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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY .EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1915
Id Year
CITY EDITION
10 Pages 1 Section
MARINE ACTIVITY AND NEW
Philadelphia Magnate Who Died Recently
USSIAN OFFENSIVE ON EASTERN
J
boNT FEATURE WAR SITUATION
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A
FILL!
Fire Occurs in Tren-
p, J. Rope Shop
Is Destroved.
. J, .V.. Fire, which
h today ;ml burned se-
f ore t!ian t wo hours, coni-
"oyel one of the rope
b A. nneWlmj's Sons Co.,
fss estimated at a million
Urea row of frame build-
f street, pinning back to
'tniuure, caiiKlu lire and
i'8er or (loMruct.ion. The
fere CDtnp.'lied to move
only their night cloth-
Etp, wiikli liad a frouta.;
'm.na bai k Tmi feet. The
l"o in the l.lm, r street end
!g aid b-i uise of its in-
!trucii:.i,, the cmirc
throw n ,,tl) fi .,,,., Th
Kill was ropeii from one
'her and the upper iloors
aUli v,re saturated with
1 machinery. The rop
Irm l li: of an inch to
diamater ami is said to
" Kibiiv,.y fr Momes-
a.
EEBLESHEARS
L'RING MILLS CASE
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'or the fomnlalniintii in
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CAUSES
, Conflict Now Reads Like Repeti
j History Six Months OldRus-
Cldm Considerable Success Little
Lunicafion Wifri lrencAi. '
11- n acute revival of the submarine Issue, chiefly in the
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M1, . c -no) lllrd o .ntlllni. f l,lotn-
front ma -e tue uuj itwviuu i uiawij
extremity of liie Russian line to the west of Ccarta-
pite b;ittl'S liHve ueep. uiiuet way iui seveieu wccub, uie uuh
' siJprabli' success, which is said to have resulted in breaking
...j m imvo fulminated in a retreat ditlinr which
Lttrman "
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the fleets soldiers were uruupu in auuuiuu iu inuvius ,uuu
-an troops as pruur, n.
i... i.i li t In tliA' n n nmrA lini tiAliKna that
Siga the Russians liave consonaaiea me positions tney recently
to have retaken several villages occupied by the Invaders.
-.-.,.1 r.nm tlm Tlallrnn frnnf than at nnv timp alnpo tho
lange is repom-u u..... ,
la began. It is now definitely established that the French are not
inoltlie Serbian town or veies, a aaring cavalry ram wiucn reacti
ng of .P place giving rise to the erroneous report that the town
rested from the liulgars.
ifflclally reported that both wings of the Bulgarian forces Invad
ij are menaced hy tlie Anglo-French advance, while the Serbians
h4Ve reUIlieil ine uijrjurtive ju we icgiuu ui DttuuuB iasn, nucic
Ivvman important success. The Serbians are making a stand
i llso reported that tiiey have established complete communlca-
enenc!i.
port, if true, insures the temporary uatety or Monastir, wnere a
broaching panic lias been prevailing. Monastir has a large Bui-
iatlon and it was feared some of the people might join the band of
Irregulars which, on several occasions lately, have threatened the
newspapers continue to uevoie mucn space 10 ine sinning 01 me
Uy of them editorially express the opinion that the attacking boat
id submarine, and they arrived at the usual conclusion that the
Its is more concerned in exacting reparation than any of the other
O Berlin (By Wireless to Sayville),
Nov. n. Bulgarian, troop command
ed by General Bayadjieff have crossed
tlvj Morava in Serbia at several plac
i-s, according to the German oliicfal
statement today.
In the mountains south of the west
ern Morava, the statement adds, four
thousand Serbians have been made
prisoners.
Evacuate Forest District.
lierlin (By Wireless to Sayville) N'ov.
11 German troops have systematical
ly evacuated the forest district to the
west and southwest of Sklok, west of
Riga, because it has been, transformed
into a swamp by the rains, says the
Herman official statement today.
WESTERN RAILROADS RATE
CASE WON'T BE REOPENED
Washington, Nov. 11 Applications
of the western railroads for a reopen
ing of the advance freight rate case
were denied by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
At the same time the commission
of its own initiative ordered an in
vestigation of rates, rules and prac
tices of western railroads in relation
to the transportation of live stock,
fresh meats and packing house pro
ducts. These commodities were
among those on which the roads
sought to have rates increased. No
reason was assigned for the refusal
to reopen the case.
Dye Plant In Tennessee.
Kingsport, Tenn., Nov. 11. Selec
tion was made here of a site for a
dye plant which will cover 200 acres
of ground and employ 2,000 men, to
be erected by New York capitalists.
John C. Hebden, chemist and engi
neer, representing the capitalists,
made the selection. The plant, it Is
said, is designed to supply the in
creased demand for dyes in this
country brought on by the European
war. Construction work will com
mence as soon as material can be as
sembled. Deleval Will Not Return.
Washington, Nov. 11. M. Deleval a
Belgian, employed by the United
Stales counsellor to the legation at
Krimsels, has left Belgium and will not
return to his post becauso Germany
has given notice that he Is persona
non grata. The state department will
not admit that Deleval has been re
moved, but announced that ho had left
Belgium and will not return.
Deleval probably will go to Havre,
the present seat of the Belgian gov
ernment. Every Ticket Distributed.
West Point, N. Y., Nov. 11. Every
ticket of the Army's allotment for the
Army-Navy football game to be played
In New York on November 27 has been
distributed. Lieut. Charles B. Meyer,
secretary and treasurer of the Army
Athletic Council, said that no tickets
are left and that it will be useless for
lata applicants to expect seats.
Recognition of Mexico Approved.
Washington, Nov. 11. Approval or
tho conference of American diplomats
which resulted in recognition of a de
facto government in Merico was vot
ed unanimously by the governing
board of the Pan-American Union, with
al! the members of tlie Latin-American
diplomatic corps present.
British Balkan Leader
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GENERAL BRYAN MAHON.
Coneral Pryan Mahon is now in com
mand of the British forces which are
going to the aid of the Serbians. The
trip of Earl Kitchener there may mean
that he will be superseded. At this
time, however, he is struggling to get
his troops to tho front to help tlie Ser
bians withstand the attacks of "the
Bulgarians in thp south.
State Department Making Every
Effort to Gather Accurate
Detaila of Matter.
Washington, Nov. 11. Secretary
Lansing announced today that the
State Department was making every
effort to gather information and do
tails on tho sinking of the Italian
liner Ancona.
The department does not know the
source of Information contained in
consular dispatches and dispatches
from Ambassador Page at Home, and
yet unable to determine how many
Americans were lost. It Is entirely
without official advices as to the cir
cumstances of the sinking or the na
tionality of the submarine which shell
ed or torpedoed the ship.
Dispatches from Malta, Lebon and
Bizerta, Rome and Najplea all contain
fragments of Information.
Statements will be taken from sur
vivors wherever they may land and
the United States will gather all pos
sible Information before taking the
matter up with any foreign government
GETTING FACTS
ABOUT SINKING
TWO KILLED, TWO SCORE
INJURED IN A BIG STORM
Property Damage Mounting Into the Hundreds of Thousands Is
Also Caused by Violent Tornado in Kansas, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Iowa.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 11. Prop
erty damage mounting Into the hun
dreds ot thousands of dollars, two
persons killed and two score injured
was the result of the violent storm,
which swept Kansas, Nebraska, South
Dakota and Iowa last nlglit, accord
ing to reports received here today.
Great Bend, Kansas, was the heav
iest sufferer. The tornado struck the
town, killing two persons and injur
ing a hundred or more and wrecking
many huflUlngs. The town waa plung
ed into complete darkness and a
drenching rain followed. Property
damage there was estimated at $500,
000. ...
Holslngton and Claflln, towns near
Great Bend, felt the effect of the
storm, but suffered no serious dam
age, according to late reports.. Con
siderable damage was done, however,
in the country in the vicinity of these
districts.
At Derby, Kansas, a hundred miles
southeast of Great Bend, one man
was killed and seven persona Injured
FORWARD MOVE BY
E
Definite Announcement of Im
portant Step Is to Be Made
by Directors.
Authoritative announcement wjll
be made within a day or two by the
board of directors ot the board ot
trade of a forward movement along
most comprehensive lines. Tho move
ment includes a campaign ' later on
which will put the local organisation
on as strong a membership and finan
cial basis as that of any similar or
ganization in the State. The official
announcement will be made In a let
ter from the officers and directors
which is now being prepared.
The movement has been planned
only after months of thought and a
careful investigation of the work done
by civic and commercial organizations
in the most progressive cities of the
entire country! This competition of
the cities in this section . of the coun
try is every day becoming keener, it
is declared, and each city must or
ganize ita business forces in the most
effective way not only to" protect its
trade and its industries, but to extend
them.
'The movement really looks toward
making Wlnston-Salom the metropolis
of the State and of making It the
dominant commercial, industrial and
financial city of this part of the coun
try," said President Ludlow, of the
board of trade, today. "It is possible
for this city to realize such an ambi
tion, but it cannot be done unless our
business men direct the growth by
strong and efficient organized effort.
"We have lust seea Charlotte or
ganize a great chamber of commerce
ror the . very nrfeaa of building a
greater city there. Our -neighboring
city or ureensooro is planning sucft-a
movement. These cities have sup
ported their commercial organizations
with commendable liberality.
"Our business men have long de
clared that Winston-Salem must use
the most modern methods in city
building, and this movement is really
the outcome of a demand from them
that our business forces get together
for the one purpose of making Winston-Salem
dominant In this territory.
"This is a get-together movement,
and it contemplates the strongest kinri
of co-operation with existing organi
zations that directly or indirectly
work for the upbuilding of our city.
"The detailed plans for this move
ment are going to be made public a
rapidly as they are evolved, and we
Are going to a-k the entire public to
?lve theclosest attention to them so
that they will be thoroly understood."
DESIRES LECTURERS
FOR SPECIAL TRAIN
Raleigh, Nov. 11. Mr. Collier, of
the Winston-Salem Southbound, Is
here conferring with the State Depart
ment of Agriculture relative to sup
plying staff division expert demonstra
tors and lecturers ror ine epeciai
farm demonstration train the Norfolk
and Western and Winston-Salem
Southbound will operate, beginning at
Durham, November 23.
The train will reach all principal
stations from Durham to Virginia line,
then back from Durham to Wades-
boro and over the Winston-Salem
Southbound to Winston-Salem. The
train of five cars will have full equip
ment for demonstrations and lectures.
by the tornado that struck there a
few hours after sweeping Great Bend
A number of persons were injured
at Hartford, S. D., and high winds that
visited other localities in that State
as well as sections of . the western
and central Nebraska, destroying farm
buildings and damaging hay and grain
stock.
i Heavy loss accompanied the wind
storms in many places. At Pratt, Kan
sas, 4 1-2 Inches of rain was reported.
Large Loss In Kansas.
Great Bend, Kan., Nov. 11. Two
persons dead, two scores or more in
jured and a property loss amounting
to $500,000 wag believed today to be
the extent of the damage which swept
thru the northern part of Great Bend
last night
Physicians were rushed here from
nearby towns as quickly as telephone
wires, which had been snapped by
the tornado, could be restored. The
tornado, coming out of the southwest,
struck the city with only a few sec
onds warning, ' . . .
BOARD OF TRAD
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8 - i. , r$
P. A. B.
Tetor A. B. Widener, strongest finan
cial power lit Philadelphia, a"city in
which millionaires are common, is dead
in his eighty-first year. Mr. Widwior,
who begun life as a humble butcher,
was a member of that street railroad
combination made) up of William C.
Whitney and Thomas F. Ryan of New
York, and W. L. Elklns, Thomas Dolan
end himself of Philadelphia, which
Ancona Was Not
Sunk Without Any
Warning, They Say
London, Nov. . 11. The . Italian
steamer Ancona. was not Bunk without
warning, according to Information ob
tained from survivors landed at Malta
by a Iteuter correspondent and cabled
hers.
The Austrian submarine which
overhauled her after a long stern
chaso gave the commander a brief
respite to permit the removal of pas
sengers, but the indescribable panic
which began among tho emigrants on
hoard as soon as the under water craft
was sighted was responsible for loss
of many lives. In a mad rush for safe
ty, men, women and children over
whelmed the boats, several of which
were overturned before they could be
lowered. Many of the occupants foil
Into the sea and were drowned. Pas
sengers agree, the corespondent says,
that shots fired around the steamer
by the submarine, apparently to hast
en the loading of the boats, added to
tho panic.
The Heuter dispatch, which con
tains the first connected story of tho
.linking of the Ancona Monday after
noon, twenty hours after shu had left
Messina, Sicily, follows:
We left Naples with a fairly large
number of passengers Intending to i
sail direct for New York, but soon
after leaving port, received a wire
less messuge directing us to stop at
Messina for more passengers and
cargo. Tlie people anoara were most
ly Greeks and Italians with large fam
ilies on their way to the United States
to settle there. The majority, there
fore, were women and children.
Warned of Submarines.
We left Messina at five p. m., the
captain having been warned of the
presence of enemy submarines, took
all possible precautions. At exactly
one o CIOCK monuay aiiernoon wu
ighted an enemy submarine at a
great distance. She came to the sur
face and made full speed in our di
rection, firing as she did so, a shot
which went wide across our bow. We
took this to be a warning and halt
ed.
Wild Panic On Board.
Immediately, there was a wild
panic on board not only among women
and children, but among the men as
Veil
Women screamed and children
clung desperately to their mothers.
Meanwhile, the submarine continued
to shell us, gaining rapidly. The fifth
shot carled away the chart house.
Engines Stopped.
The engines then were stopped
and the Ancona came slowly to a
standstill. The submarine, which we
could now see clearly was Austrian,
came along side. We heard the com
mander talking to our captain in some
what curt manner. We were told the
Austrian had given us a few minutes
to abandon the ship. Meanwhile, tho
submarine withdrew a little distance.
In Pandemonium.
"We turned to the boats which be
gan to be lowerea wunoui loss 01
time, but the passengers were in a
pandemonium. Men, women and chil
dren seemed to lose their heads com
pletely. The submarine, presumably
to accelerate our departure, continued
to fire around the vessel. There was
a rush for the first boats lowered,
:Sv..ti-.iilV.ia
WIDENER.
controlled the street railway systems
in Philadelphia, New York and other
cities. This was the greatest combina
tion of street railway men in United
States has yet produced. Kach made
a lortimo, and Widener died wortih Jti,
utHi.fiOO. He spent large sums on for
eign pictures, buying more of them
than any other American millionaire
oxcept J. )V Morgan, it Is said.
CANKONADK OF Ml ( H
ISTKMMITV IS nRAltTT
Coiirnhnicen, !7 war ( l'n
do, Nov. II A ranaonnd of
Irrrlfle Inlrnallr waa krnrd yr-
rilur In tur nrlKhborhood of
Ihr Trhmorn licit In the llaltlc
Men. It Im lirllrrrd by taur who
hfnrd It. tu have been the renult
of the HrltWh aiibmarlne attark
oa a t.erman Hquadron.
and in the confusion, these wero over
turned hoforo they were free from tho
davits, the occupants falling Into the
water. Many were drowned beforo
our eyes.
Heart-rending Screams.
"Tho shrieks of woman, children
and struggling men rent the ulr, hut
it soemed no help could be given.
livery one waB trying to act for him
self. Tho heart-rending screams were
punctuated with shot after shot al
most mechanically from tho deck of
the submarine, adding to the puuic
aboard. Hud It not been for tliese
shots it might have been posslblo to
restore some semblance of order. The
conduct of the submarine was incom
prehensible. Not one shot was di
rected at the ship but they were fir
ing all around the vessel as If to add
as much terror as possible.
Eight Boats Get Away Clear.
"About eight boats got away clear,
some with a fulr complement aboard;
others half empty. All drlftod from
each other."
E
TEO TO QUIT
Hut for Crisis in Public Affairs
Would Have Resigned,
He Says.
London, Nov. 11. Eir Edward Grey,
the Urltish foreign socretary, told the
House of Commons' this afternoon
that he, himself, had expressed a de
siro to resign at the time Viscount
Haldane left the cabinet. "But for
tho crisis In the public affairs, 1 would
have done o," said the foreign socre
tary. Sir Edward declared he regarded
Lord Haldane's resignation as a loss
to the public service. He said he re
gretted there had been no opportun
ity to utilize) Lord Haldane's services
in the foreign office.
New War Committee.
London, Nov. 11. Great Britain's
new war committee of the cabinet
during tho temporary absence of Earl
Kitchener, it was officially announced
today, will consist of Premier Ae
quith, Arthur Dalfour, KirBt Lord of
the Admiralty, Lloyd George, minis
ter of munltons, Andrew Bonar-Law,
secretary for the colonies, and Regi
nald McKenna, chancellor of the ex
chequer. When the new coalition was formed
last May, Viscount Haldane was suc
ceeded as Lord High Chancellor by
Baron Buckmaster, of Cheddington.
DI
WAN
Later Reports As to the Ancona
Disaster May Add to This
Number. j
TOTAL OF 496 ABOARD
: '. v
Commander of Italian Liner -
Says No Signal to Stop V
Was Given.
Naples, Italy (By way ot Paris,)
Nov. 11. Another boat with 27 sur
vivors ot the Ancona has reached
Cape Bon, Tunis. The names of the
occupants of tills boat have not yet
been received.
Among the Missing.
Naples, Italy, Nov. 11. Pasquele
Taurine, an American cltiaen, 1
among the missing passengers ot the
steamship Ancona, according to In
formation obtained here today.
More Reported Saved.
Washington, Nov. 11, The State
Department received a cablegram to
day from American Consul White, at
Naples, saying that the "Societa
Italia" says that 347 passengers and
crew of the Ancona are reported as
saved out of 406, and that the steam
ship officials believe that more will
be reported saved. .
Saye no Signal Waa Given.
London, Nov. 11. A Stefan! News
Agency dispatch from Tunis says that
the "commander of the Ancona who
reached here Thursday, declares the
submarine gave his vessel no signal
to stop. The first sign of the pres
ence of a submarine waa shells from
a distance ot Ave mile which grazed
the steamer The Ancona stopped
ARE INQUIRING INTO
r .-..ALLEGED SEIZURE
Washington,; Nov. 11. Britten au
thorities here Investigating the re
ported forcible search of the Ameri
can steamer Zealandla at Progreeso,
Mexico, by a party from a British
crulsor, have Information Which eads
them to believe the Zealandla, when
searched, was lying more than three
miles off shore, and was therefore, on
the high eeas.
They are Investigating further and
the State Department Is making in
quiries. The latest information to British
sources is that the Zealandla, which
has been suspected of having engaged
In unneutral operations, since ehe
cleared mysteriously from Pensacolo,
Pla., last month, was Intending to go
from tbo American port to Sweden.
She carried rosin, which is used for
making shrapnel.
MR. TODD'S RESIDENCE
DE8TROYED BY FLAMES.
Greensboro, Nor. 11. The residence
nf George M. Todd, located only a
fhort distance southeast ot the rtty
HioJrtH. waa totally dortroyed by fire
last evening abont 7 o'clock and a por
tlon of Mr. Todd's greenhouse was also
burned. When the flames were duv
rovered by a member of the family, it
wan too late to savn any of the heav
ier fnrnlshlngi, and practically the en
tire residence, Including all furnish
ings, was destroyed.
T
President Will Consult Them on
the Plans for National
Defense.
Washington, Nov. 11. Republicans
In congress will be consulted by Pres.
ldent Wilson on the administration's
plans for national defense, before tho
opening of the session. The president
will appeal to men of all parties for
legislation to strengthen the army end
navy.
Officials today took the view that the
president Is hopeful that his plans will
receive the support of Republicans and
thus overcome the opposition of some
Democrats led by former Secretary
Bryan. No definite arrangements for
conferences between the oresldenr end
.Republican leaders have been made.but
the Question will be taken ud as soon
as members begin arriving.
The ranking Republican members of
the Bonate and House military and na
val committees and other Republican
it-auurs will DO called in.
Suspended for One Year.
Now York. Nov. 11 nannr. w r-..
erhardt, head of the firm of Everhardt
&. Company, stock ihrnkara nf
burrh. was today auimnrtat rmm ...
New York Stock Exohange for one
er lor alleged connection
bucket enope."
TO ASK SUPPOR
OF REPUBLICANS