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PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JANUARY 5, 1916.
NO. 22.
VOL. XXXVIII
IMPORTANT NEWS
HE WORLD OVER
openings of This and Other Nations
H For Seven Days Are
Given.
THE NEWS jTtHE SOUTH
What is Taking Place in the South
land Will Be Found in
Brief Paragraphs.
Vice President Marshall, in wel
ing the visitors to the Pan-Americav.
Scientific congress, stated that Pan
Americanism would not permit of ex
ploitation, and that that which touch
ed the nations to the south to their
injury touched also the United States.
He said he was not willing to allow a
"ruffian to interfer with what I be
lieve to be my right," referring to pre
paredness lor war at any and all
times.
ivniism Waldorf Astor, the wealthy
American citizen who became an ex-
trjtf in England several years ago,
? been raised to the peerage by
Kir-S George.
T,ia,,o Salvini, the eminent Ital
tragedian, is dead in Florence,
Vh-u-p'; from Central America are
to the effect that the towns of Talgut,
r; Flores and San Sebastian, iionau
" ,vere ruined during recent heavy
eanlwuake shocks.
According to British reports there
v,prp tiftv-nve bags of rubber con
signed to a well known enemy for
Warding agent in Sweden in the par
ci mail on board the steamship Os
car II, which was the Ford peace
ship. The rubber was removed.
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg
is expected in Vienna shortly with the
full conditions under which the cen
tral powers will accept peace. After
discussing the terms with Baron von
Burian, the Austrian ministers, the
conditions will be officially communi
st to the allies, Germany suggest
ing the first conference be held at
The Hague.
General Gallieni, the minister of
war, in asking the French senate to
approve the action of the chamber of
deputies in giving him the 1917 class
of recruits for January 5, said: "Eigh
teen months ago France wanted
peace. Today she wants war most
energetically, and to that end will
use all her resources."
A London cablegram states that the
British cabinet has virtually decided
upon a modified form of a conscrip
tion bill to be introduced in the house
of commons, giving the government
the necessary power to bring in sin
gle men and preserve Premier As
quith's pledge to married men.
Washington
The state department says that the
mere statement by Austria that the
submarine commander which sank the
Ancona has been punished will be ac
cepted without question and without
any further inquiry into the nature
of his punishment.
Count von Berstorff and Secretary
Lansing held a conference over the
Lusitania matter which has been pend
ing for several months, and it is now
indicated that the final settlement is
at hand.
Austria's reply to the Ancona note
not only meets the cardinal points
of the United States' demands, but
gives assurances for the future which
are more satisfactory in their extent
than those which were given by Ger
many in the Lusitania affair.
It is stated authoritatively that the
danger of a rupture of diplomatic re
lations between the United States and
Austria has passed, because Austria
has subscribed to the principle that
no ships will be sunk, unless they of
fer resistance or flee, without the
persons aboard firt being taken to
safety.
Plans for two types of motorboat
submarine destroyers, designed to
have a speed of at least 41 miles an
hour, have been submitted to the
navy department. Models will be con
structed at once at the navy yard in
Washington and tested to determine
whether the engines will develop the
power for the required high speed.
Information received in Washington
indicates that the Berlin foreign of
fice is anxious to end the Lusitania
controversy in spite of adverse public
opinion said to have been aroused by
the American request for withdrawal
of the German navy and military at
taches and the demands upon Austria
Hungary as a result of the sinking of
the Ancona.
President Wilson spent his 59th
birthday at Hot Springs, Va. He
worked, several hours, read hundreds
of telegrams of congratulation, took
a long automobile drive over snow
covered mountain roads and in the
evening had a quiet dinner with his
wife in ther suite.
In the annual report of the federal
bureau of immigration particular at
tention is directed to difficulties en
countered in enforcing the deporta
tion of undesirable aliens because of
the prospect, in many cases, of plac
ing them in extreme hazard either
on the high seas or after being land
ed in a foreign port.
More than a thousand, composed of
men and women from all the republics
of the two Americas, attended the ses
sion of the Scientfiic congress.
Pan-AmpriranisTn was characterized
by Secretary of State Lansing at the
meeting of the Scientific Congress as
"the expression of the idea of inter
nationalism." This was the central
thought of the speeches at the con
gress. Congress will be urged by Presi
dent Wilson to concentrate all its at
tention upon the administration's na
tional defense program immediately
upon reassembling. He wants them
fully considered and plenty of debate
from all angles, but is anxious to have
the army and navy bill disposed of
as DromDtlv as possible.
Domestic
John Thomas Barlow, one of tht,
founders of the Barlow's Minstrels,
is dead in Tampa, Fla., as the result
of injuries received in an automo
bile accident.
The 1915 business showing ranks
Atlanta. Ga.. with the greatest com
mercial centers or. me country, anu
1916 dawns sanguinely upon the whole
southern horizon.
From Boston, Mass., come notices
of wage increases affecting about 75,
000 employees in various cotton mills
of northern New England. It is stated
that this action follows as a result of
a conference of cotton mill treasurers
in which it was shown that business
conditions warranted an increase in
the cotton mill industry.
Fifty convicts of the Kansas state
penitentiary at Leavenworth were
placed in solitary confinement charged
with being ringleaders in a mutiny in
the coal mines operated by the peni
tentiary. Practically all the 300 con
victs in the mine had a part in the
demonstration. The prison officials
granted the demand of the convicts
j for better food and the mutineers dis
persed.
Captain Boy-Ed, fomer naval at
tache of the German embassy at
Washington, sailed, from New York
for the fatherland.
Col. E. M. House, friend and con
fidential adviser of President Wilson,
sailed from New York ?ity on his
mission of instruction and imparting
information to United States ambas
sadors in Europe.
Brand Whitlock, United States min
ister to Belgium, who has been vis
iting his family at Toledo, Ohio, in
the hope of regaining his health, has
set sail for Belgium from New York
City.
A New York dispatch announces
that eight men, including a congress
man, a former congressman and a for
mer attorney general of Ohio, have
been indicted by a federal grand jury
on a charge of conspiring to foment
strikes in American munition facto
ries as part of a campaign financed
by the German government to check
the exportation of munitions to tne
entente allies.
Warden Thomas Mott Osborne of
Sine Sine. N. Y.. has been indicted as
being implicated in the conspiracy to
foment strikes in munition factories.
BIG BRITISH LINER
PERI, TORPEDOED
NEARLY ALL OF LARGE NUMBER
PASSENGERS ON BOARD HAVE
BEEN LOST.
SUNK WITHOUT WARNING
Several Americans Lost. U. 8. Con
sul at Aden Has Not Been Heard
From. In East Mediterranean.
Washington. Advices to the State
Department from American Gonsul
Garrels at Alexandria, Egypt, indi
cate that Robert N. McNeely, Amen
caa Consul at Aden, Arabia, who was
on the steamer Persia when she was
sunk in the" Mediterranean was lost
He was last seen in the water after
the Persia sank.
Consul Garrels reports that Charles
H. Grant, of Boston, another Amen
can aboard the Persia, was saved.
No submarine "was seen by survivors
according to Garrels report, but an
officer of the Persia saw the wake of
the torpedo which struck the ship
She sank in five minutes.
London. Dispatches from Cairo
say the British steamer Persia sunk
on Thursday, December 30, was tor
nedoed without warning and sank in
five minutes. Between 150 and 160
survivors have been landed at Alex
andria. Egypt.
Reuter's Cairo correspondent says
Robert N. McNeely lost his life
Charles H. Grant of Boston was
saved.
Details of the sinking of the Persia
came in slowly, but such information
as was received made it appear that
the number of persons who ""escaped
in the four boats which were put on
was larger than was hoped when the
first news was received.
The survivors include the chief of
ficer, second officer, seven engineers,
27 seamen, 63 lascars and 59 passen
gers. A Lloyd's dispatch gives the
number as 153, made up of 59 pas
sengers of whom 17 are women and.
94 members of the crew including 59
lascars.
The survivors include 10 military
officers and eight persons who are not
British subjects.
AUSTRIA
blues :
ANCONA SAILORS
AUSTRIA
FORWARDS
WARRANT ISSUED
34 COUNTIES WILL
HER SECOND NOTE FOR CONGRESSMAN
IF HER CREW HAD PROTECTED SECOND NOTE SAYS THE SUB-
PASSENGERS, LIVES WOULD MARINE COMMANDER MAS
Awe OCitm cAvcn. BEEN PUNISHED.
REPRESENTATIVE BUCHANAN TO
BE ARRESTED ON CHARGE
FORMENTING STRIKES.
THEY FLED IN FIRST BOATS AGREES WITH WASHINGTON NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION
Text of the Austrian Note on Aucona
Case Received. No Shots Fired
After Vessel Stopped!
commander Acjed Too Hastily With
Ancona. Assures the Malntaln
" "ahce '"Of Good Relations." -
Buchanan Claims His Prerogative as
Congressman Makes Him Immune
. - -From Arrest. . - -
AUSTRIA FEARS NO BREAK.
EuroDean War
London announces that the British
armored cruiser Natal sank as the
result of an internal explosion. Four
hundred survivors are reported
Active operations in the Near East
center in Albania, where the Serbian
army is said to be suffering from har
assing attacks made by the Albanian
forces,
From the progress the Italians have
made in Albania it is predicted that
the Italians will soon clash with the
Bulgarians
Paris reports that the entente forces
operating in Albania will soon have
the support of Essad Pasha, the Turk
leader there.
The allies continue to pour troops
into Saloniki.
The British casualties during the
month of December were over eigh
teen thousand men.
The ' winter weather during the
month of January will likely prove the
most severe obstacle to war opera
tions in both the eastern and west
ern war zones.
If Teutonic Submarine Sunk Persia,
Act Will Be Disavowed.
i
Washington Anxiety over the news
of the sinking of the British steamship
Persia increased in official circles
here when a consular dispatch
brought the information that the ship
had been torpedoed without warning
and that at least one American citi
zen. Robert N. McNeely, new consul
at Aden, Arabia, was missing. At the
Rama time officials were much grati
fied at the indication, emanating from
Baron Erich ZwiedineK, charge of the
Austro-Hungarian embassy here, that
the Vienna government would De
quick to "satisfactorily adjust" the
matter should it develop that an Aus
trian submarine commander had dis
obeyed instructions in regard to tor
pedoing passenger-carrying ships witn
mifc warnine.
Complete confidence prevails in
Teutonic diplomatic circles that if an
Austrian submarine sunk the Persia
without warning, the act would be
disavowed, prompt preparation made
for Americans lost and the submarine
commander severely punished.
Vienna, via London. Austria's
note, dated December 29, in answer
to the American Governments de
mands concerning the sinking of the
Italian steamer Ancona by an Aus
train submarine has been delivered to
American Ambassador Penfield. It
says :
"In answer to your very estemed
note, No. 4307, of the 21st instant,
the subscriber has the honor to lay
the following most respectfully be
fore His Excellency, the Ambassador
of the United States of America,
Frederick Courtland Penfield.
"The Imperial and Royal Govern
ment agrees thoroughly with the
American Cabinet that the sacred
commandments of humanity must be
observed also in war. Just as it has
hitherto given at no time and to no
person occasion to doubt its respect
for these commandments, in like
manner also in the whole course of
this war. which presents such pic
tures of confusion of mru-al concep
tions has it given numerous proofs
of humanitarian sentiments toward
enemies as well as toward neutral
states and it was not due to this
government that it was, a short time
ago, not in harmony with the Wash
ington Cabinet precisely on a ques
tion which it (the Austro-Hungarian
Government) in harmony with the
entire public opinion in Austria
Hungary, regarded as principally a
question of humanity.
"The Imperial and Royal Govern
ment can also substantially concur
in the principle expressed in the very
esteemed note, that private ships, in
sofar as they do not flee or offer re
sistance may not be destroyed with
out the persons aboard being bright
into safety.
"The Imperial and Royal Govern
ment is very responsive to the assur
ance that the Federal Government
lays value upon seeing that the good
relations which happily exist between
Austria-Hungary and the United
States of America are maintained. It
reciprocates this assurance most
warmly, and is now as heretofore
concerned to render these relations
more hearty, so far as lies in its
power.
"Guided by the same spirit of
frankness as the government of the
Union, the Imperial and Royal Gov
ernment, although it does not find In
the note frequently referred to, the
answer to all the legitimate questions
submitted by it, is willing to com
municate to the Federal Government
the result of the investigation, which,
in accordance with existing depart
mental regulations, was begun imme
diately after the receipt of the fleet
report on the sinking of the Ancona,
and which was just recently received."
A correspondent to a London news-
naoer says the allies now have enough
men in the western zone of fighting
to break through the German lines,
but observes that with the face of the
earth in a porous and mushy condi
tion it is impossible to effect the es
sential auick movement of artillery
without which, in the language of Na
poleon, any big offensive is foredoom
ed to fail.
The fighting between the . French
and the Germans in the Hartmanns
Weilerkopf region of Vosge3 moun
tains and between the Russians and
the Austro-Hungarians along the Bes
sarabia front continues the most san
guinary of any in the various war the-
The Russians are still vigorously on
the offensive to the north of Bukowina
frontier, and Vienna admits that the
Russians compelled a retirement of
troops of the dual monarcny to ine
ensh. of Purkanov.
Dr. Helen Nolen, an American wom
an who has been working at the hos
pital at Nice, says that more than for
ty thousand allied soldiers had been
made totally blind since tne war ue-
(ran
Telegrams from Bucharest declare
that Field Marshal von Mackensen is
directing preparations for a powerful
oTnAdition aeainst Egypt.
Paris advices are to the effect that
the Teutonic allies have sent a num
h of trains loaded with munitions
into Turkey, including one train of
twenty-five flat cars laden witn tne
parts of two 16-inch mortars and
shells for the use oi tne guus.
nomnarative auiet reigns at Salon-
i vi and it is stated that the Germans
onA Rnie-arians have abandoned their
projected campaign into Greece with
the purpose of driving tne ames
Vm con
Berlin dispatches admit the ad
vance of the French in the Vosges district.
London. The Austrian reply to the
second American note on the Ancona
states that the commander of the Aus
trian submarine has been punished
for not sufficiently taking account of
the panic aboard the Ancona which
rendered disembarkation more diffi
cult. The reply was forwarded to Reuter's
Telegraph Company from Vienna by
way of Amsterdam. The note says:
"In reply to the second American
Ancona" note, the Austro-Hungarian
government fully agrees with the
Washington cabinet that the sacred
laws of humanity should be taken in
to account also in war, and empha
sizes that it, in the course of this war,
has given numerous proofs of the
most humane feelings.
"The Austro-Hungarian govern
ment too, can positively concur in the
principle that enemy private vessels,
so far as they do not flee or offer re
sistance should not be destroyed until
the persons on board are secured.
"The assurance that the United
States government attaches value to
the maintenance of the existing good
relations between Austria-Hungary
and the United States is warmly re
ciprocated by the Austro-Hungarian
government which now as hereto
fore is anxious to render these rella
tions still more cordial."
The Austro-Hungarian government
then communicates the results of the
inquiry, into the sinking of the An
cona, which was recently concluded.
The inquiry showed that the com
mander of the submarine from a
ereat distance in the first instance
fired a warning shot on the steamer,
at the same time giving a signal for
the vessel to stop. As the steamer
failed to stop, and tried to escape the
submarine gave chase and fired 16
shells, of which three were observed
to hit. The steamer only stopped af
ter the third hit whereupon, the com
mander ceased firing." 1
HOLD
MUTES
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED
FOR INSTITUTES FOR FARM
ERS AND WIVES.
NEW FEATURE IS NOW ADDED
GREAT BATTLE IN EAST.
BIG BRITISH CRUISER SUNK.
No Comment By Wilson.
Wot Snrincs. Va. Dispatches receiv
ed by President Wilson from the state
denartment are understood to nave in
rinded a report of the torpedoing of
the British liner Persia on which an
American consul is believed to have
been lost. No comment on tne news
was given out.
Dr. JoseDh J. O'Connell Dead.
New Yorkl Dr. Joseph J. O'Connell,
health officer of the port of New
York, died from cancer of the stomach.
Dr. O'Connell was appointed Dy
former Governor Dix in February,
1912. He was 49 years old..
Justice J. R. Lamar is Dead.
Washington. Joseph Rucker La
mar. Associate Justice of the Su
preme Court of the United States
died at his home here after an illness
of several months. He was 58 years
old and had been on the Supreme
bench five years. Judge Lamar was
horn at Ruckersville, Ga., in 1887, the
son of James S. and Mary Rucker
Lamar, was educated at the Univer
sity of Georgia, Bethany College and
Washington and Lee University. He
was married in 1879 to Miss Clarinda
Huntingdon Pendleton.
Armored Cruiser Natal Sunk After an
Explosion.
London. The British armored
cruiser Natal has sunk after an: ex
plosion. Official announcement to
this effect has been made here.
The Natal's sinking is the severest
loss which the British navy has sus
tained in several months. No British
naval vessels of importance had been
sunk since last May when the Triumph
and Majestic were torpedoed at the
Dardanelles. The Natal, although a
powerful man of war, was laid down
11 vears ago, and her displacement
was only about one-half of the largest
British sea fighters. The Natal's com
plement was 704 men. Her displace
ment was 13,660 tons.
The Natal was sunk while m har
bor as the result of an internal explo
sion. There are about 400 survivors.
Ford Says Ideas of War Have Changed
New York. Henry Ford, wno iea
rhft neace expedition which left here
December 4 on the steamer Oscar .II
for Copenhagen in the hope of bring
ing about a conference of neutral na
tions that would end the war, arrived
here on the steamer Bergensjford.
Ha r.onflrmed cable reports thai his
return had been hastened by illness,
but said it made a difference of only
fow davs. as he intended to come
wk this month. Mr. Ford declared
i;s views regarding the cause of the
war have undergone a marked cnange
Canada Has More Soldiers.
Ottawa, Ont. Canada will celebrate
the coming of the New Year by in
creasing the number of men authoriz
ed for dverseas service from 250,000
to 500,000, Premier Robert L. Borden
announced. "Yesterday," the pre
mier's statement said, "the authorized
forces of Canada numbered 250,000
and the number enlisted was rapidly
approaching that limit. The first of
the new year our authorized force will
be 500,000. The announcement is
made in token of Canada's unflinch
ing resolutions.
Entire Southeast Line Engaged In
' Important Struggle.
Petrograd, via London. The Ger
man' and Russian officials bulletins
regarding the operations south of the
Pripet River laconically declare that
the battles are proceeding. The im
portance of the 'engagements seems to
be considered by the Russian military
critfes as great.
The general staff lays stress on the
difference between these struggles and
the last notable collisions between the
Russians and Teutons before the per
iod of calm. The battles of Czfr
toyrsk, Novo, Alexiniec and else where
between the Pripet River and the
Carpathian mountains were sporadic
"and designed only to correct positions
Prohibition Party Leaders Plan.
Chicago. Plans for extending pro
hibition territory were discussed at a
conference of Prohibition party lead
ers summoned here by the executive
committee of the National Committee
of the party. The date of the National
Convention was tentatively set by the
National Committee for July 19 and
20 at Minneapolis.
In informal discussions of presi
dential nominee possibilities the
names included J. Frank Henly, for
mer Governor of In liana, William Siil-
zer, former Governor of New York,
Richmond P. Hobson, former Con
gressman from Alabama and Eugene
Foss, former Governor of Massachu
setts. At a preliminary meeting Frank
G. Curtis of Jamestown, N. Y., said
hf honed Colonel Roosevelt would be
the candidate of the Republican party
on a prohibition platform. t
Lansing Would Preserve Peace.
Washington. In a new step for the
preservation of peace on the American
continents and the development of
Pan-American unity, the United States
has formally invited the Latin-Amerl
can Republics to join in a convention
to compel arbitration of boundary dis
putes and prohibit shipment of war
munitions to revolutionaries, becre
tarv Lansing's proposal has for Its
nhifip.t the preservation of peace it
Pan-America that it may face the Old
World free of internal dissension.
New York. Warrants for the ar
rest of Congressman Frank Buchanan
of Illinois, H. Robert Fowler, former
Congressman froh Illinois, H. B.
Martin and Herman Schulteis, four of
the eight men indicted for conspiracy
to foment strikes in American muni'
tion factories, were sent to Washing
ton.
Three of the remaining defendants,
Frank S. Monnett, former Attorney
General of Ohio; Jacob C. Taylor,
President of Labor's National Peace
Council, and David Lamar appeared
voluntarily in the United States Dis
trict Court and were released in $5,000
bail each. The eighth man, Franz von
Rintelen. thhe German agent who is
said "to have financed the alleged con
spiracy, is a prisoner of war in Eng
land.
Eacch of the four men for whom
warrents were issued has announced
his intention of resisting arrest. Bu
chanan has asserted that he is pro
tected by his prerogative as Congress
man, but this is denied by United
States Attorney Snowden Marshall
The warrants will be served in Wash
ington by United States deputy mar
snails.
Following his arraignment Mr
Monnett issued a statement from the
offices of his counsel in which he de
nied ever having accepted or having
been offered any German money. He
said he never knew either Lamar or
von Rintelen and that, as far as he
knew, neither had any connection
I with the peace council. Monnett de
scribed the shipment of munitions to
the Allies as criminal and illegal. He
declared President Wilson was being
deceived and that he was anxious to
do everything in his power to unde
ceive him.
Taylor also made a statement de
nying categorically the charges
brought against him and also claim
Ing that both Lamar and von Rin
telen were strangers to him. Lamar
refused to make any comment.
The investigation into the activities
of German agents in this country will
be resumed by a Federal grand jury
which will convene here on Janu
ary 6.
Fire Prevention Problems Are to Be
Studied Under Direction of In
suarnce Department.
Raleigh. Director T. B. Parker of
the farmers' institute division of the
State Department of Agriculture has
completed arrangements for a series
of institutes for farmers and their
wives to be held in 34 eastern Caro
lina counties during January and
February. Emphasis in the institutes
for the men will be laid on sou im
provement, livestock, more grain,
general. crop diversification and kind-
dred matters.
For the institutes for women there
will be special attention to care of
the home, sanitation, household eco
nomics, kitchen garden, proper feed
ing and care of children.
A new feature of the institute
work this year will be the discussion
of fire prevention by a representative
of the office of the Insurance com
missioner," declared Mr. Parker.
"This should be of interest to all the
people and especially to those who do
not carry insurance. The fire toll of
our state Is appalling and anything
that will lessen it should' be welcom
ed by our people.
'At the meetings for men, special
emphasis will be laid on soil improve
ment, live Ftock, the growing of more
grain and grasses and general crop
diversification. At the woman's in
stitutes, the care of the home, sanita
tion, household economies,- the kitch
en garden, proper feeding and care of
children and many other subjects or
vital interest to farm women will be
discussed.
In our institute work, we have the
co-operation of the state, district and
county demonstration agents. In ad
dition to these and the speakers sent
out by the State Department of Agri
culture, we ask for the co-operation
of the people in the localities where
the institutes are held and invite
them to take part in the discussion
so as to make them as practical and
helpful as possible.
Views of Chinese Situation.
Washington. American Minister
Reinlsch at Peking cabled the state
department that recent uprisings
aeainst Yuan Shi Kai and the return
to monarchial government in China
were not considered at the present
time as constituting a serious politi
cal problem in that country.
A paraphrase of the dispatch given
out by the department says the op
position movement is' confined to the
province of Yunnan. Other provinces
in the south of China are entirely
auiet. If the movement should spread
however, it is not anticipated that
there will be any danger to foreign
life and property nor that business will
be disturbed. On the contrary special
protection is assured to foreigners
and their interests by declaration or
the Yunnan leaders.
Press dispatches from Peking dur
ne the last few days have said that
the revolutionary outbreak centering
in Yunnan had spread to six other
provinces. including Kwangtung,
Kweichau, Klangse and Hupeh.
Only" First Class Mail Free.
London. According to official in
formation to the associated Press,
the British government takes the
stand. that any parcels sent by mail,
no matter what class of postage is
paid on them, are liable to seizure if
they contain goods which under the
orders-in-council may not be shipped
to or from Germany or her Allies.
First class actual postol correspond
ence, according to this stand, is in
violable on vessels stopped on the
high seas.
Railroad Buildtna at Standstill.
nhiraim. Fewer miles of railroad
were built in the United 3tates dur
ing 1915 than in any other year since
iRfii and more miles of railroad were
in receivers hands during the year
than ever before according to railway
statistics compile from officla
sources by the Railway Age Gazette
anfl inst made public. There have
only been three other years since 1848
in which the increase In railway mil
eage was less than 1,000 and those
were the Civil War years of 1861, 1862
and 1864.
No Decrease in Building.
Winston-Salem. The summing up
of building operations In Winston-
Salem during the past 12 months
shows that in spite of the general de
pression from which the entire coun
try suffered during the summer
months, this city has maintained her
splendid record for the year, an! this
notwithstanding the fact that during
April, May, June and July the opera
tions represented only about half the
aggregate values during those months
last year. During the year 1915, the
buildings erected In Winston-Salem
exclusive of suburbs, represent an
aggregate expenditure of nearly $1,-
000,000. The exact figures are ?94J,-
174. In 1914 the aggregate was $811,-141.
Wilmington Exporting Pigiron.
Wilmington. The American steam
er Bantu, 2,661 gross tons, sailed one
day recently for Valpraiaso, Chile,
South Atlantic, via New York, after
loading 1,706,800 pounds of pigiron.
The cargo will be finished in New
York. The shipment of pigiron was
handled at the Atlantic Coast Line
warehouse and it is exported by the
United States Steel Products of Bes
semer, Ala. This is the third or
fourth shipment of iron that has been
exported through Wilmington.
Earth Shocks In Salvador.
San Salvador. Earthquake shocks
which began early in the week are
still being felt here. A wall collapsed
during a shock, killing two persons
ana seriously iiijuimg v,w,.
Late advices from Honduras connrm
the previous reports that Gracias, a
town of 4,000 inhabitants was com
pletely destroyed by the earthquake.
Compulsion Situation.
London. At a meeting of a joint
labor recruiting committee here the
calling of a national conference of
trades unions to consider the compul
sion situation was urgently demanded
but it was decided to await an ex
planation of his position from Arthur
Henderson, chairman of the labor par
ty. Some of the committeemen con
tended that out of 600,000 men unat
tested, 60 per cent were unfit, 20 per
cent "starred," being necessary work
ers at home.
Investigating Powder Plants.
Washington The department of
Justice is investigating the Dupont, At
las and Hercules Powder Companies,
the three units into which the su
preme court dissolved the old Dupont
Company, the so-called trust to deter
mine whether they are obeying the
terms of that decree.
Sueeestions reached the department
that stockholders in the Dupont com
pany were about to form some sort
nr a holdine company, which might
conflict with the supreme court's man
date.
Lower Passenger Rates.
Charlotte. Effective January 1 the
Norfolk Southern Railway announc
ed a reduction in the cash fare from
Charlotte to Raleigh amounting to
50 cents and to Intermediate stations
in proportion. The old rate has been
$4.40 cents; the new rate is $3.90
cents.
Offers Blood to Save Nephew.
Rockv Mount. When an infusion
of blood from the veins of another
was suggested by physicians In hopes
of saving the life of Charles Daught-
ridge, aged 14, who died as the result
of an accidental gunshot wound
from a companion, Lieut. Gov. E. L.
Daughtridge ,an uncle of the boy, was
the first to signify his willingness
to give of his blood an amount the
physicians might think necessary.
The youth, numbered among the
brightest pupils of the city schools,
was a Boy Scout of first class.
Raleigh Munitions Plant Bankrupt.
Raleigh. The Raleigh Iron Works,
Raleigh's munitions plant, filed a pe
tition in bankruptcy a few days ago
and procured the appointment of Cary
K. Durfey and W. F. Harding as re
ceivers to take charge of and operate
the plant. Mr. Durfey Is trustee of
the $1,000,000 Tucker estate and Mr.
Harding is president and manager of
the Raleigh Hon Works Company,
of which he becomes a co-receiver.
The assets are set out to be $260,000
and the liabilities S136.000.