North Carolina Newspapers

WA'J.Y Today Weather EVENING TELEGRAi ;-yy??- MAKE KNOWN VC -WANTS THS,0'JC I THE teleqea; WANT ADC. V Forecast v & YOh. IX. NO. 45. ROCKY. MOUNT, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNObN, JULY 26, 1916. PRICE: FIVE CC RFI IFF FUND PASSFS THF BROTHERHOODS TO SANTEE BRIDGE ON ALLIED IRIS. mil HuiNunt main liimi u mi TO FORECAST VOTE A C L RAILWAY SAFE CHESEPEAKE Bf. THOUSAND DOLLAR MARK r. i', t THE L Y V If Subscriptions to Cause Still Continue to Pour In , MAYOR THANKS Lieutentant- Governor , E. L. Daughtridge Leaves Today With - Over Thousand Dol lars From Local Citizens for Cause. LETTER OF THANKS To the various committees who -4ook -part-in -tlie-solleiting -of funds- for the relief of the flood sufferers, I dordro to express my thanks-for-their very prompt, and efficient ser vice. The result of their work, "TtmountlllB to nearly-?l,100.0;ls now on the way to the State cen tral committee chairman at Ral eigh. ' L. F. TILLERY, Mayor. . Placing frl.n.in at the hands of tie committee appointed liy Governor Craijj T?ocky Mount's citizens are still sub scribing to tlic fund for the relief of the llood -sufferers . in -"Western North Caro lina. This money has been placed tit immediate disposal of the commit ... ffand Lieutenant (lovernor E. L. liaiight ridge, left by the : nfternomi -.-strain today for .Raleigh to he in al ten da nee at tluf meeting which is cnlli'il for the (loyerlior "s ollire; Not .a sin ; gb- contribution to tins fund .was in '. cxi-ess of $00 whik there, were but very few ef this miMMint, while the giving '''.-frW this cause has probaldy been more : general than lor any deiiiand ever tnade Mttr our people. . " I 'fac'iids urging, the people to con Y. tribute, to this worthy cause have been . pln'-cd annul the city and it. is expected i that, contributions, will be coining : 'in 1 'f , f h- cflb o of Mayor Ti He ry fur sever al days' yet. The ' Avoir k. of the firs't day . ii-prCsents. the activities of committee nii'il named Mou'diiy 'night at a meeting . called -at; the. instigation of Lieutenant (Jin ernnr Ilnuchtride and .Mayor I.. F. Tillcrv TTTF; coniiiiitlrcs vcsterilnv . made a cilnvHss ot' the., wveral wards with .t lie result that the tut ril Has push ed over n tlinusand iiollara. Jhe ennnnittees ii ipoin t ii .tit .solicit ' RiitYcriiitiorm for : the : llooiT sufferers ,;wen:i ;is fcdlews; t-'- . . . .First wanl,). .".('. liraswrll, Alias . Kinbrn Morton, .Dr. .1.' .(. ltattle,. '"Miss Mary Arlington. They collected fht -.-. iSccojuj ward: I'. (!. (.'obb, Miss Fan nie (in- liiim," N. liobbiiis, Miss, (,'ora den li i tin. Tin y eollectcr 15. ;: ., Third ward: W. M. llauglitridgi', V. II'. Iliiiiie, J. U. Hull.'. TlieV ' rnllcH'H $77..;. - . .-'. ' :'. ':..'- : I'ourlh waul : llr Mv Finch, F. F. 'Fngaii, ' K. Kj.sti'iii. thev collected ii;.('o. :,- - ::; Fifth .ward: '-'A. K, .Moore, J. 1. t'i;ay toii. They ecdlected ,1 l.fHI. ; "Sixth War'): Miss Alum- ('room. (J. T. S-ruith, T. (?,. (iiirhani, 1). It. t'apelle. They collccteil Sil t J.2.", " : Kurnl collections reported bv:.I"i. L. Trevjithan ami wife .flXOU 1 The following were, reported in adili t "mn to above- ('. I., (inv, l mi: .1 T U est In i tlJ the 1 f rU J. H. Piene, . making a-4tdal of u.M.tu, ..'.M.ou having iieen previouslyj , reported. Of this amount IfA .ll,"H.(in was (lent to' Raleigh by (lovernor K. Ii. litughtridge to the ehairman of the State eentral coinmittee, Hon. iMlward K. Hrittou. - , - ' ' It is believed there will be at least $100.00 more-thair what, has already . .been sent, making a total of close j around 1,200.(M). The largest collection ' . i from any ward was reported by the eonimittee who ijrjlii-ited t)'ie if urlln I ward,..tutal Ijeuig-.yU'ii.uii, , ; " .;; L. Y. TILI.KKV, Mayor , jf- Those subscribing were. ' , rrovlonsly Itpomd .......: .1388.50 FIRST WAED. ,7ampi. ")'firboroiig:li j.oo H. Ji. IfiiHines lo. oo .1. A. Higglns ... ,.....,. ... i.'oo , l.no 'i . . so J. ( Carrol! . ., . . . H. l.on J. X. 8treemrn - .50 "OL?u 1 HHon l .Vitigrniihicfit Rll lil t . .'. . S im GREAT STORM BREAKS U. S. S. COLLIER Wreck of The U. S. S. Collier Hector was caught in a terrific gale off the Atlantic coast that actually broke her iri two. Thoto shows her lying in five and one-half fathoms of water near the Romain gas buoy off the South Carolina coast. The entire crew was saved. The boat is salvable and will undoubtedly be raised THE-BLCED FIRMS PROTEST TO U. S. WITH . A. VIM Declare British Attempting to Destroy Commerce of - Her Adversaries NO REGARDS FOR THE U. S. TRADE OR RIGHTS The Resolulioii Is Placed In the Hands of . Every Rep- rescn 1 at i ve, Se n al 6 f an d ""(lovernor of the States of the Union. Nim hi t ion York, .iiily. ulliiig iijiiiir: '!r t.'opi'S . of reso the I'nited States lo t.;ile j ir niit ii-.t ion to bring, abouta rill i UjUlU A meriean ... cit izeus: .by. Great l!i itu'iii Hveiie scut t iwhiy to nieuiliors of tin) Senate, and House Of If epresenta tives and ( Joyernni's. of all the States, The .rcsnbi t ioiis were , adopted by . Ii rms and -1 nil i Wd uals who have. tieen (daced on the: black, list by Great Britain, -The preamble of .-'.the resolution, says that the measures adopted by (treat Hritain are i.ntendeil -to "compel American aid in dejitroving the commerce of her ad- i-ersnries regardless of -'oiiseijuenc(: Aiiiericau. trade or rights.".. to UNSUCCESSFUL IN I$R1N(JIN(; BODIES OUT . CU'Veland, Julv -liescue ' forces t.oday.,.continiii'd their efforts 'to tiring from thy .wrecked water works tunnel in liake KrU, the. bodies of . eleven .men .who were killed Monday ni'eht iit a gad x plosion, A rt i-Ii ec k i i ?r77tn:-t-lH; t miln.ii n in), he party w-no V'ied to ins of those who tlii' members of. bring them out leiidu 1 I hi illirials to belierrm,lm- f ie ,,,, Kt :ltl,i. f twenty-two ,10,iifced. ' : it twenty-one instead i was previously an- (By Ass cU ted Press.) New Hern, Ji1v Alfred Lynch colored, andHf few yt'ars ago cut the thfCT Hatch, white, and i no cam the k 4 iiary at a lumber slow county is iptiired in New beeii sent to! alleged to Lynch was yn the his- dice have '. vv until re-1 f - Y - ' I MAY HO O ONSLOW CO. MIROERER INMTHAM Collier Hector off the South Carolina TODAYS-NEW MS CHAMPS" OFF FOR MUCH irFAVOOFllARrSTORMING THE ALLIES CAUSE TRIP END OF WEEK British .AVinninjf of Village of Pozierecs Regarded As Advantage Point " RAPAUMK RK PORTED AS POINT OF OR.IECT1VE The Russians Are Said to lie Meeting With Much Sue " "cess-1 ifthc - Fi g hi in g Against the Turks. The entire village of ' f 'ozTi-Yees . i n which a desperate battle has been wag ed for several days, has been won by the Hritlsiii London - aiiiiounces today. By Completing his occupation of I'o. lerees the. dlrittsh Imvc won. another inntai'r, jioiht in the ''offensive nlou the Homme with Jiapaunie as the obji live. The British advance is being pushed also on either .side of the village and Huj '"jitieial stiitemeiit recordingthe capture from .the Germans erf two-strong trenches to the west. .' The . 'Russia n'. .drive ill - Turkish Ar menia has. resulted In Hie evacuation of the fortress Lrzingan by the Turks, ac- cording to 'unofficial- disiateln-s J'roni I'etrogrud. The Turks'are saiiV to In retiring in .disorder leaviing quantities of LHilis and auiniunitton in their trail VETERANS OF STATE AT T Ily tl Ksoclatfd Trrtis. Wilmington, July -ti. Several bun died Confederate 'veterans from all parts of North, Carolina were here to day when the first session of th .State reunion was called to order in the Academy of Mush: this fliorningAf ter an invocation by the. BeY.JK. jClOa borni', the chaplain the veterans., were welcbmed by L C. Wright. Ma jor JL A. on-lon responded for the visitors, lioll call of the camp, unfinished business and election"of ohVers was on. the pro gniiu fur the afternoon session wliich meets at 2 o'clock. A ball at Wrightsville bench will 1)3 the feature tonight. A parali tomor row inoriii ig w.il feature Hit list d.iv of the reunion. At the initial meeting of the reunion thig morning the veterans romniended President Wilson for keeping the -conn try at peace with Kurope and r but pledged their upprtr if the United States go to war. Only !' age would ke r TEN WILMINGTON HECTOR IN TWO coast. Play Thursday at Kilford, Friday at Emporia End Week at Dunn MEET S E 31 1 SOME STRONG PROFESSIONAL The Locals . Have Little Trouble In Getting Dates "YVith'Some of the Strong est Amateur Teams in the State. - - - The TarTTeels will be far from 'idle for the last three -days of .the present w;eek when thev were slated acconling to the Virginia league schedule, lo play llnpewell. Since; that club has now passed out of existence and the locals woud have- .been idle otherwise, there has ben tliree dates secured and leav ing Norfolk tonight, the Chumps wifl .go to Kelfonl foi- a game Tfursday. Flay ing the strong semi-professional team 'of that town before a vast picnic crowd wheh are drawn togcthe-r-tts a Masonic' gathering' at which a liocky Mount baud Will furnish the music. On Friday the Champs go to Emporia, Va., for a yanie with a stroiie- somi- pro cluli then and incidentally one that declares they expect to score a victory. Saturday the Champs wil go t Dunn tor a game wijh' the cluli that has been a meinlier of the leaguil down that way and (he home of Bud! Pope, tjrtVllaniette coiiii ty" sieed king. Hot uriiing home' for Sunday the Down Homers will return to the league schedule Monday, playing Portsmouth in l'ortsmnut h. MEN HELD ON BORDER -PROTEGTION-TO-UrSr .Washington, duly 15R. In eplv to a complaint from Mrs, t Henry Smith of Winainnc, Ind., w)i- mas --n son in the national guard Fresolent Wilson wrote that the militia was Jieme held on the border to protect th country, not for drill and that the service the men were performing was an hAnor to them and a necessity to the United States. TWO CASES CITY COURT TODAY - There were two cses that demanded the attention of e city court this morning, Recorder J'ountain presiding and Solicitor Gravity prosecuting the docket. Anthony JoJioso or a charge of. issuance of a chclk withoit funds in the banlZ Batis""" that lit had inteij;:!1"" wrong and thst- and for f : ' Four Railway Employees iirotherhoods Give Vote to Order Strike TIME LIMIT OF VOTE IS UP AT NOON TODAY The Men Delegate Power to Their Representatives to Call a Strike If Eight Hour Day; Pay and Half . for Overtime Not Granted (By AsKocUtod Prs.) .New York, -Inly L'ti. Tin' tnueallow eil. for the vote of the lirotiici hood of liailway Knyinecrs, Fireincn, ('undue tors and Trnilinien . in the east .on the .(iesti.on'' of callingastrikc for short er ; hours and better, pay expires day at noon.' ;". . The official count of the vote will be until August 15. -. Officers of .the' broths time. The bretherhood ollicers predict ed tliut the' vote i.t all the orgiuiim tiims wguld be' uverwhelmiiigly in fa vor of having their com erence eom inittee call a strike if the luilroad fail ed to allow the demands niudu by their representatives lxr an eight-houi' dav and time and a half lor 'overtime is delivered. . FRAMES REPLY ON DETENTION OF London, July L'fi. Replying to the re- tpicst df American Ainliassador l'age tor expedition of the answer to the Alncrican note regarding tho retention of niails bv British censors the British orcign Dflice answered today thaf a i oj.ly would be framed us soon as pos sible. The British oftice said the reply wJuild be sent to the United States as soon, as possible, but that . British and t-rrnch-were tit-tlnK tune eoulerring over n: reply. '','.!.,,:-' OFFICE I'.y llic AHK-latcil Prr.. London, Julv L'ti. H, 8. McClure, the Anieiicnn juibhsher who was detained for some time by the British authori ties on his arrival at Liverpool aboard the American liner New York, was re turned to 'he 1'nited States Saturday on the same vessel; in the meantime soonrnmg at an "unnamed watering place inland for his health. " according to a stateitcnt( made by tlie home office whicti declified to grant a permit for Mr. Met T.ii-..,- to slay in ringlar.d ARMY BILL TO - BE PASSED SOON Washington , Jujljr 26. PaafSge ntthn arrny-bllr-carrylng more than $100,000,000 an . increase over the -House measure wag looked for in' the Senate today. Most of the Sen ate's provisions had been acted on , when the bill was taken up today and a vote was in prospect before adjournment. ' SOUTHERN STATES IE i jPrn,. The Bout horn d $33031, .of ad fund avail 1 under the new Depattiaentof. day. I irgest num. Jtsj ", while N'ortli: k 1 11 1S1 'J THE MAILS M' TE By-BRITISH-HOME T 1 1 r inn v ins 1 1 1 i uu Raisinjr' of JJridjrV , .Ear Jv4s Result otUnhprsId Ys Flood Saves Damatrc Boats to Line ONLY- SYSTEM-TO THE SOUTH NOW OPEN The Traffic Is the Largest of Any Time In the History of the Company - All Three System Husiness Handled. With the s-teel draw bridge over San tee river iir South Carolina still holduig .and the. drift .wood and wreckagefsh- cil nwiiv. the Atlantic Const Line, this morning resumed the use of its mam line south, and is incidentally affording t'taithe nnlv t h niuirli travel route between 7T J n '-.- New York and Florida via the Atlantic seaboard. The two other Dig systems n ti irti t fa v orsV t his"" Beet ion are " both out of commission with damaged and occasioned by the reeent storm. With the general resumption of traf- fie there comes remarkable stories vt the hardships' of the fight to save this three miles of bridge and trestles on a even as late as yestenlay afternoon af ter the tracks hud been oiened and the weighting cars removed there was a Vause for annoyance in tho action of the flood waters and tho cars wcre re placed. This wide area of three miles roverei! by flood waters, though forty miles from the ocean, has been stuiject to the action of the tides, so swollen are the streams that the varibly bring the ocean inland, and a1 condition never bef oro- coiiKidnrcd asserts ifseli. Railroad oHicials are commenting fa' vorably over the foresight of what was several veurs ago regarded as an un necessary expense and outlay of money when the Wantee river bridge and track age, was raised from five to eight feet above the highest high water mark ever recorded. The bridge was at that tune but a few inches above the high est crest, but the fact that it was sere.'' eight feet higher explains why the At lantic Coast Line's traffic, for the south was -notTntertiijited a-the-other- roada traversing this section. At its height the flood waters of the Hantee did flow over the tracks, and it was until re cently necessary to block the mam line and detour via a Seaboard and A. C. L., branch line. This rise of eight teet above all records explains tho un precedented rainfall that has done mil lions of dollars damage in North and South Carolina.. The Atlantic Coast Line though hand ling freight ami 'passenger service" Tor the three svstenis, save that part which lias been annulled, is at this time hand ling a larger volume of business at any lime during the year and is remarkably successful in keeping its trains near the schedule time, thouirh continued rains over three States, with Hood wa ters appearing against its bridges and trestles md iliiin v s' lt places ill its track is cause for annoyance. GARMENT WORKERS DECLINED AGREEMENT New York, July 26. The gar melt workers refused today to rati fy the agreement entered into by their leaders with the Garment Manufactures association and were ordered hack on striks today hy Benjamin Scrdelgnger, president of the workers union. WOULD AGREE TO London, July . 1 he.. British - gov ernment, it is learned day, will consent to the plan for rationing tbw xivihan opulatjiininhearcaa.jotcupieaJ)y German and Austrian armies under su nervision of a neutral commission as FEED CIV LISAS OUTLINE authorized by President Wilson it ".he ndwttrjnt central powers will consent not to re move native food' supplies, it became known today. Details of the plan will be given Ambassador Page in a letter from the foreign office this week. MANY GUARDSMEN WANT TO LEAVE Washington, July 26. Applica tions for release from service of guardsmen with persons dependent -pon them now are pouring In army headquarters at Fort Sa Houston at the rate of 1,500 a w . . Several hundred be' Above Highest Mark of Yesterday Narge Sends WERE ON-A-SEARC: FOR THE SUBMARINi: There Is Much Talk In Nc. ' folk Over the Incident a:. Its Repetition May Cau. Official Complaint Frc: this Nation. NiJNjk, July afl. Naval cireles hiiv meil today with discussion of the i uniiounccd and-unexpected visit "f ' unidentified British cruiser to the b er part of Chesapeake bay yoslisn; News of which became known yes! day after ship had made her visit departed beyond the three mile lie where she awaits the German sub cible Deutschland and Bremen. ( ,u ions differ as to the purpose of ti: a belief that the croiser'a command visit to the waters thogh some dee!, a belief that tho cruiser's coniman believed the Deutschland waa mov down the bay and hoped that by taring American-waters he might able to follow her out to seo to three mile limit or force ,her to audit near the line. Kegnrdless of whether the commai or had been able to farry out either these suggestions it i pointed out ' visular proof that the submarine' reached tho lower bay; would pro- :j valuublo. ' ' , NORTH CAROLINA' ;, " -18 ON GUARD " yi Norfolk, July 26ft T.. ft North Carolina, weighetj anc, 1:30 today and headed for the V. Two torpedo boat destroyer pretc thA criimnr. If. van ntuterl thn,t 1 ships: were ordered to lay off the capt until further orders. ; Ux iaWM.LB BUaBlBJiU AT THE ACT - Washington,, July 28. Officials Mien besides regarding the visit of ar ur identified allied Vjiiser in America waters ai"" f ien there was im OermaiK'V'- , J 'ft departing a another I 1 'A very urn. ual and aiV'iJL ' f resent such a inclusion ij ) t n waters. Ther is no dor "mm. be allied cruise waiting ; "' ' " t three mile limi made it aVv ., "go come within th three-mile limilafiie question would b takeirnr-offlrilalty. . , EMEramn SWEPT BY THE-: FLOOD Bjr tht Aasocistvd Prei, Sew Hern,' July KB. A V bridges have been washed l ' great damage done to growiw f floods which have visited j , in the past 24 hours. Low . s undated, . smaller stream their banks, and many f ' oft from the outside wr of the loss of bridges ' the lower part of Cr' - in rivers and creek' and it is feared grer to result. STOCK r New York, Ji-r Steel was the, opening todaT j dividend eon- I short interest. gain of a profit same "claw rose , similar advances and Equipment or more follo i COT 4 r ew 7 aed . 1 ' . fi .IV I vi