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Rain followed by clearing and cold.
er tonight. Friday fair and colder.
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VOL. XXII. NO. 313.
Counsel For Railway Execu
tives Tells Congressional
Committee "Reasons"
CREDIT POOR UNDER
PRESENT SYSTEM.
Too Much Division of Author
ity Between States and Fed
eral Government, He Con
tends Too Much Politics
That Retards Development.
Washington, Nov. 23. The i;ail-
roaiK view ot tne trouble with the
country's transportation facilities
was presented to the joint congres
sional investigation committee today
bv Alfred P. Thom, counsel for the
railway executives' advisory commit
tee. Mr. Thom blamed the present sys
tem of "corrective" regulations divid
ed between the State and the Fed
eral government for most of the
problems that trouble the pubi c and
the carriers and appealed for neces
sary changes not upon "any mere
theory or jealousy as to distribution
of governmental power, but upon th 1
larger issues of what the public in
terests require."
Rates, Mr. Thorns declared, are
less important to- the public interest
than 'certainty, safety and sufficien
cy of transportation."
Under the present condition by
which the railroads' business is large
ly controlled by political instead of
business consideration, he added,
"the railroads' credit is so poor and
the returns so smfil .that adequate
expenditure of running lines into un
developed territory and enlargement
of facilities are impossible."
He said increased- transportation
facilities would tend jto reduce the
cost o living, opening up new coun
try, thereby causing an increase in
production. .Mr. Thorns pointed out
that the present system of railroad
regulation had its beginning: in
abuses of the past and was based on
principles of repression, correction
and punishment rather than on con
structive 'principles.
STILL WITHOUT A
CLUE TO ROBBERY
Detectives Searching For Men
Who Looted Express
Money Box.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 23. Po.
lice and express officers throughout
the South today sought the two men
who are alleged to have stolen $40,
000 in currency from a Southern Ex
Press motor truck here last night.
Although the robbery occurred in the
center of the business district, de
tectives so far have found- no clue
leading to the recovery of the money,
which w as being sjitpped by Chatta
nooga banks to various Southern cit
ies. Their only information was
'hat given by the driver of the truck,
who said two well-dressed men
climbed aboard the machine and held
him up at the points of revolvers.
He v.as forced to turn over the keys
to the strong box, he said, and the
robbers quickly rifled it and, after
clubbing him over the head, disap
v thousand dollars was
left untouched.
The driver was detained at police
headquarters during the night by the
detectives, who said they wished to
Question him further.
ANOTHER JEAN CRONES
HAS BEEN ARRESTED.
Spaulding, Neb., Nov. 23. A man
who the town "marshal believes an
swers the description of Jean Crones,
banted in Chicago on a charge of hav
'ng poisoned the soup served at a
hanquet in honor of Archbishop Mun
"elein, is under arrest here.
STORM WARNING.
Washington, D. C, .
u November 23, 1916.
Observer,
Wilmington, N. C.
Hoist southwest storm warning 10
a m., Jacksonville to Cape Henry.
Storm over Illinois moving east.
trong southerly winds probably
Aching gale force this afternoon and
(1anight'and shifting to Westerly Fri-ay-
Southeast warnings displayed
4Prth of Cape Henry to Boston.
BOWIE.
ATTACKS PART OF
GOVT. SYSTEM
Farmers Declare Issuance of
Interest Bearing Bonds Was
Un-Democratic.
Palatka, Pla., Nov. 23. The con
vention of the National ' Farmers' Ed
ucational and Co-operativei Ujiion of
America today adopted "a platform"
in which part, of the financial policy
of the government is attacked. It is
set forth that the government has
created an immense perpetual debt
by the issuance of interest-bearing
bonds ( when, in the opinion of the
convention, non-interest bearing! 01 active association in pumic ser
money, based on government' credit (vice. In that we are genuinely re-
and all the wealths and . service of all
the people should have been issued, i
It is stated that "under this mis
taken and un-Democratic policy debts
have multiplied to a colossal sum,
-wlilch under the present system
never will be paid and will entail a
perpetual burden of usury ' upon the
many to the enrichment of the few."
It is contended that through this
monetary system, the government has
erected a banking system tnat per
mits a few to multiply debts on the
many by loaning bank credit and per
mitting thjs tedebtness by controlling,
restricting and contracting the vol
ume of circulating money necessary
for the payment of debts."
Agreed to Delay Santa Fe Test
Suit Until Tomorrow In "
Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 23. Con
ferees over the Aaamson act case to
day agreed to postponement until to
morrow of the Santa Fe case before
the United States District Court in
Kansas City. Judge Pollock agreed
to the postponement.
The conferees, it was stated, were
not certain as to whether the record
of the case of the Missouri, Oklahoma
& Gulf, appealed to the Supreme
Court yesterday, could be made to
cover the problems ' of all railroads.
NO SUGAR SOLD
NOW SAVE BY CARD.
NO SUGAR SOLD NOW
Stockholm, Sewden, Nov. 23. No
sugar may be sold in Sweden except
upon presentation of a sugar card. A
THE 'RAILROAD CASE
WAS POSTPONED
stock-taking throughout the kingdom jThe interment ,was in the local ceme
has shown that some method of con- j tery special wish of the dead flier,
trolling the consumption is unavoida-, wnQ had asked that in case he fell
ble, and the card system, patterned onlhe ghould be buried as near as pos
German's methods of regulation, was gcene of Mg death
decided on. One kilogram (2.2 j heart-rending service in the
pounds) will be. allowed per month per I mtle . gx churcU here, Wint
capita, except for December, when two, g B and
kilograms will be available. fwai offprint w
shortage has been marked j
for some months, and has lately as-
sumeoLserious proportions. It had been
hopedand expected, however, that
this fall's sugar-beet harvest would .
make any state regulation of consump- four jawi-uu ""a-"a-tion
unnecessary, but it has now been I Lieutenant Buddeke, who has been fly
found that, including this year's pro- ing for the Turkish army, and Lieu-
rhmHnn there will e available omy,
about thirteen kilograms per person
from now until November 1, 1917.
A further result of the sugar shorv
age may be forced reduction in the pro-'
duction of arrac punch, the so-colloa , who was the only witness to Wint
national drink of the Swedes. Fully : gen's death, and who carried the many
a million kilograms are used for punch
making yearly: The 4. drinker who con
sumes three half bottlls weekly a
rather moderate consumption for a
punch-drink consumes therein as
much sugar, as his sugar-card entitles
him to buy at the grocer's.
DEFENDANT ON THE
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D 1 AINLMViwo i jr isri
Favetteville N C Nov 23 The
trial of J. Sprunt" Newton, a Fayette-
vine lawyer, on a charge of ember,
zmSj$6 800 as administrator of the
esSe of W E 'Draey, is still in pro -
eress in the Superior Court here, be-
fore Judge Francis D. Winston. Mr.
Newton has been on the witness
r.4-nA Ar.intr TYinof nf trwiflV. .
THE LARGEST CtttC
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROONNA; TH URSEf ;FTEROON, NOV. 23, 1 91 6
y SENT BES
WISHES 10 WILSON
OVER REJLEGTli
Hundreds of Telegrams Made
Public By The White
House Today.
ANSWER TOCABINET
DEEMED SIGNIFICANT.
Taken to Indicate That All
Members Are Invited to
Remain Bryan Sent
Congratulations.
Washington, Nov. 23 The White j
House today made public several)!
thousand telegrams of congratulations
from cabinet members, governors of
States, Democratic leaders and the
presidents of several Latin-American
countries. No messages were receiv
ed, from any of the belligerent na
tions.
Replying t congratulations of
members of his cabinet, the Presl
dent said:
"One of the best things about the
victory is it means four more years
i
joiced.
This was taken by some to forecast
an invitation to members of the cab
inet to remain in office.
Former Secretary Bryafi telegraph
ed: "I anf proud of the west, including
Nebraska. The states beyond the
Mississippi rallied to your support and
saved the day, and in doing so have
honored themselves no less than you.
They have been largely benefited by
'the great reforms secured under your
leadership and they stand with you
for peace, progress and prosperity."
Secretary Lane said:
"New York may be a feudal state,
biit the remainder of the country
wishes to be "free."
Many telegrams came from women
voters.
MOST DRAMATIC
Service That Marked Funeral
of Daring German Aviator,
Lieut. Wintgen.
St. Quentin, France, Nov. 23. While
fellow airmen wheeled their machines
overhead and dropped wreaths of flow
ers upon the coffin, Lieutenant Wint
gen, next to Captain Boelke, the most
successful German aviator flying in
the west and chief competitor of the
ill-fated First Lieutenant Immelmaxn,
was borne to his last resting place.
He had been killed in, an air battle
late in 43eptemb.er.
Lieutenant Wintgen's burial was
one of the most dramatic episodes in
the history of the little French city,
which has had its fill of the kind ot
drama that the war brings. It was
attended by almost every military per
son quartered in St. Quentin and by
a large number of civilians as well
, '
placed, on a gun carriage and j carried
IN
BURIAL OF AIRMAN
" ueiuewwjr. "";at the White House with members of
walked three fellow aviators who with Ms & Tfae ammal flock o tur.
Wintgen have won the coveted order. raised ecially fop the p.
tenant Taniu
At the head of the. funeral ro5e8"
SlOIl UiarUIIcU all uuuui vuiuiau j , a- cai
the coffin was Wintgen's closest
friend, the flier Lieutenant Hoehndorf ,
orders that had been conferred on the
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iamOUS UViaiUl me ucgiuuiiie
of the war.
In the procession behind the gun
carriage were representatives of the
commanding general, and hundreds
of representatives of the various flying j'
corps of the many German armies, all,
of -whom ..Had known and appreciated
' windroti anil his er!p.ntional abilitvi
1,1 lubcwu. " -
as an aviator.
At the cemetery, while a comrtde J
of the dead lieutenant spoke a few
' final words, two aviator friends of the j
deceased; who had followed the funer-
al procession in their aeroplanes let
their machines volplane to within a
'short distance of the ground and let.
fall: floral .wreaths, and then opened
! up with their machine guns the crash-,
ingr military salute of three volleys
the dead. i .
STILL TliTO
ST
CASE FOR COURT
Railway Lawyers and Govern
ment . Officials . Resumed
Conferences Today.
ROADS MOVING
WITH CAUTION.
Desire One That Will Cover
All Conditions Govern
ment Leans Towards Suit
Decided Yesterday
. Washington, Nov. r 23. Railroad
lawyers and Attorney-General Greg
ory continued today their conference
in an attempt to agree on one suit in
volving a test of the Adamson act,
to press for early consideration by
the Supreme Court of the Unite i
States. " " '
The difficulty in reaching an
agreement arose mainly, it ia be
lieved, from anxiety of the railroad
executives to pick from the many
cases pending in the Federal courts
one covering the differentconditions
faced by all roads. Railroad lawyers
thought the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe case, set for hearing today
at Kansas City, involves all points
at issue better than any other, but
department gt justice officials were
inclined to favor the Missouri, Okla
homa and Gulf case, in which Federal
Judge Hook; at Kansas City, yester
day, held the Adamson act uncon
stitutional. Selection of a test case would re
lieve the Department of Justice from
defending a multitude of suits al
ready filed, as under the agreement
all railways, would agree not to press
individual suits or institute new ac
tion pending decision in the test case.
Jack London Penned A Story
During His Last Con
scious Moments.
Santa Rosa, Cal., Nov. 23. The fact
that Jack London, the author, who died
last night at Glen Ellen farm, near
here, spent his last conscious moments
writing caused intimate friends to dis
cuss today his unusual capacity for
work. London complained of indiges
tion when h6 went to bed Tuesday
night, but his last conscious hours he
sat propped up in bed writing a story.
His physicians attribute death to a
gastro-intestirial type of uremia.
The body will be taken to Oakland
Friday for burial.
FLOCK OFT
SECINS TO ARRIVE
Plenty of The National Fowl
For The White House
Table.
Washington, Nov. 23. President
!gon plang tQ sp(md Thank8giving
ident," has already begun arriving.
One will be selected for the White
House table and the others, according
to custom, probably will be sent to
hospitals or for distribution among the
poor.
On one crate of turkeys, from Okla
homa, railroad men had written such
messages as "How about the high cost
of living?" and "Remember the eight-
I"
nour uay.
WILSON ACKNOWLEDGES
WIRE FROM HUGHES.
Washington, Nov. 23. Presi-
dent Wilson today sent a tele-
..r-.. , . - . .. - t - ... .
gram to Charles Evans Hughes
acknowledging his message of
congratulations received last
night. The President's telegram
read: ' .
"I am sincerely obliged to you
for your message of congratula-
tions. Allow me to assure you
of my good wishes for the years
to come."
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FINAL SIMONS
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CDWTESt ARE IB I ILL S
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No Candidate Will be Favored Above Another -Subscriber
Will Not Have to Pay More For Paper Small Amount
of Work AH That is Necessary to Win One of
The Valuable Prizes.
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THE PRIZES.
$685 Overland Automobile.
Ford Automobile.
Building Lot.
$100 in Gold.
$75 Victrola. .
' $50 O. K. Mystic Range.
$40 Sellers Kitchen Cabinet.
?25 Wrist Watch. -3f
3 Two $60 Diamond Rings.
In inaugurating its Grand Prize
Voting Contest, The Wilmington Dis
patch was not actuated by philan
thropic motives, nor does it make any
pretensions of same.
Although it has been shown that
the advertisers make possible a news
paper, yet the extent of their support
rests with the quality and extent of
its circulation. The Wilmington
Dispatch has made wonderful gains
in circulation and advertising during
the past year, but its great desire is
to get more readers and enter new
fields. Therefore, after careful and
deliberate consideration it decided on
the Voting Contest.
While the contest is purely a busi
ness proposition, the offer to give
away hundreds of dollars in prizes is
none the less astonishing in magni
tude and liberality, a project seldom
undertaken, in a city the size of Wil
mington.
Every expense of. the prizes and
there are ten of them are borne by
The Dispatch. The public is not
asked for any contributions. It costs
.those who enter the contest nothing
H& crompetV. s The Vabscrlbej rfevifot
'asked to paylnore for the paper. All
that is required of the contestants is
a small amount of work, an amount
so small that it will not interfere
with their duties or pleasures.
The contest is planned on lines that
experience has shown afford every
one entered an equal opportunity.
The rules and conditions are emi
nently fair to all. The management
of the contest is in hands that cannot
have the slightest reasons for favor
ing one candidate above another. The
judges will be well-known business
men, and behind all, assuring equity
Thinks That "Period of Com
plications" May Again Be
- Pending.
HAS MANY INQUIRIES
TO MAKE REPLY TO.
Declares The Arabia Was Not
Only Armed But Used Her
Cannon Interest Aroused
in Washington Over Word
ing of The Wireless Mes
sage. Berlin, (By Wireless) Nov. 23. A
period of complications may again
be impending in the German-American
relations. Germanys conduct of
submarine warfare has brought forth
an abundant crop of American inqui
ries, of which John C. .Grew, the
American charge, "recently filed no
less than ten, five of them today.
Six remain to be answered, includ
ing the cases of the Marina, on
which a number of Americans appear
to have been killed, and. the liner
Arabia, the sinking of which the
American government declares to be
inconsistent with the policy of the
German government regarding the
treatment of passenger liners. The
United States' plea, based on its at
titude in the Arabia case, assumes
that it was unarmed and torpedoed
without warning and is unable to see
justification for forcing the passen
gers into "the boats. Washington be
lieves the submarine commander, as
certaining that women and children
were,on the deck, should have re
frained from making an attack.
Germany.; in four "cases in regard
Dispatch.
The competition is open to all
white womerf : find girir, and the only
restrictions are that they must be of
good character.
The balloting will be by means of
the nomination and voting coupons
clipped from The Dispatch, and by
special ballots issued on subscription
payments from old and new subscrib
ers. No subscription ballots will be
issued for a les . payment than one
dollar and twenty-five e'ents, nor for
a longer period than two years.
Votes cannot be changed to count
for another, and any combination be
tween candidates is forbidden.
The first publication of the list of
the candiates will, be made in a day
or two. This will be the real begin
ning of the "Battle of Ballots." After
the first announcement of names has
been made, the list of candidates
with their standing will be published
daily. Ballots cast each' day will be
counted up each evening, added to
votes already published and printed in fifty mIleg southeast, of Crarova; the
the next day's paper. This will enable flrlng of store8 of ammunlUoil: there
the people of the city and surround-1 and ne sinking by the Rumanians of
mg territory to Observe the trend of, theIr bargea In the DanUoe, puni
the contest and particularly the , aW in tne regl0n indicated." ' .
yiogresa uiauu uy me coniesiants 01
their s choice.
Those who have favorites they
wish to enter in the contest should
send in the names of the contestants
immediately, that the names may ap-
ITI l!1 he.flISt UB Published- Those
who have been waiting for someone
to nominate them should not wait
any longer but should send in their
own nomination ' Probably your
nomination has already been received
but XP e::je)pijtlng-yb)l
tn'the "first ; fisfT "slenJVit Tn . youfseijf.
All that is hecessa"ry to noniinate
anyone is to clip the Nomination
Coupon," which appears in the paper,
fill in the name and 'address of the
chosen candidate and send it to the
Contest Manager. i .
The Contest Department at The
Dispatch office is , open eevry even
ing until 8 : 30 for the convenience of
those who cannot call during the day.
If there is anything about the con
test that you do not understand, do
not hesitate to ask questions. Just
call 176 and ask for the Contest
Manager. .. -: 'i
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SHOOTS DOWN HIS TWENTY-
SECOND AIRSHIP.
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Paris, Nov. 23. Sub-Lieuten-
flfr ant George Guynemer, the
French aviator, has brought
down his twenty-second German &
aeroplane, according to an an-
nouncement made by the French
war office this afternoon.
Guynemer secured his last
victory over a German airman
only five days ago.
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' Berlin, Nov. 23. According to tb6
to which replies have already been!offlcIal muniCPai insurance bureau's,
made, found fairly convincing an-'the number 0f women now employed
swers, which it is believed put quite ' industrially has advanced to 47.5 per
a different aspect It is pointed out-cent of all workers, as against. 20.6
here, for example, that according to!per cent a mtle over tnlrty year8
the testimony of her own passengers lt ro8e from 34.5 per cent in 1907, an
the Arabia was armed and used her average year, to 36.3 In 1914, rto 42.2
cannon and that the sea was smooth jn and j0 45 jn 9ig.
and other passenger vessels werej Wner'eaa the number of women now
near. It is argued .that the Arabia, 1 at work alm08t exactly' equals the
having on board a large number of ,number of men Ia 80me Industries fe-.
coolie war-workers, it was regarded . male aelp far outweighs: numerically
as a transport. male help. This is especlaUy the case
Arouses Much Interest.
Washington. Nov. 23. The wording
of the Berlin dispatch that "a period
of complications may be impending
in the German-American relations,"
aroused much interest in official cir-
the censors.
Mrs. John ', L. . Holman and little
daughter, Dorothy, , have returned
from a visit
sit to the western part of
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the Stat.
PRICE 15;CENT3
Invaders Overrun Western'
Wallachia King. Ferdi-
nand's Troops Fall Back. 1 N
BLOW UP BRIDGE '
OVER THE DANUBE. :
Entente Forces, Unable as Yet j
to Advance' From Monas
tir No Wounded On
Ship Sunk.
Later reports on the campaign be
ing waged against the Rumanians in
dicate that the Teutonic forces are
overrunning Western " Wallachia, fol
lowing up sharply their defeat of th
Rumanians in the Jieul Valley region -and
the capture of Craiova.:
Berlin has reported progress for the; -Austro-German
armies, that are ex-;
tending the Teutonic front from Crai
ova 7to Orsova. The fate of the Ru
manian army, that operated In the
Orsova region, remains in doubt: !
Indications of abandonment by the'
Rumanians of a large section of West
ern Wallahcia may be found, in to
day's announcement, from Bulgaria. In
the report it is declared that the.Ru-'
manian forces have blown up' tne
brldcrA over th Danube tiast Corahla.
It appears that the entente ' forces
that captured MonaBtir have not been
able to press beyond the new line tak
en up by the Bulgarians and Germans, '
a short distance north of the city.
finfla raonrAa tht ronntsa rit tha on.
tente attack in the bend of the Cerna
and to the eastward. ' .
Only artillery and aviation ppera
tions on the Somme. front in North
ern France and elsewhere on the .
Franco-Belgian front are jepqrtedl la. ,
today'-itwftetlAsV a fcjNl
Paris',' :7 ' ; ;. '!. ';.'..'..
The British admiralty today con
firmed the. press "advices that no
wounded were on board the hospital
ship Brittanic, when she was sunk
"in the Aegean. Those on the vessel
were the crew and hospital, staff.
I Rumanians Withdraw Troops.
Bucharest (Via London), Nov. . 23.
The Rumanian troops in the Jieul
Valley, in Western Wallachia, have
been withdrawn and now occupy
their old position, the war office an
nounced today.
In the Alt Valley . the statement
records that the Rumanians . have
maintained their position.
JOYNER HEARD
BY CONFERENCE
Tar Heel Superintendent Dis
cussed Live Subject.
Today.
Durham, N. C Noy., 23. An ad
dress on "Preparedne'M"'. of Negro
Teachers." by J Y Joyner. of Raleigh,
State superintendent Of'- public In
struction, featured today's session
here of the National conference on
education for betterment of, the negro
race.
The personnel of the commssioa
appointed to study tjie. negro educa
tional system of the .South will be an
nounced tonight, it was said
ALMOST HALF ARE
WOMEN WORKERS.
I in the textile and the paper industries,
'though the excess of women employ-
ed seems In no manner, to. have lessen
e(j e number of Women who are'
now offering their services,
j
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HAS PASSED ;:AWAY.
Dayton, Ohio, ; .Nov. .25. Devosa
Drlscoll, aged 43 yearsV.orlginator of
i ihe, "Maude Mule" ' cartoon, died last ,
night. ." ;.Cr::;r-.:,rJ-::: .y
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