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mm 'mn WEATHER FORECAST TCH Fair tonight and Wednesday Not much change in temperature. Fresh northeast winds. V 4! .- 4' THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN WILMINGTON. V OL. XXII. NO. 284. WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 24, 1916. PRICE 5 CENTS i' J. i -. i ,: ; V;" Wtwiiii DlSPA '; FINAL EDITION I Master of British Steamer Brings This News, Which Has Not Been Confirmee! SAYS CRAFT SUNK BY A PATROL BOAT v No Mention Made of The Crew of the U-Boat Canadian Authorities Decline to Discuss Matter. Boston, Oct. 24. The captain of a British steamer that arrived here to- day stated that before he left Nova , Scotia persistent rumors were current) that the German U-boat, the U-53, had bren sunk ott bydney by a Canadian i j atrol boat. J Tln captain said that no mention .1 . e c i 1 was niaut- ui nit- ui me suuma- i iiu s cvew. I Declines to Discuss the Matter. Halifax, N. S., Oct. 24 Efforts to obtain a statement from the Admir I any oniciais ai mis port regaraing a report that the German submarine U-53 had been sunk off Sydney, N. S.. by a Canadian patrol steamer, v.:,v unsuccessful. Officials- refused to discuss the matter. D OF RECEIVED Judge Connor Signs Order to Such Effect Seaboard Wins Damage Case. Judge George W. Connor, at this morning's session of Superior Court, signed an order placing the Southern .Mutual Home and Real Estate Com pany, of this city, in the hands of receivers and awarding Mr. A. C. Dawson and others $848.70 in a suit against that company. Messrs. E. C. Bessellieu and J. W. Yates, who, with .Mr. J. P.Wiggins, were appointed trustees for the stockholders of the i-ompany in April, upon motion of E. T. Burton Esq., and A. G. Ricaud, Esq., attorneys for the defendants, were appointed receivers for the com pany. The American "National Bank was awarded $2,000 in the case of that bank against C. D. Weeks, trustee, and Messrs. C. R. Humphreys, C. L. Andrewson and J. L. Von Glohn, for the recovery of the amount of $4,000 or an unpaid note. The case of J. G. Callahan against , AGED N HANDS the Seaboard Air Line Railway forl7th took the cj.Ji of office today and the recovery of $5,000 for damages alleged to have resulted when he was carried past his home at Armour on an excursion train, about four years ago, and later missed the next train to pass Armour when an employe of the S. A. L. misinformed him as to the time the train at Bladenboro left, where he was taken on the excursion train. J. Felton Head, Esq., Herbert -McClammy, Esq., and Kenneth Bur gwyn, Esq., represent the plaintiff and John D. Bellamy and son are appear ing for the Seaboard. In the case of James H. Brittian against the S. A. L., the evidence of which was heard yesterday, for the recovery of $10,000 for alleged dam ages, the jury this morning awarded the plaintiff nothing. V- COTTON KEEPS GOING UP IN CHARLOTTE. Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 24. Spot cot ton made a further advance of $2.50 a bale on the market here today with lew bales being offered. The pre vious price was 19 cents. On the sarna date last year cotton sold at 1- 1-2 cents. This shows an advance "i $32.50 per bale over the same ilute. ft ft ft -X- -X- - ft ft ft ft ft ft ft COTTON STILL CLIMBING. ft Cottcm took an additional bound upward today and was ft quoted at 19 cents, an almost un- heard of price, on the Wilming- 56 ton market. It now appears that the sky is the limit and many -56-who are in close touch with the cotton situation are expecting ft 20-cent "cotton at almost any i time, and actually expect to see ft it go beyond this price. The Wil- mington market is quoting high- ' er prices todav than is Savan- -56- ft I nah and Charleston. . E. L IS HB HERE Will Speak at Court House On The Evening of Nov. 4th. Democrats Are Pleased. The Hon. -Et L. Travis of Raleigh, N. C. chairman of the Comoration Commission, will be the attraction at the County Court Hhouse here on the evening of November 4th just three days pior to 'date of election accord- ing to a message received by Mr. Thomas E. Cooper, chairman of the county Democratic Executive Com- mittee. this morniner. Mr Travif? has the reputation of being able to sway a jury in almost any direction and certainly one who is sufficiently elo- quent, forceful and entertaining to do this is well worth listening to. Then, again, Mr. Travis will have as his ' xt a subject that1 is almost as dear to him as life Democracy and it is but natural that he will wax more elo quent than when speaking on matters of ordinary interest. Another thing to be considered is the fact that Mr. Travis comes here on the eve of election at a time when interest will be near the boiling point qtiH If ?a hut natural that pvprvnne i excepting a few Republicans, will want to hear what he has to say. Be cause of the position he occupies he should be able to speak with author ity on inciters of vital interest to the yeomanry of city and county and after ail k Js tha vte of this class that is to determine who shall next occupy the White House Chairman Gooper is very much - pleased at Mr. Travis' decision to come to Wilming ton and is confident that he will be given a warm welcome SOLDIERS 1 THE BORDER TO VOTE Pollholders From Pennsylva nia to Go to Take This Vote. Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 24. Seven teen commissioners, appointed by the Governor, to take the vote of the 10, 000 Pennsylvania National Guards- men on the Mexican border, on Nov. prepared to leave. The vote will be taken under the lrws enacted prior to 1864, when tens of thousands of Pennsylvania, troops were in the eld. No provision -hac 7v.i3 made for wiring the return3 frcm the border and official returns will not be known until the returns are received by mail or are brought home. STATE SYNOD IS NOW IN SESSION Presbyterians Meeting in Salis bury Election lhis Af ternoon. Salisbury, Oct. 24. The Presbyte rian Synod of North Carolina began its annual session here today, with approximately 300 ministers and lay men present from all parts of the State. While the election of the mod erator and clerks was not to take place until this, afternoon the Synod officially began its session this morn ing, with a sermon "by. Rev, Walter Lingle, of Union Seminary, the retir ing moderator, as the feature. AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct: 24. Prob lems affecting" the public health in American municipalities will be dis cussed in all their phases at the an- nf the American Pub- uuai lie Ileaitn Association, this city today for a four-day session The convention is attended by several hundred public health officials, med- ical experts and social workers from 'aU parts of the United States and au pd,n HON TRAVIS WILL OPEfl BIDS FOR BU DING OF MANY WAR CRAFT; i l Navy Department Ready to Go Ahead With The Work At Once. POSTPONEMENT MAY LIKELY BE GRANTED Prospective Bidders Seeking Delay For Investigation- For New Battleships to Be Built. Washington, Oct. 24. Despite Ihe pleas of many prospective bidders for a month's postponement the Navy Department tomorrow will open bids for four new battleships and 20 de stroyers, authorized this year. A week later bids for four scout cruis ers and 20 submarines will be opened. Representatives of several ship building companies have informally asked the Navy Department to put off the opening of all bids until De cember, that the differences of pro cess of material may be thoroughly investigated. If a formal request is made tomorrow the department may grant it. The department is following the custom of thirty years in allow ing 60 days for advertisement .and is anxious that building should begin in the shortest possible time. There will be no difficulty getting steel, it is" said, although announce ment to this effect has not been made by prospective bidders. SPEAK IN HICKORY NEXT THURSDAY Governor Craig Will Address The People of -Western North Carolina. Raleigh, Oct. 24. Governor Craig goes Thursday to Hickory, where he makes the first of his speeches in the West. He will continue his itinerary while away and will be actively in the campaign until the close. Governor Craig has missed two of his appointments on account of se vere cold and will not be able to fill his Statesville date. But he is ap parently in good trim for the rough work in the mountains and he will be in the fight every day from this Hickory engagement. Colonel Penn Wood, State auditor, has also taken the stump. Colonel Wood has gone to Randolph county, his home, where he will make four teen speeches. It is necessary for him to double often and in numbers of his appointments he will speak twice daily. The colonel will not re turn to Raleigh until after the elec-i tion. He will do all his work in his home county and he expects all the officials to be Democratic next year. Colonel Garland Thomason, former executive secretary in the office of Governor Craig, spent the day in the city. The colonel played the organ at the Episcopal church in Asheville Sunday morning and came on down that afternoon. He has been doing a lot of work for Governor Craig this sum- mer and has not been entirely di- vorced from the capital, though he has been three years away. Insurance Commissioner James R. Young gathers from the reports of the Illinois insurance commissioner that Woodrow Wilson is 100,000 winner in that State u pomicai iBu uxe nutj ex XX XJVI. The Illinois official writes the ro siest letter of them all and he de clares that al lthe observers see it the same way. Should the signs fail the Illinois man does not see how anybody can guess anything on the actions of politics this year. Raleigh Democrats, generally, how eVer, will advise mighty represpect able odds before one turns loose money on the going of Illinois. That State has had a habit of confounding Democrats. TWENTY GOVT. EXPERTS ARE TO GO ABROAD Washington, Oct. 24. Examination of twenty candidates for appointment as government experts to go to Eu- . x. .1. frope at tne compieuon oi me wu,"- , " and study the market for lumber were commenced today. Five are to be ap- pointed at salaries ranging from' $5 000 upward. ' J W McClure, president of the Southern Hardwood Association, -was one of the examiners. : One of the appointees will be the choice of the lumber men 0f the ment. " The men are to remain two x counirv anu iuc uluci 0w. DROPPED INTO RIVER TO DEATH. r - - Philadelphia, Pet. 24. Alexan- s der Brown, the ( widely known X- polo player, fell from a hydro- ft aeroplane into , the Delaware -X-ifr river, below this city, today, and was drowned. -. Brown's flight was the fast in a test to secure. & ft license. He was 100 feet in the ft something was wrong and a mo- ft ment lcter,; the machine dropped ft ft' into the river. ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft DECLARES AGAINST House of Deputies of EpisCO - 1 - ' pai vunvisuMiuii vjucs wu Record. LIQUOR TRAFFIC i Medijidie is about 14 miles from St. Louis, Oct. 24. The House of ! Tchernavoda, where the Russo-Ru-Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal ; manian forces are apparently prepar- ' general convention today adopted resolutions favoring "such action in : our legislatures that will presage the large temperance movement and aid in repressing the liquor traffic." j The resolution wasv favorably re-! f ported on by a committee to which i it had been referred. I The House of Deputies also adopt-; ed a resolution calling for a National censorship for moving pictures. GAPE FEAR FAIR T Celebration Marked by. Num ber of High Class Exhibits and Attendance. Fayetteville, Oct. 24. The fifty fourth annual Cape Fear fair opened here this ixnorn ing . with much more of "the space 6" "tlie "mi3v;rv taken than has beon the case ir-. J. number of years. Today is "Educational D.y : and iva-a nnenpri with n bipr euUCaiUJIiai parade in which the school children of the city participated. The school children from all over the county were today admitted to the fair grounds free and the numerous little folks present testified to the joy that the childish heart gets in annually coming to the big celebration. The exhibits this year are espec ially large and numbers " today re ceived the highest of praise from the many people here from . all parts of this section of the State. STBflMtllLY !iffiil 1RTR Still Off The Florida Coast and Storm Warnings Remain Hoisted. Washington, Oct. 24. Slow prog ress northward is being made by the tropical disturbance reported yester- dav off the Florida coast. Weather bureau reports today indicated that the storm was approximately still off the Florida coast. Northeast storm warnings continue to be disp?ayed from Fortress Monroe to Jackson ville. ffjyQHES TO SPEAK IN NEW YORK TONIGHT Montclair, N. J., Oct. 24. Charles E. Hughes, who has been resting here, will leave late today for New York City, where he will speak three times tonight and will deliver ' on address in Brooklyn tomorrow. He will con fer while in New York with Mr. Wil liam R. Wilcox, charman of the Re publican National Committee. The Republican nominee spent to day preparing speeches and attend ing td his correspondence and sought recreation by motoring. He had no political callers BIG LEAGUE CLUBS PLAY IN THIS STATE Boston, Oct. 24. The Boston Na- 'tinnala anA thp New York Americans wiu repwe wi ..- -Al OCcOUu Paign; by a series of joint games in Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolina, Secretary Hapgood. of the local club, announced yesterday. ' '' The teams will train as usual m the South. By the last of March it is expected that they will take the road together, nlavinsr six or eisrht eames. each . game under the auspices of ! the dif- f orPTit pities boards . of trade. OPENED TEUTONS ARE MASTERS SO FAR RUMANIANS ! Have Control of The Dobrudja Region and Russo-Ru maman rorces Flee. GETTING READY TO MAKE A LAST STAND Somme Situation Is Reported As Little Changed Ser bians Draw Nearer Monastir. Virtually the entire Constanza- Tchneravoda railway lines in Dobrud- ja is now in the hands of the Teu i- . . .. a t- - - m . i j a iuuk; luictjs. a rcussia.il uuiciai sLaie- j ment admits the evacuation of Med ijidie by the Russians aird Rumanians. in s to make a stand. The only bridge across the Danube '"'ver, between Belgrade and the sea, crosses the river at Tchernavoda car rying tha railway line running to Bucharest. The Somme situation is little changed since yesterday. London re ports that the British have merged the ground gained yesterday, where they captured 1,000 yards of German j trenches. j There was artillery activity along ithe French line in the Somme region, jthe most impressive, happening being jthe development of a spirited duel i south of the river. j The Serbians have made gains in the campaign for Monastir, according to today's Paris report on the opera tions in Macedonia. The Bulgarians' counter attack, in the Cerna sector, was repulsed, the defenders then tak ing the offensive themselves and cap turing several trenches. French Driven Back. Berlin, (via Sayville.) Oct. 24. In an attempt to break through the Ger man lines' on the Somme.. yesterday, the British and French usel a great ! number of troops in repeated attacks. ! They were driven back and their lines ! broken. The defeat of the Allies was : covara tViat all Qlrnr tVio frnnt tht i dead are lying in ne row after an. other gouth of the Somme the French oimilnr rpsistanrp Captured by Rumanians. Bucharest (Via London), Oct. 24. Rumanian troops made an attack yes terday on the Oituz front, near the Transylvania-Rumanian border; The war office announces the capture of ten machine guns and several hun dred prisoners. Nothing Doing on Russian Front. Berlin (Via Sayville), Oct. 24. There were no military operations worth mentioning on the Russian front, from the Baltic to the Carpa thians, according to today's German official statement. HE IN RALEIGR TODAY Many Visitors in Capital City to Present Claims of Raleigh For Land Bank. - Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 24. The land bank hearing in Raleigh Tuesday has been gathering the visitors who will participate in the conference over which Secretary McAdoo will preside. The Farmers' Union will be official ly represented and although members of that body have criticised the leg islation of the last congress, the mem bers geenrally appear to be pleased with the start made. Secretary Mc Adoo, Senators Simmons and Over man and Congressman Pou are among the political notables who ex pect to be here and Herbert W. Jack son, Henry E. Litchford, both of Richmond; W. M. Sanders, of Smith field, and a score of prominent bank ers will attend the meeting. Its object is primarily to present the claims of this section as the site for one of the land banks. Raleigh is fighting the world for the bank and is receiving very generous' aid from cities and communities to the north. The southern sections are said to lean toward Charlotte. Fifteen hun dred men, largely farmers and busi ness men, are expected, and if the government disdains Raleigh the pur pose of Raleigh is to furnish no ex cuse for it in the presentation of the city's claims. The visiting party took breakfast at the Yarborough, dined at the Coun try c'lub, and drove over the city and suburban sections to see just what the community, had to offer. The com mercial bodies have made a splendid fight for the bank and the chances are believed to be good. BANK N RE HIS LAST TRIP TD LE WEST Leaves Tomorrow For Cincin nati to Deliver Prepared Speech. FIRST TIME DURING THE CAMPAIGN Will Speak in Cincinnati Ambassador Gerard Visits Shadow Lawn Today. Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 24. James W. Gerard, ambassador to Germany, had an engagement with President Wilson here today to confer on diplo matic questions. Mr. Gerard had not seen the President since his return from Germany The President will leave tomorrow for Cincinnati on his last trip West before the election. It will be the first time during the campaign that he has delivered a prepared address. VILLA FORGES ARE Reported to Have Reached There According to Border Report. San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 24 Confir mation of the report that Villistas had reached Chihuahua City and fighting is going on between the Villa troops and the Federal forces was confirmed in a dispatch received here today by General Funston from General Bell, commanding at El Paso. General Bell's report is understood to be based on information received from General Pershing.' The people of Chihuahua City have become panic-stricken, the dispatch said. Information has reached army cir cles that the Federal forces are short of ammunition. SE FOOflfl 11 1TTLE (Newspaper Man Came Near i Drinking Mouse Incarcerat ed in Bottle. Durham, N. C, Ov.:. A full grown mouse in a bottle ot Coca Cola was discovered Saturday, when G. C. Dickson, a reporter for a paper here, was drinking the contents of the bot tle at a cafe. The meat and milk in spector, who was notified of the inci dent, had two warrants drawn for W. K. Rand, manager of the DurhanJ Coca Cola Bottling Works, for selling a beverage which contained a dead animal and for not exercising due care 0 Minn NUW AT CHIHUAHUA MO in the bottling of drinks. i the peabody Fund, Attempts at Re- The reporter let the episode pass adjustment (1&77-1900), Aycock and unnoticed, except for reporting it to Revival (1900-1910), The Present Sys the health officer, but on Sunday when tem. Itg Taskg and Temiencie3 and he became ill he thought perhaps he what of the Future? had been poisoned and now tne mouse in the bottle is the talk of the town. The bottling plant's manager was recognized until this afternoon, when he will appear before the Recorder and face the charges of the two war rants. YOUNGEST FELON NOW IN STATE'S PRISON Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 24, Sallie Bry son, the 14-year-old white girl, was de livered to the State prison today to begin a 20-year sentence for the mur der of her mother in Jackson county. The girl is the youngest prisoner iu the penitentiary. TONS OF SAND KILL MANY WORKMEN. Barton. Ala., Oct. 24. Four white men and several negroes were kiHea at a gravel pit near here early today when several tons of sand caved tn and crushed them to death. PRICE OF FLOUR CONTINUES TO RISE Mlnneapols, Minn., Oct. 24. Flour price continued to rise here today. Fancy patents were quoted at $9.70 a barrel, an increase of 15 cents over r of 30 cems.- x J oora onin AT 711. ELATED AT SUCCESS OE PIERCING SHOT American Army Officers De clare The Test Is Satis factory. ONE BULLET COULD DO GREAT DAMAGE Can Pass Through Ten tq Twenty Persons Would Penetrate The Famous 1 anks. New York, Oct. 24. Army officers, who have been observing tests of the new armor-piercing bullet now in progress at Sandy Hook proving grounds, are enthusiastic over the re sults. The bullet is only .30 calibro and can be fired from the regular army Springfield rifle. At a distance of 50 yards the projectile plowed through a steel plate 3-4 of an inch in thickness and then penetrated the target placed behind it. It is believed that one of the new bullets could bo fired clean through iu to 20 men standing in a row. It is pointed out that the x great value will be against armored motor cars and troops hiding in houses and behind other obstacles. One officer said it would be " of service against such instruments of war as the now famous "tanks" used by the British; on the Somme. TRINITY STUDENT "Public School Education in' North Carolina" is Latest Tar Heel's Book. Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 24. The educa tional leaders are interested in the) announcement of the Houghton Mif flin Company that Dr. Edgar W. Knight, of Trinity College, has writ" ten a new volume, "Public School Ed ucation in North Carolina," and tho book of 384 pages is coming from the presses. Doctor Knight' is proressor of edu cation at Trinity College and finished his work in the summer, but the paper famine victimized the company. Be fore the manuscript went to press, it was officially adopted for the reading circle work of the State and the pub lishers took it without asking a soli tary question. This adoption before publication by the State and accept ance so readily by the publishers pay the work a rare compliment. It has 17 chapters dealing with the education Under the Lords Proprie tors, The Apprenticeship System, Roy al Rule, The Academy Movement,-The Early Agitation (177C-1825), The L.it eray Fund, Growth of Educational Sentiment (1825-1837), The Beginning of Public Education (1838-1852), The Educational Review Under Wiley (1853-1865), Ante-Bellum Educational Practice, The Beginning of Recon struction. Education During Recon- struction Tne Work and influence of Doctor Knight's preface gives credit to Dr. William K. Boyd and Prof. E. C. Brooks, of Trinity; Prof. Paul Mon roe, of . Columbia University; Dr. Jas. Y. Jovuer and Prof. N. W. Walker, of the state department, and Messrs. I Joyner and Walker have contributions in the book. Its name pretty nearly presents its reasons for existing. It is the author's purpose to study and to inspire study of the "eduf.itkmal conditions of the past, which are oft en in striking contrast to present con ditions." He believes that it "will help teachers and educational admin istrators to a more satisfactory under standing of the present situation and ' assist in breaking up a complacent ac ceptance of those practices wnich ar. more traditional than rational." The book has a great deal of his torical chv.rm. It gets the inner view of education under the old administra tion that antedated Avcock bv de- m . ; younge8t of the authors. He gradu- ' ated from Trinity in 1910 and took honors there, though he did not seek them all. .He did. a great amount of extra work in college and as an under graduate was one of the nost repre sentative men the college has turned out. Raleigh school men believe that he has turned out a notable work. The Wilson Club has received four hundred contributions to the Wilson We would like to see your. UUU. I name amoe the list ot contributor.. , NEW ARMOR HAS WRITTEN ROOK ft Canada. years abroad. A- "A- V." ) 4 Afc