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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS, i rl . , Th ,.'.Eu 7 . .: . '-"I ..'V,, Carr es d ,Ua-wispaiCM, Tog er With - EWaL: Cor espcndence. vV , ' " Generally, faf : tonight and-; Satur-' day. ' ? tittle change In - temteratnre. ; Light variable winds. . - " VOLUME TWENTY-ONE. WlLMINiGTONiN.l C.,; FRIDAY' APRIL ;23,: 1915. - V " -:v PRICEiTHREE CENTS. 'it 1 i i , , . 5 - - Texas And Oklffia ef A HeavypwSERaging.:; " Hemenfi ..; Damage to Property Will Go Ear Up in the Thousapds--Railway Service Crip pled and bmnicati - v T LIVES LOST BY FLOODS.- 4 , , ,. " Austini Texas, April I 23.B& tween 'fifteen and .twenty lives 4 ?were lost. lij the .floods which 4 swept Waller and.. Shoal creeks last night,; it was .estimated to- day Houses were ' jammed iri . masses' again bridge " and many .hulldings were flooded. The dead xv include. Thomas QuimJf'a city fireman, who was engaged in rescue work. . f a las Texas, Arit :2S. rTwenty perjiins perhaps more,' met death last muni in a rain, electrical and wind storm 2 nerul over nearly all of Texas an ! Kat Oklahoma. Resultant floods have interrupted communication -by rail ami wire. In some places the rain a n I wind continued today.. Austin felt the brunt of the storm, which, in places, reached cyclonic proportions. The. death list at the capital is expected to be at least fif teen. In the Thrall oil fields, near Taylor, Texa?. tanks containing 150,000 bar rels of oil were set on fire. The lossyi it is sairi. will be $75,0.00. Ughthing i? believed to have started the flames: Lisiuning started warehouse in Dallas, causing a loss of SI-'o.imjo. ; In Oklahoma, the Canadian. river, at Chickasha, cut a newiiehannel 'two miles from its old bed. Ten passen- HARRY THAW V. - --' - - . - . .-- CAt BEFORE ger trains were marooned there. , The Sante -Fe Railroad lost one thousand feet of track at Purcell and bridges are threatened - at several points oni that road ; by swollen 'streams. v Bursting of a gas main at Alvord, Texas, caused by water undermining the Iine has Ieft Dallas and Fort Worth without:,JTaatural gas "since 3 clock Thursdays afternoon and it was iiot known early today" when the break would berepaired. Reports from Fort Worth said many big plants,' which depended on gas fo? fuel, were "shut down. At Bay City fpiches of rain in less than two hours "early ' today was reported. - r,. Dispatches from Shawnee, Okla., a nre - ih an on j state that several nersons : were in jured, three dangerously, when a tor "nado destroyed the home of ' a farmer, jrie. property- damage 'is reported as 0 GUARD UNDER i NDGTilENT III SDCS A JURY MIL. JBI Kl---- zmmmm r h jbv jam. -.- -,- t "bv - ii m tv ii i .zvr.. i i , ri i vb. i & i,bi k V il ll!iv " It lIliA ' IIXVI m it vi 1 1 Af i v it u i ii ii u ii n ii n ii i ii i ui INT0.1IF , '!jiILl - J? Sensation Sprung at Political ' & , SL , COERCION CHARGED . - . -..-. . Prominent l.ayvyer : Declare PjlbU i Associatiort Guilty of Sirch Act- Water- and - SfcWer&ge" AdVocates Ahead So Tar. ,.f ' Court Decides That His Sanity Can Be Tested That Way THAW IS HAPPY Looks Upon It As a Victory Decision Announced This Morning By Justice - Hendrick. Serious Charges Brought Against a Durham Man. Durham, N. C, April 23. Charlie Mantrum. former guard of the Durham county home and a son of W. T. Maneum, was indicted thia morning on three charges. The first for sim ple assault and other. two for assault ui'li a deadly weapon, one being with oa'ied end of a buggy:;whip and A Political f Drjety 11 ani Hyde," Says the Colonel th the' other with a rifle: -iHe';was re 'i on $-00 bond. ; iJ4. .'' v':' Th criminal charges ere. brought against Mangum by.W,,. Perry, who alKT"l his son, , Wesley '2?erry, was bp;itf n ty Mangum, who hid ' struck hin' both weapons.'' 'It iHKalso criminal ;enarges will it against CapXaih 'VV. T. an - !! s'J I;; . IK AIRSHIPS IAN ON WARPATH Bombarded German Posi tions and Do Much Dam age, Petrograd Reports . - Syracuse, N. Y., April 2?. During the second day of his cross-examina tion in the Supreme Court here today. Theodore Roosevelt said he regarded William Barnes as a sort of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," who, like other politi cians, had his good side and his bad sideV The Coionei saia ne aid not, as sug gested by William Ivins, try to sever the ligament's "between the Siamese twins' -of' politics, but endeavored to have the "Dr . Jekyll" In them aBsorb the "Mr. Hyde." , It was the 'Colonel's fourth day on Raleigh, N. C, April 23. In a letter to a local newspaper received today M. Mcp. Williams, of Faison, writes that he4,was . incorrectly quoted in a stateifletit made by him and printed I in newspapers her and elsewhere in the State last Wednesday relative to the stand . and Itie seemed to be asl the death of former.". Congressman 'fresh as on the first -day. .The Colonel admitted he had complied' with, many suggestions made to him f , by Mr. Barnes. 4n regard to filling offices while ;he 'wds-Gbyern'or. ; - TORPEDO w SQUAORON VEIL INSURE r Kngland, April 23. A Reu "h from Petrograd says: was much activity yester :l o part of the Russian air ' topped fifteen bombs on ' veral German boats onthe Russian ' Boats' Shell Turkish V Coas Wlviarked -'.an, ' i' Ml,. I-.,.,. Petrogrid;- A"pril 23 . Thef Russian Black Sea, torpedo squadron bombard ed the Turkish' coast, between Archza and Aratschin; . April i9th, a 15-mile strip of coast in which is located the headquarters? of' the, Turkish army" operating in that region. . It was re struck, as were, railway swept with shells; anatue .oarracn 'iid trains. . . and provisiontores were ignited and 'her machines- bombarded i destroyed. . i s " ' t the German aerodrome atj A large dumber of Turkish coast Considerable damage was wise vessels, ,Jia4eii;;xaminiuiitId: German trenches." i and supplies, 'were sunk.. , V I nnesota Arbor Day. Art,,,- a n f j ; Sl;. Vet- dav - i.'i j Baptists Celebrate In First Church, Min., April 23. Today i3 Hopeweli.N. Ji, April 23. In the Bird Day in Minnesota, by Hopewell "Baptist church, which is order of Governor Ham-itoday 200 years old,, and is .said to The event ia heinr cpihrat,i be thflrBt erected in America, ;ny that' sect," anniversary exercises wm be . held.' today, and tomorrow. . .The walls f thS oldichurch are "of red brick, "and the interior . is ' of - pure colonialY,styie ,anaf TeflEfaiU tile same as .when - the building ':as completed. iiool children, civic societies us generally water in Cape Fear river at viHe, N. C. at 8 a; m. yester- 1 feet. . NewYork, April 23. The question of the sanity , of .Harry K. Thaw will feteHfffed hyiT jdry. Suprenie Court Justice Hendrick in a decision tdiiay -granted the application for a trial, made by Thaws - attorneys on a writ of habeas corpus; Thaw 1 was in . court when Justice Hendrick announced his opinion. His face at once lighted-up with pleasure. He was kept busy for nearly half hour shaking hands and receiving congrat- lilftHiifBf hpfrrro Vio waa tab-on l-a1.- ! to the Tombs. "It -will be good news to my moth er, he told the newspaper men. "That is all 1 want to say for publication." j- MAKE DENIAL OF PUBLISHED REPORT John Mi. Faison. t Mr, Williams de clared' he did "hpt cny that; . Faison , had committed ''suicide, jauf, ithat he; aske4 th; inquirer,' to express it in. different terms. ' ' , OF MYSTERY OVER CRUISER Attention Once More Directed to .German SeUrraider, .Just Out Diybock Newport News, Va. April 23. The German auxiliary cruiser, Kronprins Wiih'elm, which was removed"-from dry 'dock out into the stream yester day afternoon, donned veil of mystery this -morning, ana until Commander Thierf elder attempts a dash pass the Allies'- cruisers; awaiting off the Capes iorf notifies : the United States government that he desires to intern his vessel, it 'is evident developments will be guarded with the strictest sec recy,. , in", order that no: information in- regard to the sea-raider's move mentsl:inay reach the . enemy through official -sources. .Wihgton, April ,23, Attorneys fof the Chesapeake ife- Ohio, Norfolk & Western! , Seaboard Air Lane and At lantic Coast Line will appear today before' the Interstate Commerce Com mission Steamship Company- and the Virginia Navigation vpompany, in con- travenuon of tne Jfanama canaiiAcw 1 S$$&al to The Dispatch. ' , ; . Southport, N. CtApriI 234-sThe larger cities may hafe their political fights, but none can be fiercer than one prevailing, at Southport. There are three wards arid two - aldermen from each ward and'-a mayor to be elected by the . whole town, and un like in other titles Vthe wards have had meetings on different nights,' "and all this week have been nominating candidates :for adefmeri, and next Monday night a;candidate for mayor will be nominated. Xhe bone of con tention has . been; the matter of the $40,000 for water and;, sewerage. The pre'senti board of aldermen contracted for the bonds and fhe waterworks plant. Those who witnted the.inatter left to the vote of th: people saying the majority of the people of the town were against - the proposition would vindicate their. positn by defeating the old board Thuajtthe fight." Tuesday, the First -ward was to the bat, and the ; old board went down .in defeat T. .Thompson and' J. E. Hutchison defeating-W. ' C, Armstrong and M. G. Thompson, ; Wednesday tti&fcitrgwi iHeiJardi'time and the old board wqn sweeping victory W. H. Pyke Mid G. 5 F. rew being nominated. Last night the- Second fward came to the bat and another vic tory for water and sewerage and the old board nominated T. B. Carr and Capt. J. B. Church, who was the sewerage and water candidate instead of Capt.i L. J. Pepper' who declined to run. ' Up to this time it was -only voting and smooth sailing, but upon a, mo tion to make the nomination of Carr and Church unanimous the fireworks broke loose. Capt. J. J. Adkins, a prominent member of the Cape Fear Pilots' Association, arose and said that despite the fact that he and the anti-sewerage folks had metdefeat in the convention that they meant to have an independent ticket in the field election day, May 4th. Then City Attorney R. W. Davis turned loose the big gun of the ; evening. He stated that he came into the convention with the purpose of abiding lay the result, and if the other folks were to be bolt ers he thought that they ought to re tire from the convention then and there. : He stated further that he had been j-eliably informed that an asso ciation ia the town composed of the members of the opposition; had gone to Cat L. J, Pepper, who was the only . mjBinber in favor of water and sewerage and a-member of thepresent board of aldermen, and had told him that he must not stand for re-election, and if he did he must retire from the. Pilots' association. Mr. Davis de nounced in no uncertain tones what he termed as coercive means. Captain Adkins replied that his, association had taken no such action as charged by ? Mr. Davis, and that the associa tion was not responsible, pr . what some individual member might' have stated. Captain Pepper, also a mem ber of the Pilots' Association, stated that Mr; Charles St. George, a mem ber of the association, had-stated to him that the association had decided that he must not run for alderman and that if he did -he would be expelled from the association. He n stated, however, that Mr. Thomas St, George, another pilot,. Jiad said that he thought every man ought to have the privil ege of voting as he pleased. There are 13 pilots organized in a rather , close ; corporation, and 5 Captain Pepper has been .the only one Who favored water-and sewerage for the town; and the statement, that the oth ers would make him refuse to stand for. renomination or turn him" out of the association something similar in its aspects to a labor union the out side pilots only two or three In numiv her being regarded by the associa tion folks in the r nature; : of scabs caused much- comment here yesterday and last night. The Cape Fear Pi lots' Association is a sort of legalized monopoly as reference to Section 4957, of Pell's. Revisal will, indicate; it bp ing fixed that not more than 20 pilots' :V- (Continued oik' pager three.). Fire Kept Up For Three Hours, Says Havas Dis patch i TORTS REPLIED ; QNG WAY Athehsf Dispatch Indicates Tnat BombardiTieni: of Smyrna Fort Has Been Resumed. j l' laa1at aa B i cohon MlillS SEVERAL r LoomskLarge( CIVILIAN POPULATION; IN GRAVE DANGER t I No .Official Word in' Explana- tiori of Stoppage of Shippiri'; " ; Between Holland and Great Britam-T-Germahy Expects.'1 ' iLiL 'Vow '.'v v 0 IAIEIMITC vreiauuiw Land ats Dardanelles. sT-t Paris, France, April 23. Four Brit ish warships entered the Dardanelles yesterday (Thursday) and bombarded the forts for . three hours, according to a Havas idispatch . . r The Turkish fortifications also were subjected to an indirect fire from the Gulf of Saros . They replied vigor ously to the attack of the warships. French mine-sweepers are continuing their .operations actively. A Hayas dispatch from; Athens says Chios bias reported heavy" firing- near there yesterday morning, - leading rto the supposition that, the bombardment of the Smyrna forts has been resumed. r Boiler Blew-Up . Yesterday in The Erwin Mill in West ''Durham ITALY BICKERING STILL WITH AUSTRIA Rome, . April 23 . Baron B. De,Mac chio, the Austriair Amt)aSsadorf.bad ft-, loirgpanxejirraw ruxur aernoott.witA Foreign Minister Sennino," whloh is in terpreted as an indication; that .nego tiations between Italy and Austria are being continued. : " ' ' CZAR NICHOLAS LACK OF Caused Expplosion, as Amount . of Steam Pressure Couldn't be Told Durham, N. C, April 23. It was learned today that 'the Flasher boiler in the Erwin. Cotton Mills, of West Durham, exploded . yesterday morning at 8 o'clock and seriously injured Jonas Hall, painfully Injured George Gunter and J. R. Jones was- also slightly injured. The cause of the explosion was lhat the steam indicator on the boiler, was taken be boiler and 'this fallowed - the - pressure tQ get, so strong tftat m explosion was . " AS." jfv .JZ. , to DOCKERS ARE mm null Went There to Confer With Grand 'Duke Nicholas London, April 23 . Emperor. Nlcho last arrived today at Lemberg. Oilicia, and conferred with Grand: Duke Nich olas, says a Reuter dispatch.; Cfpwds cheered him and he made speech,, saying "I thank you for your hearty," Wei, come. Long live ' indivisable Russian Hurrah!" ii;"" ' ,J4 1M . . 'Hdtt$ the1 first report as c to the s of :Grand ' Efo'lceicho- This is the first r whereabouts las since Russian newspapers, a .week ago puunsueu a sutwiucui. lluil upou been' shot in the abdomen by General oievers. flour is much; : V CHEAPER nSf TURKEY Athens, April 23 Flour, in, Turkey is at present much cheaper than - in any of the other countries of Europe. This is due mainly to the large stores of grain wisely accumulated in the government stores turkey's last?har- vest was estimated as "worth 1250,000,- 00O, of which . the government .is - said to have obtained Tour-fifths. ' - It is reported that there are 'heavy losses .to the government upj)liG from rotting, but there appears ;to: be no reason to expect that the stock on hand will not last until the riextf har- Vest; -s . " - - 't The next harvest, however will' be a small one, owingto seantyi sowings, and many experts prophecy ' that the result, will; certainly, be a general 'f am ine in '-Turkey next i autumn. 'Z HARD AT WORK Laboring Overtime and Hopes Held Out For Better . Conditions Liverpool, April 23. Dockers are now working overtime, freely.. ,and strong hopes are entertained .that bet ter conditions will soon be. realized. More than sixty vessels are in-port at this writing ; awaiting; discharging berths ahd the, quay spaces are crowd;. ed With . goods largely.;, owing? to Inadequate transport facilities. , 4 ) ,nr. 'TlUfCongestbn-.anidelay; has.had the result, .of jnaking . shippers avoid Liverp6ol if possible. Egyptian : cot ton for;rv American spinners; was f for meriy sent rrom Aiexanana to Liver pool and " then loaded on" the regular liners jfor New York, but the continual delay has- necessitated shipments ta be made direct, and according to mail advices the steamer "Ikala"- is taking a full-cargo of 11,743 bales ; of Egyp tian cotton from Alexandria to' Boston thus avoiding the- delay and" labor charged at Liverpool. - ' THE SUFFRAGETTE AGAIN APPEARS i London, April" 23. The Suffragette, the Weekly organ of the 'Womte'? Social and Political Union, which; was suspended on s th , outbreak ; of the war, is making- its , reappearance. It will be edited by; Miss j. Christabel Pankhurst, who - has just - returned: from the United 'States. -' rt ' ' For the -present, the 1'fournAl , will deal chiefly with - the -women's Ide WATCHING COMMENT WITH MUCH INTEREST Washington, April, 23 .European comment on President -Wilson's neu trality i speech before the Associated Press ; in .New York, Tuesday f is : being noted with' interest l)y? the- President's closest friends and advisers, ?whovgay he expected to hear conflicting; op;n; ions.- , ,1', r President 'Wilson's principal; idea'lii the. speech) they said today, Was ; to show that theUnftedf -States' stands ready to help either: side,' or t)0th, -to recover" after the war. y, J , ANOTHER BRITISH ; . V : TRAWLER SUNK " . . , . k Grimsby; ungiand, : April 23 -The British" trawler, St. ' Lawrence, was torpedoed and :unk in the North Sea yesterday;-; by ' Gerinan " submarine. Two memberf of he crew? were t killed $jSeven ' s'urvdrf -werebroughr here today, by ; the ' brawler Queenstown, whose .skipper reported Hhat thelsub marine fired on his vessel ' while en gaged in the rescue of the. crew of, the at., Lawrence. - : Lpndon, April' 23r-The British for' '-' r-fiH- dP:STitA rpnfknrM nrrrtn.n rnthn. Z""-J holdi their grip on Hill. No' 60, near ty I Ypres andthe fh"tlpn?that localt-j 4 ty today, Shows " sjgns of . developing .v alonff thelde frrintn intnsitri r even rivftlllV -hTfterhiaKll.t.i?mnt trk Wu - break ' through, the British line , last v - ft ' . . The city of Tprps, whose ' historical I structures were shattered by-German X j projectiles last October, is againHh v ? ; v f' target for heavy ; shells. Seventeen?. inch missiles now are 4eing used and v uniess tne civilian population nas iiea or taken to its cellars the : losses! among the people must -be heavy, v; There has been a lull In "attacks and? German ? counter-attacks, - according '.to UttMHU VUlv.H IVJIVlb WUV..UV1U- ' . ing, but it has been assumed that both v-ji sides are awaiting Reinforcements "and, fv'r the tone of the British communications 1-i.1 i. IV. J T xnuxcatt; mai luuastiuc uaa uuv jew :. been finally decided - ' .-' -No official explanation is forthcom V-- ing of the stoppage - of shippings be twjeen England and Holland, ' s One ' theory is that thia is a stroke 'at epiefi;--"-'-,--.- ' Another is that" the area is being lear -ed fo" naval action.' ' 1 The Iast'ex , r " plantation seenis incompletes 1'JElowl-"", ever-,'for if teps! were being taken'to. v.. clear v it " for vr marine, zone,,; vessels Althougli "'great Britain Ci&: silent Germay iupftae-n expecting . tenslv 34rfd$r&tion&ear the Dar- danelles 1 Jft-- Common" knowledgof : f that the . Allies' troops ; are v beirig -V landed in European Turkey.' ENGLISHMEN . PURCHASE WAR LOAN BONDS - Amsterdam, April 23 ;J-A number of prominent Englishmen including ' Sir Edward Goschen,-.former British v. ambassador to Berlin; have unwit-';: ." tingly become- purchasers of-: some .of 4. w- the latest German war loan bonds, f i:' - The men. in question were members 'j- i of the Berlin Golf 'Club' which' just before the war raised" by. Subscription -among its .members .-' a cash fund ; of . about, 465,000 forv constructing and" eauippine a; sblendidcnew-course near k: Potsdai. -g Pending- .Xhe- oeginnlngr.oft.' ' : operations, the funa was on deposit v with' the DresdeheV . Bank of Berlin,. ; was 's'eauestratel indnaw' has ''been invested, by order -of?its?' trustees" .In: German, war loa&jSpQUriUesok -j-v '""" ' I ,Sir. Edward, fjoscheftas rfbnoralry : ir president,!, of the.xCju.b. iMany, of itsi . . j English members, are nOw in the civil1.. ianj'lhternnient camp at .Ruhlebenj-.iKPf f ALLiRS MAY. WAVE HELD OUT B AITTO BULGARIA: ofia, AprU- 23. -General; Sir Arthur v-i j Paget's reception herel by- King FeruV , - inand has started a1 number; of : rumors -. among the. coffeehouses relating to" concessions offered to Bulgaria by the ' Allies. - These romors" variously havek v it that the British and; French have of-' fered King, Ferdinand! , the; position of y commander-in-chief of the Allied for- . -; ces-advancing, on' Constantinople, that, a -Bulgarian army; should Renter Con- ' y stantfnople andiremaia;'Jnrrit, pending : V . the s'eitlement ;f .-peacerCthat- one,of j the daughters of -'Empefor5: Nicholas of Russia5 shbuldTmarry ' CrbwaPrince . Boris Bulgaria ahd -.that the ,Rus-1 -: sian "C2ar 1 wdnld perportklly1' visit Sof ja t' to 'take part. In the- ceremony of, con-' ' ;' sex:rating the new cathedral ' hereV' VICTORIA CROSS EORXOMMANDER -4 " ft 4. - 4 London. I England. " Aprir 23,wrbe King haa granted; the. Victoria - Cross. ' to Commander Henry ; Peer - Ritchte t' Royal Navyt , for the; following .''con" spicuous 'act of bravefy- V 'Jr', "Ons NovemberTi28thivwhenin com v mand of the searchingj and demolition -h.-. operations at DarWs-SalaanEast Afri- v; ca, though severelyr-wounded t several times, his. forUtude'afldfres'olutloasen abled hlm to continue to, do his 'duty.ii'r inspiring all; by vhis - example, j until ati ? -his ,veighth wound? he became, uncons- " clous.-..-i..The i Intenrairbetween i his first and last: severe woutfd was twen-' ty-flve: minutes. 4 f- i. 1 . 4 .
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