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m i 1 1 u 1 1 ii i in 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 . . i"i J :zc:i county fjlxcxd. Ct&L1i,KdJui.23. 1201. fkztXll EJIOAD NEWS, Medium Through which you reach the 4 Eublir.ed May 16. 1507. CcnMlidated, : t Nov.2Aa. lSU li ii ii pecple of Madison County, '" jf Acverlsmj Rites o i Application 4 H II 1 111 I 1 1 lilll TTTTTTITTTTTTTTTI TTTTTt THE ONLY NEWSPAPH.T IN MADISON COUNTY, vol. xv: MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 14 1913. NO. 11. Pixo otory Madisn County. Established by the Legislature Be V don 1860--U. , Poulation, 20,132. . j, County Seat, Marshall. -1(46 feet above-sea level. New and modern Court House, coat , 133.000.00. - V .- New and modern fall, coat $15,000.00, New and modern County Home, coat - fiu.vog.ou. , -,i . - Officer. '" . Hon C. B. Mashbarn, Senator 86th . ' District. Marshal), N. C. ' Hbn. James E. Rector, Represent- . live. Hot Springs, N. 0. N. B. . McDevitt, - Clerk Superior Court, Marshall, N. C. W. M.Buckner, Sheriff. MarehallN.C. Zade G. Sprinkle, Register of Deeds, Marshall. N. C. C. F. Runlon, Treasurer, Marshall, N. C, R. P. D. No. t, i . - R. U Tweed, Surveyor, White Bock, N. C '.'' " Dr. Chaa. : N. Bprlnkle, Coroner, Marshall, N. C. Mrs. Eliza Henderson, Jailor, Mar shall, N. C. . . John Honeycutt,' Janitor, Marshall, ' N. C. Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician, Marshall, N. C. James Haynle, Supt County Home, 'Marshall, N; C. .., '-. Home located about two miles south' : west of Marshall. , . Court. r :. Criminal and Civil, First Monday be- tore First Monday In March, Com- , menclpg Feb. 26th, 1912. Civil 11th, Monday after Flret Mon- - day In ' March, commence May 20, 1912. . . - Criminal and Civil, First Monday after First Monday in Sept. . Com mences Sept. 9th, 1912. . Civil eth Monday after First Mon- lay in September. ' Commence Octo bar 14. 1912. ' BOARDS. ' County Commissioner. . W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall, N .C. ' R. A. Edwards, Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. Reubln A. Tweed, Member, Big LaureL N. C. J. Coleman Ramsey, Atty. Marshall, N. n. : .' ' Board meets' first Monday In every month. ' - ' :,"r r . Road Commissioner. - A. B. Bryan. Chairman, Marshall, N. C. R. F. D. No. 2. J, A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mar Hill, N. C. R. F. P. No. 2. Sam Cox, Member, Marsflill, N. C.. R. T. D. No: 2. -G. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C.-. Dudley Chlpley, Road Engineer, Marshall. N. C. ... George M. Prttcbard, Atty., Marsh 'all. N. C. ''!' ' Board meets first Monday In Janu ary. April. July and October each .year.,, - .: V; Board of Education. I- Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring Tho. J. Murray, Member, Marshall, M r U V. D. No. 2. .' : . i W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. C,)r. F. ' D No. JLTv--: . ' :jV';i,:' . :'" prof. M. C. 5. Buckner, Supt. of. Schools. Mara. Hill.. N. C- R. F. D. No. Board Meets first Monday In Janu arr. April. July and October each year. ... - ' , . College and High Schools. Mar Hill College; Prof.'R. U Moore, President, Mars HiU. N. C, Fall Term begins August 17, 1911. Spring ?erm begins January 2, 1912. r v -Spring Creek High School. Prof. H. A. Wallln, Principal, Spring Creek, N. C, 8 Mo.. School opened .August Madison Seminary " High School. Prof. J. M. Weatheriy, Principal, Mar shall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 2. 7 Mo. School began Octber 2,' 1911. , Bell Institute. Mis Margaret E. Griffith, Principal, Walnut, N. C, 8 Mo. - .-School began September 9,1911. :" .' Marshall Academy, Prof. R. O. ' Anders, Principal, Marshall, N. C, 8 M School began Sept. 4, 1911." ;;, v.' ' Notary Publics. ; 'f J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C, Term : expires Jan.:l, 1914."; v';Vf v J. H. Hunter, Marshall. N. C, R. F : No. 8. Term expires April 1, 1913. 'J. F. TUson, Marshall, N. C. R. F. ; p. No. 2.' Term expire April 3, 1913 . C J. Ebbs, Marshall; N, C. Term ' expire April 21, 1913. ; .. V J t J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N. C." Term expire April 26, 1913.- :.:'''. ? v. i-v '" Roy I ' Gudger, Marshall, N. C :,. Term expire May S, 1913. .-"v.-' ' Geo. M. Pritchard. Marshall, N. C. Term expires May 25, 1913. -. :-:i x Dudley Chlpley, Marshall, Nv C. Term expires July 29, 1913. ' . W. Oi Connor. Mar Hill, - N.f ;C Term expires Nov. 27, 1913. '; 7 J. A. Wallln, Big Laurel, N. C. Term expires Jan. 24, 1914. ..; D. C. Bullock, Stackhouse, N. C. Term expires Feb, 22, 1914. D. P. Miles, Barnard, N. C. Term expires March 14, 1914. J. G. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C, R. 4 Term expires March 16, 1914. v. J. E. Gregory, Joe, N. C' Term ex plre Jan. 7, 1914. ' ; .. Jat'ppr Ebbs, Spring Creek, N C Term eTpirea f .-it. 24, 1914. , C, C. I wo, I luff, N. C. Terra ex ; T " 9. ri4. . OF I! rHE UPPER BRANCH OF LEOI8- , ,..-.-. , ... . LATURE HAS CLEARED THE LOCAL CALENDAR. " V GETS READY TO FINISH WORK Senate Concurred In House! Amend ment to Vital Statistics Bill nd K Was Ordered Enrolled For Ratifies : tlon Other Work Being Done. '. ' Senate Monday.' The senate passed the committee Bill assigning quarters to the various itate department in the new state oulldlng and old Supreme Court build ing, In accordance with the-report ot the special committee, with an amend ment given to the Department of Ag riculture, In addition to its present quarters, the rooms now used by the Corporation Commission. ... The Senate passed bills for election on salary system in Onslow county, for establishing office of auditor of Mecklenburg Coi nty; protecting quail In Brunswick and New Hanover Coun ty; for Brunswick county to ced Eagle Island to New Hanover undej certain conditions; to protect game In New Hanover by reducing, the open season SO days; appointing a deputy tor Robeson county and to amen Revlsal relative to pay of Robesor County Board of Education. . House Monday, . The house passed on final readinr the compulsory school attendance bit by a practically unanimous vote with slight amendment irom the statute o the MIL, a it came through secon' reading. One further amendment ad opted waa by Grler of Iredell, still fur ther letting down the bars aa to ap plication to counties after adoption b: the county board of education, at amended by Connor. Bill passed by the House Included amend the charter of the Ashevllle & East Tennessee Railroad Co. To allow 75 cents a day extra wager for pages. - -- ;-, ' .: To provide additional depot facili ties for Jacksonville, Onslow county To Increase the powers ot the Com misslonera of Columbus county.., s. ,- 7 ': House Tuesday. V Blllt were passed to develop oyster interests; for inspection of camp car on railroads; relative to freight rate charges on Joint hauls; to pay certain debts of the State Fish Commission; regulating' tags on cotton seed meal; relating to farm life schools; to ad mit to A. Sc. M. College free of tuitior one needy farm boy from each countyfl to promote reformatory treatment by advancing the age limit to 25 years; to give. the State Board of Agriculture control of appointments of heads and assistants in division; to prohibit mis representation and twisting insurance policies. - ; ; . f. ' ,, i r The House voted over, the protest of Chairman Williams of. Buncombe in charge of the bill, to take up and dispose- of the bill for general reass essment, of property a soon as the publio local calendar was cleared. Clearing the calendar required nearly two hours. - " ' ., - , .. '" .. The reassessment bill was taken up In the -' house Tuesday,. Then the fight for postponement waa success fully renewed, Mr. Ray moved that it be made a special order for Thurs day morning. , Mr., Justice, In urging this course, said many members were away in Wasnington, as was the Gov ernor,' who ia, vitally lnterestd in the measure. He did not know that Gov ernor Craig desired to send a special message on tho subject, but thought it probable he did. The motion to de fer until : Thursday morning carried by a good majority. Mr. Doughton introduced the gen-. eral appropriation bill carrying : 22, 425,050. And a supplemental bill ap propriating $25,000 of the funds of the State Department of. Agrllulture - for the A. ft M. College. ;; Senate Wednesday. The senate passed the child labor bill from the bouse with an amend ment that allow women to work at night The senate also passed, the car-shed bill which require shed tor r-,'Vroad section hands at - division points, notably, Wilmington, Spencer, Fayetteville and Rocky ; Mount. ' An amendment empowering the corpora tion commission to pass- on the loca tion for end character of the sheds to be provided was included. : . .-: Senate bills passed final reading as follows: . -. .; i Amending charter ot weaverville Buncombe county. . . For good, roads In Transylvania county. . '7-.-. :: :.; Amending charter of Orrum, Robe son county. V--.,'. ' i Amending charter of Mountain Re treat. Association. . " , (.,.'. Amending Act of 1911 placing Saluda wholly in county ot Polk, Mout-9 -Wednesday.. . ' ry a r' ' r vi -n-i v the LEGISLATOnS GAI10LIIA came from the appropriations com mittee into the , house with unfav orably report. , ... The fo'lowing bouse bill were passed: , ,. , Incorporating Proctprvllle, ' Robe son county. - For special tax tor chain gang In Transylvania county. ' Authorising any school district In Guilford to issue bonds. , Senate Thursday. The Senate defeated the state road bond bill, 1,7 to 28, after refusing to adopt' n amendment by Daniels cut ting out the amendment adopted on the second reading for a general elec tion to adopt the measure. The senate passed the vital statis tic bill appropriating $10,000 for state and district registrars of general health data. The vital statistics bill .was taken up. for final reading, and ., several amendment were sent forward. One by Senator McLean was to limit its operations to Incorporated towns and cities. . He could see nothing in It but a job for some man in Raleigh. . He warned the senate against a bill charging everybody 26 cents to be borne and 25 cents more to die. An Senator McLean s amendment - was lost, as was one by Senator Ivie elimi nating the requirement for burial cer tificate outside ot towns and cities and allowing . 10 day after burial to get the Information required. The bill on final reading was passed 27 to 19. House Thursday."". - The house received a message from Governor Craig urging that flitting appropriation, be made for North Car olina's representation at the Panama Pacific Exposition. Bills which passed final reading! To amend the act as to the State School for Feeble-Minded. To amend the .Charter of Mount Olive. ' . . Relative to disorderly house. To withdraw certain lands In Car teret county from public entry. """ , To prohibit selling or giving away socalne and its various salts undei certain conditions. , v To provide a state - board , of ex aminers to license architects. 7 - Senate Friday. New bills in the Senate include s bill from the Appropriations Commit tee appropriating $1,500 for expense of Governor and party to goto Sac Francisco to select the site for thf North Carolina building, in oonneo tlon with the Panama-Pacific Expos! tlon, and a bill by Thome for uni form examination and certification ol puplic school teachers. . , ' Senator Hobgood secured consent for the passage on Immediate read lngs of the House bill incorporate the Cone Memorial Hospital, to tx built in Greensboro by ? Mrs. Mosei H. Cone, and a sanitarium at Blow lng Rock. , 7) '. " ' .. , ; By amendment ot Senator Jones the tax on moving picture or vaude ville shows was raised from $40 to $5( in towns of 5.000 to 10,000; from $5( to $75 in towns of 10,000 to 16400; from $100 to $150 - in towns ovei 16,000. ' House Tuesday. - . A resolution presented by Mr. Stew art of Mecklenburg, to tender thi thanks of the General Assemly to mineral springs company, which hai supplied the Legislature with watei from its springs during the session wai passed and sent to the Senate! The " following bills passed Una readings: Bond Issue for Canton. Good roads law for Yancey eouftjy Bond issue for the Town of Toisnot i For new court house in Columbui county. ... . ' -. ' . To create a road commission ' li Pitt county. To establish a charity hospital foi Mecklenburg county. , . . To amend the charter of Scotlant MOCK. i SenateSaturday. The senate concurred in the houst amendments tti the vital statistics bll and it was ordered enrolled for rati fication. -' i T, 7-";f The following senate bills passef the senate tonight and were sent t the house for action: ' . To protect municipalities that bavr erected septic tanks for disposal o sewerage, '.-.-v.' '-a'- .; v-'- v '...r. :-;.,:.;; Relative to police powers In Rock Ingham county. ;,vX' 7: i.A 7 To provide recorder's ., court foi Lexington. . V7;7 7.' X! ,v7'7. 7' ' To establish office of commissions! of agricutlure In Rockingham county To provide a court stenographer foi the ninth judicial district. ' To protect public roada of Sampaoi county. . i . --' -Supplemental school law for Cho wan .county.---' . . ' -Hou Saturday. ' The following house bills ' passet and were ordered enrolled for ratlfi cation : - ,.. Relative . to election of graded school trustees of Waynesvllle. - To protect public roads of Warrei county. - , ; To promote catching fish In Nev River, Onslow county. Tp provide for balloting in all pri marles and elections In Salisbury, Legalized primaries In Pitt county. To protect sheep and other anlmali in Ashe county. To protect telephone wires in Ons low -nfv. ' ' c: t l lnt the part of its j mod i - ' - !f-1 w! ' ' i i's ifml's. ' " '.' -, 1' ' e ai. DYf!.'.:.:iTjE HORROR TO BE D FEDERAL PROBE TO PLACE THE BLAME FOR DISASTER THE - CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. MANY BODIES RECOVERED Between 40 and SO Killed and Over 60 j Wounded When the Steam s 7 ' r -Blew Up. ' Baltimore. Three hundred tons of dynamite being loaded in the British tramp steamer Alum Chine, In th lower harbor , oil Fort Howard, ex ploded, Instantly killing from forty to fifty men, wounding and maiming three score more, some ot whom may die, and dealing destruction to halt a million dollars' worth of property. The cause of the d'saster Is un known, but the Federal authorities have instituted a thorough investiga tion to place the blame. Excited sur vivors told conflicting stories, some Insisting that a negro stevedore caus ed the explosion by jamming a plek Into a case of dynamite. This, is de nied by eye-witnesses who declare that smoke was1- seen pouring from the Alumn Chine's hold several min utes before the explosion occurred. - Many dead had been brought to morgues in the city and sixty injured were in the hospitals. Estimate! of the dead included thirty stevedores and checkers oi the Joseph R. 'Foard company, employed in transferring dynamite from a barge to the Alum Chine, which was bound for Panama, eight members of the crew of the Alum Chine-, six men on the collier Jason and the captain and several members of the crew of the tug At lantic. Many bodies, it is believed, never will be recovered from the icy waters. ,t .'; , F. J. Anstey. captain of the Alum Chine, was in this city on business when his ship was blown up. He could assign no cause for the disaster. The general theory of the cause Is that there waa fire in .the chip's coal bunk- ere which fpiuad to the dynamite In th hoi -.. For a radius of many miles the shock of the explosion was felt Re port came early from many cities and towns where windows were shat tered, and it was first reported an earthquake had done much damage at Baltimore. It waa said that the entire state of Delaware bad felt the shock. .'-77 , 7'.. ; "' . :. TO ACT ON TARIFF REFORM President Thinks. However. House . Might 8hspe Currency Bill. Washington. President Wilson had setttled deep enough In office o Indicate pretty clearly some of the things that may be expected of him in the near future. .He made no pub lic announcements of policy, but there were a few of the developments that seemed to Bbow the trend of the first days of his administration. The president told visitors be was inclined to favor the plan of house leaders to confine the special session of congress to tariff . revision. He indicated that while he did not at this time look forward to passage ot a currency reform measure at the special session, such a bin might te whlnned into shape in the house wnue the senate was wrestling with the tariff. - ' His attention was called to the need for the nassage of the sundry civil appropriation bill at the special ses sion. .This bill was vetoed by, Mr. Taft because of Its provision practical ly exempting labor unions and farm ers' organizations from , prosecution under the Sherman anti trust law. 7 Prohibition Wearies Vermont Town. ; Montpelier, Vt A marked increase in the license vote was one of the features of the elections in the cities and towns of Vermont. Seven towns changed from no-llcense- to , license, while only two places, Including the small city of Vergennes went from "wet", to "dry." Early , returns indi cated that the Constitutional amend ments to change the date of; state election from Sepember to .Novem ber had carried.- I? Doom of Allen Finally Sealed, Richmond, Va.-Floyd . Allen, , lead er ot the outlaw band in Carroll conn, ty, and his eon, Claude Swanson'Al len, will be executed in the state pen itentiary on March 28 for their part in the Hlllsvllle court murder on the 14th of March, 1912. Governor Mann having refused to commute the sen tence to life Imprisonment. The pris oner were to have died March 7, al though the. governor granted a respite of three weeks. The respite was ac cepted by the Allen as an indipation that the, governor would show mercy. Mexicans Rising Against Huerta. Hrmosillo Sonora, Mexico. A rig Id censorship was Installed here by th,e Sonora state government, which waved the banner of state's right In the face ot the HuerU government. Officials of the new regime seized the railway station and telegraph of cos of the Southern Pacific of Mex ico aud placed all outgoing news uu dcr the ban. The r 'nsorshlp also av plt-s to the comn- 1 'al wires.- The f r at Carbo v ' told that If be ' : -y iiioif ; ! j te trau s- ESTIGATE TERCENTENARY OF I II 1 A I IN: . The celebration of the tercentenary of the accession of the Romanoff family to the throne of Russia began today. One of the events is the un veiling of a monument to Susanln, a peasant who saved Michael, first csar of the family, from death. This monument, k photograph of which is here given, bhows Russia supporting the aged peasant The inset Is a portrait of MInbaeL - MANY POSITIONS TO FILL OVER FOURTEEN: HUNDRED JOBS . LEFT FOR WOODROW WIL80N. New President Must Fill Many Places Made Vacant by Blocking of Taft Appointments. Washington. To President Wilson will fall the task of filling over four- tees- fcundred places, made, vacant by the "refusal of the senate to' confirm appointments, by President Taft since December 2. The places that become vacant with the adjournment of con gress Include practically all appoint ments outside of the diplomatic serv ice, the army, navy, marine corps and allied services. Many imuortant positions are in volved in the list. Among them are those ot Edgar E. Clark, interstate commerce commissioner; Dr. C. P. Neill, commissioner of labor; the three commissioners of the District ot Columbia, the nine members of the new commission on industrial rela tions,. Christian S. Pearce to be assist ant treasurer of the United States, W. W. Warwick to be assistant comptrol ler of the treasury, Walter F. Frear, governor of Hawaii, Ernest A. Mott Smith, secretary of Hawaii and the executive council ot Porto Rico. The list ot federal Judges who will fall of confirmation Includes: George A. Carpenter, Illinois,- and Arthur L. Brown, Rhode Island,- cir cuit Judges. i r Richard E. Sloan, Arizona; John M. Cheney, Florida; ; Peter J. Hamilton. Alabama, for Porto Rico; Clinton W. Howard, Washington; Charles S. Cut ting, Illinois;' Charles C. Mumford, Rhode Island, district judges. UNCLE SAM AFTER TRUSTS United States -FUe Civil Anti-Trust . Suit to Dissolve Monopolies. Trenton, Iff. J. The so called thread trust was attacked by the federal gov ernment in a civil anti-trust suit filed here, seeking the dissolution of the alleged attempted monopoly by the "Coates interests" ot Great Britain of the thread trade of the United States, Including tha tof the American Thread I the white house cars from the back of company, itself a consolidation ofjthe white house down through , the fourteen American companies,- y : mall and over back Btreets, hundreds New York.-nDissolutlon of the .o - called "coal tar trust"' is asked by the government In a civil suit filed In the United States district court here un der the-Sherman anti-trust law. - - - 1 The defendants named are the $15,- 000,000 Barrett Manufacturing com pany" of West Virginia, Bank, Depot and Stores Robbed. Guyton. Ga. Bank, depot : express office, mercantile ; houses practically every establishment giving' any prom ise of booty were visited by robbers, who forced their way through Iron bars and locks, obtaining close to $1.- 000 In money and -valuable, h The vault of the Effingham County bank were hot disturbed, but the change in the money drawer was taken, with a revolver In the - cashier's desk. At the express office the cash receipts are missing, a two-karat diamond ring and ' some clothing. 7' Monteagle Cottage Destroyed, Nashivlle,: Tenn. George Thomas burned some leaves at the assembly grounds - at Monteagle, ' Tenn,v: and Sparks from the fire Ignited the Alta mont. cottage. Before ' ; the .- flames could be extinguished by the popu lace of the little mountain town ten cottages and the missionary horn 3 had burned, together with their con-t- ). The l'ifs to the building is es t!:. alod at f--. $12 ( 0 to $15.0OA. T' fro was ia Ue cli'-tt part of Vi THE ROMANOFFS i. TAFT RES1CJN GEORGIA FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE NOW 8PENDINQ THREE WEEKS . IN AUGUSTA, GA. Inauguration - Crowd Did Not Forget Retiring President and He Waa 8miling to the Last, Washington. '. William . Howard Taft, public servant since he ' was l.jBJd,. farewell to, pWiftJU&And became a citizen of the republic that be has served over the seas and throughout the world for so many years that he has almost forgotten when he enlisted. ' His goodbye was a smile. A hand shake for the members of his cabi net; a courtly bow to' the women friends who braved the Inauguration discomforts to bid him and Mrs. Taft God-speed in the Union station; wave of , the hand and another smile for the people who stood in the train shed and watched hi train pull slow ly out for the South. The last that Washington saw of the twenty-seventh president was the dim outline of a big smiling figure in a frock coat, with hair a little awry, standing on the rear platform of a private car as it was swallowed In the curling smoke of the tunnel that leads under the city to Dixie. His last glimpse of the city where four years ago he became chief executive and now a private citizen by the peo ple's will was when he looked from the platform of bis car across the broad Potomac to where the Washing ton monument lifted its gray, pointed peek to the gray sky.; . w He is now In Georgia to rest and play as the guest of the city of Au gusta for three weeks. On March- 27 be plans to go north again to New Haven to settle down under the elms of Yaje to the peace and quiet of life as professor of law. He left with no bitterness in his heart, he told friends, but only : with thankfulness that he had been given the opportunity tp serve. . v.:;"---77.0, ':." Absorbed at it was In the inaugura tion pageant Washington did not for get the man,, the retiring president Although he was hurried in one of 0f those on the sidewalks who rec- ognlzed him cheered him lustily. He was forced to break through' the line of march in front of the capltol'to get to the Union station and ' the massed thousands forgot fie parade for a moment to pay their last trib ue of applause. Confederate Flag Designer Dead. Raleigh, N. C Capt. Orren Ran dolph Smith, designer of the Confed erate flag, died at the home of his daughter. Mis Jessica Smith, In Henderson,' N. C, Captain Smith," 82 years old, had been blessed with good health. He had been forced at times to defend his claim as the designer ot the stars and bars, the ensign of the Confederate republic,- but. be ap pears to have won a historical con census that he deserved that honor. 8tolen 'Diamond Are Found, - Huntsvllle, Ala. The diamond be longing to Mrs. R. E. Smith that were stolen from the home of Mayor Smith, several nights ago have been recover ed from a crack in the cell of Bob Barrett, one of the suspected thieves In, the city prison. Barrett had re fused to tell where he bad the Jewels. He'was removed from the cell and a close search was made. All the dia monds, valued at about $2,000, w ore-found. 32.000 TURKS ARE takeh at jai:i;:a TURKI8H FORTRE8S, KEY TO THE POSSESSION OF EPIRUS PROV INCE, HAS SEEN CAPTURED. WAS FIERCE BOMBARDMENT For Hour Preceding Surrender ' the , Greek Batterls Pours Deluge ' 7 of Shell on th Fortree. Athens. Greece. The Turkish fort- res of Janina, key to the possession of Eplrus province, with it garrison of 22,000 men, ; surrendered to the Greek army, after a defense which stands out as one of the most bril liant episodes ot tne BaiKan war. . The surrender was preceded by a fierce bombardment continuing two days and nights. Every available gun Including heavy howitzers by tne Ser vian artillery, was brought to bear on the forts defending the beleaguered city. , ' , . Thirty thousand shells were fired by the Greek guns during the first days' cannonade. Gradually the Turks' batteries at Blzanl, Manollara, Q.bnl anri ttluvhM wpta allanreri. ' led the Turks to believe that their .. . . .. . . . . 1- . 1 . - ai.Uli.K WUUIU IUBUS IIVHI "O As soon as the attention of the de fenders had been distracted, ' the Greeks hurled large bodies of infan try on to the Turkish left. The Ot toman troops, utterly surprised, fell back in disorder. Batteries on the heights of Blzanl, the mainstay of the defense, bad been unable to stand the pelting of the shells and were- reduced to complete silence. . " The Greek pushed their forward movement and occupied the Turkish batteries on the Saknl and Elas hills, capturing all the guns and 110 artil lerymen. Then the Greek battalions gradually deployed on to the plain in front ot the city itself. The Turkish flight Immediately be came general. Whole detachments succumbed to panto and Joined In a xnad' Vush' fbf the'eity. Wild enthusiasm reigned in the street of Athens on announcement of the news. All houses were decorated with flags. Excited people thronged the thoroughfares singing the Greek national anthem. s The Greek advance on Janina be gan late in October. The Turk retliv ed rapidly before their opponent and operation round the fortress opened about the beginning of December. The attack continued with varying success, even during the period of the armistice, to which the Greeks never formally agreed. . t TORPEDO BOAT CUT IN HALF 7 -v - Sixty-Six German Sailor at the Bot : ? torn of the Ocearu Helgoland Germany. Sixty-six men of the crew of the German torpedo boat "S 178" were drowned when the little vessel was rammed by the cruis er Yorck in the North sea.-' Among the dead are the commander of the torpedo boat Lieutenant Koch, and hi flrst officer. , .' The surgeon and engineer and fif teen men of the crew were saved. The torpedo boat sank immediately. The "S 178," with other destroyers, was steaming from drill ' grounds. They attempted to dash through inter- . vals in a column of returning war ships. The "S 178" was cut in halves, Its commander having inaccurately judge distances. Only seventeen sur- vlvnr. -'-uripra flicked I1T1. hV " rHnllf boat ent from the fleet Clark Continues a Speaker.- . Washington. Speaker - Clark was renominated; Representative Under wood of Alabama again chosen chair man of the! ways and means commit tee, the entire Democratic personnel ot that tariff-making body named and all the house officers renominated at a harmonious six-hour caucus of the Democrats of the house ot the Sixty third congress. The. caucus took place In the house chamberand 270 of th 290 house Democrats were present Insults to Women to Be .Investigate i Washington. Aroused over the fa'I ore of the Washington police, depart ment to maintain order during t'. progress. ot the suffrage pageant ol March 2, the senate began' an Invc: t gatlon to place the responsibility f -.i lack of ; protection for the wo marchers. The investigation ia a ) suit of a Joint resolution of corp . directing , the police, department u furnish protection" to the 'auffrp-'.sis Senators Jones, DUlirgham and 1 erene are named as an invest'r committee. . ! Night Work Forbidden - Raleigh, N. C The I senate passed a bill 1 employment of children r years f age In night f .Inspection by county s of education Is provl-.l i 1 vere ix-nalties are repreHf-ntation by f" ' erafors. The hw- i a 1 1 r t s-1 ' p.!- ' ; f - ,
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