.V ' LEATHER FORECASrra North Carolina Fair tonight and Fri m Wl nterior. Friday warmer, v h outh Carolina Fair tonight and L.klu I Inht fmet tnninhf. nterior. .; ': -"v : -11 F U L L LE AS ED f W I RE S E R VI CE ;0L. XXIII. NO. 56 WILMINGTON, NORTH CADOLINA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH WHERE BRITISH AND RUSSIANS AR RIVING THE TURKS. 'I I " I War .' ----- It - i-. Mm W'-W . ir 1 V ji - - - tT W (VT )KA AV rf Lk l I y I :R 1 Ml Mil It lis Frid n loir , . fkiul; rrvtL kumda ; i; III I IIIIIIIIIIU I'M I I III I - rrnn nun- un I . t . I rm Jr- 1 i - 0k JT Lf. fW IV- Atter Lisicnnis t o lrnriniinr rnnrvn n n n grayson appointment Ir- k- est u ?&voArvrr i I ' " . ,1.1, , , , ' f ill fTV - . IV X. I n upon hl s ir "-i i a 1 a ter i.isLciiiiig iu x hv iw )emands The Managers Considered Proposal. TO PASS ON MATTER LATER THIS AFTERNOON Impression Gained That Both Sides are in a Conciliatory M00d Strike Orders Have Gone Out President Is Closely Watching Situation. x r.ou men feiv ir.v Tiie Associated Press.) ow York, March 15. With no an- noenum as ro wneiner any asiee- t luul been reached, the :"!nt con- nee today between the t of- of the railroad Drotnernooas icers ar(! tho railroad managers to consider (lomands of brptherhoods for the im- iroversy adjourned over an hours discussion until 4 o'clock this after noon. W. G. Lee, spokesman for the brotherhoods, said that in the mean time no statement of what had occur red at the conference would be made either sid C. and O. Leads Way In Stop page of Traffic Through Fear of Strike. GOVT. WORK WILL BE HANDICAPPED. After Close of Business Today Shipments Will be Re fusedWill Cripple Many Industries. . (By Associated, Press.-) Newport News, Va., March 15. A general order issued at the cf3ee3 of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company here today, declaring an ab solute embargo on freight shipment?, Ir vps leprned however, that the in anticipation, of the threatened strike adjournment was taken to give time ore .n-lTn of traffic I ucaui) a in iu uu-fv (By Associated Press.) Washington. March 15. Dr Cary T. Grayson, was confirmed X- by the Sienate today as medical v:- director and rear admiral in the -tt VT IlCl V J . REVOLT SEETHES OE LAND si IV Report Comes, That Revolu tion Has Broken Out In Russia. Man of Asia Minor, where the British have won a notable victory by capturing Bagdad and a Russo-British drive to clear the Turks from their A siatic Empire and reach Constantinopl e has been begun. Arrow 1 indicates the advance o f General Maude's army up the Tigris after the fall of Kut-el-Amara on Feb ruary 26. ' (By Associated Press r Stockholm, Wednesday, March 14. (Via Berllnand wireless to the Asso ciated Press, to Tuckerton.Mar. 15) Renorts of serious disturbances in Russia, are published in Swedish newsDaners. The Tidningen of Sunds vail publishes a statement that a rail road bridge over the Neva River, in Ptroerad. has been dynamited by revolutionists. The Nyhetir of Haparanua prints . . l. I jucoiia c --- r " . - j. . , 1 ; (- hiicinocj fnr minap-prc: tr pnnsirtpr in seDaraie i . xt v,00 -haan corvf.n i an interview wiui v. oneuiau ""'" J ,U1 """ " . on me ruau. u ".. ;,rori in Pptmerad Satur- , V . Imotiim nrooontPf fV : n t,J-c. .Tf -maa ctatpil mil ail I liltlii -n nu o-ii.-v . MUll 1 1 : v u in iiict i. w a uxl till sujyuci 3, -. "w shipments from, all points wouw De rejected after the close of business to- to frnm ennnprt- I Tug lines, which , includea, steamship tost Thuwdajr.- . WoA 'ntftitt -m?ficfallv violent riots trw iivo "nr.pnrrpfl in Petrosrad on Ratnrdav. shoDS being stormed by dav from Moscow. This man is auoted as saying there has been open revolution in, many cities or tussia TURKISH ARM NOW BEING CRUSHED BY T WO BIG FORCES DEAD BODY FOUND Caught Between Jaws of Rus sian and British Movements Turks in Fearful Danger CZAR'S SOLDIERS ARE ADVANCING ON THEM counter orODOsition, it was was made by them. They simply list ened to the employees' spokesmen with little comment on their part, it was stated. An impression was gained, however, thu: both sides were in a conciliatory mood ana were willing to thresh their controversy out if there seemed, a pos sible chance of reaching an agreement the cliiets tnreaienmg a suk. umcoo their demands were complied with. The managers were to give their an,- The managers Jrte neir fifei rete-Unt "ots are repbrd luncheon brought in to them began morrow night, 'ine same oraer consideration of their answer. No! plies to shipments taken .by C. and learned, i O. at junetion points, w ilu me y- tion of fuel coal for the ranroaa itsen no freight will be moved pending can cellation of the embargo order. One result of the order, which will be followed by similar action by the Norfolk and Western and the Vir ginian Railway, it was stated, means that pracucaiiy '""U their sabres and that many Hampton KOaUS Will oe uem uy - - wnnnrtPd. It was believed by some that the man- by lac or Dunser cuu. xuc 4u? , . , I i v 3 a Va more 1C . . agers during their interim conrerence or coai now ou utuu n. - oi,i(l formulate a counter proposition sumcieui umy iui oxw mobs. According to this lntormauon publication of newspapers was sus pended and the authorities posted placards warning the people to remain indoors to avoid danger. The Nyhetir says that other travel ers from Petrograd report that similar disturbances occurred there on Fri day, that the soldiers were compelled German Retirement on The Franco-Belgian Front Con tinuesRaid In Progress But Spirited Fighting in The - - . I TLT . 1- Down. GiT CARRY OLD BOOZE IN TEI ON PAVEMENT Chicago Lawyer Probably Jumped From Eighth Story Window in New York. Bone Dry' Law Being Rigid ly Enforced There Broken Bottle Lead to Arrest. (By Associated Press.) New York, March 15. Rudolph Matz. an attorney of Chicago, was killed early today by falling or jump- 1 Vig from the window of his room on mont. Mr. Matz came here Saturday, ac companied by his wife arid a nurse. : Hp. was under a physician's care, but fering from neurasthenia. . Last night More Spindles Active Than Year Ago But Less Cotton Sent Abroad. SEVEN MONTHS' PERIOD WAS AHEAD, HOWEVER, Cotton Consumed in Cottori Growing States More Past Month Than During February of 1916. (By Tbe Associated Prss.) Washington, March 15. Cotton con sumed in the United States during February aggregated 547,203 running bales; exclusive of linters, and for the seven months ending with Jrenruary, 3,914,866 bales, the census bureau to day announced. Last year during February 540,733 bales were consumed and in the sev en months 3,616,545 bales. Cotton on hand February 28 in con suming establishments was 2,167,288 bales, compared with 1,984,821 the pre vious year, and in public storage and at compresses, 3,435,373 bales, 'coin pared with 3,970,799 the previous year. Cotton spindles active during FeDru ary numbered 33,117,090, compared with 31,980,240 the previous year: Exports during February were 356, 039 bales, compared, with 703,932 the previous year, anyl for the seven months 4,217,096 bales, compared with, 3,664,960 bales. Imports during Feb ruary were 56,057 bales compared with 72,913 a year ago, and! for the seven months 165,304 bales compared with 254,050 a year ago. Linters, not included in foregoing statistics, consumed during February were 63,403 bales, and for the seven months 474,443 bales; on. hand Febru ary 28, in consuming establishments. 107,910 bales, and in public storage and at compresses, 169,336 bales. Linters exported during - February,' and included in export figures were 35,033 bales, and for the seven months 163,479 bales. . " - Cotton consumed in cotton : growing States during February amounted - to 312.552 bales., comnarjed-with 302.262 a year ago, and for the seYeTtHaonthsfj Nashville, Tenn., March 15I There ! have been no complaints of the non- enforcement of the State's new "bone dry" prohibition law. Reports are he complained of thff.rcKjm ha;was in 2,2,4SS imiSfi - -r--i and -rwaar ifet'-ttr' be iff air-aajornfiigi TH'u 'Trvesc.xxp --r--- With the exception of the notable German retirement on the Franco-Bel gian front, which, whether voluntary , coming. in from over tne state daily or forced, is still continuing, the most. which case there was a possibility that the joint conference would go over until tomorrow. Freight Embargo. Lynchburg, Va., March 15. Local freight representatives of the Chesa peake and Ohio Railway this morning gp.ve notice of an' absolute freight embargo for all destinations, except ing company's fuel coal, the order to be effective at midnight. The impend ing strike is given as the reason for the order. it. is learned Under the embargo order, work on o-ovprnTTiptit shiDS at the shipyard will bft greatly hampered, as material need- Berlin Hears of Revolt. Berlin, March 15. The following statement was given out today by the Oversea's News Agency: The following official report was interesting military movements in pro gress are those in Western Persia and Mesopotamia. Disorganized by their defeats at Kut-el-Amara and before Bagdad, the Turkish forces in that section of Mes opotamia are retreating up the Tigris and at last reports were more than 30 miles to the Norlh of Bagdad. m a a n n k. If nannAtnmiQn I rjasiwaru atiuss tua uicsupuittmiaii i trial A border in Jfersia, two commas ui nua sians are advancing of arrests made for alleged violations. A Paris dispatch today says that a room that had been occupied by his nurse. The nurse, awakened this morning by a draft of air, found the window open and Matz's body on the 1 pavement of the court yard below. Well Known Lawyer. . j Chicago, March 15. Kuaoipn Maiz well known in Chicago legal cir rnc" ;""lc 111 a ""r" T cles. He was a member of the law ferred from one station to another M . Fishe and Boyden. his caused an odor that resulted in the !partners being Walter L. Fisher and Wm. C. Boyden. He was corn in- ini- cago in 1860, the son of Otto H. Matz, Chicago architect and engineering of ficer on the staff of Generals re arrest of the owner. The trunk is al leged to have contained eighteen quarts. The owner is in jail pending Cotton oh hand ; in cotton growing; States February 28 in consuming es tablishments teas 1,164,324 bales com, pared with 1,048,529 bales a year ago, and in public storage and at com presses 3,044,637 bales-compared with 3,598,370 bales a year ago. Cotton spindles active during Febrm ary in cotton growing States were 13, 771,876 compared wjth 13,055,939 a. year .ago. & Springfield dispatch says mont Halleck and Grant fAr nBt motion of war ships under i ?RRnpd in Petrograd on March 14, contract is due to arrive daily. ! about the successful Russian revolu- No orders relative to provisions for passenger traffic have been issued as yet. Ordered To Strike. Memphis, Tenn., March 15. Mem bers of the railroad brotherhoods em MovKl bv the St. Louis and San Fran cisco Railroad stated today that or ders had been received declaring a strike on that road effective at 6 o'clock next-Monday night if a set tlement of the controversy on the 8 hour day demand is not reached be fore that lime. It also was reported that employes of the St. Louis South western and The Str"Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern had received orders to go on strike early in the u-eek. , GOVT. TROOPS TAKE CHARGE OF SANTIAGO (By Associated Press.) Havana, March 15. Government trops under Colonel Sanguily, accord ing to a message received here this morning, are disembarking at Santia go to take possession of the city. The American blue jackets and the m!.rm0 at 11 o'clock Were concen trating their supplies on the wharves preparatory to embarking on their war vessels. - TO TAKE ALL WHEAT CROP FOR ENGLAND. tion: , . "The population of Petrograd in censed by the complete disorganiza tion of transport services and of ali mentation had been irritated for a long time against the government and had become restless. The population o,i v.Q linpithat officers there stopped a speeding! Rudolnh Matz was, connected with of the Turkish retreat, driving other automobile and found on one of the .directorate with many enterprises in Turkish forces before them. I occupants a half pint. One of these columns has captured ; Kermanshah, about 90 miles from the I Mesopotamian border, after defeating the Turks in a 2-days' Dattie. in reaching Kermanshah it has already ji j 1 An tniloe cinoo P9tl. auvitliccvl ucai i j iuu uuiiiwkj f j turing Hamadan on March 3. j To the northeast another column is pressing southwestward and has ad- He is in jail. held the government responsible Kyivanced frolil Sakkiz to near Baneh.j allits sutfenngs. ine gyvemcuM lles from tne Mesopotamian; ironiier. BRITISH WANT THE APPAM AT ONCE PTiPctinc trouble took measures on large scale in order to maintain or der, and among other things ordered dissolution of council of the empire and the duma. ' "The duma, however, on March n ,wirfpri tn accent the imperial ukaz but to understand its meetings. The Both these Russian armies addition to his law practice. He went jtp New York last week to consult a specialist. GERMWrSPY" CHIEF WITNEFS are threatening -the main Turkish j Owners Ask Supreme Court fnrcps in Mesopotamia, retreating un der the British pressure from Bagdad, j with Mosul probably their objective. To reach that place those forces havej some 180 miles to travel up the Tigris . from the position at which they were to Waive Its Thirty Day Period for Possession. duma immediately instituted an exe- reported about 40 miles south of 1I1L1 T w m.m m r . (By Associated, Press.) nttnwav. March 15. 'The . - ij.i .-P 4-Via n if- M. RodzianKO, presiueui, ui ma That committee declared itselt tn hp a nrivisional government and I ;n,.ioi iip fnllowincr appeal: j "Considering the difficulties in do Samara. From Baneh the Russians are with in 150 miles across country from Mo sul in the Turkish rear while the fast moving Russian force at Kermanshah i an(j issue its mandate at once miles rrom aamara, Man From Tower of London Brought to America to Testify, in Court. (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 15. immediate ,Rv Associated preS8.) possession of the liner Appam, in j New York, March 15. George Vaux, custody of the United States' marshal wno was eld a prisoner in the tower at Norfolk, is sought hy the Jb?ntisn;of L0nd0n, as a German spy, will be owners who today asKed the Supreme Court to waive its usual 30 day delay govern President Watching. Washington, March 15. President Wilson continued today to keep in i touch with the threatened railway rike through the department of ia- ernment has receivea wmu mt the Canadian council of agriculture, meeting at Regina, has decided that the whole wheat crop of Canada shall be taken for the British government. jonaiUwixi6 while still 185 JmesHc tranquility wnicn art 7 1 constitute8 a serious menace to the . ..... i- sc. it. jt. 'w and the Federal oBard of Media-) tion and Conciliation. IS Hp tnnlr cfi-tT-va wliilfi QTCflltlllff til ft I 7 result of the conference in New York, DUMA OVERTHROWS GOVERNMENT. 4fr fTiv Associated Press.) Lnnrinn. March 15. A sue- -j cessful revolution nas tau k rCniiPv of the former government, the executive committee of the duma feels compelled to take public order in its own hands. Fully conscious of the responsibility arising from this decision, the committee expresses the certainty that the population and the armv will lend their assistance for .t.XL'ZrZS tioarfd, from tte of tt, BrltM. goveiiuucuv : . , th snmme tront. tne curreui Laic- tliC i0t -rennrt little of note. Raids of , the . people and enjoy Turkish flank in this field of long dis tance and rapid troop movements. The only way of retreat for the ap parently outnumbered and outmaneu vered Turkish armies, lies to the west ward, where communications are lack ing and the country difficult. Of the Franco-Belgian iront oper the government's chief witnes against Albert O. Sander and Chas. N. Wun when thev are tried, probably The court decided on March btn- pvt wpfik for consnirine to send spies that the ship and cargo should be re- from this country to Great Britain tp stored to the British owners, ine nMniT1 miiitarv information for Ger Appam was. brought into Hampton many The government charges that Roads by a German prize crew year ago COLLEGE STUDENT DIES FROM Mi FORGES IN Only Pay For Nine Hours. Chicago, March 15. It was said una aiLCiuuuii uy uuc v . ,. . in -Rnocia i ne TeaCLlUU- tion to know that the railroad brother-i piace iu foods compromise proposition calls J v party m tf state for an pieht hmir rlnv with nav only w itepoiLs , y,v n& .55. - - ww. .. mt - 1 , tho 1 iiiTna.. uwacu i-j army, has succeeded in over- v,ht.t the eovernment com- Rpvolution centered -3C- IIIITLl.r dence. ... u u mro tfltpn nia.oe in several sectors "The executive committee res-ir The recent i ,ih thA nonulation 01 ine taynw ""--b -- . aa oHwirinWlrevo.uti.nandupo the army, completely uuilCu - - revolution has taken for ; hours instead of ten as original lv rtf-manded. It would establish a Portionate rate where pay is based n mileage made. BODY OF YOUNG BRIDE TAKEN FROM CREEK revolutionists. a 'io0 in Russia, according to advices. It. arrested all. tnroukh Berlin today, em- (I'.V Tim AaanntatoA Trpa9.1 Mobile, Ala., ! March -45. The bodyi r the bride of two months of John -(lrkige, of Mobile, was recovered f!i"y this morning from Hall's mill Jrp'k and brought to this city. She V:i- i brown high in the air over the high iron railing of the bridge when 'nnomobile driven by her hus naiid rashed into the structure last midnight. TTer sister. Mrs. Mont gomery, the latter's four year old pughter and the dead woman's Jusbiiud, also injured, are not serious 'y hurt. - -. in w n.aand Moscow, jfromi-w nent reactionaries, iuuiuui-b Former Premier Strumer and M, J Protopopoff, minister of the m- J terior, have been imvnmeO. The government is now m the hands of a committee of safety The garrisons ai,jretiWB Moscow, went over in a body to JC the revolutionaries. oc,, ' 5f The quesnou jul mo j I has been left unsettled. thus . far It is reported mere a possibih- 4?- ty of the aDOicauun " sent them tojan. iur-, instated to be an official! linistpnai cauraei uu wu.&wi . , , "Today, on the thir volution, the capitoL returning swiftly, is pletelym tfi- - n n order, continued its sitting committee 01 ui uuma "-" . a Bacon is the spy who was sent to England for this purpose. By permis sion of the British government he jwas brought nacx to New York yester :day on the steamship Cedric. I Federal attorneys expect that the i trial of Sander and Wunnenburg will establish some important rulings and 'precedents for dealing with spy cases, I which are comparatively rare in Am- erican court records. In other rulings !a demurrer made by the pisoners yes- : : - Iterday Federal Judge Hand held that tTr when Bacon was sent from New York rignung wuu -, to 8DV in England he could be consid- VILLA BIG CLASH T DA y that the minis endi . X ro 'rt lSSIlftH ln Petrograd luuveui s, was t ed to a i j orovismnai govern-, troops and Villa bandits at Trincheras,, provisional goveiu nf aQto Anna- came existed. ."Today, on -uu TJf movement, accord of t0Sae1MS "com: in to the despatches, was taken by the order is returning swiftly, w - com m t a dis. the hands or uie uu!l,-3 . - - . England jtary enterprise. i Troops Under Command Ot ered as a soldier engaged in a mili- General Gonzales. (By Associated Press.) ! WANTS TO KNOW WHAT Washington, March 15.-Reports of WAW V JJ A Wrrn heavv fiKhting between -Mexican! VE55tLb CHAIN UHLI T gioSid PeTrograd and num- and organized UJU. fcuugiBu 1 . - . , , ,r i,): 1 n1.oDi.l4 milUS west uv ooiiui. """"i J.l..r.nn1 I'tnatlt hOQflPfl nV 1V1. AUUiiaUIVU. . , . . j .nxr . hered , more than imny ( mouBauu,, TTiT V,,o to the War iepartmem ioauy ,uy i . (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 15. A resolu tion offered by Senator Stone ealling f Plhard colonel of the The imperial ministers, the advices. commanding the on the Secretary of Commerce to fur- J5W. hi appoint-'state, were dismissed and locked up. i JjSf SSCer , nteh the Senate with a complete list great isw"-r.r, therThe neople of Petrograd and mei "Vi Roa hp-ran 1 of ships which h.ve entered Amen ed commauuwx w numbering 30,000, are de-.couuu r-- -r- can registry in the last fifteen months Cy evening the committee ! clared to have sup the revoh, was in Egress at noon; and a other facts in connection with . "---I, , !x t- 1,1 nnmnlotA nnssPSSlOn ana ll Sill! wa,w iii - rr -- , or.tH Mav V.V issued proclamations to the ; troops, "1" :he the following day. Eight ftutomoDiies "r'r.' . - . 1 nntlri-ntr T fl PTT1 1 f I III Tile IZix Lrl LUi w,wt .w . roiirnads ana uauK., o'"w sauon 01 wiuyciui - . 05Ul0a neon- been nearly r - a v i AaiitYiA rno r uauai -cvv xt.- . - i a Nicholas, who would he was chosen by the duma third day ot tne revoiuuuu ed by the Crown IL committee for provisional managemen em tU Ui. tut; uajniui. vw.w - Depu- been nearly restored by yesterday, the Grand Duke as regent. Nicholas acting I W f - . -x- f v of the Petrograd Telegraph agency. (This -probably reters- 10 vue official Russia'h news agency)" , Bulgars in Action. Sofia..- March 15. (Via London) (Continued on Page nigm) - -s were taken into Santa Anna. The resolution was-generally accept- - Brnnnioi rJp fiiptn trooos tne aenate wituuut uwisbjvu. E rr: 1,0 vii hA tnnvine Uerman campaign. truuy me vr wj. w - w , .. - - Young Heth Succumbs, After Declaring That Professor Vawter Shot Him. (By Associated Press ) Rdanoke, Va . March 15 . In an antemortem .statement, Stockton Heth, Jr., declared that the shot that resulted in his death here early today was fired by Professor Charles E. Vawter, professor of mathematic at the V. P. I. institute according to a statement made this afternoon by his brother, Lieutenant Clement Hether, U. S. A. "Why did he shootyou?" Clement Heth said he asked his brother. "He has not got "a thing to stand on, Clem". ' the dying man replied. "Do you mean he had no reason?" "Yes," replied Heth, "Let me go to sleep." Heth did not recover consciouness and did not speak again. Common wealths Attorney Roop, of Montgom ery county, was present but refused to give any information.' Professor Vawter is at nis nome in Blacksburg but a telephone mes sage said he expected, in light of de velopments, to go to Christiansburg this afternoon and place himself at the disposal of the authorities. Heth was shot while a, guest at the Vawter home early Tuesday morning. Neither Professor Vawter nor his" wife has made any statement. The former has been held for the grand jury .on the charge of feloniously shooting Heth. , The first authentic information coming to the press frbm any princi pal in the tragedy was a statement given out in Roanoke at noon by Lieu tenant Clement Heth, U.7 S. A. broth er of Stockton Heth. Jr.' Lieutenant Heth sail: " The reason we did not interrogate Stockton . before 'this morning Is be cause we were advised by the physi cians that, any attempt to secure a statement from him might affect his t chances of recovery. I had been ex pecting friends to arrive by motor be tween 1 and 3 o'clock this morning. ' hut thev were delayed and hope of having them at bis bedside when he died failed. ''- "Four o'clock, this morning physi cians, said if I wanted a statement t Tiari hPtter eet it immediately. . Mr. ire ittn.cn wwuw. . , , . .rViot ollv Major General Perking .nasrtpol eu - - . commonweaUbs-Htitorneff') e.ils' ?L?.ef ,T bet ot -Montgomery oonn.Dr. Jone, ana ed that homeward by March 21. gan on February 1. j (Continued Page Eight) r A 5 It t i K ! V t ,1 u, V I f v