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FAETTEVIUS, K C, WEDNESDAY, MM UIKJLxl 24, 1915.
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Tammany Holds
Power ii
1 - r.3r.
DURING THE INCOM
ING SESSION OF
CONGRESS
Democrats Will Have
a J Majority of Twen
'; ty-five.
liae-vp in House la, Democrats
229. Republicans 196, Frogres
sires 1, Independent J.
v ,yw Socialist I.
Wolast Repeats His
Challenge to Welsh
For 20-Round Go.
Philadelphia, Kov. 80. Ad Wol-
gat, ex-lightweight champion of the
world, is here fer hi bout with Jim
my Murphy.
Ad had been here but a few min
ute when fee Announced to newspaper
men that he a -till after. bout
with Champion Freddie We'sh.
1 will give Welsh $15,000 for his
end if he will meet roe over the twenty-round
route," aid Ad. Furthe--roore,
1 will put the money up in any
bank Welsh might suggest
New York Robbers
Shot While
Robbing Bank
New York, Nov. 30. There was
much excitement when throe well-
dressed stranger drove tip in an au
tomobile and attempted to reach
greenbacks piled up in the bank by
means of a pin and a hook. One man
was shut in trying to make his escape
Washington, Nov. SO -Tammany
will hold tht balance of power in' the
flou&e ef Representatives during the
on&nf Gmttm. 'The discovery ,ef
this fart by political tservcr has
.opened t .field' for speculation over
developments likely to coc. from this
interet;r.g t.taation.
The J.intp .in the Rwm will t
2 Democrat, 1M JUfpublksan,
Progressive. 1 Independent fcr.d I
ecaft&t. ' Thki will jrr tk Item-
$26,000,000 Russian
Rifle Order in U.S.
Russia Glad. Hearing
Roumania Will Help
Petrograd, Nov. 30. Reports that
Roumania hod made its long expect
ed decision to join the allies were
persistently circulated here yesterday
and caused general rejoicing:. It is
expected in official circles that the
government will soon issue an im
portant statement.
"nator Owen Draw
ing Cloture Rule
Republicans Attack
The Philippine
Administration
Washington, Nov. 30. Republican
members here today say that Secre
tary Garrison's reply to former Presi
dent Taft is merely the first pin in
the fight over the Philippine policy
of the present administration.
Things Are iuiet
in The Balkans
Paris, Sior. 30. Weather conditions
cause quiet to reign on the French
front in the Balkans, and around
Saioniki, although new troops con
tinue to Arrive.
Germany, Austria and Bulgaria are
preparing for the Russian attack on
the Bulgarian front of the Black Sea.
One hundred and twenty thousand
tutonk troops have len sent to aid
the Bulgarians, while Austria has
sent more arms and ammunitions.
Clergymen Shouldn't
Take Part at Front
Minister Whitelock
Thinks Time
Not Opportune
Washington, Nov. 30. Brand
Whitlock, the returned minister from
Belgium, said that he did not con
he did not consider the time oppor
tune for opening peace proposals.
While Mr. Whitlock guarded his
expressions it is understood that he
thinks the allie would resent inter
ference.
REV. PERCIVAL Mac
KJNZIE GIVES
HIS VIEW
EVERY BRITON SHOULD
KILL AS MANY GER
MANS AS POSSIBLE
Henry Ford Conferring
With The Pope!
Cleveland, Nov. SO, A contract for
he jna.mfaet.are Vf -Stm.WQ worth
of rsfles f.r the Ruit army has
been practically rloeed bjr , CJeveWd
capitalist and New York munii5ttn
brokers..
Outrte A. Otis, who ha
J V..- ..l.J -
tan uj .Menu J vx ft, jemv hjsr m l.r
bids from a number of Cleveland
Washington, Nov., 30 -Senator
Owen, of Oklahoma, is drawing the
eoiture rale for the Senate reversing
the traditions of -the .Senate of over
100 years.
The rules allows the majority to
shut off debate when it thinks the de
flate upon a measure has been suffi
cient. The delay in plans will prob
ably cause the President's message,
" " ! .vKsh a-s trj hsvi ln Tt'A Dwm-
'7th
crats a jaajorfty of just 25. A defec- j manuSacturers for the making of rifle
iioa of 18 th-miKT&U wU the ppo- psxta, nt .new company ia lo to
tion ta6frjr ttsewwar . wuJ t formed.
tt sufriciect t defeat any measure,
TUTtsy, with Brooklyn miliet.will
tta IS m-mber. Tkia wili gr.- it
a tfianrin..e ? - ts rvire4 mm
m, tia lie b$3xm ? pfwwr. FmUii
caJ aaipi '. v this itwatk.o ra
tsr bA'xig tt n r f pfe naay
!he at hoi iwtfe th Tigier 4 the
W';'n iuiattttratk. The cruead
tof 4ay ajcait Tammasy wi8 jn
Cerrupted fcy a IfRg aristk-s it it
.r.lktJ.
Three Ships Sunk
In Mediterranean
p.ri, Nov:- m.Tbrr more allied
tart haw hees wnk by German
r&arimt m the Mediterranean.
They r Fre ateameri Alire
;n BiJ Oir.ara ad the British
. ateeffier .Tanfc-
Tfe fcorpedofef tf Algerian re
nh4fd in the dtsth at ose pr.n.
.Twertyf;it others ere missing.
'KgK wee ret'ed.
The rrew of the Tn;s was ave-j,
but wtlriejr is knws to the. fate
f the Oaifi'i crew. '
A 4ipaS.h from Marseille say it
if fearei 'hat tfc twenty men ferm
tp,g the tre f the Omars were lot
. Crry tfr Stkfce
Waih!nr,'a, Noe. 29.--Maj.or Gen-
ral Commandant Gwge Harnett tf
H ITpitet Fteu-i Karine Crp ha
auctioned" the 'carrying ot twtggvr
e'.;. by marine when s.hwe in vni
fona, or out of garrison. The idea
t borrowed frnr (ToMs'ih "Tt-mmy At
t n' f.f the British army, an it i
thi.ight that the carrying t the ti
will add -itijitinction to the Marine'
alrf-ady attractive uniform. The
'fgf tn;k are made from various
, kinds of wood ant r uualty 21 or
inrbe long. Ch;nee bullets are
.usually 24 or infhe long. f'hinc!
iHiHet are sometime usixi fr fer
rule n.- foreign coins for the head.
The Murine is a mah traeelleil man
and i quick l pick up uny idea of
foreign services whith will add in any
way to hi already very natty military
appearance.
European Criminals
. Flocking to America
Chicago, Ke. 30. Hundreds tf
jwKSdene men, 'de huu" f crek
t, penmen and crooks of other els
s:j.firi.kn have heen driven to She
("sited State by the European war,
according to a etatement maie by
Cfcptaio P. 0. ErieJ5, duet fef de
tective, O-Brfee said hoHee of Europe's
most expert J- heft .educated crook
are either already in Chkago or en
tiiir way here.
Carranza Returns
Lands To
American Owners
Waahlrgtoa, Nov. 30. General
Garrajpza .Jtos made rUtutio of the
land cionflacated in Mexico on account
4.f the Ixtiligereat part .. played by
Mexkan etockhlder. Attynti!jfl had
tn failed to Carranza that eaost of
the j&l land were t r.e.1 by Ameri
caa atackhoider tsste4 ot Mexicans.
The Weather Report
Washington, Nov. S. Weather
forecast for North, Csreiiua: Fair and
colder 'edneiy and Thurlay wi:h
light fKtrtheast winds.
Conference Refuses to
Back Bryan's Firht
Spartanburg, S. C, Nca. 80. The
(."pper South Carolina conference here
late yesterday overwhelming!- voted
down a resolution introduced by Rev.
, W. Skeake, of Aneerson, indorsing
lhe Wilson a-dministration' program
of preparedness. The body later
adtpted a motion to expunge from the
revwds of the eufifereace any men
tion of the fact that auch resolution
h&i teen introduced.
Russian Flyers Bomb
Barracks at Ubau
Berlin via Amf-terdarj), Nov. 30-
Puhsian hydroplanes dropped bombs
on the German lrracks at LiUau
Sunday.
Thirty Men Killed
and Several Wounded
Germans Subscribe to
French War Loans
Amsterdam, Nov. 99. It is id
hat GtN-mans ..have arrangei through
riuuh Lank to take ffit of the
r reach war loan.
New York, Nov. 30.- Henry Ford j
has sent a telegram to Pope Benedict j
requesting the Pope to join the ef- j
Dr. Derby Says It Is a Tryu
lime and That Young
Clergymen Are
Needed
J
London, Nov. 30, The Ee. Perei-
forts to bring about peace in Europe. I val Mackenzie, moderator of the
It is said that the Pontiff promised j Synod of the Scottish Church in Eng
to aid in every way possible, although handa young minister who is expect
he admitted that evervfft so 'far t , . , ',. , , ,. .
made has resulted in failure. J as a 6ol'ier 10
Many prominent men and,' women .British army, has beaded a revolt on
are .anxious to tal the trip and tele- f the part of the younger clergy against
grams pored in from people desiring e injunctions of the church leader
go. Madam Schuman. who-is in ! it k n3 part of a dergyman'.
tiiat we could ft out s navy if all
were taken who have expressed a de-
n t-jU an fltiv nart in tr
UULi VS iIVV - - - -
fighting line Mr. MacKenzie believe
sire to go.
Germany Responsible
Armenian Massacres.
New York, Nov. SO. Theodore
Roosevelt laid the responsibility of
the Armenian massacres to the Ger
man government and the milk and
water policy of the Vnited States. He
says that the Turkish attrocities
world never have been committed ex
cept by the connivance and consent
of the German military government,
whose otrVers have charge of , the
Turkish affairs and consent to if they
do. not direct everything that is done
by the Turkish, people
Germany Anxious for
Peace, Ills Said
London, Nov. 30. Tho Kxchanpe
Telegraph frm flipinhgen Bn"
nounceg that Berlin announre that
Gfrmtifty j ready fir pec, hut that
the allies rcfune to make tt'rmi
Monastir Reported
Captured By
Bulgarians
liondno, Nov. S0-Ath?n reports
that the Hfonatstir has been taken by
the Bulgarians.
Hussian and England
Aiding Persia
liftndnn, Nov. 30. Biissi and Eng
land will aid the Persian government
.to eatalliBh a neutral government
WHEN IHTONT POWPEU,
MILU AT .WILMINGTON,
PEL- IS HLOWN UI
Wilmington, .iHl., Nov. 30.
Thirty m"ca,ere k-IUd here today
hn the fiupont Power Com
PB" plant blown up. Se'n
(ithir cr injurtd o that they
ill I kcly never be able to speak
t)ly 0e of the, killed found,
the bodir of the othrr being
I'M a to pier.
Hut f 37 working in the mill
t the time ciery one wa killed
or injured. Only ,bole i left
where the plant formerly Btood.
Humors are current that it a
no accident, fun day ago no
tice sre poott'd announcing the
German in the plant trust gel
nut ot it would Ih 1.1 own up.
Muttering of the racn in other
plar.t arc taking place and ns
(ilcion n-t upon the German element.
Four Weeks' Course
In Agriculture
BEGINNING JANUARY 10TII. AND
LASTING UNTIL FEB
RUARY 5, 1916.
A four weeks' short coarse in agri
culture is offered ..the farmers 'of
North . Carolina icy the' Agricultural
nr. l Metha?fft"Col!i'ge. A special in
vitation is given them to come te the
college and study in . the class rooms
n-l work in the laboratories for four
full weeks without any charge for the
tuition. While at the cotlege meals
may be obtained at the mes hall fur
twenty -five cents each. Room may
t isfur he obtained in the city of Ral
eigh or out at Wc.-t Raleigh in seme
of the boarding houKes adjacent to the
cidlege as the individual may choose, j
f-ppiiiii courses win lie given in
oil, drainage, fertilizers, field crops,
fruits, vegetable, farm animals,
dairying, poultry, plant and animal
diseases, marketing and farm man
agement. 1 ha college- has a splendid
(equipment for the purpose of giving
practical instruction along all the
-. .b.r.es mentioned, ami the opportunity
Vienna (via Amsterdam), Nov. 30. . crfcred the farmer to improve him
Thirty thousand Austrian, troops sef in hi methods has never Ufore
have been sent to reinforce the Isottxo iwen riu.allei. This i due in part
front, it wi announced here. The to the many changes in Lrro 'Condi
Italian attacks before Ooru.ia are titfn' and to the frequent methods
increasing in violence. J i h are discovered from time to
According to the Austrian otticial t-me that are improvement over old
reports, the enemy t suffering heavy method. The new dairy and cream-
at the college which is now ship-
30,000 Austrians
Rushed to Isonzo
Six Negros Killed in
Race Riot in Arkansas
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HOMES, CHUI?CHES AM)
-SCHOOL.S ARE BEING PIL
AGEP AND BURNED
Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 30. Six
negroes were killed today and ne
gro homes, churches and schools
Ore being pilaged and burned at
Bushy Island, Ark. Trouble
started there dsys ago hen Jphn
Lee, a deputy sheriff, was shot
while attempting to arrest three
negroes. Eight white men are
under arrest and the Stste au
thorities are expected to take
charge of the itusi"t:'-n if the
frheriff fails to qui i! ti e riot.
Mine Explosion
Kills .Mules,
Scares Italians
Charleston, YV. ; , Nov. 30. A
blow-out jhot ut the Uoomer C:a! and
Coke -Company's mine set fire to the
mine and badly frigh't.me-r the Ital-
.in miners who left tha mines. Thirty
mule were killed by the' explosion.
Carranza Troops Fled
When Attacked
Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 30. -A large
body of Villastf troops attacked 1 W0
Carranza men today and 'large nuro
her were killed on both sides. Tram
load of . Carranza .men escaped by
making the- engineer reverse- his en
gine and backed out of danger.
THINKS ONE FYE AN
ADVANTAKE TO MARINE
Wilkes-Parre. Pa,, Nov. 30. Ber
nard T. Walters, of Ne.quahoning,
Pa., threatens to petition Congress for
ho enactment of legislation that will
permit a mwi ivi!h only one eye to
er.'bt in the United States Marine
:crps. " .
Though he was rejected at the local
j recruiting oTice of the sea-sol. Hers
liecatise of a mi)sins left opt'c, Wai
rs insist that his remaining eye is
sfronir and far-seeintr enonch to do '. reeking drawing rooms, with hands
the work of two. I --o fine to stain with German blood;
it is the duty of every Briton to ktH
as rr.ary German? as. possible. '
His reasons for thi attitude, which
i opposed to that o mct of the dig
nitaries of the church are set out ia
j strong letter which he hs sent te
the newspapers as follows:
"'The hour of the church's trial ha
come. Lord Derby, although he knew
perfectly well what views 'the digni
taries' held, wrote to the young clergy
and tald thera that their country
needed them. This is the trying of
the church,
This j-efers ffe appeal which
Lord Derby out to every eligible
til Enguind asking him to. enlist.
:!sfof of the young clergy who re
: -eived she sppeal wish to joint. H"t
the church leaders some time l.yo
practically squashed their boj.es ty
enfisting'by stating that it was no
Wirt of a eiergvman's duties to fight,
. (i . fcrl'ode them to take
active part in battle.)
"If there ever could be devised one
sicgl-i way in which young chun fe
rn en couii repudiate the charge ot
being weak effeminate,' trifier with
life. Lord. Derby's letter opened up
that .way. The whole country is look
ing on' to see what its public lecturer
r- e;ng to A , not say. The worid
has !w fceanng about the value of
.eriS.:e for the last ISO! years, and
he v- nil is of the opinion that ih
t'.rr.e for example has come. '
'F r the lutt few dcaJt Pr testan
tantLm has shown a fatal inability
to accommodate its teaching to
ern' life, f'rem the pulpit the age has
received instead of lympathy, un
generous criticism, often condemna
tion. The world has moved on, but
the church ha? not accompanied it.
Dopreeating and denouncing, th
lurch has lost touch with the youth
i
. f the age.
"Finally the hour of trial has come,
' unique chance of proving for all
ime, that tha nieq who fought their
.vet kly battles from their "cowards'
a.stles" are not and never were su
percilious nimnes, . indigenous to tea-
"I ui:-h I could think so," .explained ; hut that they are after all, mea
losses, but despite these continued as
sault are made.
Roumania Threatens
To Aid Germany
ping butter on a commercial scale will
ve new points. The improved and
pure-bred livestock in the college
barns and the methods of handling
same should be of interest. The ex
periments on the college farm and the
Copenhagen, Nov. 30. Roumania methods of cropping could alSo be
notified Russia that she desire to re- studied with profit. So a lot of prac-
min neutral, but it is said that aho , ical good as well as theoretical
is secretly preparing to join the Aus- knowledge can be gained.
President Dined "58 of
His Class 'Mates
Washington, Nov. 3 President
Wilson today had as his guest at the
White House T8 but cif 1'i of his
Princeton class-mates,.
The dinner was informal. The dec
orations were chrysanthemums and
he black dress suits of the guests
harmonised with the decorations,
forming the I'rinfeton- colors black
and yellow. -
'rench Destroy
German Trenches
Paris, Nov. SO. Drizzling rain
have made the dry quiet on the west
ern front, exeep in the regions of the
Serjeant Frank Stt-bbe, in charge of
he . recruiting station, "but sln.'e
ormh nc- has run afoul of your port
i le running light, it would take vou
trong and courageous, whose han.l
re md afraid to eec.ite the vvnge
'ice tliey have prm lainic-i in speech.
'whose st;p will not- faker on' the
twice. as lone: to see your duty as it I -'oad they have pointed out to others,
would an vordinary marine." I !, ho not only think, but feel and
"Tme, true," Walters agreel read- 'ive aml 'f n,i .he will- die as th
ly," but on tha other hand, 1 wosibl ' true, the good and the brave hav
e r.hle io see only half of the enemy's
forces and would naturally be only
( as scared as a recruit with two
eyes."
1 J Ptubba could not be convinced,
1 now Waiters wants Congress to
take a hand in the matter.
lived and died before them.
"This is the day of the church's
trying, and the day will declare it-"
Mr. MacKimie intends to give up
his church work and throw himself
the work of making himself tit t
kill Germans, though he is aware that
y so doing he will le ending hi
career as a clergyman. He is the
-rgyman who some time ago turned
his vestry into an ammunition fae-
itory, and men and women of his coa-
. London, Nov. 3(b Lord Tiitehen'er ; negation in London are helping flint
las returned to Ixmdon from his trip day and night to. make shells. Even
the front and will confer with in his drawing room 'at home he ha
Lord Kitchener
Returns to London
King George and Premier
tro-Germans for the purpose of secur-I f,very farmer in the itate is in- Loose ami Acqtia, where the 1 rench 1 1 ti con litions on the reninsula and pare moment may be
ing Deserabia. ' vited to come. have destroyed German trenches. at Saioniki. making munitions. .
Ascjuith over a ton of machinery, go that every
utilised ift