THAN ANY OTHER PAPER IN THE STATE.
NUMBER 18S.
30, 1?16.
PHD FOR
EXPECTED THAT AT LEAST IF
AUTOMOBILES WILL LEAVE
WASHINGTON.
INTEREST SHOWN
Rcaidents of Che Country Aro Rn
thuwiastlc About the Trip. Luki
Number Are Expected to be 01
Head Friday Morulas.
' > ________
Judging from preeent Indications
the Good Roads Automobile Excar
?lon to be held on Friday of this
week will be a great suecesa not
only for the cause of good roads
and better condition* generally, hot
from the standpoint of getting to
gether on the part of town and
country people.
Whrn aeen thla morning. E. J*
Stewart, aecretary of the aaaocla
tlon, stated that he wai certain of
*t least eleven automobile* at pree
ent and that he expected at leaat flv
or alx more cara. He alio reporter
thai he had conferred with a num
bar of reel^enta from the country
and that all of theae wra anthualai
tie about the trip afid felt ture thi
a large cumber would be on ban
Friday morning.
All automobile ownera who hav
received postal cards, aaklng then
to provide cara, are requested t
aand these cards back as aoon a
possible, in order that the comml'
tee may know definitely how man;
cara win go on the trip.
GERMAN WOMEN DEMAND
RETURN OF HUSBANDS
London, Nov. SO. ? Router's Am
?terdam correapondent forwards the
following: "The Telegraaf la infor
med on good authority that serious
rioting took place last Saturday In
Berlin, In which several thousand
women gathered before the imperial
' caatle and demand d the return of
their husbands from the front, and
improvement in food conditions."
FlYHN AFTER CONSPIRATORS
William J. Flynn. clusf of the Unite
?d Slate* secret scrvico. has taken
personal charge or tb<- bunt for th?
Instigators of the plot to dynamite
?hlp? of the sllles leaving the United
States with arms for the allied armxir
a&j which has resulted in the arrest
of Robert Fay. Walter 8cbols and
Other* in New York. The case is
about the most Important of tbe
secret service work now aud Chief
Flynn Is In almost daily conference
with the government officials in Waal,
mgton. ^
GOOD ROADS ASSN.
MEETS THURSDAY
Will Dlacu&s Final Arrangements
for A a to Trip and Take/Up
Other Important Matter*.
At a special meeting, called for
Thurvday night, the Washington
Good Roads Association will make
final arrangements and plans for
Friday's automobile (rip and take
up other matters of Importance rel
ative to tho good roads campaign
that is agitating the township at the
present time.
| The meeting will be held In the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce
and will start promptly at right o'
clock. Every member is requested
to bt? present. I
MANY INSTANCES OF
HEROISM IN THE WAR
/ "?
Official Report Makes Note of Ten Cases That Are
Especially Striking.
London, Nor. 28. ? More than 100,
Instances of Individual bravery in
the fighting at Loos and HuUuch a!*
week* ago, are recounted In brief
official notes appended to the latest
list of awards of tho military crosur
and Distinguished Service order. The
ten most striking stories are as fol
lows:
Captain Denals, Scottish Border
ers, was wounded In the trenehes.
but after his wound was* bangaged
ho escap d from the ambulsnce and
went back to hla men. advancing
with his company until again wound
ed. He was carried back to a dress
ing station, from which he disap
peared after his wound was dressed.
Later be was fen catching up with
his company and again cheering
them on nntil he was wounded a
third time.
Major Oordon, London Artillery,
got dose up to the German llnee to
' reconnolter, and, although under
h avy lire, brought back IS Qerman
captives after having shot one man
With his revolver.
? Lieutenant Carr, London Infantry,
notloed while directing the removal
of grenadee from the divisional
' "dump" that the fttro of a bomb
had become Ignited. He at cnco{
picked It ?p and carried It on* or
the dagout. It exploded just as It
left his band, seriously wounding
him. Hie coolnee* bared An explo
sion o t many thousands grenades
and bombs, which would have killed
ecoree of men and destroyed the
entire divisional bomb reeervee dur
ing the heavy operations.
Captain Bird, London Field Am
bul*nec\ on one occasion worked for
It hour* without isolation In tend
ing and dressing the wounded. He
we, twice observed carrying wound
? ed oa I stretcher an*
tor 16 hours wns oont4nually eapos
Ihf hlSMctf tp henry shell Are
Lieutenant William* of the Buffs,
took charge of a small party of
bombers and attacked the enemy,
throwing 2,000 bombs In 17 hours,
it was raining all the time, and the
damp fuses had to be lit from nig
arettes. Williams was wound d
early in the fighting but refused lo
leave his post.
Lieut. Hollwey, royal artillery
laid a telephone wire through the
Hoh' nrol'.ern . Redoubt under heavy
Ore. One leg was disabled before
be bad gone ten yards, but ho drag
ged hlmse f on. the same leg being
again fractur d by a bullet before
be had finished his task. Whon two
telephonists endeavored to carry
him to safety, he Insisted that they
leave h!m and tend the wir<\
Lieut. Pusch, London lnfaatry,
led a party of bombers during the
advance through Loos. Going alono
nto a house he captured seven Oer
man?r, although shot In thr face by
jne of them. Notwithstanding h'.s
round he cohMnued clearing the en
my out of the oellars of the town.
CapL Williams, Welsh guards,
was In command of a squad of ma
chine guns. After having a wound
dressed he went back tQ his place
and continued to direet the work
until midnight, although the nature
of hit wound compelled him to Ho
flat on his back all the time.
Lieut. Wood, Gordon hlghlanders.
took 176 prisoners In Looe, marched
th'm back under heavy fire with a
mall Mcort, and returned with
much-needed ammunition tot the
men In tha firing line. Being by
thl? time tha only officer left In hi?
company, he ra'lird It on the rf!ope
of Hill TO and heldirte new position
with great bravery and resources
Captain Kcarvley, Welsh Fusiliers
although wounded early in the
Oghtlng, continued at the front of
|hl* men and maintained hhr position
vaU) 1>? t?*B Mt Wt?D tlBM
ATTACKS U. 8. SHIP
WITH ONE 8HOT QVX
New Bern Man Conduct* Effective
Attack Against the V. 8. 8.
Elfrltla.
(By Eastern Pross) %
New Bern, Not. SO. ? Grover But
ton, a young white man, went on a
rampage Saturday night and armed
w!th a shot gun attempted to shoot
.he smokestack off the N. C. Naval
Reserved training ship, the Elfrlda.
thinking that an advance guard of
ho* Kaiser's troops had arrived,
cought shelter and In the meantime
Chief of Police C. Lupton was noti
fied of the affair aod In company
with Policeman I^ardy Whitford,
rushed to the scene of action.
Arriving at the firing Una the of
He rs located Sutton and attempted
10 place hjm #nder arrest However,
Sutton did not want to be arreatcd
and tnrend his weapon on the Chief
but the latter grasped tho flrrv arm
and saved being annihilated In this
manner. Sutton however, seemed
intent on slaying the Chief and nr*t
made an attempt to stab him with
a knife but this attempt was alio
frustrated.
In police court Sutton entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of resist
ing an officer in tho discharge of his
duty. Probable cause was found
and he was bound ovter to the next
term of Craven county Superior
coutr under a bond of $100.
HE WROTE INSULTING
LETTERS TO MRS. GALT
Samuel Whit? Under Arrest in New
York. Also Wrote Letter to
Mrs. Gait's Mother.
New York, Nov. 30. ? A man de
scribing himself a9 Samuel White,
27, an Investor, was arrested her"
'oday by police and secret service
agents charged with having written
Insulting letters to Mrs. Edith B.
Gait, President Wilson's flanc*. and
her mother. Mrs. Boiling. White was
arraigned later and sent to Bellevue|
hospital for observation.
White, according to the Do'Joe,
admitted having written to Mrs.
Gait and Mrs. Boiling concerning a
patent egg carreir 16 bo used in the'
.-sails and two new musical instru
ments. The prisoner said, the po
lice added, that he wrote the first
letter for a Samuel Osborne, of .Chi
cago, who had Invested one of the
mus'cal instruments.
White to'.d the police that he m<~t
Mrs. Gait and her mother at the
cfand Central palace here in 1913.
Thn complainant In the affidavit
.ig^nst White was given as Mrs.
Gait, but a det ctlve made the1
"barge when White appeared in
:ourt.
HOW TO KEEP A ROAD
FROM GETTING ROUGH
IX WINTER WEATHER
Washington. D. C., Nov. 30. ? If a
road iff kept dry In winter, road
-.pocfallsts Id the Department of Ag
.icu'ture say cold weath r will do
t little or no harm. A dry road
vill cot "heavo," as li Is called.
Hock, gravel, sand, even clay con
'raet a little on freezing. Water
xpands when It freezes and wet
oads will burst In cold weather jnxt
13 a water pitcher or pipe will burst
vhen the water is al owed to freese.
To kep roads In good condition
hrough the winter, the Jlrst esaen
ial ig to see that drslnage is good,
ill ditches must be opened, accumul
ations of weeds and grass removd,
utd the surface gone over to smooth
ut possible jvater holes. This work
bou'.d be done early in the fall while
;.hd ground is still dry and hard.
CHANGE AT BELLMO.
Owing to cbangae being made the
Be'lmo will be closed this week. The
opening will be announced In this
paper.
11-30-lte. J
, French Stenmer Sank. .
London, Nov. 80. ? The Frrnch
steamship Algeria has been sunk.
Twenty-nlno members of h4r crew
are massing. Eight were sav^d.
The British steamship Tanls has
been sunk. Her crew was landed.
HIT WANTS
NEW NORTH CAROLINA CON.
GRESSMAW GIVES OUT INTER.
VIEW 4T THE CAPITAL.
IS REPUBLICAN
Will Begin His First Term tf a Con
ET*wnin Wf?k. Hun't
Announced Wh?t Stand He Will
Take in DefB*?e FUn.
(By Parker R. Anderson)
Washington Not. 30. ? Congress
man J. J. Brltt^ the only Republican
m mber from North Carolina, la a
ctrong advocate of national defense.
Mr. Brltl is B?t certain, however,
that he will toId for Prealdent Wl'.
son's program. Mr. Bitt. like mor
every othkr Republican, wanta e
much larg r army and navy progran;
than thst ou|Jiaed by Jhe White
House.
In other words the Republican'
are preparing to get whatever credi
that may corns from the passage or
an Increased appropriations for na
Honal defense. It la evident, too
that unless the proposed legislation i
has the approval of James R. Mann
Republican floor leader In the house
th re Is not mucb chance of an}
crest amount of money being apea
for this purpose.
Mr. Brltt, who will begin his firs'
term as a congressman next week
said today that he Is strongly con
vlncod that we should speed a ver\
larg ? amount of money for the arm?
and navy. He !? afraid, however
(hat the administration will not g>
far enough and therefore he Is no
ready to say Just now whether h
will support Mr. Wilson's program
MRS. ARTHWtBE AE
Passed Away Shortly Before Noo;
Funeral Service* Have Not
Yet Be*\n Arranged.
Mrs. James Arthur, aged 68, dle<
this morning at 11:45 at the bom
of her sop, John A. Arthur, on Wee
Second street. Funeral arrange
menta have not yet been announced
Mrs. Arthur Is one of the oldee
residents of the city and is know
and "oved by many residents In th:
and other counties In Eastern Car
olina. She was born in Hyde count:
but has lived the greater part o
her life In Washington. She waa i
member of the Methodist cburc'
and an earnest worker for th
cause of Christ. Her ht /band pas'
ed away eight years ago. One sor
John A. Arthur, editor of the Be!
haven Journal, survives her.
MESOPOTAMIA N CAMPAIGN
DISASTROUS FOR BRITIS1
Amsterdam, Nov. 80.? A victor
over the British In the Mesopotamia
campaign Is reported by the Turkls
war office. In an official statem n
received today from Constantinople
The British, It is declared, wer
driven out of Turkish positions whlc
they had penetrated and suffers
heavy losses.
WAYOME CLUB WILL
HOLD MEETING TONIGB
I Members of the Wsyome club ar
| requested to be present at an lir
I portant meeting which Is to be h?)<
n the club rooms tonight.
CLOSING OUT.
S. P. Cstlon has taken charge s
sales manager and I am closing ou
my entire stock of dry goods, no
tlons and shoes at sctual and ler
cost. Sale will continue until so d
Also s la re* and complete stock o
fireworks for sale.
J. L. PHILLIPS..
1 1 1-30-0 tc.
WE WILL FURNISH
Pure Distilled Water From blow on aa Follows:
10 gallons ftod over, 2 cent* per ga'lon; anything lees than 10
gallon*. 3 cents per gallon. Mlnmum amount told 6 cent*
worth. No water charged on booke.
Crystal Ice Company
PHONE 83 WASHINGTON, N. C.
ODD TURRET OF AUSTP1' ' BATTLESHIP
Photograph taken aboard an Austrian battlaahlp of tb* now Tegbetoff
claaa. showing tha doubla turrata. an* abor? tha other, each carrying Urn*
Itina.
IIIRTY DELEGATES PASSED
THROUGH WASHINGTON
YESTERDAJ*.
75 ARE EXPECTED
cxrotary Pratt Interviewed. Open*
inx Soiulon of Convention Lunt
Nljjlit. liuslness Part of Meeting |
Tulieo Up Today.
About thirty delegates, en route
a the drainage convention, which
i being held in BMbaven, passed
iirough the city yesterday after- j
con. It is expected that at leant
eventy-flve men will attend the
onvcntlon.
Among tho?e w,ho left here y eater
ay afternoon for Belhaven was
sseph Hyde Pratt of Chapel Hill,
cretary of the Drainage Assoctn
on. In an Interview with a reprt
ntative of the Daily News Mr.
ratt stated that he expected the
rvsent convention to be one of the
:oat succrssfu'. that has ever beef,
eld by ihe association. He added
mt Am of the great things the aa
x*lation was working for was the
reater use of t.lo dra'.napo through
ut the State. Com nil tt ?s will also
q appointed at the Beihavun meet
ig to Investigate conditions in dlf
.rent sections of the State and a
port will be made at next year'H
leetlng, after which it Ir expected
lie matter will be brought before
ie legislature.
Several othT Important matters,
?cording to Mr. Pratt, will be
rought up at the meeting today.
The opening session of the con
ation wag held in Belhaven
ght. The business part of th
eetlng will be brought up today
:d tomorrow the visitors will take
trip to Lake Mattamuskent to view
0 work that has been done on that
ai'nage proj et.
Report, of Convention.
(Special to the Dally News)
Be'.haven. Nov. 30. ? The drainage
invention was railed to order last
ght by J. Hyde Pratt, secretary of
association, who acted as pre
tllhg officer. The addross of wel
imo on tfie part of the ci< Irons of
Slhavpn was made by Mayor John
?. Tooley. P. H. Johnron, of Pan
go. welcomed the visitor?. or> b ?
alf of the Belhaven Board of
rade. Mr. Johnson is first vice
resident of the association. P. P.
H'ham made the address of ??1
jmo for Beaufort county. All of
lose addrf.?ECs were responded to
1 appropriate terms by Secretary
?ratt.
Fifty-two delegates w err* regtsler
J 'a?t night and many mr.re are ex
pected to be hero this morning. An
yater roast will be a featur- of the
neetln^today. taking place this
venlng '
? fr. . ?
IU8TRIANS ATTEMPT TO
coNCLinys sepahatk peace
London. Nov- 10. ? Tho tribune a?
?rta that Amrlrla la attempting to
-onclude a aaparata pfaca. accord
ng to a dispatch from Rom# to tha
'x change Telegraph company
BAKER SAYS.
A flft to p1eaa? thoaa you would
ivor with a mark of your parional
>ttaem ? your portrait. Mako an ap
pointment today at B?k?r't o.jdlO.
IN Kill
DAILY NEWS TO ISSUE SPECIAL
CHRISTMAS EDITION IN
TWO WEEKS.
WORK STARTED
Merchants Realize Value of Adver- '
tifclng Space and Are Responding '
Liberally. Several Hundred Ex
tra Copies to be Printed.
la order, to give the ^merchants cf '
(Vasblcgton an opportunity of tell
UK the Chustmag shoppers of ti:e!
huusandB of bargains which lh?y I
aave to offer and also In order to
Klv? its readers a lot of Interesting
loliday reading matter, the Dfcily
^rws Is preparing to Issue a mam
moth Christmas edition and work on
;his has already been started.
The Christmas edition of the News
fcii: bo Issued about two weeks b?
:oro Christmas; the exact date being:
undetermined at present and will be
tbout sixteen pages In size, proh
jbly larger If the advertising pat
ronage warrants the same.
There will be something of Inter
est in this edition for every member
>f the family and It will in fact be
in edition which will be laid away
ind k< pt for future reference by
hose who receive a copy of It.
Local merchants can readily see
he advantage of advertising In this
?dttlon. In addition to the papers
which will be sent out to th^ regu
lar subscribers, several hundred ac"
Utiona! copies will be mail: d ou
ind th? advertisemer'.s and an
nouncements which w.il be con
aln'd therein will Ve re. d by thous
ands of poraor*.
TRIAL BY JURY
Men Chargwl With Having Too
Mucli Ltqunr in Their Po?wwl<iti
Given Hmring Yesterday.
Before the recorder yesterday af j
ernoon A. B. Wallace was given a
hearing on the charge of having too
much liquor in his possession. I pon
motion of council, Mr. Wn'lai 'r
i rial was set for Wednesday and
will be decided by Jury.
The same ar.tlon was taken acn.n?'
Isaac B.ouut, colored, arrested oa a
similar charge.
l?d. Cherry, intoxicated, was fneil
coats.
William Sl?a', Ititoxlcatod. wa!
Plied cost*.
Kitchener Rcarhfoi Pari*.
Paris. Nov 30. ? Field Marshal
Karl Kitchener arrived In Paris from!
Italy today. He we* given an ova
tlon by soldiers and travelers at th? i
station when he stepped from the
train.
fjpwire RMdf to Talk Term*.
London. Nov. 30. ? The Oreek
movement la ready to discuss the
propositions made by the entente
powers and satisfy all demand*
which will not compromise Its neu
trallty. eaya an Athens dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company.
TODAY'S COTTON
QUOTATION."
I.INT ? 11H*. I
SEED COTTON ? 1?.?0 '
1 COTTON mwo? M?.M
SHIRS WILL
111 HUUITE
IIXISTKIOIS POTENTATE J. I_
II. Mills ISSUES 0KIIBK8 FOB
THE COMING EVENT.
HELD DEC 8TH
I.ocal Men Are Planning to Attend.
A Large Number of Shrloere
Throughout the State Kxi?ected
to be I*re>mt,
Local Shriners. as ell as those In
all partR of North Carolina, are an
ticipating attending the great gath
ering of the wearers of the fe* wbleh
ts to be he'd at Charlotte on Wed
p sday, December 8th. Several of
the local members of the Shrine will
be in attendance at this event and
will Bfe to It that Washington Is
well represent d.
I'lustrious Potentate John L.
lAabbs lias just lestu-d the following
order ?n regard to the afTalr:
Read and be filled with wisdom:
?Attention Nobles:
"Th hoc.:s of our enemy are npon
?s, unuer tlie leadership of Llvutea
Ant tieneral lndiflerenc", Major
General lcdolenee and Brigadier
Liberal Ignorance. It behooves us
:o roily to our standard, the Sctml
:ar and Cr seen;, and do battle for
\2lah.
"Tliereforo your Potentate issues
this special ordftr: Let each and ev
ery Noble in North Carolina assem
ble at g nc-ral headquarters In
C*bai '.Lt'.e. en ih? morning of Wed
nesday. Deccr.ibor 8, 1915, to equip
yourselves with weapons of offeneo
xnd def nse, ammunition, and sup
plies for the 'great drive.'
"Our advance this year will be
bade more glorious by martial mutlc
iv'aich will bo furnished for. the first
line by Oasis Temple's own band,
vhose members know no fear and
v ill lead cs (o the enemy's citadels
n victory.
"Our commissary department Is
lireparlng for all that is nec'saary
:or your sustenace while In camp
.nd thi* ordnance department will
upp'y arntH and ammunition,
counts fjr the cavalry and all elBe
leedful.
"Noble*, w are neutral. We care
;iot whether a candidate is a 32 de
cree Mason or a Knight Trroplar.
If he will make a good Shrlr. .t, cap
Lure him and bring hitu to head
Quarters.
"la ail thes" commands fall not
under penalty of court martial and
iiux;.::.: "y execution.
"Yours in the Faith,
"JOHN L. DABBS,
"Potentate."
"SKPTEMI1ER MORN"
II EKE NEXT TUESDAY
Mr. W. M. Roles, the special
ascst for "September Morn," the
big Chicago succesFful musical com
?dy lhat will hs here next Tuesday,
vfts her today making arrange
ments for the presentation of th&
attraction. Mr, Roles states that
he peoplp of Washing: on will
o:.e of the b si high class musical
?om^dlea lhat has ever he?n to this
?ity h"n "Miss September Morn"
irrivp*. This is the third trip here
'nr Mr. Ro> s, a* lie w n s here ahead
of the "Modern Evo." and "Prlnco
if Tonlgh!" a'trarMons that hav*
!rp n here !:t tiic past. The i?at* for
his Rt*r.irlon will rr> on ?a'o at
Worthy nr.d E'herldgn's drug storo
>n tills coming Friday at 10 o'clock
*?Itarp Prleeg are from 60 cent# to
$1.60.
TO-NIGFT
High C1?bh Photoplay*
? ? Splendid Heel? ? ?
Friday, D?p. Srd
"NEAL OF THE NAVY"
&C ftOd IOC