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TODAVS r;-3 TCD.V - i JV. CONCCI C.; TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1917. Price Five Cents. NO. 39. Ft Grand Jury Still Vorking On the Evidence in the Case of Gaston B. Means, Held For Mrs. King's Murder. A DOZEN MORE - . - TO BE HEARD , Mr. W. D. Gubbins, Who w as- Private -Secretary to Mrs. King's Husband, Has Ar :: - rived in the City : - " 'Superior Court la busily eused In clearing the docket of the criminal cases that are fur trial, and much pro-' greHS .la being guik several caaea hare alresily been dbiposed of In jury trials, and defendants hare plead : guilty In several cases, ; Albert Fnrr and " Prank AUman, charged wlth.au assault, were each niaile to pay a- Sue of $25 and one half tlie cants after a Jury brought In a verdict of guilty. , ' ' -.;' "V Fred Caubleplea4 ginlty to larceny. ( and judgment , waa auxpeiided - upon . payment of the eoet, aud reinbnrae-,-pieut for tnejBtolen goods. . ;:, , - " Jerry Atwell plead guilty to twH , charge of larceny. - lu the flrat M was -sentenced - to twelve month on the road.-and In the other he drear seven montha more, making a tutal of ulue .teen montha, ; '', - - John Fogleman, .'treasurer . for the Jsnior Order U. A. M at Kannapolia, for emheaalemeut vu sentenced to --7:--iieveu. montha: and for forgery waa .;'' given anotber S months ,:. V.v v"i 'J-;:'"-"M It Olstein and Bruce Conner ' were foond by the jury to be guilty of ':".'' gambling., The grand Jury lit stin working on .' -'. -the evidence in Jne case of Gaston B. . V- Means, held' for the murder of' Mr. ", ; Mande A. King, - They examined a J , , number of witneaeua tbi morning, and . ...''-. there Mill remain potwllly a dozen ' " more to he beard before the investiga tion is completed. -This; will-, moat - likely consume the remainder .of to day. . - ; . ' - . An rntereatlng Witness who " came -'"-; from Chicago for, the trial la William i'lX (Inbbins who was private necre U''!T?''i tarr for a number vt veara to Jame ; C. Eng. husband of sfra. ; Mande A. King. 'Under tint terms of Mr. King' y S i will. Mr. OnfcMns rwelved $W.00O. If ut -.tlie saeond will of Mr. King should be r:- CALLED AS WTTlfESSES v. r'lu-rqsinf l-!rt. of ricinderi r.n4 -' t Ameiicmi Melvillt fat .Coaoof d lu ' - .Ifaw' Triatv' i-' ";'??.;' t: , 7' Mr. W;, T. Bo& iaa tWfoHbwiaR' ' in his roi-respimuenee in this mornings -?' flreembM Kews: ''' -J-Chicago atock broker, bankers and .' . luwvers hert oniKht as the grand jnrf V .?ibris. to call for 'witnesses in the t " . Gaston ,B. Means -ease.; eive to . the trial an interrst which - it " double . - s-seoT f warttlnzil over eboJd not-de-" - atroy -.y ':'-''.'- V--.?-- i At the head of them' is Aner'xus B. Melville. Chicago attorney, who re , presented Mrs. Kinjf. Mr. Mslville is r .' '. noted lawyer, hewonld b; if he " ' fcnew no law. Aj imposing list of fi nanciers' who, will tell sinne thing of (he six JTurures in which the Kins e. ; tste ws rated, areompanied Mr. Mel- Mlle. the lawyer who .will be witness .- as to financial affairs, the eritioalneaa 'whiah will be alleged as the motive for the crime with ; "which. . Gaston Mean i 'ehaied.'"S V:'tr v - One hungers for the sight, of this msn.Mslville on ihe stsnd. A man w ho would fif so easily into the bra- 1 iBsadorship to- the - court of . St, James, will .look nice as the -tanret for Bull Do? Can&ler's saperheated phots. Mr. Melville niwart only as .witness. He will not participate in the ... as attorney. '.-.'- Judge James 8. Manninsr, attorney .- veneral. arrived -thia arternoon and ' n-tched into' the-ease wkh Solicitor Clement: U here tt i saidUist he lawvers rrTrescntms Haston Means do not like the iudire' rresen-e. They rcsrsd it n.little irre;Hlar. i'he jiidee . is advertent to the fsct tlt mogf st - tornev gsncmls yiri keep tlicir lnciim. . bents busy but ls s a bisr "e.,Ail . itlie mdiie will be here nmld -there IS o lontrer anv dntnd Tor hmv. leav -mir the office at Ralenrh under the di ;rction of Assistant Attorney General TkiH Rvkea. : K ervbodv. nscesssry to the cam i ' here. Mrs. Anna L. Robinson, mother . of -the jtanri woman, executed. ' Mrs. Robinson exrjects to come. Mr. Melville saw her, whfn . be came : throuif1' Ashevillp and site is nnclian'j:- el in her-purpoao to come here tor l.a -niiiose of testifyinj . asainsl Cifon Mennu, i Mrs. Mclvim the other dnnhtT, re main here and loyal to Gaston Means. .XrZCIAL' Er"-"LATIC1T3.. a rrti r: t ty Uia Tooi 'n ITa"r ';sr 1.- .t. .'.J. f-'ixi iiJ 're. - ' We Vlilllt: "i l.ir ' I stnt-n i..'.s.- will U I i t t ii'i-i i-t by tun f ! mlmin im .'ovi'uJh r 1, in n the iis- ion of tlie nni.it LrH'Oi i.uit food !'s tin 'r in" " !!' p"i'n. tm't r i 'i h nrrj "!) (' t s a f.-- '. Hi. 1 to f on HVC-111 "cdl.l K. - h im't sram", ms, t be h . I i) f .'. 1 f. ) or , i v : ! 1 -ii or .. A." i i i ie . J TU2 L:.a. ' t ' t W!,!..., the IUt jIob. tYU tlOM. ; u. D. C it 30. At mld trt' bKit ttw Im rg f -.. . ,im wul fnf, prlwliy never to If itti-ued. At tnai hour Um su- pil,:.uiiu of the uqtiur trattw ha ii r-ittu til 111 ASUfU-MI t 4MUXUU1B. tiiam hi to opMratkia. Wbotoaale and n ull lujuur nturva mill be rtuatsi, local breverini abut lmo, and thirsty reaiiMifB k'ft depwuleut apuu the prl re lmpurtaiiuu vt Ilijuora from ut jo . ii eimhnm of the Lttatrtrt. Kreu ttut Wnt hope of the a Icuboucally lu- clined la Ukrly to be dnttroyeu wnva the courta decide whether the Reed boue dry amemlinout prohibits tba la portaUou of liquor Into the District of Columbia as bile a dry Mtate. ' - Oiir iHifore has the national caDital bees without an kooua. hat waa many years ago, wheu a apaam of sentiment lu favor of . prohibition swept, over certain sections of tnet country, leav ing "TVsHhtnirton 'among -the arid see- tiling In ill wake. Within a few years. however, the prohibition law waa re pealed and the saloons perutlttsd to resume buttuiesa. The preaest abolition of the liquor trufhc la the result of a rigurioufl agitation, extending over a period -vf several rears. Prohibition has king beeu strong'', iu Congress, partly through ' personal ' conviction aud partly through the persoual ' at titude of members who dared not voce agalust it. because of a moral senti ment In their UiHtricta which . they feared would be transmuted Into hos tile votes. - The HolMon consUtutioual rmend- meut for national problbirtou actually carried the House in the Blxty third Cengres,187 to 180. with fortp-ot not rutin, but as a two-thirds vote was necessary to carry the amendment through, the measure failed. The same Ixingreas, however, pawted a drastic restrictive liuuor law for the District of Columbia and in the Senate techni calities only prevented the enactment of a prohibition law for the District. - When the- present Congress assem bled It was soon evident that the .ma jority" sentiment In both houses was favorably dnpoHedtoward prohibitum for the District.? The action of one State after another" In abolishing the saloons had left" no doubt-as to where the nattou on the prohibition question. Consequently the" xupporterfc of the measure ettcouiitereu comparatively, lit-1 tie dliliculry in securkiglts adoption, , aitmnigh -tlie. "rfets".jtlll kept up a light,' setting forth- as tlwir .principal argument that Wasliuigtou should lie the laxt city 4n the country that should . have the rigors f prohibition . forces upon Is, If fc no other reason than Its cltlwn l helpless SKsluxt all legisla-i Hon by. CougresH. affecting , thwr.; Mi- pMtsts or conveniences.--' - ' '1 lie nn n il:!? the tnpusaloons from the Plmrlct of Columbia will complete a dry belt frma Mryland south to Flori da ou the hi -a tun! as far a J-'eW .Oiv ...... . . i.-:..--.. xbe afi.i-Mux.ii.IM- i 4 UslufaUx arc I jubilant over their auccess in cou Art-Ro lug the nauoual capital into a dry, city, because of. the offect It may have on the sentuaent oi the entire, conntry. A request has boett Issued to mil listers of all'dehomlnaHous throughout the United ritntea asking them to set aside next ..Sunday as a day of observance for-this Idlest nmbibltioh vlctorv 'and. to preach prolilVMJ -Ijet hs aDnronrlati'ly celebrate the oomlnit pf. proiiUiUioit Jp.-rthe. capital of out great rcpul)lc".'ty's tlie. appesJ-i t the mluliiter8..!',Vlctory la jot yet oursj' the stniL'Kjp ; has been Kplng on or centuries anu, we nave uaruiy isseu the 'first, line trenches, for, according to the latest statistics. 1016. the Amert-. people drank .ID.-M) gallons of Intoxi cating liquors per capita, at an expen diture of over $2,000,000,000, while the eonsnmptinn per capita has gone as high as 22.79 gallons since the Civil war. But the universal trend for pro hibit Ion U Irresistible, and the Jluuor trainc-ls doomec)."4 i .. .. : , j, PATENTS ON ARTICLES- - . UX ALIEN ENEMIES. Refumtiona Under Whktl They May JBe Manufactured In Aaserlca.'; ' lr Th AaaetaU rrww.) ; . " Washington, Oct. 30. Regulations under which articles patented t this country by alien enemies may be niauu- factured- by American producers were issued today by the. Federal Coniniht- aln under authority conferred by the tnidhig-wiHi-euemy act.- ?.' licenses will be issued forth; life of a patent, and not. merely for the duration of the war, bnt exclusive 11 censes will not be granted' ludlvldal firms. The new regulation- affects ap- proxunntely '20,000 patents, including, niHuy of purampuut Value to American Industries. - - ., ' ' ' - , . cMKST WOl'NDEO. AMERICAN. Arrived Today at the Case Hospital. - . Was VXla Leg. t v ' Br Tk Aoiate4 Prvas.) ; "'' With the Aiaerlcau Army In .France. Monday, t ictolwt 2U.-rThe' first Amer ican wounded in the trenches, arrived today -at the base hospital. -He. Is. Ilcutrnnnt of the signul corps. He was hit In the leg by a shell splinter. . 7ashlngton Hears that Italian Line Is ' Washington, Oct. - 2. Word from Rimic today that the .Ituliah.line was hold hj; aguliist the terrific Asault of the Aiitro-;erninn forces was received by oillflul AVaslilngtoit with -eager In tercst and frank rcltcf. JUllltary an thinUiea here have Hot disguised their kwn anxiety as press reports showed the Itulinns falling hack liniler - the crtitililng blows of the enemv. . ' "'E:i.tt'!rioB r' A - j. ' With tlie Aif'ricf Annv in Frnni-o, Oiit. 2d.( By I Assoc :'ted In- i) Auiciiinn imttines sre con- t:nnnjr to shell tlie Uerman Jines a ri-rn. r intprVBls, the enemy follow. i'T hi nlliir tactics. -.- Mo further nlllcinl eonrrnnique lias 1 fiu wmu't, hut there bus been tn tii ii.l inr,;trv activity. - Snow that i last night interfere all oiwruiiona. .' - . ; ys. be kIihhI r t rt cf his i i l I fur I ill i.i . - : LlilO h,.w jlOu Marting Uut I nis Morning m t Heavy Downpour of Rain Rain to Locate the New National Highway. . CARRIED IN AUOUT.V 20 AUTOMOBILES Senator Ban khead and Con gressman Vebt) ln; Party Party President ; Could . Not Review Pathfinders. J r ke AHMkiM rm . - Washington, Oct, SO In a . dtlring downpour, the psthanding tour for the new National Highway between Wash ington aud Atlanta, started from, the capital . today after brief ceranionb In. the -rottuidaj About twenty autos carried the pathfinders. Including sena tor "Kankhead, of Alabama, aud repre sentative Webb, of North Carolina, as the congressional representative. President Wilson, because': of - eiv gagementN, and other cabinet officers, were unable to review the pathflndert the inclement weather . marring . the start of the tour.-.., ' . - .: -, - . . , ... : .v , . ' CONSPIBACy WORKED OlTf. ; "Mrs. KJng WeukJ Have Been Killed , Earlier. Had Thlnjs Wsrked Out iwelL-;v.;V-V.-.:..;:.. - Mr. W. Thomas Bosf has the follow ing In this morning's tlreensbnro News : Concord, ct. 2. "BlanU" that both Stare and defense ' wonhl relish . a change of veuue in, the Gaston Means ease and that each' would like the other to aide .the removal, were' as lnterexting as the story that new" evidence of an old conspiracy to kill Mrs. Msliile A. Klue Baa been, tnrued no. In a letter whicB was alt the talk here -today.' c ' -; ' This- nnpublislied testimony. In briefly that Mrs. King would have been killed earlier rhad "things., worked . out welli The. writer, of 4hat letter says that kuowa of consDiracy which hud been . frell worked out liefore Mrs, King was killed ami today this story b lieiug.hnc inouised with Farmer .Dry's narrative. It is .very-slmpleln execution..-' Mrs. King whs to he sliot.' If. the first bullet did the' work, the second was to call in fellow- consptrfttora. On that theory lit part procedure will be m.ide. - IMt night dramnnzation of the King tragedy again toolt place at Blackwel- dwr's juirini'. AutomohllA nartios draare out ainii divldetL . One' liriniu tout runner. Or J- house and the tlif4 . remained At thovapriiig. , Farmer JDry's testimony,, pnshakeu and nnshakslile as It. was before rlqnire Pitts, had cle wents -that needed strengtbening. The farmer was 1L rii;ht,.but the ability to hear ordinary -conversation, so far I away raised a:dopbtl Thj; Jey york- W M wenii outjcarriott ov,iUiw.ante.i-.Iectja- iciainge(ee.f ,lt; worked perfeci iy.;, canwfl .prjr; waa buttressed by the" experiment. Those fellows' declare the, bearliig was jeasy.', ' .; ",. Ausi..Iifoue iui; fvn)ienrance.,ot. cut; mercury will be the more hiterest- liu. Earner Drv declares -that, he nearu two guorsr "vp tir t bat time-the State, had no theory of "the-character raised , by this -letter - .which seems' to have come into somebody's possession within the. lagt few .daya.- In the na ture of things the. State does not wish to give it out in full.. But the new statement lot 'conspiracy ; and how. It worked, out cannot fail of public lnter- Without going too far It if safe to say the letter pas changed materially tlie. view as to the ignorance of men who had hitherto been Innocent of any nowieuge oi tne tragedy. - . . c Id Concord everybody snoDoses that tlie defense is even impatient to begin Its work. Of asquittal.. Just why there seems 'to. be a desire to remove the case, does hot appear: but this is a '"tip" which reputable men are giving. fUtates vllie and Charlotte are the county cap-, ttals which are considered most, likely to get the trial, if .there is a more to take. It from Cabarrus. .- - ' "- r Big Swim-Show at Plnehurst. '.' Rateigh, Oct '2ftr-What , will be one of the largest' swine show yet held in North .Carolina is the-Berkshire Con gress held In connection with the 8and hllj.fulr at PlnehnrW November 22nd and 23rd. Tlfls meeting which is back ed ba the American Berkshire Assdcia- tlonvwtll probably have the - largest premium .list for hogs to be offered in the south during, the year. Mr. r. 8. Springer, of Sprlnefleld, Ohlin., Secre tary of the Berkshire Breeders1 Asso ciation, and Mr, J.. R. Doilge, Manager Of the Hood Farm, Lowell,- Mass., who is considered the-best judge of Berk shire in the United mates, win both be present. Mr. L. K Frost, Editor of the Berkshire World., will also pe on hand. Ending Tint Say's Work Veneer - Boy ia -Killed. Speneer'Oct. -29. Elgin Stansbnry. ared 16. was killed by follin off a scaffold 20 feet to the ground at the Spencer shops this afternoon. He had been emmoved todav and1 was--com- nlctin? his first day 'a work when the accident happened. He ."lived -ko hours afterwards. He Is survived bv bis parents. Enirineer and Mrs. Frank Hlsnsbitry. and ona Ris'er, Korth Carolina ft little Short of the ,. ' Allo'Ticnt"' Buleigh, Oct 2!). With geatterinir rcporla still conunz in the total sub, scrtftion to the second liberty 'loan . xV .i. i- k .Li y"'' ":u',Wr" TiNdliw baturday. Quite a number of i),000,000. Chuirman Joseph G. I'rown, of the stute commit'ee. is well liMiB"d with t'hir reaults and believes that the Innl roport will khow1 'his sVa verv litt'e. if any short the toveriiineiiis allolnient. .. ;'. ' C. t i ! I by AiiHtro-Cfrman Forces. - -t; a. r' i)i irrsi ; .rJTCEiTLrunE.r" f0r,Alrrw. ,n1, M,'i-l'', Ll,lL H tr t I Great Air FW. j auv kt. :!. According lu i r , f u prrsMtai suite, the K . r l greatly affsrted by i ct i--t of tba news be receive. If U in td be is orteo profnondry u by it; If M is axud he U wl.aij orer)ored. No news siac the nyy of tlie Inifd Mutes into the war be hid more depressing effect ou bliit, it H asi-L than the reports rvuibtg fr.ua Amerto that hare hinted at the p-n-nrmi.in of a great air fleet ly the liilird Mitra, a fleet if air craft fur grearer and more formidable than T of the ether aatkms has pnt litis tle war. ' It is a welt known fact that tbi Ksiwr has a gTest horror of bebig eaurht in an- air raid. .Thia la a be. Ketlug fear with him. when at any place that Is la the least likely to he bomlied br Allied airmen - : Wlieo the Kaiser was at Karlsruhe last ysr oq aisrm waa raised that a large number of basUJe aeroplane we siproacbtng The Kaiser and his suUu left tbs town at once, and motored to another plsoe 120 miles distant. frjc the Kaiser remarked to one of his personal attendanta, "I cannot ima gine a store norrible death than to be lie killed in a house when bombed by airaten." And yet the . great "War Irr has frequently expressed the wish to wirness the bomlianuaent of lioialon or Paria by his airmen. . alANGLED BOOT TOXJXD BXJEIED Virginia Phyalcian to In Jail Charred ... With the Murder of His Brother. . fcefiffondVVa Oct 29. Dr. A. W. Chamberlain is in jail here charged with, the mnrder of his brother. A. P. Cbturterlain, an ex-judge of thoiowa benrh. whose bodv. 'dismembered and horrilily inutilatedr, waa found lute Sntm'tv afternoon deeply buried in the Ynri of Doctor Chamberlain's home, ten miles vest of Goochland Court, hoii-ne, Va. ' - -.- ": . '. - -. , i'wtor Chamberlain waa arrested Thntadar after the disaDnearanm of ij brother earlier ia the week had nr&used aitspteiona of his neighbors. A Sunday the naked torso wag .found buried in the back yard.-Some dis-tirm-W awar the head was found at tha bottom of a fence posthole. The .feet, leifi .utois and heart were found in ether pos'holes. The stomach is miss, imr jnd (he Jieart and lungs are chop, r-edto pieces", leading- to tha belief thnh the man was first poisoned and thetl' -butchered. -. . . . -.- A .. ' i-lltitil the tindine of the body. Doe tor ..Chamberlain, waa kept in the in." secere jail of Goochland county: Feel in?' avainst him became . so ' intense Sumtsv, however.- that he was moved boru to avert a lynching'. The coro. par's jury . verdict At ,. that Judge t'timbberlain came to his death af the han.ls of Dr. A. W. Chamberlain, in a manner not determined,: ." v fionerpor Stuart "will tomorrow be losLf-t? ,eall wneeia burrjt PJLeoaf) ijw wy ins eceuseo man. - buspieffui points to tloetor -JhaiTii bcrlain becanae, it is alleged,- he and hi brother bad quarrelled over an ac count dne the-brother. Doctor Cham, berla'n savs that he 'paid this account Monday ,niht before. Judsre Cham, her Iain's disanncaranee. He holds- a receipt for the sum dated that night. I nopi- colleetin 'the", accohnt. Jude'e' Chnmberlaih'.anhoiineed his intention to knart humediaterr.for Chevenns; 'AVvoi.- aei'brdinir to the doctor. ' who sav he trunks .his brother wa'C.wajr-1 laid ov. robbers atter be lett pirn, Bowaa County Boid iMap Itaila jTor Pathfinder, - , . " Spencer; Oct. 29,-Mayor ' W. H. Burton, 'has had made -a map of- the proposed Hankhead national highway through Rowan county. The survey, was made by N. A. Trexler; county Survevor, from the center of -the Yad kin -river near Spencer, through the new town of Yadkin, through Snen. ter, Salisbury, Sumner,- China Grove, Landis and to the county line near KannaDolis. a distance of 23.8 miles. The map shows IS diverging roads, in Kowan, gives the character of the soil in various sections and "other infor mation. A capy of the 'map will be presented to the official pathfindinir party on its arrival iri Spencer Thurs day afternoon en route -from. Wash., burton to Atlanta. It is the purpose of the. Bankhead National Highway association to make acommete map eoverinz the route from- Washington to Los Aneeleg from the various coun ty maps, that may be furnished. Offi cials of Silencer expect to give the pathfinders. a cordial: greeting here Thursday. J 9:- American. Iftoopi Kill first German i-i ;-'' of Waft '-?Z ?- With ." the American Army in France. Oct. 29. (Bv Associated Press.) The first German prisoner of war taken by the American ej. iieilitioniirv forces died -today in an Amrican field hospital, having been shot when he encountered an Ameri can patron m No Man's land in tront nC tha .Amariiun trflncheA. Ha: with -another German, waa discovered Sut- urday night by the patrol and was called imon to halt. The Germans rani the patrol fired and one of the enemy was hit. The prisoner waa treated at a dressing station and. removed to a field hospital, - where the 'combined efforts of several aurjreona failed to savt hit life. . - "The prisoner was a mail carrier, and loiters of some value itrere found on him. He explained his presence near the American trenches, sayinir ho had lost his wayin the. dark.. He declared that .the German, soldiers die not know tha Americans were on the front or in France, the officers telling them nothing. , -,, Sliver Wedding' at Landis. , . : (SrMlal Tk4 THImB) , Lanills, Oct SU-Mr. aud Mrs. B. T. iFlcmlnz celebrated their silver weu- friends were invited and entertained. The school Is being well attended, The Linn and Cabarrus Mills have op ened the school with" four- teachers. Two more teachers will be put ta No vember 1st. The scliiml w ill be run In connection with the public money and is free to all In the dlntrict . For frh h( fulness -n fih,'h seas S pi-iv 1 r-nicdy 1 t '..ht shoot - : ; i ( ML ISIlO'i'loIlfFEIiiiiG Cen.. Cadorna Prepiring to Reform His Forces Along - Strong Defensive Line on Tagliamento River. ' ". THE TEUTONS. . .. TAKE UDINE Great Britain And France Taking Steps to Reinforce Italy, But It Has Not Been Disclosed How. r The aplat4 Tt m) ' (Jeoeral (Mdorna Is bending every effort to retard the Anstro-Uerman ad- vaore on the laonso front while be effects retiremeut to ' strong line of Tagltsntento river. His cavalry ia re ported to be in close touch with tlie enemy who has been further hampered in his forward movement by tms strong resistance. of the -Italian rear guards, and the destruction of bridges over the laonso. ; . The Teuton center, which yesterday was reported nearlng L'dine, the for mer Italian general's headquarters, has sot yet entered that ptace. More menacing to Cadorna's purpose, how ever, came the thrust on tlie left flank, on the uper -reaches of Tagliamento. The hops of the uerman command, apparently is to reach this, the north sectiou of the Intended line, and turn it liefore soutbernly Italian forces-- can fall back to the river- and establish themselves.- Berlin indicates a steady advance by. "the - Anstro-Uerman columns toward this objective. i'. . - , The Italian resistance to the Austro- fjerman onslaught along the Isonxo ap parently ia stiffening, as (Jen. Cadorna is preparing to reform his forces along a. string defensive line of tlie Taglia mento river. The entire Isonso line has been turned and the Car so posi tion lias been given np to the victorious Teutonic soldiery, who .are now liefore tlillue, former . Italian . general - beau- quarters. V - v -..'- Despite the crushing blow suffered by the Italian forces on the northern Isonso,. the consequent retiremeut all along the river. (Jen. Cadorna has Tag liamento line from which' to beat back the Invaders from the Venetian plains. Berlin does not report any additional number of prisoners, and thia, coupled with den. Cadorna's ottiilal statement this his troop are checking the Anstro-Germait- forces,, may mean- that the fovea rtf the -Hrt Mo.ha feefn peqt. ' 'Teutonic Vf lvlty. Is repotted In the region ot Ploeckem' pas,s. In the Camlc Alps;' north of Tolmezso, where " tne Tngliameiito turns westward. ' 'A strong advance here might make tlie Taglia mento line untenable as also would any anti-uermaji eirort in iorce sonui irom the Camlc and Dolomite Alps. Italy's high command mast consider, tea .the possibility ''of a 'blow-' from Trenfiuo. From Swiss sources ft Is-reported that the Ausfro-awlMS ,. frontier has ' been closed, and (Sermaii reinforcements are nelnubuirlpd to the Italian front Tills uiay mean either' snpisirt for- the leaders, in the western of Isonso; or material for another drive frtior'' the mouutains southward liehind tlie Tag liamento line. ; '-.-. Meanwhile there are no reports of any . activity in Trentnio, ' and Great Britain and France are taking -steps to reinforce Italy, What form this help is taking has" not yet been disclosed. Raids and small -operations- are oc cupying the. troops on the front In France, Artilleries are very active along the Alsne front and northeast of ipres in Flanders, ' r "-; "'-"" The battle In Flanders war resumed by the infantry this morning when the British moved to attack north of the YpreMRouiers Railroad. Field Marshal Haig announced the,renewal of the of fense in his usual, laconic style, adding merely that the troops were reported to be making good progress.- The line of attack takes in the Fassncheudaele' region,, where" the reinalndePof the ridge of that name, and the town itself are nerby British objective. The thrust here Is also carrying the entente forces on a direct Hue toward the railway junction at Routers, approximately Ave miles distant On the Aland - front " in northern France; where the French In tbelr re cent advance southwest of Ijinn, have ieonardised the safety of a considera ble sectiou of the Uerman lines, the German delivered an stack y last night hi an effort to push buck the French, lu the region of Cerny. 'The KVAimh kasl1v rpimlHMl this aonlinlt. The artillery battle Is conthiuing In the sector . In which' the French made their advance,-where hostile forces are now lined up- ou opposite .sides of the Olse-Atsne canal; .In the Verdun' re gion Gen. Petaln's troops hist night re gained more of the small it rip of groiiiut lost In the recent German Aa saulr In Cauriers wood sector, east of the Meai. .-,.iv- -; '.''.,-. ' ,"-, The first casualty among the Anteri- ennforces on the fighting front ' in Prunca was renorted tmlav in i. Hie wounding of - Lieutenant of the signal' corps... A sheH strfimler struck the 01- ncer in iuit-ics, iiiuicuuk a siigui wound. 1 ,- - -' ' 1 ; -' . '- , Church to Ceisbrate 130th Annirer. K.H.Knw Ant. 90 Vert fiimrUv St. John's Lutheran ctnirrb will cele brate tbe 150ths anniversary, of ' its existence. The -anniversary sermon will be preached by Dr. Volghtj of the theohcical seminary of Columbia. Thia service will be preliminary to the meeting of the Synod of tlie aonth which will be in session here the fol lowing week. 1 " 4 v Italian Retreat Continues. . -, .-.-'s' . Br "I'ke AsMK?la4 Treaa.) Rome, Oct. 30. The Italian, retreat continued yesterday, the war office an nounced. The Italian cavalry Is Ui con tact with the vanguard of the advanc ing enemy. ' ' - The Italians' desdi ' -id the brldsies over the 1 - -"i and i 'it t renr nril, I v i i r ; ( '. 1 CSX DE fcl GtESTIONS OF J -, rui viilw rs.uiL, Onsaaj" Tmtlwtsi Offer of Baptr ate f a rraaee k rrpliard.- ' Lononn. Oct. 29. Gerauor'a trejch eroas p-sr onVr to rrix Is exptnded la tlie followtng dispatch ta the Tiiam tiunday : "Die Partu Monday Juarual today grrea furtlief details of tbe actlv Itlm of Lenoir's emissary of Germany, Maaci Pschs. Uauri on his return to Geneva wrote brggtng' ino4r to come to Hwltserlsnd. Lrauir feared to euaae so MUDd coumled to M. Moatbtm. the. Journal's Bwlss enrrespuodent, who ea- bodied tbe bleaa (raasmttted to him ia an article which with at unci's approval was sent to Humbert, editor of Journal, who Immediately cenmnnkcated tt to tbe French prime minister. The propos als contained were crude auggentlons of a aepevate peace as. the result W which France would retain her pad tloa as a great power at the expense of her .honor." TWK COTTON MARKET. L'nfavorabie Weather FrsaMtes Carer . : tag and Send Prices l a. , iT T tomlaM m .New York. Oct 30. Unfavorable weather news tended to promote cover big after yesterday's sharp break ia the eottim market, and the openuig to day was 12 to 16 points, btgber.'v The outlook was rains in 'eastern"" belt would, tie followed my . another cold ware, and killing frost was reported at Del Ilio Abilene and Palestine, Texas. ' December sold up to 26.93 and January 20.21 after call, making a net advance of about 20 to, 26 points. The advance waa checked at this level by renewed liquidation of lacal and Wall street selling, which may have been partly due to opening weakness of the stock market, 'ami-later fluctuated ir regular. '-...'i . ' , Odtton futures opened steady, De cember, 20.85; January.-26.10; March. 2i84: Mar, U5.7U: July, 2R.66. HAVE NOT GIVEN ; y AN INCH OF GROUND Milan Ccttwpondent Says Italians an the Carso Have. Not Yielded to the Enemy. . . . .- , .. 1 lafTlwiimlilHPnM.1 - Jidmi,.Ootj Bft.i-The Milan corre- pondvut of The Times,-lu a dispatch tiled Hnmlar, refers' to break tug of the Itamut- line at . certain points,-where the Uerttuins carried on no heavy bom bardment, and says that on the Canw, to the contrary, not one of the innum- ernble attacks, has given an Inch of ground to the enemy. ' No details have vet arrived on the fighting for Monte Negro on the north ern end of the Isonso front. PLANS FOR MILITARY ' - TRAINING IN BRAZIL. All German Papers and Other PubH-ea&w-bi BraarSrfar;Tr'' '' " Th..Asaaetad Vrmm.) Rio Janeiro, Branlh" CVt'-8ftV-In view of Braail's entrance lute war, plans for intensiOed military training am being 'put hito- cgect though ;o mobilisation measure -has yet lieen de creed. , The garrisons in south Brasil. where .tliere is a large, German element najse- 1' ,'J wipor!ed:..) .T--ejtjr4wo former. Ueriniiiii sailors were arrested today and taken .to Sao Vaulo. Alf Gprmau ipapent and otlier publications have been eeixed. . - - . . FIRST REPORT N , , - ; . A THE GERMAN PAPERS. Df the American Expeditionary Force in trance-Ne Connnetit ,. ' Bjr Tfce Associated I'm.! ' Copenhagen, Oct 30. The first offl- clal report from the American -expe ' i tionary. forces in France is printed in the German paiiers without so far being accompanied with any comment although occasional sarcastic emphasis is- placed in headlines op the reference to a quiet sector of the f rouf . . The American Official : dispatch Is as a -rule, not Included by the news- pipers in the general column of the en emy war reports, most of (he journals endeavoring to adhere to the fiction that the Culled States la not regarded as a full fledged member of the group hostile to the central powers. . ' - At The Theatres. SehA. Enid, the great mind reader and fortune teller, is at The Strand again today. - Heiinswers all questions, of the present past and future. He knows 'all; tells, all. One show each day. - - .,'..' Crane Wilbur, the handsomest, man on the screen, Is being shown at The New Pastime Theatre today In "The Pointed He."; This 1 one of Mr. Wil bur's greatest pictures, and was partly written by him. . It ts a Mutual Master Picture lu five parts, a . , : - - "A Prairie Borneo " starring George nemnndes, la the main attraction at The Thcatorlum Theatre today - Also on. the programme is "Her Naughty Choice," with Gale Henry and William Franey. An Animated Weekly also will tie shown. . : ; " v" Captain Haua Berf in Atlanta, Dres. t ed la Garb of Woman. Atlanta Constitution. '' V" 'V - Hans Berjr, former commander of the Appex, after its capture by a Ger man raider, and one-of the ten Tue- tons to escape from .the internment came, at fort McFlierson lost Tnes- day nighS 4s now in Atlanta, dressed hi woman's rarb. accord ine to reoorts iust received by tha djpmrtaienti -of itustiee here. - . With this information sit hand., and with Other clews,: which lead the fed eral officials to- believe that he and his men -were aided in escaping- bv a; (pretty Now York girl, a strict scirch for Bertr and his sweetheart is now beimr made tn this citvi-1 , , J IVUh Our Advertisers. - Manhattan Shirts, $1.75 io $3.50- at Hoor's all the new patterns.' v- . . H. A. Grealwr -A Hon. have a -new ad today. -v. , 4WAU) h jjiuni atisq oiqnop s,iooy it oridiww.' really two stores In one. See new ad. of the Concord frrunlture- iHimiiaiiy tialay. - .. . , len. Criivenor P'd. !. (-.in. r--t. '-. : !. neral cclo over HiFOFCOUiiTBY Frosts Extended to the Gulf Coast, Central Florida, and Snow Fell As Far South as Asheville, N. C COAL SHORTAGE - IS KEENLY FELT Cold Wave Warnings Have Been Sent Out for the Ter ritory From East Pennsyl vania Southward to Florida Washington, Oct 30. The cold wave today overspreads the eastern half of country. Frost extended to the Galf coast, central . Florida, and snow fell as far south as'Asbeville, N. C ' Tbe coal shortage is being keenly -' felt in some localities, although the pinch waa somewhat relieved by yes- , terday's twenty-four hour lifting of the embargo. , - f Cold wave warnings were sent out ' for tbe territory from eastern Pensyl- " vaula southward to northeast Florida. ' SEPARATE PEACE WITH . - RUSSIA LMP0SSIBLE Defense ef Rnsshtii Territory ef Ftanat amental Need, Says Feretcn Miav : later.. v-V:- - : ' . '. (By Tka AaaMtatc rrcas ' v Perrograd, Monday, October 20. The foreign minister In an address ia parliament today said a separate peace . was impossible, and that the defense . of Russian territory was f fundament. ' al need. - - "::-:. The foreign minister said the abso- lute independence of Courland, and a perhaps of Poland and Lithuania was ' Impossible, ae It would mean that Has-, -.- sia would return to the days before Peter. He also asserted the complete demobilization aud disarmament and centralisation of canals was iinpotwi-v We. -. " ' . -.' The Russian foreign policy has not-. changed, the minister -continued, since , the first statement enunciating . tbe . principle of no indemnity and no an nexations, i ' GERMANS DRIVEN BACK In Places Nearly 1,000 yards la To . day' British Drive. " , ( The A aiatea Pnm) - v.T '. -LonibjuOt SOjJlai. Germajii, have been driven back in places to aepth of nearly 1.000 yards in today 's iliritish drive on Ypres front, Benter'a eorrestiondent at Uritish headqttarv ters gays: -' i - The- unncipal fiehtinff is taking iilace toward the outskirts of Pas chenraele and in the ration of PoeU rapelle. The British are reported to, have, fought thir iwav alomr several liirjwr'ant spurs of the great system . oi nuyres. The Canadians quickly (rain ed objectives, ... - PRrVATE" JOHN ALLEN DIED EARLY TODA, Formerly One ef the Most Picturesque Figures in Congress..' .,; . (By Ta wclate4 Press) - Jackdon, Miss., Oct 30. "Private" John Allen, member of Congress front.: Misatssippl for 10 years, until his re. tirement lu 1901. and one of the most " picturesque figures of that body, died at his home in Tupelo, Miss., early to. day. according to a dispatch received here. .He had been 111 about two weeks.' - NEW GERMAN CHANCELLOR. Count Herling, Bavarian Prime .Min-. .. ... later. Appointed. ' , (By Tk Aaaaelaiae Irsa.) Amsterdam, (British Admiralty pef wireless Press) Oct 80. Count Geo." . Hertling, the Bavarian prime minister,-' has beeu appointed imperial, German " chancellor. Former chancellor, Michaelts has been named prime minister of Prussia'. Lutherans Plan to Spend Over Two . - - Milliaa Dollars. - Philadelphia. Oct 20. Plans provid ing 4or the expenditure of $2,500,000 by the Lutheran Church for spiritual: welfare work and among American sol diers and sailors within the nest two years ' were outlined by speakers at ' today's session of the general eonncil ' the Lutheran church in annual cotv - vention here. A Norwegian synod in this country, it was announced, had si" ready contributed $100,000 to this work and the general council was asked to appropriate $150,090 for immediate use. . It Waa also announced that the spiritual work In the Internment camps -for enemy aliens has been turned over to the Lutheran church and a call for . volunteers for this service was made, h - i;;v. , M.y,...-,.-;. M ' 'As for Hammp himself well, ho was a philosopher. ' '--'- THE NEW PASTIME FRIDAY . "lb life cf (In seven part si Showing the1 life and death of Christ. The picture Is hi; ' . recommended and has the en dorsement of all churches. Jt::i Isterlal Associations and Bnmlny (Schools in all cities where It h s lieen shown. "Tlie l.lfe of i Havlor" Is a real classii--', t in natural rolurs mi i t If til bacVirrouinl. A ! nnd 2) C' liiM.