North Carolina Newspapers

; 1 , . 3 . .. WEATHER FORECAST Ncrth uaroiina. rair ana mucn colder: cold wave in' east and cen tr ,1 portions; Wednesday fair, con- o--,;h Carolina techy : Fair and cplder cold wave Wednesday. THE - - .' - . .- .. - . .... - . .... Wilmington - . - ' ; .DlSPATGl FULL LEASED, WIRE. SERVICE FINAL EDITION "vol. xxin NO- 37 1. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 30, ,1917. vi ! v 4 HERTLING SUCCEEDS MICH- j AELIS. 4, : (By Associated Press). 5 1 Amsterdam, Oct. 30 (British 'A, A A : 1 : i r? i t . . ixuiicLiiiy yi'i- wireieSS 11 Count George von Hertling, M v the Bavarian prime minister, 'b has been appointed Imperial Ger- 4 i man Chancellor. Former Chancellor Michaelis has been named prime minister. v' 4- 5 f f PRICE FIVE CENTS, HEAVY GERMAN BLOW AGAINST ITALY. MEANS CASE NGN 1 iW Cadorna Prepares to Reform 1 lis Lines Along the Tag liamento River. TEUTONIC DANGER NOT YET REMOVED Invadins H uns Are Not Worn Out. and There Are Other Pcin's of Attacks to Be ; v & 4 2 i l!d:ne occupied. COME EXCITING ' Presentation of the 1 Evidence Was in ; gress Today. State's Pro- j (P.y Associntpfl Prosn j Concord, N. C, Oct. L'i.). The Cabar rus county sran'l iury, which yrstcr jclay Avas r..;kod by Solicitor ILiyJoa Clement to return a I.iip bill against I GaStOn "t Allnt; f.lvirrno 1:,-.-, .-n. . acked by Submarine and, the nurder or Mr... Maude a k r i vho war, shot anil killed at Black wri- der spring, near nore, on the evening ! of Ar.sust 20. Fi-en; the entire morn i ing examining witnesses. Among j Uicse testifying before the jury to-' day were Dr. Wjlbain H. Burmeistor, : s physician of Cook conn i v. i Illinois, who performed an" aut.onsv ! Att Had Dinner Interrupted hy an Air Raid. (P.y Associated Press.) London, Oct. 30 Thirteen Ameri can Representatives and two Sena tors were the guests of honor at a ! coroner I uiuer given in'.s evening at me Am (,U. V A' i Associated Press). . . i. Jrt X - ? T . V la : I v.CL. OV. (Via .LiOnCli ni. f -i1u I t tt;i rn tlio Knli. 1, r;A . . . , , . j cuccuui viuu uv me Lijru nign uiau-' "u -- ucau wumau, itnei ;, iormer Italian - , celior Sir R. B. pinlav. The guests it had been taken to Chicago fori nab been occupied by inf,i1ulpri prprnior T.ir,v,i.firr0 .w.! burial and Dr. Otto Sehulte a thJ man torces, army bead-r, thur J R.iifnnr Amorinan imhaa.in cloeist. conneeterl with h? nif ru .-,f anounced today. istrians and Germans m n i -!e d "Page, the Archbishop of Canterbury, ! District Attorney Swann. There re- i vTiseonnt Freneh enmmnnrlpr nf the i mains about a dozen witnesses vet tn ng forward irresistibly'-. . fnrrs. Tjr,.f Rnhprt r.eeil nd '. testify and it is considered r.nlikelv (uthern Italian plain to- ,h0 Right Hen. J. W. Lowther, Speak-'that their examination will be cen ie course of the Taglia- yer of the House of Commons. I eluded today. v r, the statement says, Tho dinner had been finished and The St3tc brought a corps of Chica iTiiiau troops advancing the guest, were chatting when warn- "S and New York pathologists Carnia Alps, having j inc; Gf an air raid wns given. Vis-!:ind experts here for the prelim Venetian soil on the 4 pnnnt Frpnrh immpHi itiv left tho I inarv hearing at which "derm front, and are pressing for- room, to be followed a few minutes was held without bail for the grand later by the Premier. ' jury and these witnesses returned to Senators Kendrick, of Wyoming, appear before the grand jury. Pre and Kenyon. of Iowa, told of their ex-Tvious to investigation.-, in New York uilian army is being stemmed at i neriences on the steamer on which 'and Chicago, a local coroner's jury 'he few crossings of the river, they crossed tho Atlantic which was had returned a verdict that Mrs. King vbich is greatly swollen. attacked by a German submarine off ,' shot herself accidentally the coast of Wales Saturday. The & 4' 4 4 -T J gunners on th steamer fired several General Cr. ;..i n:i is bending every j shot at the submarine which came t iori to retard the forceful Austro-.very dosn. to the mark. Oiman advance on the Isohzo front' The IT boat sab-morged before it h?A vA against the upper course of i' Tagliamento. The retirement of the defeated vi,:U he effects a retirement to the .- rong line of th Taiimento river. His cavalry is reported today in close t uch v Ii the ener W has been i, - .... ", t .11-. IV si i: . hampered in this lorwara nicni by tlie, strong resistance of "ar guards and the de- . Ii; ion of Lie bridges over the Ison- FIRED AT A PARTY - OF CONGRESSMEN IGNORE AMERICA AS AN ENEMY NATION (1 ,;. IV'.; ; I ) titno In 1 1 1 1 T w i tnrnpfln London. Oct. 3'). Tho steamer on which United Stales Senators John D. Kendrick. of Wyomirg, and William S. Kenyon, of Iowa, and ?epresenta- (By Associated Press J T, o r,.v,. e Oct 30. The first of- ' lJlJ - j.amr-t, ui xk w i one, was auacKed oy a uerman sud American ex- rf ,,r v-r,i,ia oo.nr. day. The gunners on tho steamer opened ii Mi.tt piace. :iore menacing , comment, annnugn occasionally sar- SUDmergP(l before having ' U I i - IhhS IlrLIl I I i 1 .S . CH.il II: (JII Ulil.SlS i .1 UltllCII 111 I 111" Ut-ilVl-li i a l . L . . . .T. ....... II. . A L. . C . . 4- n ' . ".in i r i I i ' ' nufr'H ill lilt; 1 1 1 ji einjt; iu a, quiri sct-i tor' Copenhagen, ficial report from the peditionary forces in France is print va rf"ior;ed nearing Udine, thejed in the German newspapers without : lt:;!i in hf -adciuarters, has now i so far being accompanied with any The Teutonic center, which yester- I 7 Ajujs t STARArfLLA ' oPORETTO I jf 'volzTOLMINO OBLAKE repotto I aD&iA- BAINSI27A 7 EG 1) cucco J 31 f W0'J t ipbRNBEEQrPU HERMADArEN ' 0 'G(JLF OF 1v SCALE OP MLCS in FIRST WOUNDED. 'b . - " (Bk - ' ciated Press). T With erican Army France, a Oct. 29. The . first AmerK funded in the trenches arry lay at a base v nospitai. He utenant - of j the signal corp., 'was hit in 4 the leg by a shfe . ter while ' Avorking in a tf . Sear the! first line. The wot; slight. Actp Man CWcro!-With tKi I The weather was. .ar and i Mge5 , ed, . , - ' toaay m tne American sec- oruiai iviuraer or -vgea - , REFUSES-TB TALK IT. THE Q CRM E ! tor. ' i Broth er Germany's tremendous drive agai nst Itaiy is directed against the north ern end of the Isonzo front where it r urns to the west, forming a danger ous salient. The first German attack was delivered at Flitsch (1), u. little north of Tolrainc, but.it quickly spread to Saga where it was repulsed by RUSSIA WANTS I SEPARATE PEACE THE REVOLTING DEED AROUSES VIRGINIA v ? Foreign Minister Teretchenko Urges People to Defend Their Country. (By Associated Press.) Petrograd, Oct. 20. (Monday). Foreign Minister Terestchenko in ad dressing the preliminary parliament, today said a separate peace was im possible ?nd that defense of Russian territory was one of the fundamental needs. The Foreign Minister said that ab solute independence of Courland and perhaps Poland and Lithuania was im possible as it would ' mean that Rus sia would return to the days before Peter. He also asserted complete de mobilization and disarmament and, that a person familiar with anatomy neutralization ot canals and straits had probably done the work, ' The Body Dismembered and Parts Scattered About the Farm Where They Were Found by Neighbors. (By Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., Oct. 30. Dr. Asa W. Chamberlain, 63 years old, who is held in the Henrico county jail on ' the charge of having murdered his broth er, "Judge" Albert P. Chamberlain, 65 years old. in Goochland eountv. re- y m - . fused today to discuss the horriblo crime for which he is to be tried, only saying he is innocent. He seeixuj to be in a dazed condition. The crime is one of the most revolting deeds that has occurred in Virginia in. many years. It is alleged that tae physi cian, who formerly lived in Webster, Iowa, used a stick in attaking " his brother, then choked the- victim ; tov death, and after the deed, dismember- : ed various parts of the body, sever ing the head in a manner that showed m Ax were impossible. Russia's foreign policy had not murder is alleged to have been cans- cd by a quarrel over the payment o ( changed, the minister continued, , $1,200 Dr. Chamberlain owed his since the first statement enunciating brother. The debt was originally for the principles of no indemnities, no' $i.4y0, but a compromise settlement ing She-passage- A'dFbrnxyii- 4fets-":ot!Oii theatoavfere)- are driving rii: ':":" rrr v . v.-' xt. ..jvi "iiU (UH m . ' V ' 1 1 M. tCAl IC1I11U1 ij J . 1 1IC 1UU V 1100 ltS come so extensive that the Italians are beginning to. evacuate the Bainstzza plateau (4), which they won after months of the hard kind of fighting at a huge cost in life. time to i' . however, seems the thrust h !t Hank against the uppet u'l the Tagliamento. ot of the front. The American official dispatch is, the German command i as a rule, not included by the news- !j reaca ia:s auriaein ) papers in iae general uuiuiiin ui cm; J1.)' h;i, V. : pl: PL ihr intpnrlpfl tirif anrl turn thp more southerly Italian :; fall back to the river and ii1 -mselves there. Berlin in . steady advance by the Aus ;'n columns toward this ob- rf-si:tance to the Austro onslaught along the Isonzo '. stiffening as General : r. to reform his forces! fi'-.uig defensive line of the ) river. The entire I.;on 1 en turned and th-- C'ar : L.r.s been g'ven up to the '!":!' I on soldiery who are ( ' I'ne, . the former Italian :-l charters. 'u crushing blow suffered :i force on the Nor. hern ' si!" consequent retirement river. General Cadorna T '.'.'i'.iinento line from which i , he invaders from the !..;:'; -. Berlin does not re--!:! additTTtillT number of !i'is coupled with Ca 'j i ; statement that his : ( :: -eking the Austro-Ge-r-:.:" ir that the force of the . bi'en spent, i t-)ry reported in the re- n n.iss in the Carnic : or Tcimezzo, wher'1 thej ' ir.rjn; westward. A strong 'o nilght make the Taglia-j 1 untenable, as also would i my war reports, most, of the journals 'endeavoring to adhere to the fiction that the United States is not regard- NEW ASSISTANT FOR SECRETARY McADOO I m M m 11 I Htfl (iflnniHH m-u D a W M N Id REfBRNRHI B Etm &a Stm W 3 H a 55 B W a H ft9 mm I I V Ik (By Associated I'rcss.) Washington, Oct. ?.0. Russel C. Lef- ifingwel!, a New York lawyer, who has ed as a full fledged member ot tne been assisting McAdoo as special coun group hostile to the Central powers. sei jn tne flotation or the Liberty (loan, today was appointed assistant IfLIAT'jS DESTROY secretary of the treasury, assuming one ot tne new omces createu uy tno ISONZO BRIDGES -SS session of Congress. Several Contestants Are Bunched Near the Top and No One Has Secured a Mortgage on Any Prize Those Who Make the Most of Eleven Remaining Days Will Be Winners. i TODAY'S LEADERS. RAID A FAH.IIREM . . Mrs. A. C. Sosscrm Romp. Oct. 30. The Italian retreat i LAST NIGIiT'S A!R continued yesterday, the war office an nounces. The Italian cavalry is in contact with the vanguards of the ad vancing enemy. mi,. Ttoint. doofrovofl Hip hrirtp?; over the Isonzo and four leai guard a,tomnt r.,, Mattl Powell actions by which means they checked i ' - -- -Mrs- w. j. Conerly the Austro-German advance. London. Oct. SO. Lord French, com mander of the British home forces to-; that the German air- Nettie Lewis .. , ? Elizabeth Bullard Bertha Allsbrook nmn uifithfr s COMING EASTWARD counties of England, did no damage nn and caused no casualties. All the. bau'e L,a'ieU British machines vent up to engage the raiders landed safely. ; GERMANS DRIVEN BACK j . 92.3 3 r. . &2.010 . 91.050 . 91,290 4 . 91.0S0 v . 90,975 . 90,48.") . 89,970 i' i annexations and tho right of nations to self definition. "The people must understand that the war is being carried on not by governments but by nations," he ad ded. "As the 'nations began the fight ing, so they must end it. Russia and France first held back the foes and so they continue." AT rP ( m -1 t r 1 1 o i l.- floplarorl t h cl f tlVr ' .... v.. V IV, 11 . 1 .1 -. 1 V . V 1 t 1 ' V. Ill I-1 lj L 1 1 cfferr of a separate peace and the sentiment, in favor of them were strongest last May, when they were followed by the Russian offensive. i rumor that the Allies XVllSlrl tU 11 Cl ICXIU, the foreign minister continued, "but I state officially that it is untrue. "Germany's aim is to separate Rus sia from the Allies and if possible to do this by peaceful means in order to use Russia .economically afterward. While the other nations at war are unable to continue civil industry, Ger many has been so well organized from the beginning that she has been able to continue her efforts to carry on trade. She looks upon Russia as her market. Therefore the defense of Russian territory is one of the funda- ! hud been agreed upon. The murder occurred shortly after the a.tmef was paid to the victim. A dog pawing in ;;,v the ground where parts of the body' . were buried led to the grewsome di- - -cover, which was followed by the ar '$p. rest of the physician. ; ! -j'; Searchers were attracted to the scene by the dog's strange actions and . ' when some one thrust a stick into the' :.".' earth, a nauseating odor became per - ; ceptible. A smal bit of cloth was. . observed clinging to the stick. The .-''''-. party unearthed the torso of a human being... . Tliereupan i tkeJmasi&jQb ed every nook and corner,' every . hill, and every mound on the Chamberlain) if. ; j farm. Nothing finally was left but th.e barbed wire fence posts and then each of these was pulled up. In the first hole opened the head, arms, heart and liver were found. In other holes an . arm or limb and other sections of the ' body was discovered. The whole body, in pieces,' was eventually located. The muredered man formerly lived in Des Moines, Iowa. . Dr. Chamberlain was arrested ; Thursday after the disappearance o his brother earlier in the week had mental needs now, for if Germany! aroused the suspicions of his neigh-c-pts intn Russia, r.ommereiallv after . . 4... " , uors. is. Keaicn was iusuiulcu iiuiuc- the war, we shall have no self defini-1 diately Sunday the naked torso was tion afterwards." t fminH hnrioH in th harkvard. . SotnR THE FIRST CAPTURED GERMAN IS DEAD With tXnAr? France, SfJf found buried in the backyard. Some distance away the head was found at the bottom of a fence posthole. The feet, legs, arms and heart were found f;'j in other postholes. i;; Until the hnding ot tne Doay ur. ii The first German prisoner Jai1. uuum wj. x0 against lliui uecame u micuoc Oct. 30 of war taken by the American expedi tionary forces died yesterday in an American field Tiospital, having been shot when he encountered an Ameri can patrol in. No Man's Land in front cf the American trenches. He, with another German, was discovered Sat Snow as Far ville ; Florida 4s 4 Think of it only eleven more days to work and win the prize you Avant. I The contestants who are willing to A THOUSAND YARDS ! wor ar'd work hard during this time l are the ones Avho will Avm. Better get (By Associated" Tress., I ?ut and secure enough subscriptions London, Oct. 30. The Germans have' t0 wm the Pr!Ze of onr choice. Any been driven back in places to a depth ! f tflem are .worth your very best ef- Snntb as Ashe-'Of nearly 1,000 yards in today's Brit-!lort- . hsh drive on the Ypres front, Reuters! Eleven more days and they are riOSt in ! corresnen dent at British headouarters I ver' short. But the honors of win- The" principal fighting is taking telling what a day will bring forth. nia(.0 tnwank the outskirts of Pfls- teem in which the Avmners are held forge to the front and there is no elling what a day wfTl bring forth: There are a bunch of live-Avire con testants in the race and no one has secured a mortgage on any of the prizes. Up to this time it is anybody's ! urday night by the patrol and was race and the contestant Avho makes caled upon to halt. The Germans ran; the best of the eleven days that ve-jthe patrol fired and one of the enemy main of the competition Avill either was hit The priSOner was treated at spend their vacation riding in their! n nressine- station and removed to a joAvn car or Avin one of the other valu-jfield hospital where the combined ef j able prizes. t tort5 of several surgeons railed 'o We are living in a commercial age, save his life, the age of accomplishments and of big things. The small or ordinary affairs j Avhich our forefathers contented them selves Avith doing are left to the care of the office boy or clerk at this time. When we think of money it is in large amounts. For the first tAvo periods of the cam paign the candidates were after sub scription payments. It did not really matter whether they Avere large or small, they meant votes; but now it's! A , a i j Arr nnn nnn different. The "Club" vote schedule j Amount Asked IS 4UU,UUU,UUU is smaller, hence the payments must, Pounds Sterling for Rest -(lermqn effort in force 'r.m i he Carnic and Bolo- wave today ' overspreads m th Trent ino. From ' .'. it is reported thai, the frontier has been closed, Asheville. The coal shortage by their friends. But the finish nye lias ueeii tiuoi,n, inc , , , , , f.n cxmo inonlities although t.v in-n remtorcemeni.o are iy ieit yi ; , ,. .,j v ,TQ . . . - r -w o'.trriQr rp h ljv v v ' NEW III CREDIT BEFORE COMMONS be larger. The laAV of average must! be maintained. j The club certificates issued on eachj $15 worth ( f auibscriptions, in addi- tion to the regular schedule of votes, of Y ear. (By Associated Press.) London, Oct. 30. The House of tntpd Pross.1 . rt on Tho rolrl hnndapto r-nd in the recion of Poel YVasnmgwii, wi.. r , - - - - . ' it i Blpi n dehatahl niiPc,tio whn the eastern capenc. l tie wriusu are leporieu iu " " " v- " . -i i r- i , i t.iim winner's wmi .-i . n.,nr-v iTrnst pvtenae'i i:ivc lousnr. ineir wixy nivu eveiai. " .taiian r.ign ramanu nai i ui ' ras" nd Central important smus of the great system- The Dispatch representatives as ion. the possibility of, to the gull coa.-t, icxas emu ti, nnnAta 5ti'well as contestants. :-rr bultonholed Florida, and snow icu us iai Z Z :- u : everv dnv !in,l :.sk-rl the latpr.t re- I gameu a greiiL imu oi ineu uujvb-. --- - - . t Avas being keen- tives. P,orts m regard to this or that ones r a , 1 ......i,:--! .rc. t r. 4- u ', noiinrts stprlins- and one of the Chan- ...is j v.,. Birmnt tro lit mi miO .' , c tuiu iiuiu mm un 11 la ctu ruuai " "vv-.. v. .v.. ... ..... . ) the Italian front. Thi v ptnch was sumcwudL j HmtmirtnjinjiL.inu chance among the hustlers. Don't I niost ot these certihcates are the c-.uor b yunuuic biateuicuia ic6ium6 her supporl for tho lead- terday a z noui uums SHELLS AT GERiVlANS lose heart because your favorite's I ones Avho can count on being the win-; me nnances ui iue wti. xn.. amuuii.. nani is at. or near the bottom of theners ot the automobiles and other j wmcn luo uuuc i a.,ix uiC r. 777 hit or -..ih,,intn,i rennrt oh -rtav ' nrizes. Have vou naid close attention ! expected to be sufficient to last until r,- i ' Aln, Arvfn PmnPO Tht mnrito n.nv hn v.-i-.o,- unlinJhfi schedule, of vntfiR? OnoNEWMhc end of the year, when another Oft SO American batteries are con- deemed. There is no telling hOAv many subscription payment for two years to vote aviII have to oe orougnt torAvara. tin dns: to shell the German lines at votes she may cast before the final were reported toaay oy tu J sharn regular intervals the enemy following closing of the polls, Monday, Novem Burcau. In eastern districts a snaru . tart'rs her 12 fall m tempeian.ie imo . . N. flrtnpv nffieial communique has The longer the campaign continues day, however, that he was moved hero to avert lynching. The coroner's jury verdict is that Judge Chamberlain',;: came to his death at the hands of Dr. A. W. Chamberlain in a manner not determined. " ' : : Suspicion points to Dr. Chamber lain because, it is alleged, he . and .V; his brother had quarreled over an ac-:A ccunt due the brother. Dr. Chamber- ' lain said he paid this account Monday. ' night before Judge Chamberlain's dis- . appearance. He holds a receipt ktor'::: the sum dateA that night. Upon col- ( lecting the thie account Judge Cham- berlain announced his intention to do- part immediately for Cheyenne, Wyo.; -'according to the doctor, who says he' thinks his brother was waylaid Dy tod bers after he left him. '"11"''' James Chamberlain and his broth- : . er came to Virginia from Iowa abpttt; three years ago. Dr. Chamberlain is U near his brother's age and is married. ; . His wife left for the West Monday ?!' just before thie tragedy, it is said.- . . FAMOUS EDUCATOR " DIED THIS MORNING ; i (Special to the Dispatch) n;' 'l Tampa, Fla., Oct. 30. Dr. EL Cenja- . - c min Aodrews. chancellor emeritus of ' v . . the introduction by Andrew l" hj. TZZr L ana iormer presmeui ui iub mywu v. est-rn Isonzo or materia' . on prionty ntxrat,lr.a .r,i,-o from tho mountains LoAvest October temperatures secured by any contestants during the! Commons ha.d Defore. lt at today's ( clcsiuK period, are the keys to sue- session, cc,s ,nthf contest, and those who Bonar La. Chance.tor of cher -- raaKfi ine Dest use 01 me eleven re-l"i- ." "cuu 1W1 '?'vurvu li... ot infior-h in a whro for five years he had made his home, tie leaves a widow and son. He had been, in failintr health for several years.; He en in Kansas, . . '. . . . . unltl t i ' i . i j i ( i hip lasuaiueuw. t i.'. . " Tons Missouri. no reports QTlH Indiana, iviissisiyv' :.! Ihre are in the Tretino and ' !'! and France have taken inforce the Italians. What ii'H is taking has not yet ' : mall operations are oc ' troops on the front in I'i.e artilleries are very ac- rrafa I'iigo 'Eight) and Louisiana tonight ana c0"";1""1"" hpen issued, but there has been no the nlore of an enigma it .seems to I Alfl U V t-' WM. I IlllI-.0 "ww-. , - wan torecabi. territory from special infantry activity, vvcrc sent out for the ter itory irpu i Eastern Pennsylvania suuiuwwu Northeast Florida. iption payment tor iwo years iof vvm ui lily and Sunday will give a can-j The vote today will bring the total 12,800 votes, and this amount loans for the year to 1,900,000,000 Avas president of Brown University from 1889 to 1898, superintendent "of schools of Chicago from 1898 to' 1900 and chancellor of Nebraska from 1900 to 1908. He was a veteran of thejwarr between the States and one of j. the; Northern men who did much to bring be. O""." day one candidate will seem Snow that fell Sunday night inter- to bo getting the better of her oppon-j where the tcrcd Willi an operations .j, and the next day another would place any candidate in the list the da didate would almost complete a $15 club, and ! pounds sterling and the total since : i. i-nnrm m.,l,;ni' tlio nmnmp'ifcniPtlt nf thfi war to 5. a' grand totai of 142.800 votes. Refer' (592,000,000 pounds sterling. The de-jthe two sections together. His;, lee-. " i to the standing of candidates and see bate through the various stages or the lure on uenerai xvooeri.. uvv w. number of votes would vote is expeciea iu exieau uvei win uwvvi "'"q""" JT, ' ' days. soutn. . fi l3ai,2a.l; : - rm V rj v.M skA Eft-rfr lias: n ran it if 11 ti iw i i f v f ' feW H K tf 111,1 ill! II II VI .fit Rf 9 Si EX II m U U ! h . ti n n ii ii ug u m l j v ep h h tfi Vbsr - . .