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VOLUME TWENTY-ONE. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLS THURSDAY DECEMBER 2, 1915. PRICE THREE CENTS. us - 1 .- - - ire - t ; - - - - 1 ... ... , , : .... - is Alleged to Be a peep ' Plot. . ; r- IT MAY BE MIXED WITH COAL ON: SHIPS Investigators Working On a New Clue In Regard to "jte cidents Locked With Munitions Rocham beau May Again be a;VSc? tim. New York. Dec. 2'. Acting upon suspicion that,, fires which' have start ed in the coal bunkers of steamships loaded with munitions of rar fQT the Ailif? wrrc caused -by a chemical" mix' ti with coal. Federal and '.city jQe teethes ;n e working fis coal trimmer in tli e hunkers of some of the steam er? now loading here. One of the steamers whose coal supply is' being i carefully inspected in the French j liner. Rorhanibeau, which caught fire f oil her last east bound voyage and is loading here to sail for Bordeaux! The investigators said they had re-: ceived information from an undisclos-1 Raleigh, N. C: Dec. 2. The uphold ed source that a chemical compound in of the North Carolina Quart law k bring tested by persons seeking and tne affirmation of three death son to prevent shipments of war muni.lences gave yesterday's decisions of tions and when the coal is impregnat-! the Supreme'; Court of North Carolina cd with this compound: it ! will take fire spontaneously.. BILL AGAIN READY The Front. - ':, . i.r.n .i I Washington. Dec. 2. Draft of thej Administration's shipping bill,, to take' the j)Ia! of the measure that failed uf passage at the last session of Con gress, was in the hands of the House Merchant Marine Committee today. U was urenared after a cnnferen! betwocn Secretaries McAdoo and Red-! tii i ... 1 ii'-m aim would have Congress ap- propnato ?;jO,000,000 for merchant- ships to be used as naval auxiliaries, j The bill, too, would create a Fed- J 'nil board with jurisdiction over . deep water traffic similar to that ex - frcisod by the interstate Commerce ' Commission over the railroads. ' i Subscirbe to the Evening Dispatch! ':3 cents the month. A 1 In Acti ion of American Admir-J al Counsel For Hamburg American Accused Finds Vindication. CASE WILL GO TO THE JURY TODAY Counsel For " 'Defense Makes Earnest Speech in Behalf of His Clients ana4 Tells What Was Done to Help Dewey's Ships "Not a Crime Then, Nor Now", He Asserts. New York, Dec. 2. Counsel for the f'Jiir indicted officials Of the Hamburg Aiii;rican Line whose case goes" late ,('ay to the jury, went back, in"' sum ni'g up this morning, to the days of "(,wey at Manila, for what he termed aJ i'u-auei and a vindication of the-acts ot his clients In sending coal and sup Plios to the German fleet in the South Atlantic in the early days of the war. . "Was this wrong?," asked William' lKt, jr caief counsel for the defense. W;is this conspiracy- to deceive and SHIPPING vii-'V r?"i t 'louraed; iwithou1r'? -rvleasure ltiat r ailed :a : Last '"agreement:-.. A decisis ofijWra .5 CITES DEWEY II II 1 71 1 r I 1 ft 1 - ,P IW : gram. M. .",.-k. V1- MF"vvy Mihu ' g rm i hfii v PB:"it ' :-- iStfePW-i or-church extension of -the-North. II C ;-Vr ATf C ' WSfeEtal Carolina Methodist Qnference. ! ' U-l- II I I I 1 L "aT-4:C- tv - .i Wm&$-?rn:f$ m. -Methodist church this evening at-;. . , -v . - , rv ; " " " -JSP ' LPai I : l 7:( o'clock,' thp. address eing ' " , ,,. .7 J : ' .... ; , . ' I V, ltriJA"HII M mmAmm M i.the general board. The Bishop 7 ; L Tr ; IrF III rl II r II I.M . mdkmm Ay that.Mr. Duke; and ? . V7,V-fJ. 0 41 11? : ' lUDt VMLIu k7f 11 North Carolina Supreme Court ! Upholds This Important Statute. IT IS NECESSARY Declares The Court to Enforce The Prohibition Law Says Webb-Ksn-yon Act Valid Three Deatn Sen tences Are Affirmed. Special to The Dispatch 6taie"wiae mieresi- rue liquor actot tne i is general as- sembljr stands and all judges who have decided cases in the lower courts are affirmed. The solitary case that has i been carried up,frpm. below was decid 'cd today after a recess of several uiontni added to tne tail sitting. The decision came no earlier than it i was .expected. Near the close of the i spring ternTa sneeial Order was made I nf a AATalra j.H-At v. hash 'K'ti Viiw I rto-hand "reading, shows that the law- yers have rea it more Jhan they have 'done any other inbiiths. - The three murderers who find no help from'the court are Jim Cooper, of (Continued on Page Six.) j ' ' ! i - CENTRAL POWERS WARN GREECE Athens, Greece. Nov. 30 (Via Paris, Dec 2 . ) Representatives of Austria and Germany ljave iu- formed the Greek government, according to Neon Asty, that if the demands of the quadruple en- .tente are granted the Central Empire will "cease to consider Greek Macedonia as friendly territory." Hofraurl the i TTnlterf States? Let's see. Let s back a few years to the time when Dewey sunk the Spanish fleet and blockaded the port of Manila from May to August 1898. "Dewey's ships needed coal and sup plies during the blockade: How did they get them?' Why it is no secret. An American firm at the British Porttnelr gerbian campaign, of Hong Kong Jackson and Evans, I Vienna officially estimates the cap think it was loaded coal and Provis- ture of more than 60,000 Serbians by lions on a British steamer and, cleared . vnn Koevfisa durine the those supplies for Macao,; China and mont& of.NovemDer alone. Moreover for Macao these ships sailed out of - that the Serbians in Hong Kong. Their mantsmm the mountain passes mention of supplies. Tfa manifests by civiIian refupess and said these steamers were loaded with . progresma(fe more difficult by scrap iron. J wintry wea.ther were forced to leave "What happened? This so-called behind a large part of their equip. scrap iron the supplies of food and t . - coal-was transferred to Dewey's ships, Th; Germans are ..now engaging at sea. The carrier-vessel hen went the Monteriegrins on the Montenegrin to Macao Really loaded with scrap iron, J . 6 .k he av but scrap iron from the ruins of Cavipe frontier' and, at heavy cost have battered dbwlby Dewey's guns. penetrated for some -distance beyond b!dvv bLn sent ; to! the border. Yet this struggle is not iail for this' The first man has yet comparable to the sanguinary fight to sav that sailing out of. Hong Kong; ing .thatl marked the Serbian cam- to say that sailing for American warships these steam-: ers, their owners, agents or ; ships' commanders committed an, offense against Her Majesty, , tne wueeu ui England. What is the amereuce uc tween this and that? What was a was a -crime crime m August, , xvi-, 0 . , in August.. 1898. The' law has not Changed. No,-it was toot a crime then; it is not a crime now. . It is simply, a Question' of hoe ox was gored?" - . x1; s'- jr.-jtssr- m PRESIDENT AND FIANCEE VIEW The picture shows President Wil-1 m and las fiancee, Mrs. Edith Boll-; , ,4 . , . . , . .T ! mg Gait, watching the Army-Navy! Sootball game at the Polo . Grounds, New York, on Saturday. The Presi-'j dent entertained a large party al the j game, among h's guests being, Mrs. , 4lalt, her mother, Mrs. William H. Boiling; her sister, Miss Bertha BollJ mg: Secretary of the Treasury and O t Mrs. McAdoo, Mrs. . . - ... . .. i Anne liowe, the ; Expected and May Be Against The Russian Campaign On Bulgaria. MAY ATTACK THE j ANGLCFRENCH FORCES I The Teutonic Troops Are Pressing the Campaign Against Montenegro The Greek Situation Remains Unsettled, With Greece Standing Pat ' London, Dec. 2. Military events in the Balkans are apparently in a transitory: stage,- which may presage another German offensive, but wheth er it will' be against the Franco-British forces, who hokt, all that remains of Serbia, or against the Russians, who may launch an attack against Bulgaria from the east the present situation gives no indication. A Sa loniki dispatch that reported the withdrawal of Field Marshal von Mackensen's forces from the Serbian frontier to Bulgaria is interpreted in some quarters as indicating the sec ond alternative. ' With Prisrend in Bulgarian hands both the Austro Germans and Bulgarians have for mally announced the completion, of paign last montn and wnicn nas now almost ceased. Notwithstanding the entente nego tiations at Athens, the Greek situa tion remains much as it was a month ago. It is. now clear that Greece is now determined not to demoblize or withdraw 'hex, army from Saloniki 'No 'cheaTof significance were re ported' on either the. eastern or west erCtront during the. last 24 hours. MflERfflG ... -H. . . I NT E R-S E R VI C E , FOOTS A.LL G A M E President's sister; iss Margaret Vil- son' A,lts Helen ooarow nones, Dr. Cary Grayson and other?." v, T . . Mt3. Gait wore arJrecoming costume of biac velvet and ite to k furs with a corsage bouqujet&of mauve or- chids, which struck-, apleasing note; of color in a drab:lay;i7he game wats played in ra n "and"-dense fbg. Her small and rather high hat was of black velvet, topped-- wlj black para- . .. . -rK.- - a;se leathers. ,1 - His Peace Ship Will JLeave Saturday On Trip to War Torn Europe. New York, December 2,. Henry Ford returned to New York from De troit today and made the first an nouncement of definite plans for his peace expedition which sails for Eu rope Saturday on the Scaudinavian- i American liner, Oscar II. Mr. Ford denied that he has any intention of instigating a strike amnng the soldiers in the trenches. During the voyage members jf his party will be selected as prominent peace delegates to remain in Europe. He expects other neutral countries to send delegates to meet the American peace party at some place yet to be selected, probably The Hague. A gen eral convention will then be held to decide further steps. Mr. Ford pro posed that each neutral country ap point five members of a prominent body.i This volunteer court of arbi tration will map out a' scheme for es tablishment of peace with the hope of devising . terms acceptable to all the belligerents. Louis P. Lochner, secretary of the expedition, said the idea of "getting the boys out of the trenches by Christmas" had been given up. "The whole thing is trying the im possible," he said, "but we are trying just the same." Civil Service Reformers Meet. Philadelphia, December 2. The an nual convention of the National Civil Service Reform League opened here today, with delegates in attendance from all parts of the country. Speak ers of National prominence will be heard on" the civil service system in city,. State arid Nat 'on, and on the re forms that are being suggested. GRAND BAZAAR of Ladies' Aid Society, Germania Hall, corner' Front ynd Orange streets, now open. Nicjp - lunches served ' from 5 12 noon to 2 p. m. and after 4 p. m. pub lic cordially invited. Advt.' Pressing War on Montenegro. Berlin, Dec . 2 . ,( Via London) The Teutonic forces pressing thW cam paign against Mpntehegrojhave oc cupied the towns4 of : Plevlje and Ja buca, in northeastern lokiCenegro, near the Serbian border, Germany tmy headquarters ahriounced r'fbday . " ' V ... . . - HENRY FORD TELLS OF HIS PLANS . the general board. The Bishop announced that Mr. Duke and Dr. McMurray have some plans oh foot that will be of great ben- eftt to 'the State, of such impor- 'tace"that" he would like ""to 'see i 4 the North Carolina Methodist Conference give special promi- v nence 10 me anniversary. Air. v v uuKe nas recently given a prince- iy sum to the Methodist church church extension. . Any one who thinlts that j church extension is a dry subject is -due, to change rhU iiiafter hearing an address oh the' sub- ject by Dr. McMurray,. wrapped about as his addresses I are with so many anecdotes and jokes. A delightful evening s entertain- meut is guaranteed with Dr. Mc- Murray on the platform. This afternoon at 5:30 an Ep- worth League banquet is -to be" given by the Wilmuigtpn . lea- guers at the Wilmington Hotel, with the Bishop and presiding el ders as guests of honor. Friday afternoon, at the Wil- mington, " the Trinity Alumni banquet will be given. Rev. John C. Wooten is president of "the Alumni Association and Rev. J. .-M. Daniels is manager of the banquet. This afternoon at 3 o'clock . Jlev. Walter Patton ,Df Chapel. Hill preached at Grace church. , Both Cloture Rule and Presi dent Protem of Senate Giv ing Much Trouble. " Washington,, Dec. 2. The contest over the adoption the rule of cloture of debate was renewed when tlie Set ate Democrats continued their caucus tcday. The way for action on the measure had been made as result of an agreement reached by special rule committee prescribing the limiting o debate to prevent a filibuster. The cloture provides means for forcing a measure to a vote whenever filibus tering tactics become apparent.'; . Indications were that the rule would not be approved without a vigorous fight. Several Democratic Senators had announced their intention of op posing it. A lively contest was also promised over the caucus selection tomorrow of a president pro temfcbra of the Senate. ' ' Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, who is a candidate for re-election to that place, will have - Senator Pomeretie, of Ohio, as an opponent? The entrance of the latter into the race is the culmination of opposition to Senator Clarke : because of his an tagonism to , the ship purchase bill. ; Administration Democrats : sought. however, to allay opposition for the sake of. party harmony. Democrats of the Ways audi Meahs Committee again worked on. -committee assignments in the hope. p com-; pleting their task today. :,The Re publicans of the House also caucused over assignments of the minority to committee places . fSTATE DEPARTMENT : RECEIVES INQUIRE Washington, December 2. The State Department has received from the Austro-Hungarian government, through Ambassador Penfield, a for mal inquiry regarding the statement recently issued at the Department of Justice considered by, the Austrian embassy as being in confirmation "of the charges made by Dr. Gorlcar, a former Austrian consul. . , :A e si e J J e J ; ydfa ' " , ' J DENIES PROPOSED PACT. 1 4 4. '-r - v . 4f " 'The central, thought contained .in Peking, China, December 2. -HSJthf lesson f and emphasized " by the The Chinese government has , made formal denial of the report 4 that, China is considering joining; the entente powers or has r been 4 U" requested to do so. ' 4 . - -y . Wgt - t j' . . ." ' And Not Spasmodic Declares BishQp BgpJij$; Is Against " I '- Ti.Tfc n r a Business Meeting Fine One Classes Called and Pro- nounchd Best " ' ' ' . ;' .' In of the Address Splendid Program ' (By Susan. Iden.) A large crowd was in attendance at the business sessiofa this -. morning. Business was so largely 'interspersed with both laughter and tears that no one grew tired - of the session. Bishop Kilco lets no moment drae. his elo quence ahd . wit enlivens the. sessions Especially impressive; was ' his advice to the young' preachers as they made their reports and his loving "God bless you, my dear." ' "Do you ; love ' to preach?" was " the question he often put and his faco 'lighted ypiWitfcM common joj he enjoyed 'tylg; inen as theyv fYerthir e,xerie1acei ' Bishp tpflgollred his1 nrten hii boning- remarks this morning agatet campaigns and "isms" in- the,, church. he is shooting at nothing; , when he is; working at 'isms he is working in tjbe wind, ne nas lost nis grip on realities. "I'm opposed to ..vckmbtot1.GM!sy church for anything; they don't oe: long there. It just means a-spell it means you are going to have a spell along abouf dog days: What do ypu mean. by 'Christianizing' ' a man? Do you mean you are going to soak him: In the giospel and take him out and dry him like a chemist does when he oxidize a metal? We don't want a campaign of evangelism but an apos tolic zeal and fire, being faithful unto, death. ' - "Jesus Christ is not running a Ford factory, knocking out cfbwfcs for ev eryone who thinks he is fit for1 one! But out of His life and death and the empty tomb He brings you a hew life and. makes you a new man in Him and that's no izing business and you can't do it with a spell or a program either. "You go about talking about catch ing a fellow around the corner, shoot ing him in the back when, he .is not looking and Christianizing him. You haveot to go out and meet - the bridegroom, and I wouldn't give a flip for a preacher that didn't make this; the supreme motive in his life." . ; - "Don't gp off now," he continued; "and say it is a pity you have got an antiquated man in; the Episcopal Col lege, and not in sympathy with mod ern movements well, bless God I am! It is not evangelizing folks or having campaigns of evangelism but go to work to save sinners, save them out of hell, save them in heaven," thun dered the Bishop and the conference said "amen!" "What are you asham ed of it for?" he asked. "' "I don't know anything worse than a 5-cnt girl and a iO-cent man try ing to pull off -25-cent -wedding except a'preaGher of the calico Teligionwho has gotten '-a few trappings of socIgI ogy and philosophy in the - pulpit try, ing to do a boulevard stunt. You i smell his hands and they will smell pf the soap of three geheratiohff soap, and out of an old goard Quit putting on airs. Better that your religion will put you there on time, hear?" t ; Opening Exerciies. : . "Sing that old hymn, 'When I Can Read My Title Clear to Mansions . Jn The Sky,' " said Bishop Kllgo 'thls morning promptly at 9:30 o'clock, the onenins hour of the conference. DrU J. T. Gibbs offered prayer, praymg that a flame of revival may be kindled tn Wilmington during this conf ererice7 ,The morning lesson, .from the Sothv chapter of St . Matthew, was read by the Bishop. ' : .y ?' L Bishop was the inaaeflaacy .01 mucn of the modern religiohr 'ihe insuffi ciency to meet the supreme mcfrne'nts crisis of "life. The foolish virgins were not charged with infidelity but in sufficiency "Our, age is not one that is fighting V .-.I.. . rr1 r - j This Morning a Found ' - , 3 h Vi on s ,.1: . . . religion. Religion is popular, via." pat: ronized and the Master Is evep '. fla tered'ibut'.-'thV- underlying ! ifkepitlcal By Bisaop Toniglir fact is that we are dealing ! with :a ' ' vpreverted Teligion -Men V'.'are.yobn- ii'', structing religion: for' themseiYeahJSfy ' adopting 'ij; to their own ;hotlp-;r;::';S I : '.'The battle fblB8;f"i.oU-i,b'etwei--l ' the -tendemiy; -. to secularize xy 'v-: v iigioh ; and the ;true gospel.' deltv- .i apostles. I The contrfljutlo '4&t :;chjiipcV'-V . terwfti iinmt::toith w$ wht-f: i rbrJdegroohxmesX I f Jigion?has exhausted -thattidiea;t!, .! . I Bishop Mbeff ; j condemnation " idf m ; canpalgn9 "and : J ; ' "isms", ih,'religion7 '$:&v( jm - Questtom 2Z:vrATA(a4ij;hrachers, was left off -Wtiffir9&e)f&A&dg- older of each:rdis1trictJhaf &g 1 pAMa .blameiesi fhneif aAhoflaf;aa the test of characters : and ; reporflng w ; ; for ttieirvdistrlct. The d.isricts ivee. . N taken up in" turn ; this Imofnngi elc& - ; name being called 'arid alt passing ;lhe "-'f. test of 'character -' '"' -v-- . yJ0j-ll In the ..case 'of one charge where thei 1 -report, last ' yew sipwe collectlona'' vc j paid on missions d fcptb cation and, church" "extension tjei ; Bishop expressed his displeasure at j such discrimination, neglectinguwh ! extension? andHeducatic? JyS 1 1 features - at home in; faVor of Mnje-y thing J thousands of "v- males': j;' &i?Y' i "That's just 'figuring into the', king- ,i dom.'V'said ! the Bishop.' The ailureot " a' one preacher last year: t6 turn-ina ': report called forth a . few -plaih word : a from'Bishop Kilgo whQdecfax-.'tbjbt;-!';-., it showed aj bit of that;grpWini5eW dency of Indifference antl earless- ':BtS ness of the . ae.'f 'Ydu' Jusr Hbi'ew. , j away 12 members of the flocij 4ump : ; ; s edtheiri out of the wihddw 'Xf ' - The, names -of the :;BUranhuates, . were-? called; - the character passed - ? and the names referredt.iHe'"c iy naittee on the supranriuM I with- the exception - bf J. OTds, who V' will go to the actiVe list' -The nanio ! district, was .reeiedvC001. y -te6 for tne superannuate relatl6n.,''''F. T Fulcher, of the ElzabjH) iCty d6- j trict; C . E. Durham,-Washington dls- , ' trict, were discoh.tiriued 'VFlQyd.li. ; 7 Smith. Washington v;di8,t;-.Vas.!:'-e.;ir'1.' celt ed ' from anotherchuhv' -: v ) The following were; advanced flftm-'. " ; the' class of the second "year Vto-i&'e' ; class of the third Jyear and( jelectd to deacon's orders WUb epHptipJf ;S those who were already, iecons(.jUr. ; B Porter, ,E.,. C . . puThaRi. W-V ;v Cade, rw. F.Prstwick; p&(ell1&$dr;ip andvJames; Hjrber.Sfffleriiii' of;E.riC Baniette TM;J.i:,:'; retary n China, who haa iiot. been In The following were advanced from. -Ive iwucftwitn tnoeoereiwe;everju 7. , too.j years ws aisconjwnueg. :pnfa: pr je.: surer, . 'rrr .7ty r&&--.rti-iKti:-'&. the class of the third year tdf .ih class, : brjthe fourth, year: . T. W Loeli Julian-;'- : Midgette, B, Bi SlaughteiN. . :CI Smith Nathan Wright JeoijlPfin-' E D. Dqdd, WrM?cRaiaSJ. Vale, ;N. b . Str4cltodvitt Hester Oand Marcus tWi Morris' and ClarenceRf iae. eajit in the class of : third .ye&r. z&fcT'&t ' Ellers "was located - at' - his iwn ' re quest. ; The following, traveling jireacnH were elected t . elders,' v orders ;i Hw j Q. Vale "ale-iJohn .Z plalpck'wastpntinuecr " a deacon of one yeari : Ini calling" the '-classes tI yoyng; - DrejicnerH Hignon .".siieB" -mrerniij tfe j -T'. them now. and then to inquire 'If they . enjoyed preaching, 11 they were nappy In the work If they could call AVpeni- . (Continued on Page:Three. ; i ? ''..'''..... V :.a , ...... . A-J1. j , ' is , v. -: 1 .:X'f 1 4--
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