DAILY NEWS
CITIES TO LIVE IN."
NUMBER 134.
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight with rising U
perature tomorrow.
HI
KNOWFATE
AT SECOND
BALLOT
FAVORITE SONS AITB ALLJR8
BELIEVE WILL DE HIS ONLY
CHANGE^ TO WIN.
MAY MAkTpEACE TERMS
Hope for an Agreement Betn^ra the.
Republicans and ProgreM*T? Par
tie* Han Not Yet Bern Abandon
ed. Conference* Going On,
By. BOBBRT J. BENDER
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Chicago, June 9. ? Hughes must
win on the second ballot. Is the be
lief of the favorite eons and allies.
The first ballot will be perfunc
tory. The allies are claiming 587
votes. They expect Hughes to get
17* o i*40 0 at the most. A hundred
delegates are to be released from the
the Favorite-Sons after the
first Aflllot-'' If they do not Join the
Hu^nes* ranks the allies claim that
he t? lost.
It Is expected that the ballot will
start *t four o'clock this aftexJioon.
Tbe official ? order -.of-'Republican
business this afternoon provides for
the nomination and balloting of both
presidential and vice-presidential
candidates, the plan being for the
nomination speeches to follow the
prayar.
Peace Agreement Possible.
Chicago, June 9.; ? A peace agree
ment between "Ih'e Progressives and
Republicans Is still considered pos
sible. Committees have agreed on
practically Identical reports Al-|
though the Progressives ultimated
Roosevelt. Senator Lodge is again
conferring toda^ with the Bull
Moose leaders.
Today's I*roceedlng?.
Chicago, June 9. ? As the conven
tion was called to order. Delegate,
Weinberg of Maryland announced j
that he would attempt to Introduce
a resolution inviting Roosevelt to >
make an address before the Repub
licans. Senator Smoot believes that
two ballots will be taken this after
noon before adjournment.
Senator Crane. In a statement thte
afternoon, stated that the nomina
tion would be decided today. As the
? peace committee" arrived. Smoot
read the report. The delegate*
cheered slightly when he said that
the Progressives believed RooseveR
to be the best man for the office.
The chairman then called for nom
inations.
Governor Whitman placed Justico
Hughes In nomination.
Lafollette will be nominated by
M. B. O'.dbrldge of Wisconsin. .
Fairbanks will bo nominated by
Representative Wood of Indiana.
Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania will
be nominated by Senator Lodge oJ
Massachusetts.
Senator Cummins will be nomi
nated by Kendall of Iowa.
Sherman will be placed in nomi
nation by W. J. Calhoun.
Taft was cheered for five mlnute.t
whon his namo was mentioned.
TEACHERSTO BE
ELECTEDTODAY
A meeting of the city board of
education was held last night and
various matters of Importance were
brought ap. A summary of the
work done during the last year was
given and plans for the next term
were discussed.
Another meeting of the board will
be held today, at which time vacan
cies In the faculty will be filled.
All of the old teachers, who sent
ldi their applications. have been
elected. Misses Allison and Camp
bell will not- toach netx year. Prin
cipal Johnson has also tendered his
realgnatlon. The one vaoafloy In the
grammar grades sod ths two In ths
high school will be filled at today's
msoUng.
Superintendent Campbell has been
tmicW (or uwth*r t#r?.
DEFENDERS OF VERDUN PAJWDE BEFORE JOFFHE'
General Joffre reviewing the regiments which nave prevented the Germans from piercing uiej
capturing Verdun. Theae regiments were singled out and taken to 8t. Dtzlrr to rest from the te
which they had boen engaged. They were reviewed in the square at St. Dl::ier in front of the I
commemorates the battle of 8L Dialer, which was besieged by the Germans in 1514.
etch lines and
U?c struggle In
oument which
HAVE PUMPED
ONE - FOURTH
OF LAKE DRY *
??*t.Y TWO PCMFS AIUT BEING
USED AT MATTOlt S K E ET,
OWING TO 8 ALT WATER.
500,000 CALllSt MINUTE
Water In tl>e I>ako Hu Been Low.
ered 15 lmrbee. Meeting of Offl
cinLs to be Held Next Week to
Accept the Project.
Over one-fourtb of the bottom of
Lake Mattamuskeet Is above water.
Although only two of the pumps are
working the water in the lake has
j been lowered 15 Inches. It Is being
j pumped out through the canals at
I the rate of 500,000 gallons a min
ute.
The onglnecrs have decided It ad
| visable to use only two of the pumps
| on account of the aalt water which
| ban backed up from the sound. Even
i with the use of these pumps, how
\ ever, the water is being rushed
through the canals at a rapid rate
and it will not be long before the
.entire lake Is dry.
A new hotel has been finished and,
will be open to guests by July 1. A
meeting of the drainage commission,
promoters of the project, engineers,
contractors and other Interested
parties will be held at the L?ake next
week at which time the pumping
station, hotel and other work will
be officially accepted.
KILLED WIFE
AND CHILDREN
WITHBALLBAT
(By United Press)
Chicago, June Jf. ? Frank 8. Use
blck, a laborer, killed hia wife and
four children with a baseball bat
this morning and then committed
suicide. Tba bodies were found by
neighbors In their home.
DANCE AT GREENVILLE
Will Be fllveo by the Boy Hcont* of
That City on MoniUy Night.
The Boy Scouts of Greenville have
arranged for a large dance to be
given at Hlnes' Hall oa * Monday
night, June 12. Fine musle and re
freahmenta will not be lacking.
l)anclng: Gentlemen. $1.00 and spec
tators 25c. This dance la given for
the purpose of raising money for
the scoots.
6-9-2tp.
DIFFWRKNT NOW.
Mra. A. ? How marriage changes
a man.
Mrs. B. ? Doesn't It? Take my
husband. He used to offer me a pen
ny for my thoughts and now he of
fers me (10 to shut up.? Boston
Transcript
GREENSBORO MERCHANTS
WANT HALF HOUDAY
Merchant? of TtuU City Are Drwirous
f of Closing Stores Half a Day
A Week.
Greensboro, Juno 9. ? Tho mer
chants <Jf Grf^o^ro, some of . them,
have staruyjp a movement looking to
a half-hollday^fbr the city business
houses. Yesterday there was a lit
tle work done on the streets by a
delegation and it is the hope of the
promoters of the movement that
Friday afternoon can be decided up
on by the merchants as a good time
to close up for the half-holiday each
week. The grocers have already hit
upon the scheme tor a little mid
week rest, taking the final half of
each Wednesday for fishing and oth
er summer recreation. The first
half-holiday for the grocers who have
Joined in this was the past Wednes
day.
Whetrter th? plan for the more
genera! closing will be developed to
the feasible point or not i? yet inde
cisive. in order to make the clos
ing possible, it will be necessary to
have practically all of the merchants
reach an agreement in the matter.
The merchants association is said to
he for the closing as a body, but only
the work of those who have under
taken to secure a record of the sen- j
timent of the individual merchant
can determine the matter of how
genera] is the favorable attitude to- 1
ward the half-holiday. If the plan!
is adopted, it will probably be put
Into effect at once and kept operat- 1
Ing through the hot months of June.
July and August.
SHALL PERCENTAGE OF
MALARIA IN STATE
North Carolina Has Fewer People
Infucted Than Any Other
Southern State.
Raleigh. June 9. ? Thn* North
Carolina has the lowest percentage
of malaria Infectod people of any of
tho Southern States is according Vi
a recent report on the endemic index
of malaria in the South by I>r. R.
H. von Ezdorf, of the United States
Public Health Service. Tho twelve
Southern States Included In this ma
laria campaign conducted by Dr. von
iE*dorf are Virginia, North Carolina,,
South Carolina, Oeorgia, Alabama,
Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar
kansas. Kentucky, Tennessee and I
rthe eatern part of Texas. It waul
found that out of a population ofj
about 26,000,000 for these states,
at leant 4 per cent of the people
Buffer an attack of malarial fever
each year, and that one death oc
cur* out of from every 50 to 800
cases.
PREDICTS IK
SEASON ran
LOCALHARKET
local tobacco man. who has
BEEN SEEING FARMERS, 18
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS.
WILL DOUBLE SALES
lielievee That Very Little Tobacco
j Will Be Taken Out of Baaufort
County for Marketing During the
Coming Smsoil
A tobacco season, more successful
than any of the past, Is predicted
for the WashingtoD market this year.
One of the local tobacco men, who
has recently made a trip through
I the county, stated thl9 morning that
?he fully expected to see laBt year's
sales doubled.
J "There is no reason in the world
jwhy Beaufort county farmers should
not bring their tobacco to Washing
ton this year," he remarked, "and I
am confident that very few of them
wll] fail to do so.
"I have talked with scores of
farmers during the last few days and
I have noticed that all of them are
taking a kind of proprietory inter
est In -^je local market. They are
as anxious for the success of It as
we are --and are willing to help.
"The establishment of the redry
ing plant here this year will be a
big factor towards the success of the
market. I fpel safe in saying that
the seasonal? going to be successful
from every point of view."
Mississippi, according to this in
vestigation, showed the highest per
centage of infected people, which
was 31.2 per cent. North Carolina's
rate was 7.8 per cent while Virgin
la's was 9.3 'and South Carolina's
whb 11.9. Plateau. Alabama, show
ed the lowest rate of Infection of
!any individual place, which was 1.7, |
and the Yasoo Valley. Mississippi,
showed the highest, which was 40.9
Another Interesting fact that de
veloped through this study of ma
larial conditions in the South was
that one out of every 7.6 persons ex
amined was found to be a malaria
carrier, and that one oat of every
four infoctetf- persons was a poten
tial carrier, that Is. he harbored the
sexual forms necessary for Infecting'
a malaria-bearing mosquito. It was
also found that the percentage of
infection among the whites was only
8. OS per cent a* compared with 10 ?
per cent for colored.
THE HOME BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION
Will Open a New Series July let, 1916.
t t dr . ; ?| ^ I
It will manure a sertes July 1st. paying back to ita *h*r?h*>lf1?r*
THIRTEBN THOUSAND FlVBl HUXDRfcD tjDLDARB.
It ha* NINE THOUSAND JCIV* HWDfcBD DQ U I ?ARfl undivid
ed profits already collected for it* sbasah Riders. .1
It hu 8BVRNTY-FIVK THOUSAND riV* HUNDIUPD ?)Ol/?
DA'RS loaned out payln* Interest steadily Into the undivided profits
account. ' ' \ '
? r It Is managed by a board of directors, of tjie best business talent
In Washington. You are Invited to join us.
W. E. Swindell, Pres. J. B. Sparrow, Sec.
* home ornci in tub unm * men bfmmml m ?
Peace Committee \
to Confer Again
This Afternoon
(By United Press)
Chicago. June 9. ?The Progres
sives today began a consideration of
platform paragraphs before noticing
the peace conference report.
? plank has been adopted, at
tacking the submarine campaign of
the centra! powers In tke European
War.
The peace committee asked per
mission to confer again with tb%
Republicans this afternoon. Because
of the consideration of the platform,
their report wm suspended wlih.
They said the Progressives submit
ted' Roosevelt as a joint nominee
and that the Republicans named
jnone The conference adjourned |
after the Republicans suggested a
second conference. Perkins was
[cheered faintly an he finished the
reading
Trddy Still At 0?Mler Ilay.
Oyster Bay. June 9 ? "1 see no
change in the situation that would
call be to Chicago." *aid Roosevelt I
this afternoon. Friends say that the
only possibility of hii? going In for
the Progressives to nominate him
and the Republicans to nominate i
Hughes If Hughes should iheiil
withdraw, fearing defeat. Roosevelt
would rush straight Into the tangle. [
lie is keeping in the closest touch
wiiii even"- of both convention*
lV l. I
Wilson Writing
Platform Planks
Washington. June 9. ? President
Wilson will have a steam roller at'
the St. Louis Convention
Senator Ollie M. James, as perma-.
nent chairman, will run It. Nothing,
I in conflict with the Administration's
I wishes will be tolerated.
Three planks, each of which is
expected to create sharp controversy
In the platform committee and on
the floor of the convention, have
been discussed at length by Presi
|dent WlUon with Senator Stone of
Missouri, who will be chairman of
the resolutions committee.
These planks relate to foreign re
lations, the Thlllpplnes and woman
suffrage.
I In general, the foreign relations
plank will declare President Wilson
has settled amicably most of the
questions growing out of the Euro
pean war, maintaining tho honor of
the United States and preserving the
friendly relations between America
and the warring powers.
The Administration is Baid to fear
the woman surfTage question may no
longer be evaded and that the plat
form must contain some reference to
it. The declaration on this subject,
If the Administration's wish la ob
served, will be that It is a State, no:
a national, question
The Clarke amendment to the
Philippines bill in the Senato will]
CHARE
ICED TO BUY
TICKETS HOW
Klnjcl" AdmiMiona to (ImnUiiiqaA^
Will Not Help Local
Guarantors
Ways and mean* for Increasing
the Hale of tickets and othpr matters
pertaining to the Chautauqua, were
discussed at the meeting of guaran
tor* held In the roomn of the Cham
ber of Commerce last night
It waa reported that the aale of
tickets wis progressing In a fairly
satlafactory manner and that but a
very few had repudiated their
pledges ao far. A meeting of the
ticket-calling committee! will be
held today and they will decide upon
final plans for a whirlwind flnlah to
morrow.
No tickets will be on sale after]
noon Monday and under no condl-l
tlona will the^ price of the season >
tickets be reduced.
J. G. Hragaw. Jr.. one of the]
chairmen of the committee, atf(tcd|
that many of the local citizens ob
Jected to buying season tickets and .
(preferred paying single admissions.
In connection with thin, he stated
that all single admissions would go
direct to the Chautauqua associa
tion and would not. help the local
guarantors In any way.
The tickets are tranaferrable and
may be need b*y any member of the
family or their friends.
'WAaVHNGTON PARK I/)Tfl AND
tbe ?BulMlar ?04 l.o.n will net
T? ? Irtth f?nt money 8??
. ?. O. HATHAW*T t?d?r
bo repudiated I n substance the
'plank of 1012 will b?? repeated. j
| Great interest is being manifested I
by President Wilson in the Chicago
convention. Two press association
' w .res are furnishing t>.e While House
with constant bulletins.
12 SURVIVORS
Of HAMPSHIRE
ARE RESCUED
RAFT WAS WASHED ASHORE
OFF COAST OF SCOTLAND.
MAY BE OTHERS.
SEARCH IS CONTINUED
Hope Felt That Other Survivors or!
Their Rodu-s Ma> Re rouml. '
Hampshire Sunk Two Miles Off
W?*t Coast of the Orkneys.
(By United Press)
London. June D. ? -The rescue of
twelve of the survivors of the Hamp
shire disaster, when their raft was
washed asore on the coast of Scot
land. has spurred on the search for
other possible survivors or their
bodies.
Announcement of the rescue of the
tVelve survivors of the Kitchener
death ship was made by th*? admir
alty today.
| The Hampshire was sunk In deep
water, two miles off the west coast
of rhe Orkney#, accord!: * to dls
| patches from Aberdeen
News of the rescue was received
here today with Joy and hich hope l?
felt that other survivors may be
found
FRENCH TRENCH
IS PENETRATED
I By United Press)
Paris. June -The Germans havr
penetrated the French trench in tli?*
Callette woods ori the east bank of
| the Meijae. according to an official
.statement All other attacks by the
Teutons have boon repulsed
TWO MEXICANS
ARE EXECUTED,
(By United Press)
Demlng. N. M.. June 9. Fran
cisco Alvarez and Juan Sanchci.
eonvloted of murder for having par
ticipated in the Columbus massacre.
wet1 a executed In the jail court yard
here today by hanging. Both were
calm and showed no emotion..
LEHBURC
IS AIM OF
RUSSIAN
AHACKS
AUSTRIAN FORCES ARF. IN Fl'LL
RETREAT BEFORE ADVANCE
OF RUSSIANS.
ADVANCE 18 STEADY
IliU lli?r Force* llnvp IWs-n Gaining
Ground lUpldly. Are Now ISO
MJk* from flic <Jr?-at Forcct, tho
Object !*?? of Campaign.
i By United Press)
l.ondon. June y. ? Lemberg, th?
Croat fortress city held by the Aus
trian*. a:.d l&u miles from the front,
ij* believed to bo the objective of
the prtsont great Russian offensive
movement.
Tlie Russians are pushing their
campaign with tl'.e Greatest of vigor
Five Austrian armies are In full re
treat. according 10 dispatches from
Petrograd.
The advance of the Russian troops
during the last few days has been
steady and they arc saining ground
more rapidly each day. The Aus
trian?. who are greatly outnumber
ed. are apparently unaMp to check
the advance and their generals are
confining all theif energies toward
making the retreat successful.
MEDIATION TO
BE PROPOSED
TO CARRANZA
Washington. June 3. ? A prnpoira.1
to General Carranza thai ihe Unit
ed States and the Mexican De Factor
government submit 'he whole sub
je\i of titter relations ?o an interna
national commission is being ser
iously considered by the administra
tion ,
Such a proposal. if It ia made, will
serve m a reply to ihe Mxeican note
demanding withdrawal of the Amer
ican trops and may contemplate ad
justnient of many unsc'tled dlcer
encen that for year* liavp caused ac
cumulating embarrassment in the
relations of the two nations.
Settlement by a coiucili alon >a
provided for expressly by the treaty
of 1M8, which provides rurlher that
-hould such a course he proposed
by either parry, it shall bo aroeded
to by the other unless deemed by It
altogether incompat'M w'*h the na
ture of the differ en -ji * -e circum
stances oT the ra?c
President Wilron and General
Carranza would appoint an equal
number of commissioners under the
plan The meeting probably would
he hefd somewhere outside the ter
ritory of boll) countries
? ItOOSK VF.I/T ISSUES
STItMWJ AI'I'KAI. FOR H\lt\|<>\y
Oyiter llay. June 9. ? Colonel
Hon-evelt today issued an appeal to
Hie Progressive and Republican con
vention* to forget their difference*
nod Join "for thp safety and honor of
our country to enforce the policy of
genuine Ainprirsnkm and genuine
preparedness."