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xe." y - - ? .1 THE t ; -K I rats- Larfaa and MnlmC. Beat Advertising 1 MedluDi InCtP j i North Carojina i- r I Dean.' as) Bags Three.' Observer 4m ' X VOL. OIL NO. 146. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY MO RISING, NOVEMBER 24, 1915. PRICE 5 CENTS GERMAN NAVAL ATTACHE CHARGED WITH PLAYING CONSPIRACY HEAD ROLE PAINTED SPEED ON BRITISH CRUISER GREEK CABINET CRISIS IMMINENT WHEN ALLIES WITHDRAW SPECIAIJVILEGES; BULGARIANS CAPTURE 8,UuBIANS Captain Boy-ed Directed Spending $760,000, wit ness Testifies ADDED GERMAN SHIPS Money, Court Is Told, Was Used For Supplies oi Kaiser's Warships SENT HELP FROM AMERICAN PORTS Sensational Charges Are Disclosed At Trial of Hamburg-American Line w Officials For Allowing Their Vessels To Be Used To Carry Food To Vessels (Br the Associated Press ) H Ynrh Nov 12. CaDt. K. Boy Ed, naval attache, with head quatters at the German embassy In Washington, played a leading role, according to witness In Federal Court her today in the alleged con nini r several Hamburg Amert can iteamahlp line officials to da wive and defraud the United Htates by eendln neutral relief thips with Im to German men of war at h hnfinnlni of the European war Ana i thasa witnesses awore that Tapt. Boy-Ed personally directed the expenditure of approximately 7&0, 000 which, unsolicited and unex pectedly had been deposited to the witnesses credit in a fiew i om uu In September, ID 14. The wltneaa testified that 1150.000 of this money was telegraphed to tM neraoa na tional Ban at San Francisco; niiO waa Dald. In several amounts to the North (lennao. Lloyd feteam rhlp Una hare; about 7S.00 to the Hamburg American Mne here and tow eabla money order In Hambsrg and some of tha remainder was still on hand. All of these disburse ments, thla witness asserted, wero mada by order of Capt. Boy-Ed. This witness, Qnitave B- Kalaa kampff. a German Importer and ex porter with office here, and others, testified ta the trial of Dr. Karl noaaaAatolpa Hachmelstery George KotUr and Joseph 4espiagnaue, all 'ffl(,llrtrnsr .w'aartMraAa ericas, "" Haa Vha ars charged wKa conspir acy In having directed tha loading and dispatching of sixteen vessels to the relief of a half dosen or more German warships in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The testimony, which virtually opened tha govern ment's caae. followed a short ad dress to tha Jury by Roger B. Wood, asa'stani I'nltad State District At torney. In which Mr. Wood said that the government would show that the defendants "rode rough shod over the laws and treaties of the I'nlted Statea as contemptuously as If those laws and treaties had been mere scraps of paper." Mr Wood said the Hamburg American line owned or chartered u'on time charters a number of steamships, bought coal, provisions and supplies which were loaded upon these steamships and caused or attempted to cause these steamships (Continued on Page Three.) MOUNT AIRY CHILD IS BURNED TO DEATH (Special to the News snd Observer) Mt. Airy. Nov. 23 The two-year-old child of Charles Allen, colored who lives In Rockford street, waa burned to death at II o'clock this morning. The baby's clothes caught fire from an open grate. The moth er, who was absent from the house at the time, found the child fatally burned upon her return Death was In a fewr minutes. NEGRO KILLS WIFE, OFFICER SHOOTS HIM (Special to the News and Observer) Retdsvllle. Nov. ZJ Will Davis, rplored. shot and Instantly killed his wife here tonight as she was enter Ing the office of the Southern Rail m ay. Police Officer Sullivan. In effort to arrest the man, shot snd probably fatally Injured Davis. No motive waa given by Davis for shoot ing his wife. The officer pleaded self-defense. TEXAS GOVERNOR CARRANZA'S GUEST (By the Associated Pffee.F I j redo. Tel., Not. IS. Governor Ferguson of Texas and Genera' Vmusllsno Carrsnxa, head of the de facto a-overnment of Mexico, to day pledged tho co-operatluu of their forces in maintaining order aiong the Texas-Mexican border and e.olv ed plans to rid the lower Klo Grande Valley of outlaw bands. The two executives met Im tho Admli -.rratlon building . at Nuvo Laredo, Mex.. opposite Ihix cly, at the auggaation of en. Carrauaa. aud were in conference for more than two hours, following which the Gov ernor and his stsff were guests at in elaborate banquet. WILL GIVE ALL FOR PEACE, SAYS FORD (Bv the Associated Press. ) Washington. Nov. IS. Henry Ford cailed on President Wilson to day In support of the movement for a neutrr' conference to attempt to nd the European war an! cUblsh a permanent peace. H- told the l-rertdent consMered Christmas thtrt 1 1 me" for such a Dicveiai", ' hot decline! to say how the Presi dent had rereired his suggestions. "I a-a. willing to five all tb V money l"v rot and to go iny wher U my doing m till aid this move - meat." said Mr. Fcrd at he came from the White Hons. . ' " THOUSANDS MADE BY BANK CONCERN I Profit of From $300 000 To $400,000 Reaped From Sale of Stock GOVERNMENT GETS NEW FACTS IN CASE Company Is Alleged To Have Held Shares Until Legislature Passed Actl All I mil Allowing ruiiiway i o Take Over Stock Itself; Mellen Chief Actor (By tbe Associated Press ) New York, Nov 23 An osten sible profit of between (300, UOV aud $4(10,000 to the banking firm of Kidder, Peabody Co.. of Boston, gained from trannaetlons with I harlea 8. MelMn In connection with tbe sale to him of stork of ihe Una ton and Maine Railroad, figured in the testimony today at the New Haven conspiracy 'trial. The testimony was brought out In an effort bv government counsel to show that the seeming profit was al lowed In connection with .the fact that Mfllen and Robert Win tor. members of tbe banking, firm were co-operation In legislative affairs in Massachusetts. Wtnsor, according tn Mellen's testimony, charged from 10 to 20 points more than the market price of Boston and Malno stock which he purchased from him Mellen admitted that he and Wlnsor were co-operating In legislature af fairs at the time, but he would not admit that the high price paid for the stock had any reference to their activities before the legislature. Tha transaction was a phase nl the history of the New tfaven'a rvlattons with the John L. Blllard, Company, tha concern. lgd to have been used by the Nasi Haven . to hold Beaten and Maine) atejarHy stock natil the Massachusetts legislature had passed sn act permitting the road to hold the atock Itself. It was brought out that BlUard. a Merlden. Continued on Page Three. ) WRECK DEATH TOLL REACHES ELEVEN (By tbe Associated Press ) Columbus, (ia.. Nov. IS The number of deaths resulting from a head-on collision near here yester day between a Central of Georgia passenger train and a special trnln carrying the Con T Kennedy Carnival Co. waa Increased to eleven In a statement given out tonight by the Kennedy Carnival Company officials. All the dead were connected with the carnival company, and two other employee, George Johnson, San Francisco, and Milton Andrews. Lexington. Ky wers said to be probably fatallv Injured. Knrty others were suffering from painful but not necessarily fatal Injuries. No passengers were seriously Injured HRU NEW HAVEN Bigger Submarines Now Urged For U. S. Navy Department Considers mersibles To liepiace jyresent Type of Coast Defense U Boats (Ky the Associated Press ) Washington. Nov. 23. Abandon ment of the present coast defense type submarine In fsvor of lurcer seagoing suhmrrslbles may be recom mended by the Navy L)epr'iuent as result of lessons learned miring the recent maneuvers of the Atlantic fleet and unofficial Information con- crrning the slie of underwater craft now tn service in curope. i nere ure indications jic wss saia toasy. that the I'nited States Is lagging be hind in submarine development even with one 1.000 ton submersible near- lug completion and two of 1.3 00 tons soon to be oidered. Navy officials l.ave been- particularly Impressed by :ae apparent prooaoiuty mat a sub marine of approximately 6.0C0 tons r n.i li-'-asurina 2.'.i feet In length has been eu gaged In the warfare against anted mevtant!-ft. Reports on the fleet maneuvers, tt has Just become known tell graphic ttories of the difficulties encounter ed by the twelve little submarines attached to the "Blue" force com manded by Admiral Fletcher and de fending the coast against a theoreti cal Beniy. Tht Hosts were at sea several dvs an1 rfount' -- ror tinuous rough weather. While no unexpected uierlr.mea i trouble w t encop itei -1. the personnel of the veeeels sulTered extremely from Bea aickness. bad sir,- improper food and the continual buffeting they received in-tkepitehlne-aad -cHig. -The Im pairment of tne eflcleniT of tl e crews ky sea sickness alone many minor mishaps to tbe boa's .re u o to be attributed. The maneuvers included the first at tern pt to employ the submarines, all of the roast defense type and aone displacing more than 800 tons, at nearly 1.000 miles of shore. The general cheme ef defense, it Is said, flc-3 h,l d1tsncaat sea as tTie xon within ' which coast submarines ahonld be able to operate in any weather. 8!toa'd aa enemy sureeed In rvacbing within a hoadred'or so rrti'es of the' coast It Is argued by some officers. , ha. areuld .hat. ab'a to guard his flfbUat force with ' a The British cruiser isis rvtvntly held up aud searched ID tiiip Zataudia. This Is a snapshot of the Ills, taken durtug the summer b the harbor at Uaia Ilton, Bermuda She la painted on the bwa to stake K appear that sh tr"elIUi8- n1 ev,u ,bo" alsn," Warfield Is Elected Chair man of New Board of Directors (Special to News and Observer 1 llultin.ore Nov. 13 The first meetlnx of directors of the Seatiourd Air Line Hallway t'or.ipa.n, ih' new conipcny, formwi through the n solid Line lsntl olldation wl'h the Seaboard Air l(ailT of the Carolina At Ic and Western Railway, which waa formally ratified hy the stock holders of the Seaboard Air Line Kol'ttay Monday, Nov. llth. was nci.i i.ere looav. I ne rotiovlng om after the meeting: S. Davies War Peld. chairman of the tonrrt. W. J. Haruhan. president; Chas R Cappa, first vice-president, W H Bonsai, vice-president; W. L.. Seddon. vlce presldeut; D. C. Porteous. secretary; Hobt. ,. Nutt, treasurer and assist ant secretary H. W. Mackenaie. comptroller; C. a. lake, general manager; W. D Pauoette, chief en gineer; J. W. Small, superintendent motive power; U. E. Chalanar. freight traffic manager: Chaa. B. Ryan, general passenger agent: K. I. Cheatham, assistant freight traffic manager: J. A. Pride, general Indus trial agent; W. L. Stanley, general claim agent; H. C. Pearce, general purchasing agent. Leigh R. WatU will be general counsel and B. H. Inness Brown of the law firm of Byrne and Cuteheon advisory counsel. Mr. Warfield waa elected chairman ef both the eeew live committee and the finance com mittee. Two new vice presidents were made, W. R. Bonsai, formerly presi dent of tbe Carolina Atlantic and Western, and W I.. Seddon. promot ed from the position ef assistant to the president. Mr. Bonsai who also becomes a di rector of the Seaboard resides at Hamlet was the principal orgaulaer of the several railroada in North aad South Carolina which were merged Into the Carolina. Atlantic and West ern Railway Negotiations for the acquisition of these properties were conducted by Mr. Warfield on behalf of the Seaboard and as part of the railroad structure embodied la the financial plans of Mr. Warfield under which were negotiated the sale of approximately $24,000,000 of the bonds to be issued under the new mortgnge securing an authorised issue of t30n.000.000 of bonds of variable interest and redemption rales and ma'urlties Mr. Bonsai, who Is an engineer by profewilon, is one of the best (Continued on Page Eight.) Plans For Larger Sub- screen of mine sweepers, destroy ers and aeroplanes which would ren der the chances of attacking his cap ital thips very uncertain. Kor the purposes of the maneu vers Admiral Fletcher placed his submarines In reserve. ready tc strike north or south as Uie move ments of the "Red ' hostile fiwet. 100 miles off shore, might necee eitate. One of the twelve t unable tr reach Its station as it wou'd not steer nronc- rom:h weather encountered The other eleven, battened down tight for days at a time and with water poi'Hnu over them day and night, carried owt their orders Later the "Blue" commander discovered that bis "Red" enemy was sweeping to routhwarrV He ordered the subma rine; suih to intercept the fleet. An indication of the trouble encounter ed Is given tn the fact thst it took six hours to convey this order to one of the eubmerMb'es. Finally the flotilla started south ward, but was able to make leae than ha'f -peed required to bring It tn t's ep;ointid station on time. Nnvlrstlort was accomplished only y d"a'I if rko'ilng. for with their ve-jn.s . le-.-d up tKht and titnhlirtg about In ),e strr. the officers could not vrifv their positions. They wern iu mlies or more out of position tt the ronr!;is!on of the trip, and the "Red" transports and. convoy wwwr.r"Thfol!Bh the hole tbev left to land an army on American sol'. WVIe no definite recommenda tions have becu made as yet the qnes'ion of the value of a submarine as rmall as the present tvpe for coast defense work is being seriously eonsirte-ed There are more than eevcny boats of 800 toes or less dla i!acement now bnilt or bU'dinr for the navy. The v,e-w has been rresente it rnderstocd. that with larger si-bnsa-rrnes. the difjrnlt.'ea of ravigauoa at laatioa at SEABOARD HEADS HOLD 1ST METING ii Z o-ocra. srr eater aeed ' sum governmersi wnK ai-avow tut ern!d be attained ad the eejelesce i sinking of ibe l.uslrAiia and tadem Pf the boats for varpoees euc'i as fairy fsailies of mancaii cltueri that ef tha maneuver increased pie-j -The rnitcd State to r.verae ta i-ortioaately. . . i Uklng the question to The Hasaev f ina u aimast prfct. SEES SUCCESS OF ii Year's Test Proves Superi onty, Says Warburg In Talk At Charlotte i Hy the Axmxlntr.1 Pt.- ) Cl.ar.olte Ni. 23 One year's t"-t of the federal rest-rve lank iifin has shown itv superiority over tbe central br.k pluu an -rd-Ing to i'sul M. WarbeiR. of tbe i'ed ria! liiMrvt Board, who bere tonight nt a dlaarr g:cn by the :iia or of t"lurlolj'- "Soine ef my tfrlen.tf nutd Mr. Warburj. "soiuefjBieti hvc stated j )nat th.y bellev roe ic tw a cen tral bank man. at I ere fr-e today to ehouM tor thf con i. try between one centre! baosjor a rysteni ron-stru--ied upon tb Kel-ral Heserve prtn'il wo'ild choore the latter. The hVJeral Weeerve system proper ly developed to It lilght st efili leucy will give the cook try the advantage of a central bank, which In sub stance, are centralisation of reserves aad mobili ration it commercial pa per; bat at the same time it avoids con pi eta ceatraliution which while a searing higher etlrlen' v and easier operation would la our eoaatry prove a source of danger and attack.' Mr. WarSurg awld a year bad sbowa what the lytteru can do hut warned his hearers that (bey ahould keep it as tt la and not attempt to (Continued on Pace Eight.) MAT SETTS-S'CASE -OF PACKERS IN U. S. (By the Associated frsa ) Waahlagton. Nov. 2 Proeiiects of sealing out of court all the rases of American meat packers. Involv ing cargoes valued at from tl&.0'0. 000 to 10 000.000 pending before British prlxe courts were discussed today at a conference participated in by Empaasy officials, Counselor Polk, of the State Department, and rep resentatives of the packers. It was said later It was entirely possible that tireat Britain might look with favor upon a private and direct disposition of theee cases. Oaly today it was letrned that tbe packers bad supplied the 8tite De partment with Information , upon which to base special representation to Great Britain and It was staled that unices plana were changed a new note would be prepared ASK ACTION AGAINST DISHONEST AD MEN ( By the Associated Press ) Washington. Nov. 23 --Rep. resentatlves of the Associated Adver Using clubs of the world appeared todr before the Federal Trade Com mission to urge the commission to take Jurisdiction over the dishonest advertised as unfair competition within the meaning of the federal trade law. At the end of the besnnt Chairman Davis suggested that tbe association present specific com plaint In writing that the com mm sion might take up and act on the question and Jurisdiction. ANARCHY REPORTED THROUGHOUT PERSIA I Bv the Ass.velated Press ) Washington. Nov 23. Seuil- of ficial dlspa'rlies received la Washing ton Indicate that practically a state of anarchy exists la Persia. Trooos of various na'iuns are said to be do ing as they pixaM- la certain wcton Many governn.ei.t officials are sxid to have fled from the areas ia whiih the most serious conditions prevail The $tate Department ia announc ing todav that approval ha.l t en given the artlen of Americnn Minister Caldwell In taking charge "f tbe diplomatic Interests of Cetmany an. I Turkey In Pers'a said that the mlnteter had taken the steps on his own Initiative LUSITANI ACASE STILL UNSETTLED ifr the .-- Kiel Irea ) Washincton . ?. Confer- enceo bctw-'-n S. retary l.ansi:.fi Jid Count Von Mem:-trt, te tf"rman Ambassador. ii2e rai!.d thus tar to oripg the I nt": S'r.tes acd fr many near a nearly set Hen. ei t oi the issu s friV t, oit of tbe sink ing of the l.ii-i'ni.i. with a lon of mors thaa -litu American lives' It waa said tnditv by Tsor;s In a post tioa to know thJ t kc-point e f- vipw K of the two gov ernmenta still were wldelv dlflcrent in German circles the belief ws exnresHed tkit s aarufaetory agree ment conic not je resraen wniioi.t arh-tratiei. (;'!.ial of tbe State Department were more optimistic however, the opinion cvnilng to pre vail that ultluia.'iv (israoauy woald epme into th American way of view ing the situation The rnitcd Mates potai or ia la, according to outlines given today laawl Brevity.; stated fkiat i ho Per RESERVE SYSTEM Summary of BrHih aaaosaceisient tii at . there baa been mo block ade mt Ureek ports haa created oplimlam In Ruglaad that tiieece has conceded, or will rowrde, the cnlearte allies' de staade. A Paris news agency declares that Karl Kitchener In his rep resentations to the (ireck king and orftrlaln, said tireat Britain aext March would have 4.IKNI, 0K soldiers under arms and he able ah to ami anil rnMns ,04K).000 llusnlitns ami that It woukl he Hlopldltv to tlilnk tbe war rould eed otherwise thaa la complete defeat for (iermsiif. Tho Austro-tJenuan snd llul gartnu line in Central and West herbta ia still prti.na fiirward aad. according to Berlin advices, the recent tight hue ha netted the forces of tile Teutonic allies po-dtln nil along the line from aortti of Mltnnftxn to the Mtuth cast of Itistina. Montenegrin reports aay that, despite vigorous nttaa ks uuiilnst the, Montenegrin MauJ'ik anuy, It $62,000,000 Needed To Build Two Warships In Yards of Government (By the Associated Press 1 Washington, Nov. 2.1 Secretary Daniels announced today he had taken the first steo with a view to building in government navy yard battieshlps Nos. 43 nnd 44. private bids for which exceeded the limita tion of coat fixed by t'ougrew for the vessels. The department asked ateel makers throughout tbe count: T to submit before Wednesday of next week bias on sj, von, nun vonuoi ni structural steel for tbe two ships with statements of the earliest pos sible dnte at. which tby could make delivery to the govsrnmnt All private bids for the ships opened last week exceeded IH.Oou, 00(1 while the limit Peci by Con gress Is JT.BOO.Ono for tbe rost of hulls tndl machinery. Navy yard estimates from Philadelphia, New York and Mare Island were b.do the $7,000,000 mark, with the ex ception of fie Mare Island figures, which include the estimated corn of equipping the yard for the work. Set etary Daniels has indicated that the Norfolk ari and pot.slbly the Puget Sound nrd at Hi mierton. Wash , will be considered whei con tracts for the battleships are award ed. Neither yard now Is equipped for battleship building To avoid delay the Secretary did not adv. rtlse for the sti-e' bids In tbe usual way. Tt- three navy ynr's which submitted f.guriK on const rur- ( Continued on I'.ig" KU'M ) COURT UPHOLDS SCHMIDT DECISION ( lly the Associated P-es.8 I Albanv. N v.. Nov 2;' Thi i on vlctlon of Hans Mr h :i. Ilt f irirer Ni New York prlei't, cha'Feil ltli mur dering Anna Aninullc- was upheld li the court of anuoaln todav Sthnillt was arr-steil H"ptcirlier If. liHlt. and confessed to the police , that be hud Vllled MIkf Anmull. . i hum d isnieinliereil body Pad been found In the North river. The first trial resulted in a 1 1 ncre.men.. hut u second trial end-d l0 s ronvletion Ijiter Schmidt piidlslel his confession and re cac as (arrleii to Tfie court or appcnis on the m il that the confehslon. was false and that Miss Auuiiiller's death was the result of nn illen' operation. PLAN TO ORGANIZE COTTON BANKERS New Drlean l.a.. Nov. 23.- In auguration of a grneral campaign tn every cotton producing State for rop dh erf tfi( atlon and organization of a pernaan-pl conference of Houth ern bankers ar among the projects planned f r the conference of cotton States bankers In New Orleans De rember 6 and 7. This Information ts conveyed In a communication from Joseph Hirsh. of 'ot; ua- riati, Tevas chain-. in of tbe conference. reeived Iiip today. Mr Hlrsh slated l.e "boped to sre the Southern ban'. em take u frm Hand au base tbelr 1'Hti credits to armers upon abrolutc agreements -to piaTit a rperlfied acreage In feed snd food i rops Among the speakers at th- con ference will be V P tl l(;rdlmt. chairman of the Feje.al t(perve Hoard, and Dr Bradford Knapp. of tha Department of Agrlculttire. - Bulgarians, leeated - -Paria. Nov 2J -A defeat of Bul garians b the Serbians In a battle In "enral Serbia 1s announced in r.n off.clal lommuitli atlon given out at the Seiuian legation vesterdav. Five Rulgarian cannon were captured. Favors Hwlss System. AVa-hlnglon. Nov. 23. Chs'rman Cliambriain, of the Senate Military Committee, announced today that he Ftnnnri ro Tbtrodure a bill for na lonal military service p odeled after the Swiss system. He dost not ei nect tt will be psieil, hut plans to bring the subject bp for serious con tcmuiatioK In Congress snd also to begin a campaign for military education. DANIELS ASKS FOR WARSHIP STEEL BIDS War News Is moving toward new KiitkHia while the Rnrlilaw legsthm M I'aria repyrta the defuat of tlte llalKartaaa 25 milea et of Mali. No late aaws haa beea receiv ed coocerxdng tbe situation In the south. Paris rrxna iiuiet in the vicinity of Htruniltsa and on the left bank of the Coma liver wltere the rVesuli force arv uiratiag. I-Vom Chaaoo, near the Ital ian frontier, it is reptirle.1 tint Italian troops hate begun luml UtK in Albania. The HftiitJiig on the urslern line In France and Belgium bsui shu-kened while In tlie caM rel atively small cmgaKementFi on widely separated nectors have occurred. Petrograd elaiinn I rapture of a first line (leroian trench in the Dvlna region and soys that to i be southwest of llvinsk, on the middle Styr river, near Kroaliultehl auil In ttalicla, along the Hlripa. offen sive movemrats liy the Teutons broke down under the Itussian Are. GERMANS BEATEN IN WEjUE SAYS John Redmond So Declares After Visit To Front In France (Bv the Associated Press) London. Nov. 13 - -"So far as the western froDt Is concerned (ieriiianv Is beaten." said John Kedmond" leader of he Irish uailon ilut party. Juat returned from a visit to the army In Francs. sddrc-tin,- a re ernltlng meeting today "Kvery day. every hour she It. getting weaker. Tor every hell she throws at as. w throw ive. "There are no pessimUts aaumg our men nghttng there. Krotn the commander In chief dowu through all the ninki of the army Here is a feeling f absolute oonlldence as to the result of the war." Mr. Itedmond visited the Ilclglan line, .ui'l ii King Albert. "I told blni." ssd the Iri'b lead er. "ihal Ireland was detorniiutd to stand by the Independence of Bel gium at any cost Cmuo "cat oi woe, Ireland would h."e no pence that dos not brlr-. about the re bl I' tH'ion of BelsJnm Mr R.'dmond coiicImi, with a i.iessMKe from the Irish troops at : he front to their fel'o-w ountry- lllMII "They ssk me to sa tbev feel that e.?ry nn.n of I hem In this war is flgbtliip not merel.v for llht-rty anil right, but for Hip prnvperlty of ib rlr Kloved Ireland : wel! They aK lr.lanl to ftand bv Ahtf.i. "I mv to the lrl.b people that they will be disgraced fori ver In lii-dTy If tbey fsll to semi out r series to r-plc-niih the t ios that may arls. In the Ir lb rHiikv ' CABINET HEARS CONGRESS DRAFT i i K the A - 'llf h lllt nti N, N IIk.,11 laid before a practlruliy ronm address b- will ? I . . I r I I it.-. b i. i,t I t' e a htliet IimIu v i- -t h ail of the ad to Con;risH I '. The to,.. Ii I're'ident has on the iiipstloii eeidd to of raisins i v I'lim-j tor ii a 1 n ii 1 1 drfeare but probably only In wrv broad terms Sutue of tbe cabinet wanted Mm to devote tin entire address to tbe na re-jtional iler. i s- iioytion. but k rea J wit tnduv's eabli. i nie'lirn It deala wttb ot.'ier leeiigtjoti. The I'res! ileiit fawrR riiltlng approprlall 'ii i as much as possible for public build IfigH a'ld' rivers ami barbers iru lrov einents 100 DROWN WHEN BRIDGE FALLS IN ' H tie- Afc..i:ilcl l'i 1 Itorne. Nov. 2 (via London I One hundrid persona wer drowned todav bv the wsstiing away of a bridge over the Sari so ilnr near LleaJa. Kiellv. Peace lleiort enie. London. N'ov 2i A Pall Mai' Cetette despatch from Uerne says " 1 bvmr $v 4a.sd to b uikUiIi cd foundation for the report that Ktiipe.or William will make an open off r of peace through Preaid"tit Wil son ufte th Kmpiroi 's coming Mar entry into Constantinople. ration Strike Settled. Anderson. S C, Nov 2S Tne four months strike of Gi& employes of the lirogon cotton mills here, was Rcttled ti oay. Announcement was Biade that representatives of the. company had agreed to towgnize the f nlted Textile Workers' I'nlon. No oHser -demands -were - made- by the striker. . The settlement was broucht abont by the efferts of C.ove.rnor Manninj; and Federal Conciliators Joi n Col povs and Charles Benheiin. Opera tions will !) resumed Monday Poll In V AKliington. Washington. D. C, Nov. 23 Rep resentative Poti Is here for a day. He will return Jo N ortbChsoUna. lor Thanksgiving. SJ" Senator Hl-nmons. on account of temporary indutpoeitim of Mrs. Simmons, will not arrive here un:ti Frtday. - , Secretary Daniels expects t spend Thanksgiving Day with his ruother at Ooldsboro.- t , . Premier Skouloudia To Quit At Any Time, la Report From Salonika BRITISH MOVE CAUSE 44 Cannon and 22 Machine Guns Taken From Serbs By Teutons ITALIAN TROOPS NOW IN ALBANIA Instead of Blockade, Lon don Announces, Great Britain Will Cancel Num erous Special Rights of Greeks In Commerce; Serbians Advance I By the Associated Press.) Austrian Headquarters, Vla l-omlon. Nov. SKI n. Vo elliti's army yeaterdsy pash el ba-k the Serbians aghtlnff northward of lritina to with in about thirteen mllea of the lly and look Sunday aad Mas day ISMKHi pr I Miners. eastward and southeastward Hie Herblsns are still teaacioaa I) reaintlng the Bulgarians. Autrw.HunKartaa forces ta the lhar valley advancing oat Mltrovlfie, yesterday stormed MwrrfBl poelUon on the north side of the valley and one to the south, and gained fall pea sesston of the valley. (liy the Associated Press.) Knlonihl, (jreirce, Not. 22. ( Via) Paris Nov. 2n.) The raaignatlon oj Premier Skouloudia of tlreere, aw rordiug to reports la rlrrulatiow hssre in npn-im aiomntartlyl on or uimca Itles tietween Ureses (.rest itritsln. .(KHi HKItllS CArTVRED llerlln. Nov. 2J. (H wireles nuiviiie. . t . ) Kotable or i ne nulgariana la the rea-loa southwest of Prist laa In tierwim wrlan the raptare of a,ta Dislilsaa. e4 rail now and za machine gwas'was HMOtsancevI by tiiiaiaa aims nan it' quartern UMiay. The Teertonic troops) have taken 1 ,.V0 additional &w h lans nrlaoners and rantared six anus non. ITAI.IANH IN AI.li.4NIA london. Nov. 2.1. Italian troops) iwve iMisrua landing on Alhnnlaa tes ntory, accordlitK to a Chlaaso dla pa Icb to the Journal La Haisse, for- """i "J me t entrai Kews resHndent at Nurlrh. I-ondon, Nov 23. Instead ef de clining a general blockade of tha C'eek ports, the allies have, accord ing to a statement Issued by the Brit ish foreign office today, withdrawn, or threatened to withdraw, the spe cial prlvilegis which Creek com merce has enjoyed since the out break of the war. What these spe lal privileges are is not specifically stated, but as aa example Creere has been allowed to draw her supplies of coal front Welsh collieries To do this Greek men bants required special permlta, at tbe eiport of coal from the Brit ish Isles Is allowed only under a ;ieetll license 'there are many other commodl- t Continued on Page Eight.) FOUR MILLION MEN IS BRITAIN'S G0AI. ( ny tbe Associated Press ) Paris. Nov 2 3 Karl Kitchener in conversation with (ireek officials in his recent visit to Athens, ts re ported to have declared that Eng land ill have by neit March four million soldiers under arms and wlil In In a position to arm and provision sit million Russians, and that con se,i "nily It wnild show great stupidity to think the war weald end otherwise than in complete da I nt for Germany. 'i bis Is form. 1 1 i' m Is contained In. an Allien dispatch to the Ha van agency, which adds that Ixird Kitch ener ailmitteil that the declaration ot tar found the intente powers la BuffP lently prepared for so long a campaign, but said tbat the si Ilea hie I known how to utilize the time H'h i bus since rV spied to Complete the r military preparations. FRENCH MINISTER LEAVES FOR ATHENS; liv the Aorlutl Tress) Sa:enikl. Nov. 22. via Paris, Not-. 23 In view of the comDliratlona" :n tbe relations of Urecee and the. entente powers, IVnys Cochin, minis-, te about portfolio in the French i a, ,et. abandoned his purposed trip to tbe front and left yesterday oak board a Greek cruiser for Athena Kroui a person in a position to be fully h, formed, the Associated Preaa correspondent learns that King Coa Manyne assured-Rsrl Kitchener that -be had never considered ItKrntnK errtente AiHevi - troops-who night take refuge on Cre k soli. Concerning tb friction between Greece and Greet Britain and the "coerrlsive meanres" which tha British in-na in no sense coastitntek , a blockade, it was stated, the kisgr regards thla situation aa the rssult: -of a mlmnderstandinf and aaaUw. remediable. - -s - Greece ia ready to ass ire tbe w .; . tants Allies thir hT ehTTfjlirposn. . of maintr.lniDg troops In Macedonia i the t'gitimate necessity of aelf-v presarvation. especially ia the sveat. . tha' tk Allies decide- to ahaadoa -, ihelr PaTkaa expedHioa.- Iearins: Creek Mace-ionla at -the mercy o tbe vi-lorioiia Bwlgarlans with theH; army already la tha Bal4. , ... . v -V;
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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