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VOL. XXII. NO. 276. .-J-.-. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MO NDAY. Afity InOON. OCTOBER 16. 1916
nniPIP nmniirn Tiir niminnu nnnrn I ui r-..-.---,- r- .
bniaia nmuntu mtpptlltla! mWM BUY EOVERNQR GRAJG
In STRIKE OF mmm'mm FARMERS ARE
oiijHHis dowii jn size m .rr; -m . now on tour
Thousands Claim They Were
Forced to Join the
Walk-out
MAY RETURN TO
WORK IN A BODY
Tidewater Company Opens
Doors and Invites Em
ployes Back to Work
Violence Likely Over
Bayonne, N. J., Oct. 16. A crisis
in the strike of the 11,000 workers in
the oil plants and other manufacto
ries at Constable Hook was reached
today when the Tidewater Oil Com
pany opened its doors and invited the
strikers to return to work.
A meeting of 3,000 skilled workmen,
who claimed they were forced to join
i he strikers against their desire, was
held this morning. The men plan to
march back to the Standard Oil Com
pany's plant in a body and believe
that the act would break the strike.
A meeting of those whohavo taken
active part in the strike will be held
to decide whether to declare the
strike off or not.
City authorities say that the vio
lence, wnicn resulted m tnree per
sons being killed and a number
wounded, is ended. AJarge number
of policemen were sent to the meet
ing today.
STRINGS IIP Pi
and Then LynchesrTrKsm
Bodies Were Burned
Paducah, Ky., Oct, 16. Two negroes
w ere lynched here today by a mob and
their bodies burned. One was charg
ed with an assault art a white woman
and the other was accused- of voicing
his approval.
One was taken from the county jail
and the, other seized on the streets.
Folowed by hundreds of persons, the
negroes were taken to the home of the
woman, two miles away. While one
was presented for identification the
other was taken to aJtree; a rope was
thrown over a limb;fcis neck slipped
into a noose and an automobile tied
to the other end of the rope. As soon
as the other was identified the pro
cess was repeated. The ' bodies were
later taken down and burned.
Baby Throuflh Windshield
Stockton, Cal., Oct. 16 H. H. Ross
bach, his wife and baby, ot San Fran
cisco, sustained injuries near Banta
the other night when their automobile
collided with a fish peddler's cart. The
baby was thrown through the wind
shield, but escaped with minor Injuries,
and bruised. The impact of the col
Both Rossbach and his wife were cut
lision caused the Rossbach car to turn
over and roll down a thirty-foot' em
bankment, where it took fire.
With presence of mind, Mrs. Ross
bach seized a blanket and threw it
over the child, thereby probably pre
venting it from burning to death.
The injured people Trere taken
Tracy.
to
AGED PERSONS MARRY.
That Ends a Romance That Began
Nearly Half Century Ago.
Cleveland Ohio, Oct. 16. A ro
mance which had its "birth a half cen
'ury ago in the public schools of
Xiles, but which was broken by a
lovers ouarrel. culminated Monday
night at g o'clock at the parsonage of
Rev. T. Alfred Flemming, at No. 9815
Pratt avenue, when Mrs. Emma Davis,
of No. 10720 Massie avenue, and David
Armstrong, of o. , 10521 Grantwpod
avenue were married.
-Mrs. Armstrong is 58 years of age
and her husband is 62.
Armstrong and his bride were play
mates in Niles fifty years ago. Al
most constant association brought
their two hearts together, and as the
years passed, plans were made for
their marriage. Armstrong was then
21.
Then came the lovers' quarrel
trivial disagreement and the twain
drifted apart. Armstrong married; so
did his first love, and then nearly forty
years passed away.
Death left them single again and
fate drew them together. Both set
tled in Cleveland, scarcely a thousand
yards apart. Their love dream of
youth was resumed. And 'they began
fourting anew! The aged newlyweds
will make their home at 10720 Massie!
KENTUCKY MOB
avenue. ' .
Advises the Federal Commis
sion As to News
Print Shortage
SENDS OUT
JO THE PUBLISHERS
Thinjcs tThis Would Be One
Means of Helping Small
Nwspapers Board
Washingtdn. Ocigl6.-7 Reduction in
the size of the Sunday newspapers as
means of conserving' the newspaper
print supply and ; the possible "preven
tion of the suspension, of a number of
small newspapers, was recorded in a
letter sent today by . the Federal Trade
Commission- ,to all?:the ; publishers of
Sunday papers in the United states.
The letter says that in the Increas
ing cost of news print prices the, com
mission has conferred with a number
of prominent publishers regarding
ways to reduce the consumption.
" "The paper saved by the cutting
down of the size of one Sunday edi
tion would be sufficient to keep a num
ber of smaller papers be supplied for
some time," the commission's letter
: :ad. "Soch unselfish acts on the
parts of the city papers appear to be
the only means that will save the
smaller publishers from going out of
business. ,
OVER THREESCORE
AIRSHIPS, SHOT DOWN
Berlin, yia Sayyille4),,Oct. 16. Seventy-four
hostile aeroplanes, of which
21 were Frenchand. &3 were British,
were shot down, by German machines
during September, according tova list
compiled by the German military au
thorities, and sent by the Overseas
News Bureau
GERMANS ATTACKING
IN CARPATHIANS
Petrograd, (via .London,X Oct. 16:
Heavy forces of the Teutonic troops
have assumed the offensive in South
ern Carpathians, near the junction of
the Rumania, Transylvania and Buko
wina boundary lines, the war office
announced today in its official state
ment. Hard fighting continues in Galicia, i
east and south of Lemberg district
without either side making any ap
parent gains, the statement adds.
GREEK VENI23ELOS
i PARTY IN AMERICA
New York, Oct. 16. -More-than 300,
000 Greeks in the United States have
been asked to join the Venizelos party
in America, which was organized at
a meeting of 3,000 Greeks held here
last night. This is the first of a series
of meetings that will be held in all
the principal cities of the United
States.
STORM CROSSING
YUCATAN PENINSULA
Washington, Oct. 16. The tropical
disturbance apparently was crossing
the northern part of ehe Yucatan pen
insula this morning, moving horth-
Avest or" north, according to reports
received by the weather bureau. It
still is of a marked character and
gulf shipping is taking precautions.
DECLARES HIMSELF ALIVE.
Probate Court Had Said That Arthur
George Was Dead.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 16. Arthur
Gfiowre. a nainter. living at . No. 758
Market street, Tacoma, appeared at
the County Clerk's office recently and;
fifed a sfllemn declaration that he was
not dead. He objected to the Probate
Court's action in declaring him dead
and turning oyer? 7flb worth of Seattle
real estate tbM?B. George, now dead,
after he had failed to claim his prop
erty of his wife after seven years' ab
sence. ; - .
"I solenmly declare that 1 never was
dead and am notroW.''5he swears in
this statement : . filedwith the County
Clerk. He was instructed to confer
with the. Swedish Consul, who aided
the heirs of Mrs. George to obtain
this property.
George said he lived under his
own name at Edmonton, Alberta, Can
ada, all the time he was supposed to
have been dead? until he moved to Ta
coma a yeear ago.
. $300 FROM SIX BEEHIVES.
- Hiawatha Kan., Oct., 16. J. W. Ad
mire, of Hiawatha, during the season
just closedgot i i;,540Ppdunds of honey
from six bee hives of bees. His profit
on the bees will be close to $300. ,
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FRENCH AVIATOR WHO BOMBARDED KRUPP GUN WQRKS, ESSEX.
While piloting a biplane over Es sen Lieutenant Dahcourt threw
twelve bombs on munition factories in that territory. After a 500-mile
trip he returned safely to his hangar, "somewhere in France."
STILL NO "SUA"
Danish Ship Steams On to Her
Destination, Comes
Wireless
BEEN SIGHTED
.ISSftJOC
Mew; . York, Oct. 16 In a wireless
from the Danish steamship Hellig
Olav, received here today by agents
of the Scandinavian-American line, J
n-Ameriran iin
Captain Hoist, master of the ship,
stated that no submarine had been
sighted on the voyage thus far. His
message was dated at 8 a. m., Sunday,
and read:
"Have not seen any submarine.
Nothing true in the story."
Observers aboard the White Star
liner, Bovic, on that steamers arrival
here Saturday reported that they had
seen a periscope of a submarine Fri
day when about 200 miles out and that
the submarine was in pursui f the
Hellig Olav, eastward bound. -
FARMER HAS
CURIOUS EAR CORN
New BernOct. 13. Mr. W. A. Gas
kins, a prosperous farmer of the New
Bern R. F. D. No. 1 section, today
brought to this city a curiosity in the
shape of two ears of corn which
were grown on his place and which
he found in one of his cribs.
One of the ears is perfectly formed
and branching out from the top are
seven distinct ears, several of which
are filled with grains of corn. The
other is an ear of the double type and
is about the most perfect double-ear
ever seen 4here.
Mr. Gaskins plains to place these on
exhibition, at the Eastern Carolina
Fair and theycan be viewed there by
the visitors to that big event. .
A fair-sized crowd of mat devotees
gathered at Ghent Park Casino Satur
day evening to witness the match
between Max Smith, one of the local
wrestlers, and Zello, a wrestler who
is traveling with the Sihley Shows,
which are exhibiting here this week,
Both men are grapplers of real abil
ity and their work was fast and scien
tific, but at the end. ef thirty minutes
Smith secured a hold on his opponent
which spelled defeat, for him and he
was awarded the fall.
Smith also won the second fall, se
curing this within a very short time
after returning to the mat. Tommy
Draak, the local champion, ref ereed
the bout.
Saturday night at Cove City Con
gxessman George E. Hood and Solici
tor W. E. Brock spoke before a large
crowd of the Democratic - voters - of
that .section and reports coming to
-New Bern today from that town were
to the effect -that these addresses
were two of the best ever heard there, i
This afternoon at 3 o'clock Con
gressman Hood speaks at Fort Barn
well ahd-Solicitor Brock joins Solici-tor-'C.
' L. Aberriethy arid ex-Judge
b, L. Ward in addresses at Vance-
boro. .
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The Parade Will Be Attractive
Feature Many Floats
V Have BeenEntered.
New Bern, Oct; 16, The Pine- Lam-
' . .
her Company and the local "lodge of
J tne Woodmen of the World have no
t'fied the chairman of the committee
who has charge of the arrangements
being made for the big parade to be
held here on the opening; day of the
Fan-, to the effect that they will en
ter a float in this pageant.
Several other local manufacturers
and lodges are planning to place
tlrats in this parade and there is no
cToubt about the fact that it is going
to be one of the most spectacular
events of its . kind ever seen in this
cify.
Mr. Edward Clark, chairman of ;he
cctomittee who has in charge of the
derogating of the buildings for the
fair, reports that, the majority of the
me? chants and many private citizens
have agreed to put tnerr places in
gala attire for the fair and he is urg
ing every merchant in the city to
do this. .
New Bern should be attractively
attired for the big week and the work
of decorating can be done at a small
cost.
Hon. Thomas D. Warren, chairman
of the North Carolina Democratic Ex-
i eputive Committee, came dowin to
New Bern this morning to attend to
some important business and during
the day has given out some interest
ing information on the existing po
liticalsituation. Chairman Warren declares that the
Democrats in State and Nation are
growing in strength and power each
day and he predicts a glorious vic
tory when the election " is held next
month. -
He stated that the Republicans in
alt parts of the country are making
a strenuous fight, . but that they are
daily losing ground and he believes
that they will be literally overwhelm
ed when election day rolls around.
MR. SILVIA KILLED.
Remains Will Arrive From Charles
ton Tonight. Funeral Tomorrow!
' The remains of Mr. -M G. Silvia,
who was killed by a street car in
Charleston, S. C, Saturday night, will
be brought to this city tonight on the
Atlantic Coast Line train from the
Sou"th and the funeral services will
be conducted from home of deceased's
daughters, Misses Rosa and Janie Sil
via, No. 412 South Fourth street, to
morrow morning.
Mr. Silvia until ' about five years
ago lived in this city and was a well
known contractor, the ' occupation he
pursued in the South-Carolina city un
til his death. ' No particulars as to
the details of the unfortunate acci
dent ' haye been, received here.
Surviving him . are his wife and
seven children as.f olio ws: Mrs. R. J.
Shiel, Mrs. W Tt Brown and Misses
Rosa and Fanie Silvia," of5 this city;
Dannie Silvia, " Sarah Silvia and Clio
Silvia,-; of Charleston, S. C, all ofi
whom have the tender sympathy of
their many friends.
FAIR WILL BE
A GALA EVENT
Two Dozen of Them Are On a
9,000 Mile Journey of
- Country
WON TRIP IN A
n COLLEGE CONTEST
Will Visit Orchards and Breed
ing Farms To Go As
Far South As State
f Texas
Berkeley, Cal., Qct. 16. In quest of
new ideas in farming the twenty-four
champion boy farmers of California
left here today oh a 9,000-mile jour
ney. They won this trip by defeat
ing 1,100 competitors in the Univer
sity of California's annual crop grow
ers' contest for the high school agri
cultural clubs.
The boys will visit a number of
principal orchards, breeding farms
and agriculturaf centers in America
and will rtnntfnn at Q far- QO at
Louis and will return to Berkeley by
New Orleans and Texas.
HI IPWFQ Q A VQ YII CrM
IGNORED THE FARMERS
, Hastings, Neb., Oet. 16. Charles
Evans Hughes today told a crowd of
farmers that the Democratic adminis
tration had ignored the agricultural
interests in urging the enactment of
the Adamson law.
The nominee cited a telegram from
President H. N. Pope, of' the Texas
Farmers' Union, to President Wilson,
requesting that the farmers be per
mitted to submit data in the arbitra
tion process between the railroads
and the brotherhoods.
"No regard was paid to the tele
gram," Mr. Hughes said.
I TINSOUDIERS" NOW
OEBMANY-
London, Oct. 16. "Accordihgz to
travelers from Germany," says the Ex
change Telegraph's Amsterdam cor
respondent, "a disease is spreading in
some parts of German caused . by con
tinual, feeding on preserved foods."
The sickness is described as "tin
sickness."; It is considered a "serious
form of blood poisoning."
REPORT OF HYMNAL
COMMITTEE TODAY
St. -Louis, Oct. 16. The report of
the committee on hymnal revision to
day engaged the attention of the
house of deputies, the lower body of
the Protestant Episcopal convention,
now in session here.
The report of the commission on
racial episcopate, which was tb have
come up today, was postponed until
later in the week. :
CROWLESS ROOSTERS.
Inventor Has a Muffler That Keeps
Them from Making a Noise.
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 16. Jo
seph Riggs, of Richfield, poultry
raiser, has begun a campaign to si
lence the rooster, and he has obtained
from an Eastern inventor a crow muf
fler that is guaranteed to doHhe
work.
On the theory that a rooster must
flap his wings and stretch his neck
before he can crow, the inventor has
made a muffler that binds down the
wines and prevents the neck from
stretching. The result is
a crowless,
somewhat dejected bird but a happy
community. The bird can eat and
scratch as usual.
PLANS ACTIVE FIGHT
AGAINST VILLA
Atlantic City, Oct. 16 Luis Cab
rera, , chairman of the Mexican com
mission, placed before the American
members o fthe American-Mexican
joint commission today a statement
from the Mexican Ambassador con
taining the assertion that his govern
ment had planned an active campaign
against Villa.
INDIANS STAMPEDE HORSES.
Malta, Mont., Oct. 16. The 'first
'.'stampede" of horses by Indians in
many years from the frontier stage,
has culminated in the recovery ot
twenty-four head of fine animals,
which some Indian had stolen from,
Big Sandy ranchers. , The herd" was
run off mysteriously about four
months ago and must have been tak
en some distance by the Indians, as
no trace was discovered until last
week, when the v owners identified
some 6f the beasts in the possession
of a ' rancher who had . innocently
bought them. The suspects are miss
jing and probably have fled to Canada
'and the rancher 4s out his money. ,y
GRANTED PARDON
Rockingham' County Men Par
doned Because of A Seem
ingly Unbalanced Mind
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 16. Governor
Craig was kept to his room at the
Mansion Sunday and was not up town
during the day. He is suffering from
a heavy cold (and his visit to High
Point added to the soreness resulting
from the cold. Governor Craig has
some dates in the campaign soon and
is to speak at the opening of the
State Pair next week.
The Governor Saturday made requi
tion upon the State of Arkansas for
Horace Williams,' who is wanted in
Richmond county on a charge of lar
ceny. Governor Craig's office announced
today that except in urgent cases he
will not hear any pardon applications
before November 10th, the absence
front the office making it inconveni
ent to hear such business until after
the election.
Before making this statement Wil
liam S. Stanley, of Rockingham, re
ceived executive clemency and he
' wil1 not finish his sentence of three
years added to a fine of S1.000 for
i , Stanley was convicted May, 1915,
I and ordered to pay a fine of $ly0OO ad-
I ditional to the sentence or three
I years. Judge Rountree tried the case
and Solicitor Porter Graves prosecut
ed. The pardon is recommended by
Judge Rountree, who tried the case,
by various citizens of prominence,
ministers, merchants, physicians, ju
rors, justices of the peace and coun
ty officers. Judge Rountree says that
he imposed the sentence of three
years because the statute required
it. Otherwise a shorter sentence
would have been given. "It seems
that this defendant is mentally unbal
anced," Governor Craig says in his
reasons, "and should not be punished
any further for this offense." Solicitor
Graves states that 'the evidence dis
closed a strange mental make-up and
childish simplicity in sonie of Stan
ley's actions,' and that he was cer
tainly not normal. . He has served 17
mnntho . --i - ' - - ..--Jl. .... .
p , me paraon is;' granted conditional
upon Stanley being a good citizen and
obeying the law.
WHO SHOT
SELF IS BETTED
One Reason Attributed For
Rash Act is That He Lost
On Baseball
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 16. Eugene
McDonald, who shot himself Satur
day morning at a club several miles
in the country, was so much im
proved today as to give the physicians
hope of his recovery.'
It was discovered Saturday night
that he inflicted the wound in his
body near the heart. A thousand ru- K
mors and reasons were current Sat
urday and even now the motive for
shooting himself is uncertain. He
wrote his mother a letter an hour be
fore it happened and told others that
he intended to kill himself. Nobody
believed him.
Even after he shot himself his
friends, who had remarked upon his
jovial nature Friday night, did not
believe it. Young McDonald walked
to the club house and told members
not to let him die, that he had shot
himself. He did not then convince
his friends until he opened his coat
I'and showed the wound.
He desired
to live then. .
Mr. McDonald was rushed back to
Raleigh, a distance of five miles, in
6 1-2 minutes and placed in the hospi
tal. It looks today as if he will re
cover. He owes his life to the fact
that he could not fire his pistol twice,
an ill-fittinghell stopping the cham
ber from revolVing. The young man
made the second attempt to fire.
He is said to have' lost consider
able money on the recent world's, se
ries between Boston and Brooklyn,
but nothing worse is known as a rea
son for shooting, himself. The young
fellow is of strong build, youth and
power enough to pull-through if pneu
monia does -not result,-anu there- is
danger of that complication now. He
is being treated at Rex Hospital. s
Raleigh's brilliant white way, which
was tried out first Saturday , morning,
was opened Saturday night and the il
lumination is a joy to, the whole city.
It is said that the system cost, all
told, more than $45,000, and much of
the money was raised by popular sub
scription among the merchants. The
town is wonderfully well lighted. It
Is almost possible to warm a. pitcher
up on the streets, so brightly the
light shines - on Fayetteville, Martin,
Hargett and 'Wilmington' streets.
Fayetteville is the star, though.
The- opening of the white way for
the State Fair week . is especially
lucky both for4 the town and for ihe
MAN
PRICE 5 CENTS
TEUTONS RUSHING
THEIR ATTACK
One Point King Ferdinand's
Forces Driven Back Into
Own Territory
ENTENTE KEEPS UP
DRIVE ON SpMME
Paris Claims They Have Made
Further Progress Attack.-
Has Been Resumed in
Macedonia
The Teutons are pressing their ag
gressive movement against the Ru
manians along the Transylvania front,
according to the latest official report,
and at one point the Rumanian forces
have been driven back into their own.
territory. This crucial point-for the
Rumanians lies southwest of Kron
stadt, where they are making a de-
ON RUMANIANS
em-!ierminea siana at Kucaru, some seven
miles south of the border. The Teu
tonic thrust here is aimed In the di
rection of Bucharest, 75 miles across
the Rumanian plains from its edge
and 10 miles southwest of Rucaru.
On the Somme front, in Northern
France, the entente forces are keep
ing up their unrelenting drive. The
French last night resisted an attack
north of the river.
According to Paris, they penetrated
the German positions at Sailly-Sail-lisel,
pushing up to the edge of the
Bapuame road. Renewed fighting
brought on by the Germans counter,
attack, is in progress.
Last night the Germans made at
tacks on the British positions,' near
the Scwaben fortifications. They
were beaten back with heavy losses,
London : declares.
In Macedonia the entente forcej
have resumed the offensive south of
Monastir. - Along the line of the '
Stwnthe-B
meir ouxpostsrowara' rJeTnip-Hissar'
road 7 and have entered t the town ol ,
Busuk, 8 miles away.
WILSON GIVES WORD
TO HIS WORKERS
Long Branch, Oct. 16. President
Wilson today gave personal direction
as to how his supporters should speak
'for him during a conference between
President Wilson and the Wilson VoU
unteers, headed by Amos Pinchotf
who will campaign for him among
the labor voters of New York.
COURT DECLINES TO
REVIEW THEIR CASE
Washington, Oct. 16. The Supreme
Court refused to review the convic
tions of the four leaders in the 1913
West Virginia coal strike, who were
sentenced for six months for con
tempt of court in failing to answer
"tn on -Sn Iniint'Avi innnA1 w. i . i
J" '"V ' y euerai
No opinion on cases argued or un
der consideration were given by the
court on its first day since the sum
mer vacation. ,A number of miscel
laneous orders were announced by
Chief Justice White.
HUGHES CONTINUES
STUMP'-IN NEBRASKA
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 16. Charles" .
Evans Hughes left Lincoln early to
day for his" second day's campaign '
in Nebraska. The nominee spent Sun
day quietly here, seeing no callers
and appeared to be refreshed by the
rest. He is due at Omaha late today
and speaks there tonight. Tomorrow
he will go into South Dakota and
Iowa.
visitors. Raleigh inspected many
towns before selecting her pet
scheme. The cluster light has not
been used, but the old telegraph and
telephone poles, ugliest of models for
the uses of lighting, have gone, 'h : ;
A BUSINESS man "
THINKS most highly
OF his .reputation .
HIS success and the
THINGS that have aided
HIM such ae
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