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VOLUME TWENTY-ONE. WILMINGTON, NORTH CD'OJESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1915. PRICE THREE CENTS. PEN of liiiEK s l lleiFEi Pll1Siill Judge Won't Quash Indict ment Against Hamburg American Line Officials SO THE TRIAL MUST PROCEED Counsel Made Vigorous As sault onase of Govern ment But Overruled On Ev ery Point Argued In Ab sence of Jury. ,nv York, Nov. 30. Counsel for thp four Hamburg-American Line o2 firiuls. on trial for conspiracy to de coivp ami defraud the United State's, jailed by legal argument today the .asP whic h the government had pre dated by witnesses against them and lost every point of their contention. j-vdpral Judge Howe heard argument! in (ho absence of the jury and denied I the motion to strike from the record ' ail testimony concerning the charter inp and movement of the steamer, Ma lina Quesada and over-ruled the mo tion to dismiss an iiie muicLiiieuts. Argument oirTnemotions was pro- Augusta, Ga., Nov. 30. Thomas traded in a brief review of vir- E. Watson, on trial in Federal Court tuiillv all the testimony. In a vigorus charged, with having sent obscene mat assault against the government case ter through the mails, made his final counsel for the defense occupied the j Pea for acquittal here today. Acting floor for four-fifth of the time, the . as his own counsel he argued to the government contenting itself with a jury that in the way in which he em brief sketch of the testimony, as the j ployed certain words they could not be Distrut Attorney and his staff viewed called obscene, but were classical. He the testimony. drew from the prosecution a denial The motion to dismiss being denied that the government was "protecting Hip defense opened its case at the be- the Roman Catholic church." Kiimingot the afternoon session. Watson concluded his statement to the jury by declaring that "in their BRITISH COMMANDER IN LONDON His First Visit to British Capital in Almost a Year London. November 30. Field Mar :h;ii Sir John French, commander of Hi'; iiritish f;rce on the western fron tier, was in London yesterday in con ii'ivnoe with Premier Asquith. So far as the public knows Field -daishal French has not been in Lon !ui before since he paid a visit to 'hi' Urltish capital late in January. He conferred with the British and I French officials at Calais on July 2nd. Karl Kitchener, British Secretary of War, was in Paris yesterday. There have been reports of a move ment on tjot to place General Joffre, tlio French leader, in supreme com mand of the Franco-British forces on Hie western frontier, but London de nies there was any foundation for them. JUDGE SUSTAINS OUSTER PROCEEDINGS Xa-hville, Tenn., November 30. In u- Circuit Court today Judge Thomas .Mathews sustained the ouster pro ceedings against Mayor Howse, sus pended in such proceedings on July -"Hi. last. The grounds enumerated included failure to enforce the law, waste of the city's money and loosa '"fiiatfement of the city's affairs. I'rctedings against Robert Elliott, ,; inniissioner of waterworks, were 'Hsmised. The hearing of the outser has been in progress for the past three weeks. flavor Hewse'wil take an appeal to ,n, Supreme Court. Commissioner ''''licit automatically resumes his seat, wli'ch since summer has been occu I'icd by j. o. Tankard, elected by the 'ciiiaining commissioners. vVo have all the latest styles in 'adics' Shoes. Wilmington Shoe Co. Artvt. j. EXPLOSION IN POWDER MILL.' . -v Wilmington, Del, Nov. 30. - At least ten men were killed and I number wminrlnrJ in n nowder 4 , explosion in a Dupont plant here tolav. 4 ....4. itiim wATcnM ",r:,BuiaMwaion Be inismr Hnx aftfr M AKES I A ST u ,fn Mi PLEA BEFORE THE JURY Declares that "Religious Liber ty" Is At Stake in Trial ADDRESSES JURY Government Attorneys Denied Roman Catholic Church Behind Prosecu- ticn Last Speech In tne Case This Afternoon. hands rested the banner of Democratic institutions, Republican principles and religious liberty." i- Previously, an, motion of. the prose cution the :ourt had - ruled that the only question whether or not Wat son was responsible for mailing the articles mentioned in the indictments and whether or "not they were ob scene was at issue. On objection from the prosecutors to Watson's reference to other features, Judge W. W. Lamb din again so ruled and stated that he wnnld rharee the iurv to that effect: ! that "they are not to consider any mo tive behind the prosecution, if there is one." "I have been writing for 18 or 20 years," Watson told -the jury, "and the government has, sailed up the stream of literature and attacced only that which offered the Roman Cath olic church." Here Assistant District Attorney Wallace Miller interrupted to deny that the, -"District Attorney's office :, was protecting the Roman Catholic church . " Judge Lambdin then requested Wat son to conclude with his Speech. It was at this point that the Judge an nounced in part what he would charge the jury. At the close of Watson's speech a brief speech a brief recess was taken and District Attorney Donaldson pre pared to close for the prosecution HAD AMPUTATE LEG OF VICTIM Condition of Henry Talley Worse and That of O. Max Gardner Better Salisbury, N. C Nov. 30. The ! condition -of Henry Taffey, one of the most seriously injured of the passeng ers in the wreck here last Wednesday, Wnen IWU jjbibuiis ncic i""ou - VVlAiA T jw injured was reported worse today. I Surgeons at the local hospital, where j Talley's-- is confined, had to ampuie his left leg early this .afternoon in an effort to save his life. Ohio Corn Boys at Capital. Washington, mDl--t Ohio Corn Boys, .o rresent the cream of the coming farmers of the ft s rri ' i , , . , . txrooiY-ri'irtmi Buckeye State, arr ived m Wgffl ; this morning, and theJ "pb "f - .entertained. Tomorrow they received by President Wilson and. On'io senators and congressmen pntertain them. Writing tablet free with each pair of Red Riding Hood Shoes ton Shoe Co. Advt. Wilming-' Governor Craig Lends Encour agement to This Big Idea FARMERS' MEETING State Council of the Union In Session In Raleigh Wilmington Lawyers Appeared In Behalf of Ricaud for Judge Political Gossip 'About Cor poration Commissioners. Dispatch News Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 30, 1915. A moonlight school for the State prison is being planned by prison workers in Raleigh and today Gover nor Craig gave it his encouragement. Mrs. Meredith, who teaches Sunday School at the penitentiary; Mrs. Kate Hayes Flem'ng and others are lead ing this enterprise which has inter ested a gopd many uptown people. Mrs. Meredith will take up the in struction of the illiterates out there with teachers in Wake county and make an effort to get the inmates a reading and writing foundation be fore they leave. The pr'son work has developed the strange fact that proportionally the white illiterates exceed the blacks. The whites will be ministered to in the plans announced by Mrs. Mere dith. It is npt improbable that a teacher paid by the State will be rec ommended as the State feels that it owes a duty to the inmates who are turned out with small endowment for good clt'zenship when they return. The penitentiary - management put on . moying pictures . and this aidecL in bringing out the illiteracy figures. The presence of so many negro pris oners who can read was as surpris ing as the absence of such ability among the whites. Brooke Emple, Clayton Grant and Wilie Person Mangum Turner, Wil mington lawyers, were here yester day presenting to Governor Craig the claims of A. G. Ricaud. Wilmington lawyer, as the judicial successor of George Rountree, who resigned last week. Mr. Empie and Mr. Grant declared that Mr. Ricaud will be the choice of the Brunswick bar when Mr. Cran mer :s eliminated. They think Mr, Ricaud is the favorite among all sur rounding counties and put up his 36 years against the claims of Mr. Stacy's brief years at the law. Farmers' Union Meeting. The State council of the North Car olina Farmers' Union was in session last night and will remain through today. The members are the State officers and the executive committee which is composed of Dr. H. Q. Alexander, president; Dr. J. M. Templeton, of jcary, vice president; E. C. Faires, Aberdeen, secretary-treasurer; J. Z. Green, organizer, and W. C. Crosby, of Charlotte, educational secretary. These are officers of the union. The other members are W. B. Gib son, of Statesville, chairman of the executive committee; W. H. Moore, Bruce, Pitt county; C. C. Wright, Hunting Creek, Wilkes county; Clar ence Poe, Raleigh, and R. W. H. Stone, Greensboro. The council has quite a little resi due from the convention in Durham two weeks ago and other matters of importance will be taken up. In the light of recent suggestions that the union's declaration against over-preparedness two weeks ago does not represent the true feeling of the State farmers, the union s officials may make a statement reflecting their true position. Walter W. Watt, of Charlotte, will be the man whom Corporation Com- - missioner W. T. Lee will race if Mr watt s mends nave tneir way A. AVatt boom is unquestionably go ing on. So far nobody has been able to find Mr. Watt himself with it. It started several weeks ago when the tax question dropped out of the list of- excitement. While the present .i 1 1 i i Af ty n.crt taLur.iiiib (in v fragments from a dozen fights, three acknowledged leaders xl m meir nexas oi mougui, uega.ii "funding" their fellows with a strik- response to the suggestion of Mr. . -The Charlotte man's tax record commended him to his boosters. He has never been an officeholder. As chairman of the Mecklenburg Board of Education he is credited with hav- ing found about $2,000,000 of hidden Cantiaiued on Page Three.) ADVANCE AGAINST ANGLO-FRENCH STOPS Whether Winter ! Or Russian Menace Not Determined Activity In &e Western Arena, With Successful Air Raid by the Allies. London, November 30. Monastir, Soutnwestern Serbia, jhas been evac uated. The Serbian isoldiers having accomplished their purpose in delay ing the advance untif? the civil popu lation had time to escape, left ' the city and, accord ing tc4 report, are re- s tiring in good order. Bulgarian occu-!xey pation is apparently a matter of hours. Though the ;Austro-Germans and Bulgarian campaign against Ser bia is described by tlje Central Pow ers as "finished" and: practically the whole of Serbia is in their possession they have not acconplished, accord ing to general belief jhlsre, the more important aim of efitirely crushing the Serbian army. Though defeated' and worn-out in conflict against over whelming numbers, the Serbian forces still are said to be unbroken and un demioralized and are reported to be reorganizing on the j Albanian and Montenegrin frontiers," Bitter winter has retarded the Cen tral Powers in their proposed new en terprise against the ATiglo-Freneh atl Strumitsa or the' rapidly-developing Russian menace from the direction of Rumania has cause4 them to aban don it. In any event ?;heir -campaign has come to a standstill. . Other if ronU'ffurinthe last forty- eight hours have shown general re-. yival. : Sir John French reports a sue- j dessful air attack on the German po sitions along the Belgian coast and a raid on an aerodrome and ammunition factory behind the German lines. The French in Souchez succeeded in driv ing the Germans from a crater made! by a successful mine explosion, as re corded here in sufficient detail to make the situation entirely clear. From the latest official statement there doesn't appear to have been any further fighting since the British ad vance in the battle of Ctesiphon, but the British troops again have fallen back to the Tigris, having been out numbered by the Turks, and now oc cupy more easily defended positions in the rear of their former lines. Earl Kitchener, the secretary for war, returned to London today from his trip to the near east . Another Serbian Town Captured. Berlin, November 30. The capture of Priesrendo, in Western Serbia, near the Albian border, was announced to day by the war office. WELL KNOWN RALEIGH WOMAN PASSES AWAY Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 30. Mrs. Ju lia Johnston Andrews, widow of A. B. Andrews, late first vice president of the Southern Railway, died at her home here today. Mrs. Andrews was 69 years old and had been ill for sev eral weeks. She is survived by four sons and a daughter. Her sons are W. J. An drews, Graham H. Andrews, John H. Andrews and A. B. Andrews, all of Raleigh, and the daughter is Mrs. William M. Marks, of Montgomery. Ala . FINAL SOLUTION AGAIN DELAYED i j Athens, Greece, November 29 (Via , Paris, Nov. 30). Final solution of ne- gotiations of the entente powers with the Greek government was further delayed, it is reported today, pending reply of the Allies to the Greekro ppsal to permit the respective staffs to interpret the military features of all the requirements in Macedonia. MANY MINERS ENTOMBED. Fayetteville, W. Va., Nov. 30. An explosion occurred at noon to- frf dav in Mine No. 2, of the Boomer ! Coal & Coke Co., at Boomer. 4 Three hundred men, it was said, were in the the mine when the accident happened and it was npt known how many es- caped. Carranza Commander Opens Comunication and Trying Intercept the Rebel Army Tpnolobamo, Mexico, November 30. The Carranza forces again have opened communication between Guay mas and Hermosillo. the canital of ;3feb,e State of Sonora. General Dieguez is endeavoring to intercept 500 Villa troops supposed to be heading through Southern Qonora in an attempt to join the Villa commander in Sinaloa in the north, according to advices re ceived here today. Fear of an attack by Indians on anl American settlement in the Yaqui val- I 1 1 ji 1 1 t x r n i us increasea' as a" W troopers have, been withdrawn - from that vicinity to participate in the Car ranza campaign in the north. Neces sity for obtaining an adequate garri son in the Yaqui valley for protection of Americans and other foreigners and thus averting a massacre is now being strongly presented to General Dieguez in a message by Admiral YVluolYvv' wuu " fAccu"s J flagship, the cruiser Santiago, and an expeditionary force for The Santiago was reported last night off Cape San Lucas , at the southern extremity -of Lower Califor nia. Naval officers who visited Los Smo chis, the scene of the recent raid, found the property of foreigners in the outlying districts still held by In dians. Carranza officials stated, how ever, that this land would be returned to the rightful "owners as soon as it qould be recovered. BRITISH LOSSES WERE LESS The Past Month Than During October, According to Lon don Statement London, Nov. 30. The British cas ualty list published during November totals 1,232 officers and 45,184 non commissioned officers and men in all fields of war, bringing the total since beginning of hostilities to approx imately 600,000. As heavy as were the losses in kill ed, injured and missing for the past month they were much lighter than in October. A statement issued in London Oc tober 29th gave British casualties from beginning of the war to October 9th, as 493,294. The total among officers in that report was 21 293 and among other ranks 472,001. Republicans Meet In Chicago. Chicago, November 30. Prominent Republicans from many States are here today for the meeting of the Na-. tional Republican Union, which will be permanently organized for a cam paign to revise the basis of repre sentation in. Republican National Con ventions. Horace C. Stilwell, of Indi ana, is " chairman of the union. s Rev J. C. Wooten III Yesterday's Raleigh News and Observer: "Rev. John C. Wooten, pastor of Edenton Street Methodist church, was unable to fill any of his engagements yester day on account of a slight indisposi- tion which kept him confined to his room during the. day. He was im- proved last night, and hopes to soon be able to leave his room." $12.00 to given, see our advertise ment in today's paper. Wilmington RUMANIA REMAINS NEU- TRAL. : 4 London, Nov. 30. "According to a telegram Rumania has noti- 4 - fr fied Russia of her honest desire 4 to remain neutral," says a Cop- enhagen dispatch to the. Ex- change Telegraph Company. 4 4 "Cpnsequently Russian ships will not be permitted to enter the Danube, which, it is emphasized, fr has been mined." PRESIDENT FINISHES HIS ADDRESS Will Leave Many Matters Un til After Christmas Holidays Washington, November 30. Presi dent Wilson's address to Congress went to the public printer today. The President" spent the whole of yester day at work on the document, finally completing it last night. The message, which is comparative ly brief, will be read by the President to a joint session of the two Houses of Congress a week from today. It deals primarily with National prepar edness, other questions on which the President hopes to see legislation be ing left for treatment in other ad dresses to be read to Congress, after the Christmas holidays. LAKE LINES FREED FROM ROAD CONTROL? Chicago, November 30. The freeing of the steamboat lines on the Great Lakes from the control of the rail roads, which is effected tomorrow by an order of the Interstate Cont merce Commission, in compliance with -the Panama Canal act, marks a radical advance toward competition in freight traffic in the great ore and grain-producing States. The comms sion has decided that the benefit of the great chain of waterways has re dounded to the private advantage of railroad lines, and that the natural advantages of 'the lake traffic," instead of bringing economics .tptUe shipper, have actually led to ; higher' rates- un der the domination of the railroads. When , ,th.elak& jsteampp opens ping is anticipated-by the merchants' associations along the lakes, .-and some substantial decrease in carryipg charges are assured. The railroads havefheen ordered to dispose of their lake lines by Decem ber 1st, and nearly all of the lines have accepted the inevitable. Those who still own their boats on the lakes will dispose of them to the highest bidders, and it is said they will bring good prices from, independents, who will come into prominence. - The influence of the railroad-owned boat lines on commerce, which moves East and West through the Great Lakes ports, has been marked. Be ginning in 1902, Eastern trunk lines, such as the Pennsylvania, New .. York Central and Lehigh Valley began to gain control of the lake lines. Steady increases of rates followed until the lake route was made the least attrac tive to shippers, because a small dif ference in rates will divert traffic to the through rail routes to avoid re- handling. Many of the traffic associ ations along the lakes have contend ed since 1910 that the lake lines should be independent, and they fought for this measure when the Panama Canal act was up in Con gress. Early this year, the railroads sub mitted the question to. the Interstate Commerce Commission, which decid ed against them. It was decreed that none of the lake, line services main tained by the petitioning railroads "is being operated in the interest of tile public or is of advantage to the convenience of commerce of the peo ple," within the meaning of the law. -'The lake lines, the commission points out, have been shorn of their, initial rate-making power because of ' their control by the railroads, and are J but concurring carriers. "No doubt," I operation certain economics can tie effected, but these economics have not manifested themselves in a re- duced lake and rail transportation cost of the public. Instead of any. re duction in lake and rail rates,r they have been steadily advanced under joint ownership. "As a direct result of this rate pol icy of the owning railroads, the lake boats have operated With small car goes, although their operating ex pense was almost as great as if they had been fully loaded. The railroad control of these boat lines cannot be t said to be in the public interest when the policy of these railroads has -been, j by artificial rate structure, to deprive the public of the natural benefits that would flow from the free use of this ' waterway. ( ; j Writing tablet free with each pair of Red Riding Hood Shoes. Wilming- ton Shoe Co. Advt. I Suhscrihe to The Evening Dispatch. 35 cents the month. : Both Senate and House Mem bers Working on Plans for r ' 1 V. Organization of Next ; v Congress H BUDGET COMMITTEE IS STILL AT SEA, Can't Agree on Any Specific Plan and Will Have to Asfe for More Time Committee Out Senate Caucus To Assignments Being Worked morrow. Washington, Nov. 30. Democrats ; of House Ways and Means Committee again met today to assign members of the committee in continuation of th: work of organizing for th.e coming ses sion of Congress . It probably will take.- , several days before . the assignments;' can pe worked out . . The committee, as result of Minority; Leader Mann's request for larger Re-;. publican representation on all com mittees, in view of increased minorltjy membership, has tentatively agreed, to, add a Republican to the Ways and; Means, the Appropriations, the MihV tary, the Naval and Judicial commit-. tees. The special rules committee of the! Senate, of which Senator Owen,' Of, Oklahoma, is chairman, also met to-11 day to decide on a form of cloturQ'; to be laid before the caucus of Senate Democrats. It waB to await among, other things the' committee's .recom mendation that the caucus adjourned over until tomorrow. . -The' House special budget ; commit tee failed ta. reach- an agreement at; a pMn made to the Hous0- that, further coiK sideration - De- given' ta-itlie various budget plans. TO FORM ORGANIZATION. Executive Committee of Corn Show to: ; Call Mass Meeting. P For the purpose of forming a per ; manent organization and discussing. , ways and means of financing it v 0 mass meeting of the citizens of Wilv. mington and New Hanover countyv will be called in the near Mure. This was the decision reached' last night at a meeting of the executive comf mittee and other committees of the Cape Fear Corn and Agricultural Show held in the Chamber of Com n.erce. ' ' slr The chairman of the finance com, mittee, Col. J. VanB. Metts, reported; ; that a portion of the amount pledged in the underwriting plan ahd the gate; receipts will meet all ( the Corn Show expenses. The prize and award conU mittee reported that: alt prize whv:. ners will be mailed cnlp-m.a,4ew days. Miss Margaret Gion niade.;a5 ,, gratifying report of the work bf Sc rosis at the Corn Show. ' ' S. IN NEW HEADQUARTERS Tidewater's Transportation Office tn New Bear Building Other Changes. The transportation office of Mheij: Tidewater Power Company is today being moved into its ;handsome. newi ew Bear building quarters of the near corner Front nd Princess streets, which building ha been leased by the; ... . street railway co pany, for tnw pur pose, and for a sort of waiting room, and lodging room for their, employes, who are not on duty. ' . The second floor will be used by the; chief dispatcher and his assistant andf the third floor will be fitted up as ; a-, recreation room for car moformen and conductors.' It will contain billiard tables, book cases with books .. and. periodicals and steel lockers or uni-: forms. ; , . ; v -IS Married at Southslde Miss Teshia Moore, daughter of MrV: and Mrs . Willoughby Moore, of Currie, ' N, C, was married to Mr. Major E.f Applewhite, son of Mr. and MrsAu, ; drew J. Applewhite, of Pee Dee,rS,i C, this afternoon at the parsonage Of , the Southside Baptist church, by Rev. f . W. Q. Hall, the pastor. The couple: : arrived in the city this morning and ; left for Pee Dee this afternoon, where ; mey wiu mane meir iuiure nome. , ' : . - ' Basketball Results In the basket-;;. ball games at the Buoys' Brigade last.'. night the Seminoles defeated the' Braves by a score of 24 to 14 and 'the;. Dodgers took the game from the. Keds ! 36 to 10. ine games were in me . - day Night League, having been " post- pond from last Friday ni i-r-; .'.;--' f.v... -f '- '.' " v r-.'.r-.-"5-''.- ?'-: V... v.-'.
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