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- V TlfoeNeyl server SECTION ONE PAGES 1 TO 10 ""oil data concerning the wesfher win b found today on page two. VOL CI. NO. 88. v (ALE1GH, N. C, SUNDAY MO! RNINQ, MARCH 7, 1915. PRICE S CENTS RUSSIANS STRIKE ' IT GERMANGENTER Both Wings Are Now Protected Against Flank Move That Threatened AUSTRIANS LOSE AGAIN Reinforced Russian Armies Have Almost Swept Them Out of Bukowina; Cracow Threatened Again; French Still Making Things Lively in ..Ii!L.W.e&L. ( IX, U.i- Afc)-UL1 Prim London. Mnrch t --(19:30 p. m.) Having, a I'etrogrud claims, success fully countered the Atistro-German at tempts to outflank him In Eastern Ga Hcla and from Kant Prussia. Uranil Duke Nicholas. Itusslan commander-in-chief. Is said to he thrusting again at the center of the Teutonic allies In I'oirtKd: " - fWtfkyn ago the Russians were said tn have gained a little ground on ' Iho Ilzura and Kawka rivers., inter da? (Tie reports 'mentioned "a ltusslan attack near Hkierniewlco and today Vienna says the, Muscovites made par ial attacks east of Plotrkow. Thin 1 about the point where the (;rrtiun and Austrian armies are link ed, and a sucessful thrust here would. ceordlnt to military obwrven. com pel b general retirement In Central Poland and enable the Kuslan general budmo to resume his offensive against sYnrow, which always has been fore most In hie plan of campaign. -Austrian Hadly Trounced. Krom alj accounts received from trograd, which ad present is thi inly source of Information, the Aus trian have Buffered a very severe de feat In Kaatern Uallcia and now' are In full retreat toward the Carpathians. In the mountains to the westward the fighting, which has been continuous nd Intense for weeks, still is In prog ress. Tha two armies are contending irsperatety for the ridges. The losses n rheae battles are. declared to have been as serious as any In tha war, but neither side has conceded more than i tew yards of tha rock slopes at a 'lm. Germans Still Driven. The Russians also have been at 'aeklng along the Dunajee. in West ern Uallcia, but apparently without making any impreseion on the Aue- . - trtan defenses, which are very atrorte oav thia river. J . 'In Northern rwhmd tha Rnssians continue striving hard toyhrlve the, Germans liack to Kaat Wiiaaia and prevent them from entrenching in Russian territory, as&lhey have done south of the tower Vistula. It is said at some points this drive is meeting with considerable success and tnat at places the Germans actually are on their frontier; but at other points the Germans are declared to have suc ceeded in checking the impetuous Russian offensive. A little morel iveliness is evident along the western front, where the- French continue their attacks against the Germans.. According to Paris-the French have' made progress in the Champagne and the Argonne regions. The Germans, however, have de llvered somes harp counter-attacks, which the Berlin report says have been successful. On the whole these tactics seemlng ly 'have not succeeded in materially changing the positions of the two ar mies. Jf the French have made the progress in the Champagne region with which they credit themselves, military observers believe it will doubtless bring about a big battle such as a similar advance did at Sols sons, or a readjustment of the tier man front in this region. As the allied fleet slowly progresses in its attack on the Dardenelles the . effect Is reflected tn English grain - markets, where prices steadily are ;r falling. . German Driven Bafc A. PetrosTad (via London. 11:1" p. m. ). March 6. 'The following official yommui'ieali wax Issued today": . -On the left l)rnk of ITie Xlefilell the Germans have been driven back be hind the railway station of Pimnu and lso in the district r.f 1clpouny tnear Swvalki r. The -distribution of troop on the Hunt hank of the Narew nhow no essential change. "On the road in. the direction of Lomm obstinate . fightlnc continues, on Friday night we dislodged the ene my fbtn a commanding height on -titer west 'aide of the high road from Sta wlskl to Lowxa. Neur the village -of KarVr.wii we captured nwtt mm'hlue guns. On the left lunik of the Vistula if. The Plllca river district the Germans veslerdsv opei,. d an attack on a lim ited sector cf our positons at the vll Nge of Domanevice. "In the Carpathians the Austrians c onttnued their TutUc attacks In the direction of Halit;r-" In Eastern tXaJictn we are ctmtliiu i.ii liie iiitensive. after having driven A,,trfa,.k from their fortilled IK- -itione on the river WtKtrtca. wnere we arnured one hundred tifUwmer: . Ilabt 1nlrrfiTP' Chamgie, Paflh. March (Via Loudot H : 3i p. m. The follow! n French of -netaV statement was iMued here to nisht; "In JielKitim. in the diines. our ar 'ilierv has executed very effective firing n the heavy batteries of West eiol". ' -To tbetrorth of Arrae in the re- . ion of .otre Dame de Lorette. our counter-attacks have continued in progress. At thia point the Germans, who employed large effectiveness, suffered a serioiin check. "The Chanipagn. in the ravine to i the northwest tif Ileausejour, a Ger man counter-attack has been repula lUIn which Was fallen all day has caused a slackening in the opera tions. - - ' "' . "In Alsace jlhe progresw. made by us in the Voses afihe Hartmarin'a Weilerkopf extends "over tlrfee huh V ,irad metre?, (about 25 Jrd o,f yemian- trencnee, . , v, y--L- - "On xhee.v:enlnjtJof the fifth in- . ' - - s eiilnter-BiTftctt KtaCl rrpu-v - ; vppualt Pffhwlta an4-WauiR ; am l -munmon-epetjAernay. Last night ---- . t. ...a. - MaMt fh Artatmv'al --4 Hdvanta .wbot?rtrttf11.?r ' tablistv -i unesen : uO. east .of Honneck." .. . . GEORGIA MAD MAN KILLS AT RANDOM Six Dead arid Over Thirty Shot By Prominent Man of Brunswick HE IS FINALLY KILLED Kills Lawyer Then Steps Into Street and Turns Loose On Crowd With Automatic Shot gunr Filling The Hospital. Probable Sudden Insanity Over Financial .Troubla - l Br tb Ajwux-Utd t'rrM ,, BrnnHwiok, Ga., March 6. Armed with an automatic shot gun. Monroe Phillips, a real estate and timber dealer, ran amuck in the business dis trict here todaj-, killed five citlwns. woundeil thtrty-wo, and was himself shot dead. Of the wounded. Ouniier Tolnus. a bank collector, and OrneHt McDonald probably will - die. The dead arer - Harry F. Punwoodj , prominent- at torney. - - Wtlliam -M.--Haekett. u-ndertakei . K. M. Oeaver, policeman. ,U C. Padgett, former policeman. George W. Asbvll, motorman. Monroe Phillips, real estate and timber dealer. The police believe that Phillips be came suddenly insane because of al leged financial difficulties. It was at the busiest hour of the day that Phillips, carrying a shot gun, entered the office of Harry F. Dun woody, u lawyer, agaimut whom he Is said to have cherlnhed ill-feeling, and killed him. Phillips then shot Albert M. Way. who was in Dunwoody's of fice. Although badly wounded. Way probably will recover. Fir- Into Ktrcct Crowd. Walking calmly from the office. Philips faced a crowd which had been attracted by the firing. With out a word he xuddenly began shoot ing Into the throng and a wild stam pede for shelter followed, H, M. Deaver a policeman, was killed when he attempted lo arrest , the crazed man. rhilllps continued to Are on evervbody in sight until he wa shot down by E. C Butts, an attorney, more"' than half an, hour after Don woody had been killed. Butts had been wounded before he killed Phil Hps. The wounded were taken to the lo cal hospital, every ward being' filled and every' physician in the city was called out. to dress the wounda, , Had Much IJtlgalloa. Phillips had been, a .resident of Brunswick about tw'clve years and had been involved In considerable lit igation in local courts. ItJwaa etated he recently lost considerable money in real estate transactions and had htt"d dealings with Mr. Dunwoody. He owned several tracts of land near Macon, Ga Mr. Dunwoody was one of the most prominent cltlien f Hrunswlek. He at one time was mayor and also hart served in the Georgia legislature as a representative and a Ktate senator. He was a nephew of Justice S. C. At kinson of the State Supreme Court. THEME-WIDE The Hobgood-Weaver Primary Bill Is Amended and Goes Back To The Senate . . It fifteen mlnale lo twelve last night, the sixtieth day of the WKsion, the Hons- of Krpxrwn-tativi-M, afrss, n)r tllwuwelon and many amendments. tamed on Its third reading the llobgiHMl WeavcT lotiate Stte-wlde pri- - mary bllL The oath of party aOillaUm. Mi challcuireM I stricken out of the hill, anil many additional counties are el I ml nut l from its o-ratJmM In rpatxTt to thr nomination if BienilH-rs of the lloune anil coun ty ofhwrn. Ttie irfll now gim buck lo the ScnaWs and It liMtks mm If there will have lo he a n- feremf on the smcniliHl hill. 1 ' - (JLASS CHAIKM HI HAL CHF1HTS CO.HMIHSION. Wasliintrton. March Represen tative Glass, of Virginia, today was se lected chairman of the rural credits commlsxlon .authorlaed by congress". He wOl apvoint two sjiib-i-onimittees. one to make special study of land mortgage credits and the other to devote particular "atteritlpp to person' HrruraT "credTTsraurinr The" slimmer, to report to the Sixty-Fourth Con, grei. Hnblc (iet RrM Appolntmcmt. ' Washington, P. C. Mar. Presi dent Wilson today gave a recess ap pointment to George. Hublee, o,f orn, ish. N. H.. as a member mf the new Federal Trade Commission. Mr. Rub-Ire's- nomination was hot confirmed by the Senate at the lasit session. The President's action today completes the membership of the commission and it witl organise here net week. Grasty lo Europe-asj War Corrrpood ent. (ItllKbwUWIbml . New lork. Mar. .' Charlea H. Grasty. former controJling owner of the Hnltimpre sun, ana until recently rice-prwiident of The. Associated. Press, swfled today on the steamer New York for London where he will join the Associated Press staff as war correspondent. . . 'oed Confederate Diex. AttaTttr-Gi-1 March . Jame Thomas, captian1 of the Beavregard Rifles of Louisiana, In the .war be tween tha States, died at ls home her odajE: Her W'aar1raki)ld Mr. Thomas waa born in AJexandria, Va. ; . HOUSE VOTES FDR AVERAGE BALANCE, 0FI671ju1.il Report of State Board of Inter nal Improvement Deals in Large Sums A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Statement of Average Yearly Balance Garried By State Treasurer Lacy Made By Board To General Assembly Committee; Accounts Car ried in 76, Banks That State Treasurer Lacy'a average balance fur the year 1V11 waa 1671, 661.11 1m the gist of a report submit ted b the Htate Hoard of Internal Revenue. The report waa made during the past week to the sub-committee of the Jolnt finance committee ofthe GeneraT Assembly. ' ' So far the committee has not made public the report. Prefacing a statement showing-the average monthly balance in banks during the fiscal year ending Novem ber v, 1 V 1 3. the report says. The Auditor's Hruort. "Our auditors submit to uh the' fol lowing: W have carefully gone over the Treasurer's reply to previously sub mitted report covering hlM office, and find he has arranged therein tables and explanations in an attempt to dis credit our report. "We therefore hrewlth submit fur ther data, specific In detail, in sup port of our original report as fol lows" Then follows a statement showing the location, names of banks and average monthly balance carried by each bank. There are of euch banks, tn eitle scattered over the tltate. The Kalt igh Hanks. The Raleigh banks named are the Citizens' .Nartloiial with an averaat monthly balance of $213. W2C ; the Commercial National. fl0j,;.T7. the Merchants' National. tlV83.7, the- Mechanics SavluKS 13,402.80. the Kaleigh Hanking and Trut Company. 140, 025. 26; the Raleigh Savings tiank and Trust Company, f 10.82.S; the Wake County ravings Hank tflve months fs.siio.uo. Then follows m table showing in da tail the deposits, how they are apHt up Into tha vmrloua irecMta. funds, de partment and central fond. It will be noted that the specific funds, together with the institutes and department funds balance with the amount of money inb anks. The figures below refer to the av erage balance for the year IMS. The Average Balance. Audubon Society I 611.21 toard of Kuucatlon 13,1163 S Automobile Fund 2t,0:i.26 Fish Commission i.u,n j oiiell I-Ish Account ...... S. 092. It Agricultural Iiepartmenl . . . 2S.XS4.17 Agricultural and Mechani cal College 2 OSS IS Dangerous Insane, Over draft li 41 institution for Deaf. Dumb and Blind cm 10 N. C Tuberculosis San itarium OH Inspection Slate Prison State n.Mtpllal. Raleigh... State Hospital. Morganton. State Hospital, Goldnboro. . Shool for Deaf and Dumb Soldiers' Home, Raleigh . . . State Hulldlng Commission State .Hospital " ConSmls sion '.' f. ... . . N. C. School for Feeble Minded General Fund, including Interest and Pensions . . I4S.S 460.64 S0.7 13 67 f.43 4 631 63 S5.S7 301 H 773 63 Sit. 82 511.15 40S 2 1. 3. 22 47 Total In- Office - and in Hank SCTI.S61.lt What KefMH-t Say. : The report continues: "Ht3tenient one fpage 9) or the Treasurer's reply does not. In the ar rangement of the figures submitted coincide with the information submit ted by us. The Treasurer's - books show funds to the credit of the State exactly as glvetv-by us (page slour report I month by month. The Tress urer omits to tnclude In his statement undepostted cash In office. The Treas urer also shows in the same state ment (column 4 outstanding audi tor's warrants, and opposite these "oal anceif ieolunin 51 lm copied the list as shown by us in our report (page Nil. thereby endeavoring to show a discrepancy The balaocwa ehown by us are not all of the outitanUnr war rants, nor do we make the statement., that they r They tlo represent spe cific warrants drawn and held by the payee from month to month, due Mile, ly. as claimed by the Treasurer, to laefc euftlclent funds. Many of these warrants bore the endorsement of the Treasurer, stipulating the sub- seaoft n!d.ates jipx1n.whic,h..jt hewar. rants were to be paid. Our object In giving this list of warrants unpaid waa merely to prove the fact that sufficient funds were in hand at the close of earch-artd every month to take up these particular warrants, and to further prove thia assertion we re spectfully refer you to the statement atrove referred to. which statement gives in detait monthly balaWes of all funds, general, specific. Institutions and departments. - , 'To offset this contention the theory may be advanced that these was more oriesa bond money Included In these balances This could hardly be so. as st the close of ISIS the 4 per cent deficit and Improvement bond issue was overdrawn in the sum of SSI.- i-Ht.fi. The Items entering Into In account nmowflig overdraft mention ee may be found ju page 22 of our re port. "Interest on bonded indebtedness la paid through the Citisena National Hank "of Ralelfch. which bank during thf year 11S held on deposit , a monthly average iof I214.V8S of the State's funds., a sufficient balance, it appears' to us. to sieuri" unpaid). In terest ,n coupons. - . "Under date of November SO. HI 2. the correct bank balance, which lad shown by. us. is 1200,40s mora than Is show by th Trsasurer t his com parative statement t column t, on taa. Lillian Cook, Brooklyn Girl Who Disappeared, .. Found Dead at New Haven; Mysterious Home of Her Former Employer r The body of Lillian Cook, the 16-year-old stenographer who had been missing sine February 26th last, was found on the top of a hill called West Itock In Westvtlle. a suburb of New Haven. It has not .been ascertained .n what manner she met her death, out suicide la tha Keneral belief. Previous to her disappearance, Miss 'ook hsd been, stenographer for Vlr rtnius Mayo, a wealthy manufacturer of New Haven, and had lived alone In the Y. W. C. A. of New Haven. Mayo has now admit tea that while he lived with hla wife In New Haven be owned tha honas at A4 Fourth r4.,-m fine rsH-uSntial ptin of Rrooklrn, where ,,'Xft .'rTUrWix nnee bla- stenogrraphep th Ma New IfaVen factory, now' lives as Mrs J. Dudley. In that house and neighbor hood Mayo himself waa known as J. Dudley. There are also In the house three children, two of whom. Mayo ay. belong to him and Miss Water- Confirms Appointments of Gov ernor Craig To State Institutions WILL ADJOURN TUESDAY Roll Call Yesterday Assures Presence of Forty-one Sen ators Without Pay Until The End; Senate Will Appoint Committee . To Attend Gra ham Inauguration .Hard grinding routine haracter ized the seasioiuf ,f the Senate yeeter veeterday. Facing the week with a calendar cl, -sired . obstructed and oth erwise overcrowded by bills, local and nubile, that-lxslv ibterntihed to make ay while the 1,-glslatlve sun shines. Three sewhme em I'ndav and three sessions on Saturday with little elee than sctual work were the results Pefore adjourn inrnt of the after noon sesion vesterdav the "roll was called to tmd what-Sentrs- wlH-e ready to .mswer n Mondav morning when the official pay of the inenbers of the legislature shall have ceaned. Forty-one Seriafe--answ-ied In the sftlrmative I'rom present outlook ftheN Senate sill have complete1 its work by Tuesday at the very longest, and moet of the Senators are looking fr adjo'ignnieni tfh-tbwl ife 6te-liins llebt The fealure i4 (W session yesterdsj -montf ng w . rh rn firm a ttcm -ttjr-t he Senate of Ihe, Governor a appointment of directors of t be state institutions, For this Ihe lod went Into executive session. Tbe aooiritme'nts confirmed were ss follows Stste School f.T the Rlind: C. K. Unetierry. Hertford county; J. T. Fin ley, of Wtkes county; C. 'B. F.dwarda of Wake county, to succeed J T. Nichols: M, 1. Kesler. of "Thomss?v41le, to succeed Archibald Johnson. State llnspitaf at Ooldshoro: Dr. J. O. Anderson. fSreene county; J. A. Heaman. Rampson county; Dr. J. T. Hocard. Pender county. Members Hoard (f Agrhulture:Wm. Bledsoe. Kighth District: R. W. Pcott. Fifth District ; C, W. Mitchell. Third District. ir Directors MorcalMon Hospital: Heriot t.Tarkt.n. Mecklenburg: ('has. M at hesan." Alexander; and Dr.' L. N. Glenn, tia'iton county. North Carolina School for Deaf: Archibald Johnson, of Davidson coun ty, to succeed J. II. Mock; ev. J. tfc, Atkinson, of Alamance, to succeed M. H- Hoh deceased . - - i t- fttate 'Hospital at Raleigh: Dr. T. W. M Long of Halifax county ; .W. It. Williams. ,of Beaufort county; and B. ' B. Adams, of Johnston county, to suc- I ceed E,-6. Moora. . ' - .- - - ..(Continued on Page Twe ) . sa n ' ' "Uik SENATE GRINDS OUT MEASURES bury. Another woman ' the'; mother of the third. Mayo's confession brings him out a a striking figure In the mysteri. al though at the time of Miss Cook's iisappearanoe he waa on a trip to I'lulHdelphla and Washington. He claim that Mils Cook has had no kno'wjedgt "t hl" dual life and Is pt -fecUy in'" c. ,-t of anything that may ;ild of her. The-simple chrnnolbgy of events In the refuted lives of Mrs Dudley and. Lillian Cook are these: It was four years ago that Miss Wafers or Wuterbury, Mayo's stenog raliher. went lo live In the Brooklyn house as Mrs. Dudley. Three ears ago j Lillian Cook waa employed as (uusrai cirl or , 1 r luU.lt, was a-year ago- that Lillian went to work ss a tcnograier In the New Haven factory, going to live at the .T. W. C. . and ptijlng. S4.S(t a week for room end !nm l.llhan disappeared Thursday. February 25. and It was not until Tuesday. March 2. that her father reported her disappearance. ROUSE GIVES VETS LARGER PENSIONS Sixtieth . Day of Assembly Marked By Little Business of Importance REVISE PROCEDURE SYSTEM Last Day of Session For,WWch Members Draw Pay; Major ' ity Will Remain Until Middle of Next Week; Three Meas . urts of General Interest , Passed Hxcept for the debatu. ,,n the pri trVar Oil! the proceedings' of the' six tieth and last constitutional day of the Mouse w:u featureless. It was the l.iM !; s.sslon at which members draw pay. but .the 11. turn lias not yet finished its lattnrs and will lie with the inutile for a day or so this wttk Those members ho atay afoi partici pate in the pr.M'ecdings. and a major ity ef them will e I it . will be here tJ t i heir own expense, t,ut t-eliiK patriotic ge nV le toe rt , li a vin.n tbe H fiirt ...f (he cominonweaitb st betirt they .lo jiot wind the exfrfi cvpt-iise ..f a., f-w days. I. which they will be p'.ll. jlicvlsc sstcm it lTtMnlHre. A l.ill Wifj passed f)"ro-idnir for the appnJ.iiient .if ij commission to re vise' the syst ni of procedure of ihe State. The appointment .if the cotn inissl.in Is In the hands of the Uover nor Hiid Is to -nff--i1oiitposeii--TnT-rme--tTf .Ihe Supreme Court Justices, a .ludre of .the superior court4: two att..rr"vs fqsfr'nKyivi(i?r. xaTivr6piiWn s?arried in the bill t'onfirtlrrsto Kcnsloiis Increased. ' An increaseof four dollars antiusl ly is given-the Confederate pensioners of the State by a bill which passed the House at the morning session I'ensmrers of the first rlasa will here after receive under the provisions ot this bill S"6. second: class. SS4: third class. 152: and fourth class 12$ an nually. The widows of Confederate veterans are vnBded t the fourth class The bill does not apply to sol diers or widows worth IS'ie " and alkive. Mr. "Freeman of Richmond, made an Ineffectual effort to get through an amendmenr to place, on the rolls indigent, widows of soldiers who msrrled after the year 188. He was supported in his fight by itepre sen tat Ives Laughlnghouse and Doug lass. " Kvsmi nations For laiw Llcmne. Anuother lniportaa.t bill to those. Who intend to take up the practice of law in the Ktate is that which pro vides that hereafter a committee rronvthe North Carolina Bar Aaocla tion will in- this futur conduct th ex aminatinna tt- applicants for license, to practice Ta 1ft lhtMtrWTorth Carolina. This relieves the Supreme Court from hkvlng to give these semi afinuai. xamlnaiiona.- Tha committee (gontiuued on. I'M, Three.) .,-1 ..I. DARDANELLES BOMBARDMENT INCREASES IN FURY AND EFFECT AS ALLIED FLEET IS ENLARGED . Three Monster Ships of England Shell Strongest Fortress on the Narrows From the European Side, While Aeroplanes Find the flange; Duel - at Distance of Over Twenty Miles East In- dies Fleet Joins Great Squadrons Previously Gained---Whole Turkish Coast Baptized in 1 Fire. . , i By the Associated Press.) . Liini'in c:i: IT. r ' 1 Much 8 British battleships. Queen Elisabeth an Prince George, and the buttle cruiser. Inflexible, with their eight fifteen-Inch :.nl (heir doxen twelve-inch guns, yesterday attacked the principal forts On ' Ihe KiiropeaH side of the harrow In the Dardanelles. Two of the forts www ' uHiiiiiK. il and the mugiizlne of a third was blown up. Guarding; the narrow, .it purl of the strait from the Kufopean side, they are believed to be tha " ... ... ..!. f..srj .it. t tii the '.iWlle lnwiHv"'Hlu.rt thg--Taty -atsr-e- j-.i.-.i'". ....... i .juiii ttieni ROB PflSTOFFICE AT Third. Time -in Four Months. $3,000in Stamps and $100 in Money Gone NO CLUE TO IDENTITY Combination of Safe Knocked OH and Nitro-Glycerine Poured Into Hole Thus Made Job One of The Most Complete-in Durham Section in The Last Year (Spelsl w Th Nuts Ml Oi f.r.l Durham, Mar. . For the third time wtthln the last four luonttw tha poatofltre' at' West Durham was robbed last night ani about SS.000 worth of stamps and JlOO In money was se cured b the man or men who broke Into this station of i'nele Sam. The door of ihe safe was blown complete!) oft :ind across Ihe room of the building. The Inner door of the safe was also completely smash ed so It was poatdhle for the robbers to get Inlo the interior and loot the office of everything In the wy of a valuable. 11 is said (hat the same horse blankets were Used by the robbers that, was used a month tufa when the door of the sat- was blown. These blankets were Htolen from the resi dence f.f one of the citizens of West Durham , - j.V7w u.(,s Urtou-o f.f the ronherv till earlv tTiisr morning when the clerk nt the ol!l o reportil for work. She had been notified by sohm.of the .rii' risers on their way l tne mtii 1ST DURHAM lliHt the olflce had been tamiiereuVJ.,,, rnnt tnue(j steadily.' Meanwhile with , As before the robbers have not lert a' si'mMe clue thai will indicate who robbed the office, though the Indica tions arc (hat Ihe same set of rob bers went in lust night that have pre viously looted the place The combination of the safe was knocked off and the nitrogiycerlno was poured into the hole left by the emblnltn. Then all the cracks In .i..r r .hi. xitfe was Toscd with Mil The iob waa .me of the most I complete th.it has been Seported In this section, of the country since th! bank, at Hltieboro was robbed more than a year iibo- ' ' The force of the exi.loslon w:is such that much of the plastering was Jar red from .the walls of the building. Knlratice to the main office of the poet office wns easily gamed. Th lob by W left open ill rina ihe night and a simple plcUir.a of the lock made K easy to, tret i nt . . the wrk room, and friiiii there to Hi ..Hire of the post master. May liatrtc-f l There i a treat deal of sentiment in fir. or uf charrglnif the ple of the postolllce in vfcut Durham. At the i;resetit time It Is located several hun dred yards from the main business section of the town und is isolated from the t-esi.bntal -district. A -robber can work il hou' the slightest "Jajicr ofbelmrJheapl. for I ho people of West Durham "to to bed itrty 111 the evniiiK. mid wn uf them sleep mt aha.. jiualiullce. J-hC.-lsteiL"!!?!? and the postollb-e Inspector are hiak in an investlKation but they have Hot found out a thing that promises to reveal the n. litters. ' ' In Dying .fondltlim on Kallrosd. t'onsiderable excitement was caus ed this nf'crnoon by the finding of an old man. Jr. Charles H Franklin, in apparently' a dying condition on the Norfolk, and Western road In the northern section of the town- The police station was communicated with and when officers and in automobile; reached the spot the old man seem ed to be dying.' . .. ' He was immediately rushed, to the police station and 'a physician sum moned, but he died a few minutes after he had gotten into the station. There Is no evidence of foul play. The belief I ,tha t e w as very sick and died front-R5rural causes. He drinks sometime but there are no In dications that he .was drunk at tha time of his death. ' - He was carried to the place where he was fdunujb a hackmatJ. Who has not yet been f-ound. Whether or not he had anything to do with the old man's condition is- not known, ... PANAMA EXrWtlTIOWg SOW.OPBW Sas rrsselsee Bsa Dieg. " The rhesnneiike Ohio Rsllwxy offer very low rates. Many variable roqtca, rnr fnlf Information wriiv tf bv. s j, vim.' .v. , A., likbrnouU. A4. . -..m.,.., A(,u, uiijviie SIIIHW iOns fort, . indicated on tha - aS " mlralty maps as "L' has two four- en-ln-ii guns -that rould ' searoely reach the Queen Elizabeth which " fired twenty-nine rounda from her fifteen-inch weapons by indirect 'flrs and had the advantage of aeroplanes to aid her gunners. The other two forts have three eleven-Inch (una and -some smaller cannon. Cruisers continue attacks on tha ' fortifications along the coast of Asia Minor, from Heslka. near the entrsnca to the Dardanelles, to Smyrna, doubt less to prevent reinforcements belnr sent to the straits 'where there are many Turkish trqops wtth whom the marines landed to complete deatrue. Hon of forts at the entrance to tha stra.Ua. have been in contact. It waa hi the land lighting that tha allies suffered casualties, according to tha British report, of nineteen killed, twenty-five wounded, and three miss ing. The Turks, however, place the , British casualties at a higher figure. ' Tonight's admiralty dispatch dls- -closed that the Kast Indies fleet under V Ice-A dmtral St r Kiehard Pierce, has -joined the allied fleet and bombarded the fortifications or Smyrna, which wure seriously damaged. Un Wednesday the ships continued the bombardment of "fort Dardanos. . l.pn the Asiatic side ef tha DardaiMiles. i 'ostroyers and mine sweepers are clearing tsa. ouiar straits af mines, - ren : sjh Ipa -are keepinr ttp a hont- btodineot from the Gulf of Saroa. The Admiralty Atvxiunt. The following announcement con cerning the operations of the British , fleet which la attacking the Dardan elles, in co-opemtton with French warships, was made tonight by the admiralty: "Further reports have now been received from Vice-Admdral Carden concerning- the operattntfla on March 3d. and Vubeeuuenl days. "No action was possible on the third until Z p. m . when, although the weather was still unfavorable, the Irresistible, Albion. I'rlnce Oeorga, and Triumph, resumed the attach on -Fort-J)ardano and the concealed guna In this neighborhood. These went less sctive than before and were dealt with -by the ships with more certainty. "A useful seaplane reconnotsanca located several encampments and two permanent batteries. Turks Are llaiurlna; Around. "On March 4th, , the weather be. came fine and sweeping, and tha bombarding operations .within the demolition parties, covered by detach ments of the marine brigade of tha royal navy division, were landed at Kum Kaleh and Seddll-Bahr W ((. tlnue the clearance of ground at tha entrance to the straits. The party at Keddll-Bahr discovered and destroy ed four Nordenfeldta, Home skirmish. Ing ensued on both banks and tha enemy was found to be holding vil lages in force. ""Oh this day also, furthet down tU coaat. the Sapphire silenced a ... battery of field guns north of Diklli. in the Gulf of Adramyti and the de-" fenses of Heslka were showered by the I'rlnce George. "The following: casualties were eue tained on. the fourth: IS killed, threw missing, 25 wounded. "tin March 6 the attack was begun by Indirect fire from the Queen EHsa- . beth upon the defenses at tha nar rows. This attack w as supported In -dealing with the howitzers, by tha Indexible anK$he Prince George. Tha fire - was confined to Forts Uumltieh. MeJIdithrflamadich No. I and Nam- : azish, which are armed as follows: "Fort J two U Inch gtmaJour t.4 inch, five I I inch. Fort 4 two 12 inch, - Fitrt T. oe 11 Inch, one It." Inch eleven S.4 inch, three S.3 inch, three 6. if Inch ' yueen Fliiaheth in Action, r ' "The -tjueen Klizabeth flrodJS rounds with satisfaeVory reaulta. The miitati In Pitrt I. which is Sffl llW- I portant furt armed with the beet and heaviest w, blew tip. 1 otner forts were damaged. ' "The fire of the Inflexible and " 'I'rlnce George waa observed from In- -side, the Dardanelles by the Irresist ible, fanopus, Cornwallls and Albion. Although these vessels were much fired at. by concealed guns they were not hit. "The Sapphire again fired on troops In the neighborhood of Ahe Gulf ol -Adrmyti an destroyed a military station a Tuiburna. Smyrna is fioenbsunted. "On March 5th. I also, the mander In chief of the East l-ndiea. Vice Admiral Sir Richard inerca. ar-t rived .with a squadron of battleships and cruiser off Symrna. A methoOi cai bombardment of Forf - Yenickakl was carried out during the afternoon . for two hours under favorable weath er condltlona. Thirty-two hits were , scored, inflicting considerable damage on the fort and there were two heavy explosions, apparently magaxineta, "The Euryalua. which new tha flag of the vice-admiral, shot with re-, markablo accuracy from her after. S I guns., "The lira was not returned 'bombardments at closer range hat now begun, weehVrcopdfUona being good. -' - "Peductlon of tha Smyrna, defsrua (ConUnuaa w Jaa Twa.-- .
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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