CAPE , FEAR NEW,
VOL.1. NO. 29.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1915.
PRICE, $4.00 PER YEAR
HEEDED REFORM
IN BASEBALLIUG
From 136 to 140 Game
i. Schedule Is Made as
Suggestion
Frank O. Menke Thinks That to
Reduce the Number of
(lames Would Be ...
Better
Sew York. ec. 15.-The baseball
magnate would make a master &tnke
rf they shortened the playing reas n
from ! '.-S gamef to IS'' frame., open
ing the a-aw" aW-t Mr.y 1st. and
closing it September
One i;f the troubles with bus' ii:
u, that the scas..n bfg'.n Too b. I
ends lit a time when intere-t in r s
'lr Reason i.eb:l i dead, ai.-l cni-t-almed.
Tliere is "jch a thin as Mo
much UIlliu-tnd that is what
fea been e-ing on f..r many years.
The middle of April i ton early t.
,iUrt a baseball .. The past ha
demonstrated that U-yond the po.nt
,f argument. The April weather . aT
way i of a variety that rare to take
rham on pneumonia. The opening
game always draws a crowd, but tiur
the balance of the month the assem
blage is small.
The (--a-on ought to end 'October j
1st- Dragging it a!""; "'itl! the Cth
.r 7th is a mistake. Fandun. by tha! j
time, has lot t its interest in the regu
lar diamond combat. Its attention has i
shifted to the world aerie and C
football The baseball crowds aftel
Ortoher Ut in the bin" league rarelj
run far into the thousand--of tener
they do not go above the hundreds
unlet the pennant isn't cinched by
That time.
The 136 and 140 frame schedules
nave been suggested frequently- in
year gone by -but the magnate
have pochdTpooched the plan. Such
a "sked" y'no, Oscar, would chop off
14 to 1 frame, and, dear me, how
eould the magnates live .throughout
the winter without the receipts from
then extra frames? That's how the
magnates figure it, but it is a fairly
nafe bet that they would draw down
approximatley aa muih for those l.lf;
r 140 frames as they do now in 154
Why? Well, simply because thye suf
fer an" average of five postponements
in ApriJ and in the gerund place their
April and October Karnes rarely draw
anw crowds.
If the public didn't get quite . no
much baseball it might appreciate it
.more.
A Needed Reform
No Iwtfor baseball reform evet has
deen suggested than that fatheri by
Clarke Griffiths, which would bar the
wile or trade of player during the
playing season.
The practice of strengthen! a
pennant chasintt team by robbing a
mniiwre club of its stars is- a blot on
the esiuthoon of baseball. And it
hurts the c:iira" as no other trick can
hurt it. The IP IS season furni.-hed an
excellent example of this evil.
Joe ,bo knon i ' the only real star
.n the Cleveland roster. It was Jack
win's presence in the line-up that drew
the bulk of the small crowds that
saw the Indian in art ion: In mid
Masn the White Sox were in the
thick of the pennant fight. (Ymisky,
needed en outbidder of the slugging
type and Jackson was the man. He
knew the Cleveland .1 ,b m-cded money
anil so he played i n its weak spot--money
- made a t-oJH'O otTer and Rot
Jackson.
' W hat happened 1. Jackson strength
. r.'ed the White Sox, but this going
soured the Cleveland fans on the club,
the home attendance dropped almost
to nothing and on the roa.l the Jack-aonles-s
Indians played almost to
empty seats.
Hughie Jennings' Tigers also were
in the pennant fight. It was figured
that if they could pet one or two good
pitchers immediately they might win
the flag. So Hughie scouted around
awl found the men he wanted on the
payroll of the Browns. These men
were pitchers James and Loudermilk.
The Tigers made a huge offer to the
Brownie owners for these two pitch
ers and they trot them because, the
Browns needed the money.
In mid-season the Red Sox needed
first-class second baseman. James
Barry was the man they wanted. Con
nie Mark had saved Barry from the
wreckage of tha Athletics' 1914 ma-
chine, but the lure f Joe Lannin's
Id was too strong and Barry went
to the Red Sox. mistered up the in
field and set the pace that shut the
Red Sox under the wire ahead of the
field.
Fiffht the War Mono
poly Government
i Munition Plants
Washington, Dec. 15. The fittht far
a government monopoly of the war
paraphernalia was started today when
Congressman' Clyde Tavener, of Illi
nois, made a speech of an hour. Mr.
Tavener cbarfjed that the war traffick
ers were the enemies of peace and
that would be irlad to see the Euro
pean war continued indefinitely and
.could like to see the I'nited States
;inl.roiled for the sake of increased
oroliti.
1h
iroicmment should bai!d' its
wn fihits( make its trur.f, ammunition
and manufacture its own powder.
This will tend to ji.ake peace
kfcer. ihv i-n.-'-ts are taken Away from '
r- h i- t;:-t tli.-r. 1 u nri ini'f-n-
ive V- i-rU.sc abuut v.ar to yccure
French Cut Off From j
English By Bulbars!
Sotia (via Berlin and wireless)
)cc. 15. -The Liu'.garian war oif.ee an-
bounced tcsiay that the Hulfrarian
'.roopg on the Vi;r,iar front have com-
jletely routed the allied forces oppos
: it them and had cut the French
... t .K. X.....1;K t':ri-i
' "'' ". I
r.I If.
ni
Haiffh Commander
British Forces in
- France
French Has Been Appointed By
the King to Be Field Mar
' shal of the I'nited
Kingdom.
London. Dec. 15. Sir. John French
has been succeeded by Sir Douglas
Ilaigh commander of ' the British
forces in France and Flanders
The recall of sir John French is not
surprising, news in Mjnuon political
circles. '
If an open scandal in hiirh militnry
iffairs does not stir London to its
lobths the British people may con
gratulate themselves. It has been
known tliere has !on unpleasantness
between lrd Kitchener a'ld Field
Marshal. Sir John French, for several
months. This caused a realignment
f the cabinet and Lord George was
appointed head of the munitions de
partment. It is i harged that the failure of the
oxiK.iitionarv artnie- was CH-a.ed by
Lord Kitchener not ft:rnishit.f the i
armies amnritr.tion ana ngni.ng eij.p
lients, including proH-r arms.
Sir John French Appointed Field
Marshal of the I'nited Kingdom.
Ixmdoii, lice. 15 The official war
bureau gave out the following state
ment: Sir Douglas Haigh has len ap
pointed field-marshal of France and
Flanders to-succee.1 Sir John French,
resigned.
Sir John French v. as thanked by
King for the able manner in which.
i had conducted military affairs and
an offered the field marshals place
ind commander in chief of the armies
f the I'nited Kingdom.
Sir John rrench relinquisne1 tne
command in France and Flanders at
his own request.
Another Beautiful Window.
Among the many beautiful windows
in Fayetteville is that of Shuford,
Rogers & Co., decorated- by Mr. D. R.
Kelly. . '
The window is decorated, in many
different colors and an assortment of
handsome gifts for men, and at night
especially it is one of the prettiest
windowa we have ever seen.
Cotton Receipts.
Seventy bales of cotton were re-
reived nn th Pavettevilla market
Tuesday.
FRENCH FORCES:
I Germany Has Served
Notice on Greece to
This Effect
Political Crisis in the Balkans i'Some of the lirave Young Ioys
Now at Hand The British
Korctrs Reported
Retreating..-'.
I
lnion. Dev. 15. The German al
ii tB have ti-rved notice upn G reeve
.hat they intend to "pusue tha An-
' :-From-h to the -v;f unless
no ii'ii.s it re tuf-hi'nu-a up'v:i u:vex
til hy. Kiiir l n-tantint. V trowp. nc-
l.wi'tm l. iidvjves frum K.me today.
-,v rc- -
r.e to i
cpon ;
" P'.'Ti -! 1 ui .t V ! if X-.1V Ei a.;
I,
;Tirvek jerty by the tU:ht
: :.e p .;iti( al ci'i'1. iti tne liioKans,
far a.i Cree.-c is ecnrerneJ, is now
: hand.
Ttie iil'eri have been forced over
!e i,. r.'t-r end the Pulirarians and
ermr.:i ure at the.r heeU. i
r..-.c- must show her hand. Pres- j
j ' '
sure
lui '.r,
leine bmuifht t iKar heavily
i-.n Kinjf t ofis.ant n". s 'ovi
emment '
i. r I me Milieu al c le'Jiv.iiii i
,.,. .ffwilv, ' weanonthe i
' Ca
blockade.
....
i i oh i-iniin forces, un rer rir iinaii i
I '4ahon. that were h ji le i backward i
from the Do'iran line by the Uu'irars, i
are. reported to have retreated to j
Rsove, in (ireeee , which is a railway
unction, and from which a spur rad
ay line runs in a southwesterly -di--cttion
joininft the Saloniki Kailroad
bout fifteen miles north of that city.
There was another line of retreat pos
sible, but Bulparian troops were re
ported to be driving into Greece in
OliiTeot numbers to cut it off. .
TJ . . 1 ... m-. n .-; It tVi it ennril ind nt
artillery were reported to be ad-
vancir.g toward Gumenie, twelve miles
... . ... .
.ver the Greek line. At this point
be railway line from Eastern Greece
-.nd Bulgaria joints the . Belfrrade-
Saloniki line.
Saloniki dispatches to the Times
v that 80,000 Austro-perman and
Riil.'iirinn trtHins are being concen-
-rated bt-tween Monast.r and the!ftct,on on Bellewarde Ridge, passed
Greek frontier.
I he German general staff , "which is
directing the movements of .the Bul-,'
garinn and Austro-Hungarian forces,
as well as those of the Germans, is
evidently determined- to strike hard.
nd fast at the allies before they can
receive any considerable number of
fresh reinforcements.
Official advices from Berlin and
-otia show that the heaviest lighting
"or the past few days lias centered
.round Lake Doiran ant the Vard.tr
'alby. The' Frem h have been hold--nir
the lett end of the allied line, the
tnfiti tive V.een h.iltlin the riirht. i
-i i miv,vl f,.r,.e of French. British !
'.ml Serbians have, been maintaining
he 'center. ' . -
tv the loss of Gievreli and Doiran I
he all.es K-.ve had to contract and
k . rtn their line. This was not only
necessary for strategic purposes, but
the cononlsory by reason of the nal-
' "o of the ground across which the
allied retreat was conducted.
The V.ew battle field is not different.
o far as topography is concerned, j
.ki. ..i.i Tk. ,i i. m,n.
tainous. sparsely popiilate-l and thinly
WOodoJ. ,
Hulffars Hold Every
Greek Frontier Point
.Salouiki. Dec. 15. Bulgarian troops
j(,ave occupied ail posts formerly held
I ,y the Serbs on the Greco-Serbian
' f rentier.
Children's Home Gets
Two $10,000 Gifts
Winston-Salem, N. C, Dee. 15.
Mrs. John W. Hanes yesterday an
nounced a gift of $10,000 to the
Methodist Children's Home for the
erection of an industrial building.
James A. Gray and children a few
days ago gave a like amount for a
girls dormitory.
WE ATHER REPORT
Washington, Pec. 15. Weather for
North Carolina: Thursday rain and
(warmer; Friday rain.
iFILLS PLACES
GF OLD SOLDIERS
ijjlendid Deeds of Hero
ism By British
. Troops
Who Have Filled Vl&ces of
Older Ones Who Have
Been Killed.
JLondon, L'ev. 15. The otiicial Cia-'-:tte
today record. ome of the recent
, uienditi !eeis of herium by British
irwops. IJroniine.it in the liL are pri
ottcn und nMi'-rorimishioiie-i oi?'cer
t'-oi; the ica.ier: hip ivhvii lhf:r
For ins'.ance, Private J. W. Camp- j
v'f, of the Svafvrth Iliehiar.di-ra, by I
o:s ptrft-ct example if coulness, !'
'uvtry, aiul devi.tiin to d'jty un!er ;
e:-y heavy lire" at Hohen7.elVrn Ke- I
o'-itit rallied his line when several j
.nits, were mix"i uo '.vith his own
eimvnt tir.d later, while still under 1
'leav' f,re- " the Papet and I
'il,'si to the mcn t" tit:'nJ f;rra-
Mur:maaM.T-.-.TKeani v . jsaie.
a.-.uiL near r leire, wnen Jul lilt
I.
mcers except one had ieen kiiie i or
--vounded. rallied the men.
reorganised
j mwoundei ones, "and led them to the
ttaek Jteain. Whvn h-IH nn in
un-
,',J'
barbed wire he collected under
v -avy fire the few remaining' un
rounded men and trot them under
over, e.Nposintr himsief with the ut
i ost conterrit for danger.
Acti'nfr Lance-Corporal K. Banker,
i the rush of the assault in the salient
f Sanctuary Wood, trot separated
m hia party, but at once assisted
;nd superintended some of the Royal
Scots Fusjliera, who were ditrffintf
themsel'vW in. On. the completion of
ihia work he , went on hia. own initia
'iVe and- "eink' a P"y of infan
'"' opening out a communi
1 xtiiin frlnli tka Unli.-l, 1,nu.
ation trench from the British lines
to the. i tptured position, and persist
ed un i. heavy .machine-frun and shell,
ire unt I it became impossible to con
tinue. Sergean H. J. Wilier, of the ' 9th
Battalion Rifle Brigade,, during the
ontinually backwards and forwards,
trying to establish communication
vith the battalion on his right, and
when, all his officers had been killed
n- rallied and .organized the men- of
is. own ami other companies, anil
captured a position in' the German
eeond .line trenches, which he held
'.gainst all counter-attacks. During
he day he was under incessant ma-hine-girn
and shell fire. He also took
iv prisoners and mde them carry
ack the wound! of his party.
A .stirring story is told of five men
Private E. Anderson. Private A.
'iiiilingworth. Private II'. Londcsbor-
tate H. Smith and Private
. Teasdale, all of the Hr.l Bat tali... rf.
l.lstrc-am Guards. The enemy, hav
ig :n:iile an.att.tck with great deter-
m!r,a;l"n ali,n- xn "' vccup.e.l
oy tncir Dattainn near I,.os su.'ci-i- !
,i in taking the. trench on the left.
"Ceupied by the-e men and c.tn.e' pour
rig into it. The situation was: -most
critical. Uoalizing vhi.t had hap
pened. Private Anderson and his com-
ra,,t'a fcPr"B ','a'' an" ,a0' "
'nemy, drove them with U.mbs foot by
'foot ihe trfrth- eventually.!
recaptureni tne wnoie section. i his
as oone witn tne greatest trallantry
n fact of great opposition, and the
men cleared out of the trench at least
times their number.
Private W. Hurst, of the Tth Bat
tahon Loyal North Lanchashire Regi
ment, was attached to a machine-gun
company. near Festubert. A "Mmen
werfeV" bomb having landed in the
trench, he pulled out the fuse, which
was alight, nad threw the bomb back day. The Oscar 11 was due at Chris
er the parapet, thus undoubtedly j Can -and Sweden, loO miles- east of
living the lives of the machine-gun j here, last night, but it is presumed
team. jthat the Oscar failed to arrive on
Temporary Corporal W. S. Tilling.
;f the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex
"egimcnt, w-s wviunded in the first
issault on the German trenches near
Hulloch, and lay out all day close to
'he German fire. When the final and
-ueeessful assault was made. Tilling,
although wounded, joined in it, ani
ii'si oi uie macnine gunners navmg
Seen killed, he helped to take forward
..r i j i - i
7iie oi tne ananuoneu guns anil aug i
emnlacement for it in the German : Paris, Dec. 15. intense cannonad
seeond line. He was ordered back to ing at several points on the front is
i..ve wounds dressed
but con-
'tinued at duty and accompanied the
btt3l!or, in the advnve the halk
''it, not going bark until the fwllow
ing day.
i'r.vtc Roberts. if the i'th BattaU I
iun, Rif!e EricnJe, afvr all hii com- !
vmdvs had Injen killed, held a barrt- j
tle alore on Fe'.'ewarde Ridpe fur j
jver two and a ha!f h -urs ajrinst in- t
cestsan ai..atkj(. Whvn hi own bombs
were extended he deiVnued the barri--ade
by rlfTe lire and by tljrou-inir
'"nuitt iMjmb.s which -tie found, and
Vr.ibs vliich had befn thrown at him
r.d bi ii'vt exp'od'-d.
Near Vermei, Private W. H.
Ni.-'orr, of the jnl" Hattalum, t?heshire
'.'".t'ler.i, threw bc-mbs. durinir a
wh'jle v,TTHany. He. aUo naved an
t.tif:eerV life by pick in up a Cierman
' m m it uhi.'h was on the point of ex
plodintr, and hurlinv it back anv.njr
he Ctrmanv
The President and
Bride Comlnsr South
i:.?hiry;.'r!.
1
l " The Jlay-
-rieti !: jy ;ti impr- '.
part in the I T-;.n:''n of the '
''re-; iert -and bis U . le to-1, Mrs. ;
oiit. T'e vveiiiim t.--; k p':tee some- i
i'tne J r.-.! iv l the Mt-yfower vviil I
rke th-.' l'reii J.nt 1; I U'more an-.l :
'pen pick them up :.t vome southern!
port
te Tjrrtu'tv issued what he ca!!-d
ilay ! t tv take any pictures of the
"re-i lent, his bride nor any of the
attendants. .
,' tialt has asked that none of
-r relatives allow any photographs
en during the wedding as a special
favor.
I IVESTIGTETHE
Cotton States Wants
Congress to Take the
Matter Up
Wants to Know if New York
Bears and Cotton Spinners
Have Made Efforts to De-
press I'rice of Cotton.
Washington, Dec. 15. Agents of
;he Department of Justice are mak
ing an investigation of the allegd con
piracy of the spinners anil . cotton
neculators to 'keep down the price ol'
ot'.on. The cotton States have In-cn
lid in their request for an invest i-
ition. The reports show that with a
Itort crop of 'cotton .more is being
::siimod than 'ever before aial stiil
here litis been no rise in the price
.nee the r.port was made pLiiiHc.
"bis is iinsul an.l .-ntrary to ail ex--leriences
in the cot ion industry.
Congressman 'Hellin, of Aalabama,
mil cithers have urL-eii the ir.vesti-
-ati.in to get at the facts and see
hat efforts, if any, have been made
y the New York 1-ears, and Cott. n
pinners to 'depress the price, and if j
Mere lias been a. conspiracy lor this
purpose. . ; .
Kvuienee is expected to be produced
n about ten iiays showing the efTe t
f . the spint'.crs anil nl.inipulators. If
Hrc are cmspirac
ies in restra.nt :f
-:c, they .may 1k punisbe.1 under
I sherman 1-.
Ford's Ship at Kirk
Wall; British Pay
Him No Attention
Lon Ion, Dec. 15 Henry Fo
peace party arrived at Kirkwall
to-
! time on account of storms. . j
j The government views with unccn- j
icern the Ford arrival. It will not!
.nterfere nor encourage the project.
None of the delegates were allowed
o land at Kirwall.
German Ammunition
Depot Blown Up
.reported, and a German ammunition
depot blown up.
mm EITTER
CI
Sj Conlidential Amenta
Informs the State
Department
Manv flii;h Austrian Ottiriala
lr..-epvd Over the Matter.
Open Break With l.'nrle
Sam to Be Avoided.
j V ashii'i;ioii, b'ec. 15.- Austria's at
Iti'.ude toward to the I'nited States is
-me of bitter resei.trra-'.t. All of the
: i. format .on reio hin- the otate Ie
: .vartjrent l'roni its t o:i!t;i'.-n:3;d 'aKents
''!i!.rtils
.fii .
Ti.e (. r e) rei-a!l of
'-..r:i'-:. an 1 the n-fusal
l oitt .l Slates i withlraw
-s c f a :.t ir rr:rir.:il nature
I A-ist'-iar c'.t..: ulur t:!icials had
! mar.y hiph At:str,an ollicials
h an evtent that tbi-v now are
i li.ii
a-ain-
lio'eii-.
jrcpni'i.d tit be. aih Oi-atiii a curt an
. f to the Artcona note. 11' it rested
iw.th Austria ao.ne, it!icials fel cer-
t:.in .-he would force the issue by de
. titling t. disiv.iw the ."inking of the
Italian hner and by handing Amlwis
sador I'enfield his passports.
This action may yet l e taken. If it
!i 'it wiil 1 no i-urprisc in official
Washington. IbfWever, sources close
tii hte Austrian anil German embasiea
here were insisting today that Austria
would find a way of min ting the de
mands of the I'nited States.
I t is certain that If Vienna asks the
advice of the Berlin government it
will le told that under present con-
Iditions, especially be. a use of the BnJ
j kan situation, an open break with the
i I'nited States should be avoided.
Indicted Baron and
Assistants Give Up
San Francisco, Dec. 14. Baron
George Wilhelm von lirirx ken, at
tache of the local German consulate;
C. C. Crowley and Mrs. Margaret
Cornell, Crowley's secretary, who were
indicted by the Federal grand jury,
charged with send letters through,
mails tending to incite arson, murder
or assassination, surrendered yester
ay to the Federal authorities pend
ng the making of bonds for their re
lease.
b.
GOOD SHOWING
Cumberland SavingB and Trust Co.
Adds- to Surplus and Declares Semi
Annual Dividend.
At a meeting of the directors of
Cumlwrlariil Savings and Trust Co. on
Tuesilay, Iv ember the 1 tth, . ov
ihou.-an'.i dollars was aibbsl to the ?u--p'us
Fun.l from the undivided profitj,
. "d a semi-annual dividend of four
ter cent was declared, payable on
lanuary 15th out of the earnings.
Cumi-er'.und Savings arid Trust Co.
has now a surplus of eleven thousand
-liars" t$ll.(l(H).i)ll), besides over
? I,."o0 in undivided proiits' after pay
r.g out. their semi-annual dividend
; f two 'thousand Joilars.
-ihis a iine showing for ths pn.s
porous anil growing institution winch
i hot only adding to its surplus bui
paying eic-ht ht cent dividends. This
a record hard to beat, and shows
that it- has first -class management.
Mr. Hunter Lectures.
Fpvorth ! eague w ill hold a meet
ing in the Sunday School room at Hay
Street church tonight at 3 o'clock. The
meeting is' social and devotional com
bined. - -
; "
!r. T. M. Hunter wi'l give an hu-
morous lecture on 'Conservation, or.
I Keeping Tab or! the Ticks."
j There will also be special music
I n offering will be taken for Christ
j mas charity.
j Refreshments will t-e served.
I The public is cordially invjted to
! attend.
German Submarine
and Warship Sunk
Milan, Dec. 15. Biircherest reports
the sinking of a German submarine in
the Black Sear and the Turkish- war
ship Goeben damaged. ,
Cotton It 3-4 Cents.
Cotton sold on the local
yesterday for 113-4 cents.
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