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VOL. XXVI.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1915.
NO. 23.
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AIGI1 ENTERS
W1SEIEAST
fW ' RAISER IS
WHAT NEXT MOVE t
Heavy and Continuous Snowstorms
Have Almost Stopped Operations
In Many Places.
London. The Near Eastern cam
paign is about to enter a new phase,
upon which the visits of Lord Kitch
ener to Paris and Emperor William
to Vienna, it is believed, will have an
important effect.
Lord Kitchener, after visiting the
Balkans and Italy, has arrived at
Paris for. an important series of con
ferences with the Fren& staff, while
the German Emperor has gone to
"Vienna to see Emperor Francis Jo
seph and discuss with the Austrian
generals what the next move will be,
Presumably it is a question whether
the Central Powers will attack the
Anglo-French forces in southern Ser
bia or concentrate in western Bul
garia to meet the threat of Russian
invasion from the East and the possi
bility of Rumania taking sides against
her old enemies, Bulgaria and Turkey
So far as Serbia is concerned, Win
ter appears virtually to have put an
end to any Important movements, al
though the Austrians are proceeding
to deal with the Montenegrins whose
frontier they have crossed, while the
Bulgarians are attempting to advance
to Prisrend and Monastir.
With heavy and continuous snow
storms reaching the proportions of a
blizzard, these operations must be
slow, especially as the Serbians and
Montenegrins are still offering stub
born resistance. Monastir, it is ad
mitted, cannot be saved, but the Ser
bians who are defending" the city are
determined to resist to the last and
?ive t&e civilians a chance to escape.
They Tiold a front some five miles
from the town in the direction of
Prilep, from which point the Bui
garians, who have crossed the Caras
sou River, are advancing.
Snow has completely stopped op
erations on the Anglo-French in Ser
bia, the opposing forces, who are
separated by a valley a mile across
having lost sight, o each other ...
INDICTMENTS BY GRAND JURY.
Flagman, Engineer and Fireman Are
Charged with Manslaughter.
Salisbury. Indictments were drawn
here- charging manslaughter against
A. Tankersley, engineer; Arthur Kel
ly, negro fireman, of the Southern's
New York-New Orleans Limited train,
and Clyde H. Wilson, flagman on the
excursion train, which were in colli
sion the night before Thanksgiving,
xresulting in the death of two persons
and the injury of 22 others.
The indictments were handed up
by the grand jury of Rowan county
after consideration of the evidence
given at the coroner's inquest into
the death of W. S. Severs and C. E.
Hall, the two victims of the wreck.
The condition of O. Max Gardner of
Shelby was reported favorable. Owing
to the injury to the blood supply of
the leg and foot it was necessary to
amputate Mr. Harry Tally's left leg
above the knee.
Withdraw From Turkish Front.
London. "The Bulgarians are with
drawing from the Turkish frontier
'and despatching them to other fronts,
in anticipation of an attack from the
side of Rumania, or by the way of the
Black Sea," says a Reuter . dispatch
from Saloniki, "while some of the
German forces in Serbia are proceed
ing to the support of the Bulgarians
against a prospective Russian invas
ion." Chicago Completes Guarantee Fund.
Chicago. Chicago's $200,000 guar
antee fund for the Republican and the
democratic National Conventions has
completed, it was stated.
New Carranza Money.
Tex. Carranza consular
hat valid currency now
4 Mexico will be ex
! discount for the new
currency. sC .ne de facto government.
It was stated that 1250,000,000 in non
counterfeitable bills will be issued.
The dispatches also stated that the
Carranza government had secured a
large proportion of 'ie cotton crop of
the La Guna district for distribution
among the textile factories at cost.
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Robert Fay, who claims to be a lieu
tenant In the German army, Is under
Indictment In New York for conspiracy
to destroy munition plants and munition-carrying
ships.
GREECE AND ALLIES AGREE
ENTENTE POWERS PRESENT COL
LECTIVE NOTE WHICH IM
PROVES CONDITIONS.
Austro-German-Bulgarian Forces Enter
Kossovo Plain and Occupy
. Latest Serbian Capital.
London. There has been a distinct
improvement in the diplomatic rela
tions between Greece and the Entente
Powers, following the presentation of
a collective note "by the represent
tives of the Allies. The Greek pre
mler is reported to have stated that
while Greece put forward theoretical
objections to Allied troops entering
Greece territory and using it as a vie-
tualizing base she would not raise a
finger against them.
That the Entente Allies purpose to
operate through Greece indefinitely is
apparently indicated by the statement
in a news agency dispatch that ma
chinery for an electric power plant is
being landed at Saloniki and that con
tracts are being awarded for the con
struction of extensive barracks.
On the military side in the Balkans
on the other hand, especially so far
as the Serbian northern army is con
cerned, the situation nas grown grav
er, Austro-German and- Bulgarian
troops, operating in three separate col
umns have entered Kossovo Plain,
where the Serbians were expected to
make their last stand, and have occu
pied Mitrovltza, the latest Serbian cap
ital, as well as Pristina and at one
point at least have driven the Serbians
across the Sitnica river, which drains
the valley.
TWO KILLED, 22 INJURED.
Southern No. 38 Strikes Football Spe
cial in Rear at Salisbury.
Salisbury Striking the rear sleeper
of the Richmond-bound football special
which had just stopped on the Sal
isbury yards, Southern passenger train
No. 38 plowed one-third the way
through the wooden Pullman, killing
Henry C. Severs and Charles Edwin
Hall of Charlotte. Twenty-two were
injured, those more seriously hurt
being passengers on the special, but
several of No. 38's travelers were bad
ly shaken up by the force of the colli
sion. .
The injured are: J. M. Smith, Char
lotte, slightly hurt; O. Max Gardner,
Shelby, broken ankle, bruised about
the face, back badly wrenched; For
rest Estridge, Shelby, ribs broken; S.
B. McCall, Mrs. B. E. Smith, G. H.
Holton, Mrs. F. T. Purse, W. R. How
ell, C. S. Stone, Harry Tally all these
passengers of the special are hurt,
Mr. Tall probably the most serious
ly. He has an ear cut off and other
slight injuries. 1
Thangsglving Football Results.
At Philadelphia: Cornell 24; Penn
sylvania 9. .
At Richmond: Virginia 14; North
Carolina 0. .
At Atlanta: Georgia Tech 7; Au
burn 0.
At ashville: Vanderbilt 28 ; Se-
wanee 3.
At Birmingham: Alabama 53; Mis
sissippi 0.
At Athens: Georgia 13; Clemson 0.
At Norfolk: Washington & Lee 43;
North Carolina A. & M. 13.
At Roanoke: V. P. I. 27; V. M. I. 9.
At Lexington, Ky.: Kentucky 6;
Tennessee 0.
At Columbia: CitadeL 3; South
Carolina 0.
At Greenville, S. C: Furman 2G;
Wofford. 0.
GOKSStl
BATHER AT CAPITOL
COMMITTEES ARE MEETING AND
. ORGANIZING FOR A BUSY
SESSION.
TO H(fLD DAILY SESSIONS
Committee Assignments Are Being
Made and Other Work Prepara
tory to the Opening.
Washington. Organization of the
Sixty-fourth Congress, which con
venes next Monday, has begun. Sen
ate Democrats held their caucus Mon
day and at the same hour the Ways
and Means Committee Democrats of
the. House undertook the task of par
celling out committee recommenda
tions. The Senate Democratic caucus were
called to order by Senator Kern, con
ference chairman. It is expected that
there will be daily sessions through
out the week, the question of revising
the rules and providing for cloture of
debate promising to enliven the pro
ceedings. For several months a spe
cial committee headed by Senator
Owen of Oklahoma has had rules re
vision under consideration.
Organization of the Senate majority
is not expected to precipitate any
clashes. Although there have been
rumors of change in leadership, ao
definite contests have developed.
No change in chairmanship of Im
portant senate committees is contem
plated, the leaders say. Senator
Tillman of South Carolina will retain
chairmanship of naval affairs; Cham
berlain of Oregon, military affairs;
Stone of Missouri, foreign relations;
Simmons, . North Carolina, finance;
Overman, North Carolina, rules ;
Owen, Oklahoma, banking and cur
rency; Myers, Montana, public lands;
Hitchcock, Nebraska, Phillipine Is
lands; Culberson, Texas, judiciary;
Newlands, Nevada, interstate com
merce, and Martin, Virginia, appro
priations. -
By the retirement of Senators Root
and Burton, two important Republi
can vacancies occur in the foreign re
lations committee, but there are no
Democratic vacancies. Most of the
important vacancies to be filled in
other committees, also occur on the
Republican side. Committee places
must be found by the Democrats for
six new members, Underwood, Ala
bama; Phelan, California; Beckham,
Kentucky; , Broussard, Louisiana;
Johnson, South Dakota, and Husting
of Wisconsin. . ,
ENDORSE NAVY PROGRAM.
National Security League Thinks Step
Is In Right Course.
Chicago. The preparedness pro
gram of President Wilson was en
dorsed as a step in the right direc
tion in committee reports on the
army, the navy and the militia read
before a conference of the National
Security League here. On each as
pect of the problem, however, the
committee findings were that the ad
ministration had not indicated a de
sire to go far enougki to make the
country safe from attack.
The proposed army increases, it
was pointed out, should be broadened
to provide for extensiv3 and continu
ous education of officers and for col
lection of large reserve stocks of sup
plies of all kinds.
The navy plan was criticised as ex
tending over too long a period for
completion and as making no provi
sion for adequate personnel on ships
built, building and proposed.
The project for a "continental
army" was endorsed merely as a "first
step" anda suggestion was made that
all men between the ages of 18 and,
21 should be enrolled and have mili
tary education
American Killed by Turks.
Basel, Switzerland, via Paris Mr.
Leslie, an American citizenand sev
eral other foreigners were killed by
Turks at Urfa Meaonotamia while
trying to defend Armenians from the
Turks, according to a sory printed in
tne newspaper convenes ae nasie.
Government Takes Canadian Wheat.
Ottawa, Ont, The Canadian govern
ment has commandeered all high-grade
wheat in elevators from Fort William
on Lake Superior to the Atlantic
coast. The action was taken by the
Canadian grain commission under the
special war act. The wheat seized
was of the grades No. 1 hard and 1, 2,
3, Northern. It was the property of
grain shippers and millers. A revsied
estimate places the amount at about
20,000,000 bushels, a cosiderable part
of which Is the property of Americans.
THE MISSES CHASE
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The Misses Suzanne (left) and Eliz
abeth (right) are the daughters of
Capt. and Mrs. Volney O. Chase, U. S.
N., and ara among the prominent debu
tantes In Washington society this
winter.
TRAIL LEADS TO EMBASSY
CAPTAIN BOY-ED CHARGED WITH
HEADING CONSPIRACY TO
VIOLATE LAW.
Mr. Wood Said Defendants "Rode
Roughshod Over Laws and '
Treaties of, the U. S.w
New York. Capt. K. Boy-Ed, Ger
man naval attache with headquarters
at the German embassy in Washington
played a leading role, according to
witnesses in Federal court here, in the
alleged conspiracy of several Ham
burg American Steamship Line offi
cials to deceive and defraud the Uni
ted States by sending neutral ships
with supplies to German men-of-war
at the beginning of the European war.
One of these witnesses swore that
Captain Boy-Ed personally directed
the expenditure of approximately
$750,000 which, unsolicited and unex
pected had been deposited to the
witness' credit in a New York bank
in September, 1914. The witness tes
tified that $350,000 of this money was
telegraphed to the Nevada National
Bank at San Francisco; $213,000 was
paid, in several amounts, to the North
German Lloyd Steamship Lines here,
about $75,000 to the Hamburg-American
Line here and by cable money or
der in Hamburg and some of the re
mainder was still on hand. All of
these disbursements this witness as
serted were made by order of Boy-Ed.
This witness, Gustave B. Kulen
kampff, a German importer and ex
porter with offices here, and others
testified in the trial of Dr. Karl Buenz,
Adolph Hachmeister, George Kotter,
and Joseph Poppinghaus, all officials
of the Hamburg-American Line, who
are charged with conspiracy In having
directed the loading and dispatching
of 16 vessels to the relief of the half
dozen or more German warships in
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The
testimony which virtually opened the
government's case followed a short
address to the jury by Roger B. Wood,
assistant United States district attor
ney, in which Mr! Wood said that the
government would show that the de
fendants "rode roughshod over the
laws and treaties of the United States
and contemptuously as If these laws
and treaties had been mere scraps of
paper."
NUMBER OF BANKS FIXED.
Attorney General Says Number Can't
Be Reduced or Location Changed.
Washington. Attorney General
Gregory has given an opinion to Pres
ident Wilson holding that the Federal
Reserve Board has no authority to re
duce the number of reserve districts
or to change location of reserve banks.
The opinion was sent to the meet
ing of the board where the questions
of changes were taken up. It was
not read, however,' and it became
known later that a supplementary
opinion might be sought
It was pointed out that if the board
acted in accordance with the Attorney
General's decision the appeal, of
Pittsburg to have the Cleveland bank
shifted to it and that of Baltimore to
be given the Richmond bank would
have ,to be thrown out without con
sideration of their merits.
It was said ,that several members
of the board did not know that Mr.
Gregory had been asked for the opin
ion until it was mentioned at the
meeting.
PEACE ADVOCATES
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MME. SCHWIMMER OF HUNGARY
AND MRS. SNOWDEN SEEK
SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT.
FOR A PEACE CONFERENCE
Urge President to Initiate Cnoferenca
or at Least Appoint Delegates.
Wilson Doesn't Promise.
Washington. Efforts to win Presi
dent Wilson's support for a conference
of neutrals to initiate peace proposals
in Europe reached a climax when
Mme. Rosika Schwimmer of Hungary,
and Mrs. Ethel Snowden, wife of a
member of the British Parliament,
called at the White House with a per
sonal appeal and word that they had
definite information that the majorty
of the belligerent nations wold not
turn, deaf ears to suggestions from a
neutral gathering. The ladies talked
with the presdient for more than an
hour, and went away much pleased
over their reception, though the Presi
dent had made no promises. About
400 , peace advocates frenh from a
mass-meeting at a loca theater, ac
companied the President's . callers to
the White House, applauding them as
they entered and left the Executive
offices.
The President was urged to initiate
a peace conference, or at least to sig
nify that he would appoint a delegate
from the United States . If another
neutral nation caled one. He was
told that women peace advocates who
have visited every beligerent and
neutraj nation in Europe believe from
talks with officials abroad that prac
tical results would follow. He also
was Informed that Henry Ford, the
Detroit manufacturer, here to. co
operate with the women, had- in his
possession statements, some of them
signed from officials In some of. the
principal countries on both sides, of
the European conflict, to the general
effect that they would interpose no
objection to the caling of a confer
ence of neutrals to make peace pro
posals.. ,
Mme. Schwimmer, who saw the
President several months ago on the
same subject and who was not opti
mistic then, said that she believed the
President was deeply impressed with
the information laid before him.
"The President made no definite
promise," she added, "but I think you
will hear something from the White
House before long."
Addresses were made at the meet
ing by Mme. Schwimmed, Mrs. Snow
den, Mrs. Louis Post, wife of the As
sistant Secretary of Labor, Henry
Ford, and other peace advocates.
Henry Ford's address was very
brief. "Out of the trenches by Christ-
tnas and never back again is my mot
to," he said, and sat down.
THREE AMERICANS SHOT.
Villa Soldiers Kill One Tar Hell and
Vound Another.
Nogales, Ariz. Three United States
soldiers were wounded, two of them
probably fatally, and a score of Mexi
cans are reported to have been killed
when Villa troopers evacuated Noga
les, Sonora, across the border from
here, before the advance of Carranza
troops under Gen. Alvaro Obregon, ex
changed shots with United States
troops across the international boun
dary line.
General Obregon was in Nogales
and measures were beng taken to re
store order after the looting and riofr
ing. AH supplies of liquor were be
ing destroyed by Obregon's order.
Rumors that two American sol
ders had been killed during the ex
change of shots remained unverified.
Carlos Randall, Villa governor of
Sonora, and General Ocosta, a Villa
subordinate, remain under guard at a
local hotel.' Randall and Acosta cross
ed the nternational boundary line
when it wa3 decided to evacuate the
Mexican town. .
Three American soldiers were
wounded, two probably fatally.
Stephen Littles, 23, shot through
head, and died later; home, Fairmont,
N. C. Enlisted February. 1914!-
Herbert L. Cates, 25, shot twice' in r
abdomen and hip, recovery doubtful.
Home Swepsonville, N. C, second en
listment. Arthur L. Saupe, 19, shot right foot.
Home Vernon, Ind. .
Five Mexicans, including a woman
also were wounded. Whether any
were killed was undetermined. A
Carranr.a courier, sent to apprise Col.
W. II. Sage, commanding tne Ameri
can troops of the routing of the Villa
forces was shot off his horse.
STATE TEACHERS
HOLD BIG SESSION
PROF. R. H. WRIGHT SUCCEED3
MISS MARY O. GRAHAM Aft,
STATE PRESIDENT.
HAD
RECORD
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ATTENDANCE
Registration Was Biggest In History.
Subsidiary Divisions Elect Of
ficers In Separate Sessions.
Raleigh. The North Carolina
Teachers' Assembly elected as presi
dent for the next vear. to succeed
Miss Mary O. Graham of Charlotte,
R. H. Wright, president of the East
Carolina Teachers' Training School,
and chose A. T. Alles of Salisbury,
vice' president and re-elected E. E.
Sams -of the State Department, cf
Education as secretary. Members of
the executive committee chosen were
Miss Essie : Blankenship, , Charlotte ;
Dr. W. H. Chase, University" ef North
Carolina, S. M.'Brinson, Craven coun- -ty.
. . ; . " :
The elections were on recommen
dation 61 the nominating committee,
of which Superintendent Giles of the"
Wake county schools was chairman. .
Right after the report of the com
mittee was adopted there was a
resolution offered by R. E. Ransom of
Southport proposing that4,th ' execu-
tive committee be asked to eliminate
from the constitution the provision
for a nominating committee for elec
tion of officers and let, the nomina-
Unit tt nfTi om fvm Arctct tmm th -
floor of the assembly and that the
practice 'of making the vice president ,
be abolished as a fixed policy "
There was a lively discussion, that
was interrupted by a motion to ta
ble the resolution.,. Mr. Ransom pro
tested against any "gag rule" meth- . ,
od. The resolution was finally ta
bled, 49 to 22. Miss Edith Royster
of Raleigh raised the point that the
resolution could not be disposed of
in this way, making the amusing
explanation that she was not spe
cially crazy about the resolution,
1 A. II A. 1 t l . i.
uui mat cut) Wits a tspui i tuiu yiny
ing the game."
John S. Wray of Gastonia moved
that the executive committee be re
quested to consider the question of
changing the time for the meeting
of the assembly, making t it- either
before the rural- schools ?open in the
early fall, or some time in February.
H. B. Smith stirred much mirth by
commenting that the early fall would
not do because the teachers must get
in a few checks before they could
muster the money to make the trip
to the assembly. 1
Subsidiary divisions of the assem
bly elected officers in separate ses
sions in the afternoon as follows:
. City Superintendent, Joe S. Wray,
Gastonia, president; W. R. Mills,
Louisburg, vice president; Harry
Harding, Charlotte, secretary.
Primary Teachers, Mrs, J. A. Rob-
inson, Durham, president; Miss Mat
tie Heath, Newbern, Vice president;
Miss Essie Blankenship, Charlotte, '
secretary; Miss Mamie Griffin, Golds
boro, treasurer. "
High Sclool Teachers and Prin
cipals, J. L. Teague, Stony Point,
presidents; J. B. Henson, Dallas,, vice
president; R. E. Ranson, Southport,
secretary; Hary Lathaw, Almon,
treasurer.
Grammar Grade, Q. A. Hamilton,
Wilmington, president; ' Miss Ursula
Blankenship, Charlotte, and Miss An
nie A. Vaughn, Highlands, vice presi
dents; " Miss Mary McKenzie, - Salis
bury, secretary and treasurer.
It was 11 o'clock at night in the
city auditorium whan Miss Mary O.
Graham of Charlotte. as the retiring
president of the assembly announced
that the' registration this session has
been the biggest in the history of the .
organization,' and introduced R. - II. .
Wright of the Eastern Carolina
Teachers Training School as new
president of the assembly. When, Mr. ,
Wright Jjad modestly expressed the
hope that 'the record of the registra
tion and the achievement the coming
year -may outstrip the past year's fine
record,' the thirty-second annual, ses
sion was declared adjourned. . ,
Continue Moonlight Schools.,
Wilmington. There has been man
ifested so much interest in this coun
ty in the moonlight schools that the
executive committee named by the
teachers institute in September to ,
have charge of the work has called a
meeting to discuss plans for reopening
the schools for a month after Christ
mas, Tte schools have been opeu-;l
tor three weeks already, 'exclusive of
this week, and will be continued for a
week longer Trtth three lessons n
week. There are over 200 men.
women and childrei enrolled.
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