DAILY NEWS
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WASHINGTON N. C TUESDAY AFTERNOON JULY 11. IflS No. 1?
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NEW OFFICERS
ELECTED FOR
TAUQUA H
MORE PLEDGES
It HO
At a aaatlag,af Chautauqua HUT
art on, which ma hal? la>t night la
tka man of tka Chamber af Corn
More?. plaaa tor naxt raar'a Chaa
taaqaa wan dlacuaaed and new af.
O?an elected. Than wan about 1?
guarantor? >mm at tka neatlag.
PraaMrat I. D. Crimea prealded
The following new -officer? wan.
Praaldant, 8. -O Moea.
Vka praaltaal. J. K. Hart.
; Bacntarr, Cart Ooerch ?' r
IVaaaarrr, W. O. BUla.
It waa aiond tkat tka aneatlTa|
committee ha eaimaail of fire a?
ban. Ineladiac the preeldent and
who an to act aa ax
O. 41. Morrla, Joha
O. Braiaw, Jr.. aad B. K Ulaon
wan elected aa tha ramalaiog me
kara of tha eomaatttaa.
O. T Bland M alacled chairman I
ot tha ticket aellnc cotnmttee and j
Ha? A. Wataoa. chairman of I
adnrtlalog commlttoe.
Altar a laagthr dlaruaaioa Jadgej
?ragaw aadt tha motion that
waa tha aaaaa of tha aaaetlng that ao
contract ha vatarad lato for aext
raar'a Chaataoqua until than akall
kan kaaa tMgal aa maar aa (OC
ad?H tlaketa. or thalr equivalent.
Tha aaatloa waa carried
Mr. Blaad aaada tka au>Uoa that
Jad?a Bragaw ha ragaaatad to draw
up aha artlola (or pnbllcatlon. re
qaaatlag tha fao?le to aacan pledge,
aa eartr aa paaaihla aad aaUfrtea
thaa whan tha ?ladgaa might
aacarad Thla motto* waa alao car
ried.
There waa oou eider*bla talka net
tha qaaatloa of aaxt raar'a Chan
taaqaa aaanrlalloa aad a dlacaaaloa
of tha merita <f tha Bwarthaaora aad
Rad path aaaoatatlona. It waa flaallr
decided that tha dadalon of tkla
mattar ha t aft with tha execntlre
oommlttaa tor them to aat upon.
Mr. Blaad alao aaada tha motion I
that hr-lawe ha drawa ap. la order |
t tet tha aaaoolatloa might ha plac
ed oa a parmaaaat baala.
Attar a geaaral dlacnaaloo. thej
maetlag adjoaraatf.
Street Commlaaloaar McDeTltt
haa atarted wart ahelHag Second
a treat from Brld?a to Paarea. Thla
atraat haa alwara hraa a bugbear
ta aatolata aa aeaoaat ot tha depth
of tha aaad aa4 manjr rata, v
MoDerltt aaaruacaa that It will he
pit a MM "hapa far tuff*
nummi wmna TOBiowr
Ml*,
WM otrm M M** la !?*?>?
ViaHoma to OHf.
Mr. aad Mr a. Waaler DwHa? laat
Bight gara a aa? dava tha Pamllrb
ta heaar at thalr gaeata, Mra. Bmll
Doarr, Nn. t. H. Smith. Ifn. *o?
Bailer aad Mr. Maadowa, tha lattar
tolag af Back? MoBBt. Mr. aad
Mia. A. t. ?Hlford Vara ataa I* tha
M?W. ' yi
BELLMO
TODAY
"Ml MMUM BINO"
Maktrt nuin k S un
?FUAMI"
I
Tt?? wtunr or bat*"
Kwtat Dnuu la M ?utfe.
"**?won met murtM urr
I om?4r dtmui.
The Belimo.
IfflHi, tLIAM. KHVOWfAlLE
NO REASON
FOR SUICIDE
(SpOctol to the Dally New.)
That the auiclde of J. Will Miller
yesterday at Oriental vu ton? pre
meditated. to the |?dm?I belief to
day. Mr. Miller never kept a re
volver lm th? house until the letter
part of tost week, when he carried
oae there from the bank and It 1?
believed at that tine he had made
H hit mind la end Ma Ufa.
Preeomably there to ao canae (or
the auiclde. The affnirs of the bank
vera loked lato laat March and
foaad to ho UI good aha pa. h there
Is any shortage to the (aads of the
lnatttatlon. the money haa been
takaa oat alagi that ,t4me.
State' Bank Examiner<\ Hubbard
arrived at New Bern this morning.
He will leave for Oriental today and
begin aa Investigation of the bank's
affairs aa soon as possible after
reaching there.
MERCHANTS
SIGNING DP
LA HUB MBMBEftSBlP PKOMI&ED
FOR BU8INBB8 MEN'S
LEAGUE.
at Ureearlll? Oo^mto.
Hare Alrvady
I'p la Hut City.
Aocordlag to laformatlon given
oat thla morulas, the merchant? of
neighboring -ciMw ara fast algnlng
thair name? to memberahip In the
BmUmm Mea'a Laague. Twaat.'
man la Greenville bar? already a
PNd to oo-oparate. In the work.
The ^merchants of 81 m peon and
Grlmesland have been toileted and
it la expected that work will be
started In BelhavTa "and William
aton within a few dare In order to
eacure the merchanta of thoae cities
for membership.
It IS cxpectad that President J.
ft. Hoyt will call A meeting In
iew days in order to take up eotne
Important matter* relative to the
League. The date of thla meeting
will ba given oat later.
COMMERCE meeting .tonight.
ATTRACTION? AT NEW
THEATRE PLKA8INC
The New Theatre opened to a foil
bouse last nlgbt to wltneaa the open
ing performance of "The Lynch
Trio" and "Batler and ftawn.~ tin
two acts that are filing the board p
there thla week. Without a doubt
they are the beat vaudeville set?
that have been to thla elty for a
great while. The singing and danc
log wf the k 149 pleased every one
pud thf aomedy. tfhglng aa{ danelnp
of Butlet and ?swa- alao drew tortJv
applause after sp?We T*a?s will
U t cfc4??? ?? H>P>? ?msl.l.lv
in<r *i??i ?uiirW'r ki b?r?.
V? ??Hlei (bal^ther will ?m
? tr?w4 er?rr ?1*1(1,
ARMED POSSF
HUNTS NEGRO
movwnT-nv* mmk hvxtixc
i* r
hlllfcl OlWM k ttat If Magrr
ti OMgkt Ha WW Km Baa
Oomrt Im for a Mai.
M Ik* Dallr Naw?) I
Ktotton. Jiir II?
aaparata ptKki at Oraaka ooaatj
man aaaara? ararr ?lie of road Ir
tka coanty kallT alfkt tor ?ara?
>??!??. a roang aatra, wka a* B?f
Mrtar alKbi rtot town Sanaal Orar
br. 1? ail t? yaara ot U'
wkita. as a 8a?v Hill A?a? ?saw
af tka iinn vara fat Ml thta nam
???
M Ma ilatad a*)* tk? k>Ml of >?
tkorlty (tat (ka KartltU? atfaloc
la ?ao? HtH la*4ar ?'?V ?<? tta<
If Batkaa wm ??4ktv ?k*Y? *???
>? m um, & - r
[TWO INJURED
IN AN AUTO
ACCIDENT
' ;??-j"'. ' '? * " :
SMAMlS TUBOl'Gl m?u
SUBDUE \kak chouo
WIKITY.
CUT BY GLASS
WIm PwU and His Son of Anrora,
HMrtw Painful Iajarim. Rrnak
Mile? V? Also m Om.
Aa automobile TVcldsnt. In which
the cmr was wrecked and two men
quite seriously injured, occurred
this morning a ear Chocowlnlty. The
machine belonged to Tillman Paul,
of Aurora. He wa* driving at the
time It the accident and had two
parsengers la the machine with
him, his son, Hoyt Paul and Prank
Miles, the latter being a resident of
this city. Mr. Paul waa badly cut
with glass and t>raised 4n several
pla?ee. His son received a severe
gssh in the leg and lost consider
able blood before the wonnd was
bandaged. Mr. Miles escaped in
Jury.
The car struck one of the wooden
bridge?, which are frequent in the
roads lu this eounty. One of the|
front wheels went through the
bridge, bounced out again and then
went Into .the ditch. The windshield
of the car was broken and che frame
badly bent, the mud gusrds were
smashed, the front axle bent and
other damage InfMcted on the car.
The gentlemen were driven Into
town by H. C. Bragaw in his auto
mobile. They were treated by Dr.
Dave ayloe.
BAD WRECK
ON A. C.L.I
OCCUHHSD LAST NIGHT NBA?]
HOPE MILLS, 8. C.
FrHght Train Derailed. Refrlger-1
?tur Train Crashea Into It.
Traffic le Paralysed.
(Special to the Daily News)
One of the worst wrecks In the
history of the Atlantic Ceast Line
occurred late last night near Hope
Mllla. South Carolina, whan a fast
freight went off the track, 26 cars
being derailed. A refrigerator train,
coming close behind the freight,
crashed into the rear end of the
wrecked train and ploughed through
several cars before the engineer
could bring the second train to a
stop. No one was seriously injured
although several of the train crew
received bruise* and cuts.
; Traffic on the Coast Line has b^en
-sralysed for eighteen hours.
Wrecking trains have been sent out
from Itooky Mount, Wilmington and
other points in order to clear up
the tracks.
tOMMKJUK MKKTI >'<j TONIGHT.
?Hl RCMMKV NKR7,
?10?) of Mnrar* a?d Twntm ot
iMIxxliM dmli
HI?*,
1
A w?W-?lUu4od meallm of th*
bnard o( itevudi and board of
traatMaot |K? MathRdlat okwrgh
??? hold lMt al?bt TU? "urn of,
??.*00 >u fmHtM from tko U. ?. |
War Davari*'*? u reparation for,
luim t? t|? Malhodlat church of,
Ma eltf durln* Ui Mrll war It
Vfc* ?Mld*d at Uat nlght'a aiMtlni 1
that ?11 tk* ladokUdaoM or tk* lo-1
e*I ektnk Ml paraooaf* k? Hid
iff. Kil ladabwdnraa amouata to
1 boat ??,??0 aad Ihvh tk* okorth
And pirtOBli* wlthoat tar tlaanotal
unaWru?. ?lh?r aiattara Of
ife'aor Importaoo* ?or* bMaaht ap
at tk* nwOtin*
(ohm Bur*
' motTat
,1.
WArd kaa baa AealVai hr rrfttfda
k?r* tkat M. I. McDatfr. *ko waa
-n*a?od la eonatrncMon work In
Waaklattoa dwrln? tk* 14at aOtoral
maatlM. la aow at Haatlaftoa. W.
V* . mm k? i* nmm?m tk<
of ?r*rUa* ? kril eoltef?
W. t ?klHIotkorr-. at talk, la
apAdl.? 104*7 UI * *#?.
COMMITTEE OF MERCY SAILS TO AID SERBIANS
Profwor Ptpln ? Columblft^alvenlry expedition \o aid Serbia known a* ihf Committee of Mercy, photo
graphed ou the steamer Themtflgocles as It sailed from Ne? York At tbe right Is Prof. Elbrldsq, Cc'by of Columbia
active head of the coinVnlttee, *#e1ow are Dr. George Haohr, Dr. Peu-r Obltaky and Dr Henry Poltz. ?hu went with
tbe expedition.
DR.S. BURBANK
PASSED A
NOTKR PHTHOiN WAS
KNOWN IN THIS CITY.]
Hied at HI? Ham? Id \Yllml^gtoi
VostwUf. Una IMatlvrs Lit
Ing la Wiwihiitaton. " W*
lUiaed Hcrr.
i
?f jpril
Or. Thoa. 8. ?urbank
mlngton, wall known to a MfW*
oiunWr of rsstil??? of tWiT
d ed yesterday at hla home In Wil
mington. Dr. Burbank was one. of
the leading surgeons and phyalclans
in the Slate. His death la mourned
by a host of friends. He la survived
by three children, a sister. Mis? Jen.
nle Burbank, of thla city, a nephew
S. F. Burbank, and two niecea. Miss
Mamie Barbank and Mrs. William
Rumley, also of Washington.
Dr. Burbank was raised In Beeu
fort county, having lived but a short
distance from Washington. His
parents resided here for about forty
years. Hla wife passed away a few
years ago.
REDUCTION IN
VALUATION
lAVKIiVrc (XWIPMIN.ANTH >VKIUO
II F. A HI) 11%' BQI'AIJZICKH |
VR8TBRDAV,
Intofntal? Cooper**;? Co. Proper! v
Itcdured ?lrt.7(K? Norfolk
goitlJitrpi I ?i? H.duccd
IMMMWr
'At the meeting yesterday of Ih*
board of coanty commlMlpnern end
' *4 iHiiion, who oumpoi? tfia
board of eqpalUatlon, about twelve
complaint? were heard from f'#}
4epU of Betbavon, Pantego. U,n*
Aer? and Cbecowlnlty townehlpa rn
gardlng the valuation of property
Several reduction? wore made.
Th# oeuaty ta* ??'nor had ralr
ed tho valuation of the Interet*?r
cooperage plant at BelhaVen $31,800
on tkla yearf'a booka. Upon oom
plc'nt of tho ownart, it waa decided
t? reduce thla ralae IIS.TOO, tear
ing the valuation $18.800 higher
than It vu laat year. The Norfolk
Son thorn vm elao granted a reduc
tion of $1.418 on aome lota near
Be) have?. The other redyotlonr
werrt of entailer amounts.
-Today the board la hearing com
plaint? from reatdenta in Wa?hlng
ton tovnahtp, city of Waahlngtor
and Richland townahlp. Tomorrow
Will be given over tp complaint?
from
om Bath.
Jsh
anantian mretino tonkiht.
?vary mm I? awhile nni fall??
bkM a wallop at tba aharpnaaa of
vnnaa'i two ? fortallln*. of
Mira*, tka arookadnaa? at Ma own
Mah anil wlfa mar b* on*, bat
rttia? t*\*lta ta
IKfhOla. '
LAST OF GANG
IS CAPTURED]
l.OCAL OFFICIAL? RECEIVK
WORD OF THIEF'S
ARREST.
W? Member or r?&nR Which Per.
|>etrnted ltobbcrlea Along Nor*
fo'k from K?w Item (o
Elizaliiih City.
Local police ofllcfals today re
r^fred' frord of tha capture of Alex
Cutler, the last member of the band|
of thieves that lias been so active
along the Norfolk Southern railroad
between New, Dern and KJlrabeth
City. Cutlrr was found b> the po
lice of New Bern at a negro wo
man's house In Smithlown.
Goorge Howard. sp?rlal agem of
t!ie Norfolk Southern. ha? been at
vork trying to break up thin band
o! thievPB for sev' raj weeks. and.
In fact, he effected the arreM of
three of the gang In Kllz?lifth City
a short time ago and traced Cutle
Id New Dern.
China, with her 40M0ii,'mj0 pup
u'atlon. :?>leinnly admits that little |
J -.pa:} Iscts kicked aud i-uffed and
spanked and humiliated and sham
ed her before th^ whole world, nut
China has i*> army to apeak of and
the Jap haa. And Uncle Samuel Is
Just about In the sam? boat with
China. How do you like the pros
pect?
FIND ANCIENT
TOMBSTONE
18 IHSroVKKKI) ON i'()!.. J.\MKk
FAK.M NKAlt <iHi;KN\ IMJ;.
Mitikr<l (travo of Itofolutlnnnr*
llrn?. Confederate 8oldler? Aild
?1 An?tli?*i- Inscription lu It.
(Special 1? the l?a:ly Non> i
Greenville. N. C.. July 13.?Col
F. G. jAnx'H yesterday came acrusn
an nnc'ont tombsionn on liis farm
three mile? from this city. Th*
stone marled the grave of Taptuii
Stear?. who *?* a ?oldier In tin
Revolutionary *ar. The origin?
letters on the *ton?? are s? dimmc
with age Urai they are hardly d'.f
rentable*. A ne?"r Inscription hai
beeu aild?*d. however, and Is belin
ed iu have been made by Confederal'
soldiers during the civil wur. Tli
latter inscription wh? evidently ill
*? nrk of an e*p?,~\ured annie-cutte.
and rf!?'ia at follow*:
Captain 8?ear? I!??h here In ?'at?'.
A warlhy man mid abb*,
l h k tcmbntone doth mark his fh'
And iitJikrH soiu?' poker table.
KI'WOItTll V.KAtil K MRKTH.
A m 'et na "'I the Kpworth l/#^u
will be held tonight on the la*n ?
t lin Met hod-mi church All membei
are urged tn be preceni
I A bifr hr-ad Is not always h fu'
Tells of Trip to the
Panama Exposition
J, Q. Bragaw, Jr?. who Recently Returned From I'acif-,
ia Qoast, It Enthvh'tle Ovtr the Many
Attraction* to Be Sten.
In aprgklpg (if the Panama *???
?lllon, J. O. flrgggw. Jr.. who re
cently returned from hit visit to the
big fair, stated thle morning that It
wm well worth any mani time or
money to >ee the manr wonder? r
8an Francisco and Han Diego an<<
I th? country en route to the Paoifld
I ctast.
"I want from here to Celtforn
by what la generally known at the
central route," aald Mr. Bragaw. "I
?pent a day at Denver and another
at Salt Lake City. The Journey wai
a moet interacting and enjoyable
one. We paae~d through large area*
of farming land and Haw soqae ex
cellent crop? all along ii*e route.
Large field? of wheat and oats were
to be seen through th* central at at'a.
1 also tiw many fields of corn, but
I do not believe that their corn out
there wa* as far advanced as la oars.
'The exposition Is as great as the
most enthusiastic r'ports that are
circulated about It. It would take
one nan many days to see all of the
exhibits and attractions. In spite
of the ware In Rurope, practically
all of tbe cowtrte? are rcpraaented
aoutti America ?ho l?a? ?o*
"Haa North Carolina any bu!M
!.->? or axhftHlaf" Mr, Ura
gaw
"Most of the Mates- for'y of
th?m. I beli* ve?Kavo building? of
their own," ho replied, "but the only
exhibit I saw from North Carolina
was In the health departnrnt of th?
government building South Caro
lina has no apae^al building either.
"Leaving flan Francisco. I ?pent
( two darn at I<o> Angeles with rala
? tlvaa and one day at th*.~San Diego
i fair. This fair la alro wall worth
| visiting and has many Intimating
, attractions. Heturnlng horn*. I cams
by way of tha grand canon in Arls
J ona and th*n via Santa Fe bark to
i Chicago.
??I don't dwrtr# to cast any fe
floctlon* upon any part of the ooun
try. but 1 wlnh to aay that I am
mor? satisfied than ever with con
ditions In Norih Carolina. Thera Is
, no section of the country that ha*
; anything on us in any way. That is
? one thin( that n\j trip has made ma
' re*Uat."
TEUTONS AND
.UNTRO-GER.MAN SWEEP IK
HALTED. PIERCE FIGHTINc;
REHULTS. NEITHER HIDE IB
MAKINti MICH HH\DWAY.
BATTLES IN WEST
French mm! 'Germana lloth Report
(iaina. Very Utile Change Hn?
Tnkiu Pliwf on Aiutro
I taliju Frontier.
London. July 13.?Teutonic and
Itussian arni:e? are in an apparent
i?a Hock south of Lublin, where the
uortliward sweep of the Auatro
(iermans was halted la?t week. Pet
:?grad reports continued fighting
?iIoiir the front from Jusefow on tbe
?"istula to Hyehawa. approximately
?hirty miles to tne paRtward. The
Austrian? again have become ag
rre^slvo there, according to the Ru
Man statement. but their atcacka
??ere r?>pul?ed.
Teuton* on I>efens|vp.
I'mifticlal defpatrhp? from Aua
rlan headquarter* say the Teutonic
I'orcfi halted north of Krannlk be
iuho the ol'Jcct of their campaign
?gainst Lentberg had been attained
nli the capture of th!.? city and
-.>1abUfthment of strong d fenalve
positions to the north and ea>t.
German* Win Victory.
Heavy fighting in aevrral sector?
>f the front in Franrp ha* rpsnlted
in change at ground at one Import
ant point, where the Germana won
a victory. They recaptured t ho
cemetery at Souchez. possession of
which has long been contented.
French Position Optimal.
German headquarter? report ?
surprise attack near Altklrch. in
Alsace, resulting in capture of a
Freuch position slorfK a 5t?0 yard
front r The raptors ultimatPly re
tired voluntarily to their old lino
irenchea. the official statein nt hay;?,
laltinp tome pri*oncrF with thciu.
French Pcm'trofc l.in<*
German attacks which follower!
violent cannonading in the W??vre
gion werp repulsed. Pnrl* r-ports
'>erl5n roncedoa 1 ha' the French
MiMraied 'he German line near*
'..'o'vbrps. hm d"'-lar'-s tiiev noon
?ere tlrivn out.
Hiffrronrr In KiiKluiif.
In thp rtriUfli parliament Premier
^k?1 iiitb declared today n ijUrtiRklon
r tlio ahetl controversy .irui the dlf
?r^tice |)niwprn ilio minister of
in It tonic. David t ,1oyd-George, and
ie former m?n!ftnr nt war. Viscount
Haitian?*. would h?* d*tr!mental to
Mi?? h it t ton'<? b?ft Interests. He da
??l!n d to Pfcttiify member* of pnr
Uiinient ?liu tubiMHed yueetlonn.
Italia** ?till Odinlng.
flavcrat aurcea*#! along the Au?
? .?-(rattan front ar* rapnr|r<1
Italian army headqii?rtrr?.
lOMMHIU P MKMTIKO TOWUMT.
Notwtfhatandtn? Europe term* U?
a nation of money ?rubber*, we ara
r!ea?r<? to note an Increased demand
f?r bolli money and our grub
M id June Addain*. returning from
Purope raya "ma War MUlt end!"
That H'ttlM It.
JUST RECEIVED-- 1500
Rogue Sound Watermel
ons. for sale in Small,
MacLean Building. Prices
right.
New Theater
tonight
"THR LYNCH TRIO"
Ringing and Dancing
"BUTUbR AND 8 AWN"
Ringing. Dancing and Talking
I?rkbls op picrtmiM?*
PRICAH- tf?c and 20e