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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN WILMINGTON,
VOL. XXII. NO. 291.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 3 1 . 1916.
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tion Pending Full Report
From Consul.
SINKING OF THE
MARINA INVESTIGATED
AH Americans Aboard Torpe
doed Ship Not Yet Account
ed For Affidavits of Sur
vivors Being Taken For
Washington.
Washington, Oct. 31. Further re
ports from Consul Frost, at Queens
town, were awaited at the state de
partment to show definitely whether
the Marina, whose crew contained a
number cf Americans, was sunk with
out warning by a German submarine
as reported "provisionally" by the con
sul yesterday. On the details of this
point rest largely the question- of
whether Germany has violate! her
neuges iu mis uauuii ana enaangerea
eiauons.
Mr. Frost was expected to secure j
anmavus uum me American survivors
132 J A I
ettner loaay or tomorrow and to rr.--
, - . . i
warn mem immeaiaieiv. hp. irn?hr
immediately. He might
be able to ascertain todav wtip.thor
iniprirans wprp Inst it ic holiovorl
Captain Reported Drowned.
London, Oct. 31. C&pt. Browne and
to nave neen drowned when t.hp. vps-
1 1 - nfV U n T I n V. &
Americans Landed.
London, Oct. 31. A private tele-
cram irom rooKsnaven trom Kob-
prr k rKirinpr a m prirnn rnncn iron.
t m. savs rnax amoTier inp snrvivnrs
1 11 A I 1
or rnp anna, arp IK Amprirnns
Number of Missing Reduced.
London, Oct. Z. The number of
missine rrom tne ' Kntisn stpamsnin.
I anna wnifh was tnrnpdnpri hv a
Orman submarine' off-the IrfeiL' coast
ypsterday, has been reduced to 13, ac
cording to a trlegram received at the
American embassy today from Ameri
can Consul Frost, at Queenstown.
Fifty-two more survivors have been
landed. .Mr. Frost reports that
;miong the 13 there probably were
American casualties.
Mr. Frost's telegram to the embas
sy follows:
"Fifty-two more survivors of the
Marina landed at Castletown pier.
Only 13 now missing believed dead.
No less than 36 Asei-;cans aboard,
of whom 16 were saved at Crook
haven. There will probably be Amer
ican fatalities. Survivors state that
tfK vpssel was torpedoed by a Ger
man submarine in a heavy sea with
out warning and that the vessel sank
v-itnin ten minutes."
Mr. Frost is obtaining affidavits
from the survivors and is ascertain- j
!hr hovr many Americans are among .
h" Castletown survivors.
The American embassy today re
cfived a telegram from the American
'1 at Glasgow, stating that the
Marina left Glasgow October 25 for
Baltimore and Newport News with 50
Americans aboard.
There were 45 Americans in the
crew of the Marina. First reports of
'he sinking stated that only 34 mem-,
bfrs of the crew had been brought to study of the question developed fore
land. Mr. Frost sent word yesterday , ible objections. A great many people
to the American embassy at London
that the Marina Hprl heon t.ornedoed.
but the British officials admit it ha3iat
not been ascertained whether warn
ing was given or not.
ORY AT MIDNIGHT
Nearly Thousand Saloons Will i
Go Out of Business By The
Change.
Richmond. Va., Oct. 31
This was I
lDP last A'axt rn wliiVi in tn-rirn.Hne
Averages couldjae sold in Virginia.
At "midnight the new prohibition law
Boos into effect and 800 saloons in
this state will close their doors for the
lat time. Many are closed today be
cau:;e their stock is exhausted.
Reports from all parts of the state
told of large quantities being stored in
Private homes of citizens, in anticipa
t10" of a dry state. In ths city thous
8nds of gallons have been delivered to
Private homes.
The law stipulates that a person
may order one quart of liquor per
mnth, three gallons of beer, or one
Ballon of wine. This right remains
10 be tested in the courts.
VIRGINIA GOES
a mnTcn niiionrn
n huilu muiiULii
IKUUD
liMtlE
Prominent Man In Court
Charged With Killing
Lawyer.
CHARLES TRABUE
TO FftCE JURY
Tragedy The Outcome of The
Famed Taxpayers'' Suit
Killing Startled The
State.
Nashville, Teniv, Oct. 31, The
case of Charles A. Trabue, who killed
!rrv r ntoa nnnncin. rai
. . . wi.wnv, vVOlUg VUUUOCl in
,1.. . . ... .
so-caiiea taxpayers suit, on April
26, last, was called for trial today.
Mr. Trabue is charged with murder in!
the first degree and since the prelim-inary-hearing
has been under a bond
of $25,000.
The tragedy, which startled not
only Nashville, but all of Tennessee,
by reason of the prominence of both
parties, occurred in the private office
of Harry Stokes at 11:30 a. m.
The evening of the tragedy Mr.
Trabue madfe a statement in which
he said that he had gone into the of
fice to seek a signed statement with
drawing and apologizing for insult
ing things that he had said, and that
Stokes made a violent attempt to as
sault him and tliat he shot to save
his own life-. What the insults were
Hras not been - nradtf -public. -
GO TO TRENCHES?
j , I
Question is Much Discussed iu
French Republic Argu
ments Both Ways.
Paris, Oct. 31. The protection from
German shells enjoyed by convicts
through their own misdeeds, while
the law-abiding men. of France able
to bear arms are making such heavy i
sacrifices, has raised a discussion as :
to the propriety of sending to the i
front of all able-bodied men now in
prison.
"Jail-bird slackers," is the
name ;
given to men sentenced in 1914 or
previously to periods of confinement
that have carried them over the first
two years 61 the war. A law recent
ly introduced in the Chamber of Dep
uties by Pierre Rameil and Andre
Hesse contemplates the incorporation
of certain categories of these men.
The proposition was received with
considerable . satisfaction until a
held that it would be according too
much honor to allow convicts to fight
the front alongside the gallant sol-
dier of the republic. Others held that
the results would scarcely justify the
experiment, while the number of re
cruits that could be obtained this
way .estimated at the Ministry of
Justice between 3,000 and 4,000,
would furnish too small an effort to
justify the risk. It would, be neces
sary to provide an organization abso
lutely separate and distinct from
any other arm of the service to pre
vent contact between convicts and
the soldiers of the regular army.
a crppn t Tin an v prisoners have
begged for the privilege of a suspen
sion of their sentence to permit them
to go to the front, and have thus ap
pealed with' some force to the senti
ment of charitably minded people.
There are precedents, however, show
ing that the , meri.: who have gone to
the front to clear. themselves of stains.
upon their record have not in every
case justified the hope that was en
tertained, '
TRAGEPY OFF LAMBERT
pqiNT LIKELY TRUE
Norfolk. Oct 31. Ttiere is appar
ent confirmation of yesterday's report
that six negroes, men ana women,
were drowned off Lambert's Point.
Their launch attempted to run be-
and a barge ana was
v-h- the latter. No bodies hav
P Ml J -
been founa..; j
IT
Hi
Won't Answer Whether He
Would Stop Shipments of
Munitions.
INDULGES ONLY
IN GENERALITIES
interrupted by Heckler He
Listens and Then Answers
Only In A Round
About Way.
Columbus, Ind Oct. 31. Charles E.
Hughes today told a heckler that he
was in favor of maintaining : Ameri
can rights in rights of travel and in
shipping.
Mr. Hughes had been asked if he
favored an embargo on munitions or
a passage of a resolution by Congress
warning Americans off merchant-
shins flvinc- tho fine nf
belligerent
mt 0 C5
nations.
Mr. Hughes was speaking of the !
competition that American interests!
will have to meet from Europe after!
peace was declared when a man said:
"Mr. Hughes, as a personal admirer,
may I ask a question?"
The nominee asked the crowd for
quiet so the question might be pro-jGalicia resulted favorably to Ger
pounded. ; many.
"In the event of your election," the j Efforts of the Rumanians to recap-
man asked, "will you or will you not
favor placing an embargo on the ship
ment of munitions to Europe or a
passage of a war measure warning
Americans not to travel on ships own
ed by nations at war?"
"I, sir," said the nominee, "am in
favor of maintaining every American
right, including the rights of travel
arid the rights of shipping. It is very
important that we, as a neutral, that
at this time when the great war is
raging,- should vindicate our neutral
rights and maintain the intergrity of
International law. To my mind it is
a very thoughtless policy that would
surrender important rights sbecause ofi
the sentiment which is 'cdncernedl
when we have the vast importance of!
the rights of. neutrals to consider with
regard to the furtherance of the Unit
ed States.
. "The foundation of American
prosperity," Mr. Hughes was
saying when interrupted, "is to be
founded not simply in patriotic senti-
ment of a united citizenship. The
foundation must be founded in sound
governmental policies, we nave in
the world great opposition and great 1
dangers. It is a new world we must .
face. The nations of the other side,
after the war, are going to have effi
ciency, they are going to have great
power, , great discipline, alert nan
hood. They have had wastes, but the
war has been a great driving power,
perfecting organization and increas-
ine the efficiency of the men and
women. They have learned to co
operate, to work together. It is not
time to tell American -eitizens that
America is safe. It is not, unless it
uses power to protect its citizens."
CASE WILL GO TO
JURY T
(Merged Cases of O'Brien and
Chemical Company Are Be
ing Bitterly Contested.
Attorneys in the merged cases of
the Shepard Chemical Company
against A. D. O'Brien and A. D.
O'Brien against the Shepard Chemic
al Company, now being tried in the
Superior Court before Judge G. W.
Connor, are contesting every inch
of the ground and it is not ex
pected that the case will be given to
the jury until tomorrow.
vln the first case the plaintiff is sue
ing the defendant for $2,900 for an al
leged breach of contract -in the con
struction of the plant ot. the Shep
ard Chemical Company, in East Wil
mington, and in the second case the
plaintff; D O'Brien is seeking to
recover $604.50 from the defendant,
Shepard Chemical Company, an al
leges balance due on the contract
price of the building.
The latter case was tried in the Re
corder's Court some time ago and the
plaintiff was awarded the $604.50, but
an appeal was immediately taken to
the Superior (ourt. Messrs. Graham
Kenan, Herbert McClammy and I. C.
Wright, Esq., are appearing for the
Shepard Chemical Company and Hon.
George Rountree and Thomas W.
Davis .are representing Mr. A. D. O'
Brien
MM
S PROGRESS
Only Artillery Activity at Ver -
aun ana iong tne
Somme;
GERMANS REPULSED
RUSSIAN TROOPS
Teutons Start Reprisals yOn
Prisoners of War Ruma
nians' Attacks Prove
Failure.
Military operations in the entire
war areas are being hampered by
weather conditions. On the Somme
front in Northern France the recent
j entente defeat in .attacks in the Cerna
only artillery fighting is reported,
! Similar conditions prevail before
Verdun.
In Macedonia further progress for
' the French and Serbians, southwest
of the Monastir region, is reported by
Paris. The Bulgarians announce an
entente defeat in atacks in the Crena
region, southeast of Monastir. N
Russian troops, who yesterday at-
i tacked the German lines, near Kra-
shin, met with
sangumary repulses
according to today's official state
ment from German headquarters. En-
gagements on the Lembere front in
! lure positions along the Transylvania
front yesterday were without success,
the German office declares.
Germany nas started reprisals on
Russian prisoners because of Rus
sia's non-compliance with Germany's
demand for improved treatment of
German prisoners, according to a
semi-official announcement in Berlin.
Certain Russian officers have been
i placed in camps where the discipline
is especially severe.
SEASHORE HOTEL
Directors Elected and Building
Committee Named at Meet
ing This Morning.
At a meeting of the directors and
officers of the Seashore Hotel Com
pany, held in the Murchison Bank
building this morning at 11 o'clock, di-
rectors for the ensuing year were el
ected and a building, committee ap
pointed with the idea pf improving the
J Seashore Hotel wonderfully before the
opening of next season.
The amount of money that is to be
expended in improvements was not
made public, but it was announced
that the dining room capacity of the
hotel is to be increased, a number of
baths are to be added, the building is
to be re-painted both inside and out,
and the grounds improved. In fact,
the Seashore Hotel will present a very
changed and improved appearance
when it opens its 1917 season for'bus
iners. The following were elected directors
of the company for the coming year:
Messrs. Joe Hinton, Edgar Hinton, S.
M. Boatwright, Dan Penton and H. C.
Bear. The following were named as
a building committee to have active
charge of the proposed improvements:
J. H. Hinton, E. Ii Hinton, E. H. Pen
ton, H. C. Bear and James Owen Reil
ly. BRITISH CASUALTIES
FOR MONTH OF OCTOBER
London, Oct. 31. British casualties
reported for the montli or October in
all the war areas are:
Officers, 4,331; men, 102,702.
October losses of 107,033 brings up
the total casualities for the four
months of the Somme offensive to
414,202. The daily average for Oct
ober was 3,452.
HALF HUNDRED HURT
1
i
imii i innnnniir
I IN 5 1 KLL. 1 LAK LKAbH British steamer Marina, which was j
j sunk by a German submarine off the j
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 31. Fiftyjiris.h coast yesterday is the son otj
people were injured at Ensley, a sub- Mrs. H. O. Sedberry, of this city.
urb, early today when two street cars,
in which they were riding telescoped
in a head-on collission. So far as has
been learned np one . was dangerously
hurt. The cars were completely de
molished
Olisnea.
The txvn ano tn ir.in tr 1 94. nor-1
'
sons, 30 or whom were negroes, it is
said were running at a rapid rate of
speed. "
N THE SINKING
(Gives Qrders For Definite
News to be Forwarded to
Him.
STATE DEPARTMENT
REPORTS INCOMPLETE.
British Admiralty Not Prepar
' ed State Marina Was Tor
pedoed Most Serious
Problem Since Sussex.
Long Branch, Oct. 31. President
Wilson was still today without defi
nite information concerning the sub
marine attack on vessels carrying
Americans to enable him to reach a
conclusion.
It was said here that he had given
directions that as soon as concrete
facts could be gathered by the State
Department they should be forwarded
to him.
Dispatches Incomplete'.
Washington, Oct. 31. Secretary
Lansing said today that his reports on
the destruction of the Marina, with
probable loss of American lives, still
were too incomplete to permit any
discussion of the case.
Fuller reports with the affidavits of
American suvivors have been ordered
by cable.
This morning's news dispatches
said that some of the survivors had
seen the wake of a torpedo and that
the ship was struck but it added grav
ily to the situation.
Officials noted that the British ad-
miralty was not prepared to say thatj Mr B G Green, No. 620 South Sev
ille ship was torpedoed and Consul jenth street reported to the police last
Frost yesterday said sne was de-inieht that someone entered his home
stroyed by gun fire.
Entirely aside from the first as
pects of the case officials made it
clear that no conclusions could be
drawn until all circumstances had
been made clear and evidence gath
ered in legal form.
Admittedly the case was viewed as
more serious than any other since
the destruction of the Sussex, since
litjys-tfce only -one involving American
life, but the State Department gave
no evidence of intentions, but has set
about gathering the facts.
National Capital Now Feeling!
The Pinch of The Increased
Cost of Living.
(George H. Manning.)
Washington, D. C, Oct. 31. The
National capital is now beginning to
feel the pinch of the increased cost
of living, of which one is reminded
each time the table is set.
On Thursday, October 26, all the
bakers raised the price of a loaf from
5 to 6 cents and the price of a pan of
a dozen rollsfrom 10 to 12 cents.
r-rtr V a Y i ey ore a f Violor in 'X7'l'H
j , i
crease in the cost of bread and all
the other bakers followed suit.
Washington has been threatened
with a milk strike for several weeks,
with resulting increased cost to the
consumer. The dairy farmers of Vir
ginia and Maryland, who supply the
Washington wholesalers, demanded
an increase to 24 cents a gallon dur
ing the ' winter months, and served
notice they would stop all shipments
unless their demands were granted.
Oyster, . the largest wholesaler,
granted their demands and the other
dealers are now following suit. No
tice Has been served on the Washing
ton public that very shortly it will be
come necessary to raise the cost of
fresh milk above 10 cents a quart, the j
present price.
All the other food necessities in
Washington have been going up
steadily for some time, and milk and
bread were about the last to ascend.
FAYETTEVILLE MAN
v ON THE MARINA
Fayetteville, Oct. 31. George Fletch
er SpHhfirrv. renorted drowned on the
The thought that he was on the Ma-
rina is based on a telegram to his j
mother on September 20 rrom Newport j
News in which he stated that ne
would sail fqr Europe the next day
on board a horse transport vessel
on uua.ru a. uui ac uvuoyuiL tooi.
' whpthor hp. is Amone the missing i
.. . . t j
or noi is noi Known uui mo
friends here are quite anxious about
him.
a i 1 a M. V -X wm A V
STEAD LY SOAR N6
THIEVES SECURE
y CIGARETTES
A. B. Croom & Co., The Latest
Victim Reported At
tempts Investigated.
Six thousand Piedmont cigarettes
were stolen from the wholesale groc
ery warehouse of A. B. Croom & Co.,
No. 228 North Water street, Sunday
night, or early Monday, morning, ac
cording to a report made to the police
yesterday afternoon, about 5 p. m.
It is stated in the report, which was
made by Policeman J. R. Minshw,
that the theft was committed by some
MAN
person who was concealed in the"?Ten submarines coming to the
warehouse when it was closed In the
afternoon as the thief or thieves left
the building by drawing the staple
from the inside of the rear entrance
When the store, was vacated the door.?oads because of the danger of nets
was closed by the guilty parties. I n? topped to trap them off the
As there are 60 packages, each con-' VIr&mIa capes,
taining 10 cigarettes, to the carton, 6,-! American submarines are usually
000 "coffin tacks" means that there ' operating off Newport and New Lon
were an even dozen cartons taken off don at ftH times of the year. British
and as this is more than one person nets dropped there might endanger
can well handle the officers are led to ; American vessels and German off i
believe several persons were implicat- cials do not believe the British would
ed.
by removing a sash of one of the front
windows. However, it was stated by
Mr. Green that nothing was taken.
Officer J. O. Bullard made an invest!-
i Kation of the maei
On the strength 01 a message from
Mrs. Katie Roach, No. o03 South Sev
enth street, about 12 o'clock last
night, to the effect that some one
was trying to enter her horjJe through
one of the windows, Sergeant J. S.j
Lane and Policeman W. H. Kermon,
took the city's bloodhounds to the'
scene, but they failed to take a trail.
An effort was made by thieves to
enter the grocery store of J. H. Sex
ton, No. 624 South Front street, Sun
day night, but persons living next
door heard the noise as the thieves
were forcing an entrance through a i tured Washington and while she saw
rear door and loosed a dog into the j none of the invading British, she re
yard where the would-be thieves were membered hearing others talk of the
at work.
MEXICAN GOVT.
'MAKES DENIAL
Ambassador Brings Denial of
Criticism of American
Officials.
Washington, Oct. 31. The sensa
tional statement attributed to Luis
Cabrera, General Carranza's minister
of finance, criticising American offi-
liolo fr-n allacraH In-vitrr in eiirnrtKSirTI
of Carranza agitators along the bor
der, became a closed incident when
the Mexican ambassador called on
Secretary Lansing today and on in
struction from his government dis
claimed responsibility for it.
Mr. Cabrera had previously denied
that he-made the statement.
MONTGOMERY MILKMEN i
-rr daioc TUC DDirr
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 31.-A ma- City and shake hands with the crowds
jority of the dairymen of Montgom-,m many places.
ery today served notice on their cu- While arrangements for his ad
tomers that they had raised the price dresss have been made by non-partl-of
milk from 10 to 12 1-2 cents alsan organizations, his campaign man
quart. The increase in price is given agers expect his trip to have import
on account of the raise in the cost ant bearing on the campaign in New
of dairy feed. 1 York state-
Looks Like Landslide
For Wilson Parker
Chicago, Oct. 31. John M. Parker, of Louisiana, nomi-
the Progressive ticket, who is support-
Vj WT C V 5rtfl iA in Chiraeo todav
ing President Wilson for re-election, arrived in Chicago today.
f-e wjH address tonight a mass meeting of Progressives.
It looks like a landsnae ror wnson, hc omu.
where I go the people are talking peace and prosperity and of
- o x . i J J D J . Y'l
tkA Kiimnn riorhrs leo-islation enacted under President Wilson.
e . .
After the meeting tonight'
Michigan, on a speaking tour.
That is The Belief in Quarters
Among Folks in Washing
ton Who Should Know .
WOULD LIKELY NOT
MAKE NEWPORT NEWS
Danger Too Great There, But
Nets Could Not e Used
Further Up The Atlantic
" Seaboard They Would En
danger American Subs.
Washington, Oct. 31. The Deutsch
land, the German submarine mer
chantman, is believed in quarters
here that should know to be on her
second voyage to this country. Knowl
edge of the date on which the ves
sel started is disclaimed.
It was said today that in future all
umiea oiaies, wnemer navai or mer
chantmen, will make New London or
Newport their port of call. No mdre
submarines' will ' enter Hampton
J take a chance of netting an American
vessel.
AGED NEGRO WOMAN
RECALLS WAR OF 1812
Topeka, Kan., Oct, 31. Hannah
McFerrian, a colored woman, 111
years old, with the records of her old
"master" to show her age, is visiting
Mrs. E. V. Green ,her great grand
daughter, at No. 1039 Boswell ave
nue. 4 Her home i a, . near Monagaw,,
Sprmgs, Mo., on, a farnT "whica .hj3is "
owns and where she lives alone. She
travelled to Topeka unaccompanied.
She was a little girl when the war
with England in 1812 was fought, re
sulting in the President's mansion
being named the White House after
it was burned and repainted. She
was in Virginia when the British cap-
war.
Shortly after this, her master, Jo
seph C. Montgomery, migrated to
Missouri, taking her and fourteen
other slaves with him, and settling
In St. Claire county. She recalls
having seen General Andrew Jackson,
and of course, recalls incidents of the
Mexican War.
Three years before the outbreak of
the Civil War her old master died
and his slaves were sold at auction.
She was purchased by a nephew of
her old master and now has, the bill
of sale.
READY FOR HIS LAST
CAMPAIGN TRIP
President Leaves Tonight For
Buffalo and From Theie
Goes to New York
Long Branch, Oct. 31 President
Wilson will leave here tonight on
thfi last trin of his campaign. He
I r5ll L.nooV in Rnffaln anrl in NflW
will speak in Buffalo and in New York
m 1-1 1 '11 1
Mr. rarker win leave iUr
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