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V I UN N JEW 1 . v m n x AND EVENING CHRONICLE PAGES TODAY ''' GREATER "0 N i G' H T EDITION Li U U nrttFLOTTE NEWS Established, Daily 1888 Sunday 1910. TRf ?'4xiNG CHRONICLE Established 1903. V y MOMENTOUS DAY WAS FRIDAY IN BRITISH AREAS More Guns Played in Action in Drive Over Sector of Six guiles Than on Any Other Given Day Since the Anglo French Offensive Along the Somme Began. (By Asjoclated Press.) ( British Front in France, Sept. 16, 1 m via London. Army, officers uni versally are speaking of Friday as the bet 3ay for thr British arms since the offensive began on the Somme With the exception of July 1, the at tack begun yesterday morning was e most extensive in the 'ten weeks $ the battle. For the first time the Mw armored motor cars competed ffltii the infantry as the British swept down from . the ridges to the lower ground toward Bapaume. At this writing the British are be yond the village of Flers, which they took early in the morning, and are established in Marticpuich and Cour celleite. The slow plodding work of recent weeks had for its object control of all the high ground from the region of Thiepval o the junction with "the Trench on the right. The Germans fought hard for every foot of it. Deville, or Devil's wood, High wood, aid the rib of earth which the . wind jll crowned beyond Pozieres have been steeped with blood of men fallen there in their long stand under the heaviest orgy of shellfire in the his tory of war, as experts agree, as Ger man wrestled with Briton not for a uiece of farm land but for military and human mastery. The British push was largely down hill. They put behind them the high ground whose slopes give them shelter for. their guns and whose crest gives them observa tion for their artillery fire. Evidently the Germans , did not expect the at tack, considering that the offensive was over and that the British would settle down for the winter in their new positions. ' Never before, probably, have more jun3 been playing over the same length of front than alonj; the six miles where the British made their advance on July 1, and " where they have continued their offensive with dogged persistency. The.. . Germans kept on bringing up guns until now they have 1,000 in this : short sector. The Associated Press' correspondent, moving over the region- ot the devas tated villages of shell-torn earth, in tersected by new road3, saw on Thurs: day how enormously the , British haa increased their own artillery. Sun-tanned and weather beaten were the gunners, after their ten weeks of work. There were lines and clusters and parks of guns. Rows of batteries were firing -with the regu larity of mechanical workmanship.of the needles of a loom . weaving cloth. Alongside each other were British and. French batteries. At midnight the correspondent again walked about among the guns, which were going on with their night shift of gunners, whose figures were , illuminated by Sashes. Except for the. guns which know no rest, the army seemed silent and asleep. Everybody and every thing was in place and ready, includ ing those strange grotesque new ar mored cars. ' "We keep on learning, we .of the new army," said one of the young of ficers, "and with every show do a little better. Battle is the great teacher." , And the guns never stopped ' their ear-racking noise from daylight to darkness, and darkness to dawn. Now wd then the keys of that strident Piano were struck in a chord. When lawn came all the keys began to bang at once. ; .; But before the general' attack be- m inere had been a hellish little pre liminary side show near Thiepval. The Germans had there a warren of P dugouts and galleries which m called their "Wunder Werk." Be e daylight the British got in there, JMer cover of their gunfire, bombed fleir way through galleries which be came catacombs and made them es masters of the position. " km ln also beore sun up, only an !f:efore the time set for the Brit a attack, the Germans made a small nZr, ln the neighborhood of Mou Sf m- They t00k a section of nches and were holding it at the eat ,,-hen that wave of British, miles long, began to move. The wSrt, rtf erves m that area . swept h J?e Gerinaiis and their own men 2 were struggling with the Ger J. onto the objective set for three U4s work. ced!nlhillJautUTni1 morning -mist, pre the a of brilliant sunshine, hid officer- ,attack which the British British & 'as the most skillful the BSfmy has ever made. The only DuttinS behind them not aa Veil ge but the old second line which fh? . first line ' trenches aa lit y strusslel so hard to gain, whYnif 01?g gainst the new third toUdh6 Germans . had been H IS 11 unceasig British shell te motor Gantry went those sileU hole Cts, across trenches and ' 52Pearami" it ludicrous are they in Ced at ihat the British whfien cl!arge L sm in the midGt- of the edwliteered.tnem a8:ey "uuets r .- -"a.uia oi macnme gun QeWrT mUSt have seemed to "the J.T some prehistoric mon- So for - tbe Briti,?8 reports locate tonight 8ession of t, erywhere Sained Pos extPt I . new German trencher, ln XT S?chy'- There the- 3. " minis' fv ! 8 and rtnoT uesperate cour- on thS tne tenacity., to re- 8,61 Piece w of hi&h ground in 1 eCeby Pece defense of his Lloyd-George Says Rights Are Regarded ., '. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept.' 6. David Lloyd George, British secretary of war," has given the Associated Press tbe follow ing statement: - , - "There appears to be a deliberate campaign, set on foot, in hp TTnitPd States by German agents," to .throw aouDt on the good faith of his majes ty's government in regard to the use of information obtained through the censorship. . "These German agents with -whose underground' methods of working we are quite familiar appear now to have resurrected my statement in ' the House of Commons on August 8, al though that statement was fully ex plained by Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war trade, on August 9 and most ex plicit assurances on the same subject were given by him in a later interview on August 25. "In spite of this these propagan dists are trying to dress but my state ment as something new, nullifying Lord Robert Cecil's assurances which followed it. ' Let me now say on be half of the military authorities what has already been said on behalf of the foreign office that when information is passed on by the censorship to oth er departments it is for the sole pur pose of guiding the action of the gov ernment in the conduct of the -war That frankly statedis what we do. But we amrm and challenge any one to , de ny it that' honest business interests and trade secrets of an American mer chant or manufacturer are as safe in the hands of the military censors and of every other government department as they are in the hands of the Ameri can postoffl.ce." MILITARISM IS NOT PRACTICAL (By Avwclated Press.) Mexico City,: Mexico, .' Sept. 16.t Militarism, was opposed and universal military training advocated in a Mex ican independence celebration speech here today by Felix Palavicini," minis ter of public instruction. Palavicini spoke as the unofficial representative of General Carranza. : - The speaker declared. that while it was the intention- to establish a strong : government in Mexico it was not intended that such a government should be controlled by military pow er alone. Universal military traininr, the minister said would .fulfill the plans of the de facto government, because; when each citizen had been made a trained soldier , there -would be no chance for the army to control and "run over those engaged in civil pursuits." ' 1 . ,. - The : 106th anniversary .; of Mexican independence was - being generally celebrated today through the repub lic. -;. ; .'...'. .... .. .. Mexico to Celebrate Independence Event (By Associated Press.) Mexico City. Sept. 15. The hundred and sixteenth anniversary of the proc lamation of Mexican' independence by Hidalgo at Dolores in 1810 will be ob served with ; elaborate . . ceremonies throughout the republic tomorrow. . In the capital, where nearly every building is aflutter with flags and dec orated, with the national colors, mili tary and civil organizations will pa rade . through flower-strewn streets. Bands will play throughout the day in every park and a chorus of a thousand voices, trained for weeks, will sing pa triotic songs. v' . 7 ; In addition to the formal speeches and meetings, a program of sports modeled closely after the program of the tlympic games has drawn athletes from all over the country although the larger part of the tremendous list of entries come from the schools and col leges in or near the capital. A held has been laid-out for track, and field Air an fa hnsphnll mmes. basketball and association football matches. " General Carranza donated thirty thousand pe sos to provide the equipment. ' - Baseball has secured a wide hold throughout Mexico and an excellent game is played here. A gala performance at the opera and a special bull fight also are expected to draw large crowds. 4 CALL FOR, BAIIK. STATEMENTS. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 16 The comp troller of the currency, today issued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close' of business Tues day, Sept. 12. There 'he still keeps up the struggle, at last accounts. Again in high wood he had kept a redoubt with a nest of machine guns which the arrored motor cars en gaged, machine gun to machine gun, while the - British infantry passed around it as around a rock in a flood. Among the prisoners are six col onels. One of these had the honor of being captured by the newest weapon, which has added picturesquenes3 to present day warfares This armored motor car ran over the colonel's dug out. He surrendered to the crew, which took him on board and after the fight was over delivered him to a guard of infantry. In one case "100 Germans surrender ed in a body to one of the armored motors. -Again an aeroplane reported that one of the motors was moying up a street of the village of Flers, while wildly, yelling British infantry followed it Aeroplanes descended very, low, dur ing the battle and. never were there more fights or more vicious ones than those of today while .the new armored cars were participating in the infan try charges.. Altogether the British brought down 13 German planes. CHARLOTTE, -N. O, SATURDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 16, 1916. KING OF GREECE GIVESHISVIEW AB0UTC0UNTRY Says He Has Been Actuated by No Other 'Motive Than the Well Being of Greece Expressed Indignation That He Should be Charged With " Any' Ulterior Purpose. v By Associated Press.) : New York, Sept. 16. On September 1 the staff correspondent of the As sociated Press v obtained an interview with King Constantine of Greece that follows. It is impossible to - say which of the censorships, through which it passed held the dispatch at the time. Various reports concerning the attitude of Greece and King Con stantine were afloat in the first davs of the present month but even London received no official disoatches for sev eral days. The interview was - given about the time the Entente fleet was taking; position at Piraeus, the port of Athens, and revolutionary outbreaks were reported taking place in Macedo nit. . : Tatoi, Greece, Sept. 1, via Paris, Sept.'. f 15. King Constantine received the correspondent of the , Associated Press in his summer palace here just previous to a visit from the British minister at Athens. The king spoke of the present situation with the ut most frankness, although refusing to be directly quoted. He' said that Greece is ready to join the Entente Allies whenever she could see her definite and certain advantage In so doing. The1 King expressed indignation that it could be thought by any one much less published that he is bound by any pledge to any one not. to make war or that he has been moved in his course hitherto by any reasons save those he conceived to.be for the greatest good of his country. He declared that, the situation up to the Bulgarian invasion of Greek Macedonia and Rumania's entry into the war had not revealed with sufficient certainty the advantage to be gained by Greece to compensate for. the risks -and. unquestionalbe cost in lives and property bound to follow Greek particiaption in the war. ..King Consfantine referred with par ticular feeling to the fate almost cer tain to overtake more than a million Greeks living in Asia-Minor and Thrace in the event of Greece finding herself engaged in hostilities with Turkey. Quite frankly the Kine - admitted that the. presence of Bulgarians in Macedonia and ; Rumania's ' entry -into the war "would" greatly cbmrjlicate the situation, constituting ;a: new element which might easily alter the premises upon wnicn the policy of Greece hith erto has been based. The king declar ed that, all these new elements had to be duly considered. ' ; - ' The king received the correspond ent while lying on a sofa in a. dark ened room. Physicians and nurses are still in attendance upon him . on flic count' pf'the fever and continual irri tation of the wound which keeps the king confined to his room and in a state of constant physical annoyance when not in actual pain.-; j ' MRS.H0WEDIED -ATEARLYH0UR (By Associated Press.) ; New London, Conn., Sept. 16. Mrs. Anne E. Howe, only sistej of "Presi dent, died in a local hotel early today. Mrs., nowe had been extremely ill for about a week with peritonitis and the end had . been expected at any moment for the last two days. . .Mrs. Howe came from her Philadel phia home in the early summer with her niece, Mrs. ' Margaret Wilson, daughter of the president, stopping; at a, summer hotel in the suburbs: Her health had long been impaired. When her condition became a matter , of grave concern Mrs. Howe was brought to a city hotel. With her were her two. sons, George Howe of North Carolina, and Wilson Howe of Richmond, and a daughter, Mrs. Cothran, of Philadelphia,' besides Miss Wilson. Will be Buried in ; Columbia Cerrietery Long Branch, N. J., Sept. '16. President Wilson - received word this morning that his sister, Mrs. Anne Howe, died early today at New Lon don. : He was greatly shotiked,;, par ticularly since he thought ' she would live several days longer and he had planned to go to her bedside again. , The president plans to attend Mrs. Howe's funeral which will be held at Columbia, S. C, where her. hasband and several relatives are buried.; White house officials got in ' touch with Joseph R. .Wilson of Baltimore, the president's brother, : in order ' arrange the president's trip. .. Heavy Tobacco 'Sales. Winston-Salem, Sept. 16. The heav iest sales of the season were registered on the leaf tobacco market here yes terday when 136,406 poundswere sold at an average-price of $17.88 a hundred pounds. One pile of 22 pounds sold at 51 cents a pound, about a hundred piles going as high as 30 cents a pound. Very little real leaf has been sold, yet, the sales consisting mainly of "prim ings" or ground leaves. - Attacks Unsuccessful. Paris, Sept. 16. German counter at tacks were made on the French lines both north and south, of the Somme last night- They were unsuccessful, the , war office announced today. The assaults were delivered to the east of Clery on the north bank' of the river and. east of Berny, to the south of the stream, below Peronne. - I ' 1 . " ' 1 , t . ' WHMiaMBMHH LINNEY HEARD HARL0TTE Kr in Candidate ; 1 for Addresses Audi- p 4 o rnor I- 5 at Court House - - I ff m m u. eecn was Largely unti ism of Democratic Gov knmentRooseveltvvvWas Not Mentioned by Speaker. Frank, A. Linney, of Boone republi can candidate for governor of North Carolina, addressed a gathering of re publicans, with quite a number, of dem ocrats also in the audience, at the court house last- night' at- 8 o'clock, there being present . probably ; 500 vot ers,, the building being well filled. The speaker divided his discussion into two heads, state and national is- Mr.' Linney is the Republican candi date for Governor of North Carolina. He Is a prominent attorney of Boone and Is welU known over the entire state;'; he Is an Interesting speaker and a clean; politician. sues, speaking for over one hour. His remarks, weperraxgely -,a -criticism,- oi democratic government - and legisla tion in: North Carolina and. in Wash ington. Mr. Roosevelt . was; not men tioned during the argument of Mr. Lin ney, nor was Mr. Hughes referred to further than an incidental reference in passing. 5 rV- ' Mr. Linney was presented . by Mr. John M. Morehead, who presided over the gathering; Mr. Morehead was brief but-chose his' words with. wisdom, and ..introduced - the v gubernatorial rcandi date in happy style. : .. : . , -' -. ' The Address.:. '? ;--- Following- a few- pleasantries, by : way of introduction, Mr. ' Linney atta'clsea his subject without further; parleying, and waded ' into the - issues where; he kept up a continuous bombardment ot democratic pjanks . and- issues to tne thorough:, satisfaction of t the .republi can voters present, Mr. Linney being frequently cheered. ' ; Mr. Linney's.. speech" was; free from rancor or abuse of candidates,' and he referred to the men who represent North Carolina, in Washington,, and to the chief of the nation, in. appropriate and dignified -terms .during the even ing. ;. -"- -: -. , . . . ; . '. Mr. Linney first discussed taxes in North Carolina, and .said. that, the .sit uation needed attention. He. declared that the democrats had raised the tax rate,: 15 per cent:here;rn Mecklenburg, and that they claimed that J this : was the remedy. i He ; said : that --; taxes- in North Carolina have doubled- in the last 10 years: Mr.- Linney-; quoted fig ures at length 'on, this.-pointr and -then took up the public schools. He claimed that the schools . and their influence are closely intermingled with politics, and - enlarged considerably- on this point. He said the effort of the, repub lican party was t drive politics out of the public schools and separate them. He ' said that the democrats had one answ.er to most every question askefy and that -answer was "Butler." Further argument, by .the."- speaker was offered to show that North Caro lina is far behind , in progressive ; leg islation, as Mr, : Linney , views .it. He said that nearly all of the legislation in this state can .be .found in Blacis stone. . , - . - " . - ; V National Issues. Reaching the second part of his sub ject, Mr. Linney began by saying as to preparedness that he-; thought the State University should have, a depart ment of military training; to take the place of football;, lie thought the mili tary training the, less dangerous of the tWO.. .-' . '".- -- "... . ' ..; -Mr.-Linney discussed the federal re serve act, the farm land 4oans, and tne parcels post, democratic enactments, and contended that these were either to be fouhd in republican platforms and declarations . or had been attempt ed by republican government before the democrats reached the issues. He thought the .democrats had done some things that they. had not promised. to do, and had not done some things that they ought to have done. He then took up the child, labor.' law -and the :. one term discussion, and contended that Mr. Wilson had changed his ,views on numerous occasions, on some. vital is sues. "Mn Linney declared that a pro tective tariff was nothing but foreign imports" cut -oil; and that the effect is the same on American manufacturing interests, whether these imports are cut off by war orby.law. He criticised the president's I urse in the settle-. j THE THE BIG OFFENSIVE BRINGS ALLIES INT0p A Number of Villages Cap tured by, the British Drive Against German Positions in Somme SectorLatter ' Have Already Begun Their Counter Attacks With Vig or. " - The , heavy - offensive , launched yes terday by the, British north ' of I the Somme, was successful in gaining ground; along the entire, line,; except immediately opposite Ginchy, where the Germans clung on desperately, to day's, dispatches indicate. , ' - The . "most important ; points , gained were the villages of Courcellette, east of Thiepval, Martinpuich, south of the Pozieries-Bapaume road and Flers, 2 miles north of Ginchy. These three villages are now completely in posses sion of the British London announces today. .. . ; ' , The Germans already have begun counter attacking the French at points where they recently advanced, both north and south of the Somme. Paris today reports the repulse of Ger man attacks east of Clery," Immedi ately north of the stream, and near Berny,1 below the river, southeast' .oi Estrees. . . , " . .. . V In Macedonia, where notable 'suc cesses .for the. entente troops against the Bulgarians- in the centre and on the left wing were reported yesterday, renewed activity now is announced on the right flank, where the British have again thrown skirmishers across the Struma and have, raided villages occu pied by the Bulgarians. A continuous bombardment.of Bulgarian positions m the Doiran region indicates the prob ability that the British are about to strike with their' infantry-In this sec tor. " ;."..'. ' i ; '":. "" ' ' r In Dobrudja southern Rumania, the Bulgarians, Turks and Germans 'have won a decisive success against the Rumanians and Russians, Field Mar shal von Mackensen reports. The an nouncement is contained in a telegram sent" by Emperor William to the em press. Recent reports from the capitals of the central powers nave indicated a steady advance in their Dobrudja in vasion.,;:; -.'V' ;--.v. " '' Petrograd . reports ' the situation in the Russian and Galician war theatres unchanged. ' - Dispatches from -Athens announced that -M. " Callagvyeropoulos, a lawyer and member of the former Theotokis cabinet, has -been summoned by Klng Constantine to his residence at Tatoi and indicate that the former minister has been entursted with the formation of a new Greek cabinet " Teutons Gaining, i . Berlin, Sept. 16, via London. The Teutonic allies - in Dobrudja have gained a decisive victory - over the Russian and Rumanian forces, says an official telegram from Emperor Wil liam '-to the Express.' , y- Bulgarians Falling Back. : Salpniki,- Sept. 16, via London. The Bulgarians are falling back - in disor der toward Monastir pursued by the victorious Serbians, according to an official i statement issued at Serbian headquarters. The text of the state ment, follows: - "After two days artillery prepara tion and the occupation of the enemy's advanced posts our troops carried out a decisive attack on the principal Bul garian positions, in. the direction , of Fiorina, which was crowned with com plete success. The Bulgarian; positions at -Malkanidze and Malareka are now in our hands and General BoyadjefTs army is retiring in' disorder toward Monastir pursued by our victorious troops. ;.. ' . . - ' . . ' , . ' "We made a large number of pris oners and captured 29 guns, including several of heavy calibre, a great quan tity of munitions, fifty limbers and a quantity of rifles. Several of the cap tured guns are now turned against the Bulgarians whose losses are enormous. The field of battle is strewn with enemy corpses and prisoners state that one Bulgarian regiment lost 1,500 men as a result of our bombardment. Our. troops have already .descended into the plain of Fiorina." : v . V Talking of New Cabinet. Athens, Friday, Sept 15, 4 p. m.rvia London, Sept. 16. (Delayed.)--ing Constantine this afternoon called, wi colas Callagvyropoulbs, a lawyer, and president of the board of directors ot the Ionian Bank, to Tatoi to discuss the possibility ot forming r a cabinet. He is. a well known supporter of the entente cause. "';-; " ment of the , recent threatened rail road strike as a giving way to an out side influence that ought not to. have been acceded to as it. had been. He contended that the government had just as much right to say to other "classes of labor, "You may work eignt hours for ten hours' pay." Then the speaker took up the Mexican policy which has been pursued by President Wilson, and declared the situation was now one that could neither be let go or held on to, with safety.? Incidentally Mr. Linney thought that Huerta was the man whom the United States oughj to have recognized in his de facto government- The speaker shook hands with many of the audience after the speaking. . ". Democrats Present. There was auite . a -sprinkling ot democrats present, among these being several OI i. ? party wauers in ixic and county. A number of ladies were also in the court room, remaining at tentive listeners during the speech oi Mr. Linney. , EVENING CHRONICLE CHARLOTTE NEWS STi9i? 1 Explosion BJew Bodies ere (By AsHOc-iated Press.) - Pittsburg; Sept. 16. Bits of bodies hanging , to telegraph wires, pieces of flesh scattered through the ruins of the , wrecked building, and - six men missing are results of an explosion last night at the plant of the Aetna Chemical Company in Oakdale, a su burb. Officers of the company- ex pressed the belief that all at work in the building - had been killed. r John .Paul of Sayville, IUs.; died in a hospital soon after tho; blast and a hand picked ; up on - a road near the plant today, still bore a diamond ring, which had . belonged to B. R. Dodge, night ; superintendent. . A large party of workmen, searched ; the ruins for bodies, and undertakers! 'followed with baskets. No hope was' held out that 1 anything but parts of .bodies would be found. ,.:--;, y The plant was said to have been en gaged, in the manufacture of a high explosive. -. - . - . ' . NEGRO DIALECT SONGS OPPOSED " t. -. (By Associated Press.) r. :: -"'-.,.., ".;"' New York,, Sept. 16. Negro dialect in songs published in public school text books is disapprr ved by high school music teachers of this city; who have " appointed a committee to ask music publishers to eliminate it, "We want our children . tov pursue English, not a dialect," said Dr. Frank R. Rix, the musical director. "There are many foreign children . in oud schools who find it hard enough to learn English and who are confused by the dialect I think a change ought to be made throughout the country." In . "Dixie" it is proposed to change the words "De" and "Nebber" to "The" and. "Never." It is ' also proposed to change '"Perilous . Fight" in the "Star Spangled .Banner" to read "Clouds Of The Fight." ' ' If Zulu Parents Do Not Like Their Baby There is a Funeral (By' Associated Press.) Chicago, Sept. 16. A club is the so lution of the: eugenics -problem among the Zulus of Africa, said J.H. Balmore, 32 years a resident of that country before ; the. International Lyceum con vention here last night." V -v iiw " , ""When a'haby is born to Zulu' par ents arrd It appears to be below the zu- lu standard, it is given a gentle, wallop over the head, he explained.: , "After that there is a funeral." , Present a Historical Snare Drum to Museum (By 'Aieiociated Press.) ' Worcester, ' Mass., ' Sept. 16. The presentation of a snare drum carried by : the 13th Virginia regiment in the civil war, to. the Confederate museum was the object off a trip to Richmondi started today by the Worcester Con tinentals, a military organization of this city. , - " Several years 'ago the drum was brought by Dr. A. F. Wheeler,; from a local dealer who had obtained it from the son of a Union veteran. ' It had been found among the veteran's ef fects ' years ; after his death;-, Dr. Wheeler chose the Continentals as a medium through Trhom to restore the relic to, the south. .The presentation exercises in Richmond will take place on September 19. ; Frost Last Night in Portion of Tennessee ': . f ' ' (B- Asiciated Press.) Nashville, Tenn., Sept.. 16. There was frost in middle Tennessee : last night, the earliest in 12 years -" It was a trace except in the northern part of the state. The official , tem perature at 6 a. m. was 48 degrees. x Complain of Rates. - (By Associated Press.) Washington, ' Sept. 16. Complaint was made to the interstate commerce commission today that class and com modity freight rates of r the New Haven and other railroads from New England cities through Boston and Providence to points in Georgia; Ff ida, Alabama,- Mississippi, .Louisiana, Tennessee and central and western Kentucky are discriminatory, in that they exceed rates through New" York city. The, Boston chamber of com merce, the Manufacturers' Assocfa tion of Bridgeport and similar organ izations were the complainants. British Hold Positions. j London, Sept 16. As a result of their offensive north r. the Somme, began , yesterday morning; along, the six-mile front from north of Combles to beyond the Pozieres-Bapaume road the British hold in their entirety -the villages of Courcellette, Martinpuich and Flers, the war office announced this afternoon. "' - - v ' - -; i . iv-W W-'-fi"- if -3CT TtrWC-'CW-7MC-'iC',S'W'5 w or WEATHER FORECAST. -if jr. w. Forecast for North Carolina: - Fair tonight and Sunday, some what copier in east' and central portions tonight. Fresh " north winds. . ? t o '. '. Jf I : c : .. , Lyerywh Price : Patty: 3c ; Sunday 5c. REASONS GIVEN ; IN INIUNGTI0N PROGEEDINGS1 Details - of Contentions of Plaintiffs, Mayor and 9 Al dermen, in Asking for Order, to Prevent - Paying . Out Money, $12,500 for School' Improvements Now. . The announcement in The News yes terday that the mayor and nine alder men; had instituted . proceedings to procure an injunction to prevent the city clerk, the vice-mayor and others from paying out any, money whatever for the. purpose of adding to the city sdhool buildings, has for the time over reached all other local issues and is being discussed universally by citizens today. , - As to the procedure, there is a divis ion of views. Not a few 'citizens have stated that they heartily favor any thing, that has as its object the. tight ening of the lid on the city treasurey, while a strong' contingent1 takes the view that the school wants are para mount,: and that the money should be put at the disposal pf the school board to carry out the $12,50.0. building im provements that they have in mind to relieve the pressure for more room in several xf the schools. The contentions of Mayor Kirkpat rick and the nine aldermen who' are taking their positions with the mayor in this fight, are . set forth at consid-' erable length in the complaint and 'other information filed in connection with the application for the injunction. The city clerk, Mr. A. H. Wearn, is now temporarily enjoined from paying out any money for school improve ments, pending the settlement bejpre Judge M. H. Justice in October,' of the question of making permanent the temporary injunction. 5 The complaint,' together with the several" exhibits filed by Messrs. Bre vard Nixon and J. W. Keerans in be half of the mayor and nine aldermen yesterday is given ; below: ' - North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. J. H. Ross, D- H. Johnston, Parks Kirk- Patrick D. A. Hargett, W. S. Orr, L. A.- Severs, J. Frank Wilkes, L., C. Withers, J. Lester Wolfe, T. L.' tr'i -A. a o ' - n r- l.ji. V ts. :r :,-;. ;" ";; ' " ,A. H. Wearn, clerk and -. treasurer of the city of Charlotte; W. H. Wood, president American . Trust Com- : pany ; American Trust Company, J. r V ,E,' Hunneycutt, vice: mayor, : de. ';' fendants. ,, ; ' ' , 1 1. That he, T. L. KirkpatncK, is, mayor of the city of Charlotte ; that he is chairman of-the board of school commisisoners of said city of Char lotte ( Sec. 196 . Charter) ; . that he is. said city of Charlotte (Sec. 42, p. 275 Charter)'; that no contract of ob ligation shall be binding, upon the city until signed by the mayor of the said city (Sec. 39, p. 274 , charter?; that it is his duty: from; time to time to give the board of aldermen of the said city information about; the condi tion of city affairs and recommend such measures as he deems best for said city; but can' not be compelled to exercise authority or power incon sistent ; with the charter of said city or the. statute or- constitutional laws of said state; that the said mayor is present in the said city of Charlotte and is able to perform his duties, and that no man, while he is so present in the said city and able to perform the duties of his said office as -prescribed by the said charter of the said city of Charlotte and statutes and constitu tion of 'the state of North Carolina, can be appointed by the board of al dermen . to ; perform the duties and nffiooe nf mavftr other than the mayor elect by the people of the said city,, he having the honor to hold, the said of flee by the votes of the people oi tne . said city of Charlotte. . y ;-"; 9 That alt orders ! drawn on the clerk of the said city, to wit, AV H. Txrao omii Tip Riened by the' execu- tive officer of the department in which said order originates and counter signed by the saia mayor, xne piamu. in tho action, and shall state the pur- pose for which the money is to be &v plied, and tne cierit anu ucmw ooii rtae and specify said purpose o - t,1- . - in ii accounts, and also the sources whence are derived the moneys re ceived by him.. (Sec. 65, p. zau vnar- ter.)--- .- " ' ' - of the said city of Charlotte is informed and be lieves and so aUeges that A. H. Wearn, clerk and treasurer or tne saxa valj, nvoriMto is nhnut to oay out mon- ey from the treasury of the city with- out the signature ot me saiu iuo. tr low nH that in so do- ing the said clerk and treasurer would be acting unlawiuiiy anu wj- the statutes in such cases made and provide tbe funds 0f the said city of Charlotte are deposited m vaults of the American Trust Com pany; and the said mayor is informed and believes and so alleges that the said American Trust Company is about to pay out certain moneys on the or j.. vipft-mavor andc con- trary to the charter of the said citr and laws oi saiu tww. , r in,. ho caid mavor.OI the Saia city of Charlotte is informed and be-. lieves and so alleges mat "iV"X. ' nf thP. said city of Char- uua hrA authorized, or are about to authorize one James Hunneycutt, the mayor pro tem oi me countersign certain v- obligations, and checks on certain funds belonging to the said city; and to pay out certain moneys belonging to the city contra rv to the charter of the said city and, ii contravention of th : tax . payers , thereof and their rights and without authority of law, the said Hunneycutt ' (Continued on Page Two.) V