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FRENCH,
Advance in Region of Hill 304
is Stopped WitK Considera
ble Loss to Teuton,
3 GERMAN PLANES
ARE BROUGHT DOWN,
prisoners Are Taken From
Kaiser in Hand Grenade At
tack Against The French
Trenches Near Verdun.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Jan. 30. The Germans last I
night m:de another offensive move
ment in the region of Hill 304, north
vosr. of Verdun, attacking a French
trench. The attack, says today's war
office announcement, was stopped by
;i:!uiro v.-ith considerable losses to
the Germans.
A German raid on French trenches
r,o-'h of Badenvillers was attempted
but failed, a dels the statement, which
;i.-o reports an intermittent cannon
ade on the remainder of the front.
Three German airplanes were
brought down. The announcement
follows :
-On the left bank of the Meuse an
;i.;;ack with hand grenades against
one of our trenches-ki thn region of
iiili ;'04 was repulsed by our fire
without any result other thau losses
for the enemy. Ndrth of Badonvil
lers a German attack was repulsed.
We took prisoners. -
"In Upper Alsace our ba-tte-""-.
v ere active in the region of Seppois.J
mere was intermittent cannonaamg
along the remainder of the front.
"Three enemy airplanes were
brought down in aerial combats yes-
terti;
one by Sergeant Hauss, who
up to the present time, has destroyed
five German airplanes.- It is con
firmed that Adjutant Jailler has
brought down six enemy machines
thus far, five airplanes and one bal
loon." Quiet Prevails.
Jan. 30 (Via Salville)
Berlin.
Quiet ha
prevailed daring the last
21 hours all along the Russian .and
uumanian fronts from the , Baltic to
the Black Sea, the - war office -an
nounced today. Only, in .Macedonia,.
in the Cerna, and in,the Struma re
gions has thre,beeiLyatUM,
i u" oa.ih.aiis, auu iuis. umy iu me ua-
ture of scouting operations.- TThe
statement ieads: ... ' ;'a
'Eastern front: Between the Baltic
and the Black sea there have been
nc imr-ortant events.
"Macedonia fnont: In the bend of
the Cerna and on the lowlands of the
Struma clashes "occurred between re
connoitering detachments."
French troops last night delivered
four fresh attacks on German lines at
Hill 304, northwest or Verdun, army
headquarters announced today; The
attacks failed of success.
The statement reads:
"Western front: "Army group of
Crown Prince Rupprecht On the
Artois front there were several re
tonnoiteriag engagements.
LeLween the Ancre and the Somme
n artillery duel, which at times was
strong, took place.
"Army group of the German Crown
Prmce: Attacks made in the evening
by the French against Hill 304 were
without success."
ATTACKING "SUB"
S USED MY
British Stea
mer Amazon
A
is
Fired
on Bv German
Under-sea Boat.
'By Associated Presq.)
ftrnambuco. Jan ?.0 Passengers
on the British steamer Amazon, which1
as arrived here from Europe report
J5at. the ship was attacked by a sub
raanne while in the neighborhood of
N;go, Spain. The submarine fired a
orpedo which passed close under the
bfliP s bow.
According to the passengers, several
ii"V were fired at tne submarine by
uotn thf Amazon and a French steam-
was in the neighborhood.
he sub
fflarinf dkannagrod arA it was
Tint i ; .ji v.i uvi. "
'7 learned whether she had been hit
r not.
30 TONS OF CHEESE AND
GIN GO OVERBOARD.
v. .Ay Associated Press.)
nw. . k Jan- 30 Thirty tona'pfl
-'-.uiIiUl.se ConaieHno- nf TTrtllaTirJ
ton HRd Dutch cheese- Part of 30-
Vuic- ' , Dutch steamship
h - ivcx'j tnrown into tne sea
' ' ot a German submarine
u "ni:inuer when the ship was held
j;' a U-Wt, December 27, off the
of th'l vas accordinS to officers
(lav uu-""ius, on arrival nere to-
ItnnH ,ver3sel drf her way from
effifp,.. . u Jisuon, Portugal, tnei
Pt-aro'i' when the submarine ap
iQafl" An ofticer came board and
shit! a careful examination of the
thine twni?st- He Passed' every
Do ,,r !' t0 his mind; would be of
iu ino Bnomu r-ra-m ' o
but drew a
Carina- gm an( cheese, de-
ring them
contranana foodstuffs."
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TO BRIDGE POTOMAC.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. sn nnn.
5fr
struction of a railroad bridge
across the Potomac -river near
Metomkin Point, Va., 30 miles
.vfr south of Washinsrton.
m behalf of the Washington-
Newport News Short Line Rail-
road, 'is authority in a bill fav-
orably reported today by the
House Interstate Commerce
Committee. The bill was intro- -K
duced by Representative Jones,
ofof Virginia, and the project ha
Sfr the approval of "Secretary Baker 4fr
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AUTOMOBILE TURNS
TURTLE; (ILl SAFE
Machine Rounding Curve
. Spills Occupants ; Trip Con
tinued to Magnolia.
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Magnona, N. C, Jan. 30. While
rounding a curve in the road seven
miles from here yesterday, Floyd
Kouse. of Rose Hill, who -was driv
ing an automobile that contained
four other persons, lost control of
the machine, causing it to turn turtle
and pin two of the occupants beneath
it. No one was seriously injured.
Mr. Rouse and Miss Beatrice Wil
liams, although pinned beneath the
machine for some time, were pulled
from underline car with only minor
injuries. Dr. E. Best and Miss Viola
Brown were thrown to the ground.
The automobile wa jturned to its four
wheels and ' thei trip continued.
Wilson s Mexican
Policy Boosted By
English Newspaper
London, Jan. 30 In an editorfal
praising the Mexican policy of the
i United States the Manchester Guard
ian says:
"To say that the whole country has
been reduced to order would tye exag
gerating, but the area of disorder has
been greatly diminished and is less,
now than at any time since the rev
olution against Diai. President Wil
son's Mexican policy has been guided
by two principles determination to
avoid the jingoist, which is" the cover
of capitalistic hunger, and determina
tion to allow Mexico to work out her
salvation with as much help and as
little interference as possible from
the United States. The policy has
difficulties and trials which are not
yet over, but it is beginning to be
vindicated by its fruits."
3 BANKS MERGE WITH A
$132,000,060 CAPITAL.
(By Associated Press.)
Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 30. Formal
announcement was made today of the
merger of three local banks represent
ing total resources 'of $132,000,000
linking the Union National Bank, the
Bank of. Commerce National Associa
tion and the ;Citizens Savings and
Trust Company.
The two, national banks which will
operate as' a separate unit have com
bined deposits about. $50,000,000,
while the Citizens, which will operate
separately, has about $60,000,000.
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WILSON BELIEVES HIS ?
PROGRAM IS FINISHED.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 30. Administra
tion leaders In Congress today got
some encouragement over legislation
prospects : from President Wilson's ,
statement after his , regular visit to
the capitol that he' believed every
important measure in which he is in
terested will' be acted upon at this
session.
The President explained he does
not insist on any particular form of
railroad strike restriction bill, but
believes some legislation to that end
is absolutely necessary. He also en
dorsed Senator Ppindexter's proposal
to place all postmasters under civil
service.
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THREE MORE TROOPS LEAVE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 30. The
War Department today ordered -X-4
General BeI, . commanding the
Westerrf larMent, .to -returns
4f tb hom'e st&fiop- for mtister-out
of the Federal servicer, Trodp A, 4f
-X- Cavalry, "and Battery A, Field
Artillery of ; Oregon and .Troop
B, Cavalry, and pomp"ahy A, Sig-
4f nal. Corps, of Washington.
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GUMMIIS
Declares If President's Propo
sal is Accepted U. S. Would
Be Drawn in QuickC
DOCTRINE WOULD NOT'
BE AFFECTED LEWIS.
Cummins Says If "Iot War,
We Shall Be Engaged In
v . Almost Constant Rebell
ion When Plan Carried."
Washington. Jan. HO. Onenine- de -
bate in the Senate today on Presi- i campaign fund, and heavy short sell
dent Wilson's peace proposals, Sen-! er,. preceding the issuance of Presi
ator Cummins, Republican declared I dent Wilson's recent peace note, tes
that to do what the President sug-tified at the leak inquiry today that
nested would involve the TTnitPri i his profits on the market between
States
; either in almost constant world
r constant rebellion against the
:ity of world sovereientv t.h
war or
authority of world sovereismtv t.hJ
President proposes. i clared, was due to his foresight in
Asserting that he stood with the1' interpreting speeches byVon Beth
President in every moral effort pos-1 mann-HoTlweg and David Lloyd
sible for him to exert to bring an ! George as meaning peace was corn
end to the present war, Senator Cum-1 inS-
mins said he refused to follow him' Not a single transaction he made,
"when he leads the way toward the
world sovereignty which he has, pro- mtormation tnat tne tresiaeni was
posed." - about to dispatch a peace note. He
Before Senator Cummins began ! received no such information, he as
speaking Senator Lewis, Democratic ' serted.
whip, most prominent defender of the i As Proof of his assertion that he
President's neace moves, introduced a was unaware ,that a note was f orth-
resolution which h tfimnnmrilv hart
laiei on tne table, declaring that the
address which the Iowa Senator criti
cised did not suggest abolition of limi
tation of the Monroe Doctrine, or mili
tary aggression by the United States
in foreign countries.
Senator Cummins spoke directly to;
his resolution which would set aside
time for exclusive debate of the Pres- (
ident's recent peace address, but he i
departed from that phase to discuss
its merits"?
Declaring that the message "over-
flows with just and beautiful senti j
ments so eternally right that they in-,
stantly command the approval of all i
lovers of humanity," Senator Cum- j
mins said it was easy to raise a ban-
ner of humanitarianism but that "it
is a sa'6 -'spectacle, however, to see a
flag raised in devotion to the heaven j
of neace leadine a march straight to !
the hell of war'
"Seha
A "T- affirm astrnv iifiiff."' saifTeha'-'h
t6r Cummins, "that if this country ) clarified tne worK ot tne, ieaK in
stall do what the President pro- vestigators.
poses, we will-be involved, either in! The purpose of the Congressional
almost continuous war waged all over j committee's. counsel, Sherman L.
the world, or we will be engaged in Whipple, . in '.questioning Mr. White
almost constant rebellion against the about the relations between himself
authority which he proposes to set upj and Lawson and Ambassador von
over lis. No man shall accuse me of Bernstorff, was not jciear, however,
questioning the sincerity of the when White left the stand at the co.n
President in his attachment to the elusion of yesterday's session. It was
doctrine he advocates, nor must it j expected that Mr. Whitei would re-
be insisted that I doubt the honesty I
of his conviction that the new world
power will fairly re-divide the earth
among the nations and will be able
to preserve peace among them.
"If he stood alone as a proponent
of a new theory in human affairs it
might not be necessary to make it
the subject of grave consideration.
But the truth is that the proposal has
been before the world for centuries,!
and in our country was being urged
by men of the highest prominence
long before it attracted the attention!
of the cniet executive. xnese iacts.MpArtno bfifore the
made the action about to be taken
by the President serious and formid
able, and the suggestion calls upon
those of us who belfeve that the
plan can end in nothing but disaster
to utter a note of warning.
"The movement to organize a
world court and to broaden to its- ex-
treme limit the field of arbitration ;
has always had my cordial approval, ; man official, regarding any of the re
and I have never ceased to hope that j cent peace movements. White contin
in the progress of time war would i ued nisV testimony before the House
become .infrequent if not impossible,
and it is only when it is attempted to
confer upon such a tribunal or league !
of sovereignty, it matters not now iti
is described, the power to use arm-!
ies and navies to enforce its decrees
or to make contracts to fight in aj
quarrel not our own that my'opposi- j
tion begins."
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MEXICAN AMENDMENT
WILL BE CONSIDERED
(By Associated Press.)
Queretaro, Mexico, Jan. 30. On the
recommendation of Foreign Minister
Aguilar the constitutional assembly
yesterday withdrew for reconsidera-
tion and amendment Article 33 of the!
riew constitution which
was under :
The provision in this article, re-; son- MarK meters, iaiKiu oiewan m
garding which the foreign minister I Anderson Heard, negroes, charged
addressed the assembly and the re- with kijling five members of the fam
vision f which he jecommended was lly of John Nelson Reeves near here
that reulriHg foreigners to renounce : December 24. last, were found guilty
nationality and treaty rights in so J by a jury today. The ' verdict , against
far as they affected property theylTysOn and Peters was unqualifies and
wished to acquire, before they could i carried with it the death lienalty.
acquire it. The discussion was sus-1 Stewart and Heard were found guilty
pended for an hour while the com-.without capital -punishment."
mittee withdrew for amendment of! The four negroes were specifically
the article. j tried for" the killing of Mrs. Reeves.
The assembly planned a continu1 After they were sentenced they were
ous session from 3 o'clock this after-; placed in automobiles and started for
noon until midnight of January 31 j the State penitentiary at Baton Rouge,
for the completion, of its work. The Heard and Stewart were sentenced
only measures remaining for consid- j to life imprisonment. All the negroes
eration are the articles reading with j confessed participation in the Reeves
the expulsion of foreigners and the i
acquisition of land by foreigners and
that providing for army reorganiza
tion, together with some minor mat
ters still requiring attention.
The article dealing with the army,
especially the , provision' for the ex
clusion of ex-Federals, was vehem
ently discussed at today's session.
BY MA A
Bernard Baruch, Who "Won,
q)fu, I uu, uciucs reace m-
ci i I i i tyt i l u " I -
formation Caused Profit,
ALMOST ALIlLAWSON'S
CHARGES AftE DENIED.
Hearing Will- Probably End
With a Formal Denial by
McAdoo in New -York
Baruch "Doped" Out Peace.
. (By Associated Press.) -
New ork, Jan. ' 30. .Bernard Ba
ruch, Wall Street speculator, $50,000
l contributor to the
last . Democratic
j December 10 and December 23 werel
f '6,168. - j
Every cent of this profit,-'he de-
Every
: he said was influenced by advance !
! coming from the President
he was
on the ouying siae 01 tne marsei
when news of it became jpublic, he
said. Neither he nor any- other man
would have been caught in such a
position, he declared, if- be had fore
seen the note. ;; .
Baruch also pointed out several
other errors he made on the market
during the tnirteen. aays period 01 nis
profit-taking. On several occasions
be was forced to sell stocks at a loss,
he testified, and finally, on the day
before the President's note was made
public, he overlooked the Dow-Jones
ticker "tip" which he had in his own
office that a note was expected. "I
covered that daj", be said, ,"and I am
sorry I did.
Jlljr x uiu. - -
Denials by Pliny Fiskand Arehbald
S. W!hite, widefy, known New York
financiers, tnat mere was any truiu
in Thomas Wi LWSOn's allegations
y -coupling the tn.a,me-. of Secretary Mc-
- f Afloo SvitfiWkll street, have greatly
sume his testimony along this line to-
day.
With most of Mr. Lawson's sensa
tional "leak" charges denied by wit
nesses under oath, the investigators
today foresaw the close of their in
quiry in New York. No other New
York persons were said by Lawson
to have knowledge of the secretary's
relation in the financial world.
Unless Lawson furnished new
names to the committee, investiga
tion of his story probably will close
with formal denial df it by Secretary
Mr.Adoo before the committee m
Washington and the calling of Mrs.
Ruth Thomason Visconti, who-, ac
cording to Lawson, implicated Secre
tary Tumulty "and others" in "leak"
charges.
Archibald White denied today that
he had received any advance infor
mation from Ambassador von Bern-
Rtnrff. his friend, or ahv other Ger
(Continued on Page Eight.)
DOOMED 'TO Mi
Two Negroes WilT Swing,
While, Two More Found
Guilty Without Death.
(By Associated Press.)
Minden. La., Jan. 30. Chester Ty-
killing, but Heard and Stewart repu
diated their confessions on the wit
ness - standi: The - Webster parish
grand jury has not yet completed its
investigation of the Reeves tragedy.
Henry Waller and John ong, two
white men implicated and the ne
groes, are held in jail without bail .
They are notf under indictment.
QUINTET SLAYERS
DENIALS
4i444ll'Ia4a'fl!'ifl4
5
,j WOULD ENDORSE ADDRESS.1
fep
(By associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 30. Senator
Lewis, of Illinois, Democrat, to-
x
f ' day introduced a resolution which fr
would express it to be the sense fr
of the Senate that. President Wil'
son's peace address does not pro-
pose abolishment or limitation of
the Monroe Doctrine nor propose
j military aggression by the United
States in foreign lands He ask-
ed that the resolution lie on the
table. '
Another resolution by Senator
1 ,::'.. . , T
y wiixuu aibu was reaa ana iaia on f
v tne tapie, aeciarea tnat while the
Senate sympathized with the
President's effort to secure a
speedy termination of the war,
agree with the preaident's propos-
al for a "peace without victory."
.,, nr tbA nflM-fir. tOT.mo fnr. A
T lievei meiebH it Was UnaDie lO
Kor.the specific terms for the
United States joining a world
tribunal to enforce peace.
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NEW REVENUE BILL
IS TAKEN IIP -TODAY
; '
Kitchin Says He Hopes House
vv xix viusc Lcuaic aiiu
Vote Tomorrow.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 30. The new
revenue bill to provide about $402,
000,000 was taken up in the House
today. Democratic Leader Kitchin,
in charge of the measure, announced
that he hoped the House would close
debate and vote late tomorrow.
The debate was onened bv.Mr.
jvitcnm in a long speecrnn wnir- ne
put the responsibility for the neces
sity of new revenue legislation
squarely upon "preparedness" and
upon the Democrats and Republicans
alike. "Every dollar of the tax of
last years bill
bill was' made i
and in this pending
necessary, lie told Lhe
House, "by your votes for the mar
velous, tremendous increase in army,
navy and fortifications acts which the
friends of those increases euphonious
ly call preparedness." v
U.S. To
Provide
For Real Needs
of Santo Domingo
(By Associated Press.)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub
lic, Jan. 30. A' commission has been
appointed by the American . Military
Government to inquire into the diplo
matic and consular representation of
the Dominican Republic, with the idea
of establishing a service to meet the
real needs of the country and to be
within its resources.
An explanation of the recent remov
al of Manuel Morillo, Dominican
'Charge d'Affaires at Havana, it is of
ficially said, that the resolution which
was adopted at the meeting in the
Dominican legation in Havana, ac
cusing the 'American forces of occu
pation in the Dominican Republic of
illegal acts was false and inflamraa-,
tory. , !
Archbishop Nouel has accepted the !
presidency of a commission named
by the American authorities to study
the educational needs or the country
ONLY MIRTH-MAKING
SHOWS TO BE PUT ON.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 30 One of the
largest theatrical producing firms in
the country, which has twelve musi
cal productions now playing in New
York or oh tour, announces today
that until the war was over it would
produce no serious plays, but only
comedies, farces and musical shows.
"Itjias been our experience," says
the announcement, "that the public
demands ad will patronize in times
of stress only those attractions which
are designed wholly to amuse-
TROOPS WITHDRAWAL
PROGRESSES NICELY.
(By Assofated Press.)
San Antonio, ' .Texas, Jan. 80.
Withdrawal of American troops from
Mexico is - progressing satisfactorily
according to a report received at
headquarters today from General
Pershing.
Dates of departure from the bor
der of additional State troops ordered
home announced today included Bat
talian Louisiana Field Artillery, Feb
ruary 20. ,
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George Court Dies.
(By Associated Press.)
Pittsburgh, Jan. 30. George M.
Court, a publisher, of Galveston, who
was stricken' with paralysis here last
Thursday while: attending the conven
tion of the 'National Foreign Trade
Council, died today. The funeral
party will leave Pittsburgh for Gal
veston tonight.
- v.-' ' . 7 -J -
T 0 DAY
Denounced Raleigh Paper and
Says It Will Have to Ans
wer In Court.
EDUCATION BILLS
NOT TILL NEXT WEEK.
Senator Changed Special Or
derGrant Lost Hard
Fought Fight Trouble
Over Health Officer.
(Special to The Dispatch.)
i Raleigh, N. C, Jan. SO. Repre
sentative McRackin. nf Cninmhns was
j essentially - the big noise of both
) Houses today, when he denounced the
; Raleigh Times for alleged fabrication
nnrl famatinn irx a nowo otnnr rf
! Saturday The Columbus
!has not fared in uniformly
! ul ' are? -n u r?rmi-
man, who !
uniformly good luck
paper would have to' answer in Colum-
bus county for, this treatment of him.
He read the renort. in dptail and. dft-
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clared. after an inquest aboiut the
House, that none of the things affect
ing to be detailed was the truth.
The failure of New Hanover Rep
resentative Grant's amendment to the
Hoyle bill, regulating capital punish
ment, was generally regretted today,
jbut it is believed that the eloquent ad
vocate could have put it through Mad
he 'been allowed fair time for- debate.
The House was being pressed from all
i sides and this measure had been de-
! f erred from last week. It provides
leases, and recommend mercy Judges
may impose life sentences. Repre
sentative Grant would have made it
mandatory.
An effort to table his amendment re
sulted in defeat, but the House was
slow even to make the start, and see
ing it the Wilmington man accepted
the situation.
The House passed a Statewide auto
mobile act, making it a misdemeanor
tjcrrSfer machine and manipulate the
partg. Many counties excepted them
selves, but the bill will prevail gener
ally. Three hundred copies .of the prohi
bition act, introduced Monday by
Gardner, of. Yancey w11 j be printed
WARPATH
oo wwi, metw Mrthrfav ThP-hifilanc&ke- thinking the Dowd
limits the quantity to a half gallon of
whiskey a year.s "
The Senate this morning postponed
the educational bill, Wednesday's spe
cial order, until Tuesday of next week,
at the request of Matt Allen, of Golds
boro, who is much Interested therein,
but is forced to be out of the city for
the rest of the week.
The Scales bill for the protection of
very young children, was- passed, but
the local option crowd pulled its cen
tralized teeth for it by providing that
the clerk of a court and commission
ers of a county should pass upon the
advisability of the separation of an
infant less than six months of age
from its mother, for the purpose of
placing it in a foster home or insti -
tution. ,
Mr .v Scales did not protest against
the visit to the dentist, however.
Judge Thomas Jones, of Asheville,
! during this discussion and a short one
that arosfi concernlne a bill of Mc-
Coin, of Vance, for the certification of
whole time health officers was heard
(Continued on Page Eight)
Prizes Will
Awarded Tonight
The Dispatch prize contest came to a close at nine
o'clock last night. Promptly on the stroke of the hour
the doors of The Dispatch office were locked and ho can
didates or their friends were allowed to enter.
From early morning until the closing hour the candi
dates and their friends were calling at the office to turn in
subscriptions and deposit votes. Each mail brought the
subscriptions and votes from those living outside .Wil
mington, who could not come to the office. At 9 o'clock,
when the contest was officially declared over, there were
several candidates in the office who had not had an oppor
tunity to turn in their subscriptions and votes. These
contestants had arrived before 9 o'clock but had to wait
their turn to square accounts with the Contest Manager,
and it was close to ten o'clock before the last vote was
deposited in the ballot box.
As soon as the last vote was in the box, it was turned
over to the" judges Messrs. J. F. Roache, J. Holmes
Davis, Maurice Lipinsky, J. A. Orrell and j. C. Williams.
With due ceremony they attended to the sealing of the
box. The box with its millions of votes was theii carried
to the Peoples' Savings Bank, where it will be kept in one
of the vaults until eight 'o'clock tonight.
The climax to the great contest will come tonight,
when the judges will meet at The Dispatch office at 8
o'clock to compile the official result. All are invited to
be present at this time, and as soon as the decisions will
have been reached, the winners will be announcd. The
names of the winners, and the final official vote of -each
candidate will be published in tomorrow's paper.
SEVERE TREMORS
ARE REGISTERED
EOR THREE HOURS
Quake Centers About 5,00(?
Miles From' Washington
Very Severe Shocks.
SEISMOGRAPHNEEDLES
THROWN FROM SCALES-
First Shocks Recorded. Ori
Instruments at 9:57 East
ern Time This .
Morning.
Washington, Jan. 30, A very se
vere earthquake, , the tremors of
which continued more than three
j hours, occurred during last night,
centered about 5,000 miles from
Washington. '
So severe were the shocks when
( gity that the recording needles of two
of the four seismographs at George
town University observatory, were
thrown off the scales. These maxi
mum shocks were recorded on the
vertical seismographs at 10:25 and
10:26 o'clock this morning. The first
shocks were recorded on the instru-
ments at 9: 57 -p. m Eastern time.
PANCAKES COST
; LIVES JIE FIVE
Arsenical Preparation is Mix-
ed With Flour by, Mistake,
By Mother.
(By Associated Press.)
Kankakee, 111., Jan. 30. A break
fast of pancakesxestereray caused the
deaths pf .fiv,membcrs of the'Meinta
family on a farm between Ashkum'
and Dan forth, 15 miles south of here.
The pancakes were made by Mrd.
O. K. Meints, mother of four of the
victims, and grandmother of the fifth.
Mrs. Meints is believed to have mixed
the contents 'Of a sack containing an
arsenical preparation used by her
pared'
er
was flour. The dead are: Fred. 23
years old; Theodore, 26; Irvin, 21; -Mino,
24, and Clarence Meints, tha
grandson, 7 years.
O. K.Meints, the father, was some
what ill and did not eat any of the
pancakes. n
Mrs. Meints tasted the pancakes
after her sons had finished their
breakfast, and noticing a peculiar fla
vor, ate none.
vice probe; launched
today in new orleans.
(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, Jan- 30. The Or
leans parish grand jury today began
J an investigation into alleged vice
j conditions in the city, violations of
the Sunday closing and other licfuor.
j laws, and charges of gambling at .the
i race track at the meeting conducted.:
, by the Business Men's Racing Asso-
ciation. The investigation was un-
dertaken following published charges
of the Citizens' League of Louisiana
and individual citizens. '
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