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' . ' '' 1 ' ,- ': . T'. '''-v-y' .'" 'V:y ''' : ' ' ,v.'."-, ;, v'- .;' 1 '..! " i m-mu, '.'', ; .- ; ...il.. r ' " Today "A Weather forecast BRITISH CRUISER WllS-iyHtCllPEStat-BOMByT Rfitish - forms the Secretary ' of State j STATEMENTS M A D E ARE CONTRADICTORY The Presence of the British Warships Inside the Capes as Reported Yesterday Is Denied Today, by British Ambassador. (By Associated Tress. )i. Washington, July 27.- Aiuha.-.s.iilui informed Acting Sccrcfary T'olk today that lie received a 'message JJi'ULJMciiJilualiy. British Biniadron on the Atlantic Coast denying that a British warship had en tered the Chesapeake bay as reported by the commander of the Louisiana. WAR SUMMARY Heavy shelling in the German lines on the Nomine front hy British guns is in progress. Following the complete or tiiimney of the 1'ozieres possession of which was necessary to an advance to ward t he Baputn. London rreports ac tivities, through the. night y tch British artillery. ' The Germans are using quantities of gas Hindis evidently in effort to inter fere with the operations of the Hritish infantry which is being kept in, close . touch- with' the .Germans. Hand to hand riglits jn various laiinta twins' re-'-'.- ported. .;.... ' ' Huniocathat an imjicrtant iiavnl ae-i V' lE7;tocettrred In Scandinavian wa-i XywMf ma (Iff' tnda.V hut a'Ntntcment : "., . hJTtho British Admiralty had no report jifNiny naval activities, in the region ;;. $,idicWed. SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE INFANTILE New York, July 27. Only n slight decrease ill the eildemin of infantile paralysis was noted today in the, health department's report -for the twenty four hou m:,., t il 1 o'Vlock. Tiinimr that lodKore 111 deaths and lot new cases. More than H() children now have been lulled by thep lague since its be ginning -on .rune "Jli hmI there has been more than .1,0110 eases reported. RIVERS OF EAST CAROLINA FALLING Kaleigh, .Inly "7. Reports received here today from the inundated sections in eastern North Carolina indicated that livers and strettnis which have been out of their banks as the results of heavy rains in the central part of the State are falling. Damage has been confined .to .the, highways, tracks, roadi and crops. " LIVELY SESSION OF THE CITY COURT TODAY There was a lively session of the city court this morning and for more than an hour justice came fast and furious. Recorder Fountain presided while So citor Gravely prosecuted the docket. Smith -Spicer, Tssah Williams, Jasnes Tord and Thomas Williams, all fac he charge of larceny and the ar i in question were two sacks of a total of forty-eight pounds. All 'small boj-s and since the evidence il ted only to the guilt of Igsah Will nis and James Clifford, the other two s were released. Vidor Brown, for the charge of be drunk, was fined $5. -s Kdwards, for a charge of lar--'1 judged not guilty.' -Stephen Wells for a "". .was ad;,1 EPIDEiG THE ' L DENIES BELIEVED TO HAVE ONE MEMBER OF San Francisco I'plicc Thinks They Have Rounded Up Places of Bomb WORKERS OFFICIAL Warren K. Billings, Aged 22, Is Today Placed? Under Arrest Charged with Con nection With the Bomb .. Plot. Kan Francisco, Inly T. -Vith the nr li-ni iioliic a.M'itrd t l;n thee II'" CMI deiitThat tin in'-t (i'n would tose "titinfl a ring of . live of whom, killings is al? god. to tje a metter,-MetH'V-ed-4o-h ave perpetrated the bomb cxplosioit: in. "on nection with the last week 's prepared ness parade; . Vigorous search is being niade for Thomas Alooney, an Industrial Worker of the World, who the police say has been miNHiug from San Franciscoinc.e the preparedness parade. BLACKLISTED BUT PROTEST Kow York, July -27. A number firms on' -the. British trade blaeklist insisted to((ay that the newly organized ''asso ciation to resist British domination of American commerce." is not a repre- Hontative body to (oal with 'the ques tion; It was said that nt least 511 of the- blaehlisted; firms have refused, to join the organization. : NOTE OF PROTEST IS SENT TODAY. Washington, July 27. A note to Great Britain objecting to the blacklisting of American business firms as an "invasion of neutral rights, ' ' was cabled to London late last night hy the State Depart ment. . J '. URGE LOCAL -FOR ELECTOR IMF : Friends ' ui t his cHy are.j.Mging t hi name of former State Senator T. T Thome, now elector .for the Fourt'dis trit't of North X'arolina for the' posi tion of I'residi'ntial elector at large to succeed J. !. arr of Wilmington. Since Ms. Carr has received the appointment as Federal Attorney, the position held by him becomes vacant and when con sideration of a successor, it is expected that Senator J home s name w ill be prominently presented. -- The local attorney has long been in the service ot the party, is a promt nent Democrat and a forceful speaker. w-liile. I riends here insist that there are few men in tho State that could more amy present tne Democratic cause or whose ajdlity is'ewelled in answering an .opponents claims, tie is a eon yneing speak cry SnJ 0ng in the service "NC&'served of ji-omotion. , . 1 T DATJGHTRIDGE-LEwIS WEDDING WEDNESDAY -t iesterday afterrtAnn Miss Sophia jaugnrriige, or K. u. No. 1, and -vir. James i,. Jewta, fit Spring Hoie motored over ro tne h MeDiarmid, and were ne of Rev. H. N. piietly united in marriage. Onlv a fev friends witness- a beautiful and Mrs. Catherine ed the ceremony. Miss Danirhtridirp ntro..t;,o ,l,,..U. 1"! ........... . nughtridge. Her - set and refined nature, together wit rl flier sweet dispo sition and Christian el 'iraeter have won for her many f riendf . Mr. Lewis is tho so i of the late Geo. N. Lewis and is a youi g man of sterling worth and ability. T icir many friends wish for them a lonfe and happy wed lock. T t REVEF .R CAP"! STILL officers ' r 22 pos- and MAN EVENING ROCKY MOUNT, N. IN THE TRENCHES" AT TOE COLONIA DUBLAN CAMP, MEXICO connected I -' ; vf rrrz?r:; llT -r:V'A':.4, I' ' .... r . : 3T ; : ' '".-:.'-' (c) Underwood & Underwood. Companies G and H of the 24th infantry, in trenches at Colonia Dublan, Mexico. Camp life does-not pall on the American troops in camp at Colonia 'Dublan, Mexico. Their minds and bodies are lsept engaged with drills and military maneuvers. Trench work covers a large share of the day's progTam of tactics. The men take turns in the pits and practice handling thajr guns, repulsing attacks and accuatoming thcmselves to working in close quarters. : v ... ' WILSON VISITED BIO SIGIIHAT THE! BRONX IS HEAVY FIRE LOSS LAST NIGHT A fire starting at 1:'M) this tnorhinff .at Vibjon, did damage to the business section of that city to the amount of $(.10,0(10, 'wiping out a good part of th business houses ah'ng Goldsboro and Barnes streets, and at one time threat ened the entire business section of the city. The cause of the lire is unknown, but originating in the music store of M. S. 'Whifson on Xash street, uick ly spreading to Tabourn's barber shop then to Wells (Jroeory store and was; "tinnlly stepped after it had done" eon-1 siderable damage -to the huilditig and stock - of the llsonv .. furniture store. Thi .. in thn oath of the tlanies to tl.n iw.rll, v. l,Mn tli ami th the. lirii Mjl I'iHI IIUII1 III," llltlM J'lUI V IVI I III 'j;" ttaintiiiL' filittp of ' I'no iiarnt's, winch was coiiHumKI ,i I on t; with the soft drink' stiiwUoi-tA. I.aii'l, tho' Wilson Gro-f eery Co. the Saliba Fruit store and was mm iiv i'mi'ckpii iu i in' .-.mi i: m i'imiy: AiU'W. Tin's tor;iiiv s T... V,t & in tl. wari'linnse' of buildings was also consumed. The call for th( lejartnieut came, in about 1 r Ttl ruing,, but owing to the fact this .morning that, the tire alarm system' was out of i,omiMiNiciLi) bell was down, pending the erection of n steel tower, the tire department -wasr-e-n lied- li-y ringing- the-j- ( Hurt House hell and responses wer slow. . ' The greatest losers iii tht tire were the Wilson Grocery 0:, and Wells Grocery Co, Kaeh of these firms carried about !tl2,(l(l(l stock of goods and, the insurance was jayliHl ami $.1.0(10 re spectively. The loss of the Dildy X Agnew was about .fi,00(i covered by insurance. The loss of G. S. Tucker Furniture Co., jvas if.'!. (1(1(1, partially cov ered by insurance, The Wilson Furni ture Company lost. $2,non. The Tabourn barber shop's loss in furniture nnJ fix tures was about. l,."il) with $1,0(1(1 in surance. Losses to Uno Barnes sign shop was $500, no insurance. Loss to 0. A. Land, soft drink stand fL'OO, no insurance, Saliba Fruit store .f "()(), no insurance. The total loss is estimated to be about .'1.0(I0 on stocks of nier chandT8c and $.t."i,n()0 toi buildings. Lit tle is known as to how the hre originat ed, and flames were seen breaking from the Whitson Music store before the fire was discovered and the alarm given. BRITISH OPFICIAIi WAB FILMS TO BE RELEASED London, .Tulv 27. The secretary of the war office makes the following an nouncement: 'In resixinpe to nmefnus requests from the public, the war office have ar ranged for a collection" of the official rinematiigraph pictures of our forces in France and at Saloniki to be ex hibited at the fsVnla theatre. - The ar rangement bv which one new film will be released, for exhibition each week by the association of cinematograph manu facturers will continue, and the public will assist army charities bv asking for these official films to be shown at their local picture theatres. - MRS. MART E. DICK DE Greensboro, .Tulvf'- Pick, widow r' here 1 C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, July 27, 1916. LI TO START Baltimore, Md, Julv 27. If CaptJ DEOTSCHLAND IS Paul Koenig, of tho merchant subma "cw Tork, July 27. The first scr rinc Deutsr hlanil jilans to start today ' i1hs outbreak of the street car mea upon the return vovage to Onrrnany t!lc! Bronx and Westehostor county there was nothing going on at tho pier- where the submarine sis liertlicd that was any more indicative of departure tliim has been tiie ease for the last few days. Overnight developments in fact tended to increase the probability of a , report last night that it ha been decided to hold the Deutschlaiul li re until some, word had been receiv ed concerning her sister ship the lire men. I t, : . .. x- .. .,- ... - :""",,, . . . ., .iill.v 1 wo led i ""''"l" appeared off Beaufort inlet lit, following, reports, that the tieiinaii merchant .submarine.'.. Bremen, was neadcil this wav. Nothing was seen of the submarine. ; lmt tlm n-.i i-uii ; . .u ....t;.......i ...... ....i j ,.. (.n,si , . , ; n- Uort. sen! fiT I rum the squadron g-iiaid off the Virginia M I he .1 h .1 il i uy I lie ilpjiiinni'i Bremen s sisti ship, the Dcntscliland, fr oni Bal'tiuior OFFICER TAKETDTAL OF 8 GALLONS ". Ollicers linbertsiin nnd Bathe. latnow j produced a startler for the selepy, un- attentive colore, I passengers of t lie Jim Crow car on train No. II for (loldsboro from Norfolk last night. The facts are! they 'found just eight gallons of li- ipmr ui the car, hid away in (he small I enclosure at oileend there were eight j gallons secluded in grips, hand bags,! satchels, cartoons and in fact the trous-j er legs of a pair of overalls tied up at the ends so as to make sort of sacks.. The police's raid stirred niassengers in, the -Car to comment anal the police made a, diligent earch to.finu the own-, er of the llipior but it lcoulij not be none, tne liquor was t;ten ahoard a transfer and brought ti police head' quarters. VETERANS RE NION TODAY CONCLUDE Wilmington. July 27. mion of the Co'nferlcr North Carolina begun annual re- terans of 'esteday vVas concluded this mo with a tarnde in which betw and veterans took part. i tf-0' clear skies, the first111 days, the parade heailin' ment of Blue Jackets' (juard Cutter Hf, of tre N'orK verse.-' !1" ' OF LIQUOR tIt 1 J I 4 - t r . -t - SCENE OF TODAY By the "AUociairil fwM ocurred shortly after noon today when a of se'vernl hnnilreil ntriknr. an, I 'mpathizers attacked a ear in the Bronx. Bricks were hurled at the ear and it was reported several persons were hurt. Police reserves and ambu lances were summooned. REPORT FOR THE FLOOD SUFFERERS Prepiouslv Colhicted and' Pub- - lished .'. . . .... $l,0!lt.4! ' ash 4.71 M iss Nennie Parish ..... .... I.OO Mrs. 1. T. Smith 1.00 The .Junior Bethel Heroes 6f the -Mllfedifac1 f-r-r-r-r-r-7-n-r: 1.5(1 II.. Dcmpt , . . . . I inn. II, ( 'hiipiiiiin . . . . '.Mrs. (ieo B. 'liapman ... F. t '. Fcrgus'on .... A (' L Storisllnuse, So. Mount ., f. I,. l,.-,v . . . . ... T. li., Sanders .. S. ;. Piidgen '. . . . . . . . It. B. Owens . . . . .lohn Benton . . .... G. T. Cidev . . Dr. (i, L. Win, berly . , . ( ici . I I'tltgood . . . . . . 2.00 2.50 5.00 4.110 :i.oo .50 .50 1.0(1 1 .00 l.oo . 5.00 Hockv t-no 1.00 I I.. D. Harper Total Bv Check to Britton. ... 1,158.0(1 Balance on hand. . .. .... 77.HO ' T. K. Kicks reported vesterdav should be Thorpe & Picks. lie have informs tion that there will be $75 to 100 col lei teil from the A. ('. L. shop employes in addition to what has been reported. . L. F. TILLfiKY, Mayor. LAST CHANCE FOR SIR ROGER CASEMENT H.- tl.i- A" o' "itrrl Pr. ' London, July 27. Justice Cab ling announced today that the 9v judges who heard the appeal of Rogert Casement against the sen tence of death on the charge of high treason- in connection with the Dub lin revolt would ait tomorrow to of the convict.. The nature of the hear possible application on behalf application was not disclosed. T r he: PRZEMTSL TO HOv A T v PrzcmM-"" -Pfir'f HEROES reation of died ia -e posses 1 propor jity and as been 'ie Aus go, but i bodies ) to be x raves, nd re-ation-prop-gs in round V fact, STRIKE OUTBREAK JLLXL THE TOBACCO FOLKS PMIEIC OFLOCAL MARKET Meeting This Morning of Tobacco lioard 1 decides " On Opening SAhES-SUPEimSOR-1 ELECTEITAT MEETING The Curing of the Bright Leaf Is Going on Rapidly and Crop Will No Doubt Be Well Housed Before Opening. With the curing of tobacco going on rapidly over" this section iifrllm Wtate ;i iV i "the" indications are that the crop will be U1 ''jrigaj.gr. VHr" n(llgB by the date set for the opening of tho four leading markets in this section, pre rations are being made for a large and auspicious opening at tho outset, The date settled upon, by ft conference of the representatives of the Wilson, Hockv Mount. Greenville nnd'Kinston markets was Tuesday August loth, anil the indications are that all four of the markets will open With double salcB aiid prepared to handle large offorings of the bright leaf froia'TliSnsutilotrr"' At a meeting of tho Rocky Mount to bacco board of trade held this morning, it was decided that double sales should be put into operation nt the open nnd continuing until after the Christmas holidays and as much longir as neces sary. Mr. J. H. Cuthfell has again been employed as . the supervisor of sales. The general impression is one of optimism for the markets opening and warehousemen, buyers and in fact, all connected with the market apparent ly are anxious for the sas to start. - The prospects for a good season was never better since the beginning of the market and the best season in years is predict I. There w ill he no i hnnges in ware house managements for the coming sea son though the corps of buyers have Included among the changes is the the transfer of Mr. L. K. Carlton,, as sistant buyer of the Imperial Tobacco Co., here to. the Kinston market and Mr. K. ("John son,' of this city has been named assistant buyer for the company here. Mr. Hid Lea has been transferred to this city from Danville, Va., and will be assistant buyer for the Kxport Leaf Tobacco ('o., Mr. J. M. Cooper, formerly with the Kxport Co., will be with the Fen ner Tobacco Co., Mr. -C. D. Noell of Danville, Va., will be associated with Garrett and Company.; Mr. Dan Motley, formerly w i t h Brnswell, Levy, Gravely Company ! will this season be with "Jar-ett and t',,.-iii.. Atr Milt.,- f, Giiir.i fnrinnr. ; ly assistant buyer, with the American Tobacco Co., has been transferred to the Warrenton market, but to date that company Jhano announced its success or here.' . ' E OF INFANTILE . By the Annocintfd Trait. New Bern, July 27. New Bern has a case of infantile paralysis. The case is the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin McKinncy, No. 4 Short street, and is reported in a criti cal condition. The ease was dievored by Dr. Joseph Patterson and he has notified the State Board of Health and he will endeavor to prevent the spread of the disease if possible. PROVIDES MONEY FOR FAMILIES OF MILITIA (Br AsMXUt4 Pr.) Washington, July 27. Representa tive Kitchen, Democratic leaner of the House, protested today to Postmaster General Burleson and tne federal Re serve board against Mr. Burleson's re cent order directing ' postmasters in small towns to collect checks without exchange charges from State banks not members of the reserve system. Mr. Kithin said the order would rut off most of the profits of 0,000 small State banks which are not in and cannot en ter the reserve system.' "If the order stands," he said, "North Carolina will go Republican by 25,000.' WHEAT PRICES TODAT " TAKE BIO JUMP Chicago, July 27. Vvat r" jumped 4 1-2 on crcp c porte from the north 1 M " j. f ; ten;ter t I ! at aU& V NEW BERN HAS CAS MAKE KNOWN YGZZ WANTS THEOUGII THE TBLEORAH WANT ADS. PRICE: FIVE CENX A C L RAILWAY fiDV. HANDLES BUSINESS OPTHREE SYSTEMS With Recession of Waters at Troubles Behind Them StBUSINESS ON LINES.. ON WITH A BIG RUSH The Crops of Perishable Freight Causes Active Service to Handle Large Volume of Business From Three Roads. ' Wluieve our troubles are behind us'.' was the remark of a person promi nently connected with the operation of thjxltlauticJCQa8tJQineEiIrqad.wh asked today as to conditions in the flood swept area of South Carolina and whether or not the through trains might at an early date be restored to their normal schedule. With the Santce bridge safe, the main line of the. system Is in tact and thougn tne demands oi v other southern systems ; Who are till y greatly handicapped by washouts, in addition to the needs of the owning tent will make for a lively handling jg traffic the company is prepared for tl Additional men Jiave been placed ( the service of, the' company, espeeiah - Ci. in the dejiartments of dispatching arr: - U...lll..n. htlA tn tllA mattCf " IIIIIU1111(4 . . u .. w . - -f . , tho operation of trains the large forc'a are actively at tne tass. - Both the Southern and the Seaboarj Ft Air Line trains, and especially the pe 550 ishable freight trains, from over '.' -J South are being Handled in great u Krtra on.! afnrfBntf tfi tllA. indicati " ' at this time it will be two weeks f longer before this condition I reliev HiitiHpnita nf nerinTiAhle frelcht f front over the Bouth are being, ham! north and the icing f"te of tbeio. ern Railway at Spencer, which happ to be under the direction of the saib firm as handles the service of the A. C. L., at this point, have been transferred here. '."'.'. ' Jim Edwards, , - ker of the Champs and a fav ! with a numbef dTTheTToIIowcrs of toe pastime lnthlr citv. was foTVcd te leave the ball cluft during the early innings of yesterday 's iouble bill in orf ollt, loliowing in receipt of a &M,rt announcing the death of his v 7 The youngplayer had no idea o. - iher's illness and. in fact the ivYn eollUine,i B the telegram inVyfl that she had dropped dead. Shewas 68 years old and lived at Mineral 'Springs, Ohio, f Edwards -arrived in this city la night and Immediately made' preps' tions to leave fer Ohio, leaving J. ' night aboard train No. 82. He exr g!" to join his wife and child In J, "y mouth, Ohio. The funeral will pr be held on Friday or Saturday wards will be away from the properly a week or ten days. nrnpri?cT aha mcl L w ORDER POSTM Washington, July Zl.k' tion of $2,000,000 fof tf families of enlisted men . ed militia and regulars Mexican emergency w the Senate ;today ia r the army appropriate families will be give . COTTON' New York, J, T" opened steady. , f ber 13.27; Janu Mv 1:: nh The cotton an advance or t buying advsr January, 131, or 4 point close nnd to 13.39 ' hour, a it ' MBOSMLLED HOMER ATH oFliiJ in 1 do' t; :lc... '. tF
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