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X- s. WEATHER. Fair Tonight and Wednesday. Colder Tonight.! JL 1 THE PAPER THAT: LEADS r-OTHERS MAY FOLLOW VOLUME TWENTY-TWO WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1916, PRICE FIVE CENTS. '"Bloodhounds CKdsing Burglars" - r -FINAL EDITION . Id PUSES 2 SECTIONS if HIM EADY FOR 15 K6 Standard Oil Tanker Picked Up Wireless Conveying Such News. J ATTACKING SHIPPING REPORT IS FLASHED The, Communipaw Reaches Port With Story of How German Raider is Playing Havoc on Atlantic Ocean, Accompanied by Captured Vessels. Now York, Feb. 29. Wireless messages that a German commerce raider, possibly accompanied by con sorts, was attacking shipping In the Atlautic were reported by the Stan dard Oil Company's talker, Communi paw, which arrived here today from Algiers. A nie.age received on February 17, when the vessel was south of clie Azores, id-: (icnuan steamer is' attacking ships in th' Atlantic and may be assisted by captured vessels, which -She armed. I inscription: 6,000 tons; specil, 15 knots: combination freight and pas senger steamer. JCarries two guns and is posing as a: neutral." Last December it. was 'reported that the Communipaw had been attacked and sunk" by a submarine in the Medi- t erranean . After Washington had tried in vain to ascertain her where H" put into port at Algiers . aptain denied that any attack had been made. '. c L NOT BE Heavy Rains Add to the Work of The Relief Parties in The Flood Zone of Louisiana- New Orleans, La., 'Feb. 29 A large force of workmen was reported early loday making an effort to prevent the breaking of the Mississippi river levee at .Mark. La., 20 miles .below Baton Rouge. According to early information re ceived here hopes are entertained that the levee could be held. The situa tion at .Mark, it was stated, is similar to the one at Sqathwood, where State 'and Government railway engineers worked for five 'days and nights and finally overcame the river's efforts to break the levee. Owing to the heavy rams of last night through the inun dated section of Northern Louisiana the relief workers todav anticipated ! additional calls for assistance. Few of the marooned persons are thought to possess adequate shelter and it was lodarod at Natchez that food supplies fro running low. Increase difficulty i" providing access to the refugees was seen in view of the reports of food shortage. SET FOR Governor Will Then Hear Those Wanting Commuta tion for Warren Woman 'tolcigh, N. C, Feb. 29. The hear- in bofore Governor Craig of an ap i)f ;ii made for the commutation of the '"ii'li sentence imposed on Mrs. Ida Hull Warren will take place March 20. A definite date was named today at ,wfim of judge E B jonesi attor ,1( y tor .rs. Warren. Governor Craig recontly announced the hearing mustj noiu on or before March 20. fr 4 BRITISH LOSSES DURING FEBRUARY. London, Feb. 29. British Msualities in all the war , areas . Published during the month of J rhiuary showed a total of 739 dicers and 17,847 men. m BROKEN IN HAS BEEN MARCH Young New Bern Fire Laddie Probably Fatally Injured Answering Call Duty. Special to The Dispatch New Bern, N. C, February 29. While ; attempting to jump on 'the "Atlantic" motor truck as it was en route to aitewer an alarm of fire turn ed in at bpx No. 42 late Sunday after noon, Carland Eastwood; a young white man whose home is on Pollock street, failed to get his foot on the step of the machine and was thrown violently to the ground. His head hit the brick pavement with awful force and it is feared that his skull is frac tured. One foot was also run over by one of the wheels on the machine j and the shoe torn from this but, strange to say, that foot was not bad ly injured. As soon as the accident occurred a number of spectators rushed to the fftolstance of the victim. He was car ried into Dr. Leinster Duffy's drug stor and given medical attention and later was transferred to St. Luke's hospital. An examination there show ed that he has a bad wound on the back of his head and it is possible thai, the skull is fractured. In addi tion to this his foot and leg rwhich were run over by one of the rear wheels of the truck, are bruised and somewhat lacerated. All during the night he never regained consciousness and attending physicians State that they are not able yet to tell just how badly he is injured but grave fears are entertained for his recovery. - f ' member of the old Fourth WardHose company but at the time the accident occurred wad not a member qt fthy company and, in reality, had no busi ness on the truck as only members of the company are allowed to go to fires on it. However young Robert Pitt man, the driver, slowed down for him when he saw that he was attempting to get aboard . The accident is a regrettable one and. everything possible is being done to save the life of the victim. CABINET TAKES UP GERMANY'S LAST NOTE But, No Decision Reached Government A waiting Ev idence Ffxm Berlin. Washington, Feb. 29. Germany's latest communication on submarine warfare was discussed in detail at to- day's cabinet meeting and at a sepa rate conference between President Wilson and Secretary Lansing, but no conclusion was reached. It was de- dded to await data on the way from Berlin regarding instructions aiiegea 4r have been issued, by the British Admiralty to merchant captains for attacks on submarines. Cabinet members carefully avoid ed the question of whether the i Ger- man position, as outlined b Cunt von Bernstorff, in his note to Secre-" tary Lansing. yesieroay, wa accy-, able to the American .government. - It was reiterated, however, that the Uiiiied States would continue firm behind its positron that attacks should not be made on merchantmen unarmed or armed lor defensive pur poses and would hold Germany ac countable if that position is not ob served. . ' U, -The chief danger, it was said by, of ficials, lies in a possible attack oh a ship carrying Americans. BODIES OF SEVEN FOUND TODAY IN HOUSE RUINS Taloga, Okla. Feb. 29. The ' bodies seven persons were ; found early this morning in the ruins of a farm house that burned some time . during last night, six miles northwest of here. . The dead have been identified as M. Creed, the occupant of the hohse, ,his" wife, three children and two brothers. - r ; ". v 1 j Revival at Shiloh Rev. j: W.; Folk is in the city to conduct a two week revival service at Shiloh . , baptist ltwrch (colored). ' The ; ; meeting be- gina; tonight, y Rev . w n . jvioore sr 'ft,,. , I til It i .j 'Ill ""ll'. 1. . I iiwiii lliit" n4" writ'!,''': 'in ttli fS It'll"1 ltt r-mii BUT US S Tar Ml Winer Will' I iarvrieei Wing Will Ukely Endorse Hughes For Presi dent Roosevelt Crowd Would Call For Control of Public Schools By The Peo pleMan From Ash Coun ty Talked of As Nominee; For Governor Linney Don't Want It. Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 29. The North Carolina Republican State Convention will vmeet here tomorrow, with State Chairman Frank Linney, of Boone, presiding. Prominent delegates to the convention said today the meet ing would be harmonious and wottld be ready for adjournment during the afternoon. Mr. Linney announced today he would not be a candidate for Gover nor if re-elected State chairman. It was regarded as likely he would be re-elected and would be eliminated as a gubernatorial candidate. Grier Parsons, of Ash county, today was deemed the most likely candidate for Governor and Thomas Harkins, of Buncombe, as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor." L. L. Jenkins, of Asheville, had many supporters wno were ready to endorse him as secretary of State. Justice Hughes, of the United J States Supreme Court, is said to be favored as the convention's choice for President and it was said that the Roosevelt supporters would abide by the Vote of the majority and that no onnvonHmv on the nart J& Jg anticipated.-., , v. J. AM n nun k 1 VMM Tin WW R I I ItT Oil W I 1 I1U) Av l-- , I I ' r-.. : yv;.;.'" TATE A tentative platform under consid-jWHI eratiori here today by party leaders ! was outlined as follows . For fair elections and hbhest en forcement of the corrupt practices .act. - For control of the public schools by thei people of thev various counties. For a constitutional system of pub lic schools making the State the ju risdiction, but on -such a basis that j6eburcot'5afl-'the public school fundi winidistrlbuted that each county may .receive the same amount per scholar ;.regardiess of the wealth of the jcounty in which it is located. For a just ; and fair employers' li ability acU ;-: , It was ;also stated that an attempt would be n&de to. insert a plank in fa vor ' Of V rural credit system and it would vbeu suggested that a platform. containing an ;.endprsement of labor he; inserted, patterned after the New York law. ' . - v A Washington, Feb. 29. Major-Gen eral . Hugh .L.. Scott, secretary of War ftdX interim, attended : today's cabinet meeting : and White House historians said 1 itj was the i first time since the civil war an army officer, bad sat at the c'abihet, table. , . y . ' x XZtTto THINK THO HOURS " . ; - ' . Ami illltnii" in i t - 1)1 !)) llf HUll I . iniu u hiii JJ- ' 'tMii 7 i n I! I II k U3v ' tit, ml W, I MA ' -LVs&Z - - W 'in m THEY FOLLOWED THE "SCENT." fflER - C' , . j .AMERICAN SLAIN AT HIS , . RANCH, i 4. A , Washington, Feb.; 29. The murder of Grover C. Varn, an j America, byWila iorceSj at his j i 41 WELL KNOWN WINSTON '1 . : MAN DIES IN ATLANTA I ! Winston-Salem. N. Ci. Feb. 29 1 ( Edward H . Wilson, former postmas: i tor flrwl fnr spvpral vpara mntiap-pr of : the Southern Bell -N Telephone ' 'ex- i chanee in this city, died in Atlanta. : ii Ga., today. Mr. Wilson iwas 57 years wno in every way answers the of age and moved to Atlanta about i description of Dave , Evans, who se six months ago. The body will bejveral days ago killed Joseph McLaw brought to Winston-Salem ioi burial. horn, a guard over the Pitt county HENRY JAMES' BODY WILL BE CREMATED London, Feb. 29. The body of Henry James, the novelist, who died yesterday, will be cremated. The fu neral services will be. held Friday in a church near his . residence. The place of interment of the ashes has Snot been decided on. ; DIAZ LEFT TAMPA FOR MEXIC6 FEB. 18th. Washington, Feb . 29 .General Fe lix Diaz sailed from Tampa on Feb ruary 18 on a ship bound for Pierra, in the State oyera Cruz, Mexico, ac- cording to advices today to the -State Department ' ! MISS BURCH, UNPf? : Have -phirgf Jof f HVyi,,iams' JW!lfntrvfb Miss Blalihle Burch I of Danville, Va . , arrived yesterday afternoon to take charge oi tne njunnery aepan- ment of the Belk-Williams Co. Miss Burch is a milliner of much experience and ability.having gone out from New York and Baltimore houses for the last 12' seasons . The management ex press themselves as . feeling very for tunate in securing Miss' Burch and bUUb v .- .VJU V . city will be glad of ihe opportunity j to have her assist them in selecting their spring and summer hats. ; Makes Honie A Hotet. n San Francisco, Feb. ;29 . Gretchen E . . Best has been . granted a t divorcej from Otto Best; a Los Angeles chemist because he considered his home- a Jio- j England .over- the possibility of, a dec teL and ' his wife ' an; unnecessary en-haration of war on Germanylby Italy cumbran'ce. 'That seems to be a pre vailingx weakness nowadays, said the Judge who tried th case.t 'ftoa many men consider their, homes merely,; a place J to sleep and eat' and ftjelr wives as servants, : and if" the s yes refus to be merely Servants then . theV jare consiaerea nuisances, -t .. s ... . ,,4 ' Wi ll,ll'.'s'J V,n "''i rri'- v Ii in- K X. i. if. 2C il. . SUBMARINE POLICY IN EF FECT AT MIDNIGHT. i Berlin, Feb. 28 (Via London) Praoc A?. -x- is informed by Germany's lead- ing statesmen that the new rule & of submarine warfare, which was announced in the German mein- Jf oranduux regarding the future, . -X-v:- treatment of armed merchant- j men- positively be put into U effect at midnigM tomorrow j (Tuesday) February 29. t & 45- -X- .V. -V. AV 41 Ji j.'. rfll lid llllf Hi" r&l'Jftnr-4 LlnilU lllitr-' UL IN THE CLUTCHES Felon Who Murdered Pitt County Guard Thought to Have Been Captured. I Special to The Dispatch New Bern, N Feb. 29. A ne- chain gang and who later, in company with six other negroes, made hisj es cape, was today placed under arrest at Trent, Pamlico county, just . af terj he had stepped of fa boat from Elizabeth City. The authorities there notified Chief of Police C. Lupton, of this city. of their capture and asked for a com plete description of the murdeter. This was given and they feel sure that the man they have in custody is j the one wanted, and for whose capture re wards aggregating $400 are offered . Sheriff McLawhorn, of Pitt cbunty, and Sheriff Windley, of Beaufort coun ty, were notified of the capture iand they have gone to Bayboro, where jthe negro has been carried to identitify him and to carry him back to Pitt county, in case he turns - out . to the murderer. Feeling against Evans runs high in Pitt county and it is'possible that he will be placed in the Craven jailj m order; to prevent any. possible trouble ITALY MAY DECLARE WAR Off GERMANY Th Expected 1 When Parlia IS ment Meets Tomorrow InteVned German Ships. Loridon, Feb . 29 .It was announc ed in the House of Commons today that fthe Italian government had requisitioned' 34 of f : the-'St. VOennan steamers interned in Italian- ports. Recently reports from London said gravej interest was being discerned in J whenl the Italian . parliament opened March 1. I , Divorce Action Mary-" Gurganious husband; Floyd Gurganious -.The case will be tried'at the next civil term of Superior, court. lllllill) m win i n un. i mm 4 MINERS DROPPED, TO DEATH. Kempfon, West, Va .t Feb . . , 29. Seventy-one miners '"were drop- ped by an expl6sion;4n. the mine of the Davis Coal and Coke Com- pany, near here, today soon after the men went to work Two made their way to the surface and rescuers, within an hour, had 4 brought out ,37, four of whom were dead and two so badly hurt that it was feared they-would die. i Volunteers are wnrHnfr trained rescue crews in an at- tempt to noeh the others. . ALLEGED MURDERER EO IW JAIL While Parents Were Away , Baby in New 'Bern Home i Broke-Arms. (Special to The Dispatcn.) New Ber N. C.'.Feb. 29 Claud J buggs,. confined m th Craven county Jaif4 awaiting, trial in Onslow county Superior Court on a charge of having killed his father-in-law, J. James; last Christmas night, was stricken " with a siroite 01 paralysis last mgnt and is now in a serious condition. : ' J 1 . m 1 - . . m . I Suggs, who surrendered to the. au thorities a short time after the mur der and who was brought to New Bern and placed in jail on the 4ay follow-' I ' : siiiwcuvjj wctu Jbf 'jparalysis;-ca side is affected' and he fi move a muscle of his body on that side. " ' His trial is set for March 6th. Whether it will take place t that time now remains to be seen and nothing will, in all probability, be done until the result of the stroke of ! paralysis is determined' Parents Away Baby Breaks Arm. That it does not always pay to trust a colored nurse with a baby was fit tingly demonstrated here a few days ago when Mr. and Mrs. Oscar R. Brin son, whose home is on Spencer ave nue, Ghent, left their little child in charge of a colored nurse while they were attending services at one of the churches.; ' v . Upon their return home they found that one of the baby's arms was brok en and, despite all entreaties on their part; thenegress who , had been attending'-to., the, '.little one, refused to tell them how the accident occur reef. It is Supposed that the girl dropped ihe child on the floor and that the) broken arm was sustained in this manner. "E. Carl" In Bad Here. - There is one thing sure and cer tain and that is that the Republicans of Craven county don't think very much "of . seeing E. Carl Duncan ap pointed as National committeeman. This was - demonstrated Saturday ;when the "pure in heart," in conven tion assembled in this city, refused to endorse the Raleigh man, the vote PJUHLTZ heron the subject being 7 to 4 against such action. Duncan's friends made a - hard fight for him but -they were not able to cope with, the situation and went down in ignomious defeat, never even eiuntnig a groau .wueu mey eipireu. v The delegates ;to the State conven- j tion will go uhinstructed HUd can .'.vote for whoever they please and. in dications arejthat they won't be pleas ed, to endorse "E. Carl.". . Brinson Visiting Schools. S.' M. Brinson, superintendent of public instruction in Craven , county, left this morning .for a . visit at' Friend ship -school, in No. 1 township, and Caton, in No. 2 township. - He will spend tht day at those places making an investigation. - - ' Of Interest to - the teachers of the county is the announcement , made to day that1 Prof. L. C. Brogden, who is the supervisor of public instruction in the rural schools in North Carolina, will visit Craven county next week and conduct group Meetings at yari-4 i. v. ,.-4. ' '."'-vn. One of these group meetings will i be conducted at Vanceboro, another I at; Fort Barnwell and another at'CoveJ City and it is expected ihat they will prove of real-interest to the teachers ,of the: county and will' be largely at tended, rr " "Bad" Negro Captured. Cant. A. L.'Bryan of the . local po lice force; assisted by , Policeman Whitford, late yesterday afternoon located and captured Lee Marshall, ( Continued on Page 'Six.) - " M Lull Taken to Mean Teutons are Preparing For Another Terrific Onslaught. 700,000 MEN i -' SAID TO BE ENGAGED French are Replying With' . Counter-Attacks and Pre paring to Hold Their Lines Turks are Hastily Leaving Trebizond Before -Russian; : i ' . Advance. : ?V.T; ; "-yMm What may mean a renewal' of tho 'German drive on Verdun, with the tre mendous force of the initial at tack, is contained; in announcement -from Paris today that bombardment, north of the fortress has assumed' great intensity. The heaviest infan try fighting of last night seems .to have been in the . Woevre district to -the south of the fortress, where,, the German attackers captured .the vil lage of Mancheulles. The-v French ' declare that in a counter-attack they ' attained the west boundary of the ; village, which they now hold tindery their fire. . ' v . The comparative lull prevailing for -some hours before renewaLof the in tense artillery fire reported today in- '.dicated a new V'-iase of the battle mieht be develooins:. As a w3io'1r thft German attack while continuingNwas apparently less powerful, while pres sure is being, shifted from point to point. - The possibility, is:indicated by 1 munary . oDservers xnat me urown cregatheiWheir ' ( concentrated 'af- ; "( l&wrwm&. rjselecmlptsahdUhat thrusts are how being made here an!5 f there .for the purpose of picking out the, weakest spot in the extended line. ,TheGermans, it is noted, are placing, their heavy guns in position and even now may have ' brought them up be- hind the advance of their .infantry. closer to the fortress for concentra tion on the permanent works. Mean while the French are delivering Vigor ous counter-strolt e s. When attacked their lines in- the stronger positions they now occupy hold firm. ; r i Estimates pf the number of Ger mans engaged in the great battle are considerably larger thanj30i0,OOO men, believed to hav-p been engaged in the initial V operationu. , Some authorities declare as many-as 750,000 troops aro on the German 'side, strong reinforce ments haying arrived: - ; ' ! 'S. TheHussIans are energetically con tinuing their campaign against the ,Tiirl? in Armenia A rtiria frnm . Pp. ,rnrrd dHfli UhV ; Turkish fnro auQOHw nvon rrwH are hastily evacuating Trebizond, on tfte Black Sea; and other towns on the coast n the Caucasus region. . . ' Recent dispatches have reported '. the Russians clc.ng in on Trebizond, both on the east' along the "coast" and . from the direction of Erzerum, the ' captured Turkish' 'stronghold. ' ; r Sinking of the forimer French liner, La Provence;' a converted cruiser, -- Xrx . C the Mediterranean last Saturday, was ': officially announced 1 in Paris ' today. . . The vessel in peace time was engag ed in the trans-Atlantic trade between . New York and Havre. The ministry of marine estimates the number of 1 i survivors at 870. The La Provence was one of . the largest and finest of French line ves- ' seis. iter gross lonnage was xo, 753. She was built lin 1906, was 605 feet long, 65 feet beam, and 38 feet deep. She was requisitioned by the French government of the war. at the outbreak CALL CONVENTION Progressive Party Will Hold Meeting' . in South s Carolina. ' ' Columbia, S. C, Feb. 29. The ; executive committee) -of the Progres- sive party in South Carolina at a meet ing held- here yesterday decided to';.; hold a State convention in this city on ; May 2. Nine delegates to the Nation- . ' al convention in Chicago will be se-':'. lected . - it. a. STORM PASSES OFF AT LANTIC COAST. : "ST . Washington, , 'Feb. 29. The V storm that was 1 over : the .West r: - Gulf States .yesterday i ' morning -35- moved rapidly; east and today is passing off the South Atlantic i coast,- the -weather ' bureau an- ft- .nounceJ. " e :' '"; 0 4 Si r -"II .! .'vli-fi-i: s( i ' r4. pastor. V . - - . - - . ' . t r - ' r
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