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A Business Guide Real Estate and Court News Daily fa Times-Dispatch fUdjtttotii* Srime^-Pi^pafctj Fix Your Own Car Guerrlich. in the Sunday T.-D. j Will Tell You How 66th YEAR * OMMB .tfl M MIIHIl :?2 RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1916.?TEN PAGES. WKVH'KH ?CLEAR PRICE, TWO CENTS GARNET! BECOMES New Member Is Chosen as Chair man by Vote of Judge Wingfield. PRENTIS ON SUPREME BENCH Judge George M. Harrison Suc ceeds Judge Cardwell as President of Court. Within :i few minutes a f t er taking tho oath of olllcc, < 'hrist.opher I! '!ar nett. recently ;l {> ;?oi 111 ?? 0 by Governor Stuart to fill Ihe vacancy on the State 1,'firpornilon Commission by the elevation of .1 ii<1k?* Robert R. Prciilis. its i.-halrinan, t?? (lie Supreme Court, yi'stf-rtltiy was Heated chairman of the f < oinmisBion. T!i<- proceedings were brief and ? Itlinut particular ceremony Judge William F. Rhea, ranking ihciiiIi't of the commission sim <? t he resignation ?.f Judge Prentis, presided. Fouimis sioner .1. Richard Wingllebl, in whose hands the matter of the chairmanship rested, was the first to vote, casting liis iiatlot. after a brief explanatory address. fur Mi. Garnett The future chairman then voted for himself, tak- | ing the position that he could. as head 1 ' of the commission, rentier better service to the State Judge Rhea, with the! issue already decided, refused to indi cate liis choice Mr. Oarnett. as chairman of the .State Corporal ion ? Commission. becomes. j ipso facto, .i member of the State Tax . Hoard, to which body he bat* rendered <-Otlf>picUOUS H'TVlee during the last few months as eounsel ami executive assistant. Though no hint bad been Kiven by those who held the secret as to who would suceeed Ju<lc Prentis. those who were in a position Intel ligentlv to analyze the situation sue- 1 gesteii Mr, Oarnett. principally for the i teason that he, in his capacity of legal adviser to the Tax Hoard has made an j exhaustive study of the State's tax problem*, and is better fitted, perhaps, ! to help in their solution than one who' Is not quite so intimate with them \mv(;kiki.d casts i?i-:? im\o voti-: koii uAitMm After declaring that his ate and health precluded him from standing for a position which carrier with it so much of arduous work. Commis sioner Wingfield. in casting the first vote, explained why lie should vote for Mr Oarnett "It puts tr.e iti a very embarrassing position t<> decide between you." he said. "There is an old saying. "I could be very happv with either, if t'other dear charmer were away" The situa tion Is that Mr Oarnett succeeds Judge Prentis. who was ele.- . ; last February ? ?halrrcan for one -.ear In some States tiiev have rotation in office, and that j.\n\ be a good way?we have never tried it here in Virginia. It would seem natural that Mr 'Jarnett should come into .Tudce Prentls's place, but. on the other hand. .fudge Rhea has been loneer on the commission than any one of us Priority of service, or of standing in service, in legislative bodies is generally a< ted on. but not in vs riably. "There are some practical considera tions that appeal to me. One is. our work Is divided up into departments? certainly as to attention to details. To 1 put Jurlge Rhea in now as chairman i would give hint comparatively new work, and Mr. tJarnett would have new j work. The work as chairman is re lated mainly to the issuing of char 1 ters. That takes most of the time, in volving legal questions. As to the Tax Hoard, which the chairman become* a member of ex officio, that hoard has * immense power over the persons and property of the citizens of the State, and it seems to me desirable that all sections of the State, as far as prac ticable, tdtoiild be represented on that hoard. The ilovernor comes from the same section as Judge Rhea, and that section would seem to be adequately represented now. For these practical considerations I cast my vote for Mr. Oarnett." ^ ji di;!?: it Hi',a doi;s .\OT VOTK .\T AI.Ij Judge Rhea, who was presiding, di rected Mr. Garnett to vote next. "1 vote for myself." said Mr. Oarnett, "not for personal considerations, hut because I believe 1 can be of greater service to the State in that position than otherwise. 1 am sorry that I am forced to cast my vote before Judge Rhea expresses his choice." "If that is the wish of the majority of the commission." said Judge Rhea, "it is not nccessary that I should vote at all. Mr. Wilson will prepare the order appointing Mr. Oarnett chairman of the commission." The new head of the body fprst came into prominence, politically in 1911, when he managed the campaign of Representatives William A. Jones and t'al ter Glass for the United States Sen ate against Senators Martin and Swan son. Two years later he directed the fight of John Garland Pollard for At torney-General of Virginia, his prin cipal winning out over the incumbent. [ Judge Samuel W. Williams, of Wythe, j by n narrow margin. Mr. Pollard, on I succeeding to othce, made Mr. Oarnett I Assistant Attorney-General. Mr. Garnett was born in Mathews t'ounty on July SO. 1ST."), and graduated from the University of Virginia with the degree of master of arts in 189S. From 1901 to 1904 he was dean of the Woman's College, in this city, finding time to study law at night. On leav ing the Woman's College he was pro fessor of law at Richmond College, for three years. The election of Mr. Garnett's suc cessor as legal adviser to the State Tax Hoard probably will be made within the next few days. Governor Stuart, who Is chairman of the hoard, said yesterday that he had not issued a call for a meeting, and had no definite date In mind. The board is composed (Continucd oi7~Thir<l Page.) Probe Into High Prices of Food in Full Swing I liy Associated 1 \l ASIII.\<>TU.\i .'November 10.? The liivfMllKaiiiin rnentl) InniiKii ruted It) llip Depart men t of Juxtler Into lltr minrlnK of prlcrn of food, ??on I ii ii il other nriTNNliirx of ho ImiiiiIIcil In Interntatp trade in non In full mivIiir In .Vr'vr Vork. < IiIcuk". I'lllHliurch, Mm FranclNeo nnil other eitlpn. To-morrow tlio movement may Inkc on a liromler neope upon ? bo return here of Chnlrmnn Hur ley. of I lie Federal Trade < oiiuiil*. nIoii. who Ii u m announced llnil llir <?0 in in I mm I on mny cnnfililrr I nun r <11 ntely wliclhrr to lnveMllt;nte tlip In I'ruiinl ('0*1 of fnod prmluetN. If flip eoiiiml-odon tnkex net inn, llie i wii luvcHllKiidonN will hp ,-on dneted Hrpnrnlrli', Olxtrlet n I tnrnrj n in flip clllpn nnniPil, and In nihiip otlipr of ihr more Important po|iiilniion i-pntprx, Iiiivp lippn d I reeled particularly to PMiniinp thoroughly into any hiim ppcted concerted net Ion or pro ducprs or dealpr) by combination or ncrppinpnt to rnlnp prlcex of nrliclpR ?-r?NMlnic Mntp llnpn. nnd to InMtltute ??ro.tpciif Ioiih nhrre unrrnntrd. So fnr thprp Iinvp lippn no dpvelnpnienta to announce. SUM OF SIS,000 ASKED E Xrcileti to <*?rr.v on Work, Virginia RnptKt Association Is Told. I?I,A.\S r<)K HOVS' SCHOOL To Ito Uicitlcd at Wytheville, if Town Haises $!?'">,000?Hcsolution Criti cizes Cicnorul Funston for Alleged Action To wart 1 Kvanjjelist*;. ISpe< Sal to The Tlmes-Oispatch. ] \? >RK< . \"A.. November Ifi.?Six ty -five thou baud dollars was the amount for home mii-sions requested of the Virginia Baptist tieiwral Asso ciation. In session to-night at the First Haptist Church, by Hp v. R. l_i. Gar land. secretary of the State mission hoard. Mr. Garland declared Hip hoard could not begin to do the work prop erly with less than this amount, tliat at least tivp additional missionaries for work amoiiR the foreigners of the .Stale were needed, as .sell as money for the conduct of the mountain school in Ruchanan County. Rev. M. .lain^s. of 1 'rewe, and Rev. P. C. Motowski, of Richmond, two of the three State mis sionaries. told of their work and of need for more men in the field. Presenting a report of Sunday school and colportage work. He v. .1. T. Watts. ? >f Richmond, emphasized Die import ance of the teacher training- depart ment, and the need for more accurate records of Stindi-y school work. He stated that Baptists were backward in the matter of Sunday school statistics. From the figures he hail been able to nattier, lie said, the enrollment in the schools of the Stat" is RtS.OOO. lie said that during the eight years sii.ee the teacher training department had been created -.0-2 diplomas had been granted to graduates in the normal course. f'thers who spoke on this work were: Rev. o. !?. Sams, of Lynch burg; I <r. Cecil Cook, of Charlottes ville. and Rev. C. M. Billings. \ r.\v i*astohs i.vritoni cei> TO Till-: ASSOCIATION Before any discussions took place the new pastors who have come into the association during the past year were Introduced by l?r. R. R. Garrett, of Portsmouth. The association decided to-day to es tablish at Wytheville a school for boys, at a cost of $100,000, provided the town of Wytheville will contribute $23,000 of the amount. It was said to-night that it is not expected that any diffi culty will be experienced in getting Wytheville to contribute, or in rats*- I ing the rest of the money. The school would lie of the same grade and char acter as Intermont College, at Bristol. Captain C. (.}, Snead asked for sev eral hundred dollars for improvements to the. dormitory at Fork Union Mili tary Academy. Xo action lias been taken. The most striking feature of this 1 morning's session of the association \ was ;iie adoption, by a rising vole, of a resolution criticizing General Fred j Funston, commanding the American ! troops on the Mexican border, for his! alleged action in forbidding evange- ' lists to tell the soldiers that they are ' "lost sinners." General Funston. the \ resolution states, granted permission to Preachers to hold religious services, "provided these preachers did not tell 'he men that they were lost sinners." After stating that the general as sumed the role of theological judge and censor, the resolution drawn by Rev. R. 11. Pitt, D. D., continues: "This would be an absurd situation if it were not at the same time so serious. TO TAKR fl? (IMCSTIOV OF GOVKll VMIO'T t. IIAI'I.AI VS "In view of this incident and of the importance of the whole question of government chaplains, and in order that our people may he fully informed, we authorize and instruct our presi dent to appoint a committee of five to gather all available information 011 this subject and to report at the next meeting." Mr. Hutchison the moderator of the association, is chairman of the com mittee provided for, and the members ar. t-> sec President Woodrow Wilson as soon ns possible. The report on home missions was made by Rev. J. F. Vines. I), n.. of Roanoke, who stated that church ex tcmlon work has made splendid prog ress. in spifo of the necessity of flu irhing the work of the Judson Me irorial. Rev. George W. McDanlel. n n.. of Richmond. In his report of the committee on t te report of the cdu (Contlnued on Second Page.) WILSON GETS ROYAL I WELCOME "HOME"! People of Washington Join in Enthusiastic Celebration in Honor of Re-Election. 10.000 MARCH IN PARADE Chorus of 300 Voices Serenades President With Patri otic Songs. WASHINGTON. November 1?The peoplf- of Washington and of nenr-by sections of Maryland and \ irginia gave President Wilson ;hi PiillMisiiistlo home coming oolobralioii to-night m If nor of lii.s r?-ion. M"re I bun 10.00") 'strong, the_\ n?i?fioin the '"apitol to the White House to the music of many I>:11?<? -. ami wavitiK red lights, while varied-colored oombs burst over lie:i<l. Wh?*ii they had passed, :i chorus | of 300 voii ^s serenaded the President with "Tin Star-SplaiiB^ii Uaniitr. "I ?ixie." and other patriotic melodies. Th" celebration participated in l?y l>t?th in? n aii'l women members of I >emoora t ic organization.-. government clerks, sutf ra u ist s. ivpresenta t j ves of union labor ami oltlaens goie.-t ally. Thousands pack<d the sidewalks ami ,|ic"ri''i as tin* parade passed. The President, with Mrs. Wilson ami a party of r? httiv? s. viewed the pro- j cession from the northern portico of the White Mouse, fiontlng on Penn sylvania Avenue. The President was in his best moot), lie .smiled as if in tensely gratI fled. and his moving lips showed ne sang with the choir. The national anthem was sunt: with a back ground of wildlj waving (laps. Tiie parade teemed with unique fea tun s. Mrs. .Joseph Seal, of lluffalii, N. V . dr??:;ed as "Miss Democracy." even to the traditional ankle-length pantalettes stood on an illuminated tloat. More than 100 members of the Women Voters' Union made a great hit in their white skirt?, blue coats and fancy re?|. white and blue paper i-el mets. The Railtlmore Seamen*' I'nion j was represented by a IIoat on which stood a group of men in yellow oil skins and sou'westers. From a reviewing stand outside the White House grounds. Secretaries' T?*tn sing. Raker and Redfield. ami members of their families :'ud other ranking officials watched thy demor.st rat ion. A I.I. AMKItir.VN KNVOV.s k.\ i'kctki) to hi:si?;x Illy AMorlate*! I'rfcs.l WASHINGTON. November 1?.?in ac cordance with custom in the diplomatic service. American ambassadors and ministers abroad are expected to re sign as a sequence :o President Wil son's re-elrction and ruccessioti to a new term of ofllce. The practice which has become gen eral in thi Ameiioan diplomatic ser vice since President Roosevelt frankly requested the resignations of tail of the ambassadors and ministers, will afford President Wilson the necessary opportunity to carry out plans he has projected, involving a very consider able reorganization for the diplomatic set vice so far sis the heads are con cerned. That a considerable number of the incumbents will he. asked to rennin in otlico is certain, but t-onie do not wish to remain, and some have proved I unequal to the heavy requirements of | their stations. It is said that in the I course of one of his informal talks to newspaper men some time ago. presi dent Wilson had precisely this situa tion in the diplomatic service in mind when he remarked "some men grow in otlice and others swell up." It is expected that the general ten der of resignations in the near future will relieve President Wilson from the necessity of adopting the course taker by President Kocevelt and calling di rectly for the resignations. \n < n.\\(d: i.\ roi.rrit ti. tl.|li\MK>T or IIOLM'. t By AfwoctAteil I WASHINGTON, November 10.?No change in the apparent political align ment of the Sixty-Fifth Congress has occurred thus far as a icsult of un completed canvasses of the votes in close .list rids. j Democratic leaders who had hoped' to gain one member in the Third i Louisiana District were disappointed to-night when announcement was made of complete oflicial returns showing that Whit P. Martin. Progressive, hail been elected over Wade Martin, by ninety-nine votes. In the Tenth North Carolina Dis trict. where Democratic leaders are i predicting that canvass of the returns I in Runcotnbe County will show Repre sentative J. J. Rritt, Republican, to have been defeated by Zehulon Weaver, Democrat, the result still Is in doubt, and court proceeding;- have been in stituted by the Republican candidate, which will delay vhe canvass until next week. Hopes of the Democrats for a gain of one vote in Michigan and possibly in Minnesota have nol been abandoned. Representative Rerkes. of the Second Michigan District, telegraphed to-day that an error had been found in Jack son County, which, if corrected, won If Rive him the election by a plurality of fourteen votes. In the Twenty-first Pennsylvania District. tlin Democrats still have some hope of overturning the result. C. II. Rowland. Republi can, now has a slight majority over William E. Tobias. Demo.-rat. To-night the new 1 loose seems still to stand: Republicans. 217; Democrats, 212: others, fi. HIGHKS IIAS I.HAD OK 42."i IN .MINNESOTA I By Associated Press. 1 ST. I'Al'l,, MINN . November 1f>. -- Charles 10. Hughes's lead in Minnesota stood to-night at I2j. With fifty seven counties' tabulation sheets re corded at the State House, the un olliclal records from the remaining (Continued on Second Page.) VIEWS OF BUSINESS ON ADAMSON LAW 9 Will Be Sought at Special Meet ing of Chamber of Commerce of United States To-Day. TO LAY BEFORE COMMITTEE Department of Justice at Work on Government Defense to Railroad Suits. I< . \ .(.# Pro*.-; j WASH INUTuXi N'f vfiiitior 1 *?.? l>is cussion c.r the r;<i1road situation, and particularly the Adam^on oiclit-hour law from thn standpoint -if tItcoun try's business interests will begin here to-morrow at a speeiul meeting of the national council >>f the Chamber of i'i'Iiiiikt ?? of the United States. Many prominent spr&kers an- on the pro Rram. 'I In'- meeting ?v*av ? .t11 ? ? I fur the pur pose of liavilli; business interests affil iated with tli?? chamber express their views just before the joint congres slonal tiommittee appoint* ?l to Investi gate railroad fiuestions. meets here iipxt week. In addition to the Adamsou law, questions of strike prevention and way- fixing; for common carrier em ployees by the I nterstatc Commerce Commission will be taken up. WOllKIMi <)\ DKTAII.S ok (?ovKit.v.tiK.VT Department of Justice attorneys to day continued working on details of the government defense to railroad suits attacking- the constitutionality of the Adainson act. It is, probable that an effort will In.- made to take one of the .suits to the Supreme Court as quickly as possible, so that a final de termination that will he binding upon all lower federal tribunals may he had about January 1, when the law, unless enjoined; becomes operative. So far as the department is informed, the first suits set for hearing: are those of the Santa and the Union Pacific Rail roads at Kansas City, November 23. The Joint congressional committee announced to-day that its tirst hearing day, Monday, will he given over to State railway commissioners. These commissioners have been In session here for t<everal days, and sentiment has been .stronjr in favor of appear ing before the joint committee to tight action by Congress tending to take away their powers over Interstate car riers. The> oppose any increase in tin* l-Vrieral Commerce Commission, or authorization for it t<. act in different parts of the country in sections. After the railroad commissioners, will come railway presidents, hankers, economists and representatives of such labor, and Industrial organizations as wish to he hea rd. i'ij a ,\ I 'd it KM-'oitci-:*ii-:vr OK ('O.VTHAt'Tl'AI. KKI.ATIO.V At the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-morrow a plan for pre venting the Interruption of public util ities operation by strikes will be pre sented by Henry Towne, of New York. The plan provides in substance for the enforcement of ti;e contractual relation between public utilities and employees. l?r. Charles II. Van llise. of the Uni versity of Wisconsin; Victor S. Clarke, of the Carnegie Institution, of Wash ington: Charles Nagel. of st. Louts; former Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Harry A. Wheeler, of Chicago, and John 11. Knhey, of Host on. a for mer president r* the clian\ber, also will make speeches on railroad prohle.us. l-'ot M)i:itS' ASSIH I \TIO\ AI'I'ltOVKS 'I'.OST s; ITS f By Assoc! a toil Pro.-*., | NKW YOriK. November 16.?-Action of the railway companies throughout the country in beginning suits to test the constitutionality of the Adanison law was approved to-day by the National Founders' Association at the closing session <>f i;.*- convention here. The association is composed of more than 600 manufacturing corporations in all parts of the country. It was stated at the convention that this step is the tirst of a series of similar actions to be taken by other industrial associa tions composing the newly organized National Industrial Conference Hoard. For Our IVomen Readers The Timcs-Dlspntcli offers n uni que booklet of recipes to the women of It It'll in mill. A nation-wide demand lias nrlxen for e.\pert ndvicc on the hiti lug of canned food. There were over club! tlinuMiind requeMtN for kucIi ndviee nt the I'linn in ii-l*u el tic Kxpoxltlnn. A stuff of Nflentlatn mill special ists liiin been at work for months In n special laboratory investlgatliiK nnd experimentini(. Their work lias JiiMt been com pleted. The Times-l>lM|?ntell I* able to offer you ItH results. ('mined food In usually ready to ent, lint it In not ready for lin en refill nnd fiistldlous housewife to serve nt her Inble. The booklet here offered denlx thoroughly with the modern prob I em In cookery?-h <iw to prepare canned food. Some households use much canned KoodM, others but little. Kvery household uses noine. \o household can afford to be without thin new book If Its kitchen boasts n cau opener. Vou can secure n booklet free by seiiillnK a n t stnmp for poMt iiKe, with your name nnd address, to Till'! TIM I'JS-l MM PATCH IM'IIIIMA TIO.X ItlltlOAI. l'*rederlc J. Ilnskln, Director, Washington. I), t'. BELGIUM APPEALS TO UNITED STATES I Asks Active Intervention to Stop Deportation of Workmen Into Germany. BEFORE STATE DEPARTMENT Coercive Measure Declared to Be Contrary to Laws of Nations and of Humanity. I By Associated Press. I WASHINGTON. November Hi.?An appeal fur activc intervention by 11ir l?nit?(l States to stop the deportation ??f Belgian workmen into ^Germany wn? presented to the State Department to-day by K. Havenith. tlie Belgian I minister. The Belgians, Mr. Havenith raid, practically ;tre being comt>etied to light against their own country, contrary to tlie laws ?<f nations and lu?mar. it v. The American government already I ha.i Interested itself in this situation. I and Charge Grow, of the embassy at ! Berlin, has been Instructed to discuss it personally with Chancellor von Bctjimann-Holl weg. although no for mal representations are authorized. coMM t \iiwnox snuiittko TO STATIC DKI'AIITMKNT Minister llavenith submitteil the fol lowing communication to the Slate Po pa rt ment: "The German govcrnor-ge neral in Belgium is forcing thousands of Hel gian workmen who are unemployed or without work, to go to Germany to work in the quarries, in manufactur ing- concrete and in the lime kilns, under pretext that they are a drain upon charity. "The Belgian government protests energetically against this coercive measure, which Is contrary to th| law of nations and tlie laws of humanity. "The government of the King asks I the active Intervention of the govern ! ment of the United States to obtain the cessation of this deportation of IVlglan workmen into Germany, and in obtain the liberation or those who have already been deported. "The Germans claim that these work men are not employed in war indus tries. it should be remarked, how ever. that they are employed in in dustries directly connected with the war, and the employment of this Bel gian labor releases a great number of German workmen who are sent to the front. Thus, these Belgian work men are compelled practically to fight against their own country." I SKMPIjOI .1IK .N'T III B KNTIItICI-Y TO UKItllA v* In making public the communication, tlie minister issued a statement, which said: "The Belgian minister calls the at tention to the fact that the unemploy ment of Belgian workmen is due en tirely to the action of the German government which lias requisitioned all the supplies of raw materials and de stroyed the industrial plants hy re moving the machinery. The German government has absolutely paralyzed all business in Belgium: furthermore. ? lie German government, which ,-laims to try to encourage Belgian industry, h:is imposed a war tax of 40.000.00i> francs a month (about twenty times the normal amount of Belgian taxation) for the past two years, upon a country which is without business and which Germany herself has impoverished by war and devastation." PRICES MAY BE PROHIBITIVE Officer* Want Aviation Station I'lnced on Hampton Roads If Suitable I erni* 1 an lie Arrnn^c^l. I By AksocIaipiI Ptohm | ? WASHINGTON, November 11>.?Al though a board of officers of the Coast Guard service has reported in favor ?>t establishing the ttrst coast guard aviation station somewhere in Hamil ton Roads, prices on available sites have appeared so prohibitive that it may he decided to place the station elsewhere. 'I lie station is planned as the nu cleus of a,, extensive coast guard aerial service. and while officials would prefer to have it on Hampton Roads, it was said to-day the station might he forced into another locality by prohibitive land prices. NO IDLE MEN IN CHICAGO Municipal l<odfrlnK-l1ntiMr lOmpty, Al though Wintry Weather Prevnlt*. IH.v Associated Preas. | CI I It 'AGO, November 10.?The mu nicipal lodging-house is empty to-day,! although wintry weather has prevailed ' for nearly a week. Itinerants have failed to appear this | year, it is said, on account of the great demand f..r labor throughout I the country. Owners of cheap lodging-houses are complaining that while ordinarilj at ! tliis season their places are till.d >.? capacity, and tliey have to turn men. away, at present, despite tlitu|,i : snap." less than half of their beds are being oeeuiled. SIENKIEWICZ DEAD I'oIImH Novell*!, Author of "lino YihIIs,** Passes Away nt Vevey, Itxerland. I Hv Associated Press I NKW YORK. November Hi.--Henry 1\. Sieiiklewicz. tlie Polish novelist, the author of "Quo Vadljj," is dead at Vevey, Switzerland, according to a cable dispatch received here to-day by the Polish victims' relief committee. Hlenkiewicz had devoted much of his time recently to Pidish relief work. Deutschland Slips Out of Harbor Early To-Day \l--.\\ I.IIMION, ( UN \ ? November IT.?'I lie lieuIh?'IiIiiiiiI, tlie t.rrinnii .ntilitniirlite nlilt'li ii rrl veil here on November I. slipped out nf lIn* liur hor ill an nirl) hour to-tlu) hound lor Itrritlcii. >Iir I?? 11 I??t pocket i?t tlie Mil to pier nl I tJM? o'clock, and Man low ed down tlir harbor l>> two (iikm. Her clenrnncr had been ke1>t Hrrrrl l>? i'UnIoiiin oIIIi'IiiIn, ii ml hrr deiuirture caused mueli surprise. nI ? tliouuh It wiik Rcnrrall}' believed she would not wait more llinn n day or mo niori*. Shorllj after I o'clock thin uiorti hiK tno tins* of the '1'. A. Scott t'onipmiy ??Miiaki'il" the undersea liont out from licr berth. 'I'lie Scott t'oiopuny In tissoclii t?-d with the Kust era l-*or wanting Company. \nierlcan coiiHlKaeen of the Ocean Transpor tation t omptin.v, onnrra of the Drutsi'hlaad. tirent activity around the Deutsch laiid'i pier lieuan to lie noteil aliont inliliiiuht. The wehldiiic which con ceuleil the undersell hunt front the ri?er side was let down, anil the Iocs ainile their nppcarance. At I ::tt> o'clock In the morning the miiIi ninrlae, towed hy the Iiikh, hrenn to move down the ThameN Itlver. Tliliil conditions were Koiid, nnd the niihinnrlne made rapid progress. At time* her deck* were nwanh. At ? o'clock ?he wan nearly at the en trance of the linrlior. tine tUK wan lradlnp the way and the other fol- I lowed at a clone iliMancc. APPROVES MOVEMENT FIR UNION OF CHURCHES Methodist ('onference l'asses Resolu tions Counseling Reasonable and JLihernt Spirit. SKIWKATK CHIKCI1 FOK XFGKO Interesting Report Is I'resentetJ t>n Work of Ferruni School?Bishop Kilgo Praises Work of Churches in (lunlot t esvil Ic Distriet. Resolut Ions expressing the. approval of the Virginia Conference of the move ment to unite the Nortn'crn and Southern branches of the Methodist Church and counseling the maintenance of a reasonable and liberal spirit at the meeting of the joint commission of the two churches which will consider plans for union in Baltimore On De cember 2s were adopted without dis sent at tlie session of the conference held yesterday morning in the Broad Street Church. Re.v. James Cannon, Jr., D. Ichairman of the committee, presented the resolutions. Tlie other members of the committee were Rev. I-:. H. Uawlings, I), l)., Rev. \V. Ashttry Christian. I?. l>? Rev. \v. |{. Renu champ, I>. |>? and Rev. 15. T. Dad inun, I). P The commission, which will meet In Baltimore this winter, consists of twenty-live men from the Southern church and a like number from the I Northern church. The members of the commission were appointed by the general conferences of the two churches. The ineetiiiK will continue several days, and plans will lie made which may lead to the reunion of the branches which parted in lS4t over the question of slavery. In order for the recommendations of the commission to become effective, they must lie ratified by the two general conferences, which meet hut once in four years, and pos sibly by tlie annual conferences. Negro Methodists should be organised into a separate body organically joined to the rest of the church, say the resolutions. agreeing to the pro posal of the last general conference of the Southern church. IIKI'OHTN OX WO It K III-' MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, Rev. 15. M. Beckham, principal of the Kcrrum School, a mission maintained In the mountains by the conference, re ported that the school was in excel lent condition. The number of pupils was increasing rapidly, lie said, pupils and teachers were inspired by a spirit of enthusiasm, and the institution was '?n a tirtn financial basis. Mr. Beck bam spoke of the wholesome moral in fluence of the mountains and the healthful country food. To that Bishop Kilpo assented. "I always thought," he said, "that you could raise a boy better on sorghum than on lluyler's." Preachers of the i harlottesville, Danville. Kaslein Shore and I'arin vdle Districts made brief reports of their work in i lie past year. Bishop Ki|?o interrupted frequently with questions, admonitions and praise. < if the f'har lottesville District he was particularly coinpliincntarv. "A wonderful work of mace has ^ .ne on in that district in the last two or Hue - >? so's. 1 have been watch-iur it ll is one < the highest districts in i!ie whole el; urch. It is a rural di>-- ! trn i. <'h.'tr.oltesville thinks it i.> a-t | biK as a hemisphere, but it isn't a city. . t: ipii 1.' ill has been pouring out '?h- *!?!?? 11 . p III.) hills .,f tint sec tion." IIIMIUI* l';vs Til lilt T|.; 'I O H Olt Iv ????' t ill Ml |( The *?'*??l " reports iiiov I l.ie bi.-'iop ?o pa \ 111? i i tribute to the w in |; ..i . |U. I < bin. h. < i.? preacher doe< .i.oic f'.i the ?.i ens of the Stat j of Virginia than all "he Judges, sh>?i(.?*. iuri;,' tmiK'ixiUes . beaters and cir- us biped. : a id the bishop. If u,c laymen would 11uit supporting outside s. mi iclicians and benevolent organizations, ami w iinbl put their money in the woik of ti< church, there \v> >.h| i.,. enough funds to support all tlie Sn\ .'a; '?i bonis. missionary enterriiises 'ta'liies of the church, and the world J would he evangelized in the pi t scut penr ra t ion. Xenr the close of the morning ses sion Bishop Kllgo retired for a time from the chair and called Rev T. Mc.S* Simpson, D. |?., presiding elder of the (Con11iiucd on"scctiniT Rage, j 'i ENTENTE TROOPS CONTINUE ADVANCE TOWARD MONASTIR Seriously Break Teutonic Lines East and West of the Cerna. , i BERLIN ADMITS LOSS OF SOME OLD POSITIONS Austro-German Armies Force * Further Retirement of Rou manians in Transylvania. 1USSIAXS CAIN IV TH)ltltl 1>JA MaltP Furlher Progress SoulItwartl, Enemy fturniim Villages as Tliey lletrcat. I llv t^.1 !'ro>- 1 T.''NT">.V. November 1 <V In the Mace donian theater the entente troops con tinue to press the Teutonic allies in the Fernn River region. and, accord ing to the Serbian War < ifllee. have scrlmisly broken their lino both east and west of the Cerna. southeast of Monastir. capturing four additional villages east of the river, and on tho western side driving them hark from several additional points toward >inn astir, Berlin admits that in tiio Porna region Hip Bulgarian-German forces have loft old and occupied newly pro pared positions. To the east tin' iiritish have taken tlte town of Karakaska, on the cast, side of l,ako Tahinos. The Austro-Gerntan armies in the Transylvania theater in the Alt ancl .Mill Valleys have forced a further re tirement of the Roumanians, and also have made progress in the Rothenthurro and Szurduk I'ass regions, taking 1.1200 prisoners. On tlte west Moldavia front Itussian attacks east of the Putna Val ley were put down by tlte Teutonic allies, as also was an offensive in the vicinity of tlte Oituz Pass. Whilo Berlin asserts that there have been only minor engagements in l>ob rudja. Petrograd reports that the Rus sians have made further progress south ward. ancl that the Teutonic allies con tinue to retreat, burning villages be hind them. Denial is matlc.hyrq?r.Hn of the assertions that the Roumanians have captured tlte town of Ronascio. on the Danube. Bombardment* are taking place along the entire eastern front in Russia and (ialieia, according to the Petrograd War Ofllee. P.erlln reports a repulse of a Russian attack southeast of Riga. MTI'ATIOV \ MA It I7.IA .madm sommwiiat onscrnE The situation east of Goriziit is made somewhat obscure by the variant claims of the Vienna and Home War Ofllces, both of which recorded successes for their respective armies. Vienna as serts that the A list rians have captured another Italian trench in this district, together with sixty prisoners and two machine guns, while Rome records 'he reoccupation of trenches evacuated hy the Italians on Tuesday. Fighting in the Sotnme region of Northern France shows little diminu tion in intensity. The British advance in the Ancro region sofius to have halted. London announces only artillery activity dur ing the night. Berlin, however, re ports hea vj attacks by lite British yesteirtay. notably one <<n the village, of Grandmurt. which is declared to have broken down. The successes against the French scored by tlte Germans north of the Sotnme yesterday are reported by Ber lin to-day. They consisted, according to the statement, in tlte capture of the eastern section of the village of Sail llsol. where the French were menacing the German positions in the St. Pierro Vanst wood, and of French trendies ott the northern edge of this wood. 1 lie French reacted against the Germans south of the Somine, near Chan I hps. where a German counter attack was announced yesterday to have wrested a part of the village or Pressiore from French possession. The French recaptured this ground last night. Paris announces. ItltlTISII iimatmv off in IIAMM.HKWPi; ATTACKS H Kill, IN. November 1 (via Sav vill.-l. ?Attacks l?y Iiritish troops on the German lines along the road from Maillj t.. Sen e. and also to the south east of Beaumont, north of the River Ancro. were beaten off by the Germans in hand-grenade fighting, the War Of fice announced to-day. Strong British forces attacked Giandcourt. but the assault broke down under the German tire. South of t In- Sotnme, the eastern section of Saillisel section was taken from the French and French trenches on the northern edge of St. Plerre Vaast wood were captured, together with more than iimi prisoners and ti\e machine guns. FIIMNt II A M? Id ssi \ \s A OW ( l.osi: TO MON tJiTIn I IJv A.ssoi'iHtod l'rcs> ] PAUlJ". November It;.? French and lltiiisiati troops on the Macedonian trout at?: now within four miles of Monastii, it was announced officially. The War Otlicc says the pursuit of the defeated Bulgarians continue?. , I'tiring the night the Bulgarians abandoned their principal positions west 01" the Cerna Itlvcr. The French and Serbians took too prisoners and made progress toward Varashok, in the t'erna Rend west of' Monastir. South of Monastit tlte French and Russians are reported to be making substantial progress. It is in this re gion to the north of Kenali that they have advanced to within four mltos of Monastir.