TWO THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESbAT, NOVEMBER 7, 191 7. VILLA BANDITS ON WAR PATH AGAIN Attack Mexican Central Train and Slay 125 Trainmen and Passengers TAKE $100,000 IN SILVER Volley After Volley Fired Into Coaches by Outlaws and All Passengers Robbed of Even Their Clothing. Juarez, Nov. -6. With blood-stained floors, shattered windows, and coaches crowded with frightened Mexican men, women and children who were shiver ing, half-naked, in the bullet-torn seats, the Mexican Central passenger train which was attacked by Villa followers at Rrmanderiz station Sunday arrived here tnight. One hundred and twenty-five soldiers and passengers were killed on the train. ; Train Wrecked by Dynamite. The peon passengers were still, so badly frightened they could only tell disconnected stories of what occurred Sunday morning on the desert 50 miles south of Chihuahua City. The locomo tive and two cars of the train were completely wrecked by the dynamite which had been placed on the track. The 60 train guards from the federal garrison at Torreon were either killed during the attack or executed soon af terward. Everyone on the train was robbed and' made to disrobe, even the clothing of the women and children having been taken by the Villa follow ers for their camp followers. $100,000 of Sliver Gone The messenger for a large American company in Mexico is missing and the $100,000 worth of silver bullion which he was bringing to the border is also missing. The express messenger was killed, as, was the train conductor and other railroad employes, the engine crew losing their lives when the en gine was blown up. Villa's men fired volley after volley into the train, killing many.guards and passengers. They then went through the coaches robbing passengers, -filling-many of the men and ordering oth ers outside the train for execution. The passengers were then ordered to disrobe and, when two women refused they were shot and seriously wounded. All were left on the desert over night wtihout clothing. No Americans on Train. There -were no Americans on the train. A German boy who was coming to the border was robbed of everything he owned and reached here barefooted, wearing a pair of ragged overalls and a high Mexican hat. One Mexican fam ily from Michoacan, including a hus band, wife and two small children, had to beg clothing in Chihuahua City. The passengers agreed that Julio Acosta and Martin Lopez commanded the Villa followers. There were 450 in the Villa command and they left for the mountains after robbing the train. Villa's Men Route Carransa's. . Presidio,' Texas, Nov. 6. In a. -fight between Mexican troops from the Oji naga garrison and Villa followers yes terday near Barancas, opposite Indo,' Texas, the federal troops were defeated and 35 driven across the American bor der, according to a report received here tonight. The Villa men captured 65 horses, a quantity of guns and ammunition. DUTCH SHIP RELEASED FOR THE RETURN TRIP Indicates Early Agreement Be tween America and Holland Liner Nieuw Amsterdam Will Leave an American Port Soon Wtih Carjfo and Several Hundred Dutch Refugees. BURGLAR KILLED BABE TO STIFLE ITS CRIES Heartless Deed of Midnight In trader, in Raleigh Home Little Child of Mr. and Mr, j: Kemp Plummer, Smothered and Choked to f Washington, Nov. 6. An early agree ment between the United States and Holland on the disposal of Dutch ton nage in American ports was seen here today in the release by the war trade board of the Dutch steamer. Nieuw Am sterdam for a return trip across the Atlantic. The vessel will leave an American port shortly carrying a Cargo of pack age freight for Holland. 10,000 tons of corn for Belgian relief , and several hundred Dutch refugees as passengers. Wire cable, badly needed for the oper ation of Dutch coal mines, will make up a part of her cargo. Licenses for- the Nieuw Amsterdam's cargo were held up by the American authorities when the Dutch govern ment refused to give assurance that she would not be-interned for'safety as soon as she reached the other side. In the negotiations that followed the American government refused to re cede from its position and finally the Dutch yielded.. A final agreement as to tha operation of the other Dutch vessels held in American ports was believed tonight to be in sight. The principal clauses of this agreement, it is reported, will provide that a large number of Dutch ships enter the American coastwise trade to release "American vessels for overseas service; that part of the ton nage be placed in trade to the Dutch East Indies for the benefit of Holland and the Allies and that a limited num ber of ships be permitted to ply be tween America and Holland, carrying cargoes to be approved by the war trade board. Refugees who will sail on the Nieuw Amsterdam have. gathered in the United States from many ends of the earth. Some came from the Dutch East In dies and many from the Orient. All have been waiting an opportunity to reach Holland safely. Horrified and Deaths-City Large Reward Offered. Raleigh, Nov. 6. Lucy Henderson Plummer, four-months-old infant daughter "of Mr. J. Kemp '.Plummer, assistant .state chemist, was . found choked t6 death in her crib shortly before 9 o'clock today, the crime hav ing been committed by a burglar who was heard in the Plummer , home early this morning. The theory of the police is that the baby cried out while the intruder was in its room, and fearing it would arouse- the household, he seized the child by the throat and nose and choked it to death. About 2 o'clock this morning Mrs. Plummer heard rattling of dishes in the dining room and she telephoned the police department". The police men discovered, that a burglar had entered the house by the back door .nd in escaping,- left articles in the yard taken from the. house. The infant was unusually fretful last night and did not get to sleep until 1 o'clock and when Mrs. Plummer retired after the visit of the police men, she did .not disturb the child, thinking it was asleep. NEW YORK WOMEN'S VICTORY THE .FEATURE (Continued From Page One.) vin, Republican was .chosen mayor of Cincinnati. i , , .. George F. Buck, defeated Louis P. Fuhrmann, the incumbent, for mayor of Buffalo. Buck is a republican. Hi ram H Edgerton, republican, was elected mayor of Rochester and Walter R. Stone, also republican, mayor of Syracuse. Schuyler Merritt, republican, was elected to congress from Connecticut to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ebenezer J. Hill, republican. Merton E. Lewis, republican, was re-elected attorney general of New York state. Democrats Sweep Virginia. Richmond, Va., Nov. 6. With re turns from less than one-fourth of the state in hand, a sweeping demo cratic victory in 'Virglna is indicated. As a general rule there has been very little interest manifested, the only ex ceptions being in several counties where there were close contests for legislative seats. Despite the abnormally small vote, democratic gains are- indicated and this is analyzed as a result of the ap peal of party leaders for the people to stand behind the president. It is be lieved that the total vote will not ex ceed 100.000 in this state, and West moreland Davis, of Loudoun, demo cratic candidate, probably will get a majority in the neighborhood of 30,000 over his republican opponent, Thomas J. Muncy, of Bland. - On the returns so far in the denrfo crats shbw a gain of three seats in the j lower branch of the general assembly j and as the senate holds over this will give a ,iotai or y majority on joint ballot. i In Richmond city 16 out of 31 "pre cincts gave 1,832 for Davis 42 for Muncy and 15 for Frank A. Smith, in dependent Socialist. DR. MIMS TO LECTURE. CADORNA RETIRES ALONG FRONT OF 160 MILES " (Continued from Page One.) ' as a rear guard In a screening move ment and fighting heroically. The general situation Is likely to continue grave for several days while the operation proceeds of reconcentra tlon along the new lines. An observer who .-returned this morning from a tour along the Taglla mento front told the correspondent that conditions were much better than had been generally understood. The men were displaying a good morale, the Impending menace to the ( country having stirred the fighting spirit of all, even of those few who had been disheartened by their recent trials. In stead of disorganization there was every evidence of a systematic gettlAg together. Vanderbllt Professor to Deliver Series at University. . (Special Star Correspondence) Chapel Hill, Nov. 6. Dr. Edwin Mims, now Professor of English in Vanderbilt University, will come to the University of North Carolina dur ing December to deliver a series of special lectures to the men registered for honors in language and literature. These lectures will not be of a popular nature; however, .Dr. Mims will deliv er a public lecture in Gerrard Hall whie he is here. The general subject of the . lectures for the honors course this year will be a "Nationalism in American Liter ature." The lectures will be open to J candidates for honors and other ad vanced students. Last year Dr. J. E. Spingarn, formerly a professor in Co lumbia University, conducted a sem inar In literary criticism, which was of very greatt interest and attracted many men. The seminar to be con ducted by Dr. Mims will be the sec ond in the series. His former connec tion with the University of North Car olina and Trinity makes the coming of Dr. Mims to the State even more welcoe. Last year Dr. Mims delivered the University . Day address here. His interest in the University has always been great. Honors were awarded last com mencement for the first time by this University. The plan of reading for honors or highest, honors is carried out in many of the larger colleges. It is required that the men who apply for honors present high scholarship, and furthermore carry out a course of wide reading iri a group -of related subjects. An essay is required at the end of the course. This Is all Inde pendent of the regular class work. Candidates for honors are drawn from two upper classes. "In addition to this special seminar, 30 lectures are pro vided during- the year and special di rection is given the reading done by the candidates. TAGLIAMENTO CROSSED ALONG THE WHOLE FRONT Berlin, via London, Nov. 6. The supplementary statement issued from general headquarters this evening saysKeen adopted. Numbers of them have Limi mo icuiuinu. lurcea nave crossed the Tagliamento river along the whole front. It adds that pursuit of the re treating. Italians is progressing. A CHILD HATES OIL, CALOMEL, PILLS FOR I llirn inn nnuin n UVtfi ANU uUWtLb Give "California Syrup of Figs" if Cross, Sick, Feverish, Constipated. Look back at your childhood days. Remember the "dose" mother insist. tnoiui oii, oaiomei. caman ce wnm 'you hated them, how you fought agaist taKing tnem. W) t V All, lVtllAn I . J JW . i-miui cii li a aiiierent. Mothers who cling to the old form of physic simply don't realize what they do. The children's revolt was well fftlindfld. Ttiftlr ten Hot- Kttln i j - www l.blD illOlUCO are injured by them. If your child's stomach. Uvr an bowels need cleansing, give only deli cious "California Syrup of Figs." Its acuon yofeiuve, om gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harmless "fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to take it; that it never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweet- .non1i on Vitf n j. given today saves a sick child tomor row. Ask your druggist for a bottle of -California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on each bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. See that it is made' by "Cal ifornia Fig" Syrup Company." Refuse any other kind with contempt. Adv. AMERICANS IN TRENCHES DISCARD WIDE-BRIMMED HATS Are Found Too Cumbersome French. Fatigue Hats Substituted. American Training Camp in France, Nov. 6. (By the Associated Press) The wide-brimmed campaign hats have been abandoned by the United States army - for troops actually in the field. In their place hats like the fa tigue hats of the French army have been purchased and hurried to the troops now in the trenches. The new hat is a sort of. fore-and-aft arrangement made by sewing two heavy pieces of khaki cloth together with the seams front and back and fitting to the sides other pieces of material which fold "tip. on the side of t,he hat, or may be drawn down to cover the ears. The hat is most com fortable. It also can be rolled up to pocket size or worn finder shrapnel helmets. -The old campaign hat was cumber some for troops to fold in the field and officersecommended a change. It was so unwTeldly that some of the troops discarded it entirely when they were changing to the shrapnel helmet. The' campaign hat is still worn at bilets and In barracks, but many of ficers are recommending its complete abandonment on the ground that it was designed for service in tropical countries and is unsuited for opera tions under present conditions. RALEIGH HORRIFIED BY GHASTLY CRIME OF BURGLAR Raleigh, Nov. 6. Raleigh was horri fied this morning at the news of the probable murder by a burglar of the infant child of Dr.T and Mrs. J. K. Plummer, on Morgan street. The child was evidently smothered to death .by having something placed over its face to prevent it from making an outcry. There were evidences of the presence of a burglar, a rear window that was left closed, being found open and the overcoat of Dr. Plummer found out in the yard. Also, the fiend evidently went into the dining room and helped himself to something to eat, and may have taken articles of value that in the distressful stir could not . possibly be missed as yet. Mother Thought Babe Slept. ' The child seemed to be sleeping la ter than usual this morning and fi nally the mother, who was Miss Lucy Haywood, daughter of Dr. Hubert Haywood, of this city, went s to 1 the crib to arouse the child, and was hor rified to find it dead. Investigation showed that death had, taken T?Iace some time before. f, The police are making every possible effort to trace the burglary and de tectives are being put, on the case with the-' determination to exhaust ev ery resource in search for the inhu man fiend who perpetrated the crime. The child has been in good health and it is-not thought possible that the death could have come from . natural causes or disease, the theory that the burglar smothered it to make sure that it would make no outcry, is the only solution of the crime that the police can offer at this time. Bloodhounds Secured. Bloodhounds that came here this afternoon from Raeford took up a trail at the Plummer house early to night and pursued it to the Johnson street crossing, where Seaboard trains stop to change engines. It is current ly believed that the murderer .boarded a train in this part of the city during the early morning. Governor Blckett this afternoon au thorized a reward of $400 on the part of the state and the county commis sioners offered a reward of $200 for the capture of theffend. It is expected the city will offer a reward equal to that offered by the county. Packing House Site. The State Packing Co., of Raleigh, i has Just nurchased 39 acres of land just north of the "' for the erection ! of Raleigh's big meat packing plant, the stock for the establishment of which has recently been subscribed by the people of Raleigh and the sur rounding country. The site is well located between the main lines of the Seaboard Air Line and the Norfolk Southern railroads and In easy reach of the Southern lines. The company is now on the lookout for a capable superintendent to put In charge of the plant. He is to be an experienced meat packing man. The plant is to be erected in the early spring, ac cording to the present plans. Non-Partisan Candidate Wins. Toledo, O., Nov. 6. Cornell Schrei ber, non-partisan, was elected mayor today over the socialist candidate, Robert T. Haworth with more than one-half of the precincts counted, Schreiber's majority is estimated at a little more than 18,000. Wers" Are Leading. ' ':; Cincinnati, Nov. 6. Returns from 3, 807 out of 5,756 precincts in Ohio on prohibition give: For, 337,272; against 338,793. Included iH this vote are 3. 500 precincts in Cuyahoga county giv ing 26.763 for prohibition and 46,711 against, and 400 precincts from Hamil ton county giving 17,750 for prohibition and 62,451 against it. Republicans in the Lead. Cincinnati, Nov. 6. Eour hundred precincts in the city of Cincinnati show that John Galvin, Republican, is 'lead ing Alfred Allen, former congressman. Democrat. In the mayoralty race by more than 4,000. The vote for these precincts stands: Allen 34,516; Galvin, 38,781. m m- la Use 2iigar Sparingly : Not Waste It Everyone manufacturers and householders should use sugar sparingly for the present. The supply is limited and will be until the new crop of cane can be harvested and shipped from Cuba and the Tropics. The supply will then be ample. In the meantime, the people of the New England and Atlantic Coast States should use sugar sparingly. Grocers should limit their sales to any one family. No one should hoard or was sugar. Do not pay an increased retail price. The Franklin Sugar Refining Company , "A Franklin Sugar for every use" Granulated, Dainty Lumps; Powdered, Confectioners, Brown precincts to report all but one of which were in Bernalillo county (Albuquer que), gave: For prohibition 251; against, 172. Americanism Wins Out. Chicago, Nov. 6. The bi-partisan ticket returning the sitting judges of the county bench to office today defeat ed by an estimated plurality of 80,000 votes, a socialist ticket which was charged with having appealed to an anti-American and anti-war sentiment. In the portions of Cook county outside the city of Chicago, the German settle ments voted for the socialists. Dundee Outfights Moore. New York, Nov. 6. Johnny Dundee of New York outfought Pal Moore of Philadelphia in a 10-round bout here tonight. i ' Robinson to Con New York, Nov. 6. Wilber: son today sisrned a rontrt ..' his management of the Bmnkh-n t. New York State Returns. New York, Nov. 6. Returns from 3 820 election districts out of 5772 in the state on. suffrage give. Yes, 438, 320; no, 3S0.S11. . Returns from 4,766 election districts out of 5,772 in the state give for at torney general. Lewis, republican, 569,461; Hodson. democrat, 483,191; Block, socialist, 149,140. Baltimore Returns'. Baltimore, Nov. 6. Baltimore city practically complete gives Atwood, re , publican, for state comptroller, a plu rality or aDout 3,uuv over MCMullen, democratic incumbent. 5 Returns from the state were so mea ger that any estimates on the final re sult would be mere guesswork. Robert F. Stanton, republican, prob ably has been elected judge of the su preme court of Baltimore city. New Republican Congressman. Bridgeport, .Conn.. Nov. 6. Schuyler Merritt. republican, of Stamford, was today elected to congress in the fourth Connecticut district over Lynn Wilson, democrat, to fill the vacancy made by the death recently of Ebenezer J. Hill, a republican. Massachusetts Republican. Boston, Nov. Governor McColl and the rest of the republican state ticket were re-elected by a large plu rality today. The three proposed con stitutional amendments, including one forbidding the appropriation of state funds for private institutions, were adopted. If . Indianapolis Republican. Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. 6. Complete unofflcual returns from the city of In dianapolis show that Charles W. Jett, repuoiican, was elected mayor ty a plurality of 3,578. The vote was: Jew ett, 21,057; Miller, democrat, 12,131-; Shank, home rule, 17.479. Republicans Far In Lead. x Philadelphia, Nov. 6. Seven hun dred and two election districts out of 1.336 gave a majority for the republi can ticket of 16,238. Returns from the large Independent wards are lacking. "Dry" Majority Dwindles. Cincinnati, Nov. 6. As the larger cities of ;the state were heard from the majority that the drys had established earlier in the evening began to dwindle somewhat and the prohibition election developed into what appeared to be the closest race in years. Both sides are claiming the victory. With 3,288 pre cincts heard from out of 5,576 In Ohio the vote stood: For prohibition, 292,773; against, 2S4.944. we Many Women in this Condition Re gain Health by Taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. SUPPORT OF SOCIALIST FACTION IS CONDITIONED SAYS GERMANY IS NOW A DEMOCRACY (Continued from Page One.) the outside world should know that a new political era has set In In Germany that his Intercession was not in vain, as it was decided to take parlamen tarians into responsible positions, con tinued Herr Eraberger. - "I desire to say," .concluded the cen trist leader, "that not only are the majority leader and Chancellor Von Hertling. in complete "working har mony in' foreign and domestic policies", but the past has the full sanction of the emperor, who has given Count Von Hertling a free hand. - The clerical party now nas the chan cellor and the progressives, In all prob ability, will be awarded the post of vice chancellor and one other Impor tant secretaryship, while the national liberals will be represented in, the vice presidency of the Prussian cabinet. Scheldetnann Say New Government ; Must Keep Its Promises. Copenhagen, Nov. 6. In an address on Sunday at Elbing, west Prussia, Philipp Scheidemann, the German so cialist leader, said his party would sup port the new German government if it kept its promises, including those for equal rights in Prussia, abolition of po litical censorship and concessions to la for. The support of the socialists also was conditioned, he said, on the carry ing out by the government of a clear and firm policy In furtherance of every thing compatible with Germany's honor and future for the attainment of a speedy and lasting peace. Otherwise said.Herr Scheidemann, tae socialists would. fight the new government as they had fought the Michaelis regime. Once equal rights in Prussia were granted, and control of the rplchstag majority, over the make up of the government, and its policy were estab lished .developments which were springing into being before their eyes, there would be no excuse, Herr Scheidemann declared, "for refusing to negotiate peace wltn Germany on the pretext that it was -ruled autocratically. TO VOTE ON MERGER OP GREAT LUTHERAN BODIES. Special Meeting of United Synod In Ses sion at Saiisbcv . - ' Salisbury, Nov. 6. The general synod of the United States and the general synod of North America, two large bodies of Lutherans, have four com missioners each here to appear before the United Synod of the South in the interest of a merger of the three bodies, A vote Is expected to be taken on the propositio ntombrrbw, and favorable action seems probable,, according to leaders in the convention. This convention is a special meeting of the United Synod for the purpose of considering the merger proposition anLof el,eDra"n the quadriceritennial of the Reformation. Dr. M. Gv'G. Bche- feS 18 .PSii,l?,e- The meen opened today and will conclude Thursday. Women Surprised. New York Nov. 6. Mrs. Norman De R. Whitehouse, chairman of the New York suffrage party, estimated at 9:45 o'clock that a majority of 15 per cent o fthe total vote cast in the state was for woman suffrage. "We hardly expected such a land slide, ' she said. Louisville Goes Republican. Louisville, Noc. 6. For the first time in ten years the republican party has elected a mayor of Louisville. Com plete unofficial returns show George W. Smith, republican, 22,631; Charles H. Cronan, democrat, 20,3 .j. Sm carried the entire republican city and county ticket with him. Yonkers for Suffrasre. Yonkers. N. Y., Nov. 6. Woman suffrage carried Yonkers by 2,041. Two years ago the amendment was lost by 167 votes. Have the "Dry" Won? Aubuquerque, N. M., Nov. 6. Re turns in today's prohibition election were slow in coming in. In the first Ave Republican Elected. . Cleveland. O.. Nov. 6. On the basis of returns fro mtwo-thirds of the pre cincts in Cleveland, Mayor Harry L. Davis, republican, has been re-elected by from 12,000 to 13,000 plurality over William A. Stino.icomb, democratic candidate. C. E. Rutnenberg, social ist candidate toe mayor, polled a sur prisingly large vote. The socialists elected two members of the city council. l femalf KEREN SKY GIVES WARNING TO THE MAXIMALISTS Petrograd, Nov. 6. At this after noon's session of the preliminary par liament Premier Kerensky, referring to the Maximalist attempt to seize power and provoke civil war, said, amid ap plause from the right and center and part of the left: "The people who dare raise ; their hands against the will of the Rsusan people are at the same time threaten ing to open the front to Germany." 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