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6,600 feet along both banks,
Mj an average of 1,600 feet
be center, line of the icanal
Lieut. HaMs) Killed.
tad, Va.-i-Lieutenant Frank
Is ot the battleship1 Delaware,
(uieistin jutfuiyuis, aouu.,
d Ijfeut: P P. Powell and
4rfl of the Delaware were
MfWwfetally Injured when
mobile in which they were rul
ed over. Dr. Leslie B. WIggi
mond, who was riding wRh
as slightly hurt The party
iurnlng from the Country Club
German War Loan.
n, by wireless to Tuckerton
its by subscriptions to the third
i war loan up to October 7
d to 6,420,300,000 marks ((1,-
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Spends Day In Baltimore.
-in President Wilson and
GaU, his fiancee, motor
to visit the president's
Wilson, who had
il stress of the White
Ule there they at-
Vwere guests of
ncheon party.
In Baltimore
of the couple
church and
ch Joseph
impse of
Jo-be.
AnDONC. WELLFORD
ft ' V""-" I . ... m
x Vj
Mlsa Oay Montague, daughter of
Representative and Mrs. Andrew J.
Montague of Virginia, was married re
cently to Landon Carter Wellford of
Richmond. The wedding took place
In the Montague home In Richmond.
PRES. WILSON TO MARRY
ENGAGEMENT TO WASHINGTON
LADY ANNOUNCED AT WHITE
HOUSE.
Mre.'Galt Is Friend of Family, Espe
cially Intimate With Miss Marg
aret Wilson and Miss Bones.
Washington. WoodroW Wilson, the
President of the United States, has
just announced his engagement to
Mrs. Norman Gait of Washington.
The date of the wedding has not been
fixed, but It probably will take place
in December at the home of the bride-
elecL
The brief announcement from the
White House made by Secretary
Tumulty came as a surprise to of
ficial Washington, but to a number
of intimate friends it has long been
expected. Prom this circle oame the
story of friendsblp whose culmina
tion was viewed as a happy turn In
the troubled and lonely life of the
nation's chief executive.
It was Miss Margaret Wilson and
her cousin, Miss Helen Woodrow
Bones who drew Mrs. Gait into the
Whiie House circle. They met her
first In the early autumn of last
year and were so much attracted by
her that they sought her1 out more
and more frequently and the friend
ship between them rapidly ripened
into an affectionate intimacy. Mrs.
Gait spent a month this, summer at
Cornish as the guest of the presi
dent's eldest daughter. It was
through this intimacy of bis daugh
ter and cousin that the president had
an opportunity to meet and know her.
One of the most interesting facts
about the engagement. Indeed, as
told by friends. Is that the presi
dent's daughters chose Mrs. Gait for
their admiration and friendship be
fore their father did.
Mrs. Gault is the widow of a well
known business man of Washington,
who died eight years ago, leaving, a
jewelry buslnesa that still bears his
name. She has lived in Washington
since her marriage in 1898. She Is
about 38 years old and was Miss
Edith Boiling, born In Wythe ville,
Va., where her girlhood was spent
and where her father, William H.
Boiling, was a prominent lawyer.
In she circle of people who have
known Mrs. Gait for many years she
has been regarded as an Unusual
beauty. She is not quite as tall as
Mr. ' Wilson and has dark hair add
dark eyes. Her tastes are said to be
strikingly similar to those of the
president with a deep Interest In
literature and charity work.
Weather Interferes With War Game.
Norfolk, Va. Unfavorable . weather
4s said to be interfering with small
vessels participating in the realistic
war game now going on along the
coast, between the defending and In
vading fieets, composed of American
warships..; ''' v v..-''" ' , :.
' Goethals Will Stick to Job. N "
V" Goethals has' withdrawn bis resigns-
tlon as governor of the Panama Canal
Vone.. . This fact was announced by
Vneral Goethals on Jits arrival" on
Vd the , steamer ' ... Cristobal from
York after a vacation spent In
'nited A'tates. His actlonvwas
' In' vie of the recent.!
'Hard Cat. which have
h tiie rpmil. Gen-!
BANDITS GET RICH
HAUL M TRAIN
B. A 0. EXPRESS TRAIN HELD UP
AND ROBBED IN . WEST ,
VIRGINIA. I
GET REGISTERED PACKAGES
There Were Federal Bank Certificates
In Packages Stolen. Robbers
Could Operate Train.
Wheeling, W. Va. Posses continue
their search tor masked bandits who
i e d up and robbed a Baltimore &
Ohio express train, en route from New
i York to St. Louis, two miles west of
l Central, W. Va., but no trace of them
! has been found.
I The local government officials who
have been In touch with the situation
' are of the opinion that the bandits
were aware money from Washington
I was on the train as It has been defi
nitely learned they demanded the
. Washington packages of the mall
clerks.
Engineer Grant Helms of Parkers
burg, who was at the throttle when
the hold-up occurred, said he be
. Iieved tt-e robbers boarded the train
between the engine and the mall car
' at Central when tlja train stopped to
take on water. Shortly after the
train started again two men climbed
over the tender and down Into the
cab covering him and Fireman T. R.
Knight of Grafton and ordered that
the train be stopped.
The command was not obeyed un
til after Engineer Heims struck at
one of the men, thinking for the mo
ment It was somebody trying to play
a joke on him. However, on seeing
that the bandits meant business, he
stopped the train. One of tne men
then ordered the fireman off the en
gine. The two bandits commanded
Helms to run nls engine a short dis
tance ahead. At the points of their
revolvers, Helms was then ordered
to leave the cab. Three mall clerks
were In the car when the bandits en
tered and the clerks thought they
were some of the trainmen. : At the
point of revolvers the robbers de
manded the registered mall, of which
there were about 90 packages on the
bench. Two of the clerks, Cecil
Plummer and C. R. Phillips, were or
dered to leave the car and the train
was then run a short distance far
ther, Haines Huff, clerk in charge of
the car, being retained in order to
point out where other registered mall
was kept He was then ordered to
leave the car also and the engine and
mall car were taken on to Tollgate
by the bandits..
At Tollgate the two men abandon
ed the engine and car and got Into
an automobile which was In charge
of an accomplice. They were seen
to go In an easterly direction from
that place.
MR. WIL80N AND PARTY CHEERED
Crowds Applaud President and
Fiancee While In New York.
New York. President Wilson and
has fiancee, Mrs. Norman Gait, came
to New York for a brief visit to the
President's closest personal friend,
Col. E. M. House. From the time of
tneir arrival until tbelr departure
they were New York's chief objects
of interest and each time they ap
peared in public they were, followed
by thousands.
For the first time since he be
come President Mr. Wilson gave way
as center of attraction to another.
The people showed anxiety to see him
bnt tbelr eyes were centered on the
woman who within the next few
months is to become the "first lady
of the land." Both the President and
Mrs. Gault evidently were pleased
by the reception accorded them.
They were slightly shy on their first
appearance In public as an engaged
couple, but acknowledged applause
with smiles. They made no attempt
to hide themselves and everytime
they appeared In public they were
side by side.
Cabinet Officers Held.
Winnipeg, Man. Sir Rodmon Rob-
lem, former minister of France to
Manitoba and three other cabinet of
ficers charged with conspiracy In
connection with the erection ot parlia
ment buildings were committed for
trial at the close of their preliminary
hearing here. Bail .for the four men
was fixed at $50,000 each.- The three
other men committed with Sir Rod
man ere the Hon. Dr. W. H. Montague,
former minister of public works J. H.
Howden, former attorney general and
G. P. Coldwell.
Bide on Warships.
Washington. Estimates for con
struction of the six torpedoboat de
stroyers authorized at the last session
ot. congress received by the navy de
partment from the Mare Island "and
Norfolk Navy Yards,: proved to .be
lower than the bid received from Pri
vate, concerns. ; While no announce
ment has been made H la coasldw-ed
probable that one or more :. of f the
boats will be built at. the govejrrV i nt
plants. :. The Mare Island etablh-
. -nt fir one vessnl Is $762.P"S, r
KINQ OF GREECE
Constantine, king of Greece, has re
plied to Bulgaria's call to arms by or
dering a general mobilization of the
land and sea forces of Greece and
convoking the chamber ef deputies.
ACCEDES TO PLANS OF U.S.
DI8AVOW8 SINKING OF THE ARA
BIC AND WILL PAY INDEM
NITY CHARGES.
Believed That All the Cases' Growing
Out of Submarine Wsrfare Will
Be Amicably Settled.
Washington. Germany has com
pletely acceded to the American de
mands for settlement of the Arabic
case. The Imperial government in a
1-tter presented by Its ambassador,
Count von Bernstorff, to Secretary
Lansing, disavows the sinking of the
vessel, announces that it has so noti
fied the submarine commander who
made the attack, expresses regret for
the loss of American lives and agrees
to pay indemnity to their families.
Official Washington was both grati
fied and relieved by the diplomatic
victory. The communication deliver
ed by the ambassador pursuant to gen
eral Instructions from his government
spread absolute confidence that there
would be no more submarine contro
versies between the United States
and Germany, for the document re
veals that stringent orders have been
given to submarine eommanders to
prevent a recurrence of such Inci
dents as the Arabic. '
' Since this case embraces the prin
ciples for which President Wilson
contended In his notes following the
torpedoing of the Lusltanla and Fala
ba, concessions made by Germany to
the American viewpoint were gener
ally regarded as paving the way for
amicable settlement of all the cases
which have threatened severance of
diplomatic relations between the two
countries.
FOR , HARMONIOUS DEFENCE.
All American Nations Should Join In
' Protecting Monroe Doctrine.
Washington. Eusebal A. Morales,
the Minister from Panama, speaking
here at a conference on national de
fense, being conducted under the
auspices of the Navy League, the Na
tional Rifle Association and the Coun
cil of National Defense, declared all
the American Republics were watch
ing the preparedness of the United
States, because, he said, noon It de
pends the defense of the Monroe Doc
trine The declaration of the United
States that the American continent
cannot be the object of conquest
"Suppose," said Doctor . Morales,
"that England and France are van
quished during this war: What will
be the fate of their colonies In Amer
ica? Will the American continent
look with Indifference upon the occu
pation by Germany of French and
British , Guiana, of British Honduras
and the Islands which enclose the
Caribbean Sea? The answer appears
to be obvious."
"In the face of the present situa
tion," he continued, "It would be wise
not to persist in the illusion of the
security in which we have lived, but
to create for the defense ot the Con
tinent and the harmonious develop
ment of the American Nations, an or
ganization which in itself would com
mand respect : . '
"In this organization there . fails
upon the United States the prepon
derant role, not only because It is
the most powerful country of the
Continent, but because It has volun
tarily constituted itself the champion
of the other American Nations. . .
Dr. Cumba on Way Home. - i
New York. Dr. Constantln T. Dum-
ba, the Austro-Hungarlan ambassador,
recalled at the request of President
Wilson, sailed- " for home ; on the
steamer' Nleuw Amsterdam." He was
accompanied by Mrs. Dumba. Doctor
Dumba sailed under a safe conduct
arrangement 'made, by the : state de
partment. The Nieuw Amsterdam Is
bound to Rotterdam from which "port
Doctor Dumba will go to Vienna to re
port to bis foreign . oflc.,. Doctor
Dtimba said he bore no 1 ' Till to this
ML APPROVES .
i EXFAKSION PLANS
DIRECTORS FAVOR CON80LirA
1i5N WITH CAROLINA, AT
' LANTIC A WESTEftN.
OPEN LINE OF NEW HOAD
Oivel Seaboard Connection With Tide
water at Charles.on. Adds 280
Miles of Track. '
New York. Directors of the Sea
board Air Line Ka.lwa: a;irved
plans providing for a eou.uiid.ulun
with the Carolina, Atlantic A West
ern Railway and an issue of a (300,
000,000 mortgage. This is In tcord
ance with Lie company's policy of
financial expansion and constructive
extension announced some weeks ago.
An announcement by S. D. Warfleld,
cnalruian of the board, says the con
solidated company, to be known as
the Seaboard Air Line Railway com
pany, Is to bave all authorized capital
stock of 1100,000,000, the same amount
as was , authorized by the present
company, divided Into one million
shares, par value of (100 of which
there will be Issued (27.280,000 pre
ferred shares and (40.041,000 common
shares.
New common stock is to be ex
changed for an equal amount of com
mon stock of the present company
and (2,280,000 of the stock of the
Carolina, Atlantic ft Western Rail
way. New preferred stock amounting to
(25,000,000 is to be exchanged for a
like arount of present Seaboard
svock with unaltered dividend pro
visions. The (2,280,000 stock to be exchang
ed for Carolina road bonds Is to be
entitled to non-cumulative dividends
ot six per cent before dividends are
declared on the common. The (25,,
000,000 preferred stock Is to be non
cumulative at tour per cent before
dividends are declared on the com
mon.
MOST VALUABLE HARVESTS.
Biggest Wheat and Corn Crops Ever,
Government Report,
Washington. American harvests
this year will be the most valuable
ever produced, yWlth the wheat crop
exceeding a billion bushels, the larg
est ever produced in one season by
any nation, and a corn crop which
also may prove to be the largest ever
grown, the government's October crop
report announced preliminary esti
mates which Indicate record harvests
of oats, barley, rye, aweet potatoes,
rice, tobacco and hay.
Corn still is king of crops with indi
cations of 3,026,159.000 bushels. While
that la 98,000,000 below the record of
1912, the final production may more
than make up the difference. The
higher prices this year . assure the
most valuaMa corn crop ever grown.
At prices to farmers prevailing Octo
ber 1 the crop is worth (2,233,000,000.
Wheat prospects increased as the
growing season progressed and the
government's early season forecasts
moved up month by month so that the
preliminary estimate - of production
was placed at 1.002,029,000 bushels;
At prices prevailing October 1 the
farm value of the crop Is (910,844,000,
considerably more than ever was paid
for a wheat crop before.
September weatder was particularly
destructive to potatoes, causing a re
duction of 37,758,000 bushels, or 10 per
cent in the forecast of production.
Tobacco also suffered from unfavor
able conditions which caused a de
crease of 21,345,000 pounds in the pro
duction forecasts. Tobacco, however,
promises to exceed the record crop of
1909 by 43,000,000 pounds. '- .
Oats will exceed the record crop of
1912 by almost 100,000,000 bushels.
Barley will exceed Us record by 13,
000,000 bushels; sweet potatoes by
5,000,000 bushels, rice by 600,000 bush
els and hay by 8,000,000 tons.
, Quake at San Francisco.
San Francisco. A well-defined
earthquake shock was felt here at
9:26 o'clock. 1 :
Will Recognize Carranza Government.
Washington. Recognition of the
Carranza government In Mexico, it
was learned in official circles is likely
to be accorded by the United States
within the next few weeks. , Data sub
mitted by the revolutionary factions
Is being considered now, and the con
ference of Pan-American Hllpkomatfl
presided over by Secretary Lansing
will be held as planned three weeks
ago. The secretary and each of the
diplomats will report their opinions
on the "material and moral capacity"
of the factions claiming recognition.
Many Messages at White House.
Washington. President Wilson and
Mrs. Norman Gait, whose engagement
to be. married was announced, were
the recipients of congratulatory mes
sages from all parts of the United
States and from the representatives
of foreign governments. - Telegrams
same to the White House In such num
ber that an. extra force of operators
and elerks was needed to handle
them. ' Many' we're read by the presi
dent and Mrs. Gait .together. Count
von Bernstorff was one of the flerst
to send conrntnlat' s. -
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
) YEAR AGO THIS W
OoL 11, 1914 ' '
: Heavy fighting near Solssons. ,
Oerman attaok In Crsonne re
gion repulsed. i
Allies won fn the center! '
. Montenegrlns defeated i Austrl
sna near KslsnoVltckn i '
Russlana awspt flu 1 Buko-
wlna.
Austrlans rushed 'help to Przs-
mysl. .'
French best ssnk two Austrian
torpsdo boats.
German aviators killed three In
Paris with bombs.
Japanese aviators dropped
bombs In Tslngtau.
Russian cruiser Pallada torps-
doed and sunk In Baltic.
Oci 12, 1914.
Germans occupied Ghent.
Belgian government moved to
Havre, France.
Battles at Laalgny and Lena.
Cavalry fighting near Lille.
Russians abandoned aiege of
Przemysl and retreated from Ga
Mela. Six mors bombs dropped on
Paris.
Oct. 13, 1914.
Germans moved on Ostend and
Brugea.
Lille, Hazebrouck and Ypree oc
cupied by Germane.
Fierce fighting at Dixmude, Gen
eral von Kluck trying to turn al
lie' left wing.
Germans msde dssh for War
saw. Montenegrins defeated Austrl
ans near Sarajevo.
Detachment of Boers under Col
onel Maritz rebelled and martial
law waa proclaimed throughout
South Africa.
French -routed German aviators
near Paris.
Oct 14, 1914.
Belgian army left Ostend and
joined allies In the field.
Allies reoeupled Ypres and
French gained near the border.
German battalion trapped In ca
nal In Lorraine.
Germans decupled Bruges.
Germans recaptured Lyck but
advance on Warsaw was repulsed
by Russians.
Russisns In Gallcla driven back.
Serbians beaten back In Bosnia.
Cossacks brought down a Zeppe
lin near Warsaw.
Oct. 15, 1914...
Germans took Ostend and Blan
kenberghe on the North sea, and
Thlelt, Daume and Easchsn.
Allies retook Estalre.
French recaptured Altklreh and
Muelhsusen.
Germsn convoy taken by the
French. '.
Colonel Brits' force In 8outh Af
rlca captured 80 rebel Boers:
General Botha took the field.
British cruiser Yarmouth sunk
German liner Markomannia.
Oct 16, 1914. .
Germane occupied Zeebrugge.
First battle of Ypres began.
Re-enforced allied north wing
awung In on Lille and retook Ar
mentleres.
Attempt of Germans to reach
Dunkirk cheeked.
Germans at 8U Mlhiel forced
back toward Alsatian border.
German-Austrian forces aaaumed
the offensive between the -Vistula
and Galioia.
Serbs and Montenegrins defeat
ed Austrlans at Qlaslnatz.
British orulser Hawke sunk by
German submarine.
British and Japanese warships
bombarded Talngtau fort
. Life of Big Guna.
Guns with a bore of 13 Inches or
more can only fire 90 full charges
They are then considered to be worn I
out, and have to be aent to the foun- '
dry to bave a new core inserted. .
The Sign. !.''. - i
"I wonder if the chestnut crop will
be good this year?"
"You oan generally tell that by the
fish stories."
. ! Model Life. -.
, "Formerly a girl took pride In a
cumulating liner for her chest"
"Well?". I f
1 "Now she collects a lot of A
phone - recordsJ' Clnoinna,
8tar. , ,
afore Laws..,
" Why can't 1 come to see yon t
morrow nlgrj
"Don't blnfne me," said the be
tlful girl. ? lur cook has the us"
the pr-'T nder the new dor.