North Carolina Newspapers

WEATHER FORECAST I OlSPATCI Partly cloudy tonight. Thursday probably local rains. Fresh north east winds. FLATION IN WILMINGTON. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA ED NESDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 25, 1916. PRICE 5 CENTS QUELLIlf j AN ATHENS M OB. FINAL EDITION j - 7 ? - THE LARGEST CIF m wn Kin ?a 1 ' ' BOMB EXPLOSION IN SUBWAY STATION in JEW YORK SYNOD HAS CONE ON Fn JluH HOL , Ifl A VISIT TODAY TO THE ORPHANAGE Delegates Desired Personal In v.. -.oar . .. f -i i Much Damage Done and Traf fic Suspended For Half An Hour. NO TRAINS THERE AT THE TIME How Bomb Was Smuggled Into The Station Is So Far a Deep Mys tery. Nw York, Oct. 25. The explosion of a bomb or dynamite at One Hun dred and Tenth Street station, on the Lennox Avenue subway line, early to day did considerable damage to that station. There were no trains at the station or near at the moment of the explosion. Traffic In subway lines was suspended for half an hour as the result of the blast. Subway employes at that station said they saw no one loitering around about the station and did not know how the explosive was brought in. Their only theory was that it might have been set off because' of the street railway strike, which has been in pro gress since early in September. Fall Meeting of Scottish Rite Brethren Being Held, With Large Attendance. New Bern, N. C, Oct. 25. The fall reunion of the Scottish Rite branch, of the Masonic order- in North Car olina, began here today, to continue until Friday, with a large number of members in attendance, t Numerous candidates are here to be initiated into the mysteries of the order. The next large Masonic gathering in North Carolina will also be in Xew .Bern, on November 22, when ou. anuiif win come nere lo .insiaii me i Sudan Temple, the second temple in this state. Passenger officials of several rail roads are now making plans for the visitors in November, the majority of the visitors having arranged to come to New Bern n special trains. SHORTEN THEM Revision of Ten Command ments Not at This Session of Convention. St. Louis, Oct. 25. Efforts to short en the ten commandments have been abolished at the present session ot the conventon of the Protestant Epis copal church leaders in conclave an nounced today. The committee appointed to sug gest methods of revision of the Book of Common Prayer favored the short ening of five of the commandments! by elimination of the reasons. Mem bers of the committee asserted today that this suggestion would not be pressed. WHEAT'S UPWARD SWING CONTINUES v nicago, Oct. 25. Upward swings ; in the wheat market carried 'prices - -x? iu mure man nve cents a uusik? 1 over yesterday's close. The Decern-1 ber dalivfirv tniixhol 183 5.1 tnHav as I - against 178 1-2 to 178 3-4 at the finish 'he day before. Buying, which was on an immense sf-ale, received its chief impetus from reports of a drought damage in Argen tina that had assumed proportions of a disaster and was growing worse. TEUTONS CUT THEM OFF Berlin (via Sayville), Oct. 25 Vulcan Pass, on the Transyl- vanian front, has been captured, ) -the war office announced today. In Dobrudja pursuit of the Russians and Rumanians con- tinues. Tchernavoda was cap- tured this morning,., depriving fhe Russians and Rumanians of their last railway communica- on in Dobrudia. MASONIC REUNION IN NEW BERN CHURCHMEN WONT spection Before Passing on Matter. WILMINGTON PASTOR PRESENTED PAPER Rev. J.M. Wells Heard With Pleasure by Presbyterian Synod Work of This Morning's Session Salisbury N. C. Oct. 25. A feature of the North Carolina Presbyterian Synod's morning session today was an address by Dr. Gilbert Glass, su perintendent of ; Sunday S&hool work, this important work being given much attention by the convention. An important matter taken up was the report of the committee on Chris- tian education.., Dr. W. S. Wilson, chairman of thip committee stated that the matter had been given very serious considera tion, and leaders in the Synod's edu cational work held a conference this morning. The Synod decided this morning to adjourn the afternoon session and go in a body to the Barium Springs Orphanage, about thirty mies by rail, en a special train this afternoon. The cause of this institution was to come up today and the members decided that a matter needing such serious study and attention would be best served by a personal inspection of the Orphanage. Hence the decision i to make the trip. The entire dele,' gation, almost to a man, and three hundred strong, left on the special shortly after . noon , for Barium Springs. A The sermon of Rev. Walter L. Lingle, of the Union Theological Se minary, of Richmond, Va., was the feature of. the opening of the morn ing session of the 103 annual Synod of the Presbyterian Church, of North I Carolina. Dr. Lingle spoke on "Whatf it is to be a Christian" and brought ouli . m number-of noteworthy points in his sermon, irhe election of Moderator for - the Synod a contest a num- l oer oi aeiegaitjss ueiiig pui j.vivo.h.i by their friends. Dr. J. N. H. Sum merell, of New Bern finally walked awav with the honors. Rev. W. C. Brown, of Raeford, was elected as, temporary clerk, After an address by Dr. J. R. Bridges the report on Christian Edu cation was read by Dr. W. McC. White of Raleigh and most interest ing addresses were made on this sub rr w T-f Swpfits. of Louis' ville, Ky., and Dr. W. L. Lingle, of j Richmond, Va. Dr. Sweet's address was luamcu vy .wm--- peai ivi ct iai6ci CUUv...xxx . I IOr ministerial ICllCl. we x""" t a. ! : . f XT nrth f'ar j olina Elder after the speech offered I to give $68,000 if the whole church would double nis gut tnus maa-iug ; the fund over half million dollars. Dr. J. M.' Wells, of Wilmington, read a very interesting paper on the work of foreign missions, after which an address was made by Mr. E. F. Willis, of Nashville, Tenn., on the fi nancial aspects of the work. Several missionaries who are present at the convention made stirring appeals and described graphically how more laborers and funds were needed to carry on the work. WILL MAKE PAPER FROM WOODEN CHIPS Washington, Oct. 25. Relief from the critical newsprint paper situation seems probable from studies made in the Forest Service Laboratories. It has been found that-good grades of paper can be made from a number of Western woods which experts esti mate can be cut into chips, dried, HaiH and delivered to mills in Wis- consin at.a very small advance over 1fie of cniiS made there from lo- caj Umber. The only factor blocking the way r.i,kf rotoa and the seems m u nci&u- r Wisconsin mills are endeavoring to negotiate with . the railroadse for shipment of experimental traihloads of chips from the West. If a favor able freight ... rate can be obtained. Forest Service experts say, the great quantity of pulpwood on the National Forests should prove a considerable factor in. suttfilyin. ' favorably locat ed paper mills-with the necessary raw material In Wisconsin alone, it is stated, there is an annual market for more than 300,000 cords of pulpwood. FANCY FLOUR GOES TO $I0A BARREL Chicago, Oct. 25. The wholesale price of. fancy flour was advanced to $10 a barrel today, the highest price since the Civil War. This is an in- crease of 30 cents within the last two j Athens, Greece, Oct. 25. An flrst to be received in this country 1 iaD"snment or a Provisional Government at Salqriica by tormer Premier was taken the city has been patrolled miral du Fournet, commander of the Bids Opened Today For Larg est Single Order Ever Given By Navy Department. gjpg PROBABLY XMTLJIM TUC I I MIT Successful Bidders Cannot be Determined Without Exam ination of The Figures Four Battleships Included. Washington, Oct. 25. When bids were opened here today for four new battleships and 20 destroyers, the largest single order ever given by the navy department, it was discovered that the government faces the soar ing price of structural material in the naval construction problem Although the government has al i0wea a,uuu,uuv muie ioi eacu uaiue- shin than it did last year and Dlaced rnn n u.- o, 4i, kuc wui,, o nao gin All bids of the Fore River Shipbuild ing Company, controlled by Bethle hem Steel were submitted with the express stipulation that they were based on current prices for material and labor. The company proposes to let the government pay the increase of ma terial and labor, or let the government profit by a decrease, as the case may !be, and let the Federal Trade Com mission determine the figures. The Cramp Company submitted no figures at all, but proposed to build the ships at cost and take a construct or's profit of 10 per cent. The determination as to whom the bonds are to be awarded cannot be determined until the figures are thor oughly gone into by the navy commit-( tee. The opening of the navy construc tion bids based on a hurried examin ation of the bids indicate that all are sufficiently within the limit of the cost to permit all ships being built by private builders and there is no ne- J cessity of construction in government yards unless the question of policy arises. WILL SPEAK. TONIGHT Foreign Y. M. C. A. Secretaries Did Not Speak at C. of C. Today. Mr. Burt S. Fenn, secretary of the Y. M: C. A. at Foochow, China, and I Mr. Hrry W. White, traveling seer 3- tary of the Y. M. C. A. of South India, didn't speak at Chamber of Commerce today as had been planned, but will address this evening at the Y. M. C. A. cn the commercial relationship jf this country to the Far East. Because it is possible for more people to attend such a function if held at night is as signed as the reason for the change. What Messrs. White and Fenn will have to say this ftiiEg will not be of a religious nature anc ?nouId prove very interestin?; ns botli are qualfied to speak with authority on existing conditions and the great trode opportu nities that are being lak' ' at 'America's door. ! mm i nnnT ninTmifli ' anti-Ally mob bteing quelled by the Athens police shown in the picture, the showing the disorder which has existed in the Grecian capital since the es- by French ' marines and the police French fleet, practically making the TRIAL OF GOPELAND Business Manager of Slain Lecturer Again on The Witness Stand. Galveston, Texas, Oct. 25. Clar- ence F. Hall, who was Will Black's business agent up to the day the anti Catholic lecturer was killed in Mar shall, Texas, was the first witness summoned when court re-convened in the case of John Copeland, charged with the killing of Black. It was planned to contest the testi mony of Hall, who last night just be fore court adjourned, testified calmly that following the shooting, in which he killed John Rodeers. Black's as- 1 ' sailnnt roryi q rlraH tVof 1,4a only regret was tnat lie had not kill ed everyone in the party," that visit- : ed Black to protest against his lec-i tures. Attorney Stubbs questioned the cor rectness of the circulars distributed in Marshall in advance of Blacks lec tures, stating that he was an ex-priest. "Do you know that Black was an ex-priest?" he asked. No," replied Hall "Do you know that as a fact that this is not true?" x "I do not," said flail. The witness said that Black claim ed to be a Mason and wore a Masonic emblem at Marshall; that he assum ed him to be a minister of Christian ity and that he had told him at one time he was connected with the Meth odist church. SOUTH CAROLINA GETS HEARING TODAY Columbia, S. C, Oct. 25. South Carolina's claims for one of the new farm loan banks, to be organized under the Rural Credits Act, was presented at an all day session of the Federal Board here today, Columbia and Greenville being the cities named PRESIDENT OFF FOR CINCINNATI Long Branch, Oct. 25. President Wilson left here at noon for Cincin nati, where he will make three ad dresses tomorrow. GEORGIA TECHS LEAD SOUTH- Atlanta, Oct. 25. The Georgia School of Terhnoloev. with 202 noints ' - ' ! r I i RESUMED TODAY in four games, leads the Southern' Washington, Oct. 25. The disturb colleges and universities in points jance reported in the South Atlantic scored in football games during the appeared vtoday to be a part of a gen present season. Sew'anee, with 230 eral depression over the West Indies points in four games and Vanderbilt with 208 in the same number of con-i tests, follow. Vanderbilt and Auburn are the onjy teams not scored upon. North Carolina nas scored only 26 ponits. olin8 etaoin shrdl Vemzelos. Since the photograph force put under the command of Ad French naval officer a Dictator. STARTS NEW MOVE AGAINST VILLA Column Moving North to Ope rate Against The Bandit's Forces.- GENERAL PERSHING MAKES REPORT Nothing Definite Known of Battles Trevino Said To --Have: I$sued Warning To People. CARRAZA Washington, Oct. 25 General Car ranza has started a new military cam- paign against Villa's bandits in north ern Chihuahua, according to north- ; tion furnished the American forces beyond the border. The war depart ment today gave out the following summary of General Perhshing's re report. "General Pershing reports that Car ranza officials state that a column of de facto troops is moving north from Parral against Villistas. Nothing definite as regards the recent activi ties between de facto troops and the vniiato o a-.r, Vo,i,0i ,, iw. , r niioia? at uan i o v i 10 nuu rbumY.suli'ortNshrdlu shrdlu Gives Warning To Leave. San Antonia, Texas, Oct. 25. Gen- 'eral Trevino, commander of the Chi huahua garrison, has issued a warn ing to residents to leave the city, ac cording to a report, which reached army headquarters from General Bell at El Paso. General Bell said General Trevino's wife was among the many refugees that had arrived at El Paso. CHARLOTTE FACES E Housewives There Being Lim ited to Amounts in Pur chasing. Charlotte, Oct. 25. Charlotte will be entirely out of sugar within two days, unless local jobbers are able to make deliveries, according to a state ment madeby a local listributor here today. Retailers have been limiting house wives and hotels for the past two days. This distributor is connected wrth a chain of stores operating in all cit ies of importance in the South and stated that smilar conditions prevail ed in practically every one of his com pany's stores. MOVEMENT OF THE WEST INDIES STORM and the Carribean ba witn tne prin cipal centre some distance souta or Jamaica and ' a secondary centre that has caused strong winds of the South Atlantic. Storm warnings were displayed jrrom savannah to jacKsonvuie N NOW I 1 UN I N BEFORE THE COURT New Points of Law Involved In Hearing Before State Su preme Court. (By W. T. BOST.) Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 25 The Su preme Court in a mass of minor cases heard one yesterday of unsual import ance in whfch the Mutual Life Insur ance Company, of New York, is ap pellant against J. Sanford Patterson, of Leaksville, N. C, the insurance, company having refused to accept payment of premiums upon policies amounting to $25,000. The case involves new law, the at torneys say, and for that reason is i the big one from the eleventh district. It was fought out in the Rockingham courts months ago and 14 issues were submitted. The jury found 13 in favor of the company, but the four teenth was in terms of money and the company lost. The allegations are that Mr. Patter son took out two policies and signed all the terms of the contract. .To such questions as his former illnesses and - ! famlly Physicians, he made reply, the from the company all possibility garnering Knowledge as to nis actual life. The brief alleged that he denied any recent illness and denied having been attended by any physicians. Up on these statements it is alleged that the company issued the policy and ae i cepted two payments. The amount involved is nearly $5,- 000. Whence company " leatttt'Altoa in i . raiici buu was i cyuvcu lu uavc been treated for serious affection, j once four or five years before the is ! suing of the policy and last within - (thirty days of the application, it sent back his money and refused to ac cept the further payment of prem iums. The suit was brought by Mr. Patterson to force acceptance. The jury found with the company as to misrepresentation but did not find that this was vital. It took the view that the company 'would have issued the policy had it known all that Mr. Patterson is alleged to have kept from it. The company contends that the ( Total casualties in the Russian army last operation was very serious. The since June first are placed at 1,797,522 argument was illustrated by unusual ' In figUre8 given out today by a semi methods. A. B. Kimball, who prepar-. official news agency in Berlin, declared ed the brief for the company, took j to have7 been taken from the report of a skeleton of one side of the face and ' the Russian Central Identification Bu with ferrule pointed out the delicate j reau, at Kiev, structure of the anatomy. Doctors , were his authority for the statement that the operation was so delicate that one small mistake would have re sulted in instant death. The com pany contends that the real effect of that operation could not have been known within a year and that under no condition would the company have assumed such a risk. Lawyer Kimball makes quite a good j anatomist and Illustrates the com- I nanv's nnnf pntinn welt His asso ciates pronounced his brief really a great piece of work. In the lower ; court fieht thev divided fairlv well, i The policy holder received credit for! Durham, N. C, Oct. 25. A decom his premium and the company, got posed mouse was found in a Coca Cola the bulk of the contentions. The re- bottle by a newspaper man here Sat mainder is solely a question of law. J ur(jay wheri he was drinking the con KILLED FOR CONTACT WITH CHARGED WIRE ciiy issued warrents for the manager . of the bottling plant who yesterdy Spray, Oct., 25 Joe Webb, an elec-; morning appeared before the Record trician of Asheville is dead and John er and was fined for the two offenses Smith, a negro of this community is $30 and costs. From this verdict he seriously injured as a result of hav-.took an appeal and was bound ovef ing come in contact late Monday af- ( under a $100 bond, ternoon with a charged electric wire Judge Graham was asked to vacate at the Spray Woolen ims. the bench for a trip to the bottling Death came as the result of care plant to see what condition of sanita lessness in leaning against a post tion prevailed in the establishment, that had the charged wire wrapped To this suggestion he dissented, but around it and the negro was injured policemen were despatched who re when he attempted to free his fore- ported the plant to be in a sanitary man, the current throwing him on the wire. Webb's body was taken to Asheville- yesterday where interment was made. CANADIAN RAILWAY STRIKE CALLED OFF Winnipeg, Manitoba, -Oct. 35. The threatened strike of conductors and trainmen of the Canadian Pacific or dered for tonight has been called off it was officially announced here to day, following a conference between representatives of the employes and officials of the road. Commander of Fort Douau mont Among The Prisoners. Vaux Now Threatened. rain interfering with The fighting Rumanians Lose Important Mountain Defenses Rus sian Losses in Men Said to Be Over a Million Since June 1st. The French have maintained the im portant ground captured yesterday in their coup north of Verdun, the war office announced today. Last night parts of the regular terri tory, which include Fort Douaumont and a string along the front for more than four miles, at points nearly two miles inside the former German lines, were subjected to German counter at tacks. The French held the ground, how ever, according to Paris, repulsing the German assaults which were delivered! in an effort to recapture the Haudre mont quarries, west of Douaumont and the Damloup battery, southeast olj Vaux. The commander at Fort Douain mont is among the prisoners taken by; , the French, which a preliminary re of,IS gU11 in German nand3 but the French lines run beyond it on both' sides. Rain is interfering with operation on the Somme front. Only artillery ao tivities-are reported in that area. .Today's French official statement announced an important military move ment in the Balkans, where Italian cav ed a junction with the cavalry and artillery from the entente front in Macedonia. This leaves tlie entente) an unbroken front of 250 miles in the. southern Balkan peninsula. Berlin military critics point to the tpture of Predeal, reported yester day, as marking the loss by the Ruma nians of the natural mountainous de fensives on the Transylvanian fron tier. The success of the Austro-Ger-man forces, it is commented, put them in a position to move down on the Ru manian plains to the west of Buchar- est ' EINED BY RECORDER Mystery Still Surrounds The Finding of Mouse in Bot tle of Soft Drink. tents -of the bottle. On being informed of the incident the Milk and Meat Inspector of the condition. The prevailing opinion is that it would be impossible for a full grown mouse to get nto a bottle while -It was being filled; that the mouse must have been placed in the bottle when empty and escaped observation of the bottler when he was refilling the container. FIVE MORE NORWEGIAN SHIPS SENT TO BOTTOM London, Oct. 25. The sinking by 'German submarines of five more 'Norwegian steamships is reported In an Exchange Telegraph Company's dispatch from Chrlstiania. , v BOTTLING MANAGER i; 4 'if I j it ;