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THE BLACKLIST :
News Comes That Russians
Are Preparing Big Offensive
in Galicia and Poland.
AUSTRO-GERMANS
ADVANCE FROM NORTH
Reported to Be Within Twen
ty Miles of The Rumanian
Southern Frontier French
Pressing Their New Attack
In The Verdun Region.
The Teutonic drive against the Ru
manians continues with little dimin
ished velocity, new successes for
Field Marshal von Mackensen and
General von Falkenhayn being an
nounced. Hirsova, on the Danube,
has been occupied by Bulgarians.
According . to unofficial reports
fro.n Petrograd a notable advance
hris been made by the Austro-German
forces invading Rumania from the
north. These forces are now said to
have reached within twenty .miles cr
the Rumanian southern frontier.
On the Moldavian frontier of Ruma
nia, where a more successful stand
has t( en made, the Russo-Rumanians
appear to be weakening. Petrograd
reports strong offensives by the Aus-
t re -German froces in the region of
thc.F.ukowina lines, where strong at-
tr-V OTnTwalloH " tVio Piiccfonc
to fill! back.
Supposedly In an effort to aid the
Kurjanians, ihe Russians are report
er! to be on the eve of a great offen
sive in Galicia and Poland. These
reports come to Rome from German
sources, rays a wireless dispatch
fr-jm the I'a1?an capital.
The French are pressing their new
ofleiii-ive .ir the Verdun region and,
accoiOing to . Paris, have captured a
quarry nortbeast of ,Port Douaumont.
P-erlia declares that French attacks
yesterday in the Douaumont region
anl fj;"vbeie along the lines were
rept;!.-f(l.
On the Somme front, Berlin an
nounced I he repulse of strong at
tack ; by loth the British and French
yesterdav.
Went Ashore at Daylight This
Morning During Heavy
Fog Load Cotton Here.
While crossing Cape Fear bar early
this morning during a heavy fog and
strong wind, therltalian steamer Edil
lio, bound hereto complete its cargo
of cotton at the- Chanmion Com-'
Pleases, grounded hard and fast, just
out of the channel near puoy No. 5.
Reports from Southport this morning
are to the effect that the steamer is
in no danger.
Tomorrow morning on high water,
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ITALIAN STEAMER !
AGROUND ON BAR
about 8:30 o'clock, the coast guard , tne cake, ine aaaress 01 riebmeut
cutter Seminole and the local tugs I Wilson will be read at all places,
will pull on the steamer in an effort i Expense accounts filed and dona
'o get it off the mud. It is not known j tions made in the State campaign
here just how much the steamer went! show that the Republicans have had
on the shore more to spend than the Democrats.
The vessel was bound here from Frank A. Linney reports $10,052?
Baltimore to complete its general ' sent to him as -chairman and Thomas
argo for Genoa, Italy. The cotton is . D. Warren, Democratic chairman, has
rn ho , v,Q k Mfir i $6,495. Gilliam Grissom discovered
Alexander Sprunt & Son.
DR. KENAN AWARDED MEDAL
Wilmington Displays Bravery On
French Battle Front '
Friends here will be greatly inter-
ted to learn that Dr. Owen Kenan,
son of Mrs. James G. Kenan, and a
brother of Graham Kenan, Bq.. of this
ity. has been awarded a Croix de
Guerre medal for meritorious
K-.es on the French front.
given in a recent issue of the Euro-
pean edition of the New York Herald: j
"Dr. Owpn K-onan nttnf hpd in the I
stoond section of the field service of
'he American Ambulance, has been
awarded the Croix de Guerre for his
conduct at the front. In transporting
'he wonnripH noa Voritun rr Kenan '
was for several hours under fire while j
driving his ambulance on the crest J
of a hill. His automobile was struck:
and fell into a ditch, and Dr. Kenan
himself lay in the ditch for several j
hours with shells exploding all about)
him. Dr. Kenan was a passenger on!
board the Lusitania when she was
torpedoed, and-etece that time has
been engaged in Red Cross work in
France."
ITALIAN BAZAAR
ED' TODAY
Many Noted Italians Will Pre
side: Qver,.iTie;Many .Dif
rerent Booths.
New 1'ork, ' Oct. 28. Grand opera j
and spaghetti are two of the attrac-i
tions to be offered at the great Italian j
Bazaar, which opened at the Grand j
Central Palace today for a week's en- j
gagement. , TheY purpose of the ba
zaar Is to raise money for the Italian
Red Cross and for the dependent fam
ilies of Italian rfeservists. , j
The grand opera will be from thej
throats of the many, of the prominent '
artists of the Methopolitan Onera:
Company and the -spaghetti will be
served in twenty-nine different ways
by chiefs of New York hotels and
restaurants.
More than half a hundred actors
and actresses now appearing in
Broadway successes also have con
tributed their services. The United j
Theatrical Clubs have a booth at the
bazaar, and it will be in charge of
prominent members - of the Profes
sional Women's League, the Lambs,
White Rats FHars and other organi-
.ZailOnS.
David Cory, writer of children's
books, will preside over the Michael
Angelo booth and Giovanni Cariati,
Italian sculptor, is in charge of the
art section of the bazaar, which in
cludes many noted , paintings andi
sculpturs lent for the occasion.
Hundreds - of visitors, including
many well known . social leaders, at
tended the formal opening of the ba
zaar this afternoon. Comte Macchi di
C11C,C 1LU-liau mmHHHnir,.m
United States, presided over the open -
nii... t t- i : ui. j x 11 i
tng ceremonies.
AT WAKE FOREST
Hon. A. L. Brooks Who;
1V7-11 1 r' I
Opeaks 1 here Will be Caiven I
1 orch Light Parade. I
Raleigh, Oct. 28. A. L. Brooks,
who has been in the East, is here to
day and will remain over for his
Wake Forest address Saturday night, j
Mr. Brooks will run into one of the
most agreeable audiences heard by
any speaker this year, it is said. He
is to be given a big parade and
torchlight send-off anc, he will have
one of the best blooded congregations
to receive Democracy
Chairman
Warren regards the appointment as
one or me cnoicebt.
- Ace occasion is to ue wnson
and it will be observed throughout.
The county will have four big rallies j
and the Wake Forest rally is to take j
. . J J Tk : J . i.
months ago that the Democrats had
j$50,000, with which to carry on the
campaign, but the discovery was
original. Warren has not had it.
The Kepuoacan cnairmu u,uu,
butions have come m part from Na-
tional and personal sources. The gift
of John Motley Morehead was $1,000
and Ike Meekins put up $100. . The
National organization sent $1,000 to
CongrMBman Britf; djbet. Th
sen-.George jfi. Buuermm 1U"U',T
Grissom in tne Jmn, r-resie.y .
Brown in the Seventh, H. S. Williams
in the Eighth, Charles E. Greene in
e in
$300
the Ninth ,are creauea wuu
each.
The figures show, however, that
neither organization has had any for
tune. The Democrats have done
some tall begging for the National
ticket and that has taken Inany a
dollar from the district.
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Philadelphia, Oct 28
cent pieces were .put in rcidationln
this city for the first time today, about
$180,000 worth being Issued to banks
and trust companies, ; .
OPEN
WILSON-DAY
JCAKDUHS :0H , THE
This photograph is n excellent illustration of the oft-repeated statem ent that the present war has revolu
tionized warfare. Today the pick and shovel as part of the equipment o f a soldier is every bit as important
as the rifle. All troops carry intren ching tools, but these Canadian sold iers on the western front are march
ing to the front with picks and shov els, absolutely necessary since the in stitution of trench warfare. The
steel helmets which these Canadians wear are also new to this war. Thes e guards against flying shrapnel are
said to have saved thousands of lives.
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BUTLER WILUREVUE OE TIE
VOTE FOR WILSON
Well Known Newspaper Writ
er Will Cast His Ballot For
President Wilson.
Raleigh, Oct. 28 If Denrocrats
were depressed today the least bit
over Fred Seeley's voting for Britt,
thev were hiehlv "sot-un" by the an-
fnoncement tltat Bioir- -Britler will
1 vote .for Wilson.
"
This Pennsylvania high protection
ist doesn't own a newspaper as the
son-in-law of Chill-Tonic Groves did,
and doesn't keep the finest hotel in
the country, but Mr. Butler is as
much responsible for the paper fam
ine as any other one' man. He has
written reams for the State papers
and the newspaper men will be glad
to know that he is with Wilson this
time.
The accession of Mr. Butler is an
nounced through the Democratic
uuuulcu
headquarters where the story drifted
this mornmg.
Out at the A. & M. College mis
morning nothing of authority , could
be learned on the "war" between the
students last night and negroes at-
tending the Colored State Fair.
The faculty knew nothing of the
story that Football Player Kirkpat
rick had been struck over the head
i by someone said to have been a ne
gro. The wounds of Kirkpatrick are
not serious. Those of Kemp Up
church are. He was shot by Police
Officer Mike Pierce, who says TJp-
church shot at him first. The wound-
ed negro is in the hospital with in-
jurles in his arm and leg. He is not
dangerously nurt..
The gtory fr0m the college is very
unsatisfying. Uptown the officers
say the boys shelled the cars with
stones and stopped the car to. iden
tify the assailant of Kirkpatrick,
stppping the car by pulling the pole
from the trolley wire. The story
lacks authenticity but nothing in ru
mors. The Sprunt-Charlotte Warehouse
Company, organized with $25,000 of
its capital of $125,000, paid in by Wal
ter P. and Alex Sprunt, of Wilming
ton; T. Brown McCoy and J. E. Wil
son, Jr., of Charlotte, was chartered
today. It will do business in Char
lotte. The Kenilworth Company of Ken
ilworth is a general realty, quarrying,
mining and other business with $50,-
000 of its $200,000 paid in by J.
and Boa Chiles, of. Asheville, and R.
A. Marvel, of the same city.
The National Auction Company, of
Ayden, pays in $500 for its $5,000
business and begins with S. A. and J.
B. Eure and K. A. Pittman as stock -
holders.
.CANDIDATE HUGHES
KEEPS TRAIL HOT.
Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 28 Charles
Evans Hughes left Rochester today to j
continue his campaign through New
York.
The nominee's program called for
three speeches during the day and a
night meeting at Ogdenburg, where he
will remain until 5 p. m. tomorrow.
Mr. Hughes goes to Ohio next week.
'INARCH;,
MAJOR LEAGUES
Over Fifteen Batsmen That
Hit For Over Four Hund
red Recorded.
What do you know about a baseball
season that produced fifteen pastim
ers with a bating average of .400 or
betr? You guessed right. It hap
pened in the olden days of big league
pastiming, in the days of which grand
father likes to tell of how they picked
the pill.
Thirty years ago the National
league and the American association
held the spotlight in baseball, as do
the National and American leagues
tnrtv n wn thn in 1 Sfi7 in
be exact that the hardest hitting on
record came to pass. In that year
tbte American association records
showed eleven players with a batting
average of .400 or better. The players
were O'Neal, Caruthers and Robins, of
St. Louis; Browning and Mack, of
Louisville; Lyons ana Stovey, of t'i
Athletics: Bedford and Orr, of the
Metropolitans; Burns of Baltimore,
and Burch of Brooklyn.
The same season the National
league kicked in with a quartet hit
ting in the .400 set, the players being
Anson of Chicago, Ferguson of Phila
delphia, and "Brouthers and Thompson
of Detroit.
Only once since that memorable
season of 1887 has there been more
than two .400 wallopers in one year.
In 1894 Duffy of Boston, Thompson of
Detroit nd Delehanty and Turner of
Philadelphia slugged their way into
the champion circle. Since 1912, the
last time Ty Cobb turned the trick,
no big time leader has hit for .400.
It would seem that the National
league gave up the business of de
veloping .400 swatters when the Am
erican league came into existence.
The parent organization hasn't owned
a .400 hitter since 1899, when Ed De
lehanty and Jesse Durkett hit for the
high mark. Three American leaguers,
Lajoie, Cobb and Jackson, have turned
in a season's batting card with an
average of .400 or better.
All told there have been 31 pastim
ers wno nave hit for 400 or better
sjn thfi bier show was organized.
geven have been repeaters, among
them Ross Barnes and Jesse Burkett,
who stayed in the .400 set three sea
son, and Ty Cobb, Ed Delehanty. Sam
j Tnompson p0p" Anson and Harry
. stovey, with records of two seasons
jeach. -
I Ty Cobb is the only present-day
player who stacks up with the old-
time sluggers. Ty may not be so
wicked with the bludgeon, but even
grandfather will have to admit that
his batting average year by year
compares, favorably with those of the
old boys.
Today a .400 colter is indeed a rare
bird. Perhaps some pastimer of the
future will hit his way to fame, but
in all probability when Tyrus passes
out of the big yard he will take back
to Georgia the last of the major
leagues' .400 batting marks.
GRARAM MEN ARE
STILL IN PRISON
Both Express Gratification
That Their Sentences Have
Been Commuted.
Raleigh, Oct. 28 Hardie N. Wig
gins and Merritt Miller, the Graham
county .men wllo have been com
muted from tleath' to":itfe sentence,
are still at the State's Prison and will
be kept there several days at light
work before being sent to the final
work that each will do through his
natural life.
Whether they will- go to the farm
or not is uncertain now, but the pris
on authorities will not put them down
i to the severest work until they have
! h hardened more to it. They
have been in prison more than a year
and are thoroughly unused to the
work of the farm now. Besides, they
may not be sent there.
The men have changed their minds
! as to their fate. They accepted the
commutation gladly and think it beats
electrocution. They are hoping for
a turn that will prove them innocent.
Immediately after their first respite
they expressed the desire to die un
less they received a new trial. They
are banking on the future to show
their innocence.
Judge W. S. O'B. Robinson was
here yesterday on his way to Rafi
dleman, where the judge speaks to
the Republicans.
Judge Robinson again asserted his
regret that Clarence Pugh, Republi
can nominee for the State superinten
dency of education, should have at
tacked President Wilson for his
friendliness to the Roman Catholics.
"Why, dammit," Judge Robinson
said, "I have seen Catholics walk
right up to the ballot box where one
of their number was an opposition
candidate, vote against him and re
main regular. I remember my fath
er and older brother before I could
vote, . going to the polls, refusing to
vote for the Democratic candidate,
who was an Irish Catholic named
Mike, and when Mike was beaten by
the Democrats who did scratch him
they felt like kicking themselves. I
am just sorry any Republican raised
this religious issue because there
ain't a thing in it.
MILLION ID HALF
Republican Party Announces
Its Campaign Contribu
tions To Date.
New York, ,Oct. 28 Republican
campaign contributions to October 23,
inclusive, total $1,667,757.29, according
to the National committee's report of
receipts and disbursements made pub
lic here today by the treasurer of the
committee. This amount came from
22,226 contributors.
ALREADY
Much Interest In The Virginia
Vanderbilt Game at
Nashville.
NORTH CAROLINA
PLAYS AT HOME
Washington and Lee and
Georgia Techs To Meet
Struggles in The
East.
Atlanta, Oct. 28. Passing the mid
season mark with practically all the
teams in the best of condition South
ern football games today entered the
heaviest part of their schedule, six
games of championship calibre being
on the list. In addition to this there
was the Georgia-Navy battle at An
napolis, which is attracting more
than usual interest, owing to Geor
gia's defeat of Virginia last Saturday.
Attention in the far South was cen
tered largely on the Vanderbilt-Vir-ginia
contest, the first really big
game in this section, and on the
Georgia Tech-Washington and Lee
struggle here. Vanderbilt, because of
J Virginia's defeat by Georgia and their
showing prior to the same, was a
slight favorite.
Washington and Lee came to At
lanta tolay for their first big South
ern game and stories of the strength
of the Generals had the effect of
keeping down the spirit of over-confidence
that might have prevailed in
the camp. I
Owing to the fact that Georgia did !
not use all its regulars in the Vir- j
ginia contest and the possibility that j
some at least are likely to get in the
game with the Navy, there has been
much speculation on what the Crack
ers will show against the Middies.
Among the four other contests in
this section Louisiana State and Se
wanee, at New Orleans, are being
watched closely, as the Louisianians
have shown . strength in battle, while
Sewanee has not run true to the form
that characterized the teams usually
turned out y the Tennessee institu
tion. The Auburn team is expecting a
hard battle against the Mississippi
Agricultural and Mechanical team, at
Birmingham, while the Tennessee
University eleven is expecting to
wage a hard battle against Florida at
Tampa. Alabama figures to win overi
Mississippi University at Tuscaloosa.
North Carolina plays Virginia Mili
tary Institute at Chapel Hill. North
Carolina Agricultural and' Mechani
cal meet Virginia Polytechnic Insti
tute at Norfolk, and Wake Forest
plays the Norfolk Blues at Wake
Forest.
Eastern Games Today.
New York, Oct. 28. The football
season In the "east has reached the
high water mark. The Harvard-Cornell
game at Cambridge heads the list
in view of the fact that Cornell claim
ed the eastern championship last year
and her team this year is said to be
a worthy successor of the eleven
which defeated Harvard a year ago.
All the big colleges have hard
games. Princeton, whose eleven is
said to be further advanced than any
other expects a victory from Darth
mouth at Princeton.
The University of Pennsylvania
students are not so confident of strc
cess in the contest with the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh, at Pittsburgh.
Yale meets Washington and Jeffer
son at New Haven, eager to wipe out
the defeat of two successive seasons, j
RECEIVERS PAY TAXES
Orders Buel-Crocker Lumber
Co. to Settle With Sheriff.
Judge G. W. Connor today, in the
case of Humphrey Brothers against
the Buel-Crocker Lumber Company,
ordered the receivers of the lumber
company to pay $1,721.20 taxes to the
sheriff of Pender county. Hannah
Best, sueing the American National
Insurance Company, was awarded
$188. Mannie Trembly was granted a
divorce from Clarence Trembly.
T. Bruno, a" white man who was nit
on the head by a falling scantling
while in the employ of W. P. Richard
son & Co., a contracting firm of Jack
sonville, Fla., that was erecting the
Coast' Line record building, in 1914,
was awarded $2,3!87.50 damages this
morning against the Richardson com
pany. The defendant was represent
ed by W. P. Mangum Turner, Esq.
Mr. Bruno's suit was for $3,000.
The case of N. Klaff against the
Murchison National Bank was order
ed moved to Pender county. The
case of Zebulon Harriss versus the
Wilmington Cooperage Company was
dismissed. The case of C. K. Alexan
der against J. W. Black was xn-
tlnued.
Reiterates Its Alleged Rights
In The Very Important
Matter.
ANSWER IS TO
BE MADE PUBLIC
Takes Some American Firms
From The List and Offers
to Remove Some
Others.
Washington, Oct, 28 Great Brit
ain's note in reply to the American
representation againsfc the commer
cial blacklist was received today.
Arrangements regarding its publi
cation will be made later. It is un
deis'ood to reiterate Its right to tho
blacklist and offers a method of re
lease in certain circumstances.
The British rote is in reply to the
American note of July 28, which char
acterized the demands as "arbitrary
interference with neutral trade," and
"inconsistent with that true justice,
sincerity and amity and impartial fa
vor which should characterize deal
ings with one nation at peace with
another."
A number of American firms have
been taken from the "blacklist" and
the British note offers means of re
moving others. The British note ia
understood to take the line of argu
ment that it is unprecedented that a
belligerent nation should in effect
compel its subjects to trade with neu
trals and it Is in violation of the Brit
ish government's plans to prevent Its
subjects from so doing.
While the British government .ad
mits the rights of all persons to en
gage in legal commercial transactions
it argues that such a right does not
Jimit to residents of its own nation,
The point at issue is where the Na
tional or domicile of the owner of
goods gives the character as neutral
or belligerent. Previously Great Brit
ain and the United had agreed that a
domicile was decisive regardless ot
.nationality. t .
FACTORY WORKERS
TO
Move to Shadow Lawn On a
Special "Train Double
Celebration Today.
Long Branch, N. Y., Oct. 28. A
double celebration, "Woodrow Wilson
Day" and "Empire State Day," was
in progress at Shadow Lawn today.
While the Democrats are meeting
in other States in honor of the Pres
ident, Mr. Wilson prepared an ad
dress for delivery before a delegation
of organized Democrats, Indepen
dents, Progressives and women and
children, mainly from New York.
The vanguard of the New York del
egation began arriving early. Demo
cratic leaders expected the largest
crowd yet assemblet: at Shadow
Lawn to hea rthe President's speech.
For the first time a large delega
tion of Tammany Democrats ar
ranged to make the trip to Shadow
Lawn to hear the President's speech,
brass band and they plan to march
from the station to Shadow Lawn.
A special train carrying women
and children of the factories and
sweat shops was a feature of the pro
gram. The President was asked to
discuss the child labor law at tho
close of his principal speech.
TO CONSIDER IE
CAR SHORTAGE
Informal Conference Called to
be Held Next Week In
Washington.
Washington, Oct. 28. An Informal'
conference on the. nation-wide car
shortage will be conducted at Louis
ville November. 3, and 4, by a member s
of the Interstate Commerce Commls-".
sion upon the urgent requests of ship
pers'. Representatives of the Southerns
and Eastern railroads will be present
as well as southern shippers.
An Old Chair.
Mr. G. D, Boland has a chair that
was made by his great grandfather
125 years ago. It has been used so
long that the legs are worn off down
to the first rungs. Newberry Obser-
ver
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