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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-11-26

First Chauffeur Bill got
fined $500 for taking his employ
er's car without permission. :
Second Chauffeur : But how
did the boss know he took it?'
First Chauffeur : Why, Bill
ran over him. - Chicago News.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-11-26

New Train Robber But what
shall do if the passengers re-
fuse to hold up their hands"
Old Train Robber Pass your
self off as a moving picture actor
who's got on the wrong lin by
mistake !"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-11-26

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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-11-26

Mr.. Kitchin can prepare a
statement even if he is opposed
to preparedness.
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We take pleasure in arnounc-
ing that if you are going 70 do
that c. 5. e. it must be done now.
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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-11-26

Speaking Of the weather i
feels real good to have em on,
don't it?
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-11-26

We see by the papers where
Servia has moved to Bulgaria.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-11-26

Friday November 26, 1915.
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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-11-26

Entered as Second Class Matter April
8. .9l4, at the Post Office at Roanoke
Rapids, North Carolina, under Act OF
March 8, 1879.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-11-12
the LIBERTY BELL

From Memoirs of Ii Hung Chane)
I" my eyes they did point out the
symbol of Liberty.
And to my ears they did direct the
sound.
IL was onlN a sound of dong dong,
And il came from nm instrument of
bras made by man.
The bell did not ring in my ears:
| could not hear the voice in INV ears :.
Buli II my heart it, tones took hold,
Aud II learned that it, brazen tongue
Even IN silence told of struggles
against wrong.
These good son, of America
Gail the Liberty Bell ancient.
But ! who come from the oldest of
lands
\ student of philosophy of ages,
Know what this hell speaks
j. of Heavens wisdom,
Millions of cnturies before the earth
was horn
II repeats the Laart words of gods;
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-11-12
READING OF THE DECLARE
TON OF INDEPENDENCE

II would be strange indeed, if fancy
chonld not have supplemented fact,
~ recording the events of u day 50
momcntous not only to the new nation
but to the world. Andrew McNan
who rang the Liberty Bell upon the
occasion of the Declaration. and who
rang il throughout the Revolutionary
period. from 1859 to l11G. l. the cen
tral figure in the following pleasing
conception attributed Ia Charles
Brocton Brown:
There was iulmut in the city,
In the quaint old Quaker town,
Aud the str els were rife with PEG
pie
Pacing restless up aud down
People gathered al the corners,
Where they whispered each to each,
Md IN sweat stood ON their temples
With the ramcsiness of speech.
\, the bleak Atlantis currents
Lash the wild Newfoundland
shore.
50 they beat upon the State House,
81 they sureed against the door,
And the mingling of their voices
Made a harmony profound,
TIN the quiet strict of Chestnut
Wa, all turbulent with sound.
win they do it ," Dare they do
NJ"
WHO Is speaking ?" What's the
news"
what of Adams" What of Sher-
mani"
- God grant they won't refuse =
Make some way there Let me
nearer"
II am stifingr "Stifle them
when nations hfe's at hazard
We've ne time To think of men,"
So they surged against the State
House
While all solemnly inside
Sat the Continental Congress,
Truth and reason for their guide,
Ger n simple scroll debating
Which, though simple it might be,
Yet should shake the cliffs of England
With the thunders of the free.
Far alofi in that high steeple
Sal the bellman, old and gray:
He was weary of the tyrant
And his iron sceptered sway.
SO he sat. with one hand ready
On the clappcr of the bell
When his eye should catch the signal
The long expected news TO tell.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-11-12


See, See, The dense crowd ouiyer.
Through al it., lengthy line
A. the boy beside th portal
Uastrn- forth to oiye the sion.
With his little hand, uplifted,
Uar;, with deem. clear intonotion
Breaks hi, Young voice ON the air
flushed the peoples swelling mnrmu,
Whilst the hoy erie, ioyouslv:
"Ringr he ,hont~. Ring. grandma.
RIM. oh riue for Liberty
Quickly a, the given signal
The old Lellmon lifts his hand
Forth h. send. the oood news maxim.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-11-12
II repeats, only repeats.
But let is do - Ia the end.

1t repeats, only repeats.
Bul let Is do - To the end.
This country is not too proud to
prepare.
/, Asquih now the sick man of Eu-
rope!
The glory that "was" Greece is
right
one thing thai Britain appears 80
need Is an expert cabinet maker
Can anybody ride into any office
on 50 mixed metaphor as a dry
wave!
Turkey lind, its divided enemies
only less convenient than a world of
friends.
To the thirsty souls in Chicago.
Sunday appears 10 come more fire.
qucntly than ever before.
Though the war zone is perfectly
dry, n lot of military aviators per
~isi IN taking drop too much.
II l. rather good thing that the
muavigable Panama canl isn't in
ny congressional district.
The Illinois "Friend~ Of senator
Lewis says an exchange, "are boost.
my hin for the vice presidency"
Nhaldvr mean friends
What CHEEKY little time this would
be for India to pull of one of those
celebrated mutinies.
Six mterncd Germans of Norfolk
have taken French leaye. Where
their patriotism
still. It must be said for the tia
ian army that it is dong a. well as
anybody expected.
Well. here's where we beat Marse
Henry To II once TO with
Bulgaria
Byron said: words are things
and they're stings.
Some of those wire takers remind
one of the Roumanian government.
Some men are born peculiar, and
others like catfish.
King George deserves notice for
never having said since the war be-
gan that he would spend next Christ
mas in Berlin.
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
SAYS TRACTION
. CO. 'SFOR MARKET
Street Paving
Vice-PreSident Wilson Offers
to Cooperate With Off
cialS in That Work
Tells OF Improvement
IN SERVICE ABOUT CITY

At the meeting Of the Street and
Sewer Directors this morning a reso-
luton complaining of the paving OF
Market street was received from the
Central Labor Union The resolution
calls upon the directors TO inform
the citizens n II Is true that the
postponement Of paving had been
made because the Wilmington and
Philadelphia Traction Company had
informed the directors that IL could
mot afford TO lay new rails az this
time
The directors stated that the CON
dition Of the paving Of Market street
was well known 10 them and that
they have been trying 10 get an ap-
preparation 70 do the work. A reply
Will be sent setting forth that the
department is waiting upon City
Council for funds
The reports on the street referred
TO in the resolution" said President
Sparks. "are without foundation
When the funds are available the
work will be done, and the railway
company will be requested 10 lay
new rails whether II meets with
their approval or not"
Vice. President Thomas w. Wilson
Of the Traction Company. telephonet
the directors that the company is In
favor of the paving Of Market stree
Continued on Page Thirteen.
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
CLAYTON Cases NOT
| TO Co TO GRAND JURY
No Evidence Against Post
master Wright and Druggist
Keys, Says Attorney General
NO CHARGE AGAINST
SMYRNA OFFICIALS
speciaI % THE EVENING JOURNAL.


Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. Del. Oct 19-Attorney
General Wolcott when asked yester-
day concerning the disposition Of the
cases against Postmaster James d.
Wright and Walter Keys. a druggist.
both OF Clayton. charged with the un-
lawful sale Of spirituous liquors. at
Clayton, declared that after eXamin-
ing five witnesses in the case Of Keys
and nine witnesses in the case Of
Wright, he could not find one shred
Of truth in the examination TO war
rant any action by him or his office
Not a single witness examined gave
evidence that would even give color TO
the charges preferred against either
Wright or Keys. Mr. Wolcott said. All
OF the witnesses stated on their oath
that neither Keys nor Wright had sold
them whiskey nor had they ever at
tempted 10 buy whiskey from them.
There is one other witness In one
Of the cases who was not present yes
terday. he living In New Castle county.
Attorney General Wolcott. in order to
make II clear that he intends TO sift
the case 10 the bottom. ordered Safe
Detective F. 3 Murphey OF this town
10 get the absent witness and produce
him here today so that he may be
fully examined
When the cases we're first reported
10 Deputy Attorney-G General John B
Continued on Page Eleven.
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
Carson Leaves
THE british Cabinet
Gives up Post as Protest
Against Present Conduct
of the War
FAVORED MORE
VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN
Rr ma united Presa.

BY The United Press.
LONDON, Oct. 19.-From Attorney
General Sir Edward Carson's resig-
nation from the British Cabinet and
General Sir Charles Monro's ap-
pointment as successor 10 General
Sir Ian Hamilton. in command OF
the British forces on the Gallipoli
Peninsula, the Irish Times inferred
today that the London government
means TO push the war at the Darda-
nelles as we'll as elsewhere, with re-
newed vigor.
The Irish Independent expressed
the opinion that Carson's resignation
will not make him q popular idol, in
asmuch as he cult Just when It was
most necessary for the Cabinet tc
maintain a united front.
As a sequel 10 his resignation as
attorney general, Il was generally be-
lieved today that Sir Edward Carson
would begin an active stump cam
paign against the British cabinet HI
was understood 10 consider presen
Allied methods of conducting the wal
fundamentally wrong, and 10 hold ;
new administration absolutely neces
sarv to beat the Germans.
The cabinet met at noon today
presumably 10 take up, in addition Z
war problems, the situation created b,
Attorney General Sir Edward Carson
resignation.
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
SERBS HOLD INVADERS
At BAY ON LONG FRONT
In ma United Press.

BY The United Press.
LONDON. Oct 19-The SerbianA
we're putting out their last ounce OF
strength today to delay the Austro-
German drive from the northward to-
ward Constantinople and to repulse
the Bulgarian inYasion from the
east.
Dispatches referred to the presence
OF aged men, Of many women and
Of children on the Serb fighting lines.
These lines we're giving ground
under Teutonic pressure but only
bit bv bit Every foot Of the in
vaders' progress was being resisted.
The broken country favored the
Serbs. They we're admittedly losing
heavily but the German and Austrian
losses were declared to be proper
tionately far heavier.
Accounts conficted as TO develop
ments in the Serb-Bulgarian cam
paign. The Serbian version was
that the Bulgarians had been beaten
back at most points. especially in the
Vrania region, where the invaders
we're trying to cut the Salonika-Nisb
railroad. The Bulgarian story was
that an advance was being pushed
everywhere. Occupation of the
Vrania district and extensive prog.
ress in Northeastern Serbia were spe-
cihcally mentioned in Sofia official
reports.
The Allies chief worry was lest th
Bulgarian attack crippled the Serbs II
holding back the Austro- German drive
From Strumnitza. the southwesteru
Bulgarian town already in Franco Brit
ish hands. II was expected an Allied
force would be pushed northward
threatening Sofia, the capital, so as tc
distract the Bulgars from their west.
ward advance.
The Allies strongest hope was that
the Serbians might succeed in delaying
the Austro-Germans long enough to
give the british and French and the
Italians also. it was thought possible, a
free hand in operations against Con-
lstantinople.
The belief was growing that the Al
CONTINUED on Page ID
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
stranger IS HELD
As pocket PICKER
City Judge Says Prima Facie
Case Has Been Made
by State
VICTIM FAILS TO
IDENTIFY SUSPECT

Charles Duncan. a we'll dressed
young man, who claims Philadelphia
as his home, and who was arrested
on Saturday afternoon on suspicion
Of being one OF the pickpockets who
operated on a wholesale plan in King
street market on Saturday. was ar
raigned in City Court today on a
charge Of the larceny Of s. from Eu-
gene Murray, colored. Of No. 1912
Van Buren street. and held IN $500
bail for the Court Of General Sessions.
Duncan was represented by James
Salisbury.
Murray said that two men crowded
and pushed him in front of a fruit
stand on King street near Fourth on
Saturday, and shortly after he missed
his money. Oficer Willard Sharpless
said he got a description of the men
and saw one Of the men answering
the description on King street be-
tween Fourth and Fifth, and followed
him.
Ohicer Sharpless stated that the
man looked back once. and seeing
him following him, "ducked" be-
tween two wagons. The officer said
he then arrested Murray, who did not
ask what he was being arrested for,
and made no statement except to say
that he was Charles Duncan. of
Philadelphia.
When searched at the police sta
tion FIVE one dollar bills and some
change was found on Duncan. Murray
said the money taken from him was
hve one dollar bills and some change
Mr. Salisbury asked for the dis
charge of Duncan, but Judge Church
man thought a prima facie case had
been made out
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
FINE COUPLE S1OO
FOR NIGHT ATTACK
City Judge Deals Heavy
Sentence to Men Who
Beat Burke
DECLARES GANG OF
FIVE ATTACKED HIM

One hundred dollars fine and costs
or six months in the workhouse was
the. sentence imposed by Judge
Churchman in City Court today on
Joseph siczka and Joseph Godumski
charged with assault and battery on
George Burke at the Third street
bridge on Saturday night.
Burke said that Siczka bumped"
into him and then struck him in the
face. Burke added that he defended
himself when Godumski struck him
and then five men Jumped on" him
Samuel Dean, bridge tender. said
he went to Burke's assistance, and
was also beaten and went 10 the
house and got an axe handle. The
crowd then fed.
officer Virden said that in attempting
to arrest one of the men he had his
coat and shirt torn from his back. The
two accused men stated that the trouble
was caused by Burke calling then
polanders
The case Of Carl Bishop, charged with
assault and battery on Earl Richards
was continued until Thursday.
The cases Of Annie and Viola John
son, both colored, charged with disor
derly conduct. was continued until to
morrow.
Ida Adams, colored. was fined s. ant
costs on a charge of using improper
Language at Third and Monroe streets
last night.
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
Mexico AGAIN
BECOMES NATION
UNDER CARRANZA
Action of United States and
Latin-American Republic
So Results
De FACTO Government
Receives RECOGNITION
By The United PresS-

WASHINGTON, Oct 19.--Mexico
today re-entered the family Of ma
lions" After nearly three years of
livf warfare aud revolution, q new
goveFpment wan given birth today,
neoGed hv verusiiano Carranza as
~ct,ef eEecctivo Of the Dc facto gov
erlmeut' tie title agreed on
Sending O. & note by Secretary of
State Lansing &c Eliseo Arredondc,
Carran2a'g representative here, today
was the formal step Similar notes
were sens krTedondO, who is Car
ranzaz cousin and slated to be his
foreign minister OF first United States
Ambas sador. b. al Latin-American
governments OF the Fan American
conference.
Secretary Lansing'f note follows.
81 take pleasure in informing you
that the government Of the United
States recognizes the de facto gov
eminent % Mexico. of General Venus
tiano Carranza as chief executive,
and The government Of the United
States is prepared TO receive a
diplomatic representative from the dc
facto government of Mexico, and as
soon as possible will send a diplo-
matte representative from the United
States"
Arredondo was also requested to in
form Carranza. He conferred today
with Secretary Lansing. The embargo
or arms which President Wilson will
soor proclaim, II was officially an.
nounced, will be a general embargo
against all expectation Of arms tc
Mexico. but will make exception of the
Carranza government Resumption oi
Red Cross famine and other relief
work is expected soon.
The title Of President, provisional
OF ad interim viii be either assumed
by Carranza himself or conferred BY
the Mexican congress, which Carranz;
proposes to convene shortly.
Arredondo plans 10 leave here be
Continued on Page Thirteen.
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
TRACTION CO. Gets
Delaware CITY RY.
Trolley Cars to Supplant
Storage Battery Equip
ment on Line
THROUGH SERVICE
IN FUTURE LIKELY

Thomas ". Wilson, vlce-president
and general manager Of the Whining
ton and Philadelphia Traction Com
pany. announced this morning that
the traction company had taken over
the ownership and control OF the VIII
mington. New Castle and Delaware
City Railway Company, which oper-
ates storage battery cars between
New Castle and Delaware City. With
the acquisition of that line to con-
meet with the lines of the Whining
ton and Southern Railway Company
between this city and New Castle, Sc
cured several weeks ago by the Will
minston and Philadelphia Traction
Company, the latter company will
operate the longest line of railway in
this section of the country. The lines
now controlled by the local company
extend from Philadelphia TO Delaware
City, a distance of forty-four miles
With the taking over of the New
Castle and Delaware City line from
The firm Lisman and Company Of New
York, brokers, Il was announced to-
lay that the local owners plan to re
place the storage battery cars on the
line with trolley cars. This il was
claimed, would mean a large expend-
iture Of money as the entire ten miles
of tracks viii have to be improved
greatly and overhead wires be erected
Whether the Delaware City trolley'
would run into this city direct o,
make connections at a terminal II
New Castle. as they do at present, wa:
not known, but It is likely that the
cars will run direct to this city from
Delaware City.
IF this is done It will be possibl
for the Traction Company 10 maintain
It's car barns here instead OF at Nev
Castle. as ct present.
w. 4. Heindle, manager OF the WI
mington and Philadelphia Tractio'
Company, is TO have charge Of th
new lines and the crews OF the car
on the Delaware City and New Castl
lines win BE under his supervision.
The Wilmington and philadelphi
Traction Company has been n th
electric light business at Delawar
City for several years. it having e,
tended its lines when the powe
plant was destroyed at Delaware Cit
by fire some time ago.
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
By The United Press.

By The United Press.
TRENTON, n. j.. Oct. l9.-Headed by
Woodrow Wilson, all of New Jersey
marched to the polls today and voted
whether to put the State in the suffrage
ranks. Conservative judges say the
election is going to be close. Suffragists
say they will win by $4,000. Ants de-
clare the measure win be defeated by
"a large majority
All night long suifragists carried the
Z battle to the voters. From a huge van
in Newark, Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch
( Mrs. John Winters Brannan and Mrs
John Rogers, Jr worked in relays and
when dawn slipped in from the east. th'
speeches were still going on and the
icrowd still surging around the wagon.
The finish was a whirlwind Of elev
enth hour appeals. Suffrage leaders SAID
today that 400 speakers Al lover the
State were advocating suffrage in meet
ings that lasted far into the night Il
was a 24-hour continuous talking finish
Around Dssex, Atlantic and Sussex
counties. the fight is waging hardest.
In these counties are the big manu-
featuring concerns, large percentage
| OF the foreign population and the most
complete political organizations Il
Essex county can be carried, suffra-
gists declare, the rest Of the State will
be easy.
Good weather conditions, indicated
early this morning. presaged a heavy
vote throughout the state. This
brought satisfaction 70 the suffragists
They pointed out that a rainy day
would effect their vote considerably II
the rural districts. and it is In these
Continued on Page Eleven.
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
ACCUNHD IN CHFCK CAsR.

Detective Benson, Of the local po-
lice department. left early this after
noon for Washington. where Charles
Bennett, young man is under arrest
on the charge ot larceny, forgery and
passing worthless checks. Bennett
is said to have passed a bad check
on James Kane. of the Hotel vii
mington for IS and also a bogus
check on a taxicab driver.
From what could be learned o. tie
case here today. it appears that Ben
nett was arrested on suspicion N
Washington, but check books issued
by local banks resulted in his be-
ing connected with the local case.
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
ARREST WRONG WOMAN
ON ROBBERY CHARGE

Elizabeth Cosden, colored, and Row
land Cooper. colored. were dismissed
in City Court today on a charge Of
highway robbery on Stematio Mastor-
as, who alleged that he was relieved
OF $3.50 on Third street near Tatnall
street or Sunday night. Mastoras
stated that three women held him IN
and robbed him, and that Elizabeth
was one OF them. Elizabeth pro
duced q number ot witnesses who tes-
tifed that she was sick in bed at the
time the robbery occurred. Oticer
Crozier said he accompanied Mastoras
to g number OF houses in the vicinity
and that at No. 213 West Third street
where they found Elizabeth in bed
and that Mastoras Identified her IS
one Of the holc-up women Nastoras
did not connect Cooper with the rob
berry.
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
Hope DENIES EVEN
TRYING TO Get MONEY

George Hope, oolored, was held in
$500 bail for the Court Of General Ses-
sions by Judge Churchman in City
Court today on O charge of the lar
ceny of so cents from Josephine
White, colored. The latter stated that
while at a dance at No. 211 Tatnall
street last night. she dropped two half
dollars and that Hope picked up one
Of them and failed TO return e. Hope
denied the charge. saying that when
the money was dropped there was Q
general scramble for the money and
that he did not get it or even try tc
get il
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
ITALY Joins THE
entente Powers
. against BULGARS
War Declaration Is Issued
and Fleet Steams TO Block
ade Aegean Sea Coast
KING SIGNS DECREE
At AUSTRIAN Front
By The United Press

By The United Press
ROME. oct 19.-Italy today do
clared war on Bulgaria
This made the fourth official declar-
alton of hostllites against the Bull
gars. Italy was preceded by Serbia,
England and France. Russia has also
announced that a state of war be-
tween the Russians and Bulgariana
existed from the moment the latter
began lighting the Serbians. but for
NAL declaration has not been issued
from Petrograd.
Explaining it's declaration, the
Rome government said Bulgaria had
not only attacked Serbia. but allied
herself with Italy's enemies to fight
the entente powers.
The King signed the Bulgarian wal
decree at the Austrian front
Il was reported that an Italian
fleet was steaming already 70 help
the British and French in blockading
Turkish and Bulgarian Aegean sea-
coasts. in covering the landing OF
Allied troops at Enos and perhaps In a
bombardment of the Bulgarian port
OF Dedeaghatch.
II was believed In many quarters
that an Italian land force would be
dispatched TO invade Bulgaria.