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WASHINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY AFTEBNOON, MAT ?, 1?1?. Conference Between Obregon and Scott Expected to End in a Deadlock ; Interventionists Are Openly Active Along the Border, Endeavoring to Influence Military Men Bjr E. T. COXKIJS, United Preaa Staff Corrwpondent. SI Paso, May 1. ? The Scott-Ob regon conference la expected to reach a deadlock today when in struction* from Washington arrive, telling Scott to refuse at this time to discuss the question of wihdrsw al. When they arrive Scott is ex pected to immediately tell Obregon 1 of the Washington decision. Obregon is expected to politely bat firmly tell Boott that he won't ta'.k anything else until the with drawal matter la settled. Under such circumstances an Immediate adjournment of the conference is an SPURT NOW MAY CAUSE VICTORY CONTESTANTS HAVE ONLY ?6uB MORE DAYS TO FIGHT FOB THE LEAD IN VOTES. RACE IS YET EXTREMELY CLOSE BlggMt Contest of its Kind Erer , Held In Washington Will End on piaKUj Night. Very little 1)1/ fereoco in the Leaders' SUrnling. The end of the campaign ia rap idly approaching and only four days remain of this Interesting contest. Upon the effort of the contestants daring the next four days will de pend their success at the finish. The race is so eiose in each one of the fire districts that the subscription ! turned in between now and the close mpst be the deciding factor. There ars lnstancea where as little as five dollars worth of subscriptions rep resent the difference between can didates competing for first district position. There are instsncss where aa little as fifteen dollars worth of subscriptions represent the differ ence .between the highest four can didates In the district. Now, who would ears to miss a bl, vacation tour worth hundreds ef dollars for a matter of fifteen or twenty dollars worth of subscrip tion*? This contest Is unique In the fact that no single contestant, nor any Mveral contestants hare o\it dis tanced the others. As the race stands every contestant who has made any effort at all has a chance, and a good chance to win one of the trips. How To Win. To win you should plan wisely and execute, your plansosrlth energy. I Make a Hat containing the ha me of. ?very person to whom you can' look to for the slightest help of any- kind,' See every person on your l!st and present your case and refuse to take "ao" for ? n answer. A few subscriptions for several j years will finish wour campaign In wtnalng style. Your friattds will I want the Dally News for a fttrmber of jeers to eonse and they 'An easily afford to pay tpiUw years ia ad vance when ifc will mean a big prise for yon. The Dally Voting. The limit governlng'tbd number of totes that may be published la one 4fty has been raised A<r twenty Uieusftod. V Final Offer. For the remainder of thl contest the following offer is made. There Ml to no farthtr chUf* si *nr ticipated. Interventionists are openly active along the- border. Every effort is being made to offaet these activities. By CARL D. GROAT. United Pre** Staff Oorerepondent. Washington, May S. ? Interven tion Interests at K'Pato hare been endeavoring to befor the atmosphere and If possible Influence the opin ions of military men, Secretary Ba ker has been Informed. Baker, however, reposes the utmost confl dence In 8oott and the letter's abil ity to handle the situation In rplte ! of the faet that many other military men are pro-lnterventionlsta. N Mexican officials here made no effort to minimize the gravity of the soituation. They said that there was always a possibility that isolat ed Carranzlstas, through their dis like of American soldiers, their partial frlendllneee to Villa and their disgust over the small pay they re ceive, might attack the American forces. The longer the Americans |ren^alnN, the greater this danger will 1c crease, It Is believed. Pershing Prepare* for Attack. Columbus, N. M.. Msy J. ? General* Pershing is concentrating and dis posing hi" forces as if an attack "were momentarily expected. With *f?e; BooU-Ofcregon conference hang ing fire end the situation admittedly | tense, he Is taking no chances, ev ery movement in the conference room is reported to the commander by wireless. Scattered coiumnb are being called In to their bates. Ad ditional defense works are belrig constructed along certain points. IN. M. BUTT IN THE RACE Bonnerton ClUwo Announce* His Candidacy for Office of County Representative. *- ? In another part of today's paper , appears the announcement of the candidacy of W. M. Butt of Bonner ton for the office of repreaentatlve 'in the next General Assembly. 1 Mr. Butt has been a member of ! the county board of education for ,a number of years and is also well knows as a farmer. In his announce ment. he gives sojne measures for which he will stand, should he be ?laoted. I HAD NO I1RTTBR BEN8E. Than bo buy ~the highest price, and the very latest 'and the finest photographic mountings the drum mers had to 4elt this season. They hsve Just arrived. They are In stock to be seen. We are going to make photographs worth your while. Just keep your eyes open. BAKERS STUDIO. Kfteta club of six dollars worth of subaeriptlons will earn sixty thous and extra votes. Tt?? Prist*. There ere six big summer vaca tions tripe. One for each of the Ave districts, and one of the ladlee may take a? companion with her. The candidates having the highest vote of all will he % war dad the extra trip. Alap thefo ar*? Ave gold Watches, one for e?K district. And Ave dia mond lavalfcres. oae to be awarded' la each at \k? Jw conteet districts. The watches and lavalleres were parchaeed of aad ma y ha seen at tha Jewelry store* of the following! R. L. Stewart, J. 8. Campbell, Wm. M. ' The Vaim Table. ? Months. .9 III.... MOO Voten 1 Tear $ a. 00 11.000 Votaa t Years ...$ ?.00 . . . . 19.000 Votee t Tears. . . ?9 9-00. ; . .49,000 Votae ,4 Tears 911 00. ... 90,000 Votee 1 1 Tears 19.00. .. .90,000 Votea '500 REBELS IN -1 IRISH REVOLT MHILLED AT LEAST 1,000 WERE WOUNDED ACCORDING TO STATEMENT BV MILITARY OFFICIALS. REBELLION HAS BEEN PUT DOWN M*oy Bodies Are Under the Ruins of Building*. Hospitals Are Crowd ed With Men, Women and Chil dren. Reconstruction Work Began. By WILBUR 8. FORREST, United Preea Staff Correspondent. Dublin, May J ? At least 600 rebels were killed and 1,600 were wounded in the seven days' fighting according to an estimate made by military authorities after a canvas ot the city. Many bodies are believed to be under the ruins Of buildings. The hospitals rfre full of wounded, In cluding women and children. Offi cers say that several facatlcs are holding out. They are without food and the few buildings they are hold ing are expected to be taken shortly. Rebels Up for Trial. London, May 2. ? All rebels who bore arms in the Irish revolt will be brought here for trial. All suspect ed Sinn Felners will be tried in Ire land, authorities announced today. Reconstruction work in Dublin is rapidly going forward. AYDEN TO BE mm team Oaaeball Meeting Held Ywrtfrdaj1. Schedule Con.mittce Had IJeen Appointed. At the meeting of representatives of the Eastern Carolina baseball league, which was held at Green ville yesterday afternoon and was well attended, the league was for mally organized, Ayden being the fourth team to come in. A schedule cbmmlttee was ap pointed to arrange a schedule of four games a week during the sea son. The committee consists of the following: L. C. Warren of Wash ington; CoCn. Lanier of Greenville; Dr. McKinncy of Ayden, and Will Hooker of Aurora. Season tickets were discussed and a resolution was passed requesting the secretary to have tickets printed which will be sold for $4 each and will be good for twenty games. A provision was also made that the president of the league must be informed soven days before any new players is to take part in any of the games. Mrs. Sweet Here Tonight She and Her Daughter* Will Appear i Before Washington Audience Tonight. Mrs. Sweet and her family of' seven daughters arrived in the city this morning. (No, gentle reader. It was not they whom you saw at the corner of Main and Market street this noon That was the band of a minstrel show which will perform here to night for the benefit of the colored population.) Mrs. Sweet, or "Ma" Sweet, as she is more generally known, dropped Into the office this morning and gave us the "line-up" for this evening's performance. It will be is follows: Ma Sweet. Mist Bessie Conley. Armlnty Ann, Miss 8allle Carrow. Bet#y Belinda, Mlsa Mason. Carolina Cordelia. Mis* Reta Warrefe. Dorothy Delilah. Miss Madelein Ellsworth. Elisabeth Ellsa. Miss Florence Harris. Francis Fedory, Mrs. fc. R. Wind 1.7 Olorlannt Oateboot. Mlw A4*)? O'Brltn U A PAfTWMf kWB BODY BUILDm TIDE OF BATTLE HAS TURNED; FRENCH ON THE OFFENSIVE AUSTRIANS CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS <irest column of Austrian! taken prisoners by the Russians in the recent Dealing and being escorted to detention camps In the rear. Thespls Club 1 Coming Here New Bern Club to Stage "The Mi? irnd era Landing" at the New Theatre. "The Misunderstanding," hy tho Thespls Club of Now Bern, will be presented at the New Theatre tomor row night. . 'The manager of onr locad thekti* baa been fortunate in securing Shear services for this occasion. *hrfte Thespls Club" is an organization that has already made -It mark in North Caroling, for the excellence of their plays and the way they are pre sented. By maoy who are conver sant with affairs theatrical this body of Thespians has been placed above the average professional and on a par with some of the best compan ies that have toured the Southern States. It is hoped that the people of Washington will turn out en masse so that an opportunity will be af- J forded to enjoy their efforts again at some future date. ALDERMEN MET LUST NIGHT Will Hue for Opening of Charlotte Street, Several New Ordi nances Passed. At t?e meeting of the board of aldermen last night, notice of salt was filed in the case of City vs. B. H. Harding for the opening up of Charlotte street. It Is alleged that Mf, Harding's building and lot will take up about seventeen feet of the street which properly belongs to the city. A letter, from the local Elk* lodge was read the meeting, requesting the boardT to put In addltlonal'lfghts for the parade which will be held here durlng^'t^e convention. The parade will form at the postOftlee, move east to Harvey, south to Main west to Washington, north to Bee ond, east to Market, south to Matir and west to the Elks home. Mayor Sewart was appointed a committee of one to take the matter up with the light and wate rcommimlon. An ordinance w*a passed making it prohibitive to throw rubbish or refuse of any kind on the streets and also providing for fly and water proof- cans for ,the contatnln got garbage which la to be collected. A fine of $5 was fixed for violations. Aa ordinance waa also created and passed defining a sanitary district for the city and Imposing a fine of $6 against the owner of any hogs that are allowed to run at large in side the limits. Anothsr ordlnsnce waa adopted making It prohibitive to tell fresh meats la ths city between thft hours of 41 a. m. and 4 p. m. during the months beglhnlng May IB and end ing September 16. A fins of $1 was ftsed flsr ' all violations V I ApjiiifmUo*. tor iuil> Id tk? f.tr acMTlfcrt ir.ntM to I. B. cc+ Hu.Ctuin, wTb. ui Chautauqua Committees Were Appointed at Special Meeting of Ciu&rantor* Held Here Laat NlghL First arrangements for this year's Chautauqua, which will be held in Washington during the week of June 12. were made at a special meeting of guarantors, -which was held .last night in the rooms of the Chamber Of Commerce and at which Mrs. Heyser, organizer of the Swarthmore Chautauqua Association j was present. Plans for the coming event wore,' thoroughly discussed and the organ-' Ization of the local Cha'utauqua was1' perfected. The chairman of the ' various committees are as follows: Advertising Committee: Hugh j Watson. Ticket Se'ling Committee: C. A. Flynn and J. O. Bragaw, Jr. Hospitality Committee: Mrs. Jno. H. Small. Grounds Committee: M. A. Smith. Junior Chautauqua: Miss Lucre tla Hughes. Reception Committee: E. L. Stew art. Parade Committee: George T. Leach. Will Wrestle At Plymouth Wll> I* tr.'l Hajmrn to Meet In That City Tnnlglvt and Here Thursday. I Joe Willis, the local wrestler, wll! meet Frits HanRen, welter-weight champion, at Plymouth In a finish match tonight. The match has arouned considerable Interest in that city and a large crowd la expected to be on hand to witness It. Several will also go from here lo encourage Joe In his Dout. Hansen will meet Willis In this city on Thursday night. "BIS-MAC" CONTAINS NO DOPB. ' WC UNION OF MRTHODIHT EPISCOPAL CHIRCHKS ENDORSED BY BISHOPS | ? AH Form* of Child rflsbor Also| ; *, Condemned at the Hnnitoffii ('on ferenee. (By United Press) Saratoga, N. Y.. May 2. ? The un ion of the Methodist Rp*ncopal and Methodtst Episcopal Sonth churches was endorsed today by the bishops <n that* annual session in addresses the general conference. All of ehlldforms of child labor alto condemned and the Keat blll was highly endorsed. NO HARM Many Yards of Trenches Have, Been Captured From the Germans in Last Few Days BIGGEST SOSTSKE THE SSsTllF VERDUN CAMPAIGN n i . (Br United Press) Pari*, May 2. ? In the most sac- i cessful offeuslve blow delivered by j General Petain since the Crown Prince begun the Verdun offensive, the French yesterday captured over 500 yards of German trenches south east of Fort Douamoftt. The successes to the German USE WIRELESS PHONE bN SHIP New Means for Communication to be [ Tried Out by Navy Deport ment on Saturday. ( By United Press) Washington, May 2. ? For thel first time In the history, wireless telephouu messages will be flashed i ashore from a battleship for out at sea. At the same time the navy de partment will be In instantaneous telephone communication with ev-j cry naval station along the Atlantic, and Pariflc coasts. The time set for the trial is Saturday. The New Hampshire will be the battleship1 from which the mes&ages are to be sent. The tests art designed as part DC tho preparedness measure. BUY A 'DOZEN BOTTLES OF | "BIS-MAC." 5-1-lwc. BICKETT HEBE MONDAY. Attorney General Blckett. candi date for governor, will speak here Monday. May 8. instead of Saturday, as was previously announced in these columnB. BOYAL ITEMS. We are having some very unp'eas-1 ant weather for the spring. Farmers' are all hoping It will soon be better, i H. W. Hudnell ban a new Stude- ( baker car and also has has had his house painted. Quite an improvement to Royal. Wonder who will be the next to use the paint brush? There was an Faster egg hunt at Mrs. W. H. Dunbar's last Monday ^ evening. Quite a number of chil dren were present. Master Elmontj Malllson found the golden egg. Miss Kathleen Purse entertained the la dles with music. Miss Margaret E. Dunbar expects to leave ua soon on a trip to Macon, Ga_. where she will spend the sum mer. Rev. O. Maddox will fill his regu lar appointment at the Christian fhurch second Suriday. We have two very nlre Sunday schools here at the Christian church at 10 a. m. and the Baptist at 3 p. m. Miss Phebe Clayton, of Idalla, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Misses Rena and Kathleen Purser. Mis* Margaret R. Dunbar npent I the n!ght with her ulster, Mrs. L. M. Hollowell Thuraday night. Mlaa Ruth or M ae Kramer attend ed the ball game at Aurora Friday afternoon. I Mr*. N. E. Berry epent the day with iter daughter. Mrs. T. M. (low er. Thursday. J. F. Clayton, of Malta, pamed through Royal Sunday afternoon driving hla new car. R. W. Calloway, who ha* been very 111 la rap'.dly improving. Mr. and Mr?< Gilbert Cox, who hara been attending tha anion beat ing at rrlandgfelp, return** bom* thla afternooa. ? ^ trenches at Dead Man's Hill Satur day and Sunday, the office an nounced today, amounted to over a thousand yards. The publication of t&eee facta caused the wildest entluislasm here i and is interpreted as meaning tbat the German drive has been defiolte I ly checked with the offensive taken up by the French. BELIEVED THAT GERMANY WILL MIOIIJSSUE (By United Prew> Woehington, May 2. ? German officials believe that the Kaiser's ex pected note to->Wl!aon will tempor ize and that It will suggest, if not actually request, further negotia tions on the submarine issue. It is believed that Bernstorff will shortly receive Instructions to %sk for the resumption of "Informal conversa tions" with LanBlng, pending which Germany Is expected to agroe to make the subamrine warfare meet the American demands. Will Open Up Picture Show New Enterprise to Start in Washing ton Thursday .Night. Two Performances Daily. John R. Smith will open a mov ing picture show in the building which has in the past been occupied by the Bellmo theatre. The open ing performance will take place Thursday night. Thereafter there will be matlnefe and night perform ances dally, the matinee starting at 4 o'clock. Each child under 12 years of age will be admitted to the matinees when accompanied by some older member of the family. The building has been thoroughly renovated. A four-reel picture pro gram will be rendered each day. Mr. Smith was formerly manager of a carnival company which exhib ited In Washington several times. L. N. Woolard, formerly with the New theatre, will be manager in chsrge. *Qb*rr1h? to the Daily New*. TRY AN ICR COLD HOTTI-K OF "R!B-MAC.W 6-1-lwe.
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