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VOL.-XIII, NO. 21 ; GREENSBORO, - N. C , SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1915 PRICE FIVE CENTS URS. TO REN PLACED ON WITNESS STAND IN MUDDY CREEK TRIAL . ' ..; - ii - Denies She Had Anything to do .,; With Husband's Murder; UNITED STATES HAS '. VAST STOCK OF GOLD We Have Accumulated GrutMt Amount f Gold of Any Nation in the World. ,. (hret ,ootMxofooo la Gold.' ' r- CHRISTY DID THE KILLING .Woman Says Her Husband and V Christy Got Into Fight and 1 ' Christy Used Wrench. v v BODY;' PLACED IN TRUNK She Die Not See It But Christy Told .,'.'Hf It Wit in the Tnwk Saw ' ' " Christy Load it'w a'! Hack '. ' ' .'r and Dliva Off. . . (Special to Dally' News.) i-' - ':' Winston-Salem, 'Aug. . From mo- tione of the counsel for Christy and . Mrs. Warren at the eloaa of court , here ' this afternoon, It appeared that they are ; going to rely upon the oommon law of : Texas with reference to, marriages aa i the1 principal defence for their cllenta. They succeeded In the admission of v' , denea by the court of the law of Texaa : , which reeogniaea pereona aa legally mar ried upon their declaration after, having , lived together for a given period. The defense hopes by this to exclude all - damaging testimony , submitted . to the ;., jury as confessions, made Dy tnese two elients.. Under the statutes of North Carolina. evidence .given' by , a wife against her husband or vice versa la in '! competent in capital eases. ."' - -.- Had a bomb exploded in the court - room thia afternoon it would not nave caused more genuine surprise and ex . eitement than . did Judge K. B.. Jonas v when he ordered' Mra. Ida Ball Warren, one of the three defendants in the Mud dy ereek murder trial,' to1 take 'the stand - at 8.40 o'clock this afternoon. Judge Jones "put It over"1 everybody. Not ' even the counsel for the other two de fondants ' thought that t Mra. Warree Would be pbt on the stand.. Her teiti - nony ia damaging to Christy and bow it is expected that Attorney , rarnso , will put his client .on the stand. .: ' At 12.30 o'clock the attorneys for the : state announced that they had finished the case. .At this point, Judge Jones : ' took oceaaion to thank end eompHBient Judge' Cline on the able way ne has . handled the tasev Attorney. jPred'.Parr V risk 'requested that the counsel, for the v defense Je. allowed a conference. This I . .nU' .J' ' r.iM iti-f " Journed court until 8.80 o'clock in order that the defendants lawyers might have - time1 to "put their heads .together." Be fore court was adjourned, however, At torney Frank T, Bftltfwm, representing Stonestreet, asked that the court hare the solicitor elect the bill, on( which he " ie to hare Stoneatreet appear before the jury. Thia request waa complied ' with and Solicitor Graves was told to have hia decision ready at 8.30. ; f ; i's-yii targe Crowds. Present.'''v"i;.': .'1 When court 'reconvened for the after-' i noon session the crowd waa larger than . '..''.., (Special to Daily Newa.) .Washington, Aug. S With (2,008,309, 639 In gold cash and bullion In the United states August 2, this nation has accu mulated the grratest stock of gold of any nation on earth' and perhaps . aa much as any two nations of the world now possess. It Is the greatest stock of gold that the United States 'has ever had. It la the greatest stock of gold that any na tion, modern or ancient, ever eould Jay claim to. .V.i; ' J " England, it is reported, has accumu lated about $800,000,000 In gold, prac tically the entire stock of the United Kingdom aa the nation has been hoard ing precious metal and urging the p ple to use currency. - . - In 1907, when the United Statea had a stock of $1,612,000,000 in gold, Ger many bad a stock valued at 11,044,000, 000 France, 1906,000,000 ; Russia, tOOT, 000,000; Great Britain, 54,0O0000 Anatria, $303)00,000; Italy, $268,000, 000. : The present stock of the United States, representative of a loss of gold to the nations of Europe through trade balances, must-easily equal tha holdings of any two nations, If not of any three at tne present time. There waa never -so much gold in the . World aa at the m-esent day.,. The nro.' duction ' of gold for. the first half .cen tury between 1801 - and , 1850, averaged only l.79.0O0 a rear. For thefol-i loving 60 years, with the discovery of gold in California,-the annual produc tion rose to $124,892,000. - The production of all previous . years throughout the world's history was never anywhere near such vast amounts. ' . July 1 the gold stock of the United States waa l,tf34D,01S Snowing an a LINE OF THE VISTULA Novogeorgiersk, an Entrenched ' Camp, Alone is Held, iii CAMP IS WELL PROTECTED Opinion Prevails in London That The Russians Have Es- ,. ' . caped the Ring; RUSSIA MAY, BE INVADED GEN. BENJAMIN FTRACY 'IS DEAD IN NEW YORK f.' Germans Hay Purpose Going Right Into the Csar'a ' Land1 And Forcing ' the . Ruler of All the Kuuiana to . . - Conclude Separata Paace. . eumulatlon,to August 2 of over $12 000,000. In' the treasury of the United Statea, held as assetsvof the government, there ja 1228,07821 In gold, federal re serve banks and agenta hold $6,629,902 as security against federal notes; s there la $58661,647 gold in circulation; the balance of- the stock is held aa coin or bullion in the - mints of the United States. There is $4,009,561,429 of all kinda ofJ money, iq , the United Statea, of tbts amount $3,53,706,022 ia in circulation. Aa the population of continental United circulation per capita is $.35.33., A year azo tne caoita circulation was (33.001 July -1 tnia -year w waa MOB.QP .75 .MEN HANG . , AN OKLAHOMA NEGRO INepo'," WW Confessed, to "Criminal 'ai- -f t wax, s;n)ia ynwwui.jansj f ,SWW0kla.i Aug. Ct-W. Berry, ne gro, charged wlthtwo eases of criminal assault and suspected In connection with 10 others that have occurred here In the last three years, was taken from officers early today and hanged to a telephone pole at tne scene of one of ma alleged Crimea.,; ' 1 f' i " ' i-t;., f i-. v '' " ' ' ' 1 ; Berrv Waa secretly brought here for trial from the penitentiary a HcAieeter, When the train arrived and the deputy sheriff and his. , prisoner, alighted ' they Were eovereji by revolvers in the hands of dozen masked men. rue officer was linmj '. Tun " fwnlv nfnmnki 1m on either of the two previous nays, l loaded with masked, men then aDDeared Judge Cline-- repeated hia instruction d e negro waa-quickly conveyed to . r., . . -. tno ucara street 4rioae. wnen tne rope requiring the state to announce what bill it would ask a verdirt on In re. . snect to Stoneatreet, it was -overruled. Judge Cline then stated hat the.de . iendants would be given an" opportunity to put their-witnesses on the . stand. Attornev Fred -Parrleb' stated that . Christy desired to examine no witnesses. Ida Ball Warren waa then failed upon to produce her witnesses. . '. v ' ' "Ida Ball Warren, come around and bav sworn,"' said Judge Jones, her , at torney. . ( ' The defendant waa extremely nervous. : tTnr I,m u.a mm mvhlt mm m mnmmt fiKi. Arose from her seat behind her counsel and walked toward the witneea stand with a quick, nervous walk.1 She spoke ' very slowly, and ;at first very indis tinctly, but after a few minutes her manner became . calm and . her voice strong.- - . i " I . - . Name, Ida Ball Warren. Age, 38. ; Born nine, miles from Clemmons. Lived In Forsyth county Until 25 years old. : Went, to Lynchburg,. Va., and then to Texas. .' Was in Lynchburg for . two) years, f Came home for one week When waa adjusted ground Berry's neck he was. questioned about ', the crimes and asked it he, were ' guilty. - In -each in stsnee ha nodded his head affirmatively. In every easo the negro's victim waa a white woman, e v "'x 1 : Following the confession the ' negro was hanged in the presence of about 75 men. all masked, after which the crowd dispersed. ... , SIXTY VICTORY SHOTS Uf HONOR OF TAKING WARSAW ' London, 'Aug; 6.--The Amsterdam cor respondent of the Exchange Telegraph company- reporta : e " 'A Berlin-dispatch 'statea that Ueneral von Keaeelf military commander of Ber lin, ordered a salute of 60 "victory shots' Bred at noon today in honor of the takings Warsaw. : RTJSSUKS ARE EVACTJATIHG -: s , KOVNO, PAIXY MAIL LEARWS, London, 'Aug. 7. A dispatch to the t... ..i... ji-j Ij . i r, .iDailv Mail from Copenhagen says: mtmrnrm ot Bnj l i--j . .: The governor and his staff and the banks and wife. Left Grand Saline with War ren and came to this city and lived With Warreri. Next lived at the Piedmont boarding house. Waa employed to run Jt until Man of this year. . : , : Her daughter, Mra. Stoneatreet, is 16 years old. Waa married when 18. ,, Was ' living on Sixth street last August. Her baby was born in September of last leaving' for the past week." London, Aug. 6. With the exception of j the great entrenched - camp of Novogeorgievak, the Russians have evae; uated the whole line of the Vistula riv er.. . Ivangorod, the - southern fortress, having , fallen ' into the hands of the Austro-German army the Russians are. now making their way eastward to the nrestutoat; une. - " The decision of the general staff to leave the garrison in Kovogeorgievak is announced In Petrograd dispatches. The object is to deprive the Germaraa of the use of railway communications- and of the Vistula river, for bringing up sup- puea lor tneir armies. " - -1 Novogeorgievak is situated at the junction . of the . Vistula, ; Narew and Wkra rivera to the northwest of WaB- saw.", It is calculated by military ob servers nere that an army corps can hold out there for many . months, aa the camp , is protected by massive earth works, which doubtless have been en Urged and improved aince thevRuftelans were compelled to begin their , retire ment. ' . . - The laying of siege to Novogeorgievak may prove one of the most interesting operations , of the war, as it doubtless will show whether earthworks are less susceptible to the fire of high explosives man are cupola torts. - . - Of the retiring Russian armies the of' Scial reports say nothing.1 The 'Russians, However, destroyed bridges over the Vis. tula and took other means to Dlace ob stacles in the path ' of their ' Dursuersi while' others of their forces continue fct offer atubborh nsiatanca to the Hermans and Austria ns sopthA4-swrthf"wlvsaM vjmg to rorge a ring around tnem, r The a-eneral. osMieS iierir ii that thfl Russiens. commenced thel retirement In tlino to escape this ring.;..; .i , A serious menace V seemingly to the nuniui u ureoera,! TOO oueiovi aa.' vance in the Baltic provinces. While, ac cording -to Petrograd, the Germans have been, thrown back immediately south of Kiga, they have made a further advance east of Poniewesch toward the Dvinsk Vilna -Petrograd raHwayv v., ; , . ' Some critics believe this move means that the Germans, unless they succeed In smashing the Russian, army, Intend to make an effort to advance further into Russia and endeavor- to, force Emperor Mchoiaa to accept a separate peace. With the history of previous invasions of Bus ia before them, however, it is believed In other quarters that the German staff would hesitate at such, a tremendous nn dei-taking. i . kji . . ... ! Along the western front the Germans have made a series of attacks but all of them,' according to the French report. were repulsed... z'ij.ij. - i.;..-.,'.-.. In diplomatic circles great interest at tachea to the negotiations that are go ing on in the capitals of the Balkan states. .The ministers of the quadruple entente powers at Mn, Serbia, follow ing the example of. their colleagues In Ah ens, have had a conference with the Serbian . government. , Simultaneously , .' Coavicta Wouldn't Jump, ; Salem," Ora.; Aug- 8. Thirty-aeven con victs on a motor truck, which waa cross ing a railroad track here late todav church bells furnished a basii-voice in Sofia haa denied the repeated reports that an agreement baa been reached be tween Bulgaria and Turkey.5 ; ; V SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD VETERAN ' J ' HELPED TO CAPTURE WARSAW Berlin, Aug. 6. By Wireless to Pay ville, X.; Y. The Overseas, News agency today give out the transmission abroad of the account of the storming of. War saw by Bavarian troops : : "Bavarian troops, under command! of Prince Leopold of Bavaria, the 70-year-old veteran of 1886 and 1870-71, stormed tne outer and inner forts of the Ruesian stronghold on both banks of the Vistula river and reduced -Warsaw yesterday. - "Immediately after the newa was con- firmed the Berlin streets resembled an ocean with their lustily waving flags. Ha, Was $s Years Old and Was Sec t . . retary af the, Havy la Har. rison'a Cabinet . ... New York. Aug. . Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy, who .waa -.President Harrison1 secretary of tha'aavy, died of paralysii here today la - Ala Both year alter period of. unconsciousness -lasting nine days. ' '. -:r-. " - - j. -Ueneral Traeyls death which occurred lata this afternoon, followed a fight for life that had amased the physician at Ms bedside. Only ) his extraordinary vitality had kept him alive for the bet ter part of the past week. . Three years ago ueneral 3 racy sus tained a shock of paralysis, but rallied from-it after a few. weeks and waa able to resume hia ".law practice. He was badly shaken up in an. automobile acet dent last decoration day, but from thia, too, ha speedily recovered. The illness which resulted In hia death, waa induced it waa believed, by' worry incident to bis having been detained, a long while on a railroad journey from Ithaea, N. Y., to this city, because oi a heavy rain storm and several washouts. , - . .. . . -For 'years General Tracy, had adopted ma habits to a acneouie ot. almost clock like precision and regularity.. To this. it waa believed, he owed i . the vitality which enabled him to resist his ailment for so unusually long a time for a man oi aia age..;'..,'; . ; , . WILMINGTON HEWS. t Father of Editor. Mints of Mount Olive ;jV:r; Tribune Seriously 111;,"',;' (Special to-'Dairy-News.) " Wilmingtdn, Aug.' 8.-R, R.- Stone, a well known business man,-of this city, has purchased a controlling interest, in the Hall Towine -company which has enarge or tne. towing ana iigntering serv ; w. r- t? . .. - iw du bun vim rnr iiiit. . , The Spanish-American war veterans met last night an effected, a Derma nent organization -.with b Riordan ji commander and S. A. Matthews as' ad jutant.. :'::"-j-. h-'U. . .., ,v Ur. Charles T. Harper, tin of Wilming ton's best-known and nenular nhvsi cians and Sunerlntendent.' of Harner's sanitarium,' suffered an acute Attack of appendicitis yesterday, necessitating an operation. fy . ,,, . . ;.,Jr Capt. J. W. Mints, one: of 'the well known Cape Fear pilotsiather of Edi tor Fred R. Mint of the Mount Olive iiiuuiu, i Kriouaiy in in tna uom of. his brother tn Southport. AID FROM BALKAN LEAGUE "j- WOTJW OUTWEIGH WARSAW, London, Aug. 7 The reconstruction of tne jjaucan league, anq its cooperation with . the allies would far outweigh in importance the loss, ot i Warsaw - and would materially hasterit the. defeat of the Germanic powers,' says, the IXily News ' jn an editorial today. ' The 'nawa papar'takaV hop in ha. onf erenra at Niih,.5n, an, -endeavor -to,. -brmg about- Balkan' ngreementi 5 - ' - Btrategicallyt-tays tne naily Kews, Bulgaria la in a commanding nosition. Her neutrality imposes tike neutrality on both Rumania and Greece while hi.' intervention as An ally of the entente powers would, lay. Turkey, at their me cv "'"p.; ; .., -' e-.s vfv - The editorial urges the justice of Bul- pjiva s xiemands tor ue - territory m hi.h)ied by her people-ceded to Serbia, Punwnia and Greece and adds: "It will be a. fatal discredit to western diplomacy if the ODDortunitv as offered todav 'ia not turned to pront. ,. .i. OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION ' i jWANTS EQUAL RECOGNITION Portland. Ore., Aug. 6.-4A demand on the federal government for recognition, equal to that now accorded the allo pathic school, waa voiced in a resolution adopted by the American- Osteopathic as sociation as one of , the final acts' in its annual convention which, closed tonight. Earlier in the day the convention had adopted resolutions declaring for nation al prohibition and sgalnst war. . The resolution demanding federal rec ognition said t " .. i -.f ; r " "Resolved, That we wiu employ every honorable and legal method to break the present monopoly in the federal medi cal service, to the and that government employes may be treated by methods and physicians of their choice, thus preserv ing the spirit and the principles of our freedom inviolate both for ourselves and the posterity." y-'r.-y '..'y;.:::.,'';. '.' CONDITIONS AT BLACEWELL'S ISLAND FSIS0N CRITICISED. realized that a-collision with a switch tll( pnt choru, 0f j0y and gratitude for engine waa Inevitable but refrained frorathe unparalleled achievements of -the Itimninn fas fa v nf itAintf ah rut hr Artnsif 1. i i jl . . . . . - i ( trnmrA fnllnwintr 1n in AiitYsiYinhil. The i - rirat saw Christy to January, 1914. 1 J-j" hd into the truck and seven I"m P"""" P"' It wJ,u- " T"-.of the prisoners were severely injured, lM.tT"y re then. Vvitneas waa running' tw. DroChi fatallv '- -.The it nont - boarding , house then j f : .5 U nonnced b for one n Be left here the- Piedmont Christy came to Mrs. Warren's one night aoout ii o ciock. witness aid not know he was there, Christy went to board with her daughter. She saw him fre quently. Witness visited her daughter oi ten oecanse daughter -Waa - unwell. Witness's health waa bad. ' . On the night of August 18, the wit Mess said that Christy came to the board ing house about 11.30 o'clock. Spent the night in room 14. Witness spent the sight with her husband. Witness rose about 4.30 a. m and went to kitchen. Christy Used a Wrancju , .. Germans Setts American Steamers. reduction of Warsaw waa n- by an offileal of the general staff in a few sober' words. ' The victories mIm. taAmitt mtthmA 1,1a ntHniml HMTt a r , e i . a - T J I1 ul r .ug, , hi, royal brother at Munich, who eon- 10 60 p. ".The American eVamer. I frrTtd ' kim the highest Bavarian or Llama and Wieo, bound from America dCT . . . to Stockholm, laden with petroleum, ' - ; -".'',.' , have been seised by the Germans and. BOATTI.talf MTWTST1E ASKS Albany. N. Y., Aug 6.-Conditiona at the Blackwella Island prison were se verely criticised and blame' for- thrm 1-l.iced directly on the New York city" department of ' corrections; 'of whita Katherina B. Davis is the head, in a mi loritv renort on an investigation of taa institution made public by the state commission on priwns today, ine ro port recommends the dismissal of War den Patrick Hayes. Among th findings of the commission were that the ad miniatration of the. penitentiary U too severe, harsh and repressivci . .,; ' R0BERTWIIX0XTfAMliriS ... TAKEN FROM INDICTED LIST I ARE SENT TO HAITI TO Washington Orders Another '' Regiment to Aid Caperton. FIGHT AT PORT AU PRINCE American Naval Forces Take - Possession of the Port and . 0n Gunboat, i ALSO 7 II . NATIONAL PALACE Occupation of the Office of the Port and the National Palace Give Ameri cans Last Positions Held ' by Haitians. JUDGE BOYD ORDERS DISCHARGE OF RrCOY He Dismisses Warrant of Anest Against Alleged Liquor Fraud Conspirator. . Indictment is Imperfect. .Washington. Aug. 6.-An additional regiment -of marines , was ordered to Haiti today to reinforce Rear Admiral Caperton'a men now maintaining order in Cape Haitlen and Port-au-Prince. They will sail,, from Philadelphia next week on the Cruiser Tennessee, and Colonel L W. Waller, U. S. M. C. commanding the advance base marine detachment, will be placed in charge of operations 'ashore in Haiti under, the direction of Admiral Caperton. He will have available In all 1,900 men, 79 machine guns and four S inch navy field pieces. , ' . . , The following announcement waa made today at the navy department: "In or- der that the duty of the men in Haiti may not prove too trying under tropical conditions, ltf haa been decided to send an additional force of 850 marines from Philadelphia. This force will embark on the U. 6. S. Tennessee Monday or Tues day and sail immediately for Haiti."' The Tennessee, recently returned from duty In Europe, now is at Kew York loading supplies and coal. She, will re turn to Philadelphia after , landing tne marines in Haiti. ' . ... ; A meeting of the Haitlen parliament will be held Sunday in Port-au-Prince to elect a president. Resolvo hobo, leader of the successful revolution in northern Haiti, is thought to be en route to the capital witn euu soldiers, ms represen- 1 Asheville, Aug. t. Judge Jamea E Boyd, of the United Statea court for the western district of orth Carolina, sitting upon a preliminary hearing in tne case or the united statea govern ment sgalnst Thomas C McCoy, of this city, chsrged with consplrscy to defraud the United Statea in connection with the operation of the Caspar and other dutlllenea In Arkansas and Missouri today dismissed the warrant of arrest and. discharged the defendant on the ground that the record of the bill of in dictment presented at Fort Smith, Ark., was Imperfect, and that the government uau introduced no evidence whatever in it.n effort to show cause why the defend ant should be taken to fort Smith for trial on the charge named. (Judge Boyd in disposing of the ease held that although the inilictraent against McCoy was sufficient in form and substance, there was not certified any record to show that a eriminal term of eourt had been held, at Fort Smith with a judge presiding, that any grand jury had been sworn and empanelled, ur that the indictment had ever been re turned to court by a grand jury duly sworn and empanelled. The government rested Its ease agalnat McCoy by offering this bill of indict ment, whereupon the eourt held that there was no evidence, dismissed the warrant and discharged the defendant. I Judge Boyd then stated to the attor neys for the government that lie was ready to hear the case upon the affidavit OF 6Y Point Raised at Yearly Meetin Over Blue Ridge. MANAGEMENT IS WANTED Alfred J. Griffin Tells Assemb lage of Work at the Negro . Normal Institute. WANTS MORE COOPERATION Principal of High Point Institution Saya . Ho Meet Occasional Discourage ment, But Great Work ia . ' ; Being Done. . (By D, W, HOLT) . Guilford College, Aug. 6. With th largest crowd in attendance at all the services, two excellent sermons during the- day and an address tonight - by Thomas Newlin, L. L. D., D. D., the new. ty elected, president of Guilford college, the thrld day of the yearly meeting was ami warrant, ana tnat tney mignt ln-'t most interesting one uoduce any testimony tn their posses- l he .services began today with aion tending to ahow probable cause 1 meeting for worship at 8:30 a. m., and against JtloCoy as to the ' offenses ! the sermon was preached by F, E. Smith, ch urged in the copy of the Indictment, j pastor of the Asheboro Street Friends' The government,' however, declined to church, of .Greensboro. Taking his text present any evidence further than to! from the eighth verse of the 16th Psalm, ofler the copy of the indictment returned j the minister spoke for nearly an hour at Fort Smith.;; . . and In the discourse the central thought Judge Boyd's ruling doss not deprive that was kept before the congregation the government of any of Its rights in the' matter of a new procedure agalnat jni-Vjoy. ( , '- McCoy's arrest here followed the m. turning of trua bills by the Fort 8mlth Srand jury some weeks a go agalnat a irge number of defendanta in varl.ua sections or tne country wherein the! gov. eminent alleged that it had lost mil lions of dollars through distilling frauds which evaded the payment of taxes. De fendants, who have been indicted and arrested in connection with the alleged frauds include: Knox Booth, of Nash ville j James Berber, of Atlanta! John L. Casper, of Fort 8mith" Fred Bowies, of Oklahoma City: J. B. Thomas, of Mill ner, Ga.j 8. L. Williams, of McDowell county, North Carolina;' Newton "C. Spradley, of Springfield, Jfo. J, Henry tatlves have promised Admiral Caperton C'. .Tf1r 7 A WM"2r that the troops will disarm on their ar- w"' ?' J? Smith, and Moses rival. This 1aken to mean that Bono ?rock' P,T" 'Worth Carolmv taken into Swinemuende. The Llama". was" seized on August 4, and the Wlco on the following day, Golf Finala Today. ' ; Asheville,' Aug.' 6. William Wallaoe, of Richmond, and W. A. Knight, of 1 ii in. m . - i 4U- '-11.. Z u"- hband e.me!nn.,, o( lBTitatlon golf tournament ill M t,Z T'-at the Ariievill Conntryelub here. Both .mrbo"tJl c.-ffeh th Phye into the Jln.1. today .Her hard arren eaid: "What are you doing f,.i,i: ,.. ,. - . keref" and called Christy a vil name fo"ght . 1 - Ur. Warren made a motion as though! " .' Te.tJ.rf vt.Am m.i ' '" to draw a gun. The two men b,K , ' t?Z?'Ll. K flcbting and the witneea ran out Thr Liverpool. A.ig. 7Treating has been witness saw Christy later and he said nud '"f"1 nrw and drastie order I he waa afraid that he had hurt Warren, jregulatipg th sale f liqnor in saloons SAFX COHDUCT FROM MEXICa . ' Mexico City, Aug. . Iloee Manuel Cardoso de Oliveira, rasilian minister to Mexico, who has been representing the interests of the United States here asked General Gonalea today for safe conduct to Vera Crux, where, with, mem bers of hia family, and attaches of the Braxilian legation, he will board ; the French linor Navarre for New York. The New York, Aug. 0. The name of Rob ert Wilcox was today taken from the roll of those indicted for participating in the alleged Panama canal cone supply purchase frauds. , ,. .!. j Wilson was indicted. With John Burke, on a charge of offering a bribe Lpon of wncox a dookts oy expects to be elected to the presidency WithontwUirther ngbtuig, his chief opjki-1 nent. ueneral.. Ulot, .supporter of- taa overthrown government, having left thti country. . .v .,' : v : Hattiena and Americana Fight, ' Port au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 6. Amer ican naval forces today took possession the office of the port, the national palace and the Haitiun gunboat Pacifi que, which arrived in Fort au Prince this morning. . ; ' . ' Wiring the movement to take the, of- ice of Cie port, the Americans open.! Are on the Haitiens and one Haitieh wis killed. . ' ,-" ' sjl 'The occupation of the office of the port and the national palace gave the Americana the last positions held by the Haitiens. The populace has been thrown into, consternation by .the operations of the Americans. ; , '-.; -' The president of the senate, in the name of the nation, today cabled Solon Menos, Haitien minister to the United States a new protest against the occu pation of Haitien territory by the Amer ican narai lorcea. . , The American authorities have noti fied the diplomatic body and the Con sular agenta that Col. Eli K. Cole, U. S. M. C, and commander of the American expeditionary ' forces, is intrusted with the maintenance Of order and tha safe guarding of life and property, Lapt. ifdward u. Ueach, chief of staff to Admiral caperton, remains in charge of the work of settling any differences of an administrative nature which may arise with the Haitien authorities. Dr. Rosalvo' Bobo, leader, of the revolution, arrived here today, on board the United States refrigerator ship Celtic. On land ing he was cheered by the populace. - Connecticut-Lands Marines. . ! Cape Haitien. Haiti. Aug. 8. The American battleship Connecticut has ar rived here from Port au Prince and has landed men. The Amerirsn authorities have taken over control of Cape Haitien. American marines are disarming the peo ple of the eity arid the forces of the revolution have received Orders not to enter the city limits. ?. '.' . '-.- DAVEBP0RT TELLS WHY HE KKAl STAUT MADE'TO CLEAR THE ERIE RUINS Every Property' 0wnr In Flooded Dis trict and Every Paid City Employe Ara Aiding the Work. ' S Erie, Pa., Aug. fl. -With every prop erty owner and tenant in the flooded district and hundreds of volunteer work ers and paid employes of the city clear ing away the debris along the path of Tuesdays disaster,' the ruins are now being pulled apart and a real start haa been" made towards clearing this up. About 120.000 has been raised hv tha eitizens to meet 'the first expense. , On Monday a committee of 100 busi ness men will begin a canvass of the city to raise a huge fund from which those Who have lost their all in the disaster will be given a new start in life; - " . -" - . The atate health authorities are get ting in their work and while hundreds of decaying bodies are still in the ruins animals from slaughter houses anil humans, the health officers say tonight . t. . , . 1 j ,, c. .u. .uej iiviio.e.su egmieniic WIU OC averted. ;- i ..There was little looting today and f sw arrests were made in the flood zone, compared with yesterday and the day previous. - '. , .... ; Three bodies were recovered today and all' were identified. , MAI1 RESTORE NEUSE RIVER -AS CHAHREL FOR COMMERCE. y t (Special to Daily News.) Goldsboro, Aug. t. Capt. Wilson I. Davenny, field secretary of the National ruvers ana Harbors congress, wss a vis itor here today and congratulated Con gressman George K. Hood, of thia city, upon hia efforts to restore Neuse river to usefulness as a channel for commerce. "I am very glad indeed,"' said Cap tain Davenny. "to know that active steps are being taken to restore the Neuse -to usefulness as a channel for commerce. It la not easy to over esti mate the benefits that would accrue to eastern North Carolina from the prarti- LEAVES THE PROGRESSIVES ff! r"lr"J ofjiver navigation between - wiiisi s,is,w ami iicw UTin, , iun wimB whi Albany, N. Y, Aug. B. Frederick M. DavenporC Progresaive " candidate for governor last fall, Issued a statement to night explaining his reasons for return ing to the Republican ranks. Ha de clared that In this state aa well aa in California, Washington, Kansas, Illinois sad Pennsylvania, the time was ripe for union of (lie rrogressive with the Pro-greesive-Republicsns. Mr. Davenport declared that in Penn sylvania "Governor Brumbaugh, although a rock-ribbed Republican, haa proved a and said that when it was the only avenue of com merce and no apirit of antagonism to other means of transportation may ho fahiy implied in the effort to again make use-of mis primitive Uod given was "keeping your eyes on Jesus. Mr. Smith -declared that just aa there Is A law of the 'survival of the fittest' in the scientific life, so there la in the' spiritual life, and that it ia the men and women who are strong in their trust in Cod that survive and come out tri-' unipbant in. the end. : '. The 10 o'clock service ' was opened with Scripture reading by John Ken dall, of Indiana, fallowing which there wae a number of abort talks, by several members of the congregation. Reports from different committees were read and several new committees appointed.; At this service' Alfred J. Griffin, of High Point, president of tha Negro Normal, end Industrial. institute, which Is under the care, of the Friends' society of New York city, made a short but interesting' talk on the work that ia being done at tne school..- the .negro principal said that , be felt that the North ' Carolina i l carry meeting snonia take more In terest in the school and thereby assiat the New York Friends in tha work of v ' trying tp uplift the Aegro and At hlnv . for hia , best service. Griffin has heart at the bead of the institute for. the past 18 years and he was emphatio In his declaration that part of that tlmo ' tad been mingled with discouragement, but With that he felt that a great service Is being rendered in the work of uniting buv urgiu taw me mgu rum school. .: . .i ,-. - i ;',. He urged the members of the North Carolina Yearly meeting to visit the ' school and see for themselves the work i that is being carried on. The speaker ' suggested that some of the young men , if and women in the college should come there on Sundays and conduct services and thus show to the negroes that an Interest is being taken tn their advance- - " ment'. ' . . . . r , "We are trying to uplift the negro and fit him for his. best service to him-. -self, God and humanity, but we cannot do it successfully unless the negro real ires that the white people are deeply' The next matter that was taken un-, der consideration at the morning session waa the report of the Blue Ridge mia slon. i The report on finances waa very encouraging, but it seemed that the re port was more or less indicative that the prospects at the mission were a lit tle brighter for a meeting than for tha work of the school. The thing In the re port that called for a rather lengthy die- ..' suasion from a number of the men and women of the congregation waa the rec ommendation sent from the Surry quar-' terry meeting that the management of . the mission be placed under their care, while the trust funds should be allowed to remain in the hands of the Yearly meeting, ine majority oi tne members were agreed that the recommendation was a good one aince the Surry meet- ing was near the academy and could watch ' the vital interests of the mis- i sion. Kiwood Cox, of High Point, treasurer of the trust funds of the Blue Ridge academy, raised the queetion of wheth- -,er or not the plan would work on ac count of several amounts that had bee willed the mission. One of the wills mentioned by hint was that of Elizabetii Thornburg, who bequeathed a sum of ' $1,000 to the mission about 10 or 15 years ago in which she stated specifical ly that it should go to the Blue Ridge nrod action of Wilcox s books by his lawyer. United States Attorney Mar-! most progressive leader,1 shall was convinced that the ebarse waa I the Progressives could help bim only by a large order of kerosene, it was j-hown ' maries. ' that the government had actually saved! -. . money; by the transaction. t - Metcalf to Coach Columbia. ' New York, Aug. 6.T. Nelson Metcalf, former star player on ta OberHn fO.i 'Vniveraity football squad and coaeh ot i that team for the past two seasons. mnwr' ,, . ... , t . minietw plans to stay several months IT'" ..."AT' 'T' in the v-nited Statea, it hi sand. jM" "ii... ,g aw- (Vwral Goniaiea haa offered ererv fa- ! "--w eiBt. foi tmm mmlm mnnA,, a h. nnrtw COmmlUee OH atnievirs. ? . ;' Presdnent Meat Packer Dead. London, Aug. (.10.40 p. m Ferdi- El Vargas, Jr, Eases ted. ;' r. Psao, Tex4 -Aug.- C Sebastian MORHIKG POST WARNS THAT ;. , THE SITUATION IS SERIOUS route for trade and tommtnt. Having mission. Dr. L, L. Hobbs said that to ' initiated thia movement it ia only the ; hia mind the vital point that would hava io o seiuea oriore ine I early meeting could turn the property loose, wss that of the legal status of the funds. Us rid bampaon waa the next to die. rational thing to persist until the end IS acnieved." , , SWISS MILITARY SYSTEM IS . URGED FOR UNITED STATES " the proposition and said that the mends of the Yearly meeting knew The adoption I already just how he stood and that while ne was in lavor or the mission being London, Aug. 7. The Homing Post to : aa editorial on tne Kuaaian aituation mars; ' . , , . "We would wara the country that the situation ia serious.' Whatever profes sional apologists may aay, it is certain that Russia baa not fallen back from Warsaw for any other reason than the urgent dietatoa of neeeosity. - , Ttt cause of the entente powers at present ia on knife-edge. There is no II mrmm .ii.ta lilBt DP DBQ 11,11 L .YMrTVFI. I r- - 1 - 1 twailOH. AllK. U. WO.' rril- ' , - Mrs-'Warren said that she heard later ! nd- elubs here. Credit also haa been I nand Sulterberc. the ew York meat 1 Vargas, Jr, atate treasurer of-C'bihua-j aaeirranee anywhere save only in that (Continued on Page Three.) ."v'-JnaU hours per day. f " -1 Amaterdasa report. Portland, Me., Aug. 0 of the Swiss system of military pre pared nea for the united states wae urged by Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary In an address here today. He supported President Wilson's idea of a citizen sol diery as expressed in a message to Con giVss last December. ' . ' We need also aeroplanes, submarines and battle em were of the largest, swift eat and heavirat armed type," wild Ad nihel Peary. "Some feel we should bo' pn-parea only inr defense, mere Is no d--nae so effective as a f naive." . under the supervision of the quarterly meeting of Surry, be declared that he would never agree to the real estate and buildings of the property leaving the handa of the Yearly meeting. He said that he felt that the will of the donara shoujd be carried out and explained to the congregation that a number of the funds came from Yearly meetings in Indiana, and were realized largely through his influence when he visited vigorous of-1 ln meetings in tne rar western state . j the mission at Blue Ridge. By a unanf- j mons vote, J. El wood tox was fleeted to 'Iniake an investigation into th legal Fred-. status of the fiiaala and make hia report at Warren waa dead and that she was 1 aboliahed. - The period in which liquor j packer, died thia morning in a eanator- j boa, was executed Wednesday on orders J faith whieh preese forward through dan- j are Texaa citizens and that their depre- ivo w am lam at (.onstance, uermaay, . Ho Troopa to Rie Grande. ' San Antonio, Tex, Ang. 4. Grn. eriek FHnaton has refused tn send more i ,t am,ther session of the meetitig, when troops to the Rio Grande valley, on the definite decision will be made. Iirwuna n Hie rwummw xsna;a m umnnns aaya aa j from General Villa, aceordiag to persons Igers without looking to the right handidatioas are matters for tha atate gov- ano arnvcu una iro vninniniw v4(y.or an mi u . ismment to act upon. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon a meet ing for women was held and waa fsi ; (Continued on Page Five.)
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