joint congressional investigating committee' which begins hearing on transportation questions here Monday were outlined today at a special meet ing of the National Council - of the United States Chamber of Commerce by Al P. Thom, counsel for .the railway executives' advisory, committee. Mr. Thom said the railroads would ask' for; A Federal incorporation law for interstate railroads; a measure en larging the Interstate Commerce Com mission and creating regional bodies under it . with, original jurisdiction in rate questions, subject to appeal by carriers or shippers to the entire com mission;, amendment of the act to reg ulate commerce so as' to - reduce to 60 days the present period of 10 months during which the Interstate Commerce Commission may hold a filed . railroad tariff in suspension, and authority to the commission to -fix minimum as well as maximum" rates such as it atone has Brotherhood : Chiefa Deeltne. brotherhoods on its Vrogramme for the, afternoon tut the secretary announced that telegrams had beem ' received from W.' S. Carter "of "the Firemen, and L. E. Sheppard, acting for Grand Chief Gar- retson, of; the Conductors, saying they J could not arrange to be. present. No replies to invitations, had been receiv ed,, he said, from the other two broth erhood leaders. -. Mr. Thorn's presentation of the rail road suggestions -was preceded by speeches - which brought the railroad eight-hour law' squarely -before the council. Representative Adamson, au thor of the" law, declared, he believed it constitutional, but thought Congress would enact .supplementary legislation before the congressional - investigating committee reports to make impossible another-' situation such . as confronted the nation when ' the brotherhods threatened to striken Mr. Adamson said he was opposed to government ownership of railroads and to the abol (Continue on Page Eight) SAYS CASUALTIES OF ALLIES OVER 600.000 German Military Critic Sums Up . Drive in Somme Region Says Attack on the Ancre and Near ' Preesolre Prove the Entente Hu Abandoned Plan to Break German Line ( Berlin, via Say ville, Nov. 17. Con cerning the recent fighting in France, the military critic of the Overseas News Agency, says: V The attacks on the Ancre and near PressoireTprove " that the Entente has desisted definitely from the original plan to " break .through the German front , in the Peronne-Bapaume sector. After .136 ; heavy and bloody days of battle which caused more than 600,000 casualties .1 to the Anglo-French, they are not yet masters of this small sec tor on the - Somme. Moreover they are compelled to make secure the flanks of their advanced positions, ob tained with, enormous waste of ma teria! and men after four months and a ; half, before considering a plan for a further advance. "In the Ancre the German position formed an angle already harf encircled. In spite of the permanent pressure against . the Beaumont-Beaucourt leg, situated north of the Ancre, and (the Thiepval-Courcelette leg, .south of the Ancre,1 the -British. 'had been unable to push, back the defenders from this position. ' The1 tenacious resistance finally J forced -. the enemy to concen trate a superior force of men and ar tillery in order ! to remove it. n ,"On November ; 12 the Serre-Beau-moht sector and the . vicinity of Cour celette werecovered .by. .a strong 'fire, which increased more and more with a hail of shells, of the heaviest call bres, the German", angle . position was shot ; to pieces by concentrated drum fire, on November ' 12 - and IS." All ap proaches were tiTiinterrupted jflre from grenades as well as-gas" waves. : "Finally,, after ,Ihe. gas had blown over, a - mass . attack was started, on . , (Continue on Page Eight). AIIOIIAL COUNCIL TREVIIIO TO WAGE T Takes Field Against Villa, Saying It is Now Time for a Vig 0 orons Offensive. LEAVES WITH A BIG FORCE Tells Associated ' ' Prew ' Cblhuaana City Is Efficiently ) Fortified, With Sufficient Men to Sle pnlse Strong Force Chihuahua Ctty, Mex., Nov. 17 Prior to' leaving Chihuahua City to take the field against; Villa General Treviho made a statement today to The Asso ciated Press in which he Laid the time for defensive measures against the bandits had passed and a vigorous of fensive wasnecessary. "The state capital of Chihuahua has been efficiently fortified", - General Trevino said, "and with " the garrison I'Miave left under the. command of General Gonzales Cuellar, It is able to repulse even a strong enemy force." The general added: "Decisive results could nofbe ob tained by sending small detachments against the. bandits, and it is for that reason that - I am starting ; an offen sive under my personal -command. My division is compcm: of several thous and men of three arms, cavalry, ar tillery : and infantry with plenty of ammunition and I am taking , the field with the firm resolution of delivering this region from the elements that have defied divine and human laws." FtTNSTOTV RESENTS ACTIOIf . OF THE VIRGINIA BAPTISTS Saya Statement Regarding Chorea Work Among Soldiers is Distorted. San - Antonio, Texas,' '.Nov. 17. Gen-, eral Funston expressed resentment' to- eneral Associatibn "of Virginia which adopted a resolution- at - Norfoyc - yes- leraay proiesiing againsi . ins ncgeu attitude .of the General . in forbidding evangelists telling - soldiers they; were lost. ; v ;';';.: ! , -.' , "Baptists who , 'are distorting the statement o my position regarding the kind' of church -work acceptable to bor der camps had better put their prop erty in the names of their wives," said General Funston. General Funston. told Dr. J. B. Gam brell, representing the Texas Baptist State Board, that he did not want men In the array to be considered as "lost souls." Columbus, Miss., Nov. 17. The Miss issippi Baptist Association, which con cluded its 78h annual convention here today, adopted a resolution criticising General Frederick Funston for his ac tion in refusing to allow Baptist mis sionaries to work unrestricted ' among soldiers on the border. . . PROPOSE PENALTY FOR HO LiJING ElGHT CARS Plan to be Laid Before Commerce Commission at Once Committee of Railroad Representatives Sitting In Washington Would Be Given the Power to Im- pose the Fines. ' Louisville, Ky., Nov. 17. Plans for relieving the- - country -wide shortage of freight cars through the agency of a committee of -railroad representa tives sitting in Washington with pow er to impose . penalties upon roads for failure to return equipment in accord ance with rules to be vpromulgated, was presented here today to Interstate Commerce Commissioner, C. C. Mc Chord, who has been conducting a pub lic inquiry into the car. shortage on behalf of the commission. Commis- sioner McChord tentatively approved me pun, wiiiuu win u iam Deiore the Interstate Commerce - Commission at. once, y -. " : - . It was explained to Commissioner McChord -that the committee -has been given" practically plenary powers by the American railway association to enforce and ..to , enlarge, or modify ex isting,car service rules. The body will sit i iti -Washington, it' was said, as long as the Interstate Commerce Com! mission " feels : that its presence : there is necessfry ; and it is - expected- to bring about -.a speedy solution of the car problem. ' " :; The. 'committee is made up of five members representing the railroads of New England, the South, the . East, the West and the Pacific coast. Oil BANDITS The mem-Ma beys are E. J. Pearson v.ice-presiden't of the , New York, New; Haven and Hartford; C. M, -Sheaffer, general supr erintendeiit of" transportation of the Pennsylvania; E. H. Coapman, vice president of the Southern;" W. L Park, vice .; president . of the IllinoisCentral ; W. -A. Worthington, vice" president -.of the Southern Pacific; . . and George Hodges, chairmaa' and secretary of ; the Car; Service Commission, f the .Amer ican. Railway Association.. ir:. BUR1AN DISCUSSES OrBOffiilllTi WITH CillCELLOR Reported to Have Conferred on . delations Between Central Powers aniAmerica MINISTER VISITS BERLIN London Learns f president's Pa tience as to XJ-Boats is on Verge of Exhaustion London, Nov. 17. The visit of Baron Burian, the ' Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, to Berlin, j is. . stated to have been" in connection jwith a conference with Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German imperial .chaxiceilor," regarding the. relations of thetwo Empires with the. United States, -according to a dis patch under ' a Berneldate, given out today by the Wireless Press. The question , under discussion, says the dispatch, was whether the submarine campaign should be;contlnued in its present' form with "the possibility of a rupture of relations jWith Washington or whether, it shouldpe- modified- "During the last.evr days," adds the dispatch, "the Germatij government has received a plain verbal; warning that President Wilson s .patience was on the verge of exhaustion" OFFICIALS FEARjiSTARVATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST ENGLAND 'Washington, Nova i7.rTe . reported visit of Baron Burian, the Austro-Hun-garian foreign 'minister, to "Chancellor von Bethmann-Holw.egg.;at Berlin, Jot a. full discussion of submarine warfare ahd its effect on l the United States aroused ' interest hefcl but could not ; be confirmed, from 'fid.lidlspatche.s. ; ; I ' 'i Government' offi;ials;:dVKot i'cncf(al resTnTilWTrv that the Teutonic powei-s aay fit an moment launch a starvation campaign against England which coud not fail to involve the United States. . Secretary Lansing today, however, authorized ther statement that as yet "there is absolutely no truth in the re ports that the department has infor mation that' a definite decision . has been reached to launch a ruthless Ger-r man submarine campaign." r j; Five serious cases now are pending; the sinking of - the British steamer Ma rlna without warning and with the loss of six American lives, the sinking of the British liner Arabia also appar ently by a torpedo and without warn- ing, tne sneiiing oi .me uaw ui buivi- vors of the British steamer Rowan more, which had fled and the sinking of the American steamers Lanao and Co lumbian fof carrying contraband. In vestigation is being made in all cases but has not; yet been completed. Teutonic diplomats here do not cred it the report that, Germany has been warned verbally that President Wil son's patience is "on the verge 'of ex haustion." ' One of . these said tonight: "I know positively that no. such warning has been given. There is no reason, for any such warning. Germany has abso lutely nO intention of violating, any of the pledges given the United States.? PRESIDENT AND CABINET MEET Session Yesterday Was the First Held li Ntarljr Tno Months. ' Washington, Nov. 17 President Wil son and his cabinet met today for th first time in nearly two months, " with all members attending except Secre? tary Lane. It-was said afterwards that no important questions were determin ed and that the meeting was devoted largely to an "exchange of experiences of the recent campaign. VIGOROUS PROTEST IS i. ' j "- E BY LORD CECIL Against Deportation of Belgian Civilians by Germans j Declares Three Scneme. Proposed by England ip Protest Belgian In dustry Have Been. Ignored: : ' ny- Germany, London Nov. 17. In , a statement made to the - Associated Press' today Lord Robert " Cecil,' minister of war, uttered a'vtgorous protest against Ger many's deportation of Belgians, and de clared that -'the people ' of France and England, . np . less than the people of Belgium "hope that American public opinion will show ; itself,- - not only, in few days or weeks or protests and criticisms, but in steacy pressure upon- the invaders of .Belgium, . to ; con? duct the war against the soldiers of the Allies, in the trenches and not against the helpless civilians - whom they .have' in their .power." U , ; Lord Robert reviewed the; measures taken by the Entente Allies . to pro vide relief or the Belgians and char acterized aJ5 a "lie" .what he termed Germany's attempt' to Justify its action Won tlnue on Page Eight). y i f 0 President Urges Extend Sympathy to Stricken Natio ns on Thanksgiving Day Washington, Nov. 17. President Wilson today formally by proclamation I designed Thursday, November 30, as Thanksgiving Day. The proclamation ! follows: It has long been the custom of our people to turn in the fruitful autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many bles sings and mercies to us and the nation. . ' ,The year that has elapsed since we' last observed our day of thanksgiv ing has been rich in blessings to us as a people, but the whole face of the world has been darkened by war. In the midst of our peace and happi ness, our. thoughts dwell with painful disquiet upon the struggles and suf ferings of the nations at war and of the peoples upon whom war. has brought disaster without choice or possibility of escape on their part. We can hot. think of our own happiness without thinking of their pitiful distress. Now, therefore,' I, Woodrow Wilscn, President of the United States of America, do appoint Thursday, the 3Cth of November, as a day of National Thanksgiving and Prayer" and urge and advise the people to resort to their several places of worship on that day to render thanks to Almighty God for the blessings of peace and unbroken prosperity which He has bestowed upon our beloved country in such unstinted measure. And I also urge and suggest our duty, in this, our day of peace and abundance, to think in deep sympathy of the stricken peoples of the world upon whom the curse and . terror of war has so pitilessly fallen, and to con tribute but of our abundant mean,s to the relief of their sufferings. Our people could in no better, way show their" real attitudes tpwards the present struggle of the nations than 1 y contributing our of their abundance to the relief of the sufferings which war has brought in its "train. In witness thereof, I haye hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed. ' ' Done at the City of Washington, this 17th day of November in the year of Our Lord, 1916, and of Independence of the United States," the 141st. By the "President, WOODROW WILSON. ItOBERT LANSING, Secretary of State. K1MPOL UNG, RUMANIA, IS A L MOS T IN THE GRASP OF THE INVADING AUSTRIANS More Than 2,10Q Prisoners Captured in the Recent Fighting in the Walachia. Region British Forces Occupy the Town of Bara Irkli m Serbia Firanco-Serbian Dri in Cerna ' , RiverrReffion Continues. Paris States. In Western Wallachia the advance of the' Austro-Hungarians 'continues stea dily and. Kimpolung, 80 miles north- west of Bucharest, the Rumanian capi tal, is almost within the grasp ot the j invaders. Battles are taking place within a few miles of Kimpolung which j is at the head of a railway and along j a river that penetrates the plains west of . Bucharest, and Petrograd says the forces of General von Falkerihayn have j taken LireSht, about five miles north west of Campulung. -An attack against the Rumanian position at Albechti, .less than " three miles northwest of Kimpo lung, was repulsed. More thalv- 2, 100, prisoners were taken by the Austro-Hungarians in the latest operations in Wallachia, 1,500 alone be ing captured in engagements south1 of the Rothenthurm Pass and toward Rimnik. West of Predeal the invaders, Berlin says, broke the Rumanian posi tions. Rungul mountain in Moldavia, east of Kedziyas Arhely, has been car ried by Bavarian troops. The town of Barakii on the right bank of the Struma river and on the' eastern end of the Macedonian front," has been occupied by British troops. On the western Macedonian front in the Mon astir region, Berlin, reports, all attacks of the Entente forces( were repulsed. The Franco-Serbian . offensive in the region of the Cerna river, Paris states, continues with success. Several posi tions were occupied by the Entente forces 'and Bulgar-Germah attacks were. repuled. The Franco-Serbians captured .4 00 prisoners' on November 15, Paris adds. Little activity is reported on the Somme front. The two latest official communiques from Paris report no in fantry activity. London claims the ex tension of the British front along the Ancre east of Beaucourt. Berlin re cords the repulse, of British attacks on the northern part of the front. Except' for the capture by the Rus- sians of several heights near Jacobeni, west of Kimpolung, Bukowina, neither Petrograd nor Berlin report any great activity on the eastern front. TO GIVE SELF GOVERNMENT TO THE JEWS OF POLAND Berlin, Nov. 17 (via Sayville) den- eral Von Bezeler, governor-general of Russian Poland, has '.ssued an order at Warsaw' authorizing the organization of a Jewish religious body in Poland, by which self government is given to the Pouch Jews. Under Russian ule the Jews in Po - land, as irr all Russia, uvea almost without a religious organization," says the Overseas News Agency in describ ing the new order. "The hostility of the Russian au thorities, against Jews, found "" ex pressed in well known laws and unin terrupted persecution and 1 oppression of the Jewish community. "By the prcsejit order of the- governor-general the ... members of the Jewish church are reorganized as a re ligious body. At the head of the Jew ish religious body will . oe a supreme Jewish council, . provisionally compos ed according to proportional . repres- entation. The Supreme council, ac- A,rinr tn tYi order, nas 21 members. VUUiua -w 7 ' of .whom 14 , must be-laymen and seven rabbis,. The 'formation of as sociations for "divine service will be allowed , In eyery community .and to the .community will ue entrusted 'the religious life and education - of v the young, charity, and social- work. The local communities. ,th - county . com- Americans to munities and : the !. general . religious body as represented by the Supreme council, will have the - right to; levy taxes and will posses tire privileges of incorporated public icorporations." SEVEN RUSSIAN AMMUNITION SHIPS BLOWN UP IN HARBOR' .Berlin, Nov. 17, (via Sayville). Sev en ammunition steamers recently were blown up in the harbor of Archangel, according to a Russion newspaper pub lished in' Archangel, says the Over seas News Agency, which quotes the. paper as saying: "This evening Archangel was terri fied by an appalling, noise. It seemed that the whole port was aflame. At 6:15 seven rmmunition steamers which had arrived this morning were blown up. The explosion was so enormous that, iron fragments of ships fell 700 yards away. The port for several min utes resembled a burning volcano as pieces of glowing iron fell. All the port establishments were endangered (deleted by Russian censor). Thus 37 storehouses were razed. The damage is estimated : (suppressed by " censor) millions of rubles. "According to the, latest statements (number suppresed' by censor) corpses were found. "Seven hundred and sixty-three in jured persons were taken to hospitals. However, the number of victims will be found to be certainly larger when the ground has been cleared. Access to the port district continues to be for bidden." SEVEN SUITS INSTITUTED BY SEVERAL FILM AGENCIES Asks $ lS,S50,0OO Damages from Moving Picture Interests. New York, Nov. 17. Seven suits ask ing treble damages amounting to ap proximately $18,250,000, and alleging violation of - the Sherman anti-trust law, were brought against the Motion i Picture Patents Company and various moving picture companies and indi viduals in Federal court here today on behalf of the Colorado Film .Exchange, It "'V1 f"B"?"" J""" other film ager.des in the Middle West. xne piainims, who are engaged in ; the business of selling and renting films , jn interstate commerce, complain that t they were excluded' from competition, their business has been rendered un profitable, and that they Jiave other wise been damaged. The plaintiffs are the Colorado Film Exchange, Samuel Schiller, of Chicago, Standard Film Exchange; George Iife- ',iieg Company, of Illinois; Miles Broth- ers, inc., or unioago; Eugene , inline, Chicago, and Chicago Film Exchange, Chicago. The- co-defendants with the Motion Picture Patents Company are the Gen eral Film Exchange, the - Biograph Company, Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Essa nay Film Manufacturing Company, Ka lem Company, Lubin Manufacturing Company; Selig Polyscope Company; Vitagraph Company of America; Armat Moving Picture Company; Pathe Fre res; George Kleine, 'Frank L. Dyer, Henry N. Marvin, James J. Kennedy, William Pelzer, Siegmund Lubin, Al bert E. Smith, George "K. Spoor, W. N. ; Selig" and J. A. Berst. I i Norfolk, Va., Nov.. 18 The announce ment was made at the navy yard to day that the superdreadnaught Texas yesterday .completed her full power tests in runs off the Virginia Capes. They are said 'to have been a success. Official reports -,will be withheld and wll be forwarded to Washington. WEAVER IS GIVEN MAJORITY OF TEN VOTES OVER BRITT Finding of Buncombe Canvassing Board Apparently Gives Dem ocrat Seat in Congress CONTEST IS THREATENED Board Claims to Have Obeyed Mandamus Britt Says Out- rageous and Unlawful Asheville, N. C, Nov. 17. The publi cation of the certified vote of Bun- I combe county, in the recent election, by the county board Of canvassers to- -' night gave Zebulon ' Weaver, ' Demo cratic congressinal candidate, an addi tional 22 votes and u total majority of 10 votes over his 'opponent, James J. Britt, the present . Republican con- , gressman from. the Tenth;North Caro lina district. ; The unofficial returns f rom the .en- tire district, and the official returns of the district, with the exception of Buncombe county, had- given Con- gressman Britt a-majority of 13 votes. -.A The finding of the canvassers' board apparently gives Mr. Weaver, Demo crat, a seat in the new Congress in place of Congressman . Britt, Republi can, whose two-year, term expires lh March. While no official statement has-been made by Mr. Britt or. his attorneys as to a future course of action, be- yond Mr. Britt's declaration tonight that he had been "outrageously and unlawfully robbed" of his rights, it is reported in apparently authoritative quarters that contest proceedings will be instituted at once. r Tonight's action unexpectedly fol lowed the writ of mandamus Issued at Hendersonville yesterday by Judge Thomas J. Shaw, - of the- Twelth disr trlct superior, court ordering the board , ' ' of canvassers to comply-with? the law s j returns or show ause . why ' it should . i not do so, the hearing being set for "". next Monday before Judge "W. J. Adams, at this city. A member of the board' stated, tonight, that" the board had merely, obeyed Judge Shaw's order to officially declare'the result of the late election. Meanwhile Mr. Britt's attorneys refer to- the action of the canvassers' board this evening as being . unlawful and without warrant and say that it. virtually constitutes a contempt of court; They will in sist on the hearing before " Judge Adams next Monday.- Whence the Increase ' The increase in Mr. "Weaver's . vote . from 288 majority in this county to 'a majority of 310 was caused by the ad dition of unmarked congressional bal- j lots which have been in dispute since election day. The ballots,- separate from all others, contained the names of only one candidate and in soma instances were not marked. Mr. Britt's attorneys, alge that the unmarked ballots counted for Mr. Weaver- were picked in five- precincts in the county, wherein the unmarked ballots were cast for the Democratic candidate. Congressman Britt con tends that more than 100, unmarked ballots were voted for him. throughout the entire district, but were. not. in cluded in the official returns. - WILSON'S LEAD IN NEW MEXICO SLIGHTLY INCREASED Santa Fe, N. M... Nov. 17. While Chas. E. Hughes was gaining 51 votes today on official returns from five counties in New Mexico, President Wil son was receiving an increase of 234, bringing his lead back to a point well above its mark Wednesday, when he lost 185 votes. He gained 138 yester day. The totals stand: Hughes 29,951; Wilson 32,077. HUGHES' LEAD NOW IS 414 IN STATE OF MINNESOTA St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 17. A mistake in the tabulation of the Minnesota votes in the presidential race today by which President Wilson was placed within less than a hundred votes of Mr. Hughes was discovered . this af ternoon. With the correction and the two additional counties receiving, the 1 leading is changed again H h. favor D 414 wotes. to . Mr. The official' count in the counties re ceived is: Hughes 165,866; Wilson 166,124. Added to these figures the un official figures of the seven counties the result is Hughes 179,383; Wilson 178,970 . v NO IMPORTANT CHAXGESIX ' THE VOTE IN CALIFORNIA Sacramento, Cal., , Nov. 17. Thirty three California counties out of 58 have filed the election, returns today with the secretary or state for final and official canvasses. A staff of 25 experts are at work on the returns and have completed the count of six of the smaller counties. The work, according to law, must be finished by Monday, November' 27 No Important dlscrepencies have been discovered irt tne counties thus far completed. , i it r : : SUCCESSFUL AIR RAID ON ENGLAND THIS MORNING. London, Nov. 18. A successful raid was made on Ostend and Zee brugge this morning by British naval aeroplanes and seaplanes says an admiralty announcement. Many bombs were dropped with "good re sults on docks and shipping, the ariouncement adds, and all the ma. chines returned' safely. ; An . I'. ra fr. -: J; 'i .. i' , s
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