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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions - $1.50 One Square, one month - - $2.50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XXXVIII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JUNE 21, 1916. NO. 46. Cmmiam DEMOCRATS IN AS THE C ALL OF PLATFORM IS LOUDLY APPLAUDED Declaration of Senator Walsh That Platform Plank as Re ported by Committee Was Desired by President Wilson, Broke Down All Opposition and Suffrage Plank Was Not Amended. ALL OTHER PROVISIONS MET WITH APPROVAL Governor Ferguson of Texas Led Minority Report on Suffrage Amend ment. Senator Stone After 30 Sleep less Hours Asked Senators Walsh and Hollis to Read the Platform Which Was Adopted and the Con vention Adjourned. St. Louis. The Democratic Nation al Convention finished its work Friday by adopting the platform exaottly as approved by President Wilson and sub mitted by the resolutions committee, includin gthe plank on Americanism and that favoring woman suffrage, but not until the harmony of its three days sessions had been disturbed with a row over the suffrage plank. No voice was raised against the vigorous declarations of the Ameri canism plank, but at one time it look ed as if the suffrage plank had been lost. And Senator Walsh of Mon tana had told the convention that President Wilson himself considered it vital to party success, however, it was voted into the platform by a bal lot of 888 1-2 to 181 1-2. The entire platform then was adopted without roll call. Plank on Americanism. The plank on Americanism con demns the activities of all persons, groups and organizations in the Uni ted States that conspire to advance the interests of a foreign power. Thorough preparedness on land and sea against unexpected invasion and the joining of the United States with other nations to "assist the world in securing settled peace and justice" are urged. On the Mexican question, the plat form asserts that American troops should remain in Mexico until the restoration of law and order there, and asserts that intervention is "re volting" to the people of the United States. Other planks declare for a mer chant marine, good roads, conserva tion and improved conditions for the farmer. As it went into the platform the suffrage plank stands: "We favor the extension of the franchise to the women of this coun try, state by state, on the same terms as to the men." The woman suffrage leaders con sidered it a much more favorable dec laration than they got from the Re publican convention at Chicago; they threw all their force behind it and won the support of the administra tion leaders who were found fighting for them when danger threatened. Haggard and worn from an- all night session the platform-makers were not ready with their report until in the afternoon when Senator Stone, sfc sepless for more than 30 hours, took the speaker's (stand and explaining that he was too tired to read the docu ment, gave over this task to Senator Waish. of Montana, and Senator Hol lis, of New Hampshire, who took turns reading the long declaration. The fight on the suffrage plank was in the air. Everybody was keyed up to it and when at the conclusion of lie reading of the platform, Martin Lomasney, of Boston, a delegate, claimed the attention of the chair, it wa3 thought he was opening the fight. It was several minutes before the shouts of aproval and disapproval could be stilled sufficiently to hear that he wanted to put the son on record as sympathizing "with the peo ple of Ireland." "Raus mit him," roared a Balti more delegate and the convention hall rocked with laughter. Gov. Ferguson Starts Fight. The real fight broke immediately after, however, when Governor Fergu son of Texas, who headed the minor ty report against the administration olank, was given 30 minutes in which to present it. The plank offered by the minority was : "The Democratic party always has stood for the sovereignty of the sev eral states in the control and ergula tfon of elections. We reaffirm the historic position of our party in this regard and favor the continuance of that wise provision of the Federal Const iturtJon, which vests in the sev eral states In the control and regula to prescribe the qualifications of their electors." Besides Governor Ferguson, the re port was signed by former Represen tative Charles L. Bartlett, of Georgia.: FIGHT OVER SUFFRAGE 0 HON o- SENATOR OLLIE JAMES Permanent Chairman of the Nation al Democratic Convention. James R. Nugent, of New Jersey, and Stephen B. Fleming, of Fort Wayne, Ind. The burden of Governor Ferguson's argument was that suffrage being purely a states right question, the wording of the majority plank was a presumptuous recommendation to the states on how to conduct their elec torates. Anti-suffrage delegates on the floor piled the governor with questions which brought out in the answers fresh arguments against the adminis tration plank. When Ferguson had finished the convention was in confu sion and the tone of the uproar in the delegate sections was indicative of sympathy with the opponents of the administration plank. Stone Defends Plank. When Senator Stone took the speaker's place toMefend the plank he was bombarded with questions and argument from delegates on the floor which eventually exhausted most of the time allotted to him. Anti-suffrage delegates loudly chal lenged his references to Governor Ferguson's statements with cries of "that's not what he said" and "that's not fair." Many delegates openly took the position that the question was becoming much confused by the manner of its presentation. Finally, Senator Stone yielded to Senator Pitt man of Nevada, one of the suffrage champions. The crowd wanted to howl Pittman down and cried "vote, vote." "Yes, I know you want to vote," Pittman shouted at his opponents, "you'd rather do anything else than hear the truth. Are you men who are willing to hear women denounced and afraid to hear a man say some thing in their behalf? I want to ap peal to you to give your sisters and daughters and mothers the right to vote." "What's that got to do with this?" chorused the delegates. Finally, ignoring lesser outbreaks and shouting a!bove the din and con fusion, Pittman managed to get through with his speech. "Essential for Victory." In an impassioned speech Senator Walsh swept aside the smaller ques tions which had been injected into the fight and told the delegates that President Wilson himself knew that the plank was in the platform and considered it essential for party vic tory. "Whatever your opinions may be," he said, "we shall never be anything but a discordant and divided party unless we surrender some of our con victions to the wisdom of a majority. Here you are confronted, as one of our famous leaders said, 'with a con dition, not a theory.' The twelve suf frage states represent 91 votes in the electorial college. Every political party has made this declaration in some form or other. It becomes a sim ple question of whether you will incur the enmity of these women. There is no possibility of losing a single vote if you adopt this majority plank, be cause every other party has done the same. "I ask you," he cried, "if you're going to put a resolution in here that's a lie. You can't adopt this minority report without stultifying yourselves." Senator Walsh then explained that the President knew about the suf frage plank and added: "He believes it vital to his success that it stay there. I ask you with all the fervor of my being who is there here who is wiser or more pa triotic than he?" Fight Won as Storm Rages. While the fight had been going on, a thunder storm burst and when the row on the convention floor was at its height the storm reached its climax The booming of the thunder, mixed -S : ADJOURNS: with the roaring shouts on the floor and the clatter caused by the rain on the roof almost drowned out the speakers. The storm cleared just as Senator Walsh finished speaking and the closing words of his plea for the Administration plank swept a change of sentiment over the crowd as wel come to the suffragists, as the wave of cool refreshing air that poured down into the Coliseum. There were renewed cries of "vote vote," but they were not shouts for the defeat of the plank. As the clerks called the roll of states the votes top pled into the column supporting the plank as the committee had written ! it so fast that the defeat of the sub stitute was assured before the call had gone a dozen states. North Carolina cast 11 votes for the minority report and 13 against it; South Carolina 18 against it and Vir ginia 24 against it. At the close of the roll call the whole platform, as written, was adopted and after disposing of some formalities, the convention adjourned sine die at 3:11 o'clock. Reed "Kills" Time. WTien the convention had opened Saturday shortly after 11 o'clock, Chairman James called for the report of the platform committee, but it was not ready, and the convention settled down to wait. At 11:43 Chairman James announc ed that the platform report would be made in a few minutes. In response to a request from delegates to fix the time and place for notification of Pres ident Wilson and Vice President Mar- j shall of their renomination. Chairman James explained that it was the plan : to confer first with the candidates. i Senator Reed of Missouri then made a speech to fill in the time. The bur den of Reed's speech was an attack on the nomination of Mr. Hughes because he was taken from the su preme Court bench. He read a state ment which he attributed to Mr. Hughes in 1912. which declared against a Supreme Court justice en tering politics. "Against candidate Hughes in 1916 I quote Justice Hughes in 1912," he declared as he read the statement. WThile Senator Reed was speaking Senator Stone, chairman, and Senators Walsh and Hollis, memners of the platform committee, entered the hall. Platform Presented. At 12:26 p. m. Senator Stone was SENATOR STONE. Senator Stone spent 30 sleepless hours in preparing the Democratlo platform. introduced to present the platform. In introducing Senator Stone, Chair man James asked for order to hear "the Democratic declaration of," Sen ator Stone was given prolonged ap plause. "Oh you Bill," a spectator shouted at him, as he began. Describing the committee's labors as "somewhat protracted and ardu ous", Senator Stone made a brief in troductory address. "I am not going to read it," said he referring to the platform " I have not been able to sleep a moment in more than 30 hours." Then Chairman Stone delegated the reading to Senator Walsh and Senator Hollis. Senator Walsh began reading at 12:36 o'clock. The first applause given the plat form was for the indorsement of the administration. Before Senator Walsh had finished the preamble spectators began leaving, and the noise made it difficult for delegates to hear, io mm i ANDT.R. MARSHALL ARE RENOMINATED National Democratic Conven tion Acclaims Leader of Four Years as Party's Choice for Another Four Years. NO DISCORD MARS WORK OF THE BiG CONVENTION Governor Ferguson of Texas Led Minority Report on Suffrage Amend ment. Senator Stone After 30 Sleep less Hours Asked Senators Walsh and Hollis to Read the Platform Which Was Adopted and the Con vention Adjourned. Coliseum, St. Louis. President Wil n and Vice President Marshall were nominated by acclamation by the Dem ocratic National Convention, the tick et being completed four minutes be fore Friday. There never was any dout)t of Pres ident Wilson's nomination but there was a possibility that some vice pres idental booms might be brought out in opposition to Vice President Mar shall. They melted away, however, WOODROW WILSON. Renominated for President. THOMAS R. MARSHALL Renominated for Vice President. when the convention got in session, and as soon as President Wilson's nomination had been made a roaring chorus of acclamation, Senator Kern, who renominated Mr. Marshall, cast aside a long prepared speech and simply declared: "I nominate Thomas Riley Marshal of Indiana for vice president." To President Wilson's nomination there was only one dissenting vote: Robert Emmett Burke of Illinois, who came to the convention announcing that he was opposed to the president His vote technically made the presi dent's nomination, 1,091 to 1. St. Louis. The Democratic Nation al Convention finished its work Fridaj by adopting the platform exactly as approved by President Wilson and sub mitted by the resolutions committee includin gthe plank on Americanisn: and that favoring woman suffrage, bul not until the harmony of its three days sessions had been disturbed with a row over the suffrage plank. No voice was raised against the vigorous declarations of the Ameri oanism plank, but at one time it look ed as if the suffrage plank had been lost. And Senator Walsh of Mon tana had told the convention thai President Wilson himself considered it vital to party success, however, il was voted into the platform by a bal lot of 88 1-2 to 181 1-2. The entire platform then was adopted The plank on Americanism con demnn the activities of all persons groups and organizations in the Uni ted States that conspire to advance the interests of a foreign power. PRESIDENT GALLS 00T ALL MILITIA 100,000 STATE TROOPS ORDERED TO MOBILIZE AND PREPARE FOR SERVICE. TO GUARD MEXICAN BORDER This Move Wili Release 30,000 More Regular Soldiers To Be Used As In vaders. Secretary Daniels Orders War Vessels to Mexico. Washington. Virtually the entire mobile strength of the National Guard of all states and. the District of Colum bia has been ordered mustered into the Federal service by President Wil son. About 1C0.OO0 men are expected to respond to the call. They will be mobilized immediately for such ser vice on the Mexican border as may later be assigned to them. Gen. Frederick Funston, command ing the border forces will designate the time and place for movements of guardsmen to the international line as the occasion shall require. In announcing the orders Secretary Baker said the state forces would be employed only to guard the border and that no additional troop move ments into Mexico were contemplated except in pursuit of raiders. Simultaneously with the National Guard call, Secretary Daniels of the Navy Department ordered additional war vessels to Mexican waters on both coasts to safegard American lives. At the War, Navy and State De partments it was stated that no new advices as to the situation in Mexico had come to precipitate the new or ders. Within the last two weeks, how ever, tension has been increasing steadily. The crisis presented by Gen eral Carranza's note demanding the recall of General Pershing's expedi tionary force has been followed by a virtual ultimatum served on the American offcer by General Trevino, Mexican commamder in Chihuahua. To this was added the possibility that American and Mexican troops had clashed across the border from San Benito, Texas. Administration officials made no attempt to conceal their relief over the safe return of Major Anderson's cavalry squadron to Brownsville, after their successful b-andit chase. The troopers crossed in pursuit of bandits in the face of intimations that they would be attacked if they did so. Gen eral Funston himsef.f reported that he anticipated fighting, presumably with Carranza troops. Mobilization of th National Guards men to support General Funston's line will pave the way for releasing 30,000 regulars for immediate service in Mexico in the event of open hostilities with the Carranza government. The guardsmen themselves could not be used beyond the lino without author ity of Congress and until they had vol unteered for that dity, as they are called out under tha old militia law. The new law, which would make them available for any duty under the Fed eral government goes into effect July 1. Funston Now Has 40,000. The entire mobile regular army in the United States, several provisioal regiments of regular coast artillery, serving as infantry, und the National Guard of Texas, New Mexico and Ari zona are now on the border or in Mexico. Definite figures never have been made public, bul. it is understood General Funston has about 40,000 reg ulars, and probably 5,000 or more gardsmen of whom 10,000 regulars are with General Peishing or scatter ed along his line of communications from Naminquipa, Mexico, to Colum bus, N. M. Telegrams calling for the militia were sent to the Governors of all states execpt the three whose guards men already have t een mustered in, after all-day conferences at the War Department attended by Secretary Baker, Major Geneial Scott, Chief of Staff, Major General Bliss, Chief of the Mobile Army, and Brigadier Gen eral Mills, chief of the militia divis ion general staff. 750 MEXICAN TROOPS GO TO NUEVO LAREDO Laredo, Texas. Five hundred In fantrymen and. 250 artillerymen of the Mexican army arri"e. in Neuve La redo, Mexico, opposite here, and pa raded through the streets of that town. The parade was witnessed by a large but orderly crowd. An anti-American demonstration is reported to have been prevented in Neuvo Laredo by General de la Garza. ' RUSSIANS FORCE AUSTRIANS TO EVACUATE CZERNOWITZ London. Czernowitz, capital of the Austrian Crowland of Bukowina, is in the hands of the Russians, and the Austrians who had been holding it are in retreat toward the Carpathian Mountains. Hard fighting took place in the capture of the Czernowitz bridgehead and in the passage of the River Pruth, bit when finally the Russians gained the right bank of the river the Austrians evacuated the capital. RUSSIANS ADVANCE TOWARD BUKOWINA ADVANCE TWENTY MILES IN DRIVE ON CZERNOWITZ, THE CAPITAL CITY. TOWN OF SNIATYN IS TAKEN Has Been No Cessation in Great Of fensive Movement. Along Entire Line Enemy Is Being Driven Back and Supplies Captured. London. An advance of about 20 miles by the Russians, who have Czernowitz as their objective, is chron icled in the latest Russian official com munication. Having previously cross ed the Dniester River and taken Hor odenka and Zale Szozyky, the Rus sians have now driven their men to the left bank of the River Pruth and captured the town of Sniatyn which lies only 20 miles northwest of the Bukowina Capital. Nowhere on the front from the Pripet River .in Russia and through Galicia to Bukowina has there been any cessation in the great Russian offensive. Along the entire line, ac cording to the Russian War office, the Austrian-Hungarians and Germans are being driven back, and the Rus sians are still taking thousands of prisoners and capturing the guns, ma chine guns and war supplies. In the 11 days' drive 1,780 officers, 120,000 men, 130 guns and 260 machine guns have been captured. On the lower end of the German line in Russia, to the north of Bar anovichi, the Russians evidently have anticipated the proposed German of fensive and taken the initiative into their own hands. Here after violent artillery preparations, they seven times essayed to storm the German lines. Berlin says, however, , that all their efforts failed and that they were repulsed with heavy losses. The fighting around Verdun has dwindled to intermitten bombard ments. WILSON APPROVES PLATFORM PLANK ON AMERICANISM Makes Stand Direct and Unequivocal and Condemns All Who Modify Its Policy. Washington. President Wilson ap proved a plank on Americanism for the Democratic national platform which arraigns individuals or alliances seeking to embarrass the government in negotiations with foregn nations and condemns any political party which modifies its policy for fear of political consequences. The president decided to challenge openly Americans of alien birth op posing his foregin policies. Learning from editorials in some foreign news papers that they were supporting the Republican nominee, Mr. Wilson sent word to his personal representative in St. Louis to make the plan on Ameri canism direct and unequivocal. ROOSEVELT UNDERGOES AN X-RAY EXAMINATION New York. Theodore Roosevelt un derwent an X-Ray examination here for what he characterized as possibly a slight breaking of the muscles around the rib which was 'broken when he was thrown from a horse May 24, 1915. Fears that the former president had suffered a heart attack were allayed when he rece2ved sev eral newspaper correspondents. Colonel Roosevelt explained that he contracted a severe co-ld while return ing several months ago from a trip to the West Indies and that at intervals since then he has beien subject to coughing spells. One of these occur red when he and Mrs. Roosevelt mo tored to a steamship pier to meet Her mit Roosevelt and the latter's wife who returned from South America on the United States army transport Kil patrick. A throat specialist, who later made the X-Ray examination said "there does not appear to be any possible chance of serious discomfort to the patient." PRESIDENT WILSON LEADS MAMMOTH FLAG DAY PARADE. Washington. Led by President Wilson, carrying the Stars and Stripes, nearly 25,000 men, women and children of Washington, marched up Pennsylvania avenue in a per pared ness parade arranged to emphasize the national capital's demand for an adequate army and navy. The presi dent, attired in white trousers, blue coat and straw hat, and shouldering his flag like a musket, stepped briskly to martial airs by the Marine Band. He smiled broadly and frequently raised his hat in response to cheers as he marched along between two Distzict citizens, escorted by Secre tary Tumulty, the White House em ployes and the White House news paper correspondents. Ideal weather favored the demonstration. There was hardly a cloud in the sky and it was as cool as late spring. Enthu siastic crowds thronged along the avenue from Peace monument to the White House. In front of the WhiU House the resident left the line o (March and took his place In a stand to review the parade. K.DFP. ADJOURN L NEW OFFICERS ARE ELECTED. McBRIDE HOLT, OF GRAHAM, GRAND CHANCELLOR. HOLLAND DECLINES HONOR Grand Lodge Abolishes the System of District Deputies and Employs State Organizer. Waynesville. With the selection of officers for the coming year, and the choice of Rocky Mount as the next convention city, the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias at recess ended its work for the session. Installation of officers, final reports from standing committees and various odds and enda of unfinished business were transacted at the closing session. When the election of officers was called Grand Vice Chancellor A. H. Holland of Wlnston-SaHem was about to receivethe unanimous vote of the Grand Lodge for grand chancellor when he arose to decline the honor, worthily earned. On account of the condition of his health, he stated, he could not possibly serve the order. McBride Holt of Graham was there upon elected grand chancellor. "Hold the Holt" was adopted as the slogan for the year, amid cheers. Other officrrs are Grand Chancellor Rev. Byron Clark of Salisbury, Grand Prelate Rev H. B. Owen of Rocky Mount, re-elected. Grand Keeper of records and seal W. T. Hollowell, re elected; Master of Exchequer George W. Montcastle of Lexington, who was apponited to this place at the death of John C. Mills of Rutherfordton re cently; Master at Arms C. G. Sasser of Mount Olive; Inner Guard W. W. Branch of Rhodhiss; Outer Guard E. M. Grier of Canton. As supreme representative to suc ceed Alf S. Barnard of Asheville, who has removed from the state, Thomas H. Webb, of Duke, was elected. The Grand Lodge abolished the sys tem of district deputies and decided upon the employment of a state organ izer to work in conjunction with the grand chancellor. The Pythian Home at Clayton, High Point and Rocky Mount extended invitations for the next Grand Lodge, and it required a second ballot to decide, Rocky Mount winning by 68 to 36 over High Point. Textile Convention At Asheville. Asheville. With over 400 delegates in attendance, the ninth annual con vention of the Southern Textile Aso ciation opened here with President W. M. Sherard of Wiliiamston, S. C, presiding. The meeting was marked by the address of President Sherard, In which he referred to pending Fed eral and State legislation regulating the hours of children In textile mills and the need of a rigidly-enforced com pulsory education law, and by an ad dress of Gordon Cobb of Inman, S. C, in which the speaker stressed the fact that increased efficiency in the mills must come from its operatives and not from improved machinery. After a warm discussion the asso ciation voted to continue its semi-annual session, to hold the November meeting at Columbia, S. C, while the spring meeting will be held at the Isle of Palms, S. C. The committee on organization re ported favorably on the establiahiment of a permanent textile exposition at Greenville, S. C.,-and the exposition will open there during the fall of 1917. Practically all of the $75,000 necessary for the exposition has been subscribed. The delegates were given a smoker and dance at the Langren Hotel, and a drive through Biltmore estate. Colonel J. P. Kerr Dies at Asheville. Asheville. Col. J. P. Kerr, of this city, secretary to Governor Craig, died at the home of his sisters here, his death being attributed to heart fail ure. He was fifty-two years old. Col. Kerr, who was stricken at Raleigh a few weeks ago, had returned to Ral eigh and found that his health would not permit Ms remaining at work. Waynesville Postofflce Contract. Washington. The treasury depart ment has awarded the contract for the construction of the Waynesville, N. C, poatoffice building to Algernon Blair of Montgomery, Ala. The build ing will cost $52,780, and the contract calls for its completion within four teen months. The structure will have light-colored limestone for all the ex terior work, except where granite is required. A bond of $26,400 was re quired of the contractor. Work on the building is to begin at once. Alleghany Votes Railroad Bonds. Statesville. The bond election held in Alleghany county Saturday to de cide the question of an additional Is sue of $60,000 in bonds for the Elkin & Alleghany Railroad, was decided in favor of the issue. The bonds were voted with the understanding that the railroad would he extended across the county, a distance of 30 miles. Bonds to the amount of $40,000 had been pre viously voted by the county for the railroad and the $60,000 Just voted bring Alleghany's stock in the com p&ny up to $100,000. ANNUA MEETING
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