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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN WILMINGTON.
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Another Ship Also Sunk But
Was Trying to
Escape
AMERICAN CONSUL
MAKES THE REPORT
No Loss of Lives Has Yet
Been Reported . Steamer
Was Engaged in the Trans
Atlantic Trade and Was
Over Five Thousand Tons
Gross
AMERICAN CITIZENS D0WN-.4
ED. 4
London, Oct. 30. A private tel-
egram at the American consulate 4
this afternoon from Crookhaven v
i said that-a number of Americans
were drowned when the British
4 steamer Alarina was sunk by a
German submarine.
4.4.
London, Oct. 30. The American
embassy today received a report
from the American consul, at Queens
town, that tile British steamship,
Marina, had been torpedoed without
warning. It is believed that there
were a number of Americans on
board.
Only 34 members of a crew of 104
have been picked up at Crookhaven,
Ireland.
The Marina was engaged in the
Trans-Atlantic passenger service and
was a .vesseofSM gross ons and
was built in ISW. She was reported
;is arriving at Glasgow, Scotland, on
October 10, after having sailed from
Newport News on September 21.
Lloyds reports that a steamer, an
chored off Crookhaven, signalled that
f lu- had picked up members of the
crew of the steamer Marina, of Glas
gow. Washington Receives the News.
Washington, Oct. '3. Dispatches to
ihe State Department say that the
Marina when sank had a mixed crew
M British and Americans and that
she was sunk by gunfire without warn
ing. Consul Frost, at Queenstown, said
that the information he received was
"provisional." Investigations will be
made at once to determine whether
any of Germany's pledges to the
United States have been violated.
Half Hundred Americans Aboard.
Newport News, Va., Oct. 30. There
were fifty Americans on board the
s vainer Marina, reported torpedoed
today without warning, in today's dis
patch from London, when she sailed .
trom Newport News. The Americans
were signed on her as horsemen.
They were all white men and gave
'heir homes in different parts of the
country.
According to jnforjnation gained at
offices of the local agents for the
owners of the vessel, she carried a
cargo of horses and a general cargo,
fable advices reported the Marina
leaving Glasgow for Newport News
October 25, in ballast.
Getting Affidavits from Survivors.
London, Oct. 30. The consul is
now procuring affidavits from the sur
vivors. A report of the sinking on October
2'i of the British steamship, Rowan
more, also was made to the American
embassy by Consul Frost, who stated
'hat the vessel was torpedoed. Seven
Americans, including five, Filipinos,
v"ere on board the Rowanmore.
Several of them haye given Mr.
Frost affidavits, stating that a sub
marine shelled the lifeboats, while
thpy were being lowered and after
thfy were clear of the ship, but with
out the loss of a life.
Might Reopen Controversy
Washington, Oct. 30. Destruction
of the horse transport, Marina, by a
German submarine without warning,
with the possible loss of American
lives and the endangering of Amerl
v0v0 ; '
, X t suomanne au
on the British freight steamer, Row-
Hnmore, reported from Queenstown
by American Consul Frost, contained
possibilities of reopening the subma
rine Issue between Germany and the j
United States.
Officials realized that it may be dis
closed that there has been no viola
tion of the German pledges to this
country.
WASSHQTDOWN BY 'WAR HEROES ' PiP
ENGLM1N DAILYJiONORED, ; , I
Emperior Much Affected by
Reported Death of Cap
tain Boelke
London, Oct. 30. Captain Boelke,
the noted German aviator, whose
death was reported yesterday in a dis
patch from Amsterdam, was said to
have been brought down by a British
aviator, near Cambrai. A Cologne
message brought the news. Captain
Boelke was a personal friend of the
German Emperor.
The' news, it is said, made a deep I
impression on the Emperor, who had
lately seen the aviator in action at
the front.
INTERESTING CASE
WAS BEGUN TODAY,
Shephard Chemical Co. Seeks
Recover Damages-for Alleg
ed Breach of Contract
One of the interesting cases to be
s4artedsittee -the .pteaemt - tafm- ol
court was convened was ' begun, this
morning and is that of the Shephard
Chemical Company against A. D.
O'Brien, contractor, in which the
plaintiff is sueing the defendant for
about $3,000. The case will probab
ly go to the jury early this afternoon.
It is understood that a case in which
the defendant has entered against the
plaintiff may be consolidated with the
one being tried.
The Shephard Chemical Company
is seeking to recover $2,000 damages
for an alleged breach of contract, and
$900 because a building that was be
ing erected for the plaintiff by the
defendant was not completed within
the specified time. In the complaint
it is stated that the building that was
being erected is defective, being
leaky, inferior and shoddy. It
also states that the! contract
called the completion of the
building by April, 1914, ahd that the
plaintiff was not able to move in un
til July of that year. t
Judge Connor ordered a judgment
of $40 against Mr. W. F. Penney, a
failed to'appear this morning. Notice
inrvman. wno was - summoned ana
is to be given him to appear and show
why the judgment rendered should
not be absolute.
Judgmen't was awarded the defend
ant in default in the case of the Odell
Hardware Company against K. C. Sid
bury. In the case of Ethel Bowen
et al. against F. A. Montgomery et
al., an order for new parties wa3
made. In the case of W. W. Pridgen
against the Levering Manufacturing
Company an order for reference wasj
made.
the Marina refers to the ship as "a
British horse transport." If it turns
out that the transport was in the ser
vice of the British government it may
be found that the mixed crew of
British and American, horse-tenders
could claim- none of the immunity
against attack without warning at-
tributed to merchant ships.
Orders have been dispatched to
gather in details of the statements of
the Marina's crew.
Although no American lives were
lost in the submarine attack of the
Rowanmore, the ship altering her
own status by attempting to run off,
officials were disturbed by the report
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shelled
facts are expected to be thoroughly
investigated, for which the order has i
been given. The Rowanmore was
Baltimore from Liverpool
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0n Way Back to America. (cording to officials of the Chicago Na
Newport News, Oct. 30. The Ma-tionai League club. The Cubs' con
rina was returning to Newport News, J tract for spring training grounds at
according to a statement issued from . Tampa has' still two years to run. but
the office of the local agents. She j officials of the Brooklyn club have
had on board a part cargo of general .agreed to take if off their hands. The
merchandise for this port from Glas-tCttbs will train at Pasadena, Calif or-
The Wearing of Military Deco-j ' jf ?
ration is Passport to all j . I -, , f2F - t
French Houses i ' v ' - " " ' ' "
Paris, Oct. 30. The psychology of
the military decoration is showing up I
more obviously every day in Paris j
life; it is even getting into-the po-
lice courts. The wearers of thena
have multiplied rapidly since the be
ginning of the battles of Verdun and
the Somme, and increasing numbers
of them are seen on the lapels of men
who have been mustered out' and
have reappeared in civilian attire, but
their prestige is undiminished. The
Cross of tfie Lpeion nf Honor, thfi mil.
itary medal and the war cross are i
shown a deference that amounts al-j
most to a pass-key to every place and j
to everything; to illegitimate wear-i
ers of them it amounts to a sort ofj
stock in trade.
Tramway or subway passengers
who, contrary to the traditional
French politeness, were remarkably
selfish as to seats before the war,
now give way to the soldier with a
medal on his breast-or with a ribbon
in his buttonhole, although they still
it t vumeu butnu. mis ueierence is
i not always acceptable,
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' man is likot-u -tr nrnflt from tVi o aar
rifice, but the valid mian, home- oni
puperfluoiis manifestation on the part j
of the civilian, and resents the sup-1
position that there may be some phy-1
eical reason for it. One of them ac
cepted a seat offered by. a civilian-in
the subway the other day, but instead
of occupying it himself furnished a
double object lesson by offering it in
turn to k woman.
The sympathy that, goes spontane
ously to maimed soldiers has become
the capital of men who lost legs or
arms in accidents or brawls not even
remotely connected vun war. or a(
few francs they can buy any one or
all three of the decoration ribbons
at any one of the dozen shops that
are now doing a thriving trade with
the mutilated soldiers who have been j
mustered out. Most ofc them use the
ribbons as a cover for simple beg-
ging, others for swindling, some to,
get work and not a few in mere vain
and fraudulent show.
VESSEL STILL AGROUND
AH Efforts Thus Far to Move
Idillion Fruitless
All efforts thus far to move the Ital
ian steamer Edillio, which is aground
on the bar at the entrance to the Cape
Fear river, have failed and in all prob
ability a part of the vessel's cargo of
steel will have to be lightered. This
morning the cutter Seminole, again,
with several fish steamers, strained
the big freighter, but without avail.
As the big tramp went on shore at
the edge of the channel at high tide,
wiU be a difflcuit matter to get it
off. The steamer is loaded with steel
taken on at Baltimore and is bound
here for cotton. It is drawing about
20 feet of water.
The British tramp Wingate, Cap
tain Dew, arrived in port from Huelva,
j Spain this morning with a cargo of
,pyrites to t,e discharged at the plant
j Qf the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company. The - Chilian Transport
hMaipo which .owing to its great draft,
was obliged to have part of its cargo
lightered at Southport, arrived in the
I.. yesterday afternoon.
The Standard Oil barge No. 58, that
has just completed discharging a car
go of oils at the local station here,
sailed yesterday morning in tow of
the tug Security.
BROOKLYN NATIONALS
: TO TRAIN AT TAMPA
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Chicago, ill., uct. 3U. rne jorooKiyn
National League Club, winners of the
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1I2 CLIFFORD
Aurora, 111., Oct. 30. Mrs. Cliff ord Cherry, who has been called the
"prettiest woman in Illinois," has been granted $150 a month temporary
alimony pending her suit for divorce
band. Mrs. Cherry alleeed that ano
j . charm to her husband than she. Mrs.
llt preSent with Mrs. Cherry's parent
Mrs. Cherrv was a Miss Ruth Mevers
NEEO ASSISTANCE!
High Cost of Living In Europe'
Calls for More Money For
Govt. Officials
Washington, Oct. 30. Urgent need
i of financjai assistance for American
consular officials and clerks is need
ed by the European offices as the
price of foodstuffs and necessities
have advanced in price over three
times their former costs,
The $15000 allowance," given by
congress, as a war fund to be distrib-
uted to consular offices to meet the
demands, has all been allotted and
the Department of State is now with
out means of extending relief. No
provision was made for the relief of
clerks and other employes and, with
the exception of those whose salaries
have been raised, no assistance has
been given. Nothing is possible un
til Congress provides. It is thought
that Congress will take action on this
subject in "December.
No where in the,.war zone has the
cost of living decreased and in some
localities it is six times what it was.
TRABUE MURDER
CASE TO TRIAL
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 30. Public
interest has been aroused to a high
pitch in the trial of Charles C. Tra-
bue, accused of the murder of Harry
S. Stokes, which -is scheduled to be
gin in the Davidson County Criminal
Court here tomorrow. Both the ac
cused man and his alleged victim
stood high in legal circles in Nash
ville. The interest arising from this
fact has been increased by the gen
eral supposition that local politics
was closely interwoven with the trag
edy. - .
Harry S. Stokes, the slain man, was
the chief counsel for the taxpayers in
the so-called "taxpayers' suit," involv
ing the investigation into the manage
ment of the city's . affairs. On the
morning of April -26, -last,-he was shot
and killed in his private office by
Trahue, who" had been engaged as
special counsel to represent counsel
to represent the city in the taxpayers'
litigation. While the exact cause of
the tragedy has never been made pub
lic, either by Trahue or his counsel,
it is generally, supposed that the mo
tive for the killing originated in the
bitter feeling engendered between
Stokes and Trabue as a result of the
exchange of personal remarks in the
hearings before
committee'.- '
the investigating
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from her millionaire land-owner hus
tlier woman had Droven of greater
Cherry and her infant daughter are
s" in Boston. Before her marriage
of that, citv . -
KILLED FRIEND
Shot Resident of Own House
When He Was Making
Entry In Window
Durham, N. C, Oct. 30. J. E.
Creech, Jr., shot and instantly killed
John Emory a young white man who
lived with him, Saturday night- at 12
o'clock.
Emory, who had been out late, at
tempted to enter the house by way
of a window to keep from waking the
family and it was when he was com
ing through the window that he was
shot by Creech, who presumed that
he was a burglar.
Immediately after the shooting on
finding out who he had shot, Creech
notified officers of the law, who went
to the scene, but as no evldecne of
foul play was found Creech was not
arrested.
Both men are farmers and are
thought well of in the community
in which they lived. Creech, it is re- i
ported, is stricken with remorse over!
the shooting.
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CONCEDED THE SIXTH
Fayetteville, Oct. 30.-Democratic
candidates and officials are conceded
the Sixth district by an undisputed
majority again this year and at the
close the Republicans have perpetuat
ed a grandiloquent farce.
This is the judgment of Republicans
who are disgusted with. Frank" Lin
ney's recall of all his Sixth district
appointments and the denial of the
State Committee of all funds in this.
contest.
LIQUIDATION CAUSED
COTTON TO DECLINE
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New York, Oct. 30. A renewal of During this' time St. Paul's was the
heavy liquidation caused a big de- military chapel of theEnglish offi
cline in prices here today. January cers.
contracts sold at $2.25 a bale below 1 in l7gg immedialely after the in
Saturday's closing figures. Reports rati6n of Washiagton as first
of slackening in spor demands and , pres-dent of the United stateSf he,
uneasiness over shipping seemed , bQth hougeg Qf Congre8S march.
hardly accountable for the drop. j ed frQm present site of the sub-
NOTED CONFEDERATE
OFFICER IS ILL
Huntington, W. Va., Oct. 30. Gen
eral Wayne P. Ferguson, a noted Con
federate officer, is ill at Kenova near
here. He suffered a pnysicai . coii
n
about a weeK ago. nw
considered serious.
THEY DRIVE WEDGE
FURTHER IN THE
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So Report the British and
French As to Their New
Attack
DEATH OF AVIATOR
IS NOW CONFIRMED
Died After Bringing Down
Forty Enemy Aeroplanes
Germans Advance in
Volhynia
Both the British and French report
successful conclusion of the effort to
drive the point of the wedge created
by the offensives further in the Ger
man lines on the Somme front.
The point at present projects across
the Perronne-Bapaume road at Sailly
Saillisel. I Last night the French struck the
j German front and, according to a
J Paris statement, a system of trenches
j northwest of Sailly-Saillisel was cap-
tured, the French advancing as far
i as Sailly church.
To the northwest at the joining
point of the British and French
! fronts the British have been pound-
in for two days at the German posi-
I lloU8 uear irans;oy ana nave re
: '"Jllcu ustyLure
of several
1.1 vuvuov
reiterate the message that Captain
Boelke, the famous German aviator.
j who last Friday sho down his for
tieth hostile airship, was killed in an
I engagement. He is said to have been
! brought down by a British airman
with whom he was engaged near
Cambri, France.
Germans Made Advances.
Berlin (Via Wireless to Sayville),
Oct. 30. Massed attacks of Russian
infantry in Volhynia yesterday, after
unusual artillery preparation, broke
down under German fire, the war of
fice announced today.
Heavy Fighting in Monastir.
Berlin (Via Wireless to Sayville),
Oct. 30. Heavy fighting is in prog
ress on the Macedonian front
throughout the Monastir region. The
repulse of the French and Serbian
attack was anounced by the war of
fice today.
Several Positions Captured.
Tho capture of several' positions
near the Hungarian-Rumanian fron
tier was announced by the war office
today. In Dobrudja, Field Marshal
von Mackensen's forces, continuing
their pursuit of the Russians ana Ru-
i manians, have come in contact with
the Russians.
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HISTORIC CHAPEL
IS 1 50 YEARS OLD
New York, Oct. 30. Old St. Paul's
Chapel, at Broadway and Fulton
street, today began a week of celebra
tion in . honor of the 150th anniver
sary of its founding. It is the oldest
public building and the only colonial
church building in the metropolis.
Other congregations are as old but
St. Paul's is the "only building that
stands as it was before the Revolu
tion. While in New York as commander-in-chief
of the American forces Gen
eral Washington attended St. Paul's.
After the disastrous battle of Long
Island, he was driven out of New
York by Lord Howe and the city fell
into the possession of the British.
treasury building in Wall Street, to
St. Paul's chapels where an appropri
ate service was held
Since the Revolutionary days St.
Paul's has continued to be prominent
in the life of New 'York, changing
with the demands of the time and
growing in historic value. The old
graveyard, as well as the church it
self, is rich in relics and monuments.
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Chairman of National Commit
tee Enthusiastic for Demo
cratic Nominee
MAKES STATEMENT
AFTER CONFERENCE:
Asserts West is Loyal to Wil
son and New York State
Be Democratic Repub-
licans Claims Over Three
Hundred Electoral Votes for
Hughes.
Chicago, Oct. 30. "The West is on
fire for Wilson and it looks like a land
slide for the Democratic party," is
the opinion of the Democratic Nation
al Committee, as expressed by Mr.
McCormick after a conference hero
today with Senator Thomas Walsh,
manager of the Western Democratic
headquarters.
"The West has the edge on the East
in this matter of loyalty to the Pres
ident," Mr. McCormick said.
"Some States that have been doubt
ful may now safely be counted for the
President. New York State Is for th
President and for him 'big.' Lea-, '. g
of organizations confidently beT g
the city will register one of the EOPflTiiiD
est upheavals of a Democratic plural
ity in years.
"I see that Mr. Frank Hitchcock!
claims th9 election of Hughes and
gives a list of the States- that he pro
nounces will go Republican. Of the
26 states he claims . for the Republi
can party 'I cannot regard six as byj
any means certain for the Republican
candidate. I confidently expect the
President to carry Connecticutt, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Wesfi
Virginia!
"The swing is toward the President
and I see no sign of abatement. V. ,
Certain Hughes Be Elected.
mat Mr. tiugnes would nave more
than 300 electoral votes was made to
day by Chairman Willcox, of the lte
publican National Committee.
"Mr. Hughes will have 310 electoral
votes or more," Mr. Willcox said. "1
regard as certain that Ohio, Illinois
and Indiana will go Republican, as
will also New York State."
BANNER MEETING
IN OHIO TONIGHT
Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 30.' What Re-"
publicans say will be the banner
meeting of the Ohio campaign will be
held in Columbus tonight with Charles
Evans Hughes the centre of attrac
tion. Mi. Hughes, accompanied by A
his wife, will arrive here at 7 p. m.
from Zanesville.
Mr. Hughes is to deliver an address
at 8 o'clock. Before speaking he will
review a parade from a hotel. After
a meeting with Ohio party leaders he
expects to leave for Indianapolis
shortly after midnight.
GETS NEW ASSIGNMENT.
Lieutenant Monroe With Machine
Gun Company On Border.
Friends here wil be glad to learn
that Lieut. William P. Monroe," of the
Second North Carolina Regiment, now
on the Mexican border, who is assist
ant chief of the Wilmington Fire De
partment, has been selected tohe one
of the officers of the machine gun
company of that organization. , '
Lieutenant Monroe is assigned to
the quartermaster department of the
Second Regiment and his assignment
as an officer in the machine gun com
pany will be in connection with his
present duties.
START SPELLING. REVIVAL.
Fifty-three Rotary Club Members
Begin One Out West.
Springfield, 111., Oct. 30. Fifty
three business men, members of the"
local Rotary Club, believed they were
spellers of average ability, but learn
ed they were not. "'
As a result they have started a ,
movement to revive the ancient art of
spelling and are seeking to enlist
other Rotary clubs in their plan. '
The club was In session recently
and Francis G. Blair, State superln-;
tendent of instruction, was among
those present He offered to cohduct
a spelling contest for amusement
After the fifty-three entered Blair
gave them the following words: Leg- "
ible, ledger, loathsome, malice, mu
cilage, niece, sieve, siege and notice;
able. They looked asy, out only- one
of the fifty-three spelled of them
correctly. The others refuse to tell
just how much they did score, but.
they are active boosters for the
movement in favor of improved spelling.
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