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WASHINGTON, N. O., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 14, 1#1?. Submit FUn to Wilson. Washington, July 14. ? Polk this aftArnooa submitted Carranxa's sug gestion, for the appointment of a commission to settle the Mexican problem for all time, to President Wilson and the cabinet. It became known that the President heartily aprpores of the plan and will O. K. II befere leaving on a yachting hip this afternooa. after which Polk will tell Arrendondo that it Is sccep table. WW LOST GAME TO FOUNTAIN 3-0 Locals Were Usable to Touch Poun UIb'i Twlrler, Haynesworth Being Only Player to Get-Safe Hits. The Fountain baseball team de feated the Wonders yesterday at Farmvllle, the score being 3-0. Foun tain secured five hits off Brown, who twirled for the Wonders and the Washington players grabbed three off Taylor, who worked In the box for Fountain. It would have been more appro priate' to have said "Washington player" In the above Instead of ??^layers," for all three hits were secured by Haynesworth. The other fellows appeared unable to touch Taylor's offerings. The Wonders made two errors while Fountain maintained s clean sheet la the error oolumn. Washington plays Aurora here today, Haynesworth pitching. Next Wednesday Ayden will come here for a return game. Fountain #111 play a return game at the local ffounds on next Thurs day. BAYS BAKKK. All children under age, If they have no pictures of themselves that they can see when grown, whose fa?H Is It? BAKER S STUDIO. SUBSCRIBE TO TOT DAILY OTBWS DECORATING WOUNDED FRENCH HEROES General Cousin* decamttng ?r?aartLHI French soldiers at tbe luralldea'ln Paris. NAVAL NIP CO MM Xjnto Tndgbt for Norfolk. Where They Will Embark on the 8. S. Louisiana and Proceed to Newport, H. L The Naval Militia will leave here tonight oa the nif;ht 'train for Nor folk. They will enibark In the morn ing on board the U. 8. 8. Louisiana. The Florida anjd Texas mllltla will also be aboard. All men of. the local militia have been ordered 'tp be present at their armory at 71*30 o'clock and all wao fall to be present at that time will be summarily court marshaled. The crui/ie will be of ten days' duratlp*.-- From Nprjolfc Jh# .Loui* iafta will 'sail for Newport, R. I , where sluore liberty will be given. Then the warship will proceed to Sheepshead. Bay. Fleet maneuvr^s will be '-a feature of the trip. It is stated thnt twelve ships will Jako 1 part in these nianeuvres. ELIZABETH CITY TO CLOSE STORES FORJALF A DAY Elisabeth . City, July 14. ? This af ternoon at one o'clock the majority of Elizabeth City's stores will close their doors and give their employ ees a much- deserved half-holiday. On each Friday during July .grid August this will be repeated. Three years ago Elisabeth City began to lead in thla co-operative business step, and since that time a number of Eastern North Carolina, towns' have followed her shining example. The number of stores Joining in the movement hero has Increased each year, a larger number of the Mty*s clerks thus being afforded a bit 'of lelsuer and pleasure during the hottest months of the summer; Naval Cutter Is in Distress (By United Press) Washington. Jnly 14 The naval collier. Hector, Is in distress off Charleston, radiograms to the eoast guard service saTd. A gale Is raging off that point. The cuiter, 8emlnole. la rushing to reftder assistance. > la, ? To Move? or Not to Move People who lire in rented homes an considering the mat ter of moving ? those, at any rate, whose leasee eapire soon. The "To Let" alia are wry in tweeting literature (or these people just now. A. (food many decisions will be made, either direotly or indireottj through the influcnoo of ttteee little sdk. Landlord* should keep their offerings "in the limelight" these days ? for, otherwise, they may he inclined to look up some old and dianarded "To Let" placards later. ? " ? ? BARAGA CLASS TO RICHMOND Large Number of Members Are Ex pected to Take Eumrdon. WOJ Leave Here Early Next Tueeday Morning. Members of the M. E. Baraca class will leave here Tuesday morning on an excursion trip to Richmond. They will leave Washington on the regu lar A. C. L-. train and will board a special train from Kinston at Par mele, which will carry them direct to Richmond. It is expected that a large number of members will take advantage of the extremely low rates In effect on that day and will make, the trip. An KftraetVVe propratW Km bWfl'" arrang ed for them at Richmond . where they will be entertained by Baraoa classes of that city. It also expected that they will stop over af Hopewell to eee the powder works and Inspect the progress that that city has made in the last year. WILSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GETS BUSY Wilson. July 14. ? The Wilson Chamber of Commerce which has been in existence for the past six years, has been reorganized, having employed a secretary and trafllc manager of experience whose duty It is to devote his entire time and en ergy to the upbuilding of the com munity from the standpoint of its commercial, industrial and civic wel fare and is making plans for an ac tive membership campaign. President Drldgers and Secretary Hope havo been doing some prelimi nary work along this line for the last ffew days and are very much grati fied at the results so far attained, having signed one hundred and forty two new memberships which were taken by only forty-two concerns, some parties taking an marty aft ten memberships each. A get-together meeting of the en tire membership of the Chamber Is planned for P*ridayt the 14th, at which time the plan* for the big campaign will be laid before them* HACKNEY AND JACKSON HAVE RENTED BUILDING Hare Aecrood Part of Rodman Rnlld Ing, Which Will Be U*d tut IMa- V , play Room for Antomoblles. j Mearl. Hackney and Jackson have rented the racant ' floor apace In the new Rodman bulldlnfc, III West Main street and wUI uMttu a display room for Studebaker auto mobiles. They are local dealer* for these machines and brought a ear load of new models from Norfolk a day or two ago. The location which they have selected Is an Meal one fend will give them en opportunity for displaying the automobiles to best advantage. 15 OVERMAN WARMHIPS RHPAVVUNO. IS REPORT Rotterdam. July 14. ? From reli able sources Information has bee? received showing that tremendoof punlshm<pt was tafflcted upon the , Oermaa fleet IB the naval battle off | JutUoi) T?* ???? *>f WINSLOW TO BUILD STABLES ? wL? Hm Porch? Property FYom Dr. J. O. Blow*. Erect Buildings in Front Of HamkII Supply Company Stable*. An importaat real estate deal oc curred recently In which Dr. J. Q. Blount sold a part of his property in front of the Hassell Supply Company stables on Third street to J. E. Win Blow, of Greenvltla. Mr. Winslow Is a prominent and , wealthy business man of Greenville and It 1b understood that he will erect large stables on the land which he ha* purchased h?re, for the pur pose of going i utt> the horpe and J nxBle \>usiness JW^a large scale. Itj Is stated that he has rented the| Hassell Supply Company stables and will use theui until his buildings are completed. The new enterprise will be a val uable asset to Washington in many ways. Stewart to Erect Building. R. L. Stewart is also to erect a new two-Btory brick building on the Bite at present occupied by Max well's bicycle shop. Mr. Stewart will oecupy the ground floor and the sec ond story will be used for offices. Paris Today Holds a Big Celebration (By United Press) Paris, July 14. ? Paris today eelo brated Bnstlle Day. the birthday of the French republic, with a spirit of gayety that Is unprecedented since 1 the war began. One hundred thou sand persons swarmed the sidewalks as Russian. Belgian. English. Aus tralian. Indian and French troops marched through the streets across the Alexander bridge, which was [built to commemorate the Russlan [ French alliance. GRIMES AND BRYAN BUY THE LEWIS BUILDING Have pwrchawd Building Which Has B#e* Occupied by J.-D. C?lid* on Market Rtr?0t. A deal was Consummated ywiterday to which J. p. Crimea and Frank H. Bryan purchased the building which 'has been occupied by J. D. Calais on' Market street and whlah it owned by J. T Lewia. When seen this morning regarding the purchase. Mr. Grime* stated that | no plans had as yet bean made for | renting the building. ships a re repairing In tai-Ious ship yards: ' The dreadnoughts Koenlg, Grosser Kurfurst. Markgraf. Kaiserln, Kal ssr; the older battleships Rhelnland. > lessen; the battle cruisers Beydlltt. Maltke. Derflloger. Von de Tann. and the light cruiser Regeasbarg. atet tln. Koto and Frankfurt. ft Is also stated that the fetntt WILSON NAMES J.H.CLARKFOR SUPREME CT. (By United Press) Washington. July 14. ? President Wllson^a* decided to nominate Fed eral Judge John H. Clark ot Cleve land as Justice of the Supreme courts ttK^icI.the vacancy caused by thf V^qttflOn of 'Charles Evans Hughes. He sefif Judge Clark's nomination t? thv'^esjit? today for approval. ; tj, Wil ) Permit Deutschland To Clear (By United Press) Washington. July 14. ? Following the report of the neutrality board. Acting Secretary Polk today skid that there, was no need ol formal announcement regarding the sub marine, Deutschland. This Is taken to meaii that the Deutschland is a merchantman and will be allowed to clear. Pope To Make Second Appeal F or Peace (By United Press) Rome. July 14. ? Pope Benedict I* reported in church circles to be preparing a second appeal for peace on the second . anniversary of the *"r, which Is only two weeks off. Its issuance is said to depend on the successes of the allies, which. If great, may convince the Pope that the. tUpe is propitious. HAD A NARROW ESCAPE FROM BEING HEROINES Young I -adieu KowmI Out to Itcxrue lloys. But Had Their Offer* of Assistance Indignantly Refused . Two well-known young ladles of the west end of the city had a nar row escape from being real herolneR yesterday afternoon. They were sit ting on the front porch, overlooking the river, when one of them was startled to see a aklff, wtih three young boys in It. overturn In the middle of the Pamlico. With a scream, she called the attention of her companion to the "accident." Then they proceeded to get busy. Running to the shore as fast as their skirts would permit them, they sprang Into a row boat and rowed frantically out into the stream. One of them stood in the bow, urging the "victims" to keep on struggling, while the other made the rowboat plough through the water at motor boat speed. They finally arrived at the scene and found three mildly astonished oolored boys, who indignantly refus ed all offers of rescue and said they were merely In swimming and had overturned the boat In order to dive off It. The two ladles, whose nsmes are "withheld for self-evident reasons, meekly returned to shore. In no Bright frame of mind. TO GET OUT SEALS FOR HEUff OF BELGIANS! i Aahevtlle, N. C.. July 14.? In or der that the smallest boy or girl, or | amy man or woman, no matter what their means of livelihood are. can contribute their mite to the aid of the suffering women and children of the "Kingdoms o / Orlef," Belgium and Northern Prance, the North Car olina Commission for relief In Bel gium announces today that seals of mercy will be placed on sale In all sections of the United Btstes. These seals, which were designed by the Secretary of the North Carolina Commlfuton. and authorised by the National Commission In New York, are of similar slse to the Red Cross seal. Occupying the center of the seal mtf flags of the United States and Belgium, Vlth the **r6&: "Seal of Weft" and "Kingdoms of Orlef wo. ?M ''Jtuorica'a Hrmwthr" Tsflarrrfttr KDWABD I. BBITTOlf Editor of the Raleigh Ne- ?> ,jb ?erver. and one of the alar newspapermen of the Sf ?2 ^ waa yesterday elected Prt? ;?-*? . of the North Carolina Press '?-fW ?tlon. at the convention held ? -ham. RIOTERS ARE AGAIN BUSY INJRELAND (By Unltod Press) Cork. Ireland, July 14. ? Several hundred rioters paraded the streets today, hooting the British soldiers j and smashing windows In the re cruiting offices. Soldiers dispersed them. ** WILL INVESTIGATE ATTACKS OF SHARKS Believed That Food Shortage, Due to Reduction in Ocean Truffle, Is Cause for Attack*. (By United Press) Washington. July 14. ? Officials of the bureau of fisheries are con sidering the series of shark attacks on bathers along the Jersey and New York coasts as serious enough to warrant an investigation. Some believe that the great falling off In ocean traffic, with the conse quent reduction in the amount of waste from the palatial dining rooms has caused a food shortage which Ib driving the sharks close to shore. BODY OF BOY, KILLED BY SHARK, IS FOUND Wm Horribly Mangled. Rose to Surface in Matawan Creek Short Distance f-Yom the Attack. I (By United Pre??) Matawan. N. J., July 14 ? The terribly mangled body of I^estor Still well, one of tho victims of the sharks which have been terrorizing the en tire Jersey coast, has been recovered from the waters of Matawan creek. Great lagged wounds were round In the abdomen and showed whore the shark's teeth had closed over the body of the 12-year old boy. which rose to the surfarn within 300 feet of the attack Bale will be devoted to the feeding And clothing of the women and chil dren who. owlrfg to the great Euro pean war, are Buffering untold m|g erlea. They can be placed on letter* or mall packagen of any kind, the name aa the Red Crows seals are uaed. Seven boh In will bring In enough money to feed one woman or child a day. according to the an nouneement of the Commission. ?fe. BLMMMk ?? m m * am BRITISH MAKE BIGGEST GAIN OF Tiff WAR PENETRATED GERMAN LOfU ALONG FOUR-MILS FRONT FOR DISTANCE OP OVER A MILE. GERMANS CAN'T STOP THEM Uncce** of the British Mark* the Blggeet Single Gain Since the Start of the l*rewent Super-Offensive. Continue to Advance. i By United Presn) London. July 14. ? The British to day broke through the German lines along a four tulle front In a smash ing blow that nwept two tillages and the Tronea woods. The advance vm for over a mile and marks the great est single gain since the super-offen |s!ve begun thirteen days ago. Heavy Aghting continues today and the Germans are making d oper ate efforts to check the further ad vance of the British. They r are I slowly being pressed back, however, and are apparently unable to stem their foes. SAY DEUTSGHLAND Will CARRY TWO AMERICANS RACK Washington. July 14. ? Auh werine the statement of the French and British embassies that the German Bubuiurine liner Deutschland would be fired upon without warning and treated as an enemy warship. It was learned today that tho officials of the German lino controlling the dar ing undersea boat have agreed to carry two American citizens on the return trip. If the Government upholds Its ruling In the Sussex case now that the Deutsrhalnd is held strictly a merchantman. It must, to be Consist ent. In case of an attack without warning rule that the act l?.d?llb erately unfriendly to the United States. In the note to Germany of July 21. 1915, the State Department made this promise to the Imperial German Government : "The Government of the United States will rontln'if to contend for that freedom (of the seas) from whatever quarter violated, without compromise and at any cost." CANDLED EGGS. EVERT EOC1 guaranteed. Order your eggs front us. Prompt delivery. F, G. Paul A Bro. 7-1 1 -6tc-fp SUBSCRIBE TO THE DAILY VKW9 A NEW SERIES OF THE WASHINGTON BUILDING AND Loan Association WILL OPEN AUG. 1. 1916. SHARES ARE NOW ON SALE You are cordially invited to become a mem ber of this association. Money to lend on homes. A sure system of saving. Shareholders can bor row on their accounts. For further information or details, see i. f. mm, pvt. mm i nam. an. HOME omen FIRST KitlOIUL HAM*
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