North Carolina Newspapers

W ASHINC ;T< )NjBAlLY NEWS VOLUME 9. "WASHINGTON:? FIRST IN HEALTH; FIR8T IN WEALTH, AND TOOT IN THE RANKS OF ? TH1 WKA Cloudy tonight diminishing ThurwUj. THE BEST CITIES TO LIVE IN." WASHINGTON, N.C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, 1916. .NUMBER IS. STRANGE STEAMER ARRIVES Mystery Is Increased by Presence of Peculiar Vessel. Without n Name, Which is Near the Submarine and Has Wireless. (By United Press) Baltimore, July 2\. ? The Deutsch lund Is dtlll at her wharf here, thereby crowding Into first place In the "mystery sweepstakes." All "inside Information" ss to I when she will leave, has gone askeW. Considerable additional mystery has been attached to her cane by the ar rival, Just beyond the Deutschland's pier, of a straneg tank steamer, showing no name, and whose crew make unintelligible replies to the questions that are hurled at them by newspapermen. The mysterious stranger is equipped with a wireless. It has also been discovered that a string of watchers stretch along both sides of the river. DEUTMAND-* I FEARS NETS Crew Are Afraid That British Ships Are Patting Nets Across the Channel Off the Capett. i Baltimore. July 21. ? The crew of the Deutschland dread the order which will start them on their re turn passage across the Atlantic. They fear the dragnet which they have heard Is being thrown out by the allied cruisers now off the capes. They feel sure that they will not fall victims to the enemy cruisers through Bhot from cannon or ball from the high powered rifles In the little British patrol boats, but talk in whispers of a net that the enemy is spreading Just off the three mile limit. The members of the crew have openly expressed thiB feeling to friends on Locust Point. They have told these same friends that Captain Paul Koenlg, the commander, is do ing everything in his power to keep up their Bp'rlts and make them look on the bright side of the affair. "We are praying every night, and are getting our friends to pray for us," Second Engineer Karl Fruechte told a friend he has been spending his evenings with since the crew have been granted shore leave. Knowing the tactics of the British an4 French, and realizing that scores of German submarines have been cavght in these nets that were stretched across the English Chan nel, these that man the Deutschlnnd fety the British will resort to this mqthod off the Capes. PlClVItRMQITR WASHINGTON p?rk affords the most Inviting home sites around Washington. Build there. v T-Jl-lto-fp nXrV jK- yf. " ' '1 JUfcEHT FROIU'CTH OF NATTJRR'H aunkltt Artcm. Supply Company. Ml-ltc-fp RELIEF PUT IN ST SWAN QUARTER, DUE TO STORMOR SOUND Mr. Hodg?? Received Word from his Wife to TtuU KlTect This Morn _ toff. No News from Ocracoke. It was learned this morning that the schooner Relief, bound from Washington to Ocracoke, and which left here Tuesday night, waa forced to put In at Swan Quarter on account of the storm on the sound. Mrs. Jim Hodges^was one of the passengers on bonnj ofV>re rwn?l ai4 Mf Hodges recc'.ved word from hor V'''eiday. The ?ally f ?jrr- endeavor yd to get Into commuaUmMou with Swan Quar ter ihts morping. but the Rtihavon telephone operator stated that they were having a bud 'storm at SwaTT Quarter and that she could npt get the operator to fuiswer. In the meanwhile, no details hare been learned about the storm at Ocracoke. Rumpr^jjrere still afloat on the street thlfc morning, but no one appeared tobtf able to give defi nite facta regarding the matter. Aa far as tl?e Daily News knows, there is absolutely no foundation f?r the reports of log? of life, that ha/e been cfrculated through the city during the last few days. RECEIVED POSTCARD TODAY TELLING OF STORM AT OCRACOKE A post card, from Mrs. Jack Wa ters at Ocracoke, dated Wednesday and bearing the postmark "June 20" was received by Mrs. Charlea Powell this morning. The card stated that the tide from the sound had risen almost up Into the hotel yard and that ^ bad storm ^rgs.*in progress. It also said that .U*. Boopli Jiar. lymjyjitt _ uuw but fh'at no grave consequences were feared. RELIEVE ANOTHER BIG NAVAL RATTLE IS BEING FOUGHT (By United Press) London. July 21. ? Reports that Danish sailors, arriving from the North Sea had heard the roar of heavy guns, led to rumors that the Russians and the Germans are having a na val engagement. "BEST CROPS IN THE WORLD" Captain Leach Riilhufltiuttlc Over Cora ami Other Crop* In Wil kinson Hw iimp Section. Captain and Mra. George T. i.cnrh, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Oumay, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Taylor. Charles McKeever of Boston. Mr. and Mra. Frank Cox, George T. Leach, Jr., and Misses Margaret Overman and Edith Leach motored through the Wilkinson swamp section yesterday. in speaking of the trip. Captain Leach waxed most enthusiastic over the crops In that section. "They have absolutely the finest corn 1 have ever laid eyes on," ho said. "Cotton and other crops are also doing splendidly, but there Is so much . corn that we didn't see much fclse. It Is a sight worth travr elllng a hundred miles to see. It Is simply 'Wonderful, thats' all 1 can say about It." CAKI> OF THAXKB. We wish to thank our fflends for the kindness and sympathy shown to us during the sickness and doath of our husband and father. Oeo. T. | Tyson. Mrs. Tyson and children. Window Placards Have a ' Small " Circulation Is the man who OUGHT b.u/ your property hard to find? Have you -about concluded that he hat placard-blindness? Or perhapa It occurred "to you that a window placard has, after nil father a LIMITED CIRCULATION, and la therefore. a poor thin* to frely npon IP YOU HKALLY WANT TO SVLLI Buyers, you see, have a theory that real estate, thla is of any Importance, or thai Is DKMBABLB, 1s 8URB to be adver tised In the newspaper when ttt? owner want^ to sell it. FATHER AND THREE SONS IN SAME REGIMENT ll?epUotoKrftpiFhow8?flghilngfd?nlly. fRrheraud three W all number* ttuiiMnv O Twelfth r crimen. National Ounrd of New York. From left to ripht they are: PrtiZi Martlo Connor. .lames Connor. Jr. miitlclnu Corn Juscjji Connor, and Sertf. Jamea Connor, the father. Connor !M? another wn wjto la a number of the Naval Heacw [ France Pays Nearly 7 P.C. For Big Loan Now York, July 21. ? It was learn ed today on good authority that the French Government paid almost 7 per cent on the $100,000,000 loan se cured from American bankers and Just announced. .. With, the exception of t^e recent fTTOTT&O.OOJf Russian loan, vrhTCh cost the Russians more than 7 per cent, this In the highest rate paid by any of the warring nations for loans In this country. The high rate charged France was due to the fact that the French Gov ernment, us recently stated by Octav Hohiberg. Mb financial representa tive In this country, "was too proud to put up collateral behind Its own securities." SLOW BUT SURE IS RUSSIAN ADVANCE AGAINST AUSTRIANS Strong Aggressive .Movement In Be ing Director! in the Region of the Carpathian*. London, July 21. ? The Runslan tide Is rolling ateadlly on In the rear of the Austrian army. In Transyl vania two important eastern passes In tho Carpathians* ? Jahlonltza and Kirlibabn ? have been gained. Indl- ^ I eating the Invasion of Hungary has | been begun. After a fortnight of comparative inactivity the Rusalanii have brought up heavy reinforcements of infan try and cavalry and have resumed a strong aggressive on the headwaters of the Moldsvn. The mounted hosts are moving in the rear of General Pflanzer's foreoa, between Kimpolung and Kuty. near the Hungarian fron tier. j A change In weather has facilitat ed operations, the clear, hot day%, having made It impossible to con ceal the movements of troops for sudden attacks In great force. The Russian artlllory In playing- an {im portant role In the operations, but the Austrian mountain batteries are successfully withstanding the Are. The Austrian Infantry Is showing rare courage In meeting all attacks, and the ground in front of the tronchcs is covered with Russian dead. Correspondents on the south eastern front Intimate the time Is approaching when the Austrlans will assume the offensive. Russian successes have brought | them much nearer the German com? . municatlons between Kovel and | Lemburg, and these are threatened by the advance upon 8toyanoff and jfiokal preliminary to the Investment 'of Lemberg. PIKItdT I -OT *AI/T AND HMOKRD MmU.. Ch**m. Butter. Me.. at AiUmn Supply CO. idPBaowBn to tw PAtyr wsw* Urges Reprisal Against England ? i; (By United Presa) Washington, Jul^ 21. ? D?. nonncing the Rrltial^ blacklist on American bmJncjfr concerns as "on outrajjeoun aj?auH upon American citlieii^^ir-,a? > w Thomas today advocated tlie most hptpfp reprisal. In dln cusxinn (he naval bill, he eudd that llrltain'M prnwnt attitude xhowini the need for a Ktronser navy, with wlilrh to protect Che righto of Amerlcm?-?i(4M?H at all time*. STRICKEN aim DISTRICT SENDS OUT APPEAL FOR HOP Washington. July 21. ? Telegrams and letters continued to come to ! Senator Overman and Representa tlves Houghton. Page and Webb to day telling of the havoc wrought by the floodB in western North CartJTina. Messages signed by practldfelly all of the leading cities in Wilkes told of the damage done there and of the absolute need of immediate financial help from the outside and asked Mr. Doughlou to get federal aid If pos sible. Practically every crop in Wilk?H has been destroyed; the food supply is running low and little prospects of getting a fresh supply unless fed eral aid Is given. One of the main difficulties, the telegrams said, is in getting supplies to that section of the country even if the people were in a position to buy. The roads a croaa the mountainH are destroyed and it Is estimated that it will take almost a month to repair them so that they may be used by wagons and automobiles. Senator Overman has asked Sec retary of Agriculture HouBton to send an expert to the county to de termine what crof>6, if any. can be planted now that will yield before cold weather. At the same time th#> Junior senator asked that the depart ment send all peed that the depart ment can spare to the stricken coun ty. It is thought that the depart ment may be able to help out by advlaiuR the farmers what to plant land then supplying as much seed as I is possible. NAVAL BILL UP IN SENATE FOR A FINAL APPROVAL /; (By United Press) j Washington, July 81. ? The mo*t costly n?Tnl program auth orised by sny country In one yrnr, Ik now up In th? fb-Mto for final appmvnl. The goner a! nnngtifn, ?im] four battle cnili ev*. I* rewljr for th*? vote. With it proportionate , ituntlM'r of Kinnllor Mhl|M. the protrrnm will rmf flUH.YOMMlOO the first year. At the mil of (hw yp?rs the I'nitml stAton will hare mlded IB7 wnr?hl|%,ii( till clame*. The r??t of th? three- year program wfll he JU1MH. 1 87,570. OPEN UP NEW GARAGE a?or(?r T. Hacknoy and Henry C. j Jackaon have opened their now gtndebaker dlaplay room In the Rod man building. on Woit Main atreet. In explaining why he took th?> Wadebaker agency. Mr. Hackney had the following to eay thla morn ing: "For thirty day* before accepting the agency, I thoroughly Investigat ed every car on the market. I com pared then all and I am aatlaA?d that in every way. the Stndebaker la the beet value for the money. It !? tfc* beat car that 1 know of for thla part of the country. ASK PRESIDENT TO HAKE EXPLANATIONS (By United Press) Washington. July Il.-VThe Pres ident has been called upon, in a reso lution. introduced by Representative Madden of Illinois, to Inform Con gress If the emergency still exists la the relationship between the Unit ed States and Mexico, and if so. why he has not Issu^l a draft for the national guards. The resolution slso propounds a query regarding the of the guardsmen on the bor der. SUBSCRIBE ro THIS DAH.T N?W8 SHOT HIS WIFE AND OFFICER OFU.MRHY TRAb'KDY OCX T URK n YK8TEB DAY AT ALPIXB, TEA AH. M. C. BUTLER WAS THM VICTIM. REFUSES TO EXPLAIN W. J. Spaiuiell. Who Commirt*sl the Act, I* Vow in J.tll, flul Ki-fuoch to Kvplnln What Cuii?e?l Him Ui (iimmlU I >? hi I >1 ?? Murder. C By United Pr?-*s i Alpine. Texas. July 21. H. J Spau nell, l:i Jailr refused io talk today :.ml maintained ltii> attitude of In difference regarding Ins shooting lo death of his wife and Lieutenant Colonrl M. r Butler, f. S. A . while they ww out automobile riding yes terday. Butler w:is recently promoted to his present rank from Major Hf In a aon 01 former I'nlted States Sena tor Butler of South Carolina, and was 52 years of age. Mrs. Span noil was regarded as one of the moat beautiful women in Texas. Her fath er. John R. Holland, la a millionaire cattle man. Spannell met her when he was a musical instructor at Bay lor University at Waco. They were married flrteen yearn ago and have one child, a boy of seven yearn. Hol land pave Spannell an interest in one of his many ventures. WILL BLACK - IS EXECUTED! Negro Who Committed Outrode Again*! Young White c;irl Went to llis Heath Thin Morning. ( By Eastern Press ? Haleiirh July 21. ? At 10:30 o'clock thin morning. William Black, the Greene county negro, who some mouths ago assaulted six-year-old Mattie Tyson, was executed in the electric chair. It took three appll cations of the current to produce death. Five minutes and forty aee onds after the first current was ap plied .the physicians pronounced the man dead. The room was crowded with witnesses NEW STORE OPENED TODAY Calais ClothinK Company Have Op ened I'p in Their New Store mi Main Street. The Calaln Clothing Company op ened their new store on Main street this morning The store presents a most attrac tive appearance, both outside and inside. Large and spacious show windows permit a liberal display of stock. The entrance Is of lile. All i of the woodwork is finished in ma* hoga ny. The goods are n-atly arranged and the entire store is divided off into departments In addition to furnishings. Mr. Calais Is also hand ling a large line of both ready-made and made- to-order clothing The establishment has an excellent Joeiillon and with its large stock of goods and Its genial and pleasant manager It 's hound ?o do a thriving business FINK t/OT WATKK M KI.ONS. CAN teloups, Bsrtlet pears, pencbea cooking and enting apples. Cheap. Phone 5*7. Adams Supply Co.. 7-2 l-2tc-fp GERMANS UNABLE I to MAKE Advance < OmER ATTACK* AtiAI.NHT THE FRENCH TO RKG.yN POHI TIOXM PROVE TO RE FUTILE. HAVE NEW PLAN OE AnACK "Nllt Clmker" Met 1km Is. Put III ll> tlii? Cwwn Priuce, Prox-e loci fwtlvi*. l-'loodh Help the Teutons hi tho Knst. ? Uy Untied Proas) London. July 21. ? While (he Ger man crown prince ha* invented * "nui-orui'kfr" Miiueezing attack at Verdun, the Franco-British are In vetting the nut-cracker methods by Inserting a uedRe as a fulcrum of the nut-cracker and puahing Its arms ou: wards. As (aat aa the Carman* can close an open nut-cracker, the allies are pushing it open again. Such a srh?'ine is now heiug operated In ih?* Peroune section. The Hoods are helping the Ger mans to withstand the attack of the allien. In Galic'a. Petrocrad reports thm the overflow of trie Dnieater is hampering tlie Itusaian advance. In north Hrusiloc. the Russians continue lo hurl territtc attacks against the '!< iiuhus on the Riua front. t.erman AtbirLn Repulsed. Paris. July 21. ? Heavy German pf>wi*?er evutckji ( acmlpst positions | that the French won yesterday, have heen repulsed. The victorious French hurled the Germans back with great losses and then ronallidated. streng theninc their positions. Official statements report French successes all alon*: the various lines MR. VAUGHAN BETTER TIOAY Recorder Spent a Comfortable Night. Condition Today Shows u De rided Improvement. Encouraging news, regarding the condition of W. L. Vaughan. who is seriously III with typhoid. waa given out from the Washington hospital this morning. It was stated that Mr. Vaughan spent a most comfortable night and that his condition today showed a |dccjf|?-?i Improvement. It Is now be lieved Hi at he will recover rapidly. OBELISK KI.OI R. THE REST THAT the heal mill can make from the Hnesi wheat that Nature produces | at Adams f'upply Co. 7-21 -2tc-fp ON AUGUST 1ST 4 ONLY A FEW MORP. DAYS LP. FT A NP.W SRR1FS OP THE WASHINGTON BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION WILL OPEN Absolutely the best saving plan there is. Money to lend on homes. Shareholders can borrow on their accounts For further information or de tails, see B. F. BOWERS, PlfS. M A. MO, SECT. HOME OFFICE FIRST NATIONAL BANK , , ?wi