KTOOia a.
WASHINGTON, N. C., THOftSD^r AfTERNOON,
HORRIBLE
SUES IN
VICINITY
VERMIN
HUNDREDS OF FRENCH AND
GERMAN 8OLDIBR8 BURIED
&LIVK IN TUNNELS.
HEAPS OF DEAD BODIES
L?H for Butchery H ma Rendered
oat ABMtbedc*. Fighting Is Now
Practically AD Hand-to-Hand.
1
IBy United PreM)
Perls, May 15. ? The French hare
advanced along the west hank of the
M#use and the atst part o fthe rill
We of Cumieres, as the result of
vieisnt grenade fighting. the war
'? office announced today. The * Ger
man? are waging a fierce attack on
me trench which the French cap
tured north of the Haudromont
quarries. Violent artillery dnsls
continue aronad Douaumont. '
AH French military experts agree
that thla week's fighting about y er
dun has been the bloodiest In his
tory. The Germans hare lost more
men than In any other week since
the beginning of the war. Men have
. been fighting In dark underground
tunnels, using knives, hand gren
ades and small searchltghts. Hun
dreds of French and Germans ware
burled alive In the wrecking of
these tunnels by shall fire. Scores
are Insane from the lust of the terrl
We butchery. Burgeons prepare for
amputations without anesthetics of
SJiy kind. They say that the wqund
ad French and German soldiers con
# tlnue fighting with their knives al
though unable to sued up. A Prench
captain hss reported 7,000 dead
men heaped along a seven-hundred
yard front.
DR. WA1TEWILL
PIEADHITY
Broth^ of Man. Charged With
Murder of Father-fn-Lmv, la
First WltnrsM.
(By United Press)
New York, May 25. ? Dr. Arthur
Warren Wslte will take the stand
for his own defense at his trial for
the murder of his father-in-law, John
Peck, the Michigan millionaire.
According to Walter Deuel,
- Walte's attorney, who outlined the
defense, Insanity will be plead.
Frank Walte, a brother of the de
fendant, will be the first witness to
??PMT.
AURORA FANS ARE
AEIERJEWBERN
Prosnfcwiat Oltlseas of That CRy
Making Effort to Get Now
Bern In League.
New Bern, May 16. ? A party of
baseball "fans" from Aurora comJ
posed of Messrs. W. A. Thompson,
W. T Litchfield, T. Litchfield, H. L.
Thompson, R. R. Bonner, B. H.
Thompson, W. H. Hooker, motored
over to Naw Bern this morning foi
the purpose of attempting to arouse
the enthusiasm of the local "rant"
to sufth an extent that they would
arrange to put New Bern In th?
?astern Carolina Baseball Leagui
which iff now being formed.
It Is the belief of these geutlemei
that New tfern should, by ah moans
become a snember of this lasgue and
they are working hard (d bring thli
K ?bout. This afternoon they are look
lag- over the sltustlofi and If It ti
thought thst enought . Interest* li
baseball can be aroused hare. <
meeting will be celled within th<
MM f?r 4jun ?na tk? matter raori
British Ship
of 5,000 Tons
Is Torpedoed
<Bjr United l^reu)
London, May S 6- ? The British
?hip. Washington, a. vessel of 6.000
tons, has been torpedoed, according
to dispatches received tyere today.
The Washington Is the largest vic
tim of the submarines In several
d^ya. No word has been received
as to whether the crew of the ship
were saved or not.
Casement to
Go on Trial
On June 26
* , (By United Press)
London. tfMay 2 5. ? Sir Rodger
Casement %nd Daniel Bailey have
been indicted otr' the charge of high
treason by the grand jury for their
participation in the recent rebellion
In Ireland. Casement's trial has
been set for Jjine 26,
AYDEN BIBLE CLASS
COMING TO VISIT
Win Be Here 00 Strong Sunday as
Onsstf M the Baraoa Clm
of This City.
Washington Dally News,
' Washington. N. C.
I Gentlemen:
1 received a phone message Sun
day from the president of -the Men's
j Bible Class of Ayden, N. C.? saying
' they would visit our Bible Class
Sunday morning sixty-five strong. Of
course we will give tnem a warm
welcome and will ezpeet, every mem
ber present to greet them and show
them what a fine clfss -we have.
Please mehtlon this In your paper.
With many tfianks and best wishes,'
1 remain,
. "'.-Yours very truly,
WM. R. PERCIVALL.
TO HIVE FUNDS IN THE
FORM Of A GUARANTEE
Red Hill Ro*d Committee* to Make
Sore That No Slip of Any Kind
Will Occur.
The Red Hill road improvement
committees, and several other per
sons, who are Interested In the pro
ject, met last night In the Chamber
of Commerce rooms and thoroughly
discussed the plans for accomplish
ing the project on foot.
While the committees are prac
tically assured of tbe $7,500. which
the county commissioners asked
them to secure, it was decided to'
get' these subscriptions In such form
that they could be turned over to
the commissioners at the next meet
ing ?ln the form of a guarantee. The
committees will oontlnue their work
Friday. A special meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce will probably
"be called next week to further dis
cuss the subject.
COMMISSIONERS MAKE
v THEIR ANNOUNCEMENTS
In Only One Township Is Their Any
I Opposition 8o Far. B. B. Thomp
son In Race.
Candidates for ' county commis
sioners today are declaring them
selves in' the race. Announcements
are published In another part of to
day's issue of all of the present
board of commissioners, who are out
for re-fclectlon.
In only one township le^elr any
Indication of opposition. B. B.
Thompson, of Richland, today pub
lishes his announoement for com
missioner from thst township, op
posing W. H. Whitley.' An txcltlng
race is expected. /r
IHIIHAM IS SKMDOTBD FOR ,
coivwirnoR of colljoobs
< By United Press)
Durham, N. C., May 25.; ? Durham
has been selected as- the plaoe for
the twenty-second annual session of
the association, of colleges and sec
ondary scheots of the Southern
8tat#s the convention will be held
November 15, 16 and 17, The
membership to tha association com
? prlsee thirty-seven collages and for
tjr-flte tecondary schools.
^ HHH
PUT OPM
FOR REDRYING
QF TOBACCO
* ? */
FICKLEN A WEBB HAVE MADE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR OPER
ATING PLANT IN THIS CITY.
BUILD 2-STORY BUILDING .
Means Much for the Future of the
Tobacco Market In Washington.
Work on Construction Will Be
Begun in the Near Future.
r The Flcklen & Webb Tobacco Co.,
now located at Greenville and Kin
ston, have made arrangements to1
operate a redrying plant at Washing
ton this season. They will occupy
a large two-story brick building,
which will be built for them by the
local business men. They will have
two buyers on. the market all sea
eon. It Is expected that a large'
amount cf tobacoo, sold on the
emaller markets, will be brought
here for redrying. *
The establishment of the plant In
Washington means much for the fu
ture of the local market and will do
much toward putting ll on a better
foundation. Active work on the
construction of the building will be
begun within a short time.
The deal has been under way for
several weeks but It was not until
this morning that definite news of
its successful conclulon was receiv
ed In Washington.
CEEEBMIE ANNIVERSARY
Many Friends Present at Card Party
Yeaterday, Given by Mrs.
William*.
Mrs. W. K. Williams was hostess
yesterday afternoon to a large num
ber of friends at a most delightful
and enjoyable bridge party. Tho
home was beautifully decorated with
roses, sweet peas and for us. Then*
were seven tables of bridge and an
Interesting series of games was en
joyed. Punch was served and later
Ice cream and cake were enjoyod by
the guests.
Colonel and Mrs. Williams arriv
ed at their fifth wedding anniversary
yesterday and the card party was
also made the occasion ? by those
present for congratulation and
good wishes by the many friends of
the couple. As It Is the custom to
observe this anniversary with wood
en gifts, a large number of useful
and ornamental articles were pre
sented to Mrs. Williams by those
present The Invitations to the
party were sent to the guests on
thin strips of wood. ? , ...
The Invited guests were Misses
Mary Cowell, Miss Harvey, Ella
Taylor, Marcla Myers, Fannie Whit
ney. Maude Wlndley, Mary Tank
ard, Olive Gallagher, Adeline Mayo,
Miss Rhyne, Mesdames, L. L. Knight,
Prank Cox, D. T .Taylog, A. M. Du
may, John Gorham, A. D. McLean.
B. F. Bowers, J. C. Rodman, W. p.
Rodman, Geo. T*. Leach, J. K. Hoyt,
John Fowle. Mrs. Green, Mrs. Prltch
ard, Carl Richardson, 8. R. Clary, j
A. C. Hathaway, Beverly Moss, Dave
Bell, H. W. Carter, Mrs. Fischer of i
Norfolk, W. A. Blount, J. G. Blount,
Walter Wolfe. M. M. Worthlnrfton,
John Small, Louis Mann, Mts. Za~
raus of Washington City, C. M.
Campbell, Jr., James Hodges, W. A.
B. Branch, Elisabeth Wlndley. W.
F. Clarke. John Isanogle, Caleb Bell,
Rhodes Gallagher, E. M. Brown,
Stephen C. Bragaw.
"LYDIA GIIaMORTC" AT
NEW THKATRE TONIGHT
The powerful drama. "Lydla Oil
more." presented *by Daniel Froh
tban with Pauline Frederick a* lead
ing star, will be ?hown at the New
Theatre tonight. This Is one of the
most Interesting and exciting fea
tures put out by the Famous Ptay
ers'Co., and a!l Who It. no doubt
win ha hlgffly pleased.
Drove 42 Miles
And Traveled
Onfy % Miles
y ?
To "drive for {thirty-two miles Id
tho dead of tha night and then to
And that you're jjotten nowhere, la,
to say the leant, lather provoking.
Claude CarraV^onnd It eo last
night, although he didn't exactly
call It that. Mr.ilCarrow, who had
been off on a trip, motored Into
Snow Hill shortly after dusk last
night. Intent upon getting home as
soon -as possible, Jhe passed through
the city In a ruah. For about two
hours he drove at top speed. He
looked at his speedometer and found
that he had travelled forty-two
miles. He wasn't ^xactly sure as to
his location and determined to .stop
at the next l^ouse and Inqutre.
When he discerned the lights of a
farm house through the dark; he
called lustily and a farmer, who bed
evidently been foreed to get up out
of bed. appeared at the door of the
house with a lamp fp his hand.
"How do you* do sir." genially
1 greeted Mr. Cslttow.
| The farmer mambled something
lor other. *.'v.
"Can you tell m # If I am anywhere
near Washlngtonf** queried Claude.
"Washington! Qood heavens no,"
exclaimed the fanner.
"Well, then, whereabouts am I?"
"You're two aifd" a half miles from
Snow Hill," replied the farmer.
What Claude said then has been
stricken out by>the 1?ard of censors
of this paper. ?
He arrived home at 3 o'clock this
morning.
WANT GREENVILLE
TO PUT HERE
Local Team Anxious to Meet Gi
vllie Team. New Players
Are Arrlviag.
The manager of th* Washington
'baseball team has wrltton to Green
ville, asking for a game In this city
next week. It Is expected that the
game will be played here next Tues
day.
E. R. Bonnett, of the University
of North Carolina, arrived in the
city yesterday evening and will catch
for the locals during the coming
season. Bennett is an exceptionally
good player and will strengthen the
Une-up .of the locals considerably.
Other new players are expected
within a few days ani by the end of
the next week, Washington will have
a team In the field that will be able
to -put it over anything In this sec
tion.
O ? ? ? ? ? ? ( ( * Q
* A MIX-UP IN HHOR8; ?
? DUK TO "APPROVAL" ?
? A merchant was recently ask- ?
? ed to send a lady two pair of ?
? shoes on approval, one pair, ?
? slse 4 and the other, 4%. He *
? did as requested and a few ?
? days later the shoes were re- ?
i* turned with the ststement that ?
? they were not satisfactory. ?
'? They were put back in stock. ?
I* A day or two later, another ?
? customer tried on one of the *
? pair that had been sent out, *
? found them to ?nlt her taste and ?
? purchased them. Testerday the ?
? merchant attempted- to sell the ?
? second pair but the customer ?
? complained' that while one shoe *
? fitted her alright, the other one *
? was too tight. Upon lnvestiga- *
? tlon it was found that one of ?
? the shoes was a sice 4 and the *
? other a 4V4.
? ? The "approval" customer had ?
? mixed up the shoes in sending ?
? them back and they were put *
? baok in stock thdi way. The cus- ?
? tomer who purchased the first *
? pair of odd slses did not notice ?
? the difference. The second pair, ?*
? however, were leff On the mer- ?
? chant's hands and he hi out ex- *
? sctly $4 as a result of the "ap~ ?
? proval" transaction: ?
? Morale-Worse mix-ups than ?
? that often result^ when goofN ?
? are sent out on approval. ?
O ?/? * ?? ? ? (j
RUPTURE EXPERT HERE
AT THE HOTEL LOVISE
I Dr. Frank Henley, lat#.of Philadelphia, the Expert Rupture Spnv
ialiat, will be at the Hotel Loaiae, Washington, for two day*, May
1 24th, %sth, Wednesday and Thurwlay, prepared to give the lateat
land moat ociontJfic treatment to all, who suffer from Kuptum The
lateat and moat aoientifie applianeea for the auuneafal tinfl mm)
| reduction >;of Rnpture, Corpulency. Umbilical Rupture. Baakuahe
Variooae Vain*, Weak and Swollen T.itnha- Grmttiiitlm frim.
Jtion guaranteed. 84th 4 SStfa at Hotel Looiae, **? ty* only.
ASKS tW. BUTT TO DUUM
WHIT HIS IMS ARE
Jesse B. Harris of Pungo Demands Infor
mation About Certain Questions
And Issues.
Pungo, N. C.. May 22, 1916.
Mr. Editor: ? Will jcn alio*
a Nsall apace In your valuable ^
par for a brief article?
I see Mr. W. M Butt la a candi
date for Representative In the next
General Aasembly. Now, I want Mr.
Butt to fully explain what he wanta
and not beat around the bush. Do
you want to Impose some strenuous
tax on Beaufort county? or If It Is
a new court house, nay no. Out with
It! Let the people know!
Mr. Butt, 1 want to ask you some
queatlona and Insist on your answer
ing them for the benefit of the tax-|
payers of Beaufort county.
Did you last year, as a member of
the Board of Education, go to the
Board of county commissioners and
demand of them to levy a burden
some special tax on the people of
Beaufort county?
Did the Board of Commissioners
refuse to do It, and did you hire a
iATJW at the expense of the tax
payers of Beaufort county and get
out proceedings to force them to
levy the special tax and did they !
not still refuse? And did you run
it to the Supreme court of North
I Carolina tt> try to compel them to
burden the people of Beaufort coun
ty with a heavy special tax? And
did the Supreme court send It back
without a decision and ask for It to
try to be compromised?
Now Mr. Butt, did yon know that
the people of Beaufort county were
against It and did yon know the
Board of Commissioners knew it
was too bard on the poor people of
Beaufort cdtfnty^o^ Impose such, a
special tax upon them?
Were you representing the people
In that case when a school tax had
been voted down in twelve months
of that time? Now Mr. Butt, you
compromised your special tax. did
you not, at 6 cents? Will you please
tell the people of Beaufort oounty
what became of that special tax
money If the schools got any benefit
from it? It looks like It was to
Bhorten the term school. '
?v\Vv" -L'? of the Increase In
/' valuation and increase In
^ <?? and the special tax the school
terms were shortened Is that not
so? What became of that special
tax? Was the salary of the super
intendent Of Public Instruction In
creased? Was the salary of the
Board of Education Increased? Or
what became of that special tax
money when the school terms was
shortened?
To my friends and to the taxpay
ers of Beaufort county: You know.
Mr. Butt did not consider the wishes
or will of you in the appointment of
a Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion tor Beaufort county, as there
were, I think, 1,000 men represent
ed there that day by petition or in
person, asking for the Job to be
given to a son of Beafort county, os
there were four young men of Beau
fort county asking for the position.
They wanted It to mako good and
be an honor to Beaufort county and
a credit to their schools. They wore
thoroughly competent and well
equipped in every respect. But what
did Mr. Butt do? Did he not ignore
your wishes in every erspect. and ad
vertise our good old county (one of
the oldest In the state) as being an
Ignorant county that did not have a
man in It obtainable that was com
petent of Ailing that little place of
pay and honor?
Did he not Ignore your wishes
knowingly when he was trying to
I Impose a burdensome special tax on
us last year? Can you expect to be'
well represented by that kind of aj
man? A man's past record is what
jhe should be Judged by. I want tol
ask you to think befortf you cast'
that little piece of paper. I believe
P. 11. Johnson Is the kind of man
that would not do anything If he
knew everybody was against It. Now
it looks to me '.Ike Mr. Butt could
expect the people of Beaufort coun
ty to say to him go to Lenore coun
ty to ask for voteB.
Yours a taxpayer for Justice.
JESSE B HARRIS.
' (Advertisement)
BUILD STEAMER FOR
t CAROLINA SERVICE
Baltimore and Carotin* Steamship
Company Will Operate the I-lne.
New Born, May 25. ? In a com
munication sent the Sun-Journal
from Baltimore, Md., by Mr. Roy
Taylor, a former resident of this
city, he states that the Baltimore &
Carolina Steamboat Company, who
have for some time been planning
to operate a line of boats between
,that port apd New Bern, are now
building a modern steamer which
Lhey hope to have In readiness for
operation within the course of a
few months.
Not only is the Baltimore & Car
olina Steamship Company planning
to operate a line of boats to this
port, but the M. H. Tracy Company,
of New York, have also planned to
operate a line of steamers to New
Bern and other Eastern Carolina
ports and It is believed that they
will start their line In operation be
fore the Baltimore Company begins
operating their boats.
Citizens of New Bern and the sur
rounding section are greatly Inter
ested In these boat lines and have
promised the promoters all possible
support. ? I
WRESTLING MATCH TONIGHT
Joe Tonwr and Willi* to McH at
the Mlms Tlwua
Joe Tomer arrfred here this
moraine for his boot with Joe Willis
at the Be 11 as o theatre tonight. Tur
ner declared he Is la ft trim tor the
battle and does not expect to have,
much trouble In winning the con
lent.
Willis, when seen today, remark
ad that he was In hotter shape than
At any time this season and that he
had bean doing special training for
tUK?in match. Ha expects to m*ke
a good showing aad giro the fnaa a
r en for their money. ,
fo&V ?& * - ?,
i ?
SHERIFF WINDLEY
GIVES STATEMENT
TO tli? Voters of Itaaufort County:
With the exception of my an
nouncement as a candidate for re
nomination for the Sheriff's office, I
havo had nothing to Bay. I have not
asked a man directly to vote for me.
as 1 thought It was unnecessary, be
cause I did not (and I do not now)
think my friends will put me out of
office, aa everyone known I have only
had It one term. I presented my
receipt from the State last year and
also from the county showing 1 had
nettled In full. I have my receipt
from the State and have settled
three-fourths of the county for this
year, although It Is reported in Rich
land Township that 1 was holding
back the school money and the com
mittee could not settle with the
teachers on account of me not set
tling with the Treasurer. I paid
the schools last year $2,138.94 too
much and the noard of Education
and myself had qujte a little trouble
I to get me relieved, and they did H
'by giving their notes. I have settled
with the general school fund this
'year, less my insolvent list and 1
have settled three-fourth of the
taxes for the special graded schools,
and could nettle the whole amount
had the finance committee checked
np my account. I have made a spec
ial-effort to help the schools of our
county when our "Treaaurer" called
on mo for money. I have Kino helped
.the schools In contributing myself
personally and to the 'county com
mencement and to three new school
buildings, and this I did willingly
and shall not advertise myaelf as to
what schools 1 gave to and what
amount, bwause 1 did It wlthowi
thinking of any political gain.
I have mads some enemies In Ad
vertising their land for taxes, hut
any reasonable man would not ?*t
mad, because the law says' when a
man dtos not pay his taxes yoti
mast sell hts land snd 1 was not abto
to pay the taxes for the paopfe.
(Continued on pa?s 4)
RUMORS Of
PEACE ARE
GIVEN A
SETBACK
NEW RATES AGAINST PKACV
BEING DECLARED THIS YEAR
POSTED BY LLOYDS.
WILSON TO AcTfOR EUROPE
Will Not Act for .Any om Nation or
Family of Nations. A Ilk* Declare
That Germany Must Change Her
Attitude.
(By United Press)
Berlin. May 25.-r-German officials
cherish do high hopes for an early
termination of the war, despite In
creasing amount of peaco talk In
Berlin, Washington and London
newspapers. In particular, the con
servatives do not relish the idea of
Phillip C. Hledmann. the socialist
leader, who expressed the sentiment
in a recent Interview with the Unit
ed PresB that either Tuft or Roose
velt would bo acceptable as media
tor.
WUson to Art for Europe.
Washington. May 25. ? If Presi
dent Wilson moves for peace, he
will not art on behalf of any one
nation or family of nations, but will
act In behalf of Europe This view
point was outlined to callers and
may constitute the keynote of Sat
urday's address before the League
to enforce Peace in N'ew York.
Od$? Are AcsiMt Pasco.
London. May 25. ? Responding
Instantly to Sir Edward Grey's dec
laration that peace talk is Idle un
til Germany changes her attitude,
LJoyds are making a radical shift in
insurance rates against the war end
ing before December 31. 1916.
A few days ago, the odds were
even that the war would en<Lin 1916.
A few days ago, the odds were
ev enthat the war would end la
1916. Brokers today wagered three
to one that the war will not end
before the close of the year. They
are putting up four to one that
Sweden will not Join Germany with
in the next six taonths. *?wo to one
is being bet that the United States
and Germany will not be at war by
the end of this month.
The last-mentioned odds reflect
tho strong feeling here that some
German submarine commander may
unexpectedly upBct German-American
relations by an unwarned attack
upon ships carrying Americans.
AURORA WON BALL GAME
Report of Game in Y?st#rday*s Dally
Now* Wm Not Correct.
Ad erroneous report of Tuesday's
baseball game Between Washington
and Aurora wan given In yesterday's
Issue of the Dally News. It waa
stated that Washington won the
game, 3-2. It should havo been
stated that Aurora won. The Aurora
'team defeated the locals In the last
? Inning, a homer by Bonner doing the
work. Tho final score was 3-2 in
[favor of Aurora.
DELIGHTFUL WAHHIVOTON
PARK. 6-2S-lte
Advertise In the Dally News.