LARGEST . CIRCULATION IN WILMINGTON
VOL. XXII. NO230.
OK il iHH MilS Mliiiilili HE 'fflllS
?fflSI REPORT IS : . Mllfei Wwb ni BILLS TO AVERT THE STRIKE
FULL 1 HFFICi OiSFWi "S m " S BH B IV TO PISSAGE
to Have Turned Throne
Over to Crown Prince, With
Venizelos In Control
BULGARIA DECLARES
WAR ON RUMANIA
fighting Among The Greeks
at Saloniki Rumanians
Continue Their Invasion of
Hungary and Capture Im
portant Industrial Center.
i
(By Associated Press.)
London. Sept. 1. The (2:15 p. m.)
-Kinp Constantine, of Greece, has ab-
diratPd. according to me Brmsn o
,.iaJ pres. representative at Saloniki.
t.,q rpnrPSPTitntJva ava the i
King abdicated in favor of the Crown ibeen fsed with the hope of in
Prin. with Venizelos as the nowr terestin their constituency in the
behind the throne.
Tn-1 new policy, he reports, will be
tri work with the entente allies. Ac
rolein:? fo this information Premier
Zaimis will remain-at the head of the
government .
The correspondent questions wheth
er the entente allies desire the active
assistance of Greece.
anous ruuiuis are tn nreuiaiioui
here in regard to the situation in
Grpp A Renter's dispatch" from
Saloniki says there has been fighting
lernei-n the Greek garrison at' Saloni
ki and the Greek -wkuiteers, recently
organized to assist the Greek regulars.
v. ho are resisting Jbe Bulgarians in i
Macedonia . French troops intervened urge their adoption through the pa
in suppress the fighting and the gar- pers this fall. He elaborates upon
risen finally surrendered and marched ' them and gives his own reasons for
our of SalonikiT t desiring such changes as will allow
Bulgaria has declared war on Ru- the State to do real business when
mania, according to the official an-
nonnoenier.t made at Saloniki. as for
warded by tlie Reuter's correspondent
there.
Regarding the report from Saloniki
that King Constantine has abdicated
thp rireek minister in London said to
day - have received no such informa
tion and I certainly do not believe
such a tiling has taken place.
The abdication of King Constantine,
C.reeoe. is reported by the official
representative at Saloniki of the
British press. He cabled London that
'he King abdicated in favor of Crown
Prince George. He then reported the
surrender of three Greek garrisons in
Macedonia to a committee, the nature
nf which is not indicated clearly. Re
pot' from Saloniki and other dis
patches say there-has been fighting
between Greek regulars and volunteer
forces. French troops are reported to
have intervened to prevent serious dis
turbance in the Saloniki region.
Kvinianian troops are continuing
"Mr invasion of Hungary. Official
announcement is made at Bucharest
"'at, the advance is being carried on
successfully in all directions' and that
'he important industrial center of
T'eiro'seny. near Kronstadt. has been
Ofciipiod.
On the Macedonian front cdmnara-
"ve quiet continues. The French war.
offirv
I
nnounces nothing today except
' activity at various points,
dmiiery activity at various points
itier having been no heavy engage
menis in the last 24 hours.
Bulgaria's expected declaration of
fraf n Rumania is' announced at Sa
loniki. accnrrlinc to nn offiVinl dis-'
Patch .
II Jll T . A . 1 1 a i-I
f,r King Constantifie's abdication is ;
edited, is the official Rrltsh nress !
"-presentative designated by the gov
invnt to act for all British publica
Jws in that area. Nevertheless his
JJanatehes are subjected' not only to
l!k censorship, which controls all
arV censorship, which controls all
i'iph of communication-from Athens.
ti
P fact that both censorships, as well
oonaAa V o tri r or niTVk f f
,fl( Huh dispatch to come through is
Nfcnifieant. "
(,'t Tuesday Mr. Price sent a dis
J)affli from Saloniki reporting that
Constantine had fled to Larissa.
'lispatch was discredited in Lon
Uo'i official cirrlPR
I'smpar-This painting, "The Sleep-!
Dryad," is the one that won the
S0'd medal for nje.
1 owhrow Fine! There ain't many
p'Samte ads that has much on that.
change.
TRIG TO STIR
THEL1 TO
Copies of Proposed Amend
ments Being Sent From Ra
leigh to Prominent Men
(Speciat to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 1. W. S. Wil
son, legislative reference librarian, is
sending to prominent men in both
Democratic and Republican parties
the four' amendments which will be
voted upon this fall and asking them
to express themselves for publication.
All candidates of both parties on
r.iate, legislative and such other
tickets as will have special influence
tl"a amendments, nave
piupueu cuauges oi consuiuuoni. ine
letter of Mr. Wilson has called out
many answers.
The four things sought by this se
ries are the restriction of local, pri
vate and special legislation, the pre
vention of delays in trials by provid
ing emergency judges; the
PreVen- I
tlon ot special charters to corpora- , i
s k v, i v., p" ' defendants were guilty. Wiggins and
tions by the general assembly and ofi, , t : . , ,
,, u. " . , 1 Miller were convicted of murdering
sneclal charters to towns p tipo nn,1
incorporated villages.
Mr. Wilson will implicate the re
plies of the several men whose views
he has sought. lie directs their at
tention to the action of the "North Car
olina Press Association which en-
dorsed the amendments and agreed to
tne legislature meets. Mr. Wilson
says:
"Amendments 1, 3 and 4 are in
tended to restrict the ever-increasing
volume of local and private laws, and
to provide for "the enactment of gen
eral, uniform, Statewide laws under
which counties and municipalities will
have greatly enlarged self-governing
privileges, and all private corpora
tions will be placed on "like footing
as to charter powers 'and rights.
. "From 1909 to 1915, inclusive,
there were enacted by the general
assembly 1,549 pages of public laws,
and 11,017 pages of private and local
laws. Eighty per cent, of the vol
ume of legislation during this period
has been local and private. The
authority given and relief granted is
0 per cent, of this mass of legisla
tion could have been provided for in
a more satisfactory manner by the
enlargement of general laws which
would probably .have required 500
printed pages."
Mr,. Wilson discusses the emer
gency judgeships and' the present un
satisfactory method of providing for
early trial of cases. He thinks it
hardTto observe the constitutional re
quirement that litigants shall "have
remedy by due course of law, and
right and justice administered with
out sale, denial or delay." "It is a
rare occurrence that a case on ap-
nooi ota to its final heaHne- within i
e - - -o
a shorter tlme than three to five
Vears he savs. He does not fear
years," he says. He does not fear
abuse of power.
HUNTING MURDERER.
Sheriff J. M. Clark, of Bladen oounty, . i
Snent .Several Hours Here.
- M i
ty, spent several hours in the city
irrHov mnmintr in aeareh for Horace
Fleming, colored, 'who Thursday night
shot and instantly killed David
iWhitted in Ejizabethtown. v
Both negroes were employed by the
management of the government dam,
now being constructed there, and it
! is stated that during a fracas Thurs-
'.'day night Fleming shot Whitted five
times. -
Fleming, who has a number of
friends in Wilmington, was thought
to have headed this way immediate
lv after, the shooting, but a search of
fall the. trains and boats did not re
veal him-
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Dock Street Christian church will
hold ' a moonlight excursion Friday
night on the steamer Wilmington,
which will leave its wharf at 8 o'clock.
Refreshments will be served. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY AFTERNObN, S EPTEMBER 1, 1916.
Young White Men to Have
Been Executed Today Get
Another Chance
GOV. CRAIG GRANTS
EIGHT WEEKS' STAY
Does So That Case May Go
Before The United States
Supreme Court On a
Writ of Error.
(By Associated Press.)
Ashehviile, N. C, Sept. 1. Governor
Craig, at his home here this morning,
granted a reprieve for eight weeks to
Hardy Wigginsx and Merritt. Miller.
who were to haVe been electrocuted
10:30 c.clock at the gtate prison iQ
Raleigh.
In a statement accompanying the re
prieve the Governor said that attor
neys for'the men had filed a petition
with him asking for tijne to take thenad called. The President kept the!
case before the supreme court of the
United States on a writ of error. The
attorneys contend that the prisoners
did not have a fair and impartial trial
i in that many of the, jurors had formed
J ..nM,,..,) lirt nm'ninn V.
Phillip Phillips, in Graham County a
year ago. 1
Hour of Doom Had All But Arrived.
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 1. All prep
arations, had been made for the elec
tropuiion rtf Wiggins and Miller when
notice of G6vernor eCraig's repriev
was reeeived this morning at the pen
itentiary forty-five minutes before the
time set for the execution.
Both Wiggins and Miller are white
men. Wiggins, it was said, urged
that the execution proceed, declar-
4ng, according to those present, I
when told that a reprieve had been '
granted, that he had been persecuted
until he was tired of it. Miller, it
was said, merely expressed his
thanks.
All precedents were said to have
been broken Wednesday " when Wig
gins, under heavy guard, was taken
to a local Baptist church and im
mersed. Heretofore, when a con
demned prisoner desired baptism it
had been the custom to perform the
rite in the penitentiary by sprinkling.
I Wiggins requested immersion and
this could not be done at the prison.
Permission was obtained from Gov
ernor Craig to have the ceremony
take place in a church.
CUBA TO HAVE A
NAVAL ACADEMY
Havanna, Cuba, Sept. 1. The Re
public of Cuba, which boasts a navy
of twenty ships, is about to have an
uprto-date naval academy for the train
ing of her cadets in seamanship and
sea fighting. The new naval academy,
which is to be opened for the reception
of its first class next week, is located
at Mariel, a little seaport about 25
miles west of Havana where the bay is
A
wraere oiner suiypmg is iiul suiucmuc
to interfere. The celebrated Rubens
t,-i I,..!, v xt, v,
Palace, built by the former New York
lawyer who helped work out Cuba's
legal tangles for the New York junta
during revolutionary days, is to serve
as the maiu edifice of the new school. !
nuha desires to have several officers
TTniad stotoa now nmnn? her
' -
instructors, and President Menocal
has requested President Wilson to
furnish them. She is anxious to have
American naval officers for two
branches especially, submarine and
artillery. She does not boast a subma
rine yet in her fteet, but it is the pres
ent plan to purchase one or more of
the undersea craft in the near future.
MORE CASES BUT NO
CAUSE FOR ALARM
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Sept. l.-The number of
new cases of infantile paralysis re
ported for the 24 hours at 10 a. m.
today .showed an increase, 60 being
reported, but health officials retained
thelf-feeling of certainty that the epi
demic is. on the wane. The number
of deaths' today is 16, compared with
21 reported yesterday.
Congress Will Likely Pass
Eight-Hour Bill Before
Saturday Night
PRESIDENT URGES
QUICKER ACTION
Makes Another Visit to Cap-;
itol-Confers With Broth
erhood Leader Rail
way Heads Mark Time
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 1. All outward
indications of progress of President
Wilson's legislative, program, to pre
vent the railway strike, were favorable
when congress resumed work today. .
A. B. Garretson, spokesman for the
railway brotherhoods' committee, heid
a conference with the President to
day. When he left the White House
Via rofii o orl aHcnliitalv trk aov Tir Vi r V. t
cabmet waiting, while he talked with pany in event of tne striKe, tun pro
Mr. Garretson. White House officials ! tection. :;
said Mr. 'Garretson called to give thej It is stated in the circular that em
President "some information." Mr. ployes who join the strike will volun
Garretson refused to say whether he 1 tarily sever their connections with
discussed calling off the strike. There' the company, and will, accordingly
is every indication that the administra-j surrender all rights and privileges
tion expects the strike to be called off; that have accrued to them as em
before Sunday morning. 1 ployes, including any claim they may
The President himself went to the'. h9v to pension, under the company's
capitol soon after 9 o'clock this morn-
ing tp hurry along legislation. The
Senate, interstate i Commerce-. Commit
tee Nvent to iofk3oCa;bni5frjr an eight
hour day and ah investigation commis
sion. With a provision authorizing the In-
terstate Commerce Commission to fix
the schedule of wages on railroads.
the Senate Interstate Commerce Com-
mittee later today favorably reported
the eight-hour bill. . x
In the House the rules committee as-
sembled to work on a special rule and
have it ready for the House when it
met at 11 o'clock, providing for a vote
on the Adamson bill not later than
4:50 o'clock this afternoon The Adam
son bill has been approved by the
President and the heads of the rail
way brotherhoods have said its pas
sage, by both houses of congress, will
be considered a satisfactory settle
ment. The railway heads having voic
ed their protest against the legisla
tion did nothing today, waiting its out
come. Barring unforeseen complications it,
seems assured today that congress will
act finally before Saturday night and ,
m nm iui u.uumuuuu tu cuu
the strike set for 7 o clock Monday!
IQOrning . I
NO ACTION TAKEN
ON BREAD PRICES
Housewives League Decides
Let Bread Situation Alone
' For Present.
At a called meeting Friday morn
ing the Housewives' League decided
that on account of the uncertainty of
the times that no action would be
taken regarding the raise in the price
of loaf bread from 5 to 6 cents.
The question was discussed at Some
length. It was stated by members of
the league that they have confidence
in thehonesty and integrity of . " the
bakers and trust that , they will, as
soon as possible, again put the price
of bread to normal.
The other routine business of the
meeting was' gone through with, but
no other, important subjects were
passed upon by the members.
CHARLOTTE PHYSICIAN
;guilty manslaughter
(By Associated Press.)
Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 1. Dr. J. W.
Sommers, a local physician of some
prominence, was adjudged guilty of
manslaughter in the Criminal Court
here today. , under a charge of perform
ing an illegal operation on Miss Annie
Jones, of Greensboro, causing her
death at a local hospital on June 26.
The verdict' carries a sentence of
from five to eight years in the peni
tentiary.
! Expresses Regret of Issue Be-
ing Forced Between Com
pany and Employes
NOT RESPONSIBLE
, FOR PASSENGER DELAYS
Embargo Has Been Placed On
Frejght Shipments
Superintendents
I Return
President J. R. Kenly, of the Atlan
tic CoasttLine Railroad Company, is
sued from the headquarters of the
company :here this afternoon a circu
lar lettef to all the engineers, fire
men, conductors, trainmen and . yard
men in he employ of the - Coast
Line, expressing deep regret of the
issue that is. being forced between
the company and its train service em
ployes, and also assuring the em-
ployes, wjao remain loyal to the com-
fUies.
In the closing paragraph of the let
lr.Jted J-lat- Is tlie i' sincere
hOpeTpf-- President Kenly that, tnere
will be many, employes who will re
main with the company arid to those
who do remain assurances are given
- tnat tneir loyalty will not be forgot-
ten.
Aside from issuing the circular to
day the officials of the Coast Line
here have been marking time and
they are only waiting developments.
The circular letter issued from the
office ,of the presidenKfollows:
Wilmington, N. C, August 31, 1916.
To all Enginemen, Firemen, Conduc
tors, Trainmen and Yardmfen in
the Employ of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company:
This company has given its most
earnest effort to the problem of ef
fecting a settlement of the present
issue with the Brotherhood Kot Loco
motive Engineers, Order of Railway
Conductors, and Order of Railway
; Trainmen, but as you are aware, a
reached Tfae company is now con.
fronted with a strike order effective
Monday morning, Sept. 4th, at 7 a. m..
Eastern time It ig a matter Of keen
- tQ me that an issue is thu8
KAfnraon tV?G nnmnanv hnH ta
train service employes, l feel, and
have always felt, that the, relation be
tween this company and its employes
iri train service has been cordial and.
I satisfactory. I .know that there are
I many men in the service who have
! given the best effort of their lives to
the work of this company. I know
that their loyalty in the past - has
never failed the company, and that
although there have been differences
they have been adjusted in such-manner
that there was no interruption" of
our cordial rel? tions, and no occasion
for bitterness or resentment on the
part of either.
I realize that honest men frequently
differ in their views. I feel, and have
always felt, that when honest men
differ over a given proposition, neith
er should fear to entrust their differ
ences to arbitration by other honest
and disinterested parties. As you
are aware, this company has been,
and is, willing to settle this issue
upon that principle, but its conscien
tious effort to do so lias been a fail
ure. The issue is consequently
forced xuppn it. It proposes now to
meet the issue.-
I therefore call upon all loyal -employes
of this conapany ;to aid . It at
this crisis in performing its duty to
the public, and I announce that the
purpose of this company towards such
of its men as remain in its service
will be as follows: i
First: Men now employed by the
company in engine, train and yard
service, who remain in the service,
will be furnished protection by the
company during the period of the
strike, and will be provided for by
the company wlien and as necessary.
Second: Employes of the company
who join the strike will thereby vol
untarily sever their connection with
(Continued oil page eight)
ARREST UNO BAIL
ACTION TAKEN
L. P, Pearce Suing J. O. Bow
den For Proceeds oi Sale of
City Lots.
Arrest and bail proceedings were
Friday morning instituted by L. B.
Pearce against J. O. Bowden, et al.
A preliminary hearing will be held ber
fore the Clerk of the Superior Court
Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
It is alleged that the plaintiff and
the defendant in 1914 bought a tract
of city land together, intending to cut
same up into lots and sell in that
manner- and that the. defendant after
selling two lots used the proceeds of
the sale of the first lot as part pay
ment toward the whole and as per
aggreement with the plaintiff put the
proceeds of the sale , of the second lot
in his pocket, with the understanding
that the proceeds of the sale of the
next lot sold were to go to the pre
sent plaintiff.
On account of the war coming on no
more lots have been sold and the plain
tiff, Mr. Pearce, Is suing the defend
ant, Mr. Bowden, for $115 which he
claims is bis share, of the sale of the
Second lot, "
' Bond will be fixed Friday afternoon
at the hearing before the Clerk of the
Superior Court. . ;
.-ii. mii( m ' I ii Vtt- . - : I
' ' N IN E T I G E R S -OA PT U R EIL r
Officers Make' Wholesale Arrests
Thursday NJftbi and; Friday.
; Nine blind tigers was the result
of a raid made Thursday -night as a
result of warrants sworn out Thurs
day afternoon before Justice Harriss.
The arrests began about 10 o'clock
and continued until about 4 o'clock
Friday morning when the last of the
alleged, tigers were captured.
Those making the . arrests were
County Officer H. Mack Godwin,
Plainclothesman D. W. Coleman and
Constable J. H. Davis.
Those arrested were Mamie Rouse,
French Lewis, white;. Hezekiah- Pol
lock, B,. Frank, Jim Brown, Coon
Brown, Jim Edwards, Charles Rob
inson and Henry Carter, colored,.
The arrests were made in different
parts of the city and were made on
warrants alleging the sale of intoxi
cants to the one swearing out the
warrant.
STORM TODAY OFF
THE YUCATAN COAST
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept . 1.- Although the
tropical disturbance over the Carib
bean sea has not been attended by
dangerous winds thus far, weather
bureau reports today ..indicate that
weather of moderate gale force pre
vailed during the last 4 hours in the
state of Florida, the southeastern por
tion of the gulf and the Yucatan
channel. ;"
The storm was central this morning
off the east coast of Yucatan and mov
ing westward.
Old
Newspapers
Ever notice how often a
discarded newspaper : is
turned to the Business
Special page. These little
locals are among the most
used columns of the daily
press. You can scarcely
fail of results when you
use them. Phone 176 and
.we will send for your ad.
Ptone 176
PRICE FIVE CENTS-
President Expects Both Houses
. To Act Favorably by
Tomorrow Night J
SENATE AND HOUSE
MEASURES DIFFERENt
Canadian Commission Plan'
and Government Operation
Provision are Omitted, to ba
Taken Up Later Republi
Cans Have Bill.
Washington,; Sept. 1. Bills to avert
the railway strike were actually put
!on their wav to nassaee todav in bath
houses of congress.
Under a special rule providing for
i a vote not later than 4:30 o'clock this
afternoon the House took up the Adam
, son eight-hour day bill, approved by
j President Wilson and accepted by tha
ui uiuoi uuuu icauci b aa a, DaiiBiatiui yt
settlement. .
, The Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee reported a similar - bill,
which, however, cbntained an ;impor
. tant provision empowering . the Inter
state Commerce Commission to fii
schedule of wages on Interstate rail
ways. It provides that the eight-hour
(day shall become, effective January
i, 1917; that the present pay for the
i ten-hour day shall apply to the" shor-
ter day; that overtime be paid pro
rata, hut adds that, within not lass than
six months and more than twelva
months
stfeT Commerce .Commission "shall as-
suine jurisdiction Of the question of
hours and wages and they shall ha
subjected to petition for change from
either the employers, employes, or the
public. '
The possibility for a hitch seemed
in this additional provision,' which is be
ing studied by brotherhood leaders.The
committee eliminated the proposal
that on report of the eight-hour day
commission thNe Interstate Commerce
Commission "shall consider an in
crease of freight rates to meet such
additional expenditure by thii railways
affected- as many have been rendered
necessary by enactment of the eight
hour day."
Neither pending bill contains the
Canadian commission plan, which la
bor leaders opposed, and neither con
tains the government operation pro
vision . President Wilson is willing to
let those features wait until the legis
lation to avert the strike, has been
enacted .
At 2 o'clock Senator Newlands intro
duced the revised Senate bill and It
was formallx referred to the Inter
state Commerce Committee. Senator
Newlands said the committee would
report at 2:30 o'clock and unanmous
that he would speak to hold the Senate
in session until the committee submit
ted its renort even should it extend
the session far into the night. ' t :
ffonntor Newlands mnde ft favorable
report to 2:30 o'clock .and unanimous
consent was granted by the" Senate for
its consideration . Senator, Newlands
opened the discussion. ,
Rpnato Reniihlicans decided todav
to frame a bill of their own and offer
it as a substitute for the administra
tion plan. A committee was appointed
to draft it.
Senator LaFollette, quitting his poli
tical campaign, suddenly returned to
the capital today, to take a hand in
the legislation. He said he could not
tell what his attitude towards the
pending bills would be . until he had
investigated7 them. " .
The time for passage Of the bills is
riously interfere with their progress.
"noTnoraM 'ipjifiArn however ' do Tint
expect one and are confident the pro-,
gram willt go through on time 1
the cabinet at today's ' meeting5 ' that
mere was every prospecc mat ine leg
islation would be passed by ; both
houses of congress before tomorrow
night. .-. - ' . " ; ; . ', ..
Moves To Murchison Building :
Ovma r TfotriiA n well known mem-
Der OI tne wnmingion car, na wuveu
his' offices- from; thai Citizen's . Bank
VmiMinir Cannni unit - Prtncpss Rtreets.
uuiiuiuQ, ij v. .vy . v. m.m - I
to rooms 714-715 Murchison National
Bank building. ' In the well appointed
offices Mr. Hogue will be better sit
uated to serve his clients,
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