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14: hi K f For North CaroUna Partly oud -V TT " "TT L . " 1 " ' y VtHgSJWVy ; M SMh?7 T ' ' ; -. Or-o TAy east, showers we.t portion-Tnesda f ' ' TTTtX JvV SnTrTVTt 1VV ' i M i'S ' 1U iZCigeS M OaCty Wednesday fair, warmer west portion; - 2 - T ' J M j fS IK TOL. xcvm-KO. 110 DEUTSCHimM WEEMS WjtufiAfiz TO BE WQmim MORM FREIGHT U-BOAT IS READY TO UNLOAD German Captain Has No Fear of Enemy Cruisers on Return Trip With War Supplies. SAW NONE COMING OVER Cheerfully Submits to . Thorough In spection to Show That Vessel is Unarmed and of . Peaceful . 3Ilssion Tells of Voyajre. .- Baltimore, July 10 The German sub marine merchantman Deutschland .to night was' ready todischarge 'her .nrfl, lion dollar cargo and take aboard for the return trip metal and,, rubber. need ed by the Emperor's "armiesand navy. The return merchandise is waiting on the dock and the time for leaving port will depend largely upon plans for eluding vigilant enemy ' cruisers which it is expected will be waiting outside the Virginia Capes.. , Tonight the daring German seamen who brought the submarine merchant man Deutschland , across the Atlantic slept quietly aboard their vessel, which lay moored to a carefully screened pier guarded by a strong squad of Balti more police. ' (Capt Paul Koenig. the skipper, had delivered bis papers to the North German Lloyd office, entered his vessel at the- custom house as a commerce-carrier and had presented to a German embassy official ' a pack : of correspondence for Count Von , Berp storff. ', y.; : ; 1, " One of Captain Koenig's Orst acts af ter he ; moved - his ship. up' the harbor from quarantine early - today was -; to announce that the Deutschland was but cne of a fleet of mammoth submersibles built or building for . a regular trans Atlantic freight and mail service.- He said-the next to come .would-be the "Bremen" and that she might be look ed for within eight" weeksl -2tfo.'Slarn. of. Armament. - ' Anxious to establish promptly his peaceful character and to forestall in vestigation sought by diplomatic repre-' sentatives of the allied powers, the German captain submitted his craft to a thorough inspection by. the- surveyor of the port arid an agent Of the. Depart ment of Justice. These officers, as well as the customs inspectors and quaran tine surgeons, agreed that there was no sign of armament of . any descrip tion on board and that there was no doubt in their minds about the .boat being entitled to the status of an ordi nary merchantman. Guy V. Steele, the surveyor, made a formal report to. this effect to Port Collector Ryan, who. transmitted it to the Treasury "Depart ment at "Washington. " ' ' - r Neither Captain Koenig nor agents of the North German Uoyd Line, to whom the boat is consigned, t seemed appre hensive of diplomatic difficulties. It was stated on the authority of the captain that the only arms on board were four automatic pistols belonging to the officers and a .sportsman's rifle for firing rockets. '-.-' J . Busy Day for Commander. . ' This was a busy day for the com-, mander beginning at dawn when quar antine officers went aboard, received the bill of health issued by " the Ameri-( can consul at Bremen and passed the Deutschland into port. .Qnce safely alongside of his dock, Captain Koenig called his crew ashore and posed with them for motion picture and newspa per photographers. . .He laughed and chatted with the camera 'men and cor respondents, but refrained from dis cussing his achievement until after he had reported to the' agents of his own- ers- ... ... Later, at the office of the North Ger man Lloyd he issued . a typewritten statement telling of the coming of oth er boats like the Deutschland and as serted that his voyage had broken the British control of the. seas. At the same time he submitted to an interview in which he described his 3,800 mile cruise from Helgoland to Chesapeake Bay. - -' : ,:'. "ot Chased by Enemy. . He denied reports that he had been chased off his course by enemy war ships, declaring that so far as he knew there was not an -allied war craft in the Atlantic. The captain asserted fur ther that his voyage had established the fact that a submarine of the type of the Deutchland could travel "any where that the ordinary vessel could so, 13,000 miles, if necessary. He had no fears, he stated, of his ability to elude enemies that might' be waiting for him off the Virginia' Capes when he starts his return trip. " - "I will be able to submerge within the three-mile limit and . they " cannot catch me after that," he said? . ' During nearly the entire voyage said Captain Koenig, . the Deutschland; traveled on the surface. Once he subf merged for ten . hours and lay during that time on the bottom of the English cnannel to escane British destroyers. 1 aPtain Koenisr niloted his vessel out 1 f Bremen on June 14. He went direct- to Helgoland, remaining, there nine i.v.-.. un .Tun a th aiihmarlni! illO- PPd awav frnm tVio fslarnl fnrtre-na and nc- trip which ended In Baltimore- to day was begun. . . V V " : Iuucheon at German Clnb. t? ' 1' After completing the ' formalities 'ith the port authorities -Captain ,Koe m v as invited to ; luncheon as the Kuest of honor of the German Club and there delivered to Haniel von Haim jiausen, counsellor of" the Germn'em Ty. the packet of officialcorrespon cnce destined to Count, vpn'Bernstorff. to Count vpn. Bernstorn.. i mcKtSHANT SHIP ISU E EN PROSPECT All Questions as to Legality of the Status of German Submarine Expected to Clear Soon. ' NO PROTEST IN SIGHT Allied Governments Ass: That United States Be Satisfied , of Character of Vessel, bat Take No Bnr-;. ' . ther Action. . f". Washington, July 10. Federal offi cials believed today that the . ques tions of international law raised by the arrival of. the Deutschland riiight soon be cleared away. A preliminary report from Collector Ryan. at Balti more - indicated that the vessel V. was purely a merchant ship, devoid of any peculiar status because of the unpre cedented manner of her trip across the Atlantic. ,. . - . . . 'Should this be borne out by the more detailed examination that"wjll be made, officials see no reason for' dip lomatic complications. There was no prospect tonight that the allied govern ments were preparing to protest in the event that' the Deutschland is hild to be . a merchantman. . .. ' j. . . : . The Navy Department today detailed Captain C. P. Hughes to aid the. Bal timore collector in examining the sub marine. Another officer familiar; with submarine construction will accomjwiny Captain Hughes: but they will , act merely in an advisory capacity,' and the attitude "of the government' will be determined l.by thel collectors report;; . -Rum.ors that objection might be" rais ed by Captain Koenig of the Deutsch land 'or by Gorman embassy -officials to a closer inspection of the submarine on the ground, that she is of a secret type of construction were not generally credited by officials. Such opposition would probably result in the recall, of Captain Hughes and it would then be incumbent on the German government to offer convincing evidence of the sub marine's peaceful eharacter. The British and French embassies to day formally called the State Depart ment's attention to the arrival of the Deutschland, and asked that the United States be satisfied of her character. No protest was. made against entry to the port of Baltimore nor against the dis charge of the cargo. The question of whether the crew and officers of the submarine might be German reservists aroused some speculation) but the al lied "diplomats apparently were far from convinced that this would prove a basis .for any request for action. .; It was said tonight permission would not be given-for unloading any of the cargo, for shore leave for any of the submarine's crew or for transmission of the documents described as diplo matic papers brought by Captain Koe4 nig until the State Department had finally passed on the vessel's status. Officials said the investigation would be expedited and they expect to be able to .give a ruling within 48 ' hours at most. . ; " The Deutschland's case is not ex pected to go before the ., Neutrality Board unless the Federal investigation leaves some doubt regarding her status. TO INTIMIDATE NO MAN III EXERCISE OF RIGHT Troops- Sent to Wilmington to Guarantee Rights of People. Governor Craigr, in Statement Yester day, Said He" Would Not With-' . - idraw. Troops ' Until - Re- , -quested by Judge. ' .(Special Star Telegram.) ' Ashevnie, N. C, July lO.-Answering a protest froto the people of fWilming? ton regarding the presence' of ' troops in that city, the protest being, signed by . Iredell Meares, Governor. Craig to-: night- telegraphed Judge W. P. . Stacy that he would not withdraw the troops stationed ; there until Judge Stacy. thinks it best. ' , '';i Governor Craig : stated . tonight . that the' military' 'companies were sent to Wilmington- at the; request,, of Judge; Stacy, the resident Judge of the dis trict, and at, the request pf the sheriff :1. n.'nF.i' Annv . Th tr'onri a ' , ..',:, a nrl,e6tiOon ajrairist i.SR " -7 . 7. was imminent, he said. Continuing the Governor said: . . . ' ''. ' "Judge Stacy and the sheriff are the constituted authorities In Wilmington to mainHin; order. , As long as they think -troops necessary, I will not with draw them. .' There -48 no armed inter vention, and will; be none, unless; it is found necessary.' t6 protect life and nroperty? and the' city, from violence. There .is nq purposa to itttimidate any; manjA the ruji ex5rc iBv - nHeo; on-: Pag ten. - - ' 1 MIKGTON, r iiit i mini ii ii EPORTEDWITHOUT War - Department Orders Investi- Ration of Conditions in Ba- . DAMAGE TOTALS MILLIONS Rainfall Has Continued Steadily for More Than 100 Hours at Points in Alabama. With thousands of persons homeless and destitute and with' a growing list of dead, the Federal government yes terday took official .notice of the 'se rious flood conditions that have fol lowed the tropical hurricane in the Southern states. At the . request of Senator Underwood, the War Depart ment has ordered an engineer to inves tigate conditions in the Cahaba and Alabama river' valleys, where 2,500 families are reported without food or shelter. '"-V: ' ! The floods have extended into West ern North Carolina-afncl rivers, creeks and branches in six Southern states are out of their banks and flooding thousands v6f, acres as- a -resultof un precedented rainfall since last Wednesday.- Nine deaths reported yesterday brought the storm's total to 61 lost and missing. The damage will' total -millions of dollars. In Alabama, conditions have assum ed the most serious ' aspect. Continued rainfall for more than .100 hours at some places has "crippled wire and. rail communications and demoralized busi ness. Railroad yards and manufac turing plants .in' Montgomery are threatened by the rising waters of the Alabama river and bjackwaer. has over flown , the greafer portion of North Montgomery.. . ' Relief Parties Orcanised. - v Selmaiftens yesterday organised relief parties-for work among-thei flsd victims along the Cahaba and Alabama rlVer .valleys where two thousand fam ilies have been . driven" from their homes. " ' ' Prattville, Ala., a town of 3,000 in habitants, -is mostly covered by the w'anrf 'Atttaaifereek, nominally a stream a dozenfeet Wide, but now a miniature Mississippi. More than 'a hundred convicts are marooned, at . the state convict camp near Montgomery' The -waters of the Tallapoosa river have backed up more than a mile,'-covering the entire state farm.' The Ocmulgee river at East Macon, Ga., has left its banks, surrounding many houses,, interrupting the opera tion of manufacturing plants and ren dering many families homeless. At Columbus. Ga., the Chattahoochee river is threatening industrial plants. Monltrte, . Ga., Cnt Off. Moultrie, Ga., is entirely. cut off from telegraphic communication and reports fro mthjroughout, .Southern Georgia tell of serious crop damage and loss of livestock. The wreck of the fishing smack J?hilip Keyes'off Dauphin Island, near Mobile, added eight persons to the death list from the Gulf hurricane. Two survivors of the crew were picked up at Dauphin Island. ' The French Broad river and its trib utaries are at flood stage and have se riously damaged crops In Buncombe, Henderson .and Transylvania counties, in North Carolina.' -Railroad traffic throughout the flooded district is bad ly delayed. ' ' ' . Moss Point, Mississippi, experienced a rainfall of 12 inches in the 24 hours following , the gulf storm, and every residence" and business house in the town wa sdamaged. Street cars and lighting, plants were put out of com mission. . A number of saw: mills and canning factories were demolished at Pasca goula. Miss., and virtually every struc ture in -the place, was damaged. '.Extensive , damage was done to tim ber, sawmills and crops near Hatties burg. ; -.( v Many Honses Damaged. '. Not more than a dozen of the 2,400 houses In traurel, Miss., escaped dam age.; ' , '--. ; ' : 'The corn crop in.; that section is re ported. 75 -per -cent. destroyed. ..Four hundred persons are homeless in the Dayton, Tenn., district, on ac count , of ; the overflow of Tennessee river. A ten-year boy missing since Sunday has been discovered alive . on a drift but cannot, be rescued until the waters. subside.. 'Railway traffic is badly crippledv ; V; PERSON'S RESCTTED FROM TREE : ; TOPSl CROPS' AIiIj UNDER WATER ' Montgomery, Alalv July 10 Hundreds of pedple are homeless and millions of dollars 'of "damage Vhas- been done to property 'and 'crops by the high waters from the? Alabama' river. From all sec tions of the jniddle and southeastern section - of-Alabama come reports of persons being, rescued from tree tops and "flourishing - crops of cotton and corn entirely v. covered with water. So far as is known the loss of life has been J-very small. fTwo negroes are re ported dead at Geneva, . Ala.f , The suf ferings among 4he inhabitants of the stornt, section is reat. t Relief parties have been, organized in several towns to care for the homeless. ' (s , "Besides the damage to other , proper ty .which" will "reach into millions of dollars in r this state, ' Alabama's Corn and cotton crOP has suffered at least M.OOtf.OOO- to $5,000,000 damage, as the result' of ':the week's storm andJ-heavy rains, according,, to. an estimate made by j. A. Wade, state commissioner of agriculture, today. ," .;, : : Great damage is -reported along the CoOsa-river, a rise of three feet an hour - (Continuea a on age eix.j (Continued , on J'age six. FOOD OR SHELTER K. G9 TXJESDAY MOBKlJeTIJI.1 1, 1916 PRESIDENT URGES pCEWllTUAL OF FORCE In Address in Detroit He Defends Democratic Party as a Friend of Business. APPLAUDED BY THRONGS Thousands Shout Greetings at Him at Every Appearance; "Peace' Response of Audience. - SPEAKS AT J TOLEDO, ALSO Says No War Until It is an Un . IT" mistakae Necessity. Detroit. Mich. "July 10. President Wilson urged peace reached by mu tual understanding rather than force and defended" the. Democratic party as a friend of business in speeches today to an enthusiastic Michigan audience. Thousands of.: persons shouted greet ings at him wheiever he appeared, the hall in which' he spoke to the World's Salesmanship Congress was jammed and an audience estimated at "50,000 greeted him'; at tho .Ford Motor plant. Tonight ln Toledo another throng listened" to his brief rear-platform address. . ' . . , . "Peace" wjis the . shouted response of the salesmanship audience" when the President; asked - what they de sired when the present struggles arse t;a. end, .And . he padded that - "per .mn tnL pgaca", wa lh ia dfisifei - - At a nonrpaTti5an?5ShcieTS-pr Jn" tpe Detroit Athletic club y-the President Sprang to' the defense of the Demo crats, -i. "We have common interests and it is our business to understand and serve those common interests." ha said "The great difficulty that has-confronted us gentlemen, 'has often been that we have deliberately looked at ihese com mon interests from self -chosen angles, which made them look as if some, of us were separated from others and as if some of us wanted to depress busi ness, for example, and others . of us wanted to ' exalt business. "I dare say that you have noticed that the same necessity to make a living is imposed upon Democrats as Republicans and I dare say you are ready to believe that Democrats are just as willing to make a good living as Republicans. Therefore, it seems to me logically to follow, though I have "been 'quoted as' having no re gard for logic, that Democrats are nat urally as much interested in the", busi-, ness prosperity of the United States, as anybody else. So that if you believe that they are not as fitted to guide 1 it as other persons, you cannot be doubt ing their - interest; you ate only im pugning theirUntelligence." The suspicion is beginning to dawn, he added, that the average man un derstands the business necessities of the country as well as the extraordi nary man. ' The Federal Reserve act, the Presi dent said, had been earnestly opposed by some of the most intelligent busi ness men of . the country. jf . Saved Prom Ruinous Panic. "By this act we succeeded' in taking credit out of the control of a small number of ..men," he continued, "and making it available to everybody who had real commercial assets, and the very men who opposed that act and opposed it conscientiously now admit that it savedthe country from a ruin ous panic when the stress of war came on and that it is the salvation of every average business man who is in the midst of the tides that I have been trying to describe." But One Soil for Peace. Addressing the salesmen, President Wilson declared in part; .'"We desire permanent peace; perma nent peace can grow only in one soil. That is the soil of actual good will, and good will can not come without mutual comprehension. - "I hear some gentlemen say that they want to help Mexico and the way they propose - to help her- is to over whelm her with . force. That is the long way as well as the wrong way. Be'Cause, after the- fighting" you have a nation full 'Of Justified suspicion and animated by well founded hostility and hatred, and then will ' you, help them? Then will you establish cordial busi (Continued on Page - Ten.) . THE DAY IN CONGRESS ' ; .:'.; SENATE Met at 11 a. 'm.- . - Continued' debate on.the agricultural bill. . , , ' , - . , Passed Senator - Chilton's resolution suggesting that the President set? aside a day for -contribution-to a relief fund for Syrians tn the Mount LebanQn-dis-trict. . '' i -t . : 1 .'.:' Passed! tha; House jreVblution to per-, mit use of Federal hospital - equip-me"ht- air ElTls "Island Tor flghtfng in fantile paralysis, in New York. - Recessed at 6 p. : m. to . 11:30 ; a. m. Tuesday. ' .! ' ' ' ' : '. ' - ' :- ""' .HOUSE ..-..-"' ' :'-y Met at 10 a. m. I '. ' . '.' Passed Omnibus. Revenue' bill1' 210 to .140.: '.-.;v :. "', .-', x ' .v Ad journed ; at; 7 :p mi ?5 to noon auesaay. $ . ..t ..- v. . . k Tuesday. VIOLENT FIGHTING Russians Have Crossed the Stojk hod River at Various Points, Says Allied Report. .'m-ivi' FRENCH CAPTURE HILL 97 British Statement Says Germans Have Entered Trones Wood in Western Theatre. ' London, July 10. Violent fighting persists on the two battle fronts with fluctuating fortunes, and has brought to British minds the warnings of cor respondents from the opening of the Somme battle, that the steady, method ical pressure, rather than brilliant ad vances . must be expected. The Rus sian! have crossed the Stokhod river at many points, and their continued progress is the outstanding feature of the Allied offensive. . ; .';' The Bjitlsipfncial statement tonight says the GeriSins have entered 'Trones wood and reoerda further progress east of Ovillers and LaBoiselle, in addition to a footing secured by the British m the Mametz wood where the Germans had resisted all British efforts. . In a brilliant attack the French have car ried Hill 97, a height which dominates the Somme southeast of Biache. -according to the Paris official statement. The German official communication, admits French possession of Biaches, only a short distance from Peronne, which town is thus seriously, exposed and threatened. German war correspondents are - al ready claiming that the Allied offensive has- been brought to a standstill. The, correspondent of the Berlin Ta geblatt with the Austrian army, testi fies to the inexhaustible supply of Rus sian troops, the great, efficiency of the Russian artillery and cavalry and the endless supplies Of ammunition, as in greatcontrast to the .condition of the itusstan iarces last year.- The Germans are continuing their strong attacks along-the Russian front but the view is held here that this is only with the object of gaining tiine to perfect the defenses of. Kpvel and Vladimir-Volynski and to. remove1 large store of miUtlerJfrom these points to Brest-LltovsandvaHarerod. GERMANS ENTER TRONES WOOD A jTER SIX DESPERATE ATTACKS London, July 10. After the sixth desperate attack . this afternoon the Germans succeeded in entering Trones wood, according to the British official statement, issued tonight. This was at the expense of very heavy casualties, the statement adds, and . the fighting in the-' wood continues. The statement says:. "This afternoon, after the sixth des perate attack the Germans succeeded in entering Trones wood at the expense 'of very heavy casualties. The fighting in the wood continues. . "Further west we gained lodgment in the Mamatz wood, where the enemy's-defense hitherto had resisted all our efforts. We also , gained ground east of Ovillers and Laboiselle. ' "Yesterday the royal flying corps op erated several successful - bombing at tacks against various detraining cen .ters, ammunition depots and aerodromes and numerous combats occurred . in, the air, as a result of which one - German machine was destroyed and several others were driven to , the ground in a damaged condition." . t . .-.j FRENCH HAVE CARRIEDHIIiL 91 IN A BRILLIANT ATTACK Paris,.' July 10- try brilliant at tack the French haVecarried Hill 97, "a height which dominates , the Somme southeast of - Biacii.es, according to the official sta'tement issued by the French war,-office tonight. The,,. statement follows: "North, of the Somme the day passed quietly. "South of the river .we made spme progress in the region between Biaches. and Barleux. t, "In the neighborhood of Biaches, we captused an old fort where a detachment Of the enemy still maintained them selves. We took 113 prisoners, of which ten-were, officers. -v" "Southeast of Biaches,. a brilliant at tack enabled us to capture Hill 97, a height which dominates the ricer, and had been strongly held by the enemy. ; We also took La Maisonnette . farm and a little wood to the north of La MaissOnnette. Some 'of the' enemy still hold out in a" redoubt at the extremity of this wood. "On the front north . of Verdun the enemy artillery violently bombarded our positio.ns lh'' the region ot Froide Terre, Fleury alnd the Fumin wood. Our . batteries7 replied- ' energetically. There was". no .event of. importance on the, rest of this front. "Our aviators attacked a number of German machines yesterday in the re gion of the Somme. Four of the enemy aircraft were driven down within their own; lines. Last night one ; of our air sqiiadrons threw a number of shells oft th railroad station at Hem and Polain Court " - ' . . " -; 2 s Washington. .July 10. Answers re ceived, today by the public health ser vice In response, to inquiries - regarding-the prevalence of infantile paraly sis showed that the' diseaae 'ls'" hot' epi demic; , outside 'Jt New York. - It Was estimated tonight Ithat-there.' were not more than 75 -. eases . throughout : the country othei; than in New York, and this number . according , to Dr. E. A. Sweet who has charge of- the. Inquiry, is about normal ; v f.or '. July- Several states 'reported - ho .-easea and the aver- i.c w ". age per statawa not -more: than, three. AMICABLE AGREEMENT IN STREET CAR STRIKE REACHED LAST NIGHT FEELS SUBE THERE CAN BE NO BREAK General Calles Says Jle Has Order ed Demobilization of His Troops Near Border. SENDS TROOPS TO FARMS Military Commander at Sonora Makes Remarkable Statement "to the As oclated Press Seems to be Going In tor Peace. Douglas, Ariz., July 10. In a state ment issued to the Associated Press to night General Calles, military comman der at Sonora said : ; "Advices J, received today from Mex ico City were so satisfactory they made me feel so sure there can be no break Detween- Mexico and the. United States that I have ordered the demobnization of my troops , now in the border dis tricts and their discharge from the na tional service and !6rdered the re-opening of all public offices along the bor der. - . . "I have also extended an invitation to foreigners -to return - to . Sonora and will protect -them , and their property. ""All of the volunteers who took up arms for their . country . have been or dered to their homes to plant their fields and aid the government in bring ing about a return of "normal condi tions, v .v . "The . railroads of Sonora will re open for public traffic immediately, and I have ordered ;the.bulk -Qf my troops to proceed to the .-Ya.qui'.river valley to take up- the .Indian campaign . once more in order -that 'life and property of Mexicans- and. foreigners might be safe, c ?'. : '' .:'..... - -, . ' "Each of tny-ubordtnte eomman ders has-been intructe4 to punish any one, soldier or jivilianr who does not extend every courtiesy to foreigners." General ' Calles sent . the same mes sage to General . Davis, commander of the Arizona' district,- tonight. --The managers of. several of the large mining properties in. :Sonora held con ferences with General Calles today by his request and personally received tho invitation , of. the Mexican government to retur .to- work with . their foreign employes. : Several indicated that they were ready to return, to work as soon as the embargo, against explosives had been raised... ; i -; A number of smallerproperties will re-open at once.' . . BANDITS HEADED AGAIN FOR BORDER. SAYS ' ARREDONDO Washington, July 10.; Acting Secre tary Polk,- of .' the . State 'Department, and Eliseo ; jArredondoi ' Mexican am bassador designate, conferred briefly today. but no definite:' steps were taken toward beginning the rproposed nego tiations fo,r settleraants. of differences "between two governments.. The confer ence was in formal . and followed the ambassador's '$i&tp t''..'tnes'iepartment with further advices frbhi his gov ernment regarding operations of Villa bandits near ' Corraiitos, 1 Mexico. The defacto authorities,-;Mr. Arredondo said, had secured more definite information to the effect that 'the bandits were headed toward Boquillas or some point near there on -the Texas border. The ambassador renewed the warning pre (Contlnued On Page Ten.? PUBLISHERS POSTPONE PROGRAMME FOR A DAY Trains for Asheville .. Delayed by Flood: and Rain, Southern Newspaper publishers Asso ciation Convenes in Aannal Ses sion .Todays-Prominent Speakers AbsehV Asheville, N.' C.,' July 10. The delay of passenger trains owing to the heavy rainstorms and.floofls, with the conse quent non-arrival of many, members 6f the Southern Newspaper Publishers As sociation, caused the postponement un til tomorrow-of the entire programme scheduled for today's "session of the 14th annual convention of" the associa tion. " .. Among the scheduled speakers fall ing to arrive were P. C. McDuffie, presi dent of the Atlanta Ad Men's Club, who was to have spoken this afternoon on "Insurance Advertising." Another ab sentee was Russell- R. .Whitman, man aging director . of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Both .'are expected to ar rive tonight arid today's ' and tomor row's programmes will be carried out. About 60 members of the association have arrived-and it is expected that at least that many .more will come In on tonight's trains. The following committees were ap pointed this morning by President W. T. -Anderson, of .the Macon Telegraph: Auditing Committee W. W. Hoi -land, Spartanburg Herald, -chairman; E. B. "Jeff ress, .Greensboro Daily News, and J. H. Allison Nashville Tennessee-an-Amerlcan. . ...... ' -v'- Nominating Committee V H.w Han-. . , tvvuu vu - i Con tinned on Pax e Six.) WHOLE UTJMBER 39,638 Striking Employes of Tidewater Bower Company to Return to Work This Morning. . A.. START CARS TODAY NOON Committee of One Hundred to be Appointed to Pass On the . Future Policy t ; PUBLIC. IS MUCH PLEASED Citizens' Committee Did Faithful Work. Most The. street car strike in Wilmington, , inaugurated July Fourth, will be term inated today at noon, an agreement sat isfactory to both the Tidewater Power " Company and its employes having been reached last night through the medaV tion of tfie Citizens' committee of; left men, after four days of arduous and pa tient" work. The agreement provides that all striking employes with the ex ception of ten men, in whose places oth er men have been employed during the past week, shall be employed by the Tidewater, and the company promises to use its best efforts to employ the lat ter within 30 days. The settlement of the controversy provides, that the Citizens' committee shall appoint a cofnmittee of one hun dred men to pass upon the question of approving or . disapproving the future policy, of the Tidewater Power Com pany. It is agreed that the men will apply individually for their positions' today at" 11 o'clock, and they. will be assigned their,, runs by General Manager Skeldlng at noon, - -The settlement-of the differences will be.1 receive ; with great joy by the gen eral public,, which has deeply and keen ly regretted the unfortunate controver sy While- 'conditions; brought ' about following the calling of the strike caus ed the authorities to feel that it would be well to iring in" four companies of militia to quell any possible violence, in justice . to; the employes, of the Tide water -Power -Company, it should be said that they did not participate in anything that was disorderly and that their conduct at ' all times ' has been that of gentlemen. However, with the removal of any cause of complaint, it is expected that the members of the f our militia companies will be allowed to return to their homes today. ' The Faithful Committee. Certainly not within many years in the , city of Wilmington has any public . committee . ever . rendered more efficient, careful and painstaking work than did the committee of ten, which was appointed on last Thursday ' afternoon.'. These men representing practically every-phase Of life in the city were , in session .-daily . from 10 to 12 hours, including Sunday, when they met at, 11 A. M. and continued in ses sion until 11 P. M. Many times their task seemed hopeless, but they wete patient - and always hopeful. These: men, to whom" the public is under last ing Obligation, were: Archdeacon Thos. P. Noe, chairman; Woodus Kellum, Esq., secretary of the commltee, and Messrs. J.' Allan Taylor, S. J. Ellis, W. H. Sprunt, W. H. Regis- . ter, K. W. Jewell, J. H. Curtis, and Hon. John D. Bellamy and R. H. Brady. Following .the lengthy session Sun day which seemingly resulted in little progress being- made, the committee met; yesterday afternoon at o'clock. At that, time a letter was received from the motormen and conductors' ot the Tidewater Power Company, 58 in all, pledging themselves to accept the provisions of Mr. Hugh MacRae's let ter of Sunday with the exception that they asked that the ten men, whom Mr. MacRae had said he could not em ploy, should be taken back within 30 days. If the best efforts of the company would make it possible. The commit tee thereupon addressed a letter to Mr, Hugh MacRae, president, of the com pany, 1 recommending its acceptance. In reply Mr. MacRae in a letter to the committee stated his willingness to do this and further said that he would be glad to go further and suggest that a committee of one hundred be ap pointed to pass upon the future policy of the Tidewater towards the public: With the receipt of this letter, which was shortly , after 8 o'clock, the com mittee, felt that it was well on its way to a settlement, which was indeed the case. After going into every detail with Mr. MacRae, General Manager A. B. Skelding and Vice President M. F. H. Gouverneur, the committee at 9 o'clock adjourned with a . prayer by Archdeacon Noe. v ' .'Committee of One Hundred. ' In accordance with the suggestion of -Mr. MacRae, the Citizens' committee adopted a resolution. providing for the appointment .of a- committee of . one hundred and will meet today at 12:30 o'clock at the City .Hall ; for the pur pose of appointing the committee.. The committee of one hundred will meet Wednesday .morning' at 11 o'clock for the purpose of organizing. , The per sonnel of the committee is stated in the resolution which Is as follows: .-. t,: ' , "Whereas, Mr. Hugh MacRae, presi dent of the Tidewater Power Company, 1 : has . suggested the , appointment of a. committee Of one hundred disinterest ed citizens -of the city of Wilmington, to pass upon the question of approving or disapproving the policy of the Tide-, water- Power , Company and the future policy jf the' publle-. toward the ; Tld water Power Company: - . - r - . r "Therefore, Be it Resolved, That this. . committee; .appoint . a .committee of .100-- . - - wwmmwi. v . . tm ,V Jl Continued, ot. Page . Teo vl 4 vr - 1 g v i 1 ' town r-1 1 i It t f.. hi ;: fc ? f ,f i 5 r1' hi i- J t - a t , i . 'til i. I i Ui: -S- it - ri K l i ' t f " a -...'J S S .v-ontinued
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 11, 1916, edition 1
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