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WEATHER FORECAST t i )"-f.-'-: Fair tonight and Sunday. Some what cooler tonight. North wtnds. wmm i mm LARGEST CIRCULATION TO VOL. XXII. NO. 245. OF PRESIDENT DIED Mrs. Howe's Death Had Been ! Expected For Past Two Days PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND FUNERAL 1 Died In New London But Will Be Buried In South Car olina, Beside Her Husband -, (By Associated Press.) New London, Conn., Sept. 16. Mrs. Annie E. Howe, only sister of President Wilson, died at ?i local hospital early today. Mrs.. Howe had been extreme ly ill tor about a week with peritonitis and the eud had ben expected at any moment for the lasfc two days. With her were her two sons, George Howe, of North Carolina, an1 Wilson Howe, of Richmond; and a darrrhter, Mrs. Oothran, of Philadelphia, besides Miss Wilson, a daughter of the Presi dent. President to Attend Furneral. Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 16. Presi dent Wilson received word this morn ing that his sister, Mrs. Howe, had died early today at New London. He was greatly shocked, particularly since he thought she would .live for several days longer and had planned to go to her bedside again. The President plans to attend Mrs. Howe's funeral, which will be held at Columbia, S. C, where her husband and several relatives are buried. President Wilsqn cancelled his en gagement to gp vto St. Louis next Thursday to; speak before the under writers' convention. - ANOTHER REASON WHY ENGLAND REJOICES (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 16. One of the many reasons for rejoicing here at the entrance of Rumania into the war on the side of the Allies-is the fact that the Rumanian queen is an Eng lishwoman of great popularity. Be fore her marriage to the Hohenzol lern nrinrp whn is nnw Kina: Ferdi nand. Queen Marie was the beautiful and popular daughter of the late King Edward's eldest brother, the late Duke of Edinburgh. She is still re garded as beautiful, and indeed with her husband 'and two boys and four girls i3 frequently spoken of as con stituting the best looking royal fam ily in Europe, as, well as the most photographed. Queen Marie is beloved through out her country for her generosity and constant efforts in behalf of the Poor. She is the leading spirit of the Society of Goddesses of Rumania, each goddess acting as a fairy god mother to at least one poor child The lueen has an odd hobby in the collec tion of scent-bottles, of which ; she had more than 8.01)0. When aboard her father's flagship at .Maita Rumania's future queen be came a great favorite with officers and sailors. She had a great love of helping the ship's cook with his du ties. On one occasion she fried fifty eggs and slices of ham and had them distributed among the men as a tok tn of good will. AFTER THE One ot the THriiUng Jncidenta i in th .a ONLY SISTER I MORNING i :'''Wm-Ar Ax h y BRITISH ADVANCE IG silo The Germans Begin Strong Counter Attacks On The French ARE ALSO WINNING FROM RUMANIANS Concentrating Offensive Tn ! The Dobrudja Sector -A Lawyer tq. FojNew Greek Cabinet (By Associated Pres.) The heavy offensive begim yester day by the British, - north of the Somme, was .successful, -in gaining ground on the entire length, except in the region . opptosite , Gincjly, .'-Where the Germans clung on- desperately, today's dispatches say. The Germans already have begun counter-attacking the French at points where they recently advanced, both north and south of the Somme, but Paris reports they have been re pulsed. In Macedonia, where a notable suc cess for the entente troops against ll.j Bulgarians, in the center and on the left wing, was reported yesterday renewed activity is now in progres? on the right flank, where the British have thrown skirmishers across the Struma, and invaded villages held by the Bulgarians. A continued bom; bardment of Bulgarian positions in the ifoiran region' indicate that prob ably the British are About to strike with their infantry in this sector. In Dobrudja, Southern Rumania the Bulgarians, -Turks and Germans have won-a - decided success agains.t the Rumanians? and Russians, Field .Marshal von Mackensen reports. . ? The announcement is . contained ip arlelegiam sent by Empexorr W; tdUhe Empress. - , "'' Recent reports .from" the-capital of the -.central powers indicated a steady advance in the Dobrudja invasion. A dispatch4 from Athens announced that M. Callagvyeropoulos, a lawyer and a member of a former cabinet, Ms been summoned by King COn stantine, and indicates that the for mer minister will be entrusted with the formation of a new Greek cabinet- Petrograd report? the situation in the Russian and Galician war thea- tres unchanged BITS OF MING 'ROUND (By Associated Press.) Pittsburgh, Pa., 16. Bits of bodies hanging from telegraph wires, pieces of flesh scattered through the ruins of the wrecked building and six men missing is the result of the explosion at the, plant of the International Chemical Company, in Oakdale, a suburb. Officials of the company ex press the belief that all at work is the building were killed. John Paul, of Sayville, 111., died in hospital soon after the blast and a hand, picked up near the plant, still bore the diamond ring belonging to B. R. Dodge, the night superintend ent. A large party of workers is searching the ruins for bodies. ACCIDENT Ditpatch Motion Picture Production. III WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY,' SEEBEk 1 6, 1 REMARKABLE A QUEBEC BR IDG 9. - . . r Here is one of the most remarkable news pictures ever published. It shows the central span of the Quebec cantilever bridge over the St. Lawrence River, collapsing just as it was being raised into position': from pontoons. The span was 640 feet long and weighed more than 5.000 tons. At least twentv" neonle lost their lives when the great structurebroke and sank in 200 feet of water. More than 50.000 naoDle had eatherpd on the river banks to watch the ceremony of hoisting .the central span into place, which was to have complet ed one of the greatest engineering projects of the world. V - T CO TO Judge Bqnd Wont Let Such a . Man Off With Mere Fine (Special to The Dispatch.) Jlaleigh,' Sept, 16. J. J. Jenkins, Re publican candidate for Cbngress, stopped his speech last night at a cli- j max ' and . in ' walked the jury which tried. E. S. Thomas for assault upon Miss.-Eula Nunn. ; The verdict was ! "not guilty" of attempt at capital fel ony, guilty of the simple assault. . Xi wask&v30 when the twelve agreed and knocked for ; the' opportunity to fretcord Ahelrr Verdicr; - Judge -Bond has- tened from his hotel to receivethe verdict and the Republican candidate J ror congress gave way oerore a great crowd. The jury had deliberated but an hour or so. .One map stood out for absolute acquittal against the eleven '"Who had varying ideas of the punishment deserved. ' The defendant's people were wonderfully-relieved. Thomas stood up and kissed his anxious wife ancmoth er again and again and all left he room. Judge Bond announced that he would not pass sentence during the night. The jury took the case about 8 o'clock after a continuous session since noon. Judge W. S O'B. Rob inson closed the argument in an hour's address which followed the fu rious onslaught of Solicitor Norris and the short defense of Charles U. Har ris. The judged beheld the luckless de fendant with (he eye of charity, the victim of a thirst, the Irresponsible child of drink. . Mr. Norris could not see him with such friendly spirit. To him It was the incarnation of consum mate diabolism, this exeuseless as sault and terrorization. Judge Bond this morning sentenced E. S. Thomas to a year on the Toada after the jury recommended that he be allowed to pay a 'fine. This move for sympathy caused a passionate pro. test from the prosecution, which de clared it had information that Thom as is a degenerate, and the day before his trouble in Raleigh was writing offensive letters to other women. Judge Bond declared himself bound to impose a sentence with the facts before htm. -WELL KNOWlM VETERAN ' : DIES IN GOTHAM (By Associated Press.) New York. Sept. 16. Basil Wilson I Duke, & ,brigadier-general in the Con- . m . l ." . -t i Jl Tr x.. 1 i e aerate army ana asuoieu tveiuucKy lawyer, died in a hospital here today, aged 76 years. General Duke was born in Ken tucky find resided in Louisville, where he was formerly with the law depart ment of the Louisville & .Nashville Railway, for more than twenty years. He was the author of a number of books On finance and on., the Civil War, in which he enlisted as a private and repeatedly earned promotion. As a brigadier-general he surrendered and was paroled in 1865. t 4, TAR HEEL TROOPS TO THE 4 BORDER. Washington, ;v Sept. 16. The North"' Carolina National Guard was ordered to the border1 today. THOMAS M ROADS cm n PICTURE OF BRIDGE SPAN COLLAPSE SPAN EAXUNG " S OP TO PRESENT Speaker Still Big Stick In The American and Chase In National (By Associated Press.) Chicago, 111., Sept. 16. The records of individual players Vin the major baseball leagues and their averages, including the games played last Wed nesday follow : Leading HXters National, Chase, of Cincinnati, .322; 'American, Speak- er, of Cleveland. .389. Leading Home - Run Hitters Na tional, Williams, of Chicago, 12; American, Pippi of . NwYork, 10. " .Leaders In Total ". Bases National, cfts6n, ;6f Ctiiidllii' : Leaders in Runs Scored National, Burns, of New York, 86; American, Cobb, of Detroit, 100. Leading Base-Stealers National, Carey, of Pittsburgh; 50; American, Cobb, of Detroit, 55. Leading pitchers who have taken part In 23 ; or. more; games are: Na tional, hughes, : off : fiostoipi .and Ameri can, Cullop, of New Xork. ; PREMIER GETTING STRONGER WITH GOVT. (By Associated Press.) Peking, Sept. 16. Premier Tuan Chi-jui is constantly . strengthening his hold upon the Peking, government. In spite of efforts to displace him, his popularity has increased. He is generally recognized as a stalwart military leader who is equal to the present emergency. Rumors 6T his possible resignation have been circu lated repeatedly, but. these were set at rest by a letter the premier has snt to a friend who wrote urging him to continue in office. In this let ter he says: "Ycur kind view that my retain ing or my resigningV office is vitally connected with the affairs of state serves only to make me realize how incompetent l am.": Tuan's career has so far been an exceedingly stren uous one and full of unpleasant turns. As "the result of, many hardships suf fered, it was once his intention to live a retired life. He would follow in the footsteps of .the ancients and spend the rest of his days in the deep for ests. It happened, however, the coun try was thrown into endless difficul ties and Tuan was compelled by the people, for internal and external rea sons, to abandon his seclusion. "He has asked himself this ques tion: 'What shall I say to excuse my self if I suffer the country to be plunged Into perdition after having had a hand .in the making of the re public from ' "the very beginning?' This view led him completely to change his mind and to throw himself Into the whirlpool. He swears that he will not retire until the causes of trouble in the country have all Iisap-j peared. He boasts not that he, an' old and stupid man, can be of much use to ther'country, but "he believes fully in the. words of the Buddha: Who will enter hell; .if I j do not?' In patritsjmbe himself that he is no much' in the rear of others. And untelYijta wis" people of our day are capable of understanding! him. ; wWheihe;vem!p -itire made to iea.a uim asuaj wiiu- ine oner 01 an empty hdnor -or to Intimidate him' by threats, boassuf edthat your young brother will stand unmoved under all circumstances. He begs thus to pour out his heart in reply -v to - your heart felt inquiry' 9 1 6. eAfn Sezws. : " t ON THE JOB Chinese Statesmen of Sharp Ideas Again High In . Council. (By Associated Press.) Shanghai, China, ,Sept 16. Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the most radical of all the Chinese republicans, has returned to Shanghai from Japan - and is again sitting in the high council of the more extreme Chinese reformers. Until the death of Yuan Shi-kai, Dr. j Yat-sen remained - in . Tokio as .the head of the young China movement which was directed from that -city. Ap parently he did not regard .itas "safe to live i Shanghai'altbougn it is un- aer tar$ifl enemy Yuan Shi-kai was 'vyrBtJ'. Dr. Sun's part in the abortive ' re volution of 1913; won i him little .- favor in China. Chinese of practically all classes, were, unwilling., to Vcouhten-! ance another revolution until Vjan Shi-kai had been given a longer op portunity to demonstrate his efficiency- . : .. '. His home in Shanghai is a modesti house on -Route Villon, in the French concession. It stands at the end of a long row of.-connected houses. . He greeted The Associated Press cor-: respondent in a sunny library sit the back of the house overlooking a small walled garden. Although he Is forty-nine years old, Dr. Sun has the appearance Of being very much younger! The only 5 trace which his long strenuous years of poli tical agitation in China have left on him, is grayhair. His moustache is al so slightly gray. But his round smil ing face is without a wrinkle or line. His eyes are bright and youthful,' and. he speaks with a mildness and placid ness which gives no suggestion of his turbulent caseer. "Yes, I am for compromise. I want to see the north and south get together and make peace. Both sides should yield and get on common ground. I also want to see China get on thoroughly friendly relations with all her neighbors. I am unqualifiedly for national and international com promise' at this time. ; "I want to see China get into such a stable condition that investors will be willing to assist her in developing her great resources. We want factor ies and all sorts of industries. ; We want workmen to replace the sol diers." Dr. Sun was not content wittV be ing interviewed, but . in turn became an interviewer. - I - ."What impression did the foreigners in North China have on the southern movement and "the southern'ieaders," he asked. ' ''. ' When the correspondent replied that foreigners in the north were 'at a 'loss to understand the action of the southerners in not cooperating, and showing a greater disposition to com promise after the death of. Vtian' Shi kai; against whom their motetnent was alleged to have been directed. Dr. Sun replied: "Ah, but you expect too mucn' You expect big changes to come about too;rapidly.'''.-'BMAttiQre has been a great deal accomplished. It takes time to work the wonderful changes now going on In China, " The provinces ' are many of them , so j re mote that communication is difficult. Have patience." ' The correspondent asked Dr. Sun Yat-sen if he expects to go to'Peking to join in the deliberations which are being conducte.d there for the re'drgan? ' ization of thegovernment. The revolu- Dr. Sun, howevejr, is insistent that tionary leader said he would probably China's .welfare is "ever uppermost in go to ' the' capital later, but did not his mind, and that :- he favors better set any positive date. '" V..-:vmV relations .with Japan 'solely because The foreign press Jn China, as well he believes tbat a better understand as the more - conservative Chinese j Ing between the two countries will re press, has been somewhat critical'of suit in great benefit to China. Af teri&jjQut of Favor for He is ; n it (By Associated Press.) Shanghai, China, Sept. 16. Tang Shao-yi, ' who was the first premier under the Chinese-, republic; incurred the displeasure of Yuan Shi-kai and had been put of favor for a period of foBr years, has again loomed big in Chinese? affairs and is the center of the , crowd of ultra republicans at Shanghai, who are endeavoring to di rect the reorganization of the republic.-"! " . " :; Tang Shao-yi was educated inl America, and J became , well known in official circles there when he was sent to Washington in 1908 to thank the United States government for return ing to China the portion of the Boxer indemnity money which exceeded the actual losses suffered by American citizens through the Boxer rebellion. - Associated with Tang - Shao-yi in the present effort to direct the reor ganization of the Chinese government along mors democratic lines are Dr. j Wu Ting-fang, former minister to the United States; Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the j first provisional president of the Chi- . j nese republie, and many other Chi i nese of international reputation.' .: A ltVirmorh Tantr Sharwirf was ilaetir. : nated minister of foreign affairs in the compromise cabinet formed by Premier Tuan Chi-jui after the death of President Yuan Shi-kai, he has not yet gone to Peking to assume his du ties preferring to remain in confer ence with his associates at Shanghai until his cabinet appointment shall have been ratified by the parliament reassembled under the terms of the Nanking provisional constitution pro claimed by President Li Yuanrhung to be the legal . Constitution of China pending the drafting of a permanent constitution uhder.lhe direction ' of parliament; , L ? v ' ''V . . Taog Shao-ti's home on Range Road in this city is a lir fee European house Mth trci?aLflowers';and;tonag house has many verandas- and "recep tion rooms, . which were I filled .fwith Chinese political leaders", waiting f or conferences with, him at the time the Associated Press correspondent call ed and' was received ! in audience by the Shanghai leader. r - Mr. Tang Shao-yi discussed the future of China very optimistically. "I am very hopeful concerning the out come of the present crisis," he said. "I believe recent disaster: has taught Chinese leaders a valuable lesson. It has been demonstrated that the Chin-1 ese are earnest; iabput wanting a re public, and will not tolerate leaders who desire to thwart the public will and direct affairs to suit their person al ambition. , . . . ... ."China does not want a continua tion of government similar to that maintained under the Manchu emper ors.. They retained their position through military strength and through that alone. By sending northern troops into all the southern provinces they dominated the south, but never won the loyalty and affection of south erners." It has always been very of fensive to the south to have troops quartered' upon it who spoke different dialects and were really foreigners' to the south. ;Under the repubilic the same tac tics were followed. Soldiers from the provinces north of the- Yan-tse were quartered upon, the southern provinces, just as in the Manchu days. It aws a continuation of the old military doml nation. , This system will not work. Southern provinces will not submit to; any such indignity, and there will nev- er. be any peace in China until new methods are adopted. I think the time i has come when leaders in sections realize this, and expect to see parlia ment allowed a free hand to correct the old abuses." Mr. Tang Shao-yi's native province is Kwangtung, the center of the .greatr est political strife in China at the pre sent time. When asked if he thought; Kwangtung province will be harmon ized and. brought, into line through the efforts of parliament, Mr. Tang Shao-yi responded in the ' affirmitive. He said all the troubles in Kwang tung now are traceable directly to military domination, and can be cured by meeting the demand's of the Can tonese for the withdrawal of northern troops and the maintenance of order through the use of the local military. the action of the ultra republicans In accepting Dr. j5un back into their council. His long residence in Japan and reports that he is thoroughly in sympathy with the .Japanese policy in China, have placednim in an unfav orable light before the large section of the Chinese public. PRICE FIVE CENTS,: GETTING READY ; TO CALL OUT BIG Jy OF WORKERS Nearly Half Million Men Malj Go On a Sympathetic Strike " 3' MANY TRADE UNIONS ' ; VOTING TODaV, ConsidereJ That Life p ;;v Unionism at Stake In New York Number of : Accidents (By Associated Press.) New, York, Sept. 16. Several trade . unions voted today to determlnn their response Hto the .call for , a sym pathetic strike, to back up the strik Ing street car employes.. . By Monday the labor leaders expect to learn the sentiment of the longshoremen, team sters, tidewater boatmen, coal barge' men and stationary engineers and firemen.' .By Monday, they assert, 70,000 men will be called out "to pro tect the very life of union labor in New York." ' ' The union leaders announce that aj ' 4 majority of the members of the imvt chinists' union, having a membership of 25,000. have toted to strike at thej ' munitions plants In this city, as a pro test to the final interests controlling the', subway, elevated and surface , street car lines. Should . the long shoremen and coal barge workers go out the strike leaders say ' that virtual ly all work, along the water front would, be tied up. The 'police com missioner has., been informed that ' 8,000 .coal iargiumen.wilL.quit todays . ... 1 Itisstatfed ' that life longshoremen, ? '; have; voted almbat -.unanimotfsly tor. , go out. This move is described by tha ' -central - federated - union -.as ,"preim- inary to a general strike." While it is estimated that there aral 800,000 trade unionists in New York, it Is said that the leaders do not count on "calling out more than 400,000 as an extreme measure.- ' , One man was killed and 34 injured in accidents on the surface car lines ' 1 within the last 24 hours. - - MA Y BE BIG CHANGE IN THE RACE-TODAY, (By Associated Press.) Chicago, 111., Sept. . 16.-Boston, De- troit and Chicago occupy the same relative positions ; in the American League ' pennant ; race " when they face their opponents today as they did yes terday morning. There 'was a possi bility of a change, however; Should -Detroit lose and - Chicago defeat. Bos ton, Chicago would , jump to, first place. Should Detroit win and Boston lose the former would occupy first place. . - ' : '' i In the National League Brooklyn had forged ahead to the extent, of .half a game. Philadelphia, Bo3ton and New York being unable to . play yes--terday because of rain.. 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