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y v 1 45 WEATHER. WW OLIDAY Advertising begun Now nieans for you a Liberal Share of the "Early Shopping' ' that should be more popular. Fafr and! colder Friday and Saturday. .ft VOL. XCIX-NO. 63. WILMINGTON, 3ST. C, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1916 WHOLE NUMBER 39,774 VILLA REPULSED IN RUMANIAN TROOPS TO THE WEST OF CRAIOVA HA VE BEEN SHUT OFF Map Of Rumania Showing Situation Created By Von Falkenhayn's Stroke ATTACKS ON DEFMtO FIRST LINE WINCHES - 1 1 ., gig Battle South of Chihuahua City Started About 11 o'clock Yesterday Morning. CONTINUED SEVERAL HOURS Booming of Oarranza Guns Deaf ening in Chihuahua Capital, Say Border Reports. FIELD COVERED WITH DEAD Villa Said to Have 3,500 Men and Much Light Artillery. El Paso, Texas, Nov. 23. Fran cisco Villa withdrew . his surviv ing forces In defeat from. Chihua hua City at 6:15 o'clock tonight after a battle lasting: seven hours, during: which he made! fruitless at tempts to carry General Trevlnos protecting works by assault, .according- to reports from Juarez. This report was received from Chihuahua by Car r a ma officials' In Juarez tonight, who added that gorernntent troops were active pursuing- the retreating; bandits. The telegraph operator at Chihua hua said that the firing could still . be heard clearly but was becoming more distant. ' Juarez. Mex., Nov. 23; -r- Three times today Francisco Villa at tacked the first line trenches which defend Chihuahua City, and each time he was repulsed, leaving his dead and wounded' on the plains outside of. the jsity to .the - .south, reports to military headquarters received by General Oonzales here from the besieged city, said. At 11 o'clock a. m. today (moun tain time), the high crowned hats Df the bandits were seen to the Bouth, along the Mexican Central main line, according to these mes sages. The battle was opened a fw minutes later with a salvo from cannon on Santa Rosa hill J the key to the state capital. Deafening- Roar of Guns. The first and secon5 line trenches, protected by barbed wire entangle ments, took up the flght?ng, and by ion a general engagement was in progress along -the entire southern line nich continued througn tne early af ternoon. At that time the booming of large calibre r,nc n r , - m --.-- w A i ua.il i. a. AlUOOi mil and other artillery stationed , along ne first line trenches was so deafen ing that It was almost impossible to r.fta 1.. u .i ... lIie cucK ot the telegraph instru ments, the military operator in Chi tuahua City told the operator at Jua rez. , At 3 o'clock the battle was still rag-r-'fc aPParent advantage being the government forces. Villa Is reported by General Gonzales to have "least 3,500 men, practically all of nom are armM nnH mnmti tj i. lso believed to have many guns, but.' ' "y artillery. for this reason the 20 or more heavy guns of General Trevino's command nf vm t0 rake the advancing lines L I f ban,1its, the messages from we state capital stated. . The field was covered with dead and J'ng men, one message stated. Portedriie b);Carranza cavalry, sup antf by artillery. resulted in the Lro f many Vllla Prisoners who ron! Tlthout ammunition and had since morning without food and ier, another message declared. Officers Optimistic. refnZa omclals here are optimistic sarding the outcome of the battle at huahua Clt The only cause of W . them is the fact that General nn. S ammun"ion supply for small How. and machine guns is limited. . ever, the sunnl-ir of m-tinaf-v ch.ii 1 C r, ... . i r 1 J Duello "ample, it is , a tlrtif oalu nere, iq Keep me away from the city "J machine . ?nt buu ammuniuon 10 ue iva'iai neral Trevino. All of tho from 7 ammumtion has bean sent luest h reportea mat a re- t als' tnas beer made to American offl tn." . ? Permlt ammunition to be sent Wi-the E1 Paso-Juarez port for Thro lrevino's forces. -n the Uh an error in a message early as i0(3LGne.ral Francisco Murguia flf ChihT v 1 MaPula, 12 miles south CananV Ua City. and the hopes of forpnent Cers for ar early rein- raised t garrison ther-, were lle howvr. it was found "f wa?ea referrd to Villa, Instead Ca plUla, who "aid -to- be at uth. ttua sore distance farther l4U ROSA HILL IS THE El P,.iT n. KORTHERPf MEXICO h"l an ' CXaSl Nov- 23. Santa Rosa Vted !,Kln6nce 600 feet hiS. which is ia Chih,,Ut one mlle from the plaza at Ja.hua City, 1S the key to .the I prminPr,. f and nrthern Mexico, "lahua X., mencan refugees from Chl ua City declare. ' RECRUITING BADLY HAMPERED High Wages Ashore and Increased Cost of Living Prevent Men From Enlisting. ONLY 55,000 MEN SERVING Rear Admiral McGowan TeUi Commit tee How Navy Is Being Seriously Affected by the Steady Rise In Prices. Washington, Nov. 23. High wages ashore and the increased cost of living have seriously hampered navy recruit ing, Rear Admiral McGowan, paymas ter general, told the House Naval com mittee - today in explanation of why there are only about 55,000 enlisted men in the service, although Congress has authorized a total strength of 77, 000, He said it was: hoped that a total strength of 70,000 could be reached by the end of 1918. "Their inability to send home enough money to keep those dependent upon them is the governing factor in pre venting many men from enlisting," said the admiral. From long experience with the account of Jlue jackets, he said, he was certain a majority had wjves, mothers, sisters or other depen dents at home, adding: "And they, are the most generous and big-hearted men that ever lived. We are just about keeping even in re cruiting now and that condition will continue while the present high wages prevail." Re-enlistments now average above 85 per cent, of the available men and the. percentage steadily is going up. Aside from. .slov enlUtments tlie- wdIU. ness said, the- navy wfts feeling direct ly the high' cost of living. The average cost per man per day for rations in 1916,' he said, was 37.062 cents; but in the quarter of that year a figure of 38.975 cents was recorded, indicating a heavy advance for the whole of the 1917 year. He warned the, committee that additional appropriations on this item for 1917 might be necessary, as the quantity and quality of the navy rations would not be reduced under any circumstances. A letter from Surgeon General Brais ted, based on reports of medical offlr cers, was read, asserting that United States sailors were the best fed, best clothed and generally best cared for man -o -wars -men in the world. Admiral McOowan's estimates showed that the navy expected to pay 20 cents a gallon for the enormous amount of gasoline to be consumed in its air craft, motor boats and submarines, the quotation being a heavy advance over the last previous estimates. It was shown also that the consump tion of fuel oil in the navy probably will reach 60,000.000 gallons in 1918 as against 15,000,000 two years ago. I Loss of the Imperatritsa Maria Of flcially Announced. Statement Says Vessel Was Destroyed By an Internal Explosion Dis patch to London Says Fire First Broke Out. Petrograd, Nov. 23, (via London, Nov. 24)- Russia officially announces the loss of the dreadnought Imperatritsa Mas. The statement issued tonight reads: "The Russian dreadnought Impera tritsa Maria-has been sunk by an in ternal explosion. Two hundred of the crew are missing." Early in November a report was in circulation that the Imperatritsa Maria had gone to the bottom and that nearly all of her crew had perished. Later, on November 11,- Berlin reported by wire less that a Bulgarian headquarters dis patch announced that a fireman of the battleship had reached the Bulgarian coast and confirmed the destruction of the dreadnought, which, it -was stated, had been urik. by a mine near Sulina or Feodossia island at the mouth of the Danube. The Imperatritsa Maria was launched in-1914 and displaced 22,500 tons. Her officers and crew numbered about 1,000 men. The vessel was 550 feet long and had. a draft of 27 feet. She was armed with ten 12-inch, 20 five-inch and four 2.5-inch guns and four 8-pounders and four torpedo tubes. EXPLOSION FOLLOWED FIRE IN-THE FORWARD MAGAZINE London, Nov. 24. The Russian naval staff, says a Reuter dispatch from Pet rograd,. has issued the following state ment: , . "At 6 o'clock on October " 20 fire broke out in the forward magaslne of the Imperatritsa Maria., Ar, internal ; (Continue on Page Bisht). nnnnm DREADNOUGHT IS SUNK MISSING r 1 " ii , 7" T R A N S V U V A N A Jji k A HERMNNSTADT f) ' P&iM I At Orsova (1) a Rumanian army has been fighting to hold the. town and thus cut off Austrian communications along the Danube. Von Falkenhyn this week -occupied Craiova (3) cutting the Rumanian railroad between Or sova and Bucharest, tlie Rumanian defenders having retrea:e5 o "iliachu (2). Von Falkenhayn's forces apparent ly outflanked the Rumanians opposing him -in the Jiul valley and striking swiftly between the Jiul and Alt val leys (4) reached Craiova. At Kimpolug (5) Russian, reinforcements have stiffened the Rumanian defense, but should the Teutonic army move east along the railroad from Craiova toward Pitesci (6) it would threaten the communications of the Russian-Rumanian army defending Kimpplung with Bucharest and either compel it to re treat or be surrounded. MING TO ADJUST THE CHURCH TO THE WORLD It's All Wrong, Bishop Kilgo Tells Western Conference. Pleads for Preservation of Purity and Integrity ot the ChurchChora c ters of All Preachers But One Passed Addresses. .fe,;,. -fv-- -"-' (Special Star Telegram.) Gastonia, N. C, Nov. 23. In opening the 27th annual session of the Western North Carolina Conference this morn ing, Bishop Kilgo made a brief address in which he plead ' fervently for the preservation of the purity and integ rity of the church. "All this thing of trying to adjust the church to the world," he said, "is wrong." "There is a great difference between carrying Christ to the " world arid bringing the world to Christ. The world was bom face hell-ward," he said. "It deserves great compassion perhaps, but It also deserves an awful condemnation. The world wants us -to bring Christ down, from His high and exalted position to their low level. Never a step will I take in that direc tion." "The church has gotten so busy try ing to pet and coddle the sinnerB that it hasn't time to serve the saints." The" characters of all the presiding elders and preachers were passed with one exception. B. M. Jackson, of the Charlotte district, was charged by his presiding elder with certain conduct not in keeping with the character of a minister, and a committee composed of B. L. Bain, A. W. Plyler and M. H. Vestal was appointed to investigate the charges and report to the confer-ence.- Reports from all of the eleven pre siding elders were heard this morning and they showed a large growth in membership and splendid financial conditions. Rev. Dr. R. S. Stout, col ored, of Pinebluff, Ark., representing the church extension board of the C. M. E. church, addressed the. conference, as did Rev. Dr. S. S. "McKinney, in behalf of the church to be erected by the Southern Methodists in Washington City. ' - Tonight Dr. Henry N. Snyder, presi dent of Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C, representing the General Board of Education, delivered an address. Monroe is pulling for the 1918 ses sion of the conference. SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED BY NATIONAL GRANGE Compulsory Military Training, Among - Other Things, Condemned. Washington,' Nov. 23. The National Grange tonight adopted resolutions condemning compulsory military train ing in public schools, government own ership of all railways and the policy of permitting railroads to include land obtained by public grant in their capi talization on which rates might be bas ed. At the afternoon session national prohibition was endorsed. STORM WARNINGS UP Blow, Which Was Central over . Miss ouri, Moving Northeastward. Washington, Nov. 23. Storm warn ings were displayed tonight along the Atlantic coast from Jacksonville, Fla., to Eastport, Me.v The Weather Bureau reported that the storm which was cen tral over Missouri last night has moved northeastward, gaining marked inten sity and that tonight its center was over Georgian bay. This disturbance has been attended by' strong shifting winds and gales on the Middle Atlantic coast and rain in all districts east of the ,. Mississippi rlyerw , We.st gales are forecast for the South Atlantic coast. TO EXPEDITE CASE TO SUPREME COURT One of the Suits Against the Ad amson Law at Kansas City Will be Made a Test. CONFEREES AGREE N PLAN No Prosecutions to be Made During: the Pendency of 'Suit In Highest Trlb unal A. P. Thorn Pleads for More Credit for Road. Washington, Nov. ( 28. Confsrences between Attorney General Gregory $nd counsel for important railway systems of the country, looking to the expedi tion to the Supreme Court of one of the suits attacking the constitutionality of the Adamson act, virtually were con cluded today and the qttestlou of which, shall be made the test case was placed in the hands of the Department of Jus tice attorneys and legal represejitaives of the railroads now in Kanaas City. It was said tonight that the only matter to be determined in Kansas City is whether the suit of the Miasoui?, Ok lahoma & Gulf railroad, decided against the government, or that of the Santa Fe, set for hearing tomorrow, shall be made the test case. Substance of Plan. In substance the plan adopt 3d here provides that both the department and the railroads agree in every way to ex pedite and actively press the case to be determined . upon to a final decision In the Supreme Court and that during the pendency of this suit the government will not begin any" prosecutions of car riers for failure to apply the law. Dar ing its pendency the carriers wi'.l in stitute no more suits, and at its deter mination, both parties to the agreement will be bound by the Supreme Court de cision, the carriers agreeing not to bring further action if the law is found constitutional and to drop all others. Neither party is bound by the agree ment to refrain from efforts to secure legislation which might change the Adamson act. It was explained tonight that . tne question of choosing a test case had been put in the hands of the attorneys 4 in Kansas City because of the lack of sufficient information here to warrant an agreement on this point. A. P. Thorn In Long Speech. The joint congressional committee investigating the subject of transporta tion began its -work in earnest today, with A. P. Thorn, counsel for the rail way executives advisory committee, speaking for" two hours and a half on railroad problems of the day. He will continue tomorrow and may hot end. his argument before the end of the week. Mr. Thorn went into many phases of railroad conditions, but dwelt particu larly on their need for credit if they are to extend and keep transportation fa cilities up to the standard" of public De mands. He said that in the last 16 years the percentage of railroad securi ties constituting liens against the prop erty had increased from about 49 "to about 65 per cent, of the total securities and predicted that financiers who would come before the committee later would testify that the danger line bad been reached. The' investing public, Mr. Thorn said, Remanded a 6 per cent, re turn and a. three per cent, surplus yearly to provide against lean years, and such return is almost impossible on railroad stocks -under ' present -conditions. . He pointed out that Europe not only has ceased to take American railway stocks, but is selling back hun dreds of millions of those once owned, and - that the- new money tov keep the roads going, to extend them and to op en up., v aat. undeveloped . fields, must (Continue on Page Eight) , L OF HOUSE III OF DEMOCRATS Generally Conceded by Republican : Leaders in Washington, Will be Able to Organize With-Assistance of Scattering Members. Westerner Who Voted For . WUson. Against Mann (Special Star Telegram). Washington, D. C, Nov. 23 It is gen erally conceded here tonight by Repub lican leaders that the Democrats will have control .in the next House by a narrow margin and tha they: will be able to organize with the assistance of the Progressive and Prohibition and Socialist members. Many of the Republicans from the Western states which went for Wilson this fall will -refuse to support Jim Mann, of Illinois, for speaker, or any other Republican who will not agree to change the rules from the old Cannon- regime, when the speakers of the House had more power, some people say, thai the Provident of the United States. The Republicans, it is said, know they cannot coerce these Western statesmen into voting for Mann, and rather than make a fight and lose or to win and adopt Democraticrules, they had rather wait at least another four years before they attempt to take over control of the lower branch of Con gress. Thanks God for Wilson. . Among the congratulatory telegrams received by President Wilson upon his re-election . was . on from P.. M.' Bur rows, of Raleigh, a Confederate veter an who served in Pitckett's Brigade. The telegram -follows: . "God bless you and yours. I thank God :for giving us another Virginian who has saved the .country .from the great calamity of war. . That you may live to reap the full measure of the manliest man of all the manly Ameri cans is, the prayer of (Signed) "P. M. BURROWS." FOUR STEEL TANK STEAMERS TO BE BUILT AT. NEW ORLEANS Million Dollar Contract Let by Mexican Petroleum Company. - New Orleans, Nov. 23. A million dol lar contract for the building of four steel tank steamers of 16,000 barrel capacity each, has .been awarded to the Alabama-New Orleans Transportation Company, by the Mexican Petroleum Company, of New York, according to an announcement by the local firm to day. Work on the vessels will begin next month - Officials say these will be the first a-steel steamers ever built south of Newport News. According to the announcement the steamers will be under American reg istry and used in the oil trade between Tampico and New Orleans. SATS LABOR WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST FOR 8-HOUR DAY President Gompers Discusses the De cision by Judge Hook. Baltimore, Nov. 2?. "Organised labor will resist to the uttermost any attempt to take from it the advantages won in years of effort," said President Gompr ers in addressing the convention of the American Federation bf Labor here to day on the.'questlon of the. 8-hour law. "If it was Judge- Hook's desire to test the constitutionality of; the 8-hour law," said he, amid great enthusiasm, "why didn't he declare it constitutional and place the burden of proof upon the railroad managers who wanted to evade and avoid it .instead of compelling the government "to affirm the "constitution ality of the law?" ' GO TOO HANDS EMPEROR REFUSED io mm BED Death Came to Him as Sleep to a Child, While Sitting in Arm Chair in His "Work-room." HIS HANDS WERE FOLDED Death Mask Taken Preliminary to Enu balming the Body Associated Press Gives Details of De velopment of Illness. Vienna,-Nov. 22, (via London, Nov. 23), (Delayed) Death came to Emper or Francis Joseph as sleep to a child, while the sovereign was reclining in an arm chair In what he called his work room. His strength had rapidly been ebbing from 2 o'clock in the af ternoon of yesterday, but he refused to take to his bed. After 6 o'clock he began gradually to lose consciousness and went to the end without uttering another word, resting peacefully in his chair with his hands folded as if he were in prayer. This afternoon a fleath mask of the emperor was taken as a preliminary to the embalming of the body and its removal to the Hofburg, where it will lie in state. The heart will be sealed in a silver cup, while the intestines, lungs and stomach will be placed in a copper urn. Transfer Body by Night. Th.e body must be transferred from the Schoenbrunn palace to the Hofburg in the dead of night, drawn by six black horses. The cortege will be ac companied -by torch bearers and the outriders also will carry torches. Af ter them .will corne a, squadron of cav alry and. a"-"part of 'the mounted guard. The hearse will be preceded by the court "couriers, the lord steward and the court, chamberlains in carriages drawn by six horses. After the hearse will come a car riage containing the heart in its silver cup, followed by officers of the body guard, palace officials and soldiers. The cortege .will move through several of the principal thoroughfares of Vienna and be met by Emperor Charles and the archduke at the Black Earle stairs whence they will accompany the body into the chapel of the Hofburg, where it will lie in state and be viewed by the public. Interment in Imperial Vaults. Francis Joseph will be laid to rest in the imperial vaults in the Capuchin church, where are the tombs of his, predecessors. On the day of the funer al the monarchy will go into mourning for a period of six months divided in to three equal portions of the deepest mourning, deep mourning and light mourning. An order by the new Em peror, not as yet promulgated, will fix the duration of the court mourning and (Continue on Page Eight). NEW EMPRESS STUDIOUS FROM HER EARLY DAKS Well Versed in Literature, His tory and Philosophy. Is An Accomplished Musician, Fond of S Jdety and is a Graceful Dancer. Formed Acquaintance With Archduke in 1909, Vienna, Nov. 22, (via London, Nov. 23). With the advent of the new Em press Zita, curiosity has been aroused as to her personality and accomplish ments. From her early days she has been studious and is an accomplished musician and well versed in literature, history and philosophy. She also is fond of society and is a graceful, danc er. Empress Zita was born in the Italian province of Lucca, May 9, 1892, the daughter' of Duke Robert and Duchess Marie Antoinette, of Parma. She is of Bourbon descent, but rapidly became Viennese .owing to the fact that life hi the capital on the Danube interested her exceedingly. Her early training was in the hands of the Marquise Delia Rosa. Later she entered a convent at Zangbert. After her -father's death the then Princess Zita in 1908 spent some time in the Ryde Abbey, Isle . of Wight, .where her sister. Princess Adelaide, is a nun. Here she studied music, litera ture, history and philosophy. Princess Zita made the acquaintance of Archduke Charles Francis at Fran zenbad, Bohemia, in the spring of 1909, while the guest of the Archduchess Marie Annunziata, her cousin . On the occasion of a court ball, early in 1911, Archduke Charles Francis Is reported -to have declared his love for the princess. Another version of this story is that the archduke, having his attention drawn to a particular grace (Continue on Page Eight). Teutons in Wallachia Had Taken 11,000 Square Kilometres of Wheat Soil Up to Nov. 21. SAY ADVICES FROM BERLIN Towns of Dobromir and Paralovo, in Serbia, Captured by the French and Serbs. ITALIANS ALSO ADVANCE Artillery Actions in France Haw Become More Violent. The Teutonic allies in the Wall achian province are continuing their advance against the Ruman ians. The operations there, ac cording to the latest German offi cial communication, are "pro gressing in accordance with our plans." Semi-official advices from Ber lin are that General Von Falken hayn's army up to November -21 had taken 11,000 square kilometers of wheat soil in Wallachia, and, with the capture of the railroad, had shut off the communication of all the Rumanian troops west of Craiova. Russians Reinforced. J Berlin records the reinforcement of the Russians on the eastern Transyl vania border," but the locality where they have ' arrived is not definitely stated. In the Alt region Bucharest reports that. the Rumanians are holding their positions. Except in Macedonia, little fighting of moment is taking place. Here In the vicinity of Monastir and in the region between Lakes Presba and Ochrida, battles Qf considerable proportions are in progress. North of Monastir the Germans and Bulgarians have received reinforcements and are stubbornly re sisting the further advance of the En tente allied troops. Dobromir and Para" lovo have fallen into the hands of the French and the Serhs. according to Paris, while west of Pake Presba the Italians have pushed their lines fur ther forward. Berlin asserts that to the east of Lake Ochrida the tallans have been forced to retreat. On the front in France with a return to better weather the artillery actions have become more violent. No infantry attacks have been reported. Bad weather continues in the Austro Italian theatre and artillery duels alone have prevailed there. The British hospital ship Britannic, which was sunk in the Aegean, went down as the result of striking a mine, according to information received in New York by the White Star Line, owners of the vessel. Officials, of the line sad the information came from the British admiralty. D'FOURNET'S ORDER GIVEN AS RESULT GERMAN DECISION Paris, Nov. 23. A, Havas dispatch from Athens says that the warning by Vice Admiral DuFournet to the German and other ministers of the Central Pow ers that they must quit Athens was the result of the German decision to sink all vessels transporting Greek revolur tionary troops, which the Entente powers regarded as a declaration of war against the Greek revolutionists. TAKE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE IN NAME OF NEW EMPEROR. London, Nov. 2S. A dispatch to Reu ters Telegram Company from Amster dam quotes the following message from Vienna: "By order of the new emperor the troops in all the military districts of the monarchy and generals; other offi cers and the military officials have tak en the oath .of allegiance in the name of Emperor Charles I." MEXICAN MEMBERS ASK FOR A RECESS OF TWO WEEKS. Desire Time to Lay American Propos als Before Carranza. Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 23. A re. cess of two weeks has been requested by the Mexican members of the Mexican-American joint commission to give them an opportunity to lay before Gen eral Carranza the proposals formulat ed by the Americans for border con trol. The indications were tonight that the request would be granted. STATE TESTIMONY IN THE OVERTON CASE IS ALL IN. First Witness for Defense Expected t Take the Stand Today. Huntsville, Ala., Nov. 23. The state ; today concluded its introduction of tes timony at the trial of David D. Over ton, charged with the murder of Pro bate Judge Lawler here last June, and the first witness for the defense ls.exi pected to take the stand tomorrow. Mi 4K if n u 1 f1 i7t I-1 iU Si ' I ji , 13 Mi n M - mi- ' I'll' - i r , Ilk I i hi 51 liit A,.-:.- - ,4 V';-. :.a-,
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