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4 - - Jf -'jV''1 i WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina Fair in east, prob ably showers in west tonight and SUSouth Carolina Generally fair to-' night and Sunday ..-V--f. W.:ik"4U 5- FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE V0L XXIII. NO. 1 74. Mi WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY. AFTERNOON, JULYJ 14, 1 91 7. PRICE FIVE CENTS Tnl nil 7 TIT L5 THEY'RE' DOING A DOUBLE "BIT" '-;'. - X w IVIING T ON raff Mil 111 n i iy 1 ID) ci TTTT A DTfa trv A V5 Not Believed But Plenty Evi dence That Germany Seethes With Revolt REICHSTAG HAS GONE ON A STRIKE Peace Clamor Growing in Both Fatherland and Austria-Hungary Russians Continue to Advance in East and Take Prisoners. , 'in ' "luiw wnn.eogggagggjjs SARATOGA CASINO TO BE REOPENED This Resort Visitors Looking' Forward With Interest to The Event. mi' tii I I I i i . i iiir-nirjiiiiii-iiiiiiiiji , M ,-, . - , ...... aTiMF.vy.vwEygJ.wsH.!.: ,f v; a j aiSrfgyjyiSgFt Claim the Law Requires Colo-Moved to Columbus and Plac- nei or me iegiment onouia - ea in terugee otocKaae i Be a Guardsman. OTHER OFFICERS NAMED BY GOVERNOR Dr. C. L. Pridgen as Surgeon. The Appointee to Judge Ship -Assault on Man and Woman. I M "ft Saratoga Springs, N. Y., July 14. Townspeople and visitors alike are looking forward in eager anticipation to the reopening of the famous Sara toga Casino tomorrow. For many years one of the show places of the nation, the Casino, has' been leased by New Yorkers to be used as a mam moth cafe and restaurant. Under the new regime it is expected to become the center of the young society and racing set In the great hall seating 600 diners the clink of glasses will be the whirr of the roulette wheel and the click of the poker chips. Originally known as the Saratoga Club, the famous establishment first opened its doors long before the birth of the present generation. For some Germany's serious internal crisis overshadowed the pending military op erations in the news of the day. The reports from Berlin show that the Reichstag has gone on strike against the crown and the military party apparently in the interest of a parliamentary system of government. There i.-; even a rumor, although en tirely unconfirmed and little credited, that Emperor William has abdicated in favor of his sixth and favorite son, Prince Joachim. The poace clamor is growing both in Germany and Austria-Hungary. Part of th-- trouble between the Reichstag and the governing class is over the government's persistent declination to staff; Germany's peace terms on the basis of nonannexation demanded by!8 11 was owned hn M nssey, a former pugilist and Congress Convicts in the Eastern Penitenti ary. located at Philadftinhia n Aninthi k- , c i ui rumng Danaages tor the K ed Cross. The men in the picture of the prisoners have been set at th with others, roll 1,000 bandages a day.1 They are placed iti bags, 300 to each most. RflTlltflrv rnnHi irn a a-nrt nnni. V, : , - ' . . . , . : rf uUU uuuci t uc isuxiur vision or a irainea tea cross nurse Some cture. The work is done under the ROYALIST ARMY what now comprises a majority block in the Reichstag. The war credit bill is being held up man. lwenty-nve years ago the prop erty was purchased by the late "Dick" Canfield, with money acuuired in his by this majority until the political cri-1 successful gambling establishments at roviaence and Newport. sis Ls settled. But more, serious yet is the decision of the memoers not even to meet meanwhile for discus sion in regular session or in commit tee. Apparently the Crown Prince is waging ;i fight for control on behalf of the militaristic interests. Chancel lor von Befhmann-Hollweg is under fire from the Crown Prince and his supporters, the Chancellor seemingly being too liberally incHrretTto suit the heir to' the throne. On the miltiary side the situation continues to beara most encouraging aspect for the formidable group of nations allied against the Central Powers, this geenrally being taken into consideration in dealing with the situation in Berlin and Vienna. The Russian revolutionary armies in Galieia are still sweeping forward. J App"- ntly there is little to stop them: Pouring through the breach in the J'1:; in Kastern Galicia opened by Genual Korniloff. They are pushing n north or the Dniester and west of thf- Lomnica1 and generally proving victor - in the fighting going on along a oOO miie front. On th Franco-Belgian front a wait ing is being pursued by Gen era H;.i;- on the British end of the '-ne ami General Petain in the French action. There has been only local nghtin by either group of armies. In Can field s hands it was reopened with greater splendor than it had ever known, and Saratoga became "the Monte . Carlo of America." For five - years the Saratoga Club prospered in Canfield's hands. A great park that cost $25,000 a year in maintenance was laid out, an elab orate dining room was opened in con nection with the gambling rooms, and the place became the center of gay living. Altogether Canfield put near- IN CHI DEFEATED Ten Thousand Troops Surren der Fighting in Street of ;( 4 4 ' MILLIONAIRE AND WIFE -AID- ! ING U. S. ALLIES ABROAD "4 4 I (By Associated Fres9.) Lond9nr July 14 A dispatch to The Times from Peking dated Thursday, says that firing on the capital ceased after a nine-hours bombardment. The damage is important. A Tien Tsin dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph Company, filed on Thursday, says that "most regrettable ngnting" took place in Peking. Com- f munication between the city and the- ss V i outer world, except by foreign mili tary means, has been suspended tem porarily. The last message to reach Tien Tsin indicated hard fighting was proceeding, to the advantage of the Republicans. Republicans Hold Peking. Washington, July 14. The occupa tion of Peking by the republican for ces, after the surrender at Fung Tai Thursday of the Monarchist army of 10,000 men, indicates the complete re- ly a million dollars into his Saratoga . storation of the republic, the Chinese r nr V T, Z ZlX- 1 legation here declared today iu rum., 4i t 6 Prior to the battle of Fung Tai, j. ct, auu iti-L j cnx o cl&kj nc vxuou place and offered it for sale. In 1911 the buildings and grounds were bought by the town of Saratoga for $150,000, which represented only a fraction of the value of the property. AIRPLANE FLEET BILL BEFORE HOUSE TODAY , fBy Associated Press.) u,i; i,ington. Julv 14. Consideration of the Administration's bill providing ?r ,n" r -tablishment of an immense airplane fleet at a cost of $640,000,000 jegan m the House today. Chairman uent. of the Military committee, in nfK0 oE tho bill hPes to dispose "i the measure by tonight. run ias no the unanimous ap ;j x ii J Vyf AilJUa.1. ILt't' auu j ywM?j: sremed assured unless r,,IHn Fitzgerald, -of the Appropri- r-1;"'-- f-f'nmittee Priatjr,,, Hoction. opposes the appro- LUMBERMEN STRIKE WITHOUT WARNING fial ' -,In' Vvash- July 14 A gen iniil. I' the loSing camps and In,,-'. ,,0fiuiam and the Gray's Har caliHd'!1'1, t0 take effect today, was by m., i ut warning late last night Won,; '"dustrial Workers of the Mil- , lhe cal1 for the strike, the "inaruia were for an 8-hour day. NEUTRAL STE1E8S AVOID EMBARGO By Clearing Before Order Goes Into Effect To Run Ailed Blockade. the Manchus were urged to lay down arms, but General Chang Hsun refus ed. The engagement, starting early Thursday morning, resulted in a de cisive victory for the republican troops, dispatches to the legation an nounce. Order in the capital was restored with few casualties. The advices said that two foreign civilians and four foreign soldiers, who ventured to the i firing line, were slightly wounded. Chang Hsun, who led the revolt of the imperialists, has taken refuge in the Dutch legation in order to obtain safe conduct out of the country. Pre mier Tuan Chi Jul will establish re publican headquarters in Peking im mediately, it was stated. ft VXr." I & & A ill COTTON REPORT OF JUNE MONTH Southern States Show Greater ? Gonsuniption ear. (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 14. Clearance of 11 neutrals from an Atlantic port yes terday with cargoes, coming under the ban of the export embargo, is re garded by officials here as likely to result in no advantage for the inter eats involved. Letters of. assurance on the cargoes were refused by the British in line with the general policy of thwarting attempts to evade the American: em bargo by making heavy shipments just before the effective date of the President's proclamation. Many, ves sels which had made plans to eFecr such coup are, laid up by the course of the British government in co-oper ating to prevent embargo evasions SPECIAL REPORT ON APPAM CASE (By Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va., July 14. Special Com missioner Thomas H. Willcox yester day filed with Jndge Waddill, of the Federal Court here, his report in the Appam case, fixing $447,000 as the amount! of damages due the owners of ' the British liner by reason, of her capture by a German raider and her detention by the German prize crew in a neutral port. In addition, $7,000.17, received from the sale of part of the Appam's cargo, is . recom mended to be paid over to Henry G. Harrison, master of the captured liner, and the commissioner further recommends that the respondents pay Although no information regarding the cost of the inquiry of the com- these particular cases is- availably missioner and any other costs the here, it is suggested from th nation- court may determine as just. alities of the steamers that their des tinations probably are in neutral coun tries abroad suspected of supplying Germany. ' To Run Altted Blockade. An Atlantic Port, July 14. Eleven neutral steamers, loaded with grain and other cargoes which could not be exported except under .license after President Wilson's embargo procla mation becomes effective Monday, cleared from this port yesterday for European ports without British letters of assurance and will attempt fo run the allied blockade. . A WOMAN SENTENCED TO THE GALLOWS Hartford; Conn., July 14. Mrs. An nie E. Archer-Gilligan was found guil ty of murder in the first degree in the Superior court here late yesterday. She we 3 convicted of th murder by poison of Franklin R. Andrews, May 30, 19K. Andrews was an Inmate of her home for elderly people at Wind sor. She was sentenced to be hanged November 6t 1917. Vincent Astor is now serving with the American Naval Patrol in Brit ish and French waters. Mr) Astor was recently commissioned an en sign in the United States . Naval Re serve, but the fact that he had been assigned to diky abroad, was not made known until after he had ar rived oh the European side of the Atlantic. Mrs. Astor, who has gone abroad to engage in relief work, has arrived in Paris and has gone to a French port to visit her husband. -(By Associated Press.) Washington, July 14. Cotton con sumed during June was 575,122 run ning bales, and 83,714 bales df lint- ers, the Census Bureau today nounced. Consumption compares with 570,597 bales in June a year ago and 68,063 bales of linters. Consumption for the 11 months end ing June 30 was 6,259,592 bales, and 782,922 bales of linters, compared with 5,908,085 bales of lint and 819,844 of linters for the period a year ago. Cotton on hand June 30 ih consum ing establishments was 1,749,835 bales of lint and 122,743 linterscompared with 1,835,089 bales of lint and 94,543 linters a year ago; and in public stor age and at compresses 1,406,821 bales of lint and 231,865 of linters, compared with 1,520,370 bales of lint and 169,712 of linters a year ago. Spindles active during June num bered 33,463,946, compared with 32, 261,694 a year ago. Imports were 26,181 bales, com pared with:15,803 a year ago and for the 11 months 281,520 bales, com pared with 429,938 a year ago. Exports were ,245,955 bales, includ ing 20,977 bales of linters, compared with 549,926 bales, including 51,420 bales, of linters a year ago; -and for the 11 months. 5,467.658 bales, includ ing 414,907 bales of linters, compared 1 with 5,711,357 bales a year ago. Statistics for cotton growing States .follow: Consumed during June, 328,974 bales, compared with 316,106 a year ago, and for the 11 months 3,591,022 bales, compared with 3,251,392 a year ago. On hand June 30 in consuming es tablishments, 794,605 bales, compared with 825,950 a year ago, and in pub lic storage and at compresses 1,121,774 bales, compared with 1,258,124 a year ago. Cotton spindles active in June, 14 011,432, compared with 13,245,516 a year ago. HEAVY INCREASE IN FOOD EXPORTS PEACE DISCUSSION IN HUNGARIAN ASSEMBLY (By Associated Press.) -Amsterdam, July 14. count Mihacl Karolyi, leader of the Hungarian Inde pendent party, speaking in the House of Deputies, says a telegram from Budapest, declared : "The. central point of the present German crisis Js the question of peace. Every one ih Germany wants peace, but it is not enough to desire it the nation must negotiate for it Count Czernin (Austro-Hungarian foreign minister) has not confined himself to mere words, but has openly declared Gastonia, and T;. G. Stem, of Oxford, majors and Het. Benjamin R. Lacy, son of the State Treasurer, chaplain. ' Governor Bickett surprised ' all of them when he named his judge to sue ceed Colonel Cox. Barnstorming dele- tratinna wcro in th ; TTIfl.lriT1Er and the an" J Governor in three more days would jhave had a dozen candidates. ine appoinunem ui aivert lul judge as capable a "book" lawyer as there is in the district. He is regard ed an exceedingly, able, studious, sen sible and fearless lawyer. The city police spent a good deal of last night and today working on a story of hold-up and assault upon W. O. Howard and Miss Mary Wilkie, at tendant and nurse at the State hos pital Wednesday night. Facts found today tend to compli cate an otherwise simply told story of a beating and robbery by "a negro" and criminal assault upon Mi3s Wilkie. The couple had been over to Raleigh and were returning to the Institution, when the attendant de clares "a negro" robbed him of $28, beat him into insensibility and then terrorized Miss Wilkie into silence. They believed they could easily iden tifyhe man, but the officers have not been able to bring him to them. A bruise on the head and a wound on the thigh showed the nature of the alleged assault. Mr. Howard says the negro backed him against a barbed wire fence and held him there with a pistol. Bloodhounds were called for but could not be had. Chief Barbour and Sheriff Sears put their forces to work, but have turned up nothing yet. 7l For Care.' r,,". ''I' -At nrT a iKTcri mi rxnc LSI .nilEOS III . WIXfc7 ' . '. t, WITHOUT ANY FOOD The Men Were in Deplorably Condition--Not Allowed;.', to Return to Their" ? Homes. ''--, (By Associated Press.) " ,TV ' Hermanas, N. M., July 14. Removal ; of the 1,200 deported striking'fiisbV " copper miners and their sympaUxlzeril , . from their cattle car and box cafr habV itations at this desert hamlet to Co- f. lumbus, where they will be card "for . . V by the military authorities, ' ; pending decision as to their final-disposition ',, was to take place today upon arrival of Colonel James J. Holbrook, United " States army, ordered here from'pou 1 las by Brigadier-General George . BelL Jr., commanding "the El Paso military i district. General BZell stated that thei men would not be prisoners, xAitl ' would be given shelter In the stockade built for Mexican refugees during -tfiw 'l border raids, and would be supplied with rations by the military-authors ties. . The removal of the men "tor Cto lumbus is a temporary expedient,' Itf was : stated, to .- prevent suffering.' ' . , ,! The men who were left on a fide track here at - midnight' Thursday , night, passed last night in their ,car- A carload of provisions arrived 1 fjrpiot . El Paso and many of the vmefc-'.iieHy (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, July 14. Majors for Col onel Albert Cox's volunteer artillery regiment were expected yesterday and when .news that Dr. C. L. Pridgen, of Wilmington, who will head the in firmary division with rank of major, had been appointed, a rumor that Judge Cox would recommend Major S. Gleen Brown, of Greensboro gavea great deal of pleasure here. On top of these interesting pieces of gossip came a story that Colonel Cox's eligibility will be . impeached. Gov ernor Bickett's office has been visited many times by soldiers who have an interest in the affairs of the proposed regiment. A section of the military act which appears to raise the ques tion of Colonel Cox's right to head this regiment was presented and read. The point made against Colonel Cox is that he is not now amember of the National Guard and of course is not in the Federal service: If the Cox op position has not turned up something fatal to his serving;, as colonel, its search has not failed of a 'purpose: :.. :. fiftTCimnr Bir.kef t. antiolntments for the , regimetfwere' announced ; lastlceiyed their &st.eJtorwrJth; - onerur oiuiysun, ui juuaa coui.k who came .hei'' .withSOepotlehir Deming, remained with 5 of bis mb :" t after a meeting at which he and Dls ' (By Associated Press.). Washington, July 14. rAmncas burden of feeding the world is em phasized by a fpod administration re port today that during April wheat ex ports Increased from 11,392,788 bushels, as a monthly average for the preceding nine months, to 14,233, 013 bushels. Even the smaller nine months figure represents a? 52 per cent, increase as compared with the three years pre-war, period (1812-14). Beef reports, which had ' shown va comparative gain of 330 per cent . , In the nine months average overhe pre war period, increased from 22,295,972 pounds to 48,211,592 pounds. Sugar, which had shown a 1,500 per cent increase in the nine months noMfi9i in Anril from- the average of 103,486,176 pounds; to 92;- 2s3,738 pounds PRUSSIAN DIET TO BE COERCED Itito Accepting the Kaisers Recent Decree For Elec toral Reforms. (By Associated Press.) Berlin, Thursday, July 12 (Via Lon don), July 14. If the Prussian' diet, whose present complexion is of a con servative view, fails to meet the con ditions set forth in Emperor Wil liam's decree for electoral reforms, It is not unlikely drastic measures will be adopted to overepmethe.. ob structionists. The Lower Chamber mieht be dissolved. In the case of the House of Lords it would be necessary to augment its membership by a wholesale creation of new peers for the purpose of procuring the de sired majority.. WEATHER BUREAU PREDICTIONS FOR WEEK trict Attorney J. ' S. Vaught ' assured the men that they would be protected and. would not be molested as loRgj. as they preserved- the peace. - ..-The ex', iles cheered the sheriff and Mf." Vaught lustily and assured them thjiy ' are law-abiding citizens., , V' ' ' W- B. Cleary, a Bisbee attorney and ,, labor advocate, who was among 'tho'e ' . deported, assumed leadership . of the exiles and organized them for arrang .1 ing sanitation and for .unofficial ,po r - force to preserve order. . C ': 'i'H"- -. Mr. Cleary said that many ot the . men wished to return to Bisbee. where ' they own ' property and .have wives and families. A census df th' . ' exiles showed that 312 had -registra tion cards under the selective draft law, and that 142 were the owners' pfv Liberty bonds. Mr. Cleary said 'that besides strikers and members of 7the 7 I. W. W., the exiles, included small business men of Bisbee and othejv ' '; residents of Bisbee who were, suspecU : 'ed of sympathizing with the strikers. ; Whether these men will undertake to return to Bisbee has-not been de; -termined. The local officers there have asserted that none will be .per-: mitted to re-enter the camp and have , posted guards to prevent any. return; v ing. (By Associated Press.) Washington. July 14. Fair weather parlv in the week in the South At lantic and East Gulf States, followed I notable decrease was in tish ex-; aimca -fiW- that we are ready ; for peace without !ltorts,: The arege of 154, X.tSS''Werad annexations. One of the 'pwrequteite pounds exported in the nine onJ conditions, of -peace is the ;democrati-J period dropped to , 7,544,877 pounds lor for the week,beginning July 15. Sea- sonable temperatures wui prevail. Troops Entraining Strikers. Hermanas, N. M., July 14 CJ0I1' ; James J. Holbrook, U. 8. A., with - a , command of 192 . officers and men. ar rived here today on a" special tratn: from Douglas, Ariz., to take the l.zoo , . VAWMW wm w 1 of loading the men on to . the . trains was begun immediately. , ? 1 - The soldiers were assisted by Sheiv :;:y, iff Simpson, of Luna countyr N. Ml, and -his deputies. The embarkation . of the exiles for Columbus was ..-.i; derly. . , ' s : ' -A':- i CUBAN CONGRESS - $ IN EXTRA SESSION ' (By Associated Preff.) ' v " Havana, July 14. President MenP -cal has suspended the constitutional ' guarantees and called an extrai e sion of Congress. . i ' : j, :riA-Z,. The decree , gives as, a. reason the ; state of war between Cuba and Gei . "r , many, but it 'is -believed 4n political. ; circles the . real reason is differences between th President an4lCongreaa;') A The President, yesterday vetoed ,a bill recently passed .In the rtonse,ln , creasing - the .salaries- of ,:Representa-v, tives. Last night the final session, ot : v the regular Congress, the House Te- : y passed the 'measure river,th9Ieaf., -: dent's veto. " . A "'A y'UAAA: BERLIN NEWSPAPER -v :' SUSPENDED Btm (By Associated Prew. '- ':'ZA Copenhagen, July 14.--The .-BerUff Lokal Anzeiger has been s suppressfed , indefinitely , by - the military1 authort- ties. TheVreason , is '. not glventfbnt presumably it Is on account ot an- a.t v , tack on Austro-Huhgary in connection ;v ' with a statement :by .Count - Czernla : f( a iiRtrisin-Hunearian " foreign mihlsteii' - who has" come out 'for-peace. -without annexation. ' - 4 ' " ' T. ' - i - , ' rf r- mi , ' 'J i 1 i ii- m.;- ,. .V 1 ';t i 1 . - v. ! ' -f t' i I) i A : X rt f 1 1 't v. J