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i: TIE WZrVTZIZR Ever Best Adyertislnj Medium in North Carolina rail " data conearnrnjf th tliir wlU bs feus lesay oa Pag Tee, :. ' i, " . . VOUCH K0.2S." RALCCIi N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNLNG, JULY 2S, 1918. PRICE 5 CENTS PflDDiriGFOn DLAME I fl EASTLftFi D CAS E . OverlQadirisnder-Eallastirtg and Grounding On. River Bot tom ;Some Reasons Given . BOAT TERMED -"CRANKY" . Harbor Master'. Who Applied ; Term Oeclares Governmen Vr, Inspectors Should Not Have i Allowed Ship To Carry More A Than 1,200 Persons; Secre- ' tary Redfieid On The Scene ' '. "' thr e ChlcMro. Ill, July JTv Overload ' Inc. nndorhoJlastlng groundlne; on ti rtver, bottom were cited today tm teetimoay at ths coroner's taoit as Vxaan whf th sisso-sir KmUm4 : topplsd over Saturday t it wharf hr and 4rma hundreds of cursionlsU. Adam F. Wsckler. bar- w ttr. and Jo. H. Lima. .am harbor rnastsr, both of -whom ; -WM present VkM th iuumt eep- ataed with 1U Bet d capacity of I. s person aboard, tn ascrtblac th ocideat to. these cauas. tola the 'coronar'a Jury that th boat "cranky" aad should Barer have baa pcrmlttsd b svernmeB. inspector . to carry mora than 1.19 lng thta aad -othsr testimony Ssoie , tary ef Commero Red Sold Inapoetad .'' the Eaatland aad - watched diver combing, the wrack aad surrounding orators, recover thro mora ." bodle Ha atatad formally that iwiibmI :. sapervlaion bad not bm hi and that tba Eastland had eefety oarrlad many Mora passengers than wre , aba aha roUad orar.i H aaid that ; federal '. officer would do everything pcsslbl totiUu blame. If thara -was - any. i- . .1. arbor ' Kaater Waned. ' Harbor Maatar Wackier teatlfled that ha swrtved at tba Eastlaa , wharf It minute bar ore the eteamer u duo to etart aad aaw that -ths - boat waa listing to pott. Ha aald bo 7 called to CapC Pederseu, of the Kasa- -, land, to trim tha vsasei. shouting- that '' he would not open tha dark Street bridge until the boat waa rianted. Mr. Weekler aaid tha Cantata triad to rtarht tha,ahlp. bat aeod-aaabl to take water tnlo the feeJlaat tanks ' "I r.'v.r.Ww tha F-natland loaded as heavily as It was Saturday mora- tnr. aaia Mr. weokler, "ana I hare ' aoea her dpart many tlmea The ' boat rat Uat about aorea dagTeto, ' than- oaaoo back aUchtir t and- a-aia atartaa over, ana kopt on coin. I daet think that the Kaatlaad should hare beaa allowed - to earry more than paasansera, beoaaao . ' It did not have aaeuh draft aad V - atabillty to earry a lanter load. Oalr last Tuesday l -told Capt. Pedarsen that his boat heeded trlmmlna; aa it i waa eonatantly traraUna- oa lis am " He aaid that the twUaorewe kept the , Eaatlaad o aa own keel whUo na- oar war. . ...--... - Tibd W Banast TosseL "After his arrest I heard Captain ,ledsrsoa say that be trted for savva .j tsea mlnut to trim the ataamer. bat eouhi not set water lata the ballaat tanks fast onoush. I doat believe Capt. - Paderaoa realised the daaaar : unui tna nnai pinnte eanta.- Mr. Lynn, asslstaat Harbor Master , tsaUfled that whoa he aay the daa-s-arous list of the ataamer he eel lad the police and lire department. . Re lununs- to tna wnart, - ho aaw f V sansera laapinc from the dock to , too river. ' I belleve.- said Mr. Itbo, "that the Ship waa oa the bottom aft of . , imoatiip. it ma Captain tried for ? sevanUea aiiaotes to rlht the boat Without attempting ta not oft theae ' j oa board there was noa Usance." :r. Mr. Lynn aald that he aaw many of ' f i"e crew leap oa we wnari wean the i . anip was eareemns;, . Captaia Joha H. O'Maara, of the . Tub Kenosha, which was ta tow the . casuano out Of the river testlfled bao towed the Faatland, four1 times t - ana sua always uto. , .: . SeheaHs CerUaeatea. U C Wheeler, asetataat division superinteadent of the Department of r Justice submitted overanent lospee--. ' tlon eortlfloatea lncludlnc the Is Hint .. , one lauM oy Robert Held. July . : It it, at the request of Capt. Pedersea ' . that the earrytnc oapaetty be lacraaa ed. This eertiaoatai allowed the East - Una to take on 1.87 peaasimra. aa ' . Increase of ever prevkus aor mits. - i . , - . ;w k . . Efforts to check up the total dead .,. made no prorreea today. The official lint or Identified asaln totalled 114. ; While the list of Buaatnc rrew. only , inree oooiea were reooveroa and oiv- ' ere said that probably aot more thaa a score of victims remained In the . .' ship. '- " -f ..While tltate's Attorney Bovna aald he had evidence that some 1.7 were on the ahlp, tha severnmoat checkers said that they were positive no more . thaa S.SOt -Went aboard. Indadiak . cblldrea. - . yy " v A eoatraet to valaa the etaamar . was lot today and the work wtu be be . gum as sooa ss possible.. Many fun - erala will be held tomorrow. The day 1 has officially been proclaimed aa one of nmimlnic, publto building having been d raped. - -, ha Hctloa 8eya RedoVM. ' aerretary of Commerce KedneM. to- . Blfrht leoued a second statement as- . srting that there was bo truth la 4 ' retorta that there waa friction be- rween Federal Inveattratora and any-J body eleo, Mr. Radneld said he had ; arrarced to cooperate fully with Cut. , ted feuttea Ihatrict Attorney Clyae la trying to l!ae. blante for the aoet dent. The statement oontiaues: "la Order that the eertouaneas of this particular accident may be gives due welrht, we shall arrange with. the ,Wcal board of tncpectora to have Mr. . Thurman of the Department Of Ag ' tiro and rareeif conduct the Ineuiry, with the aniotance of the command Ing oarers of the steamboat Inepoe- '.tioa aervioe. It sems fight to aa t however, thut mmething rnrwe ehould be done than that, and therefore I have akfd Mr. Hurry A. Wb"iev, t ice-prviiidnt of tue Union Trust (Cominned oa I'i Two. RFinY IFIKIVIFIR . - OUT DRITISH riOTEV sJOTSClVrJTHRQAT Withheld .1 Fiwih Publication . Temporarily at The Request ; " ot Sender ANOTHER NOTE PROMISED One - Feature of The British ? Note Is Understood To Deal Exhaustively With Rights 6 i a Country To Blockade, an ; . Enemy i Through ? Neutral , Ports ta".." ''-' -:"".''' r-;. : ! gw sin ill - Washington. J sly IT. The request of Rr Edward Qrey, British Mlala- ter for toreiga affairs, that tha State Department wtthhold from pubH tloa la tomorrow tnomingt aapera, as orUinally planned, the text of British aot received yesterday ta re ply to the Amerloaa protest acainst the Brttisa Order ta Coaaefl. aaased maeh srenslsttsa today In emctal elr- No explanatioa wad mad yoad the statemeat that aaother Bote abject was promised from Londoa wtthia a week. Secretary laaaisg declined ta theory tor the sappiewamv ot the aaet eommonloatloa. The Amerlcaa Bote which baa beaa la praparatloa for aocna time will he farther delayed aatil tha bow doeu meat la ta aaad. - - It waa at Bret sua posed by efOelei that statsmoata la tha mat Amerloaa aoto ta Oiriiissy. which were of gea. oral appUcatioa aad sat out tha pr of the United Mates meat ta maiatala the freedom of the might have tafia need the Brit lah foreiga efflee to deal with that subject la the same Bote whioh de fends tha- Order - Jn CoaaoU, From British soul tea, however. It leaned that tha mala p amuse of ax- the aostpoaeaaeat of publica tion waa to afford opportunity le the Britlah government to t is eider the eemmunicatloa aabled from Waahlas ton. July IT, la regard to eases before British prise eearts. . v . . . , TMfJe. aa rrtaa Coarts. . U This eotamantoatloa recited that vtsw of the differ aces understood ta exist between the two gevaramanta as to tha prtwcl plea of law applioabie ta prise oourt preoeedinfrs b caaes t la volvlnjr Amerloaa Internets and to or der to avoid any misunderstanding aa to the attitude of the Vahed tttataa, tha iirlnek govaromant was informed that the Amerlcaa government' would Insist apoa the - reeognltioa of the rights of Amerloaa ettiaaas under . the Ertaeiplae of International law as Itherto established, governing neutral trade la time of wan aad would aot recognise the validity of pries court proceedings takea under the restraints imposed by British municipal law la derogatioB af the rights of Amerlcaa ettlseaa under international law. " The British Bote deUvered yesterdsy Is understood to be framed noon the theory that the Order la Ceaaeil does) aot transanal the rlrbte of aeutrala aa ' laid dewa la International though It a admitted that la soma re spects the appUcatioa of the legal principles la aew. , la view , of the swooping objection by -the - United Statee to fbe Order la Council, the British government fee la H Is under stood, this phase requires apoeial traatniaBt at this time. ' Pre Is With Blockade. . - Oa feat are of the Jiritlah aot to adsretood to deal ewhauatlvely with the rights of a country to blockade aa enemy threach neutral porta. That the United States, la ease It should be plunged Is to war with a Europeaa country outside of the British Isles. never could sum fully maintain -a blockade so long as the enemy coon try could, receive unlimited supplies the Borders of aa aejaeent country Is regarded by the British aa a fact which should be considered la dealing; with the effort to cut off sup plies being foosrred by Oa many. The d eclat oa of the United Stoics Supreme court la the Matamoroe eases daring the elm war, where s similar right appeara to be denied, to' held by Greet Britaia not to apply ta the present conditions bees use at that time there was practically no way for supplies landed in Mexico to reach The Con federate states overland because of a lack ot transports ti oa taoUHies. v Lost there should be eventual dis- agreemeent aa to the right of the Brit ish government to. detain Vessels aad eargoea under the Order la Council. aad falling a diploma tie sd Just meat. U to pointed out by British ofriotals that America. Interests may safely be trusted to the epeeial International tribunal provided tor la the arbitra tion treaty between the United States and Great Britain, which the British hold, was la tended to deal with lust such Issuea . . -. AUSTR1ANS DROP BOMBS ON CERONA, ITALY There Were Wo VkHlms aad Daaaago i to Property Waa lnstgmSoan. ..." OW fee aiming Psaw. . Verona, Italy. July IT. About a osea bombs wore dropped oa this city today by aa Aastriaa aeroplaaa. There were aa victims of the air at tack aad the demase dons te pros arty eras laaianiOoaot. Aa alarm waa given aa sooa as the Austrian machine appeared over Ve rona early this morning and all lights extinguished. All the forts de fending the city fired at the aero plane but It escaped. . . . . Vere?a la a fortified oltv aad. next to Venic. Is the most Important town of tba Italian eompartirnento of Ve- aetia. - It la situated at the base of the Tyre lea Alps, miles west of V sa le. Verona to distinguished by Its woo derful anedlevoj palaces. Its institu tions comprise academiee of painting and sculpture, a municipal library (if about 14. vohimee end several museums containing valuable collec tion of art, natural hmtory and at.ti- uiiies. it bas a popuiauoa of about IIIISniF Johfl CSouthrv Killfiertoldfoh Jewelerj Has Fighting Chance ; -For Lifev . ' VLr- on I. LIQUOR CAUSE, IS CHARGED fired Four Times" With Autc- . atic - Colt's Revolver Into A Wife's Body; ) Faced Sus- pend'id Road Sentence; Left -Letter -. Turning - Children . Over Jo Orphanage Rutherford toe, July IT. J oka . C Souther, towstor, last Bight about midnight shot aad killed hto wife aad cut hto own throat. Inflicting wounds that his physicians aay hs has aly flghtlos chance for hto Ufa, Ha ased aa automatid Coifs revolver to) akootingr his wife, firing four times lata her aide aad hflllBf her toataatr. . y:. i A People la thd aelg-hborhood hoard ohildraa soreejaiac at the Souther home aad hastened there t see what was the trouble, the sheriff aad town marshal being ta tha party who went to laveetlcso. . Tba body of . Mrs. Souther was found, but Soother was aowhere to be seen, a fast auto mobile wea seat Cleveland- county for blood houads, bat about the ttoae the doga r gut ta Ituthorfordto. Souther waa found . a little north of the house lying aader a bash. ; He bad bled profusely, but Ufa was aot eatlact He. had faBed to. fever the tors arteries of the Beck. The wouaaea man was placed ia an automobile aad taksa to tha Rulher fordtoa hospital, la the search of his S remise there waa found a lottos ad resaed to the Thomaevllle Orphanage diroctla that that Institution take hie children. The letter, or will, asm ten ot of hto property to the orpaea- ago. . - ' . soather waa under euspoaaed sea- to nee to tha chain gang far boating hto wife. It la stated that at the time he took hto wife's life he waa d Hon ing-. Mr Souther would have A mother la throe or four weeks. , STHIXE AT OILPLANT co::esto mm At Street Vr. ttrr H fWt(ffto Hiv wa Work, Todoy. '" Sr O iMIH4 rnm).' r, New Tork.- July f T. The strlser of the Staadard Oil Comaaay. at street meetina lata today, voted to ae copt tba proposition of O. B. Heft Use. eey, the piaat euperinteaaoBt, and re turn to work tomorrow. - ' ' . Mr. Honn assy's proposal. Ia effect, waa that be would recommend aa 1 il ia wages If the striksre . re- turned.' ' i The meoeung waa held, dodpito ths Eshibltory notice Issued by Sheriff nkeed earlier la tha day, aad was ad driest! by former Mayor. Mattfeaw Croaln SO ComnUasloner of Public Safety rrank Wilson. - They called the men together outside af Union Hall, read tha prepotUUoa of Mr. Hen nessey and aaked that those .who would return to work tomorrow un dor- the -eondltloaa named to raise their hands. Nearly every man m the gathering, which asm bored aver 1st and waa made up chiefly of still- cleaners and cooporay the original strikers, put up their hands aad the crowd, aa It d 1 parsed, aot hp cheer. is nana junBeaa aaa Mit town be fore the . impromptu moetln u held. ,r- " - i. y--, - - - JORDAN'S BODY . . mf WASHED ASHORE Cam Ta Surface to) PYoat of Cottagv) Misa Willis improve. II i ml e ta Ks Mtd Quail . Norfolk. Vs July IT The body of Max H. Jordan, af Raleigh, who was drowned Suaday . afternoon- - while bathing at Oeeaa View with Oeorro S, HoUingsworth, af Mount Olive. N. C wha aloe lost his life, and several la dies who had harrow oocapes. was re covered today at Boon.' , Ik washed ashore oa the'beach In front of the Blount Cotlasre. It was off tha Blount Cotiags that tha yeunff jnea lest their Miss Effls Wlllto. wha Barrowty so- eaoed drowning whea Holllnssweith aad Jorda sost their Uvea, was rs- ponoa es muca oener yeataraay aaa to regarded aa out of danger. - LINER CARPATHIA IS CHASED BY SUBMARINE . . at g simitiiii r i. ,v New York. July IT. -The Cunard Unsr Chrpathla. which arrived bars toolrht from Liverpool was chased by suomarina oK the Xfish coast Bus- day July It aocordlnir to several of her passengers. Joseph Thorn peon of Canton. Ohio, a survivor of the Lust- tan la disaster and Andrew Mather well, of Glasgow, declared they aaw a British patrol Are at what looked like the periscope of aa under-wator boat They said the Carpathla steered, a si I sag course until dark. However, Cap taia W. Prothero said bo believed the patrol boats were at-target p rootle. Th Carpathla brought lit paaseag- PBJEFARTWG FTVR TRACK IV8 ntUCMAM'S CONTESTS i New Bern,' July IT. When the horse drawn hoes wagons aad ths reel teams which are to participate la the raeee to be held bore during th State fireman's Tournament, arrive the eitv they will . find awaiting them one of the "fastest" track ever raced oa In North Carolina. The track. ' whkei to located oa Spencer l ia Chant, Is being covered with ctndera. In a day or two these will be msshsd dews with a heavy steam roller and will then bo topped off. probably with sand. The hydrant located on the left alje and there ill be one hundred pound of water pressure. , . ; L'OTREADYTQ GIVE OUTif POLIC Garrison Thinks Piece Meal In formation Will Hurt Rather : Than Help '. 1 DETAILS - - STILL LACKING Secretary Will Submit To Pr es- jJdent Next Week a General ; Plan ; ti Army Reorganfza tion.; Believes Patriotic CiU 7 2ens Want To See Adequate Military Policy Agreed On "Washington, July T. Secretary of War Oarrisoa lesaed a ataUmeat aight urging that be bo aot pressed for details of the military policy now under pre pa ration until the kppro priate Un has come to 1 maks them PPblic. ' . , ,. T The Ssoreiary will ' submit t the President next week a, greneral plea of army reorganisation. He has re fused to dlseusa the subject or Indi cate what to spodllcally contsnvpiaied su io piaau "I have- abaolutsly refrained from making aay such statemeat because I feel that the effect thereof af this time would be more hurtful thaa help ful,' the statemeat saya, There have bee published many- unauthentic statements ot what is la contempla tion, and feel that th effect of those, had bee hurtful rather thaa helpful. ... : V . - . The res son far refusing ta snake anything ovbli atN this-time to thai the policy has aot yet been formulated with its details sufficiently worked out s as to make It possible ta present H as Whole; Whether It to acceptable aa whole, depend upoa considering it in that asBoot, yjaeh pan ot sues a policy to pscissartly rotated t the ofhef parts; aad It to only as a whole that It oa be properly presented aad considered. ; If aomsone or mora of tha various hVta are put forth sepa rately, and debated and - dlaeuewed, they might excite ' opposition which would be entirely dissipaied If not turned Into approval when considered la connection with the whole ptaa. -I- fool that all mat bio, patriotic dtlasna .wish td see a wise, senate. nfmeticeL adsouate Billltary policy oeensrod and asreod UBOOLi - We worklns' te do our part toward that end. s We are only hampered by pre marura dlacussion .of speciflo details whith'caJi only ba Property Ooneid- ered ia relation to an tna nesaii CC,3 VA CASE OF ALLEGED BIGAMY Dr.-W H. n. WslWer Stfll fa an HorailiMfmmi- Waives -Aia.aoo BaA ReautredU tSiiSd svtts Men Osswlnl. nnektockam.: Jul IT. Dr. W. ' H rx. Whlker, the Savannah snan locked no lost week oa the Charge or Digamy bavins? eaoordins? to ths eharges filed aeralnst him. married Mis Marie Pasnhal when hs already had a wife. given ..nrenminarv Bearing jtnis moralnc-by Justice 01 ine j-eace w. r. Lone. Hs waived ezaaniaauon ana was held tor Superior court under hmiJ er isa thuuaand dollara. He w unable to aive bond, but it to under- stood that he claims that he has friends la Ne Tork who will com ta- his assistance. , i ' ?.- ' . Walker, n la oeusvea, wtu try 10 regaia the affection of Misa Paschal, the secure a divorce from his Sret vrifs and lerallv marrr Miss Paschal. But tha lmpreeston here la that Misa Paschal will have nothlnjr mors to da with the ohystciaa. - Mr VaushU or Havana, aa aam of the woman who claim to be Dr. Walker's legal wife, , to the chief proseostlng witness. She was hot here today, but she used tha wire ef fectively. . Shs to understood to ciaim that she witneesed the - ceremony uniting Walker to her niece. GERMAN AND FRENCH SUBMARINE IN FIGHT ttoratrr Makr th latter ta the Dar. aaaoUco crew suae n -, tBf Uw isniliiil Pill. 'Berlin. July IT. (By wireless to Bayvillei. Tn srncn suomonn Marlatto was dsstroysd by a Oersoaa submarine on July tt In the Narrows of the Dardanelles, according to dispatch from Constantinople In the MittaaT Zeltung, Thirty-one members of the French submarlns's crew were captured. , - t The Narrows where tha engage ment between the two vessel took ptooe la about midway In the Dar danelles straits bet wees the Aegean Sea- and the Ss of Marmora, They are 16 miles from the ontraaoe to the straits. The French submarine Marietta waa built at Cherbourg 1 ltll. She lli.T feet long. She was fitted with six torpedo tubes and was cape bio of traveling nrteeu knots aa hour the surface aa it knots whea below AUSTRIANS PREPARE FOR GREAT RETREAT Italy Martins' With Sacreaa oa tabs torse rumss, (Br a in I Tm. J Geneva Via- Londoa, July tT. A dispatch from 11 bach to tha Tribune ys: . . "Last Bight the Anetriana begaa to evacuate Oorisia. The evacutioa af Podrora also Is a question of hour All the trams from oortsia nave been reserved for the troops end am munition and food supplies will he re moved later. - The workmen ' pave beea. ordered to cease strengthening the fortification Every moasure has beea takea for a great rot real, At Doberdo the Austria troop guarding the route to Trteet have been unaMe to nolo tnelr poeiuoa "On the careo riatoau. with the exception of few trenches ths 1 tal is ss have ceptaredf th entire plateau, th Austriaus losing a.cot men la twd days bare. ....'"-- The great Italian oirenafve oa the banks of ths Inonso Is daily progress ing favorably." , DIE Oil WARSAW IEARS STANDSTILL fr " " aaasaaaBBBSBassssBsesssBt , " Little Advance By Teutons Is a Tremendous Cost In Men . " and Material , GERMAN FLANK: ' SAFER v r . - - rX w aaaawasaawawsaassssw . Von Mackensert Has Taken, a Few Villages On Way To : Lublin-Chelm Railway Which - Doesn't Affect Situation Ma terially; Russians. Make 'Counter-Attacks " toy Be Londoa. July tT. The Austro-Oer- a anve at Warsaw which for Mme prigumtf almost with the mo- mentaat of the offensive which cleared Gaud of the Ruasiaa troops, baa been brought -aeartr to stsndstill and whera tha Teutoas are moving for ward it to only yard by yard aad at tremendous "best In men aad mate rial. , Oeaeral Field Marshal von Mack' oaeen has taksa a few village aa the way t the Lublin-Chelm Rm.il- way. between tha Vistula an the Hwo nwi una vns Austruuis.' ny a eeua- isr-oaeojsve at aosai, have raptured positions which will make the Ger man Saak safer, but Berlla offlctalty reports that "otherwise ths post tloa oi m uermaa troops under von Maoksnsea remains unchanged." Along the western bank of the Vto tnla front lyogored ta Movogorgtovsk even leas progvesa apparently has made while alone? tha Nun. Kleld Marshal Voa Hlndenborg, who sos aoea oiremns osoratlons in aa effort ta drive a wedge la behind the city, to bow largely oooupied la meet ing ine Hussisa counter attack These counter attacks according ta Putrograd. have succeeded la forc ing the Germans who had cruses d the river ta return ta the northern beak at several points, but Berlla asserts that they completely failed and that the oermaa force to advancing. Hessians Active tn Baltic. : Tha it assies armlea defeated In the Battle provisoes recently also have turned, and according to the Berlin effietal report, have delivered aa at tack from Mltaa, which waa repulsed, further to the South the Oermaaa continue their advance eastward to ward the Vllne-Petrosrsd Hallway. but aa-ther to a lot-of .territory to cover before this le reached, it to eon -i'lerea morel Uely that Monvoabus "r. who la tn command, here, will tur. to the euslpwetit to reUere ' the preeeura oa Voa Hlitderburg. - . Everywhere the battle are at thatr height and . all the military criUce here believe this to the most critical engagemeat of the campaign for the whole uermaa plan aepends en reach log th LubunrChelm Railway. - I U access ta North Msassrr. With latersst torsrely ceatered oa the East, the Important offense of the French In Atoace baa been almost dis regarded. -They Toaort tonight other success to the aorth of Mu aster, which - apparently to their abjectlva aad tba rsepuhiss of a series of Off- mu" OOUn ir ataisrThorTenca have aoBcaatrated a lot of artillery la this region, and with high eaplostves have been simply tearing up the Oer ma defensive werka which are smeng tha strongest along tha whole no. - Artillery. likewise, to playing aa Im portant part In the battls ea the leoa- so. where the Italians ars reported to have concentrated ' for three ' days thslr Are a the Austrian position This flfet a aald to have exceeded In violence that which' "the Austro-Oer mans employed against ths Ru ta Western Oaltcia, which up to that time waa the most tor rifle ever ex periencad In war. tiimmsa mu Oman nee Acure. Oermaa submarines continue their activity and there to a apparent at tempt to demoralise the British flan supply, for two submarine have ap peared suddsniy among- tne nsning fleeet off the aorth coast of Scotland and bv ehell Are sunk nlss trawler of the crews of tna Ashing craft The Danish stsamer Nogtll. loaded With railroad ties from Ootaenburg. Sweden, for the river True, aim been sunk ta the North eea by a Ger man aubmaiine and the Nut weslaa sailing ahlp O. P. Harbits bound for British port was set on nre ny Oerman under-water craft Suaday, The crews of both vssls were saved. The war' has been costly la ma ta the British army and navy the case oltiea totalling llt.ttt. according ta a printed statement issued by Premier Asa una. ins casualties in ine navy ware t.lsl to July I. whlls those af ths armv ta Julv 1 were Sll.tlt. The total oa-ualtles ta the eeverai war theaters is riven as . follows: Franc ll.Iit officers and HM4I men; Dardaaenea. 1.114 officers and 4T.it men. and other theaters 411 officers and s.III men. The total killed was . otneers and- IT,$t4 men. The wounded to talled ,41 officers and lll.lt men and the missing omcers aaa . 101 men. TO PROBE STFAMTtOAT lABfldCllUS UHTIU Mouaitat Alrvedy a Foot For Prao- , th-al Rrarganiaatioa. : . ', (Br om ixiiirt rill. - ;: Washington. July 1 T A thorough Invastlaatioa of the el earn Boot inspeo tloa service of the department of com merce. H waa learned today probably will grow eut of the Eaatlaad disaster ta Chicago. A movement already tt en foot ia" ths department for the practical reorganization of the set Ice In preparation ef the Inauguration of the new seamaa'a taw ia November and ths disaster will tend to give lav eotus to this work. - Wltn Bee i' story ReanoM in cnarge of the department's Inveetlgaoon la Chicago ladopeadsnt Inquiry asids from the routine ot tne local steam boat Inanaction baa bees started. The secretary proposes to go to the bot tom of the matter and the In vest I ra tios ef the enure Inspection service which has beea going on auletiy for soms time will be annua with added vigor. Within' the lost two months five local official havs been dropped from the service. As an were under the classified ctvfl service the retirements were only effected after charge had boon Slsd aad heard. . . 160 HAfflEN I PONERSi MAACRED Gen; Oscar, Who Ordered Slaughter To Suppress irisjng Dragged Iom Palace . ; lS- Jvand Killed : 1 va :;7-':.,- BECKER ARGUED " sgssssasaaBmaaaWsBswas. ' Justice Ford After Receiving Briefs From Both Sides Is Considering Matter - New Tork, July IT. Whether Cha Decker, the former police lieutenant twlce-eoavtcted ef Instigating the mur der af Herman Rosenthal, will- die In tha electric chair at fans Sing Friday morning or will be given aa addi tional respite' appeared tonight to rest with Supreme Court Justice Joha Ford. who. after receiving briefs for aad against a motion for a new trial. studied them anlll a tote hour. He promised ta aanoenee his decision as eulckty aa possible aad It to expected ta ha handed down late tomorrow or Thursday PAorntBg. . W. Boarke Cock ran, chief counsel for the condemned ta, also Sled aupplsmeatal brief coverts g points raised by Dtotriet At torney Parkin Should Justice Ford exercise hto right to rail for witnesses It hi be lieved that Mr. Cockraa would ask that Becker be brought from Ossta- to to testify la his owa behalf, Mr. Cockraa argued la hto appeal that the Judgment of death against Becker was obtained by the suppres sion af vital facta and tha misrepre sentations of ether facts by ths chief wits ess tor the prosecution. it to declared la the brief that the affidavit at Hartford T. Mars ha II for mer counsel for "Brldgle Webber. should la Itself ha sufficient to grant a aaw trial. , - Attorney Horsnaii s eraaavii alios that Wsbber confessed to Mar hail that Becker waa not party to the muruer pioc , . . i Mr. Cockraa' brief refers to Beck ofs failure to testify at hto tttaM aa lot lows; .' -. . "la the - ease tha defendant re- maiaed silent during his trial, not through fear of any dtocreditabl rev el atloa or throws h a reluctaaoe make any damaging eonfeeetoe but through a ulsotio aotlea of loyalty to promlaa itself improvMent and ex travagaat. indeed his conduct ta this respect Is so aalrmordinary that were It not established by proof tt would be eoastdersd incredible," . District Attorwor Perkins la - brief cos tends that tha Justice has not the sovereign power ta grant a nsw trial as oiained by Mr. Cookren. Tha so-called bow evidence to doctored ta be cumulative aad designed to lra- isash witntssss at fwtinee nssnnao t to contended also that the so-cslled new evldenc was known to the de fendant at ths time of hto sew trial. It waa reported toaight that Beck r. la hto cell at Sing Sing, to Prepar ing another statement protesting his innocence. - The statement to was said. s designed to be given t If tha execution takes place. CITY OF NASHVILLE IN V HANDS OF RECEIVER Municipal Oetotwa Snapendndl oasca ra i-rorswiings u noes' "'!- .... . (By Be sbsbsM Pies)!. NaahviUe, Tenn, July IT. Master In Chaaoery Robert Vaughn named reeetrer for the municipality of Nashville today by Chancellor Al lison. A few missies later Mayor Hilary IC Howe, city Treasurer Charles Meyer and City Ceotmleelon ere Robert Elliot aad Lyle Andrews were suspeeiaoa irom omoo in pro ceedings instltutsd under Tsnsessee's aew roust or law. The reoorversblB suit waa brought ov stiles Horn who si no ass re signed the off! oe af City Comptroller, and other ctttsea The Ouster euit Instttated by a number of tag payers, the law requlrtng that at least tea em the peuuo - sj.' m. wu Hereon recently reeigaea as etty aosnmlssloner, Andretfio. Burn Meyers an Assistant Treasurer w. H. West era aader Indict most is Beetle ' with . the dlsaapearsuses of books and records from tha comp troller's office West's wbersobouU to not know. ORATTTCDK nrxPRKfWRBi t FOB HJO CHOod uIITb, - .- tas a am ui t Pisil ' Washlngtoa. D. C July IT. Ths gratitude of the Oermaa Rod Cross lor hospital supplies aad fowr motor ambutoaeos cent by the Amerlcaa Red Cross la expressed la a letter reoslvsd at Red Cross araaqoartsra tooay aa- aouncing the arrival af the ahipmsat la Oerman r. "We rejoice greatly over the go srosttr ef tne' America Koo urosa. the lettet' eald. -which has been so snanifeet through their gift Ws are particularly latsrsstsd aad plea eea to now last- tne stuoonta oc law aaa Harvard UnlTereities wh represent the his heat lnteUlgenoe are si bis for the gift of four ambulance we oaa eniy assure' yon oc our Beany aad warmest thanks and - be yea kindly to extend to all those who havs sided yea in- lata work war. gratl tad' ' - . similar letter came from count Somaa-Ua. bead of the Italian Rsd Cross, who wrote "I beg you to ao cept my most sincere exproealoa of gratitude, for ths gessroua gift which will contribute to mtttgat too sugar- loaf of our wousde.- - (By as Montgomery, Ala.. July IT. Ala bama's flrst bals of cotton from the tit croa was a actios ed off here to day, bringing: It 1-1 cent tt weighed 41 pouada.- ; POimGAL REBELS IN POSSESSION . . OF PORT AU PRINCE t j ; President" Gui'laume Escapes Execution By Taking Refuge ; In French Legation Which ' The Mob Threatened To In vade; Revolution Climax of Reign of Terror Carried On - By The President - Oh tee AuieUiil rnaw.' ., Port 'As Prtnce Haiti. July. ST. A revolution more terrible la the toll thus tar take than any even la the days of Kord Alexia,, flamed out In the Haitian capital today. It waa an offsbot of the movement ta the North, where the adherents of Dr. Roealvo Bob twice expelled ' -from Haiti have boon striving for ssv oral month to break tha power ef the Haiti sn president Oea. Vlibrun Oull- Issme. ,-.. v On hundred and . sixty mea, in cladlng a former president of Haiti. ' Oea. Orsstsa Zamar. war executed by ardor of Oeneral Oscar, Governor of Port Aa Prince, who later la tha day wag eracged from th abetter ef the Dominican togatio and riddled with bullets. ; -Y-' -:-.v--, President Oulllaums aaU tha mem bers of hlg family have taken refuge la the FrsacB. legation, a attack upon which aaa beea threatened the -presidential pa lacs has boss partly destroyed after aa attack of several nours, aaa the revolutionists are la ' ssssalon of - the city. Hew many Krsons bar beea killed cannot yet learned. . - , h - Pa-do For Day. 7 . Port An PrLnoe has bsoa la at ate of panto, for ay No one knew when he might be seised and east Into prtsori: there have been wholesale ar rest, apparently without cause, by orser ot the president or soms of those aloes ta him. The .sncoe-ees gained' by the -reve futlonlsts ta the North word convinc ing proof to the president and gov ernment effjeiato thai their course would aosn bo- rub. ' Therefore, they viewed with suspicion various lndi vldaaia aad organ iutlons. -Ons reg. Imsat ot eo Idlers waa disbanded, it was this regiment which dseceaded apoa th palace. ' Oulllaume and thooe who acted as his guard offered a stubborn resist ance, but wer greatly outnumbered. The pal so waa abandoned by the preatdeat. but some of th Others coa tlnus its defenos. SooS" word "of" UBtosvnoT'tbe polltlosj prisoner waa circulated and a flare ware ef Indignation swept ever th capital. Many, wbo had aot originally boos Identified with the rising, took so arm ray t-noi wkb iai - -Th Domlnioan legation waa' In vaded aad the governor of Port Ait mu pal a too prtoe witn bis nre. It was la March, itsf, that a simi lar execution of political, prisoner. though not by any mesas of so great aa extent, took place. Nord Alexia eras then president of Haiti. A fsw month later Alexis waa depoeed aad deported from the country. Be far as ta known as foreigners have suf fered In the pr Mint rising, aad It Is expected that Amerlcaa warship will bs asat hero to protect foreign lives and Interest . - i i I . ' ''-; Washlngto Aak For Rroort. Washington, D. C July IT.--Of ficial Botlflratloa of the upriaing at Port Aa Prince against President Oulltaame, ot the Haltlsn republic. : reached the State Department late to play from Charge d' Affair David.' of the Amerlcaa legation there. Rear Admiral Caperton. - who to at Cape Haiti, th scone of the last previous disturbance, with th cruiser Wsshtngton ana auxiliary cruiser fiagle, has Blade Bo rsoort. Hs was . asked today for a detailed account of th Port An Prlnos outbreak as sooa aa poeslbis. ' A fore of united mate mannas m landed at Cap Hoi tie a. where quiet prevaila. No Cntted States forces, however, ars believed to be at Port Aa Prince, although officials thought M likely Admiral Capertoa would ssnd i Baal thsr with a ' lores oc marines a aeon as he. learned of the -outbreak, or proceed- there ; himself aa the erotosr Washington. TtJRKS RFPOWF CAPTCRE ' OF PART Oaf BJXK TKsv.ii;Uk ffr Bs ill I P-ssi.'.. ConstanUnople. Turkey, July IT. Via Iiondoa A a . official statsmsnt given out today by the Turkish war department saysi A. small Turkish reconnoltertng detachment cap to red oa July li Bear Seddul-Bnhr a portion of enemy trench aad destroyed the defender. ' ; We took c riflos with a auantlty of ammunitto end aome bag filled with As kb Anorr kmmkoo (ys , BtHsLUi svAPOJtTo Xvl V. Washlnstoa. Jury IT. The Stats Department cabled to Petrogad today asking for, Immediate advices as to ths condition oa which the Russian sm ears aa ex ports to th united States to to be Uftsd. Aeosntancs of the American pro- nnesl under'whieh goods sent to this country from Kuasia would be coa signed to the secretary of commerce under a guarantee that they would not bo re-exported to beulgereaf nation already has come by cable, a state ment ef conditional mposed to Totlow by mail.' The pressure ef American demand for Ruasiaa Product par ticular aides aad vetrb eoon, however, prompted the reauest that, ths vsad. Uob be cabled.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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