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t. t I I I 1: Vol. XVL J. B. SHERK1LL. EoTinaTgtiluhv J CONQQSXl Cw TODAY BRUAHYSjVlfi"5'; " yrM I: ' A r- -i - - I 3 , 1 sci;:.::d? pjo iALTYTODAY ujte ends in the sing euro . " . DEATH CHAJQER. iQiiliiiiii tha QM'a. Tono.Wad)d Upon th flew Jemf BboceetctivFft- f .f rot. With Only Pillow Gas u Clue, Traces Murder to Schmidt's Flat sad Ha ia Arrested and Coa. - fasdv-Dclard It Was a "Blood SacriAoa Kardw." Schmidt Went Quietir to the Death Chamber. Osringto, N. Y Feb. 18. Uui Schmidt waa electrocuted at Sing Sing prison today for the murder of Anna Aumuller September 2, 1913. - Schmidt went quietly to tha death chamber aeeompained by the principal keeper and the Rev. Father Cashin, the prison ehaplain. Leaving the death house he said goodby to thoae who re- - mained, -,v "'."':: .;.'-:-' ..''' " Schmidt seated himself In the elec tric chair and the Current waa applied three times. Within a minute he wag dead. He had spent the night op to ... midnight praying and talking with .' Father Cashin and slept from mid n.ght to 5 o'clock when he was awak ened for breakfast. He Would take - only a cup of coffee, , .:.. Hiatwjr tt Crime. " New YerkFeb. 18. When the tor o f Anna Aincnller's body Was cashed upon the New Jmy shore of the Hudson rivet there started a search Which has had few parallels In th channels of New York crime. There' was but one faint clue a pil low slip on which was embroidered the letter A but it was just such fc piflow slip as might be found in fcftaireds of homes or Store There Was not even a laundr? mark.tQ aid. th policft. With thlg. slenderilue - v pmdr FaUtot took personal -ehar?e ' tMe amJ on SePber 14,1913, 12 davg after the tmirder, Hans . Srhmidt, an assitsant priest at an up- " town ehure'h, was arrested charged with t'-e crime. An hour before the arrest the inspector bad broken into n Art and found a Ion bladed butcher , knite and other evidence that the '. Wtrdor had been committed there. Schmidt confessed and. h!a sole de fense was that it was a "blood sacri fice murder." The body had been dis membered and presumably all of it " wig thrown into the river although the head was never found.-, Schmidt , wag twice placed on trail the first jnrv In Deeember 1913, failin? to reach a verdict. In February, 1914, he was found guilty. 3 , , f 4i v ; . '- 9 ; ' L f"--; roar charlotte. Btfieved That He Will Go There May 20th to Clinch Defense Oampaign. Washiiigton, Feb. 17. Senators Simmons and Overman today , asked President Wilson to go to North Car olina in the near future to make one or more Bpeeches. ' ; Charlotte and Asheville were named aa nlacea he ahould visit. ' . .. ' .. ; -, The PresiHetit will cm tn ro1ntfo .... ' v w . . - if something does not come up to in terfere with his plans between now and the 20th of May. He will make . a speech there that will give to the preparedness programme a final shove to put it through. , -. - . i , . The President was told today that the 20th of May eelebration at Char ;. : lotte will acord him an opportunity w to'drive home a "final argument for -' his legislative slate. He admitted that ',' the argument for the Queen City is sound. ' . ,wt-?,-K: '' y - A committee of Charlotte boosters will come here early next month to extend a formal invitation to the ; President and at that time he will tmake hig final announcement as to he visit. , BBWDrO 'TY.:-f Given by lira. W. J. Olasg at Her Home Yesterday Afternoon, Mrs. W. J. Glass was hostess at a : delightful sewing v party , yesterday afternoon -at her home on. Grove street.' Abont 20 guests were present and an enjoyable hour was spent. After the sewing refreshments were . aervea. 0 . t L i The heart which thinks that all ia wpU, and therefore lets itself relax ta guard, doth stand in jeopardy more than the man that stands ' at jnortal grips facing hit WHerest an. n&y-Bmperot Mafji. r r L ' OTTAR.T1 Will T1-BTTVW Solicitor ClaoHn Knch Wrotiht JJt Over capf . Coarictcn T Tbe Slubury'eorrepondent the Greensboro A'wa-ha the following additional information in regard to ia.e escape or ue Badln eonviets ffoa the guard at Saliabary Tbirsdat: xreeman was caught this 'evening after Sheriff Krider and poW had chased him. about 20 jniles with two bloodhoundi v Freeman ia ardesDer- ate prwoaex Onehtfort hie .'-net-1 uijureJ bt "4hg-gBaTdr',Be ig' itAis -Hime for tlarw- breaktafrin MDowell eonnty. KMie illriif Krider the posse thai aught rjctemjtn w oni-, posed or David lira ham, Aran Nash, U Vt HimetaydeKeiitly, Zeb MeCtlllwh'ahd'rVank'Tolber! ww After .the traU had left Salishitrv last iiht-fa.t Ufott'rt' bad been learned Jhat the men hadf'trotten awayonoof the gUarda who had been with the party. aadiaovesd , ' n intoxicated:-.- condition- in ; toilet room at the depor0)'ecwei sent tor but before they arriveo: tins in toxicated man had been taten to a nearby hotel and pnt to bed. He left an an early train today for the camp to which bis party was bound last night. ' Solicitor Harden Clement Wa verv wrought up when he heart! of the wholesale escape and he immediate ly, issued aa indictment for the guard whose intoxication and desertion of the party probably made possible the escape of th prisoners. Mr, clem ent Wsa severe in his denunciation of the system that makes it so easy for prisoners to escape and Stated that a thorough investigation should be made . Be wag esiwclaiiv hurt bv the escape of Lowe Daniels.- He had secured Daniels' conviction and sen tence of 30 years 'and only recently bad aeen ninv recaptured in this City and sent to the Badin camp. BEASLEY IS XJOITVTOTED v . or BUBitof dweUing. Deputy Insurance Commissioner Scott Secnreg Conviction and Sentence of Eowaa Man. Greensboro KeWi - r.TT- - Capt. W. A Scott, deputy insur ance commissioner, , was iir--Greensboro lst pight returning from Salis bury whare he had been interested in the prosecution of. D. I Beasley, charged with burbihg & dwelling in Rowan county. ; Beasley was ' tned yesterday and convicted and sentenc ed to the county chairi gang for a term of two years. 'I The insurance department made a splendid record during the year 1915 m running down fire-bugs. f. During the year a total of 11 persons were convicted of starting fires and pun ished. - Five others were acqtutted during the year while the charge against the seventeenth person , was not pressed. , . , ,. , . THE WHEAT MARKET. ; Sympathy With Higher Prices at Li verpool Bringa Higher Prices. (Or Tti AmmIM rw) Chicago, Feb.1 18rSympathy with higher prices at Liverpool brought about an advance today in the wheat market here,. Aftr opening a shade off to one fourth 4 up the market re ceded a little, but then rose' all round to Well above yesterday 's finish. . In itial prices of May were 129 to 129 14 and July 122 5-8 to 122 3-i. 1 . ' .1; 1 ii .... Five Thousand Corn Club Boys Ex pected to EnroQ. !' West Raleigh, Feb. 17.Wake county with 200 boya reporting, led the -corn club reports which have reached the office of ; Prof. T. E. Browne, at West Raleigh for the corn cdub year of 1915. Following Wake county, Wilkes came next, with .159,' Buncombe with 153, Johnston with lOo and Surry witb 104, making a total yield for these five counties of 13,269 bushels, . The average cost of the corn produced was 43 cents per bushel,: which represent preparation of land, fertilizer, cultivation and harvesting. . ' The campaign for members this year will he conducted on the game principle as waa that of last year. It ia thought by Mr. Browne and- his workers that the enrollment should easily reach 5,000 boyg. North Carolina Quart Law Goes to Supreme Court. ' Raleigh, Feb. 17. Attorney : Gen eral T. W. Biekett haa joined with the attorney generate of the states of Arizona, 'Georgia, Idaho, ..Kansas,. Mississippi, North Dakota, ; Oklaho ma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennes see, ! Virginia, .Washington and Ala bama, in filing a brief before the Su preme court of the United States in the celebrated case of Clark Distill ing company vs.- American . Express company, which case brings before the Supreme court the constitution ality of the Webb-Kanyon act, and isvfilves alto, the validity pf the quart i. '.m n 1:.. t V 1 'WW t r:W4w yviM -. - 7 'E ifHAJLBJS HOST. (Viva AMoai Birthday Dinner af Sis iett BU at Poplar Tent I The big" aiMiaal event of western Cabarrur took jJaee yCstardeyj when Mr.1 Shakrtpear; Harris "yiaredJ' htmaelf a be does Oeeasionally. He has "a hibif f late years of gather in? around him at hut elecant home a kare' eoffipan 'of. hil man friends 0 the ' otcaatofc 1! of. his birthday. About 25 guests were with biavyts tcrdaV, the larger port of"whon. ware naturally bi eomradea-of thOjCu'il Wr.-f:vIof T tbe'day were' apent. by these rriesled veterans infight ingf bVr .thei'baftTe8r agairt -which soptehoV'get'biger and bigger 'as the year go bv7' The. feast,' aa the gnegta gathered in' the large dining . room, ivaa entirely worthy of the occasion J-a inajnificent 'turkef dinner, ' .-with more than the vsna! accessories, pre pared with rare skill and good taste by Mrs. Lfilfl Caldwell nd Miss Em. tia Harris, iieceg Of the iost. At the close of the spread" quite a num ber of "the guests,' with Capt. Chas. McDofaald ai toast-master, spokO ih appreciation of the auspicious occa sion: and .fplicitatcd the host , wpon his attiinwents along life 'a highway, and wished him manv iiore happy and prosperous ' . milestones. Con spicuous among the decorations.' of the abundant spread was a large cake adorned with more lighted candles than eould be conveniently counted.. But they were arranged so its to make) these figures : " 1845-1916,' ' the significance of which could be guessed, but nobody embarrassed the genial host by askings Mr. Harris's gUests were Messrs. Brevard Harris, Charles 3. Harris, Cot E. A. Osborne, Judse Frank-1. Osborne, George Hall, Hal Puryear, Colonel Shaffer, ' W. W. Rankin, Charles McDonald, John G. Alexan der, Col. Bob Wallace of astfield, D. B.. Coltrane, R. J. Stowe, John Bundy, Rev. R. W. Cuthbertson, J. F. GoOaSoH, DectorSxing, of States vilte, Captain Zimmerman,' of Char lotte, Olin Caldwell, W. S. Pharr, Miss May Helms, K. . Ualdwell.; The rara rood fellowshio. aeeentd- ated by the gloHoiis sunshine of yes terday, will long be remembered by Mr. Harrs' guests, wlib join witbl. his many-frieads eveTywhere'in'wisnirg him many happy raturna. H. GETS AUTOHABP PATENT.'" Congressman Donghton'i Secretary, J. W. Vanhoy, Turns Inventor. Washington, F4b.' 17.-Jolm W. Vanhoy, of Concord, secretary to Representative Doughton, has secur ed a patent on an autoharp. His pa tent was hit upon by accident in ivii nrhila tn ohnrirA nt Home of the work of the Jackson draining School. He had occasion to see a Either harp that had been given to some of the boys. His patent is designed to simplify the operation, and is made after the plan followed in making the instrument available for. the .boys of the school. PARTY YESTERDAY. Mrs. Goodman Entertains in; Honor of Mis Stmt, of jLexington. Mrs. J. F. Goodman Was hostess at Bridge yesterday afternoon in honor of Miss Camilla Hunt, of Lex ington, who ia the guest of Mrs. Charles J. Harris. - There were three tablea and tabje prizes were awarded to Mrs. D. F. Cannon, Mrs. Louis A. Brown and. Miss Louise Ludlow. The guest of honor prize, a corsage of sweet peas, was presented to Miss Hunt Following the game refresh ments were served. ' ; . Honor Boll Ho. 2 School. First Grade Grace Overcash, Os car Gant, Ellie Barr, Arthur Lee Wid- enhonae, Willie Williams, Uorotny Robbing, Eula Burris, Ada Eudy, MacBae Howard, Louise Gray. Second Grade George B. Howard, Smoot Cranfield. Sarah Warren, Gen eva Eudy, Carson Eudy, Ruth Me Clure. Lena Maxwell, Beannie Shives, Ollie B. Ketner. Dorothy Roberts. Third Grade Evelyn Jackson, ia nAV Rahon. Annabel Miller, ; Edna Cochran. ' Fifth Grade Dellie McFee. Lee Goodman, Ivey Sloop, Gustie Stewart; Daisy Scarboro. - . .7' - - . . r Sixth Grade Y earl uoenran, us- borne Miller, Mr. Dan Earnhardt Goes on as Ex press Messenger. (SMlal Tie Trtfcm Kevgville. Va.. Feb. 18. Mr. Dan KHrnbardt. of Kevsville. Va., has accepted a position with the South era -Express Company; a messenger on trains No; 11 and No . 12, from Richmond to Charlotte, v Mr. Earn hardt is a verv popular young man of Kevsville. and a native of Con cord, N. C j : Mrs. Jt L. Hartsell, who is under going treatment at a Philadelphia Hospital is imvrovihg nicely, Mrs. Hartsell will probably undergo an. mf T' ... V, -V--..' PROTESTS AGAINST IV ABE.BEACHEIO THE GpVEBHOB FEOM VAEI0U8 EECTIOKS. t'.-Jr-. -.; it-,-. i 7. j- J.a I i ' OlEEllSifllllS'ilslKCW . " T . . . ' Cemmttnicttiona Adrocatiai an! Pro 0 testing iUainst Uui Commntatibft of -the Sentence of Death of Mra, Ida -1 i ill r r: . Mil warren ior ga iauxaer 01 tun -Husband With Satin! Christy Ba- ! ceived By Governor Craig? The t Pair Ware to Have EtectrocmU ed March 3", But idovernor Craig ; Several Daya Age Granted Them "kBespita: : fi't':-.. . , (B7 Tk AJHweUM Preaa) ' Raleigh, Feb; ' 18.t Communications advocating and protesting against the commutatiod Of Mrs, Ida Ball War ren wLh Sanitiel Christy, sentenced to deatth for the murder in Winston-Sal em in 1914 of G.! J. Warren, the wo man ' husband," are reaching Gover nor Craig's' Office from'. various parts Of the State1. It is, understood that numerous petitions Kill he Bled short ly. The federation of clubs of Muncie, Indiana, has formally filed a plea for commutation and the concluding par agraph of fe'ie communication calls at tention to the Governor to the fact that the letter was written on the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, "the great emancipator." The communi cation pleads for Mrs. Warren in "behalf of womanhood everywhere." Mrs. Warren artd Christv were to have been electrocuted oft March 3, but Governor Craig several days ago granted them a respite -from ' that date. ''. fflfi STOCK MARKET. More Steadiness Shown Thah" at Any Becent Session. Rr Tfca Auoelatc Prcua) Knur Vnrlf.: Valv:- MnlA uiauA- inesS was shown at tha outset of to day's trading than an any recent session, gains predominating in most part of the active list. Butte and Superior and American Zinc, yester day's strong features, rose one and one half eacli to new racords and coppers, particularly Anoconda and Utah, were in demand at fractional advances. United States Steel, Cru cible Steel, Pressed Steel Car, Indus trial Alcohol and Mexican Petroleum rose appreciably over yesterday 's final quotations, but rails were irreg ular. , Much ot this advantage was forfeited before the end of the first half hour, the market developing a reactionary trend. GETTING READY FOR A . H, 0. HOME-COMING WEEK. Meeting Called to Be Held in Raleigh Next Tuesday. . " (Br The Associated Prcaa). Raleigh, Feb. 18. Mayor James I. Johnson today .called a meeting to be held in Raleigh next Tuesday at which time delegates from all parts of the State are expected to form a permanent organized association, which will have as its object (be fed eration of all North Carolina clubs throughout the country... One of tbe plans of the organization will include 'home-coming week ' next year. THINKS THE UAH KILLED WAS HIS SON. Winston-Salen Man v Investigating Case of American Slain in Mexico. r (B7 The Associated Press) WinstonSalemi, Feb. 18. C. A, Hartman, former county commission er of Davie county, is investigating a report from El Paso, Texas, that Guy Johnson, an American reported killed in December by Mexican bandits, was his son, Guy Hartman. If the suppos ed identity is established the body will be brought to Winston-Salem.' Th Brandeia Hearing. (Br The Associated Proas) Washington, Feb. 18 Not witnesses were ready to be heard today by the Senate judiciary sub comittee, consid ering the nomination of , Louis D. Brandeis to the Supreme Court, and today's hearing wag abandoned. The next hearing will he on Thurs day morning, February 24. t escape row vimoexiana -au. r TvT . : : X ayeiievuie, x en. o. Auree yo .;rai,,t. vu-Sx' i3n,UA:' Mh a white prisoners, William Jones, C "iked at Franklinton, Ni C, Mues li Muse and James Riddle, j. W. died-here late todav r in- from jail here today by breakir v lock in tbe cell in which the y 7 confined and digging a hole th? bacl? wall of the buiWiw, TEH MTTI.TOH DOLLARS ' ' CT, LATDT-AMERICA. Thia Amount Spent by ;- Miaaionarj , Orgaaxationa la Latin-America la ' Panama, Feb. 17. More: than tea and a "half million ddlr-were spent in. Latia-Amerie by th larger mvs- aioaary.organixationg of North Amer ica ia th five year ending in 1914, according to the. report of the Com- nnaaion on the Homo Baas presented to. tbe Congoesa on Religious . Work in Latin-America which is in session hem iy'. S :-.;-!-.t ii'i "- - This gum represented an increase of almost four mil lion dollars ' over the amount spent In the:? preceding five year period and waa nearly three times aa much aa waa spent in the first period far which statistics were available, 1889-1894. ; At tb same tune the Commission reported that the support given by the homo ehurohes - to the Latin- America missionary field -was pita- bly inadequate in view of the tre mendous scope 'of tbe work; The report declares that until re- eently at 'least' the prevailine atti tude toward evangelical work in La- tinrAmerfca has been one of indiff erence,' languid interest or actual op position. The Commission gays that the assertion ia frequently made that the average Christian knows more about Africa or China than be does about the Republics of Latin-America.- : -'. , ' ...: J. ' "Another cause of the prevailing indifference" the report continues, "has been that missions to ' . these countries have r been considered i as possibly an impertinence. .- Many 'find it difficult to conceive of 1 great ma-' terial wealth and prosperity,, such as are evident in the capitals of Bra zil, Argentina and Chile, as coinci dent with real spiritual 1 poverty. Some have thought also that since the Roman Catholic Church,., which has been dominant in Latin-America for four hundred years, has so. much of Christian truth and has accom plished so many good things, there fore, this church meets the total need and there is no call for outside re ligious . nterference.0KA belp.. .' --- AftM reviewing th enormous Ex tent of the countries to the South and the condition under which the masses of the people live the Com mission makes an ungent plea to the home churches to awake to a keener interest in their Southern neighbors and give more active support to the missionaries. Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who is the Democratic national commit teeman for North Carolina, has en gaged 12 rooms at the Planters' to tel in St. Louis for the North Caro lina delegation to the Democratic na tional convention. Short Items Crowded Off Last Page Cotton is down to 11 1-2 cents on this market today. The condition of little Miss Ruth Elizabeth Turner, who has been ill with pneumonia, is improved today. The Virginia Dare Book Club will meet this afternoon with Mrs. W. D. Pemberton. Messrs. B. T. Phillips and W. A. Sappenfield are spending the day in Salisbury on business. "The White Sister," featuring Viola Allen with Richard C. Travers and an all-star cast, at the Marsh to day. A great feature in six parts. , The usual service that was to be held Sunday afternoon at Mt. Her mon Lutheran Church in No. 11 township, has been postponed one ftveek. The Mercantile Sales Co., nt H. L. Parks & Co. 's old stand, has purchas ed another stock of ladies' and children's Oxfords which will be sold tomorrow. See new ad. Little Miss Ma.y Cline, of Poplr : , Tent, who recently underwent an." eration at the Concord Hospitr . . improving. Her condition is r however. She ran a nail inV f several weeks ago and the .-;,, ; ; came infected, causing 8' , plications. She is 8 year a , is the daughter of If; ' ,.- H. Cline. - n ' " Rev. C. P. Mac 4 St. James Luthe' : night for Grepi o fer with the Lutheran C- - .stor of left Fast fi.t to con the First ,rning his as suming tbf be no ser !--Church ' ComiT .: , nou" .:n. ?: ,-e. There will James Lutheran .g Sunday. The '; ) - that wna an- i een postponed . one " . a. L. Walls Died from Hi -5-'. ' Tnlnriea. ': - ,x-'-' - Feb, 17r-H. Li Wells, on- ? V ,r of the Seaboard -Air Lin RiaU ' aries acjeived in the accident The ' aegro fireman, James Holloway; was instantly killed - .when the limited I emnea inw a jreigni train, . , AUSTIN DUNSTON DEAD. - Faithful Porter at 'Capitol Pneomen- ' -. -uTictim;i'-;:li ' . . ( Th asurtstil Proas) !t.f 'I Raleigh, Feb. 18.4-Anetin !Duni ton, j55 years old, a negro who had been employed at the State Capitol for forty years as a porter, aod ybo was widely known, throughout North Carolina, died here today -ot ; pneu monia. : His wife is ill with. the earn? disease and is not. expected to live. Governor Craig and other officials expressed deep regret when the death of Dunston became known.' .The ne- gro sad been employed in the of Governor Jarvis, who the last tune he was in Governor Craig a of fice, shook hands with Dunstoa) and said: , . "Austin is all rent. If I. bad a million dollars I would not- be afraid to trust him with it. The only way anybody would get it from him Would be to kill. him and take it by force..' The funeral of Dunston. arrange ments for which have not. . been jeomrj pleted, will be attended by a number of State officers, it was said. 1 t,v NERVOUSNESS IN THE ,1 1 : COTTON MARKET. Prices Started at Decline of 3 , to 8 Points. Active Montha 7 to 11 Lower. ..' ; ,- ' - J ';; (Br Th Asaoctated Press) ". New York, Feb. 18. The cotton market showed renewed nervousness at- tbe opening today. Prices, start ed at a decline of 3 to 8 potntsj and active months sold 7 to 11 points net lower right after the call, with 'May declining to ll.band July to 41.0, under -Wall Street and scattering li quidation. Liverpool was a consider able buyer nt the decline while there t' was also a good demand from ! spot houses and trade interests on which prices rallied to within one point orj two of last night s closing , iigurea during the early trading, but theHmK provement met . . increased offenngs and later1 fljletuatioils were, irregular, with trades waiting for southern spot advices. - .. ' . ,1-, ! . il 3otton futures .opened -fairly steady. March 11.45; May 11.68; July 11.89; October v12.08; and De cember 12.22. ". NEW STORE. Feldman & Son, of Salisbury, to Open a Store Here, The firm of J. Feldman & Son, of Salisbury, has leased tbe storeroom in the Phffer building, formerly occupied by tbe dry goods department of H. L. Parks & Company, and will open a store here. The firm conducts stores at Salis bury, Spencer and other points and is well established and successful. - No announcement has been Trade as to the date of the opening here SEWING PARTY. Mrs. T. D. Maness Hostess at Her Home Yesterday Afternoon Mrs. T. D. Maness gave a delight ful sewing party yesterday afternoon at her home on West Depot street. There were 25 guests and after the sewing refreshments were served, the hostess being assisted by Mrs. J. B. Womble and Misses Catherine Good son and Laura Ridenhour. Doesn't Pay to Be Too Goo'd a Demo crat, Says Yardaman. . Washington, Feb. 17. Senator Vardamar' ars that the administra tion's p(i,.: - are going to force ahead 'J is ' 4on providing ade- quat- .-- .- jp .for tie Missisippi Va' ' i Expressed-himself today 9 a. hope that the Hood con .;. .ittee in tbe House would i a'bill quickly providing for rehensive plan of protection je lower Mississippi Valley. Un the committee can report a bill rv auicklv. there will be little otiance for action at this session of Consrress. he believes. Senator Vardaman characterizes the Newlands bill as being "vainly im practicable. ". He is tf the opinion that the ,Pres;dent is not particularly interested in the Mississippi river probleux "It is unfortunate,", says the Senator .today, "that these rich lands are in a secaon where the Dem ocrats are unalterably Democrats. Their interests are the last to be con sidered." 8100 for Hour-Short Service. Silof Tit Orit. - .f Thn orlifnr -wna at the Carolina, at Pinehurst. Sunday for dinner. This tourist resort 'is crowded at present: and tbe golf fiends were- as active at their game Sunday as tnougn in any - weeteday. However, Mr." Tutta' pro vides spiritual refreshment for those so inclined; be has a pretty little chapel and pays the rector, a North Carolinian bv the way. M00 a Sun dayand it ia expressly stipulated the service aall be but one jtour lB duration. FEW BIG f.OVES I . :HI:i7iRlECI!ES , cs 0APTUBS ;dp:, jbbxruv orrx- CIALLY ANNOUNCED. 1 .s . jr. iv , jf. i .: V.r. j - -; ,Tf rfVt j-, ; . . I .JI aK . 0 . - ...... taikritftSMnta tstlw-Ontcom .ot the . Erxernin,.rampaiTL The Russian thai Thau Amwundng the Capture, Gives Lit tl Poaitiva Inf onnatloEither Re (ardiaf the Fore Captarei or th Guns Taken. Report of Mutiny Among Hindu Troops Coma from German; Source. Report O a ... 5 Russlang Near Terbizond. Hivr " 1 ft-rv m-Kwmmg r.r - 1.. . -.1,1,.. . . -j.-ni Military operations figure scantily in ;the1Bewg ifromf,belhgerenq coun- trie today. Tbauasiavwar office has efucially: announaed the (capture of Erzerum from the; Turks but has furnished, no-! detail of ":the number of prisoners captured or gun taken. In the major fields t "war there haa been no activity Of ah inrportant na ture so: far as official reports bhow.- v Much Speculation regarding the probable course of events ih the cam paign about Erzerum Is being j indulg ed in but there" it Httle positivi infor- -tnation ' regarding' ttehumbejrg and positiops.of the opposing' farcies. One report 'says the Russia'hsi,havk push ed h'foroe northwest 'fronJ Brzerum and. that the body; .already isj within 75 miles of, Trehi6na,,"th,'innjortant Turkish port onfhe Blaok Sea. - y Beoorte of a mutiny of Hindu sol- , jlera Lu, JiKypt ' eama toAajf. -through - GemaiT' cbinme1rA'-eiremntantial . account published in. a Cologne newg- papex, -declares .ietl i entire.: regi-..-. mcnt mutinea. aiier ,n Australian officerhad- ,hot1'!two! JMohammedan . servants, who had Jmado -aome' mis take. 12 British officers,. including . the commander of the regiment and I'?. ' ."Ln.-i'-. l. .1.. a mjijiir, were niiieu, nccuruiug iu tut, aeeount 'iiid'it'-'wav'.ftet'-'twft-' honrs of fighting with 'an Australian regi-; ment before the mutiny ended; - The report adda that, tbe.rBntish - commander in Egypt had I ordered the withdrawal from the Suez Canal :. of all Mohammedan troops and their transfer to other theatres of war, where they will not be pitted against other Mohammedan troops. . . With the passage of the new votes' - of credit to be asked by Premier As' quith in the House of Commong on . Monday next, Great Britain's total war appropriation will hav reached - ,620,000,000 pounds. The new note to be asked amounts to approximate- , ly 400,000,000 pounds. - 1" -' : LEVER BILL ORDERED s" FAVORABLY REPORTED ' It Will Be Called Up In th Heua ia Two Weeks. (Br The Aasaetate Prcas) v Washington, Feb. -19. The Lever . cotton futures bill 'was ordered favor- , bly reported by the House Agncui- . tural Committee to day. It will b : called up in the House probably with- v in a fortmg'ht. The measure is an amended dupli cate of the bill held constitutional in the court of New Yorb . Pamlico Farmers to runt Big vrop ot Irish Potatoes. t ' - Newbern," Feb. 17. Visitors from Pamlico county who have been in Hew- bern this week, give out the inrorma tion that tbe farmers of that gection are planning to . plant an enormous crop of Insh.potatoes inn spring anu they believe that they will reari a rich harbest from the sale of these. Last vear thousands of barrels of . Irish potatoes wert .grown in Pam lico and the farmers readily disposed of them at 'at a price which was most gratifying This, is a measure, is ac countable for their decision,. piani even a large crop thia year. - Secretary Houston to Succeed? Gar- , rison? i.-t-n (By The Aaaactate Pisaa) Wmibinirton. Feb. 18. The impres sion grew in official circles today that Secreiary xaounioa wuu.u r ferred to Secretary of War,' to suc ceed Secretary Garrison, f . irt ' ..... , .!..-,. h?;:i ; There was an exciting runaway on South Union street this morning when a horse hitched to the LdCust mail hack ran away. A lady occupant or the hack was t&rown out but 'escaped injury. - Her name was not karned. We judge from the esteemed Con gressional Record that the great trou ble with soma of our rising yor statesmen n bat tW xiw Pl-ff'y t often. ' -' . i 1 ' if ,?t'.-'-i'.-.-j,; ' "
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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Feb. 18, 1916, edition 1
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