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RALEIGH, N. G. MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1915.
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Dr; Morris M. Caldwell,
1H. Bomemann and Chief Engineer Harwell
Meet Death in
,WERE CROSSING RIVER IN
SMALL MOTOR CRAFT
Dr.' Caldwell Good Swimmer
. and Thought To Have tost
Life Trying To Save Brother.
' Tragedy Casts Gloom Over
, Entire ; Community; ; Large
Number of Boats Engaged
. AH Oay Yesterday Dragging
' ' River in Vain For The Bodies.
Both Physicians Well Known
; andPopular-:-.
m Cp Twtr Htot ,idrf aaothw
hat nldaUSit. bw pr. Xenrli , 1L
Cl(JwH, Ma bnMhw. Mr. CtaO C&ld
' wn, t Kw Terk. who -w TlalUnc
kiM, Dtl.R BerawMU, a4 CUM
KnattaMT BrU, of tk O.iiim
.-. Th. nnil bwUt fcaat te vMcfc. tkar
aroaatar Ik lhw to Ttatt tha
two lilarait Pawn 'fa mara, Uw
; Nlimria. aad tha KMralai4 ta mid
atraua opposite tha foot of Or
JCndnaar JUtmaaa, of tha
th llfth mxmh.
tbo paity.' tha only on. to ha
aawaC Ha to a ood nrlmaMr, aad
fach4 aoma plHng which ha dwBf
to ntU Captain Hotteaeh, of tha
Nlcajta, ta raapoaaa to caJla for balp,
went to hto aaatstaaoa to a
X AKhovch. tha riw baa boan thor
oughly ran' for wi.il blocks and
uchlf pu-tios hava kMC out all
day. Boa. of tha hedlaa ha, fat hoa
; ' Dr.- OaloNnlr had- Hi mw had
,' Mr. CatdwaO war. oaatod In tha atars
' of th. boat. Th boat u low dowa
ta th. watar and th aUfhtaat tUt
woald ha, aaoaad It to taaa ta watw.
' It la thought thai on of th. nn rat
: od op, eanatoa' th boat to dip. Ow
t ln to th. waisht of .naiaa and amaH
alia of tha eratw a llttla watw oauwd
It to m to th. bottoa Inataatly.
. Dr. Caldwell wu a rood iwlmmor
aa all-round auueta. ana U la
thoaaht that ha eauot havo loot hto
" III. la an affort to aaro hto broth.r,
. who could mot awtm. Dr. Bornatnaan
atoo could awta, but anloaa oa. owtms
with tha ca.rr.nt ta th. rlTor it to
. Impoaalbla for him to maka any haad
way.
OoaBnualtr la Glooaa
. Tha trajMKjr baa cast a aloom oror
. th mttlra community. Thooaanda of
.--aaoala Maod thai rtrar front all day.
walchlna tha lara iitmbtr of boata
." rayaaad ta dranrtnc th rtw for th.
hodiM. ' Both, phyaldana war. wall
kaowa and popular. , Dr. Caldw.ll
waa roaldest phyalchui of th. 8a-
hoard Air Una and waa foraTryraT
.. yara au pari n tend ot of th. Jam
Walkr MMnortal Hoapltal. For aoma
jtiwi ha haa bN anaacd la prlrat.
practleo and had on. of th. boat
.. .quipped odloaa la tha ttata, and hto
praetlo war probably thalaxract of
any phyaiciaa In Wllmlnntoa. He wai
. a mam bar er tha liaaoalo Order, Th.
Elka Royal Aroaaum, aad probably
. -other fratarnltiaa. H. came orlai-
nally from Cabarrua oounty. wher hi a
; family to promlamt. Dr. Caldw.il
araduated at DaTldaon Collar, and
, at a medical eolleara In Philadelphia,
Hto wife, who waa httoa Harea, of
" Peanaytwanla, and two Httlo chlldrea
v ourylaav
Br. Bornoaiaaa waa aaalstant to the
rhlaf eurreoa of th Atlaatto Coast
' Un aad waa atoo a mam bar of city
- rtrll aerrlc oomntosloa of wllmlna
. ton. ' SurrtYlnr aro hia paranta, Mr.
" aad Mra I. H. Boraomaaa. and aaT-.-
v oral brothara and atolata. . Dr. Borna
' anaaa waa a traduat. of tha UalTr
aity of North Carolina aad th. Jef
ferson Medical Col lore. H. was a
member of th Elk a aad no widely
kaowa and well liked.
- Th. ehtof engineer of th Kloaria
- leaves a wife and chlldrea In his aa--
ttTttaad.T Ife has been la Wlladha
1 ton a yar with th "steansr.
Dr. Caldwell aad Dr. Charles T.
' Harper, asetotaat euryeoa of th. Sea
boardi were to bar. beao th. anter
talninc hosts next week -of the Bra
board aarcwona at Wrlrhtsvills Beuh
Dr. Harper had an acut attack of
' appandkcltla a few days am and had
ta be operated apoaw He will not be
out In tint for th mestlns. H la
' considered an anusnal coincidence
that something should bar. happened
to both of them.! , . j
' ADAM WINEGAND DROWNED
. m masohboro sound
Cot Beyond Hla Der aad Beraas
la aa uon to ear. a
Wilmlngtoa. Aug. t Adam T.
Wlnesaad. a young maa holding a
position with tha Atlantic. Coast Lin
her waa drowned at ' Maeoabor
tioend at aim o'clock this afteraoon.
In as effort t. aav. a companion, Carl
Ktrusk, who had got beyond hto depth
and become exhausted.
Strunck floated until h could be
rearuedi Wlnegand's body reaialaed
under water tar three .quarters of aa
hoor befnr. It was recovered.
-The ptimKor was used for two
hours, but there was a spark of life
laft There wer. thre. yeun men la
hAihlne. the third being WlUle reehav
1 he bedr of Winr"J wtll be srnt to
f firmer home at Wf;kabe.rre, Fa..
tomorrow "or burlai. The yotms maa
I as been living her. about a year.
tlell Caldwell, Dr. J.
the Cape Fear.
conn
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Japanese Statesman at Re
quest of Emperor Decides To
Remain Irt Office '
PERSONNEL IS ANNOUNCED
The Association of Okuma's
Supporters Has Sent Out
Circulars Urging Support
For The Premier On Ground
.That Ideal Is To Make Japan
' Nation of First Rank
( bm asusm M.
Tokio. Aur- I. Premier Count
Okama Ttrtually has decided at tho
request of tha Emperor to remain la
office, aad haa arranved tha following-
oabtast:
Prarnler. Count Bhlrenbu Ohuma.
FarlaB. Affalra, Count Bhtovabou
Flnaae. Tokttoahl Takototnl. "
Maria. Vice Admiral Toatosaburo
Kato.
War. Li su tenant General Iehiao.uk
Oka. V
Justice. Tuklo Osakt.
Com munlcat tone, Kataundo Minou-
ra, or Vlsoouat Maaakata Bsacoko.
Comm.ro. and Airtcultur. Hlron
aka Koao. .
Bdaeatloa, 8. Takata.
Interior. Kltokur IohlU.
Th. aasnaiDtl.a by Count Oku ma of
ta foralrn ministry, alter Kato naa
dsonned to retain that portfolio la to
bo temporary, pending selection of a
pai tanent auaistsr.
Premier Okuma's doolstoa to i
mala la office waa eontlarent upon th.
enetruetlon . of a cabinet aoaeptablo
hkir." Th aaaooaUoA ot jQhuma
supporters, haa aent out circular! urn
la aupport for the premier oa the
round that hto Ideal la te make
Japaa a nation of foremost rank, ca
pabl. of . competlnr with taa most
-CContinuod on Far. Two.)
4.
ChristTs Teachings Wholly
Against It, Claimed InGuin
""TdrTJollegeJdresse
taltlsl lTbWee aad Otiaisl.'
Onllfordpoliega Aug. (.-Today's
sctlTltles of th visitor to yearly
meeting' commenced with Sunday
school, various classes meeting In th.
reral buildings of th. college.
Tho Usual claae for men only, met
In Memorial Hall and took up the
war question from a Christian stand
point. Dr. Tomtinsea, of Philadel
phia, referred to Christ's teaching
and showed that la tha event of war
Christiana Ilka Christ most refrain
from killing voluntarily or knowing
ly at all basards If to avoid doing so
they lose their owa Urea.
Rot. W. W. HeVUand, of Fhllads
phla read from tho Bible In Matthew
1 LAKa. clear' statements utterly
opposed to war aad the spirit of war
aad he read, strong utterances from
Vr. wm. BpervT, cngregauonalist.
of Boston. Rev, Frank Craaa, a
pronwnent Methodist minister, and)
Prof. Shatter Matthsws of th Univer
sity of Chicago, aad others not Quak
ers, ahowins that Christianity haa a
clearv testimony era! net all war (rom
ml nest Chnetlans. , " .
Rev. Robert Ktmklns. lot - from
Chtn. said In ths changing from th
old Chinese dynasty to tho present
form . eu rsfmnueea- - government ae
was surrounded by th ftory mobs of
the contending sides la eminent peril,
ws neutral, opposed t both armed,
siad, warring elements but waa an
harmed, that ha expects te return te
China as a missionary with his wife
right Into tho midst of similar up
rtolngs. Hs said he would not kill
a man for the purpose of saving his
m are. -
Dr. gytvester Ncwtln. of- High
Point. Breached te a pecked audteaoe
la the church en Tor me te live to
Christ, hut o die to to gala"
To as other audience equal la etas
sad m all other respects. Rev. W. W.
HsTiland, f Philadelphia, preached
from the text, "Let ae draw near
with a tree heart In fall aasurane of
faith having our hearts sprinkled
from aa evil conscience, and- our
bed tea washed with-pure esee,"
In the afternee both auditoriums
were pecked. Rev. Adalbert 'Wood, of
New Hampshire, preach ed la on and
Prof. V. aide Weedy, of Ohio, la the
other. . ; . - -
Great crowds were fat atteadaaoa
sad good order prevailed ssi j ejhei.
oa the promt aad la the eharchea
People from Greensboro, High Point,
Thomasvlllo, Ashebero, Winston -81-em.
Bummerfleld. Jamestown, Jleida
vtlto aad elsewhere ware present.
HdAIX FIRS AT GRXXSTttXA
u OreenvUle. Aug. I The ' boiler
hoass ef the Greenville Cwwpetas
Company was burned esxry this wei u
Inc Ths lire department responded
promptly and connned tha flames to
the boiler house..
JAMES GAB ET
FRIEfJDS VOICE
HATRED OF WAR
Paymaster: Morris of Cruiser
. Washington, In Charge at
Cajje HaKien
RESTORING CITY RULE
Business Conditions Improving
Gunboat Word Alexis Arrives
at Port Au Prince With 800
' Disarmed ;Haltien Soldiers
, Who Are Escorted To Homes
By American Marines
Wash in (ton. Aug;. (.Bear Admiral
Capertoa, oommaadlng th American
naval forces ta Haiti reported to
night that he had taksa over tho ad
ministration of ths customs ufftoa at
Capo Haitian, and had placed pay.
master Charles Morris of tho crulset
Washington tsraporarily In charge.
No maatioa was mads of the -reported
sehrare of tho customs office at
Fort Aa Prince.
Business conditions fa Caps Haitian,
tha dtepatch said, ware Improving, aad
there waa aa apparent disposition
among ths natives to aupport the
city government being reorganised by
Admiral CapeKon.
Tho admiral's dispatch reported the
antral of tho Haitlea gunboat Nord
Alexia at Port An Prince with tit dis
armed Haitian soldiers who '
assort to their home by American
marines after pledging themselves te
seep the peace.
Foattwmo Ctootlom of President.
Port An Prince,. Aug. I. Election
of a president to succeed Vtlbrun Oull
taume, who was shot to death hy a
mob of revolutionists July If, has
been postponed Indefinitely. Th.
lection was to have taken plaoe to-
Tho American naval forces today
suppressed some disorder by brigands
at Croix Des Bouquets, near port Au
Prlnoa. Th. chief of the brigand
band waa eantured and Disced en
board th United Btatss cruiser Wash
ington.
Other disorders ar reported al M.
Mar and Aux Cayea, but details are
tacking. Vv-. '-if ...
v.Th AdmlraJ advlse4.th-Kavy De
partment itdit ladedstts paetpusamsat
ef tho presidential election was de
cided on because th time was dssmsd
Inopportune for political eaoltement.
The admiral said conditions In the
Island republic wore improving aa a
' (Continued en Pago Two.)
V.
Carry on Business
4 1-2 Minutes
Out of Every Five.
Dunkirk People Take To
Cellars Just Before Firing
Flanders
(Br as inn ami rwatl,
Dunkirk. Francs. July II. Cor
respondence of the Assd Prees.)
The bombardment f Dunkirk by the
Great German gun operating from
Flanders permits the oerrylng oa of
business here only four and a bait
minutes out of every five.
Only ono gun la being used, 'the
shells corns regularly every Ave rain-
ate The people take a7Mtag of
tho Intervals between to transact bus
mess, allowing themselves about half
a minute to. make for their cellar -
In th general poetofftoe, for- In
stance, four and a half minutes after
the explosion of the, first shell, clerk
aad applicants for mail disappear to
gether for th. basement. . Aftar the
expected shall sxplodes they cam. oat
again, and business goes oa ah usual
until It la Urns to run agaia to safety.
WISE AND SPERRY FOR .
NAVY ADVISORY BOARD
New Tork, Aug. I Th Amerlcaa
ootety of Aeranautlo . Engineers to
eight aaaouhead tho appointment of
uenry A. wise wood, ita oresidsat.
aad Elmer A, Sperry, Ita vtoe-pesst-
asat, as members or the navy advisory
board of Inventors.
A speaial eommrttee subdivided Into
three groups was appointed by the
Secretary of State to cooperate with
Mr. Wood aad Mr. 8 perry. The group
aad members are: Theory aad ooa
structlon of aeroplanes aad asronaatt-
eal motors. Oreille Wrurht. Olenn H.
Curtlaa, W. Starling Bnrgaaa, aad
Chs. H. Manly; applieatioa of air
craft for warfare: Peter Cooper Hew-
nt, joaa tiays tiammona, jr aad
Joseph A Btelnmets; dlrlslble bai
lootis aad parachutes. Thomas . H.
Baldwla. A. lo 0tevena Ralnh H.
t'peoa sad Raymond B. Price.
nr. wood aad Mr. B perry have re-
oelved several medals B reoornltloa
of their work as eHeatlna en si near
TWO STEALERS AND
TRAWLER SUBMARINED
Ijondoa. Aug, i. tJorde announsea
that ths British steamer Olenravel, the
Swedish steamer llalmland. and th
trawler Ocean Qseea have been sunk.
Ths Brew ail were saved.
Ths ' Olenravel, tnna was
owned ta Belfast and tho MaloUaad,
1.T7S tons, in uowenourg. .
RUSSIA WELL FED
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Teutons Made Colossal Prep
arations For.Supplying Sol
V, diers With Food,
THREE WARM MEALS A DAY
Great Herds of Cattle Are
Driven Behind The Advanc-
. ing Troops;-pailroads Were
Speedily Reopened, Solving
The Problenyof Forwarding
Soldiers j
Ow Oa
Berlin. Aug. .-By wireless I to
BayvlUe.) A deeerlptloa of th con
ditions sudor which the Teutons are
advancing through devastated Poland
was given out today by the Oversee
Agency.
Th cofloesai .ace! on which ar
rangements wsrs made to supply the
srmte caused a feneatlon In the
towns evacuated hi ths Ruaslaas
says the statement, "hundreds of
thousands of troops between tho Vis
tula and ths Bug, ar being fed as
watt aa If they were at home. Th
men reostvo three warm meals daily.
Great herds of cattle are driven be
hind the advancing treop Millions
of bottles of mineral water are dis
tributed. "The railroads were reopened
speedily, solving th problem of re
storing fact litis fer farwardlag
troop. Th furnishing of supplies to
ths mea has been aeeompllshsd not
withstanding that ths Russians re
moved all aueh supplies aad set fir
to villages before ths retreated.
Ths only repreaeirtstlves of neu
tral eouatrtos remaining at - their
poets at Warsaw ar those of the
United States and Norway. Attempts
have besa made to organise bands of
marauder from ths lower rlasen
Prince Leopold of Bavaria re
ceived a tremendous ovatloa when hs
sntered Warsaw. Cltlasas of neutral
countries parttoularly Amerioaa neve-
paper correspondent participated InJ
the celebration- Crowds rreeted th
Germans aa liberators. The people
disregarded orders to leave the town
before Its evacuation. Peasants -driv
en lnte Warsaw byths Russiaaa have
been sent, back to their home ii
'"Thara-Wana'Bhnl'.r luu a i
futar rejoicing whea the. Cermsaa ac
tum ed ivtmgored aad Iublln - where
larg stores of. flour and other ma
terials fell Into the hands of ths eon
quorers. Ths Germans promised that
ths nsw reglms would be mild, pro
vided the people obeyed police regu-
MEXICAN BANDITS AND
TEXAS RANGERS BATTLE
. (sr SM in am raa).
Brownsvtlla, Tex.. Aug. I. Mexican
sutlaws enraged la tw battles with
Texas Rasrere aad oounty officers to
aight near Nortaa, .Tsxsa. I mi lee
north of Brownsville, according to re
ports received here. - The telegraph
operator at Norias has sent oat a call
tor help. ' Reeulta of ths fighting ars
not known here.
A special train which laft here for
Norias earlier In the day with ranger
aad oounty officers returned tonight
aad Immediately was started back to
Norias. It will stop at Hcrllngen to
take on a detachment ef United
Btatss soldier.
It was announced at Fort Brown,
near here, that four companies of
United States Infantry were being
rushed to Norias from Fort Mcintosh.
an army post near lareao.
Owtlan, aad Baachmsa Fight
Corpus Christie, Tx Aug. I. Ac
cording to meager reports' her th.
fighting at Norias, which continues
late tonight to being waged between
thirty Mexican outlaws and fourteen
ranchmen. Six Mexicans already have
oeen aiuea, according to these re
Ports and three of the Americans
wounded.
It la said that the bandit earlv to
day raided a ranch taking horse,
provisions and several rifle Later
they returned, aad a pitched . battle
waa begun, the fourteen Americana
Darncaaing themselves in ths ranch
hoses. They telephoned . Eierltn.
Krovnevllle and Klnesvlll for helo.
fchorUy afterward the Mexicans out
tho wKea. .,.
'A special train waa started from
naxtta, carrying aid to the raachaM
Troon A. Third TT. S. Cnvnlrv ma
ordered tohirht to leave at 4 e'nlock
for the nolthera part of Cameron
county. It m reported th Mexlcaas
attacking Kotlas ranch. - aumbered
ruiiy its. . ; 4. .
Bhertff A. F. Baksr. of Hidelra.
tonight waa quoted as saying s9
Mexicans had croa wd ths Rio Omnde
from Mexico, flfty-flv miles West of
urownsvtlls and were travail nr aver
ciua.go county ana were traveling la
parties oi tares ana lour, apparently
making their way to aoma concentrat
ing point. - . - y :- -
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD
KILLED BY ROAD MACHINE
Palmer HalL of Btrardaghaaa, Meets
ttotrat DenUi oa th Moauat Airy
aad rjobeosi Highway, t
. tajaSat s lh haas wd Obajnarl. ' '
Mount Airy. Aug. A Ihtal aoet-
dsat oocorred oa tha Mount VAJry aad
Dobsoa highway yesterday trncrsing
whs Palmer Halt of Birmln'tham, a
14-year-old boy. fsU off the seatof
a scraper, became .entangled Vn the
machinery ana was run ever, h skull
bslng eruabed. lis was Tuah.to a
heepitrJ ta this City, but exDiiW. eoon
after srrtvaL Ths body was sent te
Blrmlnrham, wher th boy' wi.m.d
moiner uvea, . i t
No Financial Hans - For Sup
porting a Mexican Govern
ment Considered
SILENT AS TO FEATURES
Secretary Said Principal Pur
. pose of Visit Was Concern
ing Financial Arrangements
For Pan-American Financia
Congress To Be Held at
Buenos Aires
Washington. D. C. Aug. I. Ths
Paa-Amsriran conference Initiated
here tost week to devise g plan tor re
stating government in Mexico, prob
ably will be resumed In Nsw Terk
next Wednesday.
Secretary Lansing mads this Sn-
aouncement tonight on hi return
from New Tork where he conferred
with Secretary McAdoo oa Mexican
affairs and ths co-operation of ths
United States and Latin republics -to
nd the factional strtf. -"Wi
talked of tha Mexican situa
tion,- mid Secretary Lansing, "but
w did hot con aider any financial
plan for supporting a Mexican gov
ernment- The principal purpose of
my visit waa to talk with Mr. McAdoo
concerning financial arrangements
cor the Pan-American financial con
gress to be held at Buenos Ayrea la
September. 'There to considerable
preliminary work to be done la eon
sect ton with that."
Asked whea ths conference n
Mexioo. which recessed her. Friday
night, would be resumed. Mr. Lansing
mid:
"It will be resumed early this
week.- probably Wednesday, - to -New
Tork,"
No So ftansTaln.
iAdmlalstraUon officials who have
predicted aa early peeve parley be
tween Mexican factions were not so
sanguine today. Reports from Mex
ico City that General carransa had
ordered Dr. Juaa J. Ortega, tha Gua
temalan minister, to leave tho coun
try wtthla twenty-four hours were
responsible for this change la mind.
Guatemala to repreeeatsd .In the
Latin-Americaa conference, and Car
ransa s drastio action to ' regarded
here hs Indicating a disposition of
Snmsnannesw toward the ooneerewna.
rt era's forced departure -front Ms
lc together with the departure ef
M, corn naa.' the urasinaa minlstsr,
will leave In the Mexican capital as
diplomatic repreeentntlves of ths
seven nations participating la th.
(Continued on Pago Two.)
Noah, Not Adam
And Eve Blamed
For Fall of Man.
So Says Writing On Tablet
According To Transla
tion of Dr. Stephen
Langdon
(t e in nl in rnal.
Philadelphia. Pa.. Aug. I Nosh,
not Adam and Ere, brought about
th. fall of man. according to a trans
lation of a tablet now In tha Univer
sity of Pennsylvania Museum. Aa
announcement to that effect, mads
today by ' museum off! dais aaid ths
tablet, written before the days of
Abraham and translated by Mr. Steven
Langdoa, professor of Assyrlology in
Oxford University, England, recorded
that Noah was ordered not to oat of
ths cassia tree In th Oardea of Par
ed las and whea hs disobeyed the
curs fen upon him. Tha euro waa
that h should have 111 health and an
early death teatead of living to be
fifty thousand years old Ilks hto .as
oastors.
. According to th announcement to
day. Mr. Langdoa believes the tablet Is
at toast a thousand years cider than
ins dook or usnosi
GERMANY UADE PEACE
- PROPOSAL TO RUSSIA
ta aw A ii lai i s yvaal.
London, Aug. t. A Reuters' Petro-
grad dispatch says:
Tho Bourse Oasstt learns from aa
unimpeachable souroe that the Oer
maa Emperor made aa offer of peace
to Russia last Weak, through the King
ef Denmark. - The answer sent to the
King stated that th uestloa of peace
negotiation eould sot be raised at
th present time.
DtwwasM la PetroarradL
Patroarad. via London. Aug.
tb report last Germany had mads.
peace propneaie te Russia was cir
culated in official circles here several
dags ago aad was discussed freely In
the lobbies of the duraa. ear the
vernernee vremvs, - '
-We learn on s-ood authoritv " adds
th newspaper. "that Germany
through Denmark proposed t Russia
a separats peace, Russia to receive
uaiacia wail Germany would retain
lbs western district of Poland. A
representative of th ferstga ffles
categorically denied that there eras
th remotest possibility of any peace
negotiation. In the lobbies of the
Duma the proposal was dismissed as
unwertny or seiinus consideration.
, ' 1 - -
Steel Craaa) to Rigts) TsmcL, . -
Km vto Ai III Plant. T" ".'
Chicago. - A us-. I. A hur steel
erase, towed her from Cleveland, ar
rived alongside the atsamer Kestiand
today and prepared to aid la righting
the vernal which capslssd . la tbs
Chicago river two weeks ago with
ths loss f nearly , Uvea,
Sri '
. Mlgwol Diss Leasbsrdo.
Mlsusl Diss Lorn bard a. tninietef of
fereiru affairs la tho cabinet ef Gen
eral Pancho - Villa, I ona of ths
busiest diploiaats Washlrigtoa has ever
kaowa. Tha conference ef rlecretary
ef Stste Levnslng with th six ministers
of Sosih asd- entrmi Altifrtoaji Bas
tions ta onaectioa with the peace
piaa In Mexico has oxcltad bis Inter
act. He Is watching the aetrotlaiions
and will endeavor to protect vtna's in
terests It wss said he had a plan
for peace which he would suggest ts
President Wilson and Mr. Lansing.
12-YEAR-OLD ROY
Charles William Durham Meets
Death When Bicycle and
Car Collide
tsswtel a Tea Beae e4 Oleum
Ashsvtlle. Aug. 8. Charles WU
tism Durham, ths twelve year old son
of Dr. and Mr B. J. Durham, met
Instant death on the street In front
of his home at Woolney this morning.
whsn the bicycle on which he wss rid-
In collided with an automoblls drtv-
sa by Roy Smith. The machine wt-
tbe prooerty of Chamber and weav
er Company, being used as a public
service oar. Ths driver was taxing
Locks Brwin, of Concord, a prominent
cotton mill man of that city to a
natorlum. The child was riding Into
the street from the driveway which
leads from his father's home, and
retainlna- wall la front of ths property
te said to have obstructed bis view of
the machine. - Before either the
chauffeur or the bicyclist could stop,
th blcycls struck th automobile, an j
the rider was thrown over the handle
bar and under the heavy ear. Two
wheela passed over him breaking hla
neck aad hia toft tow. Ths ebauffeur
was taken Into custody by a member
oi the shsritra department but wss re
leased upon bail furnished by ths firm
by which he is employed.
TURKS LOSE SOME
GROUND AT DARDANELLES
: -Jim
Amsterdam. Aug.-1. via London.-
A land and sea attack on th Turkish
posttloa on Gallopoll peninsula I
announced in an official Constantino
ple, communication received her to
day. The Turkish war office admits
the loss of around, but a irt a that la
another sngsgement tho Turk cap
tured some trenches.
The report, whoa date of Issue Is
sot given ears:
yesterday evening . oa th Darda
nelles front In fhs region of Art
Burn our . left wing captured aom
trenches by a surnriss attack and D re
ran tea Dim rrom Bringing up rein
forosmenU. :
la ths a ft em oo a the eaamy. afvST
stent aruiiery B reparation from land
aad see, mad a number of attacks
against ths trenches oa our toft wing.
penetrating a portion or tnem. To
ward svsnln- we reached the rreater
part or tne iqst grouno. .
"Oa ths same day, near Reddul
Bahr, we repulsed the enemy who at
tacked our right wing south of Bacha-
dere." . . -
' Captured Dewprrado Promptly.
EHxnbsth City. Aug. ' fc-Pro"
work en th part of tha police de
partment tost night put behind the
hers Nick Sawyer a Norfolk nee-ro
within five minutes after he had rem-
milted assault with deadly weanoa
upon ths. pereoB of Louis Perry a ne
WM
AUTOMOBILE KILLS
gro Irving here. Perrr to badly sliced
up but the phystcrea save that non
of th wound involve any vital er-
' i . - . . '
But It Is Believed In English
Military Circles That Nich-
olas Can Extricate Army ".
MINOR FORTRESSES TAKEN .
eaensaSaw
Field Marshal Mackensen Is
Being Stubbornly' Resisted
. and Apparently Is Making
Slow Progress; Germans
Gain Minor Successes' In Ar-
gonne Forest
.-m..,
(f Oa i ill Hint hat.
Ieyndoa, Aug. The Germans on
Unua to make progress In an dire.
Uons la th.str efforts to out off th
Ruanajl retreat from Warsaw. ' The
have oommenoed aa attack oa the
fortresses of Kovno and 0owta,
which are iMnn- lh. .w..iu --.
thg lhsm from th railway from War
saw through VHn and Dvlaak to Pet
rograd. They have take the minor
fortress ef Serock. at tho junction of
ths Narew sad the Bug. and have
crossed the Vistula in tho vicinity of
Warsaw; and further south. General
Woyrech Is advancing eastward. Field
Marshal Mackensen Is being stub
bornly resisted aad apparently making
but slow progress.
On th whols. ths daring German
scheme to destroy ths Raasiaa army
before It can retreat to unfolding
slowly, a must be th Case from Its
vary magnitude, with the thre mala
railways, beside those built since the
war. It Is believed In military circle
her that the Grand Duke Nicholas
will be able to xtricate hla Warsaw
army. Tha areata ta tha east how.
ever, will continue to hold the world'a
attention for aom time to oome.
Tha Oer man have gained minor
the army of th Crown Prlnoa ha
been trying for weeks to to And a weak
spot In ths French dsfsnces, but a
German effort te recover lost trench
en the Lingskopf ta fhs Voeges to de
clared to have cost them dearly.
There has been aome heavy fighting
In the Caucasus between tbe Russiaaa
and th Turk, hut official reports are
so contradictory that It la impoaalbla
' wmivw awwr ui euwuunxar .
to going.
Interest continue keen la the dip-1
lomatto nerotlatlon In the Balkan
Reports Indicate that Serbia at last la
willing to cede Macedonia te Bulxarla,
buOhat Greece -m opposing any sug
gestion that shs should give Bulgaria
Kavaia, th seeporf In the Vilayet ef
SalnnikL 'It to thought, however, that
thl opposition may be changed with
Venleelna mimm I. - . -
- - .... . . , V pruww,. M V, W
when tha Greek parliament reas
semblee early In September.
M. Venlselos offered Kavaia to Bul
garla whsn hs waa premier simply la
return for her continued nsutrallty.
whlls Greece went to the assist anc
of ths allies, but King Constantnls put
his foot down on th whole policy, and
the political crisis which resulted in.
tha resignation of Vonlsloo cabinet fol
lowed. ,
Th Petrograd Bourse Oaastta says
Germany has made peace proposal to
Ruasto, but that they were rejected.
There to bo confirmation of thl state
ment. '
Germans Report PrTjgfvJss. t '
Berlin, Aug. I, via London. Fur
ther progress for the Austro-Gsrmaa
forces attsmptlng to cut off the Rus
sian retreat was announced today hy .
th war office. Th statement says
Serock, at ths mouth of th Bug. north
of Warsaw, hss been occupied, forts
near Novoaeorgisvsk have been cap
tured, the Germans havs occupied the
east bank of ths Vistula near War
saw; and, to ths south, the Russians
are being drives back by Field Mar
shal Von Mackanseo.
Minor Guinea Galaa.
Paris, Aug. I. A German attack of
extreme violence In the- V posts to re
ported in today war office statement.
The attack was repulsed, but ths war
office concedes that ml a or German ad
ran tares havs been gained la th Ar
gonna. To Fichang
London, Aug. t Exchange- of In
capacitated Russians aad Oeraiaa
prisoners will begin Thursday. A Co-
Knhagsa dispatch to ths Exchange
legraph says a steamer will sail
rose th Bsitle between Telleborr
aad Bsasnlta, carrying tot prisoners
on each trip.
Th dispatch says oxchang of Ass-
trlaa and Russian prisoners will begin
next month.
British Caawalty List. .
London, July l. Correspondence
of tha Associated Prees. ) Officer -eaaualtv
lists from July II to July t .
show that ths British army lost lit
killed, lit wounded aad 14 missing. .
a total of (. This brings th total
loss of off) oer sine the wsr began te '
lS.tlf. of whom 4.1Ts are recorded
, A . . n r .. , J t,r
lag.
Daring the tea days covered by the
lists, regiments In the Dardanelles suf
fered most htarily.. v.. . . . -
To Orgaaiss Military ladsstrial. -Petroerrad.
Aug. S. via London.
Th general committee appointed to
organixe IndustrUia f or military par
pose oesraa their labors yeatsrdsy.
Representatives of all parts of the em
pire attended the committee ineetinrs.
Addressing tb committees, M. RIs
beuchlnaky. ths Moscow anilUonsire.
said: -
"W shan retire, if aeessary. as far
aa ths Ural Mountains. Ws shall fight
to the last maa, but w shall gala vic
tory." - ,. ... . , .
Vlgorcaot
Attacks.
Petrograd. "Aug. I. (Via London.!
Aa official statement Issued tonight
says the Germans have been dislndred
from ths reerioa between the Dvina.
the Ekau. rad th s,wer couree of the
As. la ths.ifnreeUoaf Riga.-Vlararens
German attacks continue from the
Narew line along the whols front, ths
statement adds great Teutonic pres-
ICoattaued en rag Tw,