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Boston, Oct. 9. German submarine
warfare, brought to this side of the
Atlantic, was apparent here tonight.
With the dawn came the report of
more activities by the undersea craft.
The captain of , the Nantucket light
ship reported that three German sub
marines were-operating off the couia.
of Nantucket and that nine vessels
were destroyed.
Rushing to give battle to the sub
marines three"British cruisers were
off the coast of Nantucket at 2:40
o'clock this morning. This was th4J
first appearance- of warships of the
patrolling fleefTin this vicinity since
the submarine activities began at &
o'clock last night.
Shipping at ports in New England
has been held-up to a great extent
and vessels at sea are reported to
be making for the nearest harbor.
The sudden attack of undersea craft
has terrified shipping and only those
vessels flying the American flag jare
suiting to sea today. ;
Newport, R. 1., Oct. 9. Of the pas
sengers of the Stephano &0 were Amer
ican tourists. All came through with
out accident, but nearly all lost the
most of their effects. Some saved a
few valuables, but their entire baggage
was lost.
Lieuenant Commander Miller, of the
Ericsson, which "picked up the crew
and the passengers of $he Stephano,
said that noattack was made on the
vessel until all on board had left.
When the Ericsson arrived at the
lightship Commander Miller saw the
submarine and heard three shots, from
its bow-gun. He could dlnny jmake
out the Stephano was the object of at
tack.. None of the shots struck and it
is thought that probably none was
aimed at her. Thp ship, signalled and
said, "Please take off our passengers."
Before Commander Miller could get to
the scene she had landed all her pas
sengers in her own boats from which
they were taken aboard the- Ericsson.
The Stephano was afloat, but was
reported as sunk by a torpedo.
In discussing his experience, one of
the passengers declared that the Ger
mans gave the boat ample warning
and stood by until the passengers
were off.
' Officers of the United States de
stroyer, who arrived in time to take
care of the passengers, visited the
steamer," he said, "to make sure that
all of the passengers and the crew
were safe. Thenthe members of the
German submarined crew boarded her
and opened the water epeks." He said
no torpedo was visible.
Americans Witnessed Destruction:
Newport, R. I., Oct. 9. One of the
members of the destroyer, Balch,
said that he saw a supply ship at
tending the submarine.": The Ameri
can destroyers witnessed the de
struction of some of the vessels. In
one instance the American boats were
so thick on the sea that the subma
rine commander asked the, Benham
and the McDougall to make way for
liim to blow up his prey. '
Rumor That SuKmarines Will
Operate Further South ;
Due to Patrol
STILL ADVANCE
IN THE WEST
Thought That Nine Vessels So
Far Have Been Sent to Bot-
EYE-WITNESSES TELL
OF THE DESTRUCTION
Only Six Ships 4 Positively
Accounted For - No
Loss of Life Is Re
ported 1
Newport, R. I., Oct. 9. Eye wit
nesses of the torpedoing of passenger
and freight steamers by aJerman sub
marine, off Nantucket j yesterday, told
of it. . :
According to a report brought by an
officer of the flotilla :of, destroyers,
which picked up the passengers and
Serbians Go Forward at One carried them ashore, nine Vessels were
Markets Take Tumble On Ac
count of Presence' of Ger
man Submarine
EXPORTING WOULD
BE MORE DIFFICULT
Wheat Dropped 4" I -2 Gents a
Bushel in Some Instan
stances - Oats Also
Fell
! MAY BE AFTER
OIL RESOURCES
Germany Wants to Cut Off
"Great Britain's Oil Supply
Going Via the Gulf
of Mexico.
Point and Retire at
Another.
Washington, Oct. 9. Possibilities of
diplomatic complications over the Ger
man submarine raid on the New Eng
land coast seemed to point toward the
Allies as well as toward Germany.
Officials found no reason to change
their first impression on the 'subma
rine question, which has been confined
so far, with the international law.
rDestruction of American -ships, car
rying contrabrand,' might easily cause
another "Frye case," and the loss of
any. life whatsoever, might re-operi
sunk
One of the submarines' is supposed
to be the U-53, which visited here Sat
urday, and another is reported to be
'the U-61.
Mrs. Henry B. Wilson, of Williams-
town, Mass., a passenger on the Steph
Send Armored Cars to Mace- !'!"e ' !?if L?Ma!?
uuivciii auu sciciai ui . Ulc ClcW tUIU
ENGLISH ARE
USING THE TANKS
donian Front Russians
Dent Lines of
Germans.
her that they had seen-the name, U
61, on the submarine that "attacked the
ship.
Six vessels were known to have
been sunk and the report that nine
were sunk is based on the statement
London, Oct 9 British troops,
north of the Somme, made much pro-' of the captaln of the Nantucket shoaIg
gress, says the official statement lightship. The captain stated that
from the war department, and estab- three submarines were engaged. The
lished positions to. the east of he list of victims included" tour British
Stars and in the direction of Butte vessels, one Norwegian and one Dutch,
De Warlencourt. but the identity of !j the other three
The British forces that crossed the nas not been, learned ' ' '
Struma river,, on the east of the Tne crews of alj the vessels that
Macedonian front, have extended were sunk were brought, here today
their position north and south and with 63 passengers of the Stephano.
are occupying several more villages.- Ik waa believed, that no Ifves were lost
Serbs Cross The River. and that the-men pf; thKingston are
- iAihans r , O ZW'T .1T rl1 ftdHft JlTI thAW' Ihftfli af--fTi
tlon of the Allies fc ihrt&vtomt
an official dispatch.
v Abandon Their Effort.
Sofia, Sunday, Oct. 8, (Via Lon
don, Oct 9.) In the section of Mace
donia, south of Monastir, the Ser-
should be excluded from all ports.
The general opinion prevailing was
that with the presence of the NAllies'
cruisers off the New England coast
that the submarines would desert that
field and strike further south. Some
officials expect to hear of the sub
marines' operation In the Gulf of Mex
ica was a persistent rumor saying that
Germans have established a4 base
where submarines could strike at the
fleet of tank ships carrying fuel oil
to the British navy from the Mexican
field, upon which Great Britain de
pend almost entirely for her oil sup-
p!y- j
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TO DOUBT
Chicago, Oct. 9. Activities of Ger
man submarines resulted today in a
downward crash of wheat. -The
break, in some instances, caused
wheat to decline 4 l-2c a bushel, De
cember -selling at 1.55, as com
pared with 1.59 1-2 at Saturday's clos
ing. Prices of oats and other prod
ucts fell, but not so radically as did
wheat. Great difficulty expected in
exporting was given as the general
reason for the decline.
Selling Hits Cotton Market.
New York, Oct. 9. A wave of sell;
iug.hit the cotton market at today's
opening, causing a break of from 8
to 32 points from Saturday's clos
ing. Difficulties in marketing cotton
are expected,due to the presence of
a German submarine recently.
Stocks Panicky.
New York, Oct. 9. The stock mar
ket was demoralized at the opening
today, standard issues, as well as war
scocks, breaking, 5 to 10, and In some
instances 12 points at the outset,
which ended in liquidation. The
break was attributed to the subma
rine activities.
- TO GUARD .AMERICAN
3 NEUTRALITY.
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Washington, Oct. 9 The Navy
Department is preparing to es-
tablish a patrol of warships, off
the North Atlantic coast, to K
make certain that America's
neutrality is not violated by the :
German submarines, now raiding 4f
the Allies' shipping.
No Violations So Far.
Ashbury Park, Nr J., Oct. 9.
Secretary Daniels, In a report to
President Wilson today, said
that advices so far received Jn-
dicated that all the rules of In-
ternational law had been "com- -a-
plied with by the German sub- -:-
marine. ,
Pinch Hitter Brought In Win-f
ning Run In. Exciting
Contest Today.
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RED SOX NOW HAVE
TWO OF THE SERIES
Brooklyn Made Only Run Iri
First Inning, When Myers;
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maae a nomer
Snappy Plays.
Manjfl
SINCLAIR
TALKS TO
ONSLOW
OTOS
Makes Strong Speech at Jack
sonville Onslow Superior
Court Convenes.
bians have abandoned their efforts to
advance on account of the defeat Fri
day, the war office announced today.
On the Struma front the British
are using armored motor cars. In
Dobrudja, Russian and Rumanian for
ces are said to have retreated.
Big Batle Continues.
Petrograd, (Via London,) Oct. 9.
The great battle in Volhynia is con
tinuing, th war office announced to
day, and the Russians have succeeded
in some places in penetrating
Teutonic lines.
OSCTOMDE
TO PIT THE 1ST
Today's Docket in Recorder's
Court Unusually Light
for. Monday.
' FOR DElOCil
(By M4 M. Capps.)
Jacksonville N. C, Oct. 9 Onslow
Superior Court convened here today
for the trial of civil and criminal
cases with Judge W. A. Devine pre
siding John Williams, of Rich-
lands, is foreman of the Grand
Jury.
Hon. A. Sinclair, Democratic elec
tor, today addressed four hundred On
slow county citizens. Mr. Sinclair
pierced the Republican armor time
and again and his speech was well
received. ; He explained ' both' State
andatloTfairisBuSBSr declare that
Hughes had 'ho policies. ' His speech
was a vote maker.
Braves Field, Boston, Oct. 9,Th '
Boston Red Sox, of the American
League, again triumphed over the
Brooklyn Dodgers of the National y.
League, in the second game of the -world
series here today. It was a .
heart-rending contest, that ran neck-
and-neck until the fouteenth Inning
when Hoblitzel was walked, sacrific
ed to second and brought in by "a
single from Gainer, called In by Man-. .
i'ager Carrigan as a pinch-hitter.
The thrilling contest was staged be
fore 41,373 people, representing boxj
office receipts of $81,625.
THE LINE-UP.
Boston
Hooper, R. F.
Janvrin, 2nd B.
Walker, C. F.
Hoblitzell, 1st f
LqwIs, L. F.
Gardner, 3d B.
Scott, S. S - . ;
Thomas, C.
Ruth. P.
Chief Clerk to the Corporation
Commission Will be Heard
Number of Counties
C(!.H!IIAHY
But She Must Live Up to Her
Promise, Said President
Wilson.
Thanksgiving in the Dominion.
Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 9V-r-Ordinary bus
iness was suspended 'throughout the
dominion today in; observance of
Thanksgiving Day. -Religious services
were held in practically all of the
churches and prayers offered for the
success of the British and their allies
in the European war.
IT TRACTS
BEEN RELEASED
From Cattle Tick
Quarantine.
(By. George H. Manning.)
Washington, D. C.,x Oct. 9. Sixty
seven per cent, of the 37,365 square
miles in North Carolina put under
quarantine on account of Texas
fever, tick on July 1, 1906, wa3 re
leased from quarantine on Sept. 15,
1916, when the recent order releas
ing aditional terrtory became effective.
may be no doubt 'as far as we areh Of the whole, southern territory
Long Branch, Oct. 9.: President
Wilson announced today as regard
ing the attacks of German subma-(
rines off the New England coast that
"the German government will be held
to the complete ' fulfillment of its
promises to the government of the
United States." He added that he
had.no right to question Germany's
willingness to fulfill the jrdmises.
Just before Ambassador Bernstorff
called on the President, Mr. Wilson
issued a statement in which he said
"this government will, of course, first
inform itself of the facts that there
.
TRANSPORT TORPEDOED. '
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- Paris, Oct. 9. The ' steam-
ship, Gallia, an auxiliary cruiser,
carrying 2,000 Serbian and
FreiTch soldiers, was torpedoed
and sunk on October 4 by a sub-
marine. ' Thirteen hundred men
Picked up by a French cruis"er
and landed on the southern
coast of Sardinia, have been ac-
counted for. 4f
" -;f ..
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concerned. The country may rest as
sured that the German government
will be held to the complete fulfill-
-ment of its promises. I have no ngnt
to question Germany's willingness to
fulfill the promises." . .
The President- was reported as
being deeply concerned although he
had no information, from official
sources indicating chat the v promise
of the German government had been
violated. ' r
Count von Bernstorff came to As
bury Park before his engagement
with the President and remained for
a brief time at a hoteL He would not
discuss the submarine situation.
The Ambassador came here to de
liver a personal . leter from the Ger
man Emperor to President Wilson on
the- subject of Polish relief. The
President plans to, discuss the attack
off the New England coast with the
Ambassador.
' Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Voshall and son,
Donald, have gone to Philadelphia
onri. Atlantic City to visit friends.
They will be away from the city for
There is an old saying that "a short
the I horse is soon curried," and this phil
osophy held true in Recorder's court
this morning, for but little time was
consumed in disposing of a docket
that was both light and unimportant.
As a rule, Monday's docket is con
gested and court holds until the after
noon, but today's was an exception
to the general rule.
The case charging Robert Doughlas,
colored, with non-support was contin
ued until tomorrow morning.
Daniel Padrick, white, was convict-
North Carolina Soil Freed ed of an assault with a deadly weapon
and was fined $10 and the costs.
Mary Mallett, colored, was haled in
to court and charged with an assault,
but upon hearing the evidence Re
corder Empie was of the opinion that
the prosecution was of a malicious
nature and discharged the defendant.
The prosecution was taxed with the
costs and it looked for a time as
though the woman witness was going
to draw a thirty day sentence" at the
farm, but friends rallied and raised
the necessary money: to secure her re
lease. .-
The case charging" Joe oJnes, color
ed; with cruelty to animals, was not
disposed of. His prayer for judgment
was continued upon condition that the
abused, horse be given every attention
and not driven until he is fully re
covered. The case charging Joe Jones, "color
ored, with reckless driving, was con
tinued because of the- inability of the
state's witness to appear in court.
The case charing Alex McDonald,
colored, with violating a traffic ordin
ance, was continued until tomorrow.
A
that had been placed under quaran
tine on account of the cattle- tick
40 . per, ;cent. had been released on
September 15th.
There yet remain 12,351 square
miles in North Carolina under quar
antine restrictions and 434,528 square
miles in the Southern States.
The greatest progressv in the eradi
cation of the cattle tick has been
made in California, Kentucky, Mis
souri, and Tennessee, which; now are
free of,1 the tick. The slowest prog
ress has been made in Louisiana,
which has only had 5 per cent, of its
territory released, and Florida, with
only 7 -per ! cent, released.
In all . 728,543 square miles have
been infected; 434,529 square miles
still remain in quarantine and 294,014
have been released.
Those in charge of the work are
hopeful .that within the- next two or
three years many other States will
be' in the tick-free column and that
be'fore long the entire South can use
fully its natural facilities for dairying
'
WARD LINER TOWED TO
PORT.'
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Newport News, Va., Oct! 9.
The burning Ward liner, Antilla,
4 reached .- the .; harbor of Cape
Charles shortly after 11:30 this
4 morning, according to a wireless
message received at Old Point 4
The vessel , was . in tow of the
4 coast guard cutter, Onondaga,
and the private American yacht,
t
and the raising of meat animals, onj Pacific. The flames were report- 4
which the cattle tick in the past has! ed under control. .
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 9. Chairman
Thomas D. Warren has assigned A.
J. Maxwell, now lawyer and chief
clerk to the Corporation Commission,
to Pamlico, Washington and Tyrell
counties, perhaps others, to make
Democratic speech between now and
election.
Mr. Maxwiell has furnished so much
of the campaign material that his en
trance into it will be regarded everyr
where as a big stroke. His talent
hasn't necessarily run to- speaking,
but he has concluded that if a man
cannot make a Democraticspeech this
year the thhe will not come when ora
tory will be easy. He will give, two
speeches each to the counties which
he visits.
' The Corporation Commission clerk
has been universally declared the
most valuable asset the party has had
this year. His easy out-figuring of
Senator Butler, Colonel Thurston
Hicks and "Governor" Linney; Demo
crats say,-has been responsible, for the
aggression of Democrats who might
have been timid in the presentation of
the, State record. There Is" no portion
of achievement of Democracy that is
not as easy to him as Shakespeare
says mendacity is. ' t
Meredith College has booked the
Russian Symphony Orchestra, which
musicians regard the greatest of them
all, and will present Tuesday evening,
November 28, this organization as the
preliminary attraction for the Teach
ers' Assembly, which meets 'here this
week. '
. The college is offering the Russians
in the regular course, but will bring
them here under an immense guar
antee. Tey are native and pure sub
jects of the Czar. Their coming is
the biggest musical proposal of the
year.
NO GERMAN PROMISES
HAVE BEEN BROKEN
Washington; Oct. 9. State Depart
ment officials have come to the con
clusion that so far none of Germany's
promises to the United States have
been broken in the submarine raid
No official announcement of this was
made, but it is known to have been
made after a review of the situation
by officials.
FORECAST OF WHEAT
AND CORN YIELD
Washington, Oct. 9. Forecasts of
the production of crops issued today
by the Department of Agriculture is
as follows:
Spring wheat, 152,851,000 bushels;
all wheat, 670,557,000 bushels.
Corn, 2,717,932,0000 bushels.
THEY WILL DISCUSS
' INDUSTRIAL HOUSING
Providence, R. I., Oct. 9. Indus
trial housing in all its phases is to be
discussed at the fifth annual confer
ence of the National Housing Asso
ciation, which began a three-day ses
sion in this city today. The confer
ence promises to be notable f6r the
large number of prominent persons
taking part. Among the scheduled
speakers are Dr. Charles W. Eliot,'
president emeritus of Harvard Uni
versity; John Mitchell, former pres
ident of the United Mine Workers;
J. N. Herty, State Health Commis
sioner of Indiana, and Samuel G.
Dixon, State Health Commissioner of
Pennsylvania.
. Little Girl Hurt. Little Miss Inez
Brodwick, of No. 403 North Front
street, suffered a sprained wrist this
morning ' while playing with .- other
children at the Hemenway school.
The little girl was swinging and in
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CVlDRyfCD rfXbAr DCCOM A KT Kumti maum; icii lu tuts giuunu. 11
rUKIYlJIK UNUKSOMAIN j was at "first feared that her arm was
' DIED IN SALISBURY I broken, but an x-ray examination.
showed nothing more serious than a
Salisbury, Qct. 9. John S. Hender
son, 71 years of age and at one time
Congressman from the 8th . district,
!died here .today. The funeral will be
held tomorrow afternoon. -,K
sprain. She was carried to a physi
cian's office for treatment and was
able' to proceed home without assistance.
Another Shark Caught The
second shark to be taken in , local
waters within the 'past few days, was
, landed Saturday night at Rich's Inlet
ppesa- by Mr. Robert Taylor. He weighed
4. 4!' 4. 4.
NEWS REACHES LONDON.- !
London, Oct. 9.--The
4 tions . of the U-53 has caused about 300 pounds and gave the fisher
4 great interest here, but reports man a hard fight before he was land--from
officials state it is inadvis- 'd on: the beach. Because of his
4 able to make any statement at 4 double row of savage looking teethl
the" present time. - ; it is thought that he was of the mcfn
J imposed such a heavy, tax.
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Brooklyn
Johnston, R. F.
Daubert, 1st B.
Myers, C. F.
Wheat, L. F.
Cutshaw, 2nd B.
Mowrey, 3d B.
Olson, S. S.
Miller, C.
Smith, P.
First Inning.
Brooklyn.r-johnston flied. out tck
Walker. Daubert fouled out to Gard
ner. Myers drove a long hit to cen
ter field fence for a- home run,' Wheat
flied out to Hooper. ''
Boston Hooper up. Smith tosseot' V
out Hooper. Janvrin sent a line" fly- H
move out of " his tracks." Walke : v 1
fouled out to Daubert. : !
second inning.
Brooklyn. Cutshaw ' up. Ruth de
fleeted Cutshaw's grounder to Gard
ner, who threw hinT out .at first.
Mowrey line-flied to Janvrin. Olson'
fanned. - -
Boston. Olson threw out Hoblit
zell. Lewis singled over second.
Gardner forced Lewis, Mowrey to
Olson to Cutshaw. Scott ud. Gardner
was picked off first, Miller to Dau
bert. '
Third Inning.'
Brooklyn. The Dodgers are play
ing with snap and confidence. Millers
up. Scott threw out Miller, making
a long throw from the grass. Smith
doubled to right, but was thrown out
trying to stretch it, Hooper to Walker
to Scott. Johnston singled over;
second. Daubert up. Johnston was
otft stealing, Thomas to - Janvrin.
Boston. Scott drove a deep ttner.
to left center for three bases. Thomas
up. Cutshaw threw out Thomas, .
Scott being held at' third. Ruth up.
Scott scored when Cutshaw moment-',
arily fumbled Ruth's grounder. Ruth
was thrown out at first. Hooper ud.
Cutshaw let Hooper's go through him."'
Janvrin forced Hooper, Olson to Cut
shaw. x .-.v.-Fourth
Inning. '
Brooklyn. Daubert walks. Myers .
up. A double play fallowed. Scott
took Myers' grounder and threw to,
Janvrin, who then threw, out Myers
at first. Wheat up. Ruth threw out'
Wheat. ; V
Boston. Walker up. -Smith toolt'l.
Walker's puny tap and" retired him V
at first. Hoblitzell walked. . Lewis
up. Lewis hit into .a double playj,
Mowrey to Cutshaw to Daubert. ,
Fifth Inning. x
Brooklyn. Cutshaw fanned. Mow
rey up. Janvrin threw, out Mowrey.,
Olson up. Olson whipped a single-y
over Scott's head. Miller filed out to
Hooper. 1 '
Boston. Gardner up. Cutshaw
came in for Gardner's grounder and
threw him out to Daubert, . Scottp.'.
Mowrey threw out Scott. "TPbomas.
got a three-base hit to left field foul. '
line. Olson gave him the shoulder,1
rounding second. Ruth fanned, : t '
Brooklyn. Smith up. Scott threw
out Smith. Johnston walked. , -Dau
bert up, Johnston was outl a.tealing;
Thomas to Janvrin. Daubert was
thrown out, Gardner to Hoblitzell.'. .
Boston Hooper grounded to Myers; '
who picked It off the grass. Janvrin
up. Janvrin flied to Myers. Cutshaw '.
threw out .Walker. The crowd, gave
Myers . big. big hand for. a fine catch,
as he came . In
Seventh Inning., ' y
Brooklyn Myers out' Janvrin to
first, Crowd howled disapproval as
Myers apparently had :tho throw beat- '
en. Wheat up. Janvrjn, ' threw . out
Wheat. Cutshaw popped to HoblitzeUV
Boston Hoblitzel " walked. lewls
up. Lewis sacrificed, Smith to Dau-
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