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V OL. XXII. NO. 284.
WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 24, 1916.
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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.
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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-
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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
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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.. ,
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ARMOR
HAS WRITTEN ROOK
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