DAILY NEWS WEATfltgR?Rail* Tonila ?nd Wednadty. Ffh Murthwt \TiuJ?. ' WASHINGTON N C- TUESixtf^FTERNOON MAY 11 1115 ? *f-85 TOARD OF ALDERMEN A ELECT NEW OFFICIALS I FOR ENSUING YEAR First meeting of new city solons was held last night. Many citizens attended MAYOR KUGLER READSRERORT . At the first regular meeting of the new city Board of Aldermen which |m hdd ]ut night and attended by ?' luge number of eitiaens, the various eity officials elected for the ensuing year and different committee* were ?p pointed. The election? were aa follow?: City Clerk, W. C. A yen*, sal ary $100 per month. Treasurer, J. F. Buckmaa, Jr., salary 1200 per annum. Chief of Police election deferr ed until another meeting. Stwet Commissioner, W. H. H. SeDeretti, salary (SO per month. Cut drivers?referred to com missioner with power to act. Oakdale cemetery, A. Q. Spen cer, salary $40 per month. Oedtr Hill cemetery election deferred until another meeting. Keeper cf city clock, Lee Stew L, ^salary $50 per annum, olunteer driver, Dave Hamp ton. City Attorney, H. C. Carter, salary $300 per annum. Sanitary officer and assistant tax collector, Mr. Flynn, salary $50 per month. Sinking fund commissioner, C. M. Brown, 8r. <. Engineer for Ocean Fire Co.. Zeb Forbee, salary $10 per month Fireman for Ocean Fire Mr. Sadler, salary $7.00 month. Mayor pro temp, C. M. Brown, Chief o?* Frre Department,? j deferred until a later meeting. Finance committee, Messrs. Sparrow, Dumay^nd Boss, salary $10 per annum. (Continued on Paire 4.^ f. SHOOTS SELF: CONDITION CRITICAL fffrmdx Hobbt Undenrent O'ptr . ' ..ation a! Hotpiiai Last Might. rr n'rittTft'lrM 5 ? ' ATTEMPTED TO ; ' TAKE HIS LIFE Shooting Took Place on Water Btraet.. .'Ma* Bven Chance of Recovery. Herman Hobbs, who ?hot him aolf 1?* night, ia in a -critical con ation today at the Fowle Memo rial Hospital. An operation was -performed ?arm after ho waa carried then. He has an eren chance for recovery. Hoh ha, who ia well known in the city, Attempted to take his life laat night at about 9 o'clock on Water street. Willie Cox, a friend of his, waa with him at the time. According to the Utter, hi (Oox,) waa walking down Water street when h? saw Hobba. Cox called him over, having he* tkat he waa going out of town. A conversation ensued aad Oox ask ed Hobba where be was going. The latter replied that he eould not tall him. "What's the matter, Herman?" asked Cox, "you've never kept ?nytiring trym me before. Why won't yon tell me where yon're 3ho, HI tell you," replied Hobba, land with the -words he drtrw a revolver from his pocket and ahot himself in the side, the ball piercing hia intestine?. "I kept thinking that, he had a gun in hia pocket," aaid Oox this morning, hnt I wasn't sure. "Finally, when I aaw him at tempt. lo draw It from hia pocket, J grabbed him. T thought he in tended shooting himself through the head and T reaahed too high. It ww tek on A* street and T couldn't aee rm distinctly." TV Jaok IfknoUon waa called to the aoene at the shooting and took the wmnlded nun to the bria jrifcl/ where an operation waa per forBM la the hope of Having Wa lifc. ,?/ %-v % J Melancholia I? glmt tk tk? principal reason for Hdbtir act. Just before going to press we naoeived phot)* m*sage that Hobba had dl?4. h a. - New Theater > % ?WIGHT J Daniel Vtbtotaa PresanU : * CLARENCEPOE SPEAKSHERE FRIDAY Will be Orator at the Commence ment Exercise* ih Load K& -- - BckooL .' - BUSINESS MEN ARE INVITED TO ATTEND Mr. Poejs Address Will be on a Practical Subject of Interest to Everyone. Dr. Clarence Poe, editor and owner.of the well known farm journal, "The Progressive Fann er,"" will be the principal speaker at the commencement exercises of the Washington high school Fri' day night. Mr. Poe is a man of progressive ideas, and his address will be alorig practical lines, in stead of the eloquent flights of ortatcfiy usually taken by speak ers on occasions of this kind. The business men of Washing ton are especially urged to he present TYiday night and hear Mr. Poe. Local Calendar of Coming Events Tonight-^Meeting of the Cham her of Commerce, commencing at 8:80. Tonight?Commencement ericses Aurora high school. Tonight?Literary meeting of Kpworth league, with Miss Ad eline Mayo. Wednesday nights?Annual de bate for the C. G. Morris medsl at high school auditorium. Wednesday night?Meetfcig of the Chautauqua guarantors in the Chamber of Oofnmeroe rooms. ? Wednesday night?Commence ment Mceroim at Aurora high Mhool. fhnraday night?CI a? day ?* erewea at auditorium of high ?chooL Friday night?Qnrnnem^mcnt exeroiaea at auditorium. Clar ence Poe, speaker. T.ITERARY MEETING. The literary and aociaj meeting of theNJBpworth League will hp held tonight at 8-JO with Adeline M?70 trn Waat 8e?md ?? Ajwaaur. . ? TWIN MARINES FOOL THEIR OARERS Two martnee hare lately had the entire marin? corpa stationed at League Island, near Philadelphia, shaking wl:h silent laughter by tike trouble they are causing. After eight month? In the service their company officers and their fellow marines cannot tell them apart They are Leslie and Kalile Woodcock, twins, twenty years old. and hall from South Carolina, where i they enlisted on the condition that they would never be put Into aepara? companies. Many eiTorta have been made by their offlcera to do this, but > they have a written guaranty from the recruiting station that It Is tbeii | privilege to serve their country together ENDORSES LOCAL Y.M.C.A. MOVEMENT John G. Bragaw Jr. Gives hearty approval of proposition. Hopes Business men will back the plan. ~ Another endorsement of the lo cal Y. M. C. VA. movement was jriven -trw}*T-by iahn-Q. Bragaw, Jr., a prominent r?*ident of this city, who expressed himself an highly in favor of the proposi tion. Mr. Bragaw expresses him self an follows: Editor Daily News:? My attention was attracted a few days ago by an item in your columns referring to the proposed \ orcanizutiop of a Y. M. P. A.' lu re in Washington?or somo in* stitution of that nature. T hope j tho movement will receive such eiioourac**]iipnt from our citizens! ar tn make it a certainty. The need for something of the ? Suit Against Water Company Charts '}foritfrv ? A Mk* T)nn>nnrr for Destriirtion of His House By Fire. The easo of Charles Morton v?. WuhinKton Light and N Water Companv, ip l?einp triwV* in the Superior C1ourt here today. Th^ suit is for damage over rhp al leged lark of pressure the night Mr. Morton's store was destroyed h v fire. The rase of Rrinn vs. Pil ley wjts finishd morning. A judg ment was rendered in favor of the defendant, it being derided that the plaintiff was not the own er of the right of way. Mrs. Carman Is Acquitted \Bryan U Awarded $3,000. Wat motu Cote Aflnr 1 Hour and 12 iVinuto. ' * y. Mineol|, N. Y., May 10,?A Ardict of acquittal w neral of Mr. Woudard, Hon Joseph us Daniels, secre tary of tiie navy, was in Wilftofe Snn, Fire. Division.* Will Embark at Ilunxptnn iioatls. Trip to Last j or 13 Days. Arnuic^mentfi for the annual Vmise of the North t'arolina nav al militia have l>coii made by the j Navy Department and a copy has heen received by Adjutant. Gen- \ eral Voting. The five divisions! will embark at Hampton Road? July 3rd and will continue at sea until July 16 with the exception; of shore liberty at New York JulyI 18 and 14. The men will pro ceed to Gardners for target prac tice and from there Afrill go to Newport. R. I. The divisions are located at "Sew Bern, Helhaven, Washington Hertford, and Elizabetn City. Captain C. P. Bradhsm of New Bern is commander.' The Washington Naval Re serves have already begun prepa rations for the cruise,- to whirh they are looking forward with keen ^anticipation. Tt. expec* i ed that about 3303 m<*i?n.> 3w3li3l cd that about 30 men will go on the cruise. i ? "T Aww?I Kvurt ??? Iril?A At Waterford. Ireland, i ? wblUwMhlft? oftkm *olMil eottatsa la ty^coa-*? parts **d talm *???? I* U&r* Defines Act as one of Barbarism And Inhuman Cruelty. Believes Country will stand for Peace v Until Peace Ceases to 'e ^Be a Virture. ? \ SUB,VRINE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN WORNING Believing t^jt an expression of opinion frour^imv of our promi-J Hi-fit recidenls relative to tin* Lua itania would be of inter esi to I)ailv News reader*, a porter railed upon Congressman John II. Small and interviewed him regarding his views on the matter. -Mr. Small's statement, whieh is an exceedingly interest ing one, follows: "The sinking of the T.uoitania with its turn Ho toil of life, uatu* rally arouses the keenest sympa thy and grief anione ?II humane persons. The deliberate di-re: gard l\v tlie German submarine for the safety of the passenger. and tho loss of so many Ameri can citizens, has evoked a spirit pf patriotism and indignation a monc our people. ^However, in the words of See-' retary Bryan, "it is no time 10 rock the boat." and the President has promised to give the subject that calm consideration and firm ness of action which pifblie senti ment demands. ''Personally, I do not believe there is any occasion for war. < eept as a ja*t resort. According to the law of nations, as T under stand it, Germany was within her rights in sinking this British mer cbnt ship, but she was required both hv tho laws of war and hu manity to pivo tho non-combat ant passengers and crew a chance for their lives. No excuse which the German government has given can justify such an act of bar barism. While tho German peo ple have earned the admiration of I he world for their efficiency and thoroughness in tJie vocations of peaeo and bv their heroism and proficiency in war. yet tliev have alienated the sympathy of mil lions of other peoples by their in* humnity and cruelty on this and other- occasions. Just a* no dividual fan live without the good opinion of his neighbors, to the same extent no nation can prog rrss against the good opinion of the world. "T have no authority to ?peak Suit Ends In Neiv Bern Urt/an w? A warded re,.t.t.t. Fw Suing for $30,000. The case of Bryan rs. Roper j Lumber 2Com^>any which occu pied almost all of the time of tin I Federal court last week was ?at I tied vSaturda^ afternoon .when Bryan was awarded the sum of 13,000. The suit was for $30. 000. This end* a ease whieh hap attracted considerable interest and attention both here and else where. At the session of court Satur day the case of Oeorfrc Henderson was alv> finished. Tie bad been out on a suspended sentence and was to prove good behafior at thi court. ftejng unable to do this hr was resentenced by Judge Con vor to sOrve nix months in the Craven county tail, the sentence to ntsrt October 2*th if he i-an he found at that time in this part or the TTe is to stay away from "PollocksviTle. .from Pollocksville.?New Bern f?u die President, or even to an ?icipatc his conclusion, but I be lieve our government will tako such a s lan HE WILL riWSE PEACE POLICE >"ns P rare ut n Heating and Ele vatinfj Influence While Sfn'fr is Xof. llelow are pi ven extract/; from. President Wilson'? speech at Philadelphia last, night. which are laken as a forecast, of his policy not to plunge this country in the European war. * "America," said the Preei- * * d'-nt. ''must: have the conaci- ? * ?I'.isnes* that on all sides it * v touches cll*>ws and touches * * heart with all the nations of * * mankind. The example of * * America must V>e a special * * example. And it must be an * * example not. merely-of peace * * Itccansc it will not fipht. but ** * l>ecnu!?e peaee is a healing * * and elevating influence of* v the world and d rife is not. * * , ? * ''There 1? Mioh a thinp as * * a man belnp too proud to * * fipht. There is such a thinp * * a* being *o right that it doe# * * not need to convince other* * by force that It lo right.1' # * "My advice to you U to # * think tlrat not only of Amari- ? * ca. but to think first of hu- # * manlty, and you do not Ion ? * humanity if you s#ek to <11- ? * vide humanity into jealous # * camps." * m ? # * "T am sori^v for tbe man # who seeks to make personal * capital out of the passions of * his follow man. He has lost * the touch and ideal of A mer- # ca. f