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ASSOCIATED PRE88 NEWS.
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THE WEATHER.
-'-Fair tonigM and Friday.: Not much
change in temperature.' Fresh wes
terly winds.
Carried By The Evening Dispatch,
Together With Extensive Special
Correspondence.
VOLUME TWENTY-ONE.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CCUTO
PRICE THREE CENTS,
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Hellenic Government Will
Soon Have to Make a
Definite Decision
ALLIES CONTINUE
SEND FRESH TROOPS
Germany Pleased With King
Contantine's Position
Four Towns Captured by !
The Bulgars Enlistment in
England Takes Big Spurt.
U(rlii), Dec. 9 (By wireless to Say--"if
our enemy makes peace
iropos.Ls compatible vith Germany's
dignity and safety then we shall be
ready to listen to them," said Impe
rial Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann
llillwo. in addressing the Reichstag
today. The chancellor made it clear
that in his opinion it. would be folly
tor G 'rniany to propose peace as
"long as in the countries of our ene
mies the suilt and ignorance of states
man is entangled with confusion of
public opinion."
Conscious of her military success,
tin' chancellor said, Germany declines
the responsibility for fighting on to
make further conquest.
The war can be terminated only
by a peace which will give a certainty
that war will not return," the chan
cellor declared. "We all agree about
that." '
He asserted that Germany's food
supplies were sufficient and that her
immense stores of copper are ade
quate for many years.
After Chancellor von Bethman Hol
lweg had made his reply to-the -Socialist
interpolation regarding peace
today other parties made a joint de
awn-ovine the Chancellor's I
ela ration
utterances and endorsing the view that
in the conditions of peace made aftev
i lie war there must be a guarantee of
Germany safetv.
VILLA'S LOSSES WERE
HEAVY, SAYS OFFICER
l.'l Paso. Texas. December 9. A de
t'H'lod account of the campaign in So
nora of General Villa, in which he suf-
ii'red severe reverses, was given to-,'
day by an officer whose name is with-1
lu'ld.
The officer declares that Villa lost
killed on the first day of the
I'aitle at. Agua Pricta and at the bat
of Campana Mountain, near Her
wosillo, his losses in killed were
tlirco battalions.
Aii Italian scientist has developed
method of identifying individuals by
tacans of the veins in their hands.
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EMPTY
STOCKING
ROLL.
HONOR
The inarch has started.
Both
Krown-ups and children have
foniiucnced to rally to the call of
"e empty stocking fund the
movement to give every child in
Wilmington Christmas.
Whereas yesterday at noon
Uktc was but $5.10 to report 24
hours later at noon today The
Dispai.ch has $20.20. Besides this,
f(-ys have commenced to come in.
Little Allie Mae Gerken, one of
the first to respond last year, has
s'.'in. a basket of fine toys, little
lot Griffin has donated a couple
oi dollies, Messrs. J. H
o. have presented
Rehder I
to the
""-"enient three nanusome aons, f :
v tiuu will delight some little girls
and chase the shadows away on
Huistnias morn, and Mrs. B. H. 4
Dewey has donated toys.
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"iiiuns Up iq noon louay was as v
follow- -
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icu yesujruay J.iu t
Ueinoriam 5.00 4
Dear & Co.
5.00
1.00
2.00
1.00
.50
.50
.10
v K. (J . W
A I'Viend
Ciish
-Mnrjaret Garrett
Itobcrt Walton Garrett
"ut Griffin
Total to noon today $20.20
' will be noted that from the 4
above the children are rallying
to the cause.
If your contribution is not ac- ,
Kuowiedged in The Dispatch
Dleasp nntifv fhia nffio Tt ia hv & !
suh, h .c r h a
" -iiUL llir i.i rnniii 1 JL lilc i
the treasurer
t'ind checks up the receipts.
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INQUIRY
, MAY BRING
SOME BIG
W 1 V WfcMTk m wrm a
uum iiiuLu
Unexpected Development
Case Being Probed in
New York.
in
WILL GO DEEP
Grand Jury Adjourns Until Next Week,
When Important Developments May
Come Labor Leaders Furnishing
Valuable Information.
New York, December 9. Important
and unexpected developments have
occurred in the government's investi
gation into the alleged action of Fraaz
von Rintelen. suspected of inciting
strikes in munition factories, it was
learned today from Federal officials.
After United States District Attorney
Marshall's sudden summons to Wash
ington yesterday it was announced to-j
day that the grand jury, which is in
vestigating von Rintelen, would prob
ablyrvnotbft reconvened before-ext
week. A large number of new wit
nesses will appear then. It was stated
at the -Federal building today that
j things are "sizzling," but the officials
FIfflTIC
GREEK WW
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Germany Ready For Peace
Proposals But Must Be In
Keeping With German
Dignity and Safety
SO DECLARES THE
IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR
Wants Guarantee That War
Will Not Return Germa
ny's Food and Copper Sup
plies Are Sufficient for Many
Years, HcAsserts.
London, Dec. 9. German
troops j
are reported at the Greek border, with
the Anglo-French line reforming al
most within Greek territory. It is be
lieved here Greece cannot postpone
much Ibnger a more definite revela-
tlon ot the st&m sne expects to taka
c-houid tfte arena of hostilities be
tQafrrPfi tn hpr soil
j ti u
General Phallis, of the Greek armv.
is now in conference with the entene
commanders. The press of Paris ex-
1 press the fear that he is not author-
izea to taKe me iun oiciw novo.
-' to safeguard the interest of the Anglo-
French troops
The interview given by King Con
1 stantine to the Associated Press is
X attracting a great deal of attention m
j, ' Germany, where the opinion is gen
jy. ! eral-that he has given good reasons in
justification of the , attitude of his
.j, country.
Thespians of the French and British
trnons in the Balkans is still a mys-
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tery. Continued lanciing oi reiuiui ce
ments lend color to the theory that an
aggressive campaign is contemplated
The opening of the Hungarian par
liament provided opportunity for dis-
ruiasinn nf nfiace. wnicn was enuieij
. I nnnntivn Pl-oml'pr TiSZa SDOke Of
liefCative
-Rumania's attitude with considerable
regret, while -expressing sympatny ror
the position in which Greece has been
placed. With only three days left for
BIG LABOR COMBINE
HAS BEEN FORMED
Largest in History of England
Has Been Formed for Of
fensive and Defensive
London, December 9. The largest
labor organization in the history of
England, representing about two mil
lion men, was formed today for the
purpose of offensive and defensive
action in matters relating to wages
and condition of workers. The organ- i
' ization comprising an alliance of the ;
Miners Federation, the "'National
Union of Railway Men and the Na-!
tional Transport Workers' Union.
. The constitution adopted today pre-j Charlotte, N. C.', December 9.
j scribes that joint action will only beiThis morning the Baptist State Con
' taken after the consent oOhe three j vention adopted resolutions uemand-
is obtained. j ing the passage of ;alaw prohibiting
1 the manuiacture nasaie oi wines or
refused to give any intimation aboutlhard cider, ,as a bveage. ' Also a law
the new turn the inquiry has taken. I which would prohibit the circulation
It was officially admitted that cer-, or sale of any newspaper carrying li
tain German and Austrian consuls ' Quor advertising, lhe Anti-Saloon
mav be mentioned in the report ot'sue was endorse,
the grand jurv. Also it was statl -When asked whether he would ac
that one of the subjects given close j cept the psitionof corresponding
Attention by the grand jury was vbe ' secretary, Rev. - W. N. Johnson,
strike at the General Electric Coi .1-1 elected yesterday,, said this morning:
pany's works in Schenectady last sum-! "J cannot acceptrformally until I re-
... ! Arolr l?viAst "artrl rr-n anil mir
mer, when 12.U00 were involved. The!
strike lasted for several weeks. .
The General Electric Company had j
lara-P contracts with the Allies for nr.-
nitions. j
Assistant District Attorney Wood,
who is in charge of the criminal de
partment of the district attorney's
fice. ssald ttVg gayemment iiad recef7ed'j
valuable aid from labor leaders, who ,
had voluntarilv come forward to tell .
what they knew of the work of Ger
man agents:
AT
SUITS AGAINST
PAPER DISMISSED
i ymyi in n
Mrs. Upton Sinclair Loses Out
In Court Action in
Mississippi.
Greenville, Miss., December 9.
Mrs. Upton Sinclair's suit for $10,000 j
against the Greenville Democrat for!
alleged libel, was dismissed in the;
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County Circuit Court here yesterday
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nnrl the nlaintiff tavprl with tho cnstsJ
the case not being prosecuted.
It- was one of the suits filed last
, spring by Mn. Sinclair against ne ws-1
Papers throughout the country which,
in 1914, printed an article stating tnat
she. had been arrested with her hus
band and several women for making
a demonstration in front of John D.
Rockefeller's offices in New York.
Prof. Harvey Worrall. the statisti
cian, says 3 percent, of our laughter is
due to amusement. The other 97 per
cent, is the result of attempts to bo
polite,
Subscirbe to the Evening Dispatch
the Derby plan for recruiting the en
listment officers have been over
whelmed with men wishing to volun
teer under the group system. Last
night many recruiting officers worked
until after midnight.
Nothing of exceptional interest has
occurred on the main front except in
the east, where it is reported unof
ficially that the Russians in Besarabia
are showing great activity.
Four Towns Captured by Bulgars.
Berlin, December 9. Four towns,
near the Southwestern Serbian fron
tier, have been captured by the Bul-
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garians, the war office announced to-! -the annual report this morning. The muskeet Lake, died in Hyde county
day. They are Ochrida, .eight miles report recites the work of the year. Tuesday.
north of the Greek border; Struga, ( The institution is caring for 500 chil-
northwest of Ochrida; Dibra, 35 miles dren 450 at Thomasville and fifty at "Stage of water in Cape Fear river at
above Ochrida, and Djkova, over the j the. Kennedy Home Since beginning Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 a. m. yester
border in Southwest Montenagro. I (Continued, on Page Three.) " day, 2.9 feet.
Baptist Convention . Goes On
Record Foirf More Drastic
Prohibition Laws
E REPORTS MADE
BODY
Orphanage and Educational
Work Reported Upon ' To-
dav-Dr. Clark Not Decid-'l
ed as to Wbether He Willj
Accept the ::tOrresponding "Son Met Death on the Gallows For the
Secretaryship.
(By T. W'.v Chambliss.)
'Special to The Dispatch.
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church
I recognizer however, that I
am against tne4mentapie.
One of the leading; members of the
i Wake Forest church 'Stated this morn-
ing that Dr. Johnson- 'Vronld have to
accept; he could decime the call
of. the denomtoation.1 ' ; -
aeiiverea me .principal auureas
this morning oil State Missions.
Dr. Livingston Johnson made
his
last address
as
corresponding secre-
tary.
j President Oates appointed the follow
i ing committees: j
To nominate Minister's Relief Board:
I.' N. Loftin, J. W. Snyder, V. B.
Ashcraft, S. A. Howard, D. L. Prob
ert, P. S. Vanu, D. P. Dellinger.
To nominate State Mission Board
G. M. Stephenson, K. W. Cauthorn.
T. M. Arrington, L. W. Swope, I
A. Sullivan, M. L. Shfpman, A. W.
Cooke.
On Time and Place A. E. Tate, J.
H A Vernon, W. O. Riddick. W. N.
Johnson, James Long, S. Mdntyre, A.
A. Butler.
Committee on Laymen's Work To
report in 1916. E. W. Sikes, F. P.
Hobgood, C. A. Smith, E. McK. Good
win, J. M. Stoner, C. W. Wilson, M.
L. Hooper, C. A. Jenkins; G. E.
Lef twich .
Social Service Committee W. L.
Poteet, A. Johnson, R. A. McFarland,
R. E. White, C. A. Upchurch, W. C.
Dowd, G. T. Lumpkin.
Biblical Recorder T. W. Cham-
bliss, J. S. Snyder, W. A, Good son, I
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R. T. Allen. T. B. Padgett, J. W
Downing, L. M. White.
This afternoon Dr. R. T. Vaun,
corresponding secretary of the board
. all ofinr'M I mi iiitMfiiiirii iih ill?, IP"
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nual report of the board. The report
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-araa oTppntmnallv lnTfirfstlner and nn-
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timistic. The total enrollment of the
High Schools which are under the
eiiror-u-icirm nf thfi hnarrl is 9. fi1 9 ThfiV
yalued The
three colleges, Meredith, Wake Forest
and Chowan, report total enrollment
of 951 and property-valued at $1,174,
280. All 'of the High schools except three
report increased enrollment. In the
colleges, Chowan gained fifteen, Mere
dith twenty one and Wake Forest
twenty three over last year. The re
port shows 83 ministerial students at
Wake Forest College this year and 71
of these are receiving financial aid
from the Board. The board also aids
thirty five young men who are attend
ing the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary at Louisville, Ky. A tele
gram of geeting came to the conven
tion from the North Carolina "boys"
who are at the Seminary Wednesday
and Dr. W. R. Cullom was requested
to reply to it.
The financial section of the report i year on the roads. Many Asheville
shows that the books were closed with J people are interested in the case and
a balance of $1,035 on hand but the if cathey loses before the Supreme
larger partvof this will later be remit- Court friends will bring the applica
ted. .The, board, however, closes its Itjon. for pardon to Governor Craig.
first year in good condition.
The Orphanage Work.
Rev. M.. L. Kesler General Manag
er of the Thomasville Orphanage, read
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LAST DAYS
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Pardon Given in the Old Case
of Buck Register, of
Columbus County.
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Crime Supreme Court Concludes
i ne uocKei ot jne ism uistriCT.
Dispatch News Bureau,
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 9th, 1915.
H. B. Register, the Columbus coun
ty man who received Tuesday a par
don from a life sentence, left yester
day corning with his 'daughter, Mrs.
Martin, who c?r.je to take him to
Whiteville to spend the short life left
him. -
Register was the patriarch among
prisoners. He is 78 years old, accord-
spent nearly twelve years there for j
his part in the slaying of Jim Staley.
For that crime, which was complicity
in the murder.
Ofd man Register was one of the
j best behaved of the prisoners and ev
erybody who met him made friends
of the old fellow. Many determined
to "ask for the pardon. Judge Fred
Moore, who was one of the youngest
and hpfit mm nn. tlw bench, triprl thp
case, .since h, he r. has died .bufei
Jd3f e'Tr. t,yonT"w
cutor, recommenas mercy as
s ev
ery lawyer who was represented in
the prosecution.
Register's crime was docketed as
"accessory before the fact," and in
this instance was regarded but slight
ly less aggravated than that of his
son whose youth could not save him
because he was well near middle
age. The offense was one of the
worst during the Aycock administra
tion and made all the more pathetic
by the old man's part in it.
Cathey Case Argued.
! The Supreme Court concluded the
j 19th district docket yesterday . with
the argument of the George Cathey
case by Robert R. Williams for the
defendant, and Attorney General T.
W. Bickett for the State.
The defendant was convicted in
the Buncombe c aunty courts of having
sold liquor to Grover C. Glenn, of
that county. In the course of the trial
the State developed the fact that Ca
they - had been caught with a great
Quantity of liquor and beer, Sheriff E.
M. Mitchell giving that testimony.
Sheriff Mitchell testified that he went
to the place of George Cathey at Sky
land, and on the morning of March
25th raided the house. The sheriff
.'testified that he found three-fourths
of a barrel of beer and 24 or 25 quart
bottles of whiskey. This was in Ca
they's dwelling house. In another
house near the dwelling three-fourths!
of a barrel of whiskey was discovered.
A case of corn whiskey and three gallon-jugs
were found also. In yet an
other place which was not locked up
but was on Cathey's premises, he
found 120 barrels which he supposed
to be beer. It was not- opened. The
net find after locking up everything
was a three-gallon case of corn whis
key, three-fourths of a barrel of rye,
24 or 26 bottles of champagne and 120
barrels of beer. In Cathey's house
three-fourths of a barrel of whiskey
was found.
v The defendant admitted receiving
more liquor than the law allows but
in appealing objected to the admission
of testimony to the effect that Cathey
had a reputation for selling whiskey.
The defense was holding the State
to specific saie and when Judge Webb
admitted the matter relating to the
general reputation for selling, the de
fense tookf an exception. The entire
charge of Judge Webb is printed in
the brief and several portions of it
objected to.
Cathey has been sentenced to a
Col. John B. Kerr, private secre
tary to Governor Craig, has received
a telegram that Engineer W. C,
Clark, who is in charge of the Matta-
NOTED
HOMICIDE
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Parm Hearts Rallying to the Sup-
port
of the Empty Stocking
Fund
CHRISTMAS FOR EVERY CHllDl
That is the Object of the Move-
ment and Your Help Is Needed K
to Crown It With Success Will f
You Help and Help Now?
Ye, at last The Dispatch's empty stocking campaign canf
be said to be under way. Not started, because the inaugura- ;
tion was Tuesday but under way in the interest aroused and
in -the activity of the children. That in itself is glorious. The
Dispatch is counting on the help
they would not be interested it woujd feel like laying down the
cudgel right now, but it remembers only too well what the
children did last year. It remembers how-they trooped daiiyj
to the office, with bright faces and happy hearts ,and contribute
ed pennies, nickels, dimes and evenjdollars to -the, causey- andX
gave freely of their discarded toys.. This in itself was an inspir- ; ;
ation to the grown-ups. All the discarded toys were made W X K v
work Instead of Jaeihgrgfaijig
mas Day. A plea is made again
aren s ciotmng. su tnis is neeaea, ana win maiwc me package: t
that go forth so much better for the children, J " y
School had hardly finished yesterday before little Dot Griffirt .
was down to The Dispatch office with a donation of two dollies
and 1 0 cents. And she was such a happy little miss when she,-'
knew that these dollies and that dime will go to gladden .; theC-;
hearts of other little girls. Two dollies. "-Think what that '
means? It means that two little girls, somewhere in this city :
-two that faced a Christmasless Christmas will feel, that ;U;
Santa Claus is a reality. And so he is. He is a reality inthe
love of the little girl wjio gave the dollies. Others came top, ..
with toys, and so the procession, The ( Dispatch, believes has J
started. Add your gift to it. You are in sympathy with thfe
cause, of course. Then why not lend it NOW. The start of a. ..J
movement is always the most difficult stage and so if you will
contribute NOW you will help the cause get a'big start. . ;
The fund, first of all, needs money, because candy, nuts and ;
fruit must be purchased. And there must also be toys, as every
child must have a toy. Every little girl-must have a doll and y
every boy a substantial toy. That will be Christmas to them.
Other organizations of Wilmington 4)ig hearted organization
they are will look out for the larders at the homes of the poor,
as they have always done, but how about the children? What
will it amount to, if the larder is filled, if the child faces the cold, ;
cruel, agonizing fact that Santa Claus is not for the poor; that :
the old fellow, that merry stories arid jolly songs have imriiqr- ;
talized as one of love, has missed their home? The biggest tur- ;
key in existence could not dispel the sorrow from the little hearty
that, on Christmas" morning, realized Santa Claus had for '
gotten the. cheerless home. v '
This is a movement for the
money to spare clbthing.will be
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when each child was given a couple or suits or underwear ana a ;
couple of pairs of Stodkings and the girls cloth for a dress. .This; x
reminds, too, that the fund wants children's clothes. A lot of , -
useful garments were used to great advantage last year. They' -v
can be this year rifjpou will only do your part. ;
Last year fraternal organizations, labor unions, clerks -v
(young men and young women) in stores and offices, the corn-
mercial travellers, heads of business houses and others " all ;
helped out and made-the affair a big success. And we believe t;
that each was happier when on Christmas he or she realized that v
the poor children had not been forgotten ; that the poor child
had been provided with a toy. ' v :
A word more about how this movemenHs conducted : The
money is turned over to the treasurer, who checks it up accord- -ing
to the list published daily in the paper, and the money is
expended by committees, who approve, the bills, and they, in :
turn, are presented to the treasurer who pays them. The pack
ages are then riiade-up and sent forth, bearing a big red tag, , f?
"Please Do Not Open Until Christmas' being distributed by J lC
the members of the Boys' Department of the Young. Men's '-:Mfl
Christian Association.
How the names are collected?
! uals to Trie Dispatch office, and
ministers. They are carefully indexed, to prevent repetition,, '
and if it is found that a society is looking after any children j
with toys, mind you these names are stricken off. The sex
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or the. children. It it thought
ashedopieces Jthey ,3werey seldsMJ
rehVwho.were
Chappy: on
this year for t?ys arid for chiU ;
children alone. It there is
added, as was the case last year,' .
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They are, given by individ- '
are sent in by societies and by
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