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VOL. 12. NO. 108.
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA,
SATURDAY. MAY IS, 1916.
PRICE TWO CENTS
PEOPLE DIE OF Gentlemen, Look Upon Lady Rookies!
E
IE
EPOI!
OVER 200,000 IN SI0PS LONG TRIPs FOR IS WEEK
Five-Year-Old Greensboro Boy
This Section is Aain the Stage
for Terrible Struggle in Ver
dun Drive.
This Will Be the Peace Strength Howard Rinehardt Forced to De- Some of the Averages Mad Bj
ana His Uncle Die as Result of
Eating Canned Fruit.
as Agreed on By House and
Senate Conferees.
scend Near Rowland, North
Players in the Two 'Jig Leagues
Carolina, at Early Hour.
for week Ending Wed.
D
RATE FIGHTING
REGULAR ARMY OF
NGINE TROUBLE
BASEBALL RECORDS
Pill
ON
NEAR
D0UA10NT
I ! ' it 4 I 111
fjf . v- t r- -tt it ill
...... W A. 'CMS
OTHERS ARE MADE STCK
FROM THE SAME CAUSE
It is Believed That the Others
Will Recover as They Are Now
Much Improved.
Uy Associated Press.)
!tvtnslorv, .May H.---Walter
Wr.iy, aired five .wars, an: his uncle,
Jrli'is Wray, aired 15 years, are d ad
he'-e as a !'! n't ..f -mniia- i dson
ng, supposed to have been caused liy
ra i ng cann;d fruit Fric.'ay. Tne boy
died t' i.s morn'ng p'ter s v.ral hours
of intense suffering. Julius Wray
died late yesterday afternoon.
A man name 1 Vaughan, who also
ate some Of the fruit, is ill but will
recover, according to attending phy
sicians. Eugene Wray, a fourth person who
ate of the fruit and whose condit'on
vat, regarded as serious for a time, is
reported to be out of danger.
POISONED FROM CAN GOODS
AND DIED SOON AFTER.
uuilfurd Men Died From the Effect
of Eating Canned Tomatoes and
Peaches.
1 he Greensboro News of this morn
intr has the follow ng:
Walter, the five-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Wray of Magno
lia .street and Julius Wray, a brother
of H. H. Wray. are dtad, and Eugens
Wray, another brother, and P. W.
Vauirhan, of 1107 Magnolia street,
are lying at the point of death as a
insult of eating a quantity of canned
tomatoes and peaches at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wray, late Thurs
day afternoon. There were several
others present at the dinner, and all
at'.- more or less of the contents of
the two cans, hut aside from the
four mentioned none has shown any
ill-efTtcts. The young son, who was
adopted several months ago by Mr.
and Mrs. Wray, died yesterday morn-i-g
shortly before 1 o'clock, and tha
(nd came only after intense suffering
for more than an hour. Ptomaine
poi.on'ng was the cause of death in
t .is case as in the other.
.hilius and Eu gene Wray started to
their' home, about four miles from
the city, and near the Guilford Bat- street, had told him that the tomatoes So Great Was the Rush for Ap-
tleground, a short while a'fter par- and peachta served during the din- j plications for Places That
taking of the canned peaches and to- ner were taken from the shelves of i 60,000 Were Rejected.
matops and both were taken ill be- his store and that his stock had I
fore arriving home. Help was sum- originaJly been purchased from ai (By Associated Press.)
ino::ed and the two men were car- wholesale grocery concern of this! Nt'w Yorkv May 13. New York's
ried to their home and a physic an city. It was added, however, that the ! beljef that the nation should prepare
(uickly summoned. He dM all in his labels on the cans showed that they ' . , .
. i .v . ' i for war was expressed today ly near
power to relieve the !n:ense suffer- were prepared 411 another state. 1
ing of the men but with little success. , 'A double funeral over the remains ly S-000 men and women march
Julius Wray disd yesterday morning of the five-year-old child and the 1 i"fT in one ths greatest processions
about 2:30 o'cloaj and a short whiJe elder Wray will be conducted from ( ever assembled for the promotion of
hter it was deemed wisest to carry Mount Pisgah church this afternoon an jjea
Eugene Wray to St. Leo's hospital,, at 2 o'clock by Rev. Mr. Millowav. ! . . . .
, . , T . ., . , '""""J" Twenty albreast, filling the streets
where, mors careful attention might Interment will follow in the church1
be paid him. Late last night he was burying ground. I from curb cupb' and kPei8r step
reputed to be lingering between life I to 200 bands, the parade started early
and death with hope about gone.
Mr. Vaughan was stricken at a lat
re hour than either of the others, and
for a while it appeared as though he
was not to suffer from the effects of
ptomaine poisoning to even the
slightest degree. Early yesterday
morn'ng, howevtr. he was seized
with the pains that are ascrihfd as
accompanying an attack of the pois
oning and a short while later he was
at the point of death. He rallied
for a few hours, but late last night
was said to be at th paint of death.
It was stated yesterday afternoon
ihat shortly after the Wray brothers
A.?re seized with the attack a tele
t one messaee was sent their ihrother
f one message was sent their (brother
here in Greensboro to inform him of
their illness, whereupon he informed In the Gluf states the weather will
the sender of the message that his be generally fair with normal tem
adopted son had died a short while perature.
before. It is also said that every j
member of the dinner party who was ,
stricken had eaten both tomatoes and
peaches, but, to make the case more
peculiar, ,so had the three or four
other persons present who had ex
perinecei no ill-effects.
. II. B. Wray, Julius Wray and Eu
gene, Wray are brothers of Patrol-
man Will Wray, a member of the
Greensboro police force. Julius and I w "Publicity produces results in oth
Eugene are among the most highly ' er lines of endeavor; why' not in
respected residents of. the ' Battle- church work!" said tHe pestor. ;
ground Community ana tne Illness of " v ' 1 .. n--
one and death ef the other was the ; - You can .seldom;? judge people by I ported in favor of confifming. Bran
source of much comment yesterday their garmentvnless you see the dels,' reports . again as 'soon 'as the
afternoon. Chief of Police Isley Met-! family wash out on the line. I present testimony is concluded. '
f I Pl I VwSW9.t(-r-'J K2
a won-a .wl- SH3 k - r II'
ft F . iV' I I rrTnw.-WM.n.iii t .,m- ..n i i miimi hi J I
SJ i 1 . rf Here are Home of the women who
II T ' " - believe that the United States should
3 I J ' v- ' ' I'eady for war. They are rookies
H S '( i 'f H ( ' , at the Chevy Chase training camp for
? f ji . women. Every one of them who ha
f , ' ( i ,4y)' r j a aon is raiding him to be a soldier
i $ ' ' : if that becomes necessary.
If i! I 1 45,000 MARCH
BX 1 IFOR PREPAREDNESS
r.
ed to a representative of the Daily
News last night that H, B. Wray,
who conducts a grocery on Magnolia
A
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PROMISED THE WEEK
Gulf States Will Be Attended bv
Attended by
Generally Fair Weather - With Nor-1 The demand, fr places fn the par
mal Temperature r the Coming j ade greaify exceeded time and
ec't' J ppace that the promoters -were com-
( By 'Associated rresg,) ' , t pelled to reject 60,000 applications.
Wflisninpr.on. mav in. iwiier and
clou-.'y weather during the week be
ginning tomorrow is promised in the
r "
today.
CHURCH PUBLICITY
MANAGER NAMED.
Salem, Ore., May 12. What is be
lieved 'to' be the -first publicity man
spvr.af "a .church ''was installed here
today in-theSt Paul's Episcopal t
I church. The pastor, the Rev. S. Gill
appointed E. J. Rupert to the post.
New Yorkers Turn Out in Great
Numbers to Express ; Them
selves on This Question.
ONE MILLION PEOPLE
VIEW THE DEMONSTRATION
today to continue twelve hours or
longer. Many business nouses were
closed, while the city gave itself up
to the cele'aTation of "Prepare in ess
Day," and iitds estimated that at least
j one million people saw the demon-
stration
SATISFIED WITH, fc l
BRANDEIS' WORK.
Commissioner JIarlon of I. C. Com
mission on Stand at Senate Judi
ciary Rehearing of Case.
Washington, May 12. Commis
sioner Harlan, of he Interstate Com
merce Commission, testifying before
j the Senate Judiciary sub-committee
at the re-opened hearing of the fit
ness of Louis E. Brandeis for the Su
preme Court, declared that Brandeis'
work r the Interstate Commission
In the five per cent ndvance . rate
cases was satisfactory.
Harlan said he was sure Ee was
violating the' sentiments of the other
commissioners also. ' ; -s . i
The subcommittee, which once re-
INCREASING ARTILLERY IN,
VOLHYNIAN VICINITY
Dr. Clemens Delbrueck, German
Vice-Chancellor, Resigns-
-Ill
Health Reason Given.
(By Associated 1'ress.)
The Douamnnt rejrfoa on the Ver-
dun front whs re th? Germans for
moie than two months past hiv? helit
a rly
(' to the line originally ad
vanced in the rViruary drive is ag:i!n
the scene of do.- .e.-ut .' ligh. ing. V -
t ibombardm. nt of the Kr noh pi-
itions in that se.'tor were follwve. !
by strong attar-s in which, according
lo Pitis, the Germans suffered heavy
'iMse sand fa led to gain ground.
A:rors the Meuse, northwest of
Verdun there has besn no infantry
entrauemErfts reoorted but the ai til-
lerv is being kent busv. th- firing on
both sides bning virtually without
cessation.
Vienna snorts continu..d increas-
.A .... , ,
ing activity in the vicinity of Vol-
'hyinian fortress triangb on t!ie Rus
ian front. The moves nf the op
posing commanders, however, have
not reralkd in a I'ecisive result for
either side nor mpcrtant shifts in the
ine along the Austr i-Jtalian 'front.
The resignation of .Dr. Cleme.ns
Delbrueck, the German vice-chan-ctllor
and minister of the interior, is
announced from Berlin. Ill health is
assigned as the reason for qu'tting
official life.
Dissatisfaction has Seen wide-ly
:xpreF3ed in Germany recently with
regard to the minisitenial handling of
the food situation as an outgrowth
of wh'ch riots were reported and the
resignation of Delbrueck was immi
nent. CAVALRY DASHES ACROSS
BORDER TO SAVE DEEMER
Marathon, Tex., May 12. 'Reports
reaching here tonight indicate that Mexican government is. muking re
Maj. George T. Langhome and A and I newed efforts to capture the bapdits
B tlroopr of ,the 8th cavalry againj who have been raiding American
have crossed the Rio Grande from Bo- towns.
quillas cti an effort to surprise the Th report that the expedition
bandits holding Jesse Deemer a pris- m'Kht have a hostile purpose ws ndt
R. R. Hasbrouck, an assayer, em
Dloved bv a Bdauillas minin? concern
and no wa government scout, ami ved j
here today with messages for Captain
John S. Chambers at Marathon. He
is saii to bave told friends that Col
onel Sibley, in command of the Big
Bend expeditionary force, would or
der Major Langhorne to reinvade
Mexico as it was believed negotia
tions fo ran exchange of prisoners
between Langhorne and the bandits
had fallen through.
N'o news of the reported long
-ange parley between Major Lang
horne and the Mexican mandits for
the release of Deemer in exchange
for the three Mexican ban its cap
tured recently, were available to
night. I
Army men here are of the op'nion !
that if the Stories of trie conference1,
between Langhorr.s and the bandits j
are true, it may result it n failure. I
Deemer, if alive, must be rtscuid by
force, which must be call for a sud- j
den dash toward tha place where the 1
bandits are said to have their ren
dezvous. Concord Men Announce That They
Will Build a Knitting Mill and Are
Asking for a Charter Will Build
Right Away.
(Special to Uw Post.)
Concord, May 13j Announcement
nt mad; today of a new manufac
turing plant to be erected for Concord
right away. Messrs. A. Jones Yorke,
J. F.. Goodman and A. ft. Hocver an-
nounced that they are subscribing
stock and asking for charter for a
knitting mill to be locati hert.
The men behind th movement are;
sufficient guarantee that tne project!
will go through. '."',. j
IN WAR TIMES IT WILL
GO TO 254,000 MEN
i Provides That it Can Never Go
Below 160,000 and Peace Maxi
mum Strength is 175,000.
(By Asttoriattd Press.)
Wihirirttm, May Ki. regular
army of JOG.OOO men Bt peuce
strength, rupn'.L
of expansion
time of war,
i 2.r4 .tH)f m n
was
agree I mi Unlay by House and Senate
cor (lees or. the army re-organiia-tion
1) 11. The report will be sub
mitted to (ingress for ratification
next week.
1 the agrd ment on the regular
army hill the Senate oill system of
organization was retained as a suAi
stitute for the H use system which
! would have re.ruited trie maximum
army to 140,000 men.
! The regulaj- line army, the bill now
provides, can never go belo 160,000
aJ"'J :t maximum in times otf peace
I will be 17f,000 officers and men.
j
15,000 MEXICANS
Great Force of Carranza Troops
Headed Toward Big- Bend
District on North.
i MAY BE RENEWED EFFORT
j TO CAPTURE BANDITS
Report That the Move May Be
Hostile One Not Considered
'Seriously by Washington.
Washington, May 13. Dispatching
of 15,000 Caranza trcaps northward
toward the bordei in the Big Bend
district of Coahula, reported in border
advices today, was regarded by offl-
cials as a possible indication that the
regai ded seriously by administration
authorities.
The intimation was that this action
tended t0 strengthen the belief that
American and Mexican military au
thorities in EI Pasr had reached an
unwi itten agreement on co-operation
on the border to prevent further ban
dit raids.
The Mexican situation shows nt
signs of immediate change here to
day. SOCIAL SERVICE REPORT.
General Methodist Conference Elim
inates Part of Report of Commit
tee on Social Service.
(By Associated Press.)
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., May 13.
By a vote of 447 to 280 the Methodist
General Conference today eliminated
that part Otf the report of the commit
tee on social service which was de
voted to preference being given union
I'lhar in all matters affectintr emnlov-
ment and wnjch rcad. ..Ingt)far itg
methods are just and ingofar 8g the
. ht n un0rir,n;2e.i mpn r not in-
fringed upon.'
Cashier Locked in Vault; $4,000 Loot.
Peru, Kans., Miy 12. Possess to
day were searching the surrounding
cojntry for traces of two robbers who
locked Urbin Gibba, cashier of the
Peru State Bank, in a vault and es
caped with $4,000 in currency.
The debt a man owes himself is
generally paid, even though he may
have to borrow to pay it
After all it is more satisfying to
take (things as they come than to give
them up as they go.
Whatever else you may say of the
mermaid, she -can never get there
with both feet.
When lovely woman stoops to folly
does it indicate that she is stupid t
" 1 1 1 -" :
Stolen sweets may be hard to digest
MOVING NORTH
FLYING FROM AUG v ST A, OA.
TO HEMPSTEAD, L. I.
Had Been Making Fifty Miles an
Hour and Following Atlantic
Coast Lino Tracks.
(By Associated PriHs.)
Kooky Mount, May IS. Howard!
Rinihardt, who left Auirunta, (la., '
to early this morning in a biplane in an
! effort to
make a non-stop trip to
Hempstead, Long Islwid, was foreed
to abandon thu trip near Rowland,
N. ('.. two and a half miles north of
the South Carolina line, just before
! o'clock this morning. In descend
ing, because of engine trouble, the
landing gear and one plane of the
michin? 'WaVjamaged.
iRi:-.ehardt was unhurt when the bi
plane came dwwn and walked to a
farm house and reported the accident
by telephone.
The biplane was flying low and fol
lowing the Atlantic Coast Line rail
road and telegraph opera-tors of the
ad aloag the route wre report.
in; its pr ogres.
At 8:37 o'clock (the operator at
1 Lamar, a flag atation near Rowland,
reported thait the machine was then
in sight and was apparently in trou
ble. A few minutes later It descend
ed. Rinehardt had been flying more
than fifty miles an hour ver since
he kft Augusta.
CHICAGO POLICE FEAR
OUTBREAK OF STRIKERS
Chicago, May 12. With 25,000
woritera on strike and trouble brew
ing in half a dosen sections of the
city, Chicago fcolic today were con
fronted with a serious situation.
- The first break between police and
strikers came last night when the
officers attempted to dispersie a crowd
of 500 strikers gathered before the
International Harvester Company's
plant. Sticks and bricks wre thrown
indiscriminately and one officer was
wounded. Twelve mounted policemen
rode their horses Into the crowd w
drawn revolvers and. duos a-wing.
The polios succeeded in dispersing
the strict ra after fifteen minutes of
general fighting.
Lutheran Synod at Concord Pays
Tribute to Late Secretary of For
eign Mission Board Reports of
Committees Submitted.
(By Associated Press.)
Concord, May 13. Tne morning
session of the North Carolina Luth
eran Synod, now in session here, was
devoted to routtine business consisting
of reports from the executive com
mittee and the committee on appor
tionment and missions.
Following the consideration of
these reports a memorial was offered
to the late Dr. Robert C Holland, of
Roanoke, Va., secretary and field
agent of the Board of Foreign Mis
sions of the United Synod.
This afternoon's program includes
automobile trip to the Jackson Train
ing school.
High School Club Meeting Sunday
Afternoon.
Members of High School are invit
ed to attend the meeting of High
School Club Sunday afternoon at 5:50
in Maxwell Chambers school build
ing. The meeting will be in the na
ture of a review of the year and a
forecast of the summer and next
year's work. All boys of High" School
are invited.
Many a leap year girl loses her
head in trying to win a younk mgan's
heart. .
In a small boy's ideal heaven he
can always have a record piece of pie.
We all talk too much because tied through concession ty t!.e ei
ther is so much to talk about j ployes.
SMITH OF CLEVELAND IS
! LEADING THE BATTERS
Thirteen American Flyers Make
I Records as Good at .300 or
More During Past Week.
flly Associated Trass.)
Chicago, May 13. Only thirteen
Amrici- league .players, who may
clasned s leaders, are bttln(r
.300 or better according to averages
mi-' uhl tinliyx irdudiing Wiedjn,e.-
day's games.
Smith, Of Cleveland, is the leading
batter, among slavers who hav
played in half the gomes their team
has ibeen in, with a percentage of
,H8S.
Fourn'er, of Chicago, in ahead in
home runs with 3. Grancy, of Clew
lard, in total oases with 48 as A
Spsaktr of Clewelawi, and Felch, of
Chicago, set the pace In runs scored
havng 17.
Judge, of Washington, leads in
stolen base with 8. Leading batters
and thebr averages are:
Smitk, of Cleveland. .388
Burni of Dtrd:t. , 377
"T"'"'"-TZ
c n n 1. . .. r 01 1 I BAR
OWUI1K, VI I IlllUUtttpiUS. .. ...QUI
Milan, of Wiash'ngton ...338
Leading: pitchers, wno played in
three or more games, rank according
to earned runs are: Leonard, df "Bos
ton! Dumbs of CI ev elanJ; Pennock,
of Boston) Pfeffer, of Cleveland and
Markle of New York.
Robert-son, of New York, leads the
National league batters, of whom
twelve are hitting above .800. Wil
liams of Chicago ievto the homs runs
with 4. Zimmerman, of ;'Ohlicgo,
leads the total bases with 44. Croh,
of Cincinnati, leads Trt runs scored
with 17 and Carey, of Plttsourfr, in
Btolen bases with 9.
: Leading hitters were as follows:
' Kebertson'. . . . . . .. ... . . ,,,437
Burns. ,.375
Hinchman.. .. .. ,. ..371
Zimmerman . . . . . . . . . t . . , ,.344
, Leading- pitchers or the Nationals
were: Ames, of St. Louts, Bell, of
Brooklyn? Kaittler, of Pittsburg;
Pfeffer of Brooklyn and McConnell,
off Chicago.
SIX WAkSIUPS ARE
PLACED IN RESERVED.
Battleships in Atlantic Fleet Will
, Undergo Repairs.
Washington May, 12. Six battle
ships of the Aalantic fleet were or
dered placed in reserved by the Navy
Department today. The New Jersey
Rhode Island, Virginia and Nebraska
hsve been ordered placed in reserved '
at the navy yard In Boston, the Con
necticut at the navy yard in Philadel
phia and the Louisiana at the navy
yard in Norfolk. The Nashville, which
will have ' new boilers installed, has
been ordered placed in ordinary at
the naval station at New Orleans, .
All the vessels named in these or- :
dars will undergo repairs of , Soma
character. Skeleton crews will! bo
kept on board. The remainder of
the crews will be assigned to other
Atlantic fleet vessels. The New Hamp
ihire, Vermont and Massachusetts,
which have not been with the fleet,
have been ordered to repoin the At- '
lantic fleet. They will form a new di
vision in connection with the Penn
sylvania, Arizona and Nevada.
Yeggmen Rob U. S, But "No Poor
" Man." ' '.y
Lancaster, Pa., May 12. After first
holding up the watchman, Clarence
Kr?ider, outside : the building, and '
while one of their number guarded
him, three yeggmen robbed the Litits
postoffice early today and obtained
several hundred dollars', worth of
stamps and money and - some mail
matter. .
The watchman was then compelled
to accompany the jobbers a mile cut
of town, where his revolver, empty,
and his money and . watch were re
turaed to him v" - . '
"We are not robbing a poor man,
but Uncle Sam," the robbers told him.
Railroad Strike Called Off.
Madrid, Spain, May IS. Tte gen-
oral stnike on all Spanish railroads.
e-.t for May 20, has been called off.
Points under dispute ahve teen set-
i