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WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AFTERNOON, JANUARY 26, 7.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
,lP,;;1I (a The Dispatch.)
TiJoiah V., Jan. -o. n-auy
,hh! famous lor bills that he has
It iltrOuUCtHI. Uliricu uuc v-ujo tt
wrtflTire in Hie nuusc "maj
j when he provided for a Constitu-
a ponver.tion to be called Dy pop-
brvote at the -1918 election. Mr.
M -i 1 i X
vh vr.snes to ao w arn neyreseui-
prpr.t means. They want repeal or
,e amendment.-'. Haymore smiting the
ole four recently adopted .and Uiay-
m repealing one wnxi uuc-iuriug iu
other three.
PMrpiPiu.it ive Stubbs declares in
U,.w. ,
p11 writren wav as that m the ness.
m L. 1
-Janent ci the uenerai AssemDiy.a
mention of tl:e peopel is the only
e and is besides the speei. ""t and
i t j n .
..sr ecoiioniu-ai muue ui aiiuv. i ur
hemline it the constitution, wnicn
regards as "un.-'iutecLto the wants,
Id conditions of our people."
lathe Senate. Oates, of Cumberland
esented another education bill,
-,ich indicates, according to oppon-
s of it, the defeat of the Turner bill
Tiding- for appointment of a cen
; education commissioTiwhieh in
im would appoint county boards,
ring the county Superintendent to
elected by the county board.
Oates would have county
ID
PfflPL
HIVE THE "BULL" BUTLER IS
E MEET TO
CHANCE
llntrcduced For Constitu
ional Convention In North
Carolina.
BANT LEADS FJGHj
Apt County Free Range Bill
Defeated By Narrow Mar-
an Another Hduca
tion Measure.
ALLEGED TO
SENATE
HAVE SPEND
. t
HID BEHIND HAN THE IN
VOTES TO
25.000 ON
AUCURATON
ENGLISHMEN WILL
'en'
Army Officer Earned
Name on Account of Love
For Women, it is Said.
His1 This Sum Will Be Used to De-
Fray Expresses at Capitol ;
..Is Appropriated.
SPANELL'S .DEFENSE
IS RESTING TODAY.
;
Defendant Charges That Col.
Butler Shot His Spouse
While Trying to Hide
Behind Her.
(By Associated Press.)
San Angelo, Texas, Jan. 26. After
it had ' introduced testimony to bear
out the stqry told by Harry J. Span-
ell yesterday and to show that Lieu-
WORKS WANTS TO SEE
"CORONATION'S" END.
Lively Debate on High Prices
Washington Hotel Men
Charge -One Inaugural
Week Room Cost $200
(By Associated PressO
Washington, Jan. 26. The Senate
Tote favorably today on the $25,000
appropriation to pay for the inaugura
tion expenses at the capitol but not
All British Representatives at
- Conference to Aid Plan of
President.
LABOR CONFERENCE
ADOPTS RESOLUTION.
tenant-Colonel "M. C. Butler was until there had been some lively talk
known among Ms soldiers as "Bull"
Butler, the defense in the case in
which Spanell is charged with killing
Haymore and Clayton seek by his wife rested today
It was a sensational and draamtic
account Cpanell told on the stand yes
terday. He declared the,, shot that
killed his wife was fired by Colonel
Butler, while he and the army officer Republican, suggested that it should
engaged in a pistol duel in the dark-1 include provisions to prevent hotel-
keepers from raising their rates. He
about how Washington hotel keepers
"rob" visitors and some observations
that the inaugural ceremonies have
come to resemble' a coronation pa
geant. -
When Senator Overman ' brought
the resolution from the appropria
tions committee, Senator McCumber,
said he had been informed by one ho-! remarked that many words had been
tel tiat a room for inauguration week spoken about Russia, but it should not
would cost' $200. j be forgotten that it-was Russia, that
"I'm not going to object to this res- 1 initiated The Hague, conference.
rds
education nominated in the
ocratic primaries.
Jones, of Asneviile, asked if the
tho: of the bill contemplated the
vernors appointment of such boards
nator Oates replied negatively. The
iies will be threshed out Wednes-
of next v.-eeek.
enator Gougii introduced the .State
jarcbaut AsciatiQttbiUi-'.pTttpfc;
amendment to the Constitution,
ich would repeal the homestead ex-
ptior- and make subject of garnish-
pi all persons receiving a salary of
a week.
ie Pender county free range bill
defeated by a close vote.
Grant, of Hanover, led the
at today again for his amendment
me rioyle bill making discretion-
Colonel Butler, the witness de
clared, had followed and paid "undue
attentions" to Mrs. Spanell, and the
defendant had protested; . 1 -;u
Spanell said while he regarded his
wife as being "as pure as a flower, i olution," said Senator Works, Repub
just like an innocent little girl," he' lican, ' but I would like to see one
regarded Butler as a bold, persistent ('President inaugurated with appropri
and dangerous to women. All ( ate ceremonies, suitable in a democ
iiis efforts previous to July 20 he tes-' racy. We are having a coronation
tified, had been to shield his wife every four years, and it is undemo
from Butler's advances. The climax! cratic and un-American, and I would
came, he said, on the evening of that j like to see it abolished. There is no
day, when his wife and Mrs. Butler j -reason that such a ceremony as this
wrent upstairs in the Holland hotel, j should be conducted and there is
and were quickly followed-by Butler. every reason that it should not, I
Spanell testified he followed in a I should like to see the President him-i
few minutes and found his wife alone "'e agumsu inaiwu oi imugj
and greatly agitated. He said she j auu piulusl agarasi ms inaugural oe
i,o Kr. r-.tfo-roA n wVHi Mrs i ing made a show of this kind. There
Elihu Root's Address In Wash
ington Backs Wilson's
Peace Plan and Hits
Germany.
(By Associated Press.)
Manchester, nmg., J 'Vb. The la
bor conference in session here unani
mously . adopted today a resolution
urging that "all the British represen
tatives at the peace conference should
work for the formation of an Interna
tional league to enforce the mainten
ance of peace on the plan advocated
by the President? of the United
States and approved' by 4.he British
foreign secretary."
The resolution also demanded that
the British plenary potentiaries should
include an adequate number of parlia
mentary representatives of organized
labor. The mover of the resolution
LEAK PROBERS B
NOT HIT SUIItl
I Is
I
I
N GlBtf
RXJSS AD VANCE ON
TEUTONIC TROOPS,
THEN FALL, BACK
Investigators Only Desire to
Know on Which Side They
Were Trading.
SUFFICIENT DATA TO
INDICATE A "LEAK"
This Request Eliminates De
mand That Trial Balance of
Customers Accounts be
-Furnished.
GERMAN
TORPEDO
FLOTILLA LEAVES
Following Lively Battle With
British Light Naval Forces
Departs Unhindered.
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, Jan. 24, (via Sayville, Jan.
26.) Details of the engagement be
tween the German torpedo boat flotil-
Germans Make Attacks Be
tween Avocourt and Dead
Man Hill.
TEUTONS CHECKED BY
FRENCH; TWO ATTACKS
! French Trenches On Hill 304,
Northwest of Verdun
Stormed by Kaiser's Men,
Along a Front of 1 ,600
1 IVlptrc
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 26. If anv nersonsila and British lieht naval forces on
J profited by the alleged "leak" on the ! January 21 are given today in an
President's peace note, the Rule3 com-! Overseas News Aeeofcv statement.
mittee will not learn how much they j "Immediately after the beginning of
profited, but merely which side of the j the engagement; which. . took . place in
account they weTe trading on prior to 'darkness," says the agency statement,
me puDiication or tne note, j The commander s Doat, the v-by, re- i war office announced today. Counter
This appeared to be the crux of thejeeived a full hit on the bridge. The i offensives by the Germans later re
changes in the third demand made by J commander of the flotilla, Captain of I suited in withdrawals of the Russian
the committee upon the Stock Ex-; Corvette, Max Schultz, who always had I forces which had advanced.
(By Associated Press.)
Petrograd, Jan. 26 (Via London).
(British Admiralty Per Wireless
Press). Russian troops in two sec
tors of the Riga region carried out
successful offensive movements yes
terday, advancing at one point, east
of the river Aar, for about a mile, the
change brokers for data, when the
new communication was made public
today.
commanded his flotilla with courage
and success, was killed as were two
, other officers and some of the men.
Germans Repulsed.
The modified request was interpret-1 The steering gear was damaged caus
ed as meaning merely the extent of i ing a collision with other boats. The
Butler was out of the room for a mo
ment.
He invited Butler into his car, in
which Mrs. Spanell-already was seat
ed, and after going a few blocks de
manded of Butler what had happened
in the room. He could see flashes
from Rrrtlpr's nistol as he stood be-
. - - - -v . - I Mori
Spanell trying to tree nerseii irom,
Butler's grasp. Finally, he said, he
saw Butler fall and he found his wife
lead.
"Butler had killed her," he said.
Spanell was pale and nervous, but
appeared relieved over having con
cluded his ordeal on the stand.
Private William Granger, 6f : the
is no occasion for the government of
the United States to spend $25,0-00 to
provide a place for the inaugural. I
should like to see the Senate raise
its voice against it; it violates every
principle" of our government."
Senator Thomas, Democrat, ex
pressed, himsflf inccpr4osvith Sena.-
arafeiftBto'aM de
clared :
"Old Spanish buccaneers who sail
ed" the Spanish main, flying the black
Root Backs President.
Washington, Jan. 26. Elihu Root's
avowed sympathy with, President Wil
son's plan to establish world peace
and his denunciations Of Germany's
course in the war, expressed in an ad
dress before the National -Security
League's Congress of Constructive
Patriotism last night were still the
subjects of considerable informal dis
cussion among. delegates today.
Mr Rnnff! nppfh rlrpw from SS'tnn-
wood Menken, chairman ot the Con
gress, the explanation that the gather
ing is intended to be neutral "regard
less of expressions' of individual
speakers, who are free to say what
they please."
Universal military training, advo
cated by Mr. Root, also was urged by
many speakers today, although he
program atopics. were44i5Ajnericaniza
ual efficiency." ,
Raymond B. Price, of New York,
presided at the first session. Senator
flag of piracy and taking their lives in i Fletcher, of Florida, presided at the
their hands to rob merchant ships,
must turn ovsr in their graves when
they see the lavish successes of mod
ern hotel proprietors on occasions of
this kind and the immunity from pun-
! isbment they enjoy in prosecuting
' it. 1 T-v i 1 n n T rtHA j-i-M i Tl '
whu superior Court judges the , , W""-""", their business of plunder."
tnce to death or life imprisonment
fita! felons for whom juries rec-
mend mercy. Grant would make
sudatory ; Hoyle, discretionary
first witness. He said that he saw
Spanell about 33 minutes before the
shooting and that he was sober and in (
te measure-went over while Judge; a Bood humor. R. H. Neff, of El
hedbee and Judge Kerr looked on
heard the debate.
ie woman suffrage, measure report
favorably Thursday and will be
February 6th.
The Senate Thursday.
vn order nay maclp rpferrins the
convening ihe State Board of
amies into p. State Board of Public
elfare, which has favorable report
Mi the commi'n ee on annropria-
Pns, to judiciary committee No. 1.
fl's is in order to see that it is in
ppfr ipcai' (Crm t0 accompnsh its
poses without infractions.. Bills
sed final reading to regulate the
ot Iredell county officers; pro
i persons under the influence of
puor or drugs from driving automo-
hs 0r motorcycles: reeulatine the
''Its Of Briinsu-irlr nrmntv
bills were introduced out of
apr as follow.-;:
beato-Amend the law as to the
filiation of nnTilionr.tc fnr law
tfises
Evwiti -Provide
"jir.f"-.
a home for blind
' - '--ouiui.iuil UlItJCLlllg LUC
i m 1 cu , UUttlU.
petition was received from fish-,;n-,r:r,(anf-:'p'
county asking the
iri ,')'a f:lnmissioh be continued
' e hsh jav-:- jp pnforcpfi.
11(1 Presidr-nr nf t, mn,i
F-cors Warren, Justice. Hard in e.
Uif f?OTT1-...r. TD 7 , A1
1-liln. Sr-1,M. 1 t , .
hrl tr, -"'" ciiiu jones on cities
'"towns finr.rfln-,4.
Tho Q ...ninruL IvSiUCLIUllS.
oenate sdinnmo of o
li 10 O f nr.'- IJ":j-
..-jv.-v r i lUciy
Paso, a Texas guardsman, stationed
at Marfa, testified Butler was mark
ed in his attention to women.
Both Granger and Neff, in their tes
timony, stated the soldiers had given
Colonel Butler the title of "Bull" But
ler and that he was generally known
by the-soldiers under that name, be
cause of his attentions to women.
A. H. Newell, of Alpine, a mine su
perintendent, said he saw the Span
ells talking excitedly in their automo
bile. He said he heard Spanell "com
mand" Butler to get in the machine.
"Spanell opened the door for him,"
said Newell. Questioning brought out
the fact that the witness had seen
Mrs. Spanell come out of the hotel
and that time she was pale.
James Dodd, of Alpine, said he saw
the Spanells and Lieutenant-Colonel
Butler in the car just a few minutes
before the shooting, and the car
Senator Borah, Republican, ob
served that people who come to in
augurations do so with eyes open and
pockets full for a good time.
Senator Sherman, Republican, ob
served he hoped that "this matter
will be given wide publicity so that
certain of my constituents who may
come here won't have to - borrow
money from me to get home."
later session for discussion of govern
mental efficiency."
Prof. Edward Steiner, of Grinnell
College, Iowa, said the American peo
ple have too little foresight. "We are
living so much in the present," he
said, "that we care little or nothing
for the future. We have developed a
passion for heroic ancestors but not
for illustrious descendants. Many
women who are talking birth control
should talk birth courage. Ancestors
cost nothing, descendants much."
He urged nationalization of the
public school system; which, he said,
has the most inefficient teaching
body in existence.
Paris, Jan. 26. On the Verdun
the operations during the period injV-69 in a badly damaged condition, en-. Stacks at four noints between Ao-
nilPRtinn as r-nnairlororl enfflt th rntrh r,nrt of VmnHon with. I altaCKS at IOUr points Detween AVO-
.ilt j ----- ; V i court wood and Dead Man's hill. To-
tte f1 ?G t0 in?lcateF Whether; out being molested by the enemy. -, d ,g war ofice announcement says
they reflected possession of advance! The boat -rammed by the V-69, not-. the Germans were driven Dack wih
information. withstanding the damage sustained severe losses, although they penetrat-
The new request eliminates the de- j continued to participate in the combat ; ed advanced trenches near Hill 304.
u.ia.u.u. Liictt uruiters iurmsn a trial Dai-,iuu iuuiumu ueavy uauiage uu it rrn-j
ance of their customers' accounts and : ish destroyer by ramming it. Later j
says it will be sufficient to furnish 1 a German who recognized the destroy
the stock balances both long and short. ! er stated that it was in a sinking con-
The condition of the account ' dition. The German torpedo-boat, al-
aside from the amount of stock which: though its speed had been diminish-
In upper Alsace the Germans left
their trenches at two points to attack,
but were checked by the French ar
tillery. The announcement follows:
"On the right bank of the river
( " - - - i iuuuac, aiici d. viuicul uumuaiuiucui,
the customer was long or short need ! ed by the' collision with the V-69 and j German forces yesterday evening de
not be stated." ibv ramminer the British destrover. sue- c .Ui e
- J 4 ' 11VC1CU X L ucLL;i.o Uli iUUl JJUllAtO Ul UU1
ceeaed in reacning a uerman oase un
N.C. MILITIAMEN
TO RETURN FEB. 1
hindered by the enemy.
"A third German boat in the dark
ness encountered numerous hostile tor-'
pedo boat destroyers. Entering into
action, it sank a large hostile destroy
ier by discharging a torpedo at short
j range. Owing to the superior force
'of the enemy Jthis boat withdrew from
jthe fight and arrived in port undam-
aged and unmolested by the enemy."
Dates For Departure of Other
roTisAreBein'g -
Fixed.
VENTRILOQUIST, WHO ,
TWO MORE DA Y5
OF JPRIZR CONTES T
I-. . . . . i . right up m front, as any one can see
Klght Up In rront and It .by referring to the published stand
1 .ooks 1 .i Ice An vbnrl v's I and n of tnem nave nearly equal
, - V .1 lUMl,, lil C 1 U 11 V
(By Associated Press.)
San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 26. Dates
of departure for organizations in. the
first group of 25,000 guardsmen order
ed home from the border are being
fixed as rapidly as possible at General
Funston's headquarters. Additional
schedules announced today included:
First North Carolina Infantry, from
El Paso, February 1.
front between Avocourt wood and a
point to the east of Dead Man hill,
but they were repulsed by our curtain
of fire and by the fire of our infantry
and machine guns. Our assailants
were compelled to make their way
back to their trenches with the ex
ception, however, of certain detach
ments who were successful in pene
trating some of . our, , advanced
trenches in the sector of Hill 1,304.
The enemy .'during this attack suf-,-fered
very heayy; losses and left riu
lauerous dead i&ftbiit r'dniulhies, part
tictilarly in , Avocourt. ' ": ; '
During the course of the night
German troops undertook several sur
prise attacks upon some of our minor
positions, but these failed under the
fire of our men located to the north
ALLEGED SMUGGLERS OF
RUBBER ARE ARRESTED.
(By Associated Press.)
Leavenworth, Kas., Jan, 26. A ..ven
triloquist among the convicts of the
Federal prison here, who apparently
has at his command all the tricks of ; of Chilly, south of the Somme and to
the professional, is causing the guards jthe northeast of Vingre, between the
to spend much time trying to evolve! Oise and the Aisne.
a plan for his detection and silence, i "In upper Alsace near Largitzen,
The large cell rooms are acoustically 1 after a spirited bombardment, forces
perfect for the exercise of the con-1 of the enemy cam6 out of their
vict's art and nightly the guards and i trenches attwo point3. Our artillery
inmates are aroused by wails of dis-lfire put a'definite check to this en-
R
ace.
v:- -X- -a- 4fr -3fr
-5fr -if -K-
passed him slowly enough- for him to,
sear Colonel Butler say: j -X- TODAY'S LEADERS.
"Mr. panell, will you let me ex- j -X- -X-
plain?" - - I Gussie Skipper .. .: ..163,165 -X-
He testified that the next words he; Mrs. J. W. Griffin .. ..160,842 -X-
rauerht were. "Mrs. Snanell and Mrs. : -X- Mrs. Bessie M. Robbins. .159,399 -X-
ed so very closely that the Contest
Manager can hardly catch a glimpse
of daylight between them, as they
come down the home stretch. It's
anybody's race, and the work done
between now and 9 o'clock Monday
night will have a great deal to do
with determining even the weakest of
her working opponents from turning
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 26. The neutrality
squad ofhe customs department to
day is searching for five members of
the crew of the Belgian steamship
Samland, charged with conspiracy to
evade the customs regulations by
smuggling rubber aboard their ship;
for transportation to Europe. Five
other members of the crew, arrested
yesterday for the same offense, are
in ciistody awaiting trial before a
Federal court.
The Samland is in the service of
the Belgian relief commission. Hid
den in her hold customs officials
found 300 pounds of manufactured
rubber. It is charged that ten men
in the engine room put up $35 apiece
to purchase the rubber, expecting to
realize a large profit by selling it in
Rotterdam. Most of the men under
charges are Belgians.
tress, laughter, dog' barks and dia
logues between a man and woman
which eventually end with a fight.
So far the practical joker is enjoy
ing his art undisturbed, but unless the
guards obtain results within a few
days they declared today they will
offer a reward among the convicts for
the disturber of their peace.
deavor.
"On the remainder of the front
there has been intermittent cannonading."
mm p tm
IU U LI I L i
i IS SENT TO DOM
i i
i
Kntip
TV
Th
he House Thursday.
Mssion of tv, u
ii-i.L xiuu&t; was uyeu-
thV ,r:;:;y("r b' Rev- J- W. Morgan,
ppr-i.,1 v-uuiuii. iiieie was
siU"' J"',,:in from Burke county
arris "O"'1 ,b" riS'nt to elect, school
lov-s. "' lh wpre introduced as
fioj
. 0 act
y 'equest) Reneal the
iep'h a"- ,t0 lhe county treasurer's
v to s "'cuuniiim amenaa- r
Kay r,'f r , ,ncpXr9-ad law- "H
rt . '- iit-i r- i.v lug
of
rico
puniv to Z "'aiey Allow Union
uni0ris xi)f,n.ses of veterans to
EconL vide for work of
inn?. . ' ,antl Geological Survey
f0fi,"i uZ- ; maintenance from
K-'v;tSnrAbolish the office of
IV'c,l.Kur,jr in Iridell.
ofrOTnrnnid the Sraded school
ooirp" Ullye.
nunued on Page Two.)
Butler went there-" The automo-! -X- Mrs. James E. Holton ...158,674 defeat into victory, if the right kind
bile then, passed out of his hearing. ' -X- Pauline Renfrow 157,386 -X- of effort is made.
In a very short time he said he -X- Mrs. J. A. Raynor 156,338 -X- All over this section of the State,
heard shots. v ' Minnie Hardy 155,827 -X- wherever The Dispatch, in its daily
Dodd was the man whose appear-1 -Js- Ethel Grimsley 155,439 -X- visits, makes its way, the readers are
ance as a witness the defense deemed -X- -X- c.-:.scussing the probable result of the
so important they . intimated they -x- , NOTICE TO CANDIDATES. j contest and are predicting that this
would have to ask for a continuance, -x- . . 4C- j or that favorite is sure to come under
if illness from which he was suffering j -x- Ail active candidates who do -X- j the wire a winner. These knowing
at the start of the trial, kept him : not win one of the prizes will -x-j ones always believe that their own
away.1 . ' j -X- receive a cash award of ten per -x-j candidates are sure to win. If thoy
When the State began its rebuttal;- cent of all money turned in by could, only realize that subscriptions
A. M. Turkey, of Alpine, testified that them during the contest for new I count much more than good wishes
Butler's reputation as regarding at-, subscriptions. An active candi- " " a contest of this kind, their can
tentions to women was good. i -x- date is one who continues to didates would stand a much better
The State, in beginning its rebuttal,! work up until the , close of the chance of winning.
estimated that it could not conclude contest, and in order to receive - ! 1 be probabilities are that the bal
before late tomorrow. . j a ten per cent award, a contest-
The first witness for the State on; ant must turn in at least one -X-the
rebuttal, contradicting evidence new subscription for a year (or -X-given
by defense witnesses, "declared the equivalent), either Satur--X-that
Colonel Butler's" reputation re-j. day or Monday, 'the last two
cardine his attentions to women "was i davs of the contest. -X-
good." ,
WILSON'S PEACE PLAN
IS ENDORSED BY S. C.
Socoa is Torpedoed by a Ger
man Submarine Missing
For Some Time.
Hill 304 Stormed.
Berlin, Jan 26 (Via Sayville).
French trenches on Hill 304, north
west of Verdun, were stormed yes
terday by German troops along a front
of 1,600 metres, the war office an
nounced today.
The announcement follows:
Army group of the German Crown
Prince: On the west bank of the
Meuse in the sector of infantry Gen
eral von Francois, under command of
Lieutenant-General von Demborne,
assisted by artillery pioneers and
mine-throwers, stormed the French
i trenches on Hill 304 on a front of
' 1,600 metres. The feemy suffered
sanguinary losses in hand-to-hand
fighting and left in our hands in
round numbers 500 prisoners, among
whom were fifteen officers. We cap
tured ten machine guns. ,
At night the French Jaunched a
(By Associated Press.)
Columbia, S. C, Jan. 26. Presi-
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 26. Rumors that
the French steamship Socoa, last re-
nrvl o 1(11 in'n o n -rrl iff rm All rril cf
16 for an unstated port, had been lost.p-"" , A
were confirmed here today by Cap- Enterprises on Dead Man hill and
tain Y. Beridam, master of the 'northeast of Avocourt brought the de
French Line steamer Ohio, from j sir,e result- ... . .
Cardiff, who said the Socoa 'was tor- j Mmor attacks have, been made by
V,. o., oo-r.; in thJ Rumanian forces on the western
dent Wilson's position regarding a . Mediterranean on August" 25, 1916. ! frontier of Moldavia, in the Kasino
DAY IN CONGRESS.
V."
-X- -x- -x-
' With the end of The Dispatch con-
4.4.4c2.'...4i2. test only a tew nours away, it is - an
j impossibility, even at this late hour,
lO JJlCn. lilt! Wlliucio, ao luc iawc 10 uc;
1 rirlpdlv rinse. There are. some candi-
Senate.
Met at 11 a. m.
Senators assailed lavishness of in-! dates, whose names are in the list
auguration ceremonies and "robbery" , who are not active, so far as indica
by Washington hotel proprietors on tions reveal, but the active contest
that occasion in voting $25,000 for ex ants outnumber them to such an ex
penses., ! tent that the finish is cerain to be
Bishop Fallows, rof Chicago, urged very close and full of excitement. The
universal militarv training before Mil- majority of the active candidates
itary Affairs committee.
House.
Met at 11 a. m.
' Resumed consideration of
j and Harbors bill.
j have been doing splendid wof k, and
have been so well supported Dy the-r
j friends and. relatives that the final re
Rivers suit is problematical. ! ,
I The best ' workers are crowded
loting will be very heavy tomorrow
and Monday, as these two days will
be the last for the candidates to de
posit -their votes. The contest will
close Monday night at 9 o'clock, when
The Dispatch office wjll be locked.
All persons who are in the office at
that time will be given an opportu
nity to turn intheirsubscriptions and
deposit their votes in the ballot box.
The ballot box will then be turned
over to the judges, who will seal it
and place it in a vault of one of the
local banks.
1 - official count will be made by
t judges Tuesday night, beginning
at 8 o'clock. As soon as the count has
been completed-the result will be an
novt ced to those present, and will te
P" '. i cd in Wedc Miay's paper. Tha
candidates, their friends, and the
public in . general, a1 re invited v to ' e
present at The Dispatch office Tues
day night, when the judges count the
votes. , . ' .
' - (Continued on Page Two.)
peace league of nations was endorsed
today by the South Carolina Legis
lature without opposition. The text
of the joint resolution, which was
passed in each House separately, is as
follows:
"Resolved, that we heartily endorse
the position of Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States, in ad
vocating that, after the close of the
present war, the United States take
the initiative in forming a league of
nations to guarantee the future peace
of the world."
VIRGINIA LEAGUE BALL
SCHEDULE IS FRAMED.
- (By Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va.. Jan. 26. Directors of
the Virginia State Baseball League
met here today and decided that the
circuit for next season shall be com-
i t.j . r r,0 1 valley region, the war office an-
Socoa when she was sunk. noun ced today The attacks were re-
The torpedoing of the Socoa, he ' Psed The statement reads:
aded, was" his-second experience .of; BmSX'
losing a ship in this manner. TaeBerecK mountains attacKs rjy several
first W he said, was when the ; Rumania. companies, in the Kasino
French collier Antoine was torpedoed-:' ere repuif.e?; . .
n the same waters on October 3, ! "Army group Fie d Marshal von
Vol k j Mackensen: "There is nothing new to
Cnng woo a vosopI nf 9. 77". .A cun,.
The Socoa was a
tons register, built in 1913.
ENGLISH COAST IS
SHELLED BY KAISER.
"Macedonian front: Near Bueyuek-
tas, on the slopes of the Moglenica
mountains, Bulgarian troops repulsed
an advance by Serbian forces." '
In the river Aar sector of the Riga
region, along the northern end of the
(Bv Associated Press.) Russo-Galician front, east Prussian
London, Jan. 26. An unidentified troops captured additional Russian
German vessel shelled the Suffolk positions on both sides of the stream
coast of England last night. There yesterday and withstood a counter
were no casualties. j attack on the east bank. Russians , to
The following official announcement the number of 500 were taken pris
was given out today: I oner. ,
A small unidentined uerman vessel ; wstm frnnt: Annroximatelv 500
burg, Portsmouth, Newport
Va., and Rocky Mount, N. C.
News,
posed of Norfolk. Lynchburg, Peters-1 approached the Suffolk coast last night prisoners were taken by the Germans
and nrea a uumuei ui who also captured machine guns,
portion of which reached the land. , The rech failed in .a counter-attack .
There were no casualties and only in- &t nirnt
significant damage." I Este"rn front: Front of Prince
ounrnicu CTFAMQU1P Leopold Engagements on the river
SWtX'iM 0 1 ilAmonir J Aar yesterday again resulted in com-
IN SENT TO BOTTOM. 1 Plete success for the attacking east
frussian uivisioua m uie utpiuro ui
- .-SJ.1 ' V.
runner nussian positions ou uum
S. CONGRESSMAN
DIES IN CHARLOTTE.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington,. Jan. 26. Private tele
grams received today at the House of
Representatives announced the death
of Representative David E. Finley, of
South Carolina. He was in a hospital
at Charlotte, N. C. ,
prisoners were
(By Associated Press.) xuriuei " A t Z
London, Jan. 26. The Swedish 1 sides of the river. On the east bank
jatpamshin O. A. Brodin. 1,832 tons stropg nosuie uuuuici-hi;m u.
gross, is reported to have been sunk,! "Five hundred
Lloyds announces. ,, brought in."
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