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That Trend is in Direction
of His Re-election. ;
WASHINGTON NEWS .
TO THIS EFFECT
Republican Party Up in The
Air About Jts Nominee
Only The Now Unforseen
Can Block the People Again
Naming Woodrow Wilson.
(George H. Manning.) ,
Washington, D. C, Oct. 19. Re
ports reaching Washington within
the past week from" every section of
the country, considered from an ab
solutely non-partisan standpoint, in
dicate beyond -all 'doubt that the-po-Iitical
tide, difficult to arouse this
year, but now under way, is turning
towards President Wilson.
If the Democratic campaign re
ceives no tremendous setback in the
three weeks remaining before elec
tion aay u is saie .o say tnat tne
trend of sentiment now well undr
way in every section of the country
from Hughes and towards Wilson will
insure the re-election of Woodrqw;
Wilson 'as President of the United
States in November. " "
These reports, which reach Wash
ington through the press; in reports
to the Republican and Democratic
headquarters here, and brought here
by politicians and disinterested par
ties who have traveled in different
sections and by impartial newspaper
men who have, traveled with Presi
dent Wilson, Candidate Hughes, Col
onel Roosevelt and other-campaigners
of lesser importance show the follow
ing facts:
1. That had the election been held
sny time from thvee jnooths .to onf4
month ago Charles Etanl Hughes
would have been elected by a -good
majority. "
That had the election -day been
three weeks ago say, about Septem
ber 25th the result would -have been
very close with the-probability slight
ly favoring Mr. Hughes.
3. That within the past ten days
the Democratic organizations- every
where have made remarkable prog
ress in organization and have succeed-
ed in injecting ginger into the voters j
of their party, while the Republicans
have made but little progress and are
unable to arouse their organizations
from their lethargy.
4. That the Progressive and inde
pendent voters 'who waited to hear
what President Wilson and Candidate
Hughes and their 'supporters had to
say before deciding, which road to
take are disappointed with the case
made out by Mr. Hughes; particular
ly disappointed over Hughes' failure
to present prospects for a much im
proved program of activity and pol
icy if elected, and are now satisfied
at the prospect of another four years
of Democratic administration as
Hired that it will be marked by con
tinuance of wise and progressive leg
islation; clean, domestic administra
tion, and a safe if not brilliant and
aggressive foreign policy.
5. The Republicans, with the pic
ture of the great canvass Hughes
made for Taft four years ago, before
them, are grieviously disappointed
with the weak campaign he is now
making for himself. Many of the Re
Publicans and Progressives profess to
believe that -Colonel Roosevelt is at
heart working for the defeat of
Hughes with a view of convincing the
G. O. P. and the Progressives that he
is the only candidate who can defeat
the Democrats.
6. The Democratic organizations
almost everywhere, while disappoint
pd at first that Wilson did not go on
the stump and turn his hand to the
Plow in all the doubtful territory, are
now convinced of his sagacity 'n
paying at home and sending nis
views to the people through the press
of the country in weekly installments
pvpry Sunday morning through the
Saturday afternoon addresses deliv
ered at Shadow Lawn, and are now
devoting themselves personally to the
campaign in fampst with confidence
of success.
During the past three weeks the
writer made trips into Maryland, New
Jersey, New York City, upper New
York State, Connecticut and Massa
chusetts, taking careful note and mak
ing diligent inquiry of politicians "of
both parties and plain citizens wher
ever he went to ascertain how the por
litical current was going.
The most striking discovery was
that in spite of all the attacks made
upon President Wilson as head of the
Democratic ticket-ythe Republican
candidates from governor . Hughes
down to the local candidates and their
(Continue,d.on,Page Eight.). v
HUGHES NW
HIS THIRD
Will Speak at Youngstown To
night and at Several Michi
gan Towns Today.
HE WILL GO TO
EWYORK
Nominee Expects to Rest Until
Next Week After Finish
ing Trips of Over
25,000 Miles.
Grand Rapids, Mich.. Oct. 19.
Charles Evans Hughes today began
his last day of his third presidential
campaign trip. ,
The-nominee left Grand Rapids
early, foday for Bay City, Saginaw,
and Flint, Mich., and for Youngstown,
Ohio, where he will speak tonight.
After the speech at Youngstown he
will leave for New York.
Mr. Hughes' third trip approximat
ed 5,500 miles in lengthy of which
5,297 was by rail. This brings the
total miles traveled to ' approximately
25,000 miles. j
' He expects to remain In or near
NewiYorlt until
ON
CAMij TRIP
the! fatter partof neXtiili.aaST ab28nto4hj
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paign.y
Assails Many Things.
Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 19. Charles
Evans Hughes in speeches here and
at Bay 'City today assailed the Under
wood tariff law and the Adamson law
and repeated - his denial tha; a vote
for him meant a vote fr war.
Men are going abroad in this land,
Mr Hughes said, "saying that vote I
for me is a vote for war because I
have criticised- the weakness of the
present administration in its foreign
relations. If you want to know the
way things ought not to be done, look
at Mexico. That, to my mind, is il
lustrative of the policies of the pres
ent administration. It was meddling
with matters that did not concern us.
It was failing to maintain American
rights."
High Water at Mortimer, N.C
Caused Destruction to
Property.
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Hickory (, N. C, Oct. 19. Two
bridges ? of the Carolina and North
western railroad, near Mortimer, have
been partly destroyed by. high water
and are impassable to traffic, accord
tn. fn a ronnrt renftived here. It is
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before the bridges could be repaired.
The Catawba river has risen to the
8-foot level, because of heavy rains,
but is now rapidly falling.
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RUMANIANS JrlURIr JNVAD-
4 ER8 BACK.
Bucharest, via' London,) Oct..
19--Rumanten-troops are pushin
4 back the attacking forces, on the
Transylvania .front:. At Bredeal,
i according ta the,, official Ruman-
ian statenent issued .tpday, the
Rumanians- drove the Teuton
troops "back across the border.
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NOT SINGLE DEATH
- FROM PLAGUE TODAY
rVew York, Oct. 19. Not a single
death from infantile paralysis in the
entire city was reported today" for the
first time since the last week in June
when the epjldenic began. Total
deaths have amounted to 2,375. Six
4 new cases were reported today, . V
BRIDGES HAVE
BEEN WASHED AWAY
New tBrk, Oct. 1,9. The
sunk bv amine in the Enerlish
i London, according to a cable
Line here today. , ' j 5
The Alunia sailed from this port October 7th 'with passen
gers but the Cunard officials believe they were landed at Fal
mouth according to the usual custom. ' l
Captain Benison and some
ing to the cable message, but some-are still missing.
The Alunia called at Famouth on Tuesday and was on its
way to London when she struck the mine sometime' this morn
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DIPLOMATS NOW
TTHE .
IS LOST
But Declare Other "Submersi
bles Will Make The Trip
Over.
BREMEN IS NOW
OVER MONTH DUE
Don't Thinly Submersible Fell
.Into fhe Hands of the Brit
ish False Report as
To Arrival.
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Washington, Oct. 19. The loss of
the German submarine, Bremen, was
conceded by ranking Teutonic diplo
mats in a position to be familiar with
the movements of the vessel today.
The Bremen is now one month over
due. It is advised that German officials
were without definite information. All
they know is that she set out from
Bremerhaven and that 4jshe should
have arrived at an American, port soon
after, the middle of last month. .
, The disappearance of the -Brjenien
States, It was said. Thre appears to
be reason to expect that a sub-sea
freighter, either the Deutschland or
some other would reach an American
port within the next month.
German officials in Washington do
not believe the Bremen could have
fallen into the hands of the British,
unless an accident happened to her
machinery. They point-out that un-
like naval submarines, merchant sub-
marines avoia an lines traveler Dy
ships and are therefore not open to
the same risk.
Reports that the Bremen had arriv
ed in New London were published in
German newspapers more than two
weeks ago.
THE BIG STORM
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Portions of Alabama and Flor
ida That Felt Effects of
The Hurricane.
Mobile, Ala.. Oct. 19. Southern Ala
bama and Western Florida were recov
ering today from the hurricane which
yesterday swept from the Gulf over
that part of the coast, causing two
deaths and property , and marine
losses.
Although the wind attained a great
er velocity than that which accom
panied the "great storm Of last July,
both-Mobile and Pensacola, the chief
cities in the hurricane's path, suffered
less actual damage.
The total loss probably will not ex
ceed $100,000. 1
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BIG BLAZE IN NORFOLK
- THIS MORNING
. Norfolk, jVa., Oct. llFire, which
originated in the senitering plant of
the Virginia Smelting Company, at
West Norfolk, destroyed the seniter
ing plant, all conveyors and bins and
more thin one-half of the chloriding
plant.
. Officials are unable at this time to
estimate the loss and will not until
the. Insurance adjusters have complet
ed their investigations. ' T
STORM MOVES INLAND
jWITHLESS FORCE
- Washington, Oct. 19. The tropical
storm,: which passed inland from the
Gttlt o.f Afexffco, has moved inland with
decreasing intensity. The weather
bureau reports that it probably would
move rapidly and increase in force. -
: : Storm , warnings were ordered . dis
played -from Cape Hatteras to East-
poi-: Wame.
ADMTTHA
BREMEN
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Cunard Liner, Aluhta, has been
Channel, between Falmouth knA
message received bv the Cunard
of the crew were saved, accord
VICTORIES FOR
Entente Pushing its Operations
Along The Macedonian
Front.
TOWN WREST FROM
THE BULGARIANS
Progress Also Made in The
Varda Region Attacks
Along The
Somme.
Despite the unfavorable conditions
in Greece, which apparently have
again determined the pushing of the
entente operations on the Macedonian
front by the British, successes by the
French and Serbians are reported.
Paris announces a Serbian victory
in the Cerna river region, southeast
of Monastir, where the town of Brod
is declared again to' have been taken
from., the Bula.r4ans, who- recently re
capreieayci
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report from
Sdfia announces that thfe Serbian at
tacks in thevCerna sector had failed.
Interest attaches to the further de
velopments in the Varda region, in
the central Macedonian1 front, where
little artillery activity has been re
ported, wilh further operations on
either flanK.
Last night's announcement .from
Paris was that an enemy trench, west
of Varda, had been vttacked to one
quarter of a mile in the ..Interior by
French troops, indicating the possi
bilities that the entente operations,
in force, are to be expected in this
important section of the front.
In pursuing their operations on Per-
ronei the French ; on . the Somme are
T continuing their recent renewed pres
sure outnwest oj me town, on tne
opposite bank of the river. They car
ried the entire German first line sec
tion yesterday and not only success
fully withstood the counter-attacks,
but made extensive gains, the Paris
war office reports.
German Troops Advance.
Berlin (Via London), Oct. 19. Ger
man troops took the offensive .yester
day in Volhynia and captured a Rus
sian trench on the west bank of the
Steokhod, it was announced officially
here today. Russian attacks near
Bulnow were repulsed witlj heavy
losses.
Spirited Fighting Reported. v
Petrograd (Via London), Oct. 19.
Spirited fighting in the Volhynia is
reported today by the war office,
which says the Russians , successfully
repulsed several attacks.
TO
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Largest Brewery in Virginia
Start Manufacturing Flour
When State Goes Dry.
(George Manning.1)
Washington, D. C, Oct. 19. The
Robert Portner Brewing Company at
Alexandria, Va., the largest brewery
in the State, is going to cast aside its
"evil ways" on November 1st, when
Virginia goes "dry" and will hence
forth ejogage in the peaceful pursuit
of grinding wheat into flour to ap
pease the 4nner man with;- something
more substantial: than "sparkling
rbeer."
This announcement was made to
day by xthe officers, of the- brewing
conlpany : who IwilL be the officers of
he mUline company which is expect-
ed to engage in the feed and milling
business on r.a large scale. V :V ,
SERBS NO FRENCH
BREWERY
NO
WHEA
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STANDARD OIL
Several Hundred Meji Return
ed to Work Under Police
Protection.
STRIKE MAY
CONCLUDE SHORTLY
Federal Conciliation Commis
sion Present to Help Set
tle The Qifficul
ties. 'i
Bayonne, N. J., Oct. 19.-The Stand-
rard Oil Company today reopened its
plant here and several hundred men
returned to work under police guard.
None of the men was a striker, but
was forced out when the company
closed its doors when the strikers en
gaged in violence, which resulted in
the loss of several lives.
Little disturbance, with the Federal
Conciliation Commission on the
ground and the company expressing
willingness to consider the strikers'-
demand for better wages, if they re
sume dtheir places, indicate that the
strike would be settled shortly.
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AVIATOR THAWNOT DEAD.
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'Paris. Oct. 19. At the Paris
Jiome of'.4Wi6iAn2; .Thaw, of the 44
4f French-American- aiatroil
it was said that he was alive and
well. He arrived during the
nieht from the front . to attend
the funeral of Sergeant Norman
Prince, of the French-American
aviation corps, who died as the 4
J resiilt of wounds sustained In a
' raid over southern Germany.
A New Haven dispatch yester-
day stated that word had been 4
received there that William
Thaw was dead.
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Disaster Occurred This Morn-
, ing in Mine Near Fairmont,
West Virginia.
Fairmont, W. Va., Oct. 19 An ex
plosion in a coal mine, near here, caus
ed destruction of property of the com
pany and killed a number of men. The
extent of the damage has not been
determined, as the shaft was "not in
operation today.
Later it was declared that there were
twenty men In the mine, as that was
the usual number employed there,
making repairs when the shaft was not
in operation.
Officials expect that all who were In
the mine were killed "and the explo
sion was caused from coal dust and
gas. The shaft was 300 feet deep.
RATTLESNAKE FOBS
ARE RAGE IN ATLANTA
Atlanta, Ga., Oct 18-Rattiesnake
watch fobs and belts are being worn
by the dead game sports of Atlanta'
younger set the boys of the college
fraternities and the dancing cluhs. A
number of young men who spent, their
summers in the7 mountains bought rat
tlesnake belts from the mountaineers
Mvhn kill the reDtiles and tan their
hides, and when they brought them
home they found the oddldoking I
belts the envy of all their friends. A
flourishing trade in rattlesnake skins
has sprung up in consequence of ! the
fad, and the fellows back in the Blue
Ridge whb hunt the deadly rattlers' in
their native haunts are selling all
they can kill. " ;
STOP REPORTS ON -.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
New York', Oct. 19. Infantile1 paraly
sis has declined to such an extent that
the daily, report oY the health bureau
to the riewsDaDers has been discon-
tinued. The last report issued yester-
day was .seven new cases and two
deaths for the 24 hours, previous
COMPANY R
OPENS
E PLANT
MANY LIKELY DIE IN
MINE EXPLOSION
WILSON ON
CAMPAIGN TRIP
Shook Hands With Crowd at
All of Stops on His Itinerary
Despite Wounded Hand.
WILL DISCUSS
HYPENATE ISSUE
Last Address at Chicago He
Will Take Up Much Talk
ed Of Campaign
Thunder.
On Board President Wilson's Spe
cial, Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 19v President
Wilson passed through Ohio and In
diana today and shook hands witty
crowds on his six stops. The Presi
dent's political advisers on the trip
expressed satisfaction with the wel
come accorded him on his way
through New York yesterday after
noon and last night. In spite of an
injured finger., ut in a crowd' yester
day, he shook bands rapidly. '
In his last address at Chicago he
is expectedto discuss the hyphenate
issue.
Cologne Paper Declares They
Will Operate Near Ameri
can Shores.
Amsterdam (Via London), Oct. 19.
The Volks Zeitung, of Cologne,
says:
"German submarines will operate in
future in the West Atlantic. They
will visit well-known shipping routes
off Nantucket Island andy will sink
British merchantmen, after giving
the crews opportunity to save them
selves' '
The newspapers believe that this
will interfere with the supply of food,
especially grain, bacon and lard, to
England. 1
WILL BE BACK
Unofficial Reoorts are That
Tar Heel Troops Will be
Moved From El Paso.
New Bern, N. C. Oct. 19. Just how
long the three regiments or the North
Carolina Guard now encamped at El
luPaso will remain at that point is not
exactly known but, unless some com
plications occur, it is very probable
that they will not remain there through
the month of December.
It has been stated, unofficially, that
the men will beTnxmght back to Camp
Glenn during the first part of Decem
ber, that is, if no trouble arises on
the other side of the border, and it Is
the opinion of the members of the
guard that this will be done.
The Tar Heel boys did not highly
praise Camp Glenn while they were
encamped there but a taste of camp
life down at El Paso has shown them
that Camp Glenn is far superior and
all of them are anxious to get back to
that place.
It is understood., that7 shortly after
the return to Camp Glenn they will
be mastered out oi service
Visitors coming to. New Bern from
all parts of Craven and adjoining coun
ties report that there Is a great quan
tity of cotton that has not yet been
brought to market; in fact, much-tof
it has not been taken out of the fields.
During the first part of the season
it was said that the .crop had been
greatly decreased in this part of the
State but, if the acreage was cut down
the yield has increased and there is
probably more cotton in Craven and
adjoining counties now than there was
a year ago. , 1
The farmers who have their cotton
already picked and ginned are rushing
it into market as fast as possible and
today the local exchange was literally,
covered with the fleecy staple, .
THROUGH
SAYS SUBiARINES
- f ' 1 it
N DECEMBER
-Leaders and Soldiers of Thd .
British Hold to This
. Opinion.'
GERMANY SAID TO
BE OF A LIKE IDEA
End of The Struggle Will
Come in The West Gef-
many Trying to Crush Ru
manians For This Final
Clash Winter Makes Tho
Fighting Difficult.
(Copyright 1916; by the Associated
Press.)
British Front in France, Oct. 18.
(via London, Oct. 19.) The war will
last another year, according to the
consensus of the opinion held by the
soldiers and their leaders. It Is also'
the opinion of Germany, if the views;
of the prisoners count for anything.
Before the German official state
ment a high authority informed the
correspondent of the Associated Pressi
that the German lines would not bo
broken this summer and slow opera
tions would be inaugurated by the
Germans that would last until another
summer. With the . apprpach of, win
ter conditions, which make military
movements difficult, this officer recent
ly predicted it, and speaking of it to
day he said:
."We knew that the German's re-i
sources were at that time and whafi
ours were and .what time' was reqnir-
ed to force victories for our armierf1 -'?
' iiiiiu pritsuuvra la&eu in me sum
mer Invariably spoke of peace being;
certain in the autumn. They regarded
the Somme thrust as the final effort
of the Allies , as decisive and after
ward peace would be declared. Their",
tone has been different of late. They
regard it as a fight to the finish and
declare that victory will ultimately
come from the fearful attribution on
the western front, which now will
know no interference until the end.
At present, when the weather Is ad
verse to offensives elsewhere the Ger
mans are concetrating every man and
gun available against the Rumanians
The vhsw of the British officer Is that
the Germans hope to crush Rumania so
that when they have to face the allied
offensive they may not have to defend
the entire length of the Rumanian
frontier, in addition to that which they,
defended last summer.
Georgia Ordinary Recently;
Sent Marriage License to be
Recorded 25 Years Old.
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Atlanta Ga., Oct. 15. That . scores
of couples married in Fulton ; county
could not produce a proof of marriage
by reference to the records In the-
county ordinary's office is the. rather
disquieting discovery in connection;
with the receipt by (tie ordinary p
certified marriage licenses sent here
by a former Atlanta pastor who per
formed the ceremonies more than
twenty-five years ago. " ,
' Instead of certifying the licenses
and forwarding the same to the or
dinary without delay, the minister
laid them in a pigeon hole in his desk
and forgot all about them. Now, re
siding in a western city, he finds the
licenses in the bojom of an old trunk
MANY HAVE NO
PROOF OE MARRIAGE
ana sends tnem to tne ordinary by,
registered mail.
"What they don't know won't wor- .
ry them," is about the only consola'
tibn the ordinary can offer to the s
married couples who are living In
blissful ignorance of the embraassing
predicament in which:they ifould find
themselves if it should ever become
necessary to produce legal proof 'that
they are husband and wife. - ...
While the ordinary, of course, has ?
not given out any names, he states
that many prominent people ' Were '
neglected by the preachers who , per-
formed their ceremonies. Hereafter
the ordinary will undertake to' put in
operation' a follow-up system, whereby
he can keep track of all licenses Is-'
sued and see that; they are returned
by the ministers of others performing; ,.
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