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Pair Tonight mmd T VOLUME BJGf H? - 'wASHIXTO-V X. r., WKlttKSPAV AFTERXOOW, SEPTEMBER rail Wo. 3? in WITH THE ALLIES IS LIKELY WILL FOLLOW AB TOK RWULT OF MEARtREtt INCORPORAT IX f HS NEW REVENUE BILL ,! . '? .. \ EXPECTED THAT ALUES v . WllL COUNTtR-FIGHT %( By United Press) Washington. S?#t. 6. ? A sharp diplomatic confl}ct between th? si lled governments and the United States^ is expected. It will follow as the result of retaliatory measures incorporated In the revenue blll> which -passed the Senate last night, with fiie agreement by the House conferee* anticipated today. The allied governments, led by^ Great , Britain, may begin a sharp counter retaliation, It is thoUght_ It Is" the. belief of many officials, how ever; that the conflict may not be diplomatic and strictly commercfal In the 'course that It Is decided on. The legislation, that hies directly back to every discrimination pro nounced against American business interests, outgrew through s consid eration by the State Department of thfrW'obable conferences. . It la declared .that the administra tion hopes to chocxrae British' "black listing policy, discrimination ^gainst American commerce, ln^erTeren<& with the mails and embargo on A merlcan products. While the allied diplomats here strongly hint of "reprisals" they In cluded the view that a commercial war is not wanted. The United States is believed to hold the upper hand at present snd Is undoubtedly bettor able to endure the conditions that would result through non-in I ercourte. ' CXJTTON TAKK8 DROP. ' . ? A (By United Press) New York, Sept. 6. ? Cotton has dropped twenty-seven points more than two dollars a bale. The exchange quoted 15.6 cenfi on December British Wi Waiting Outside Virginia Capes BeUwed ?\Predict the Arrival of the Oenrun Submarine, Bi (By United Press) Norfolk. V*.. B?pt. f. ? of the . perman submarine. Bremen, slipping through the Virginia capes under corer of the American fleet, walch la maneuvering off the capea, la believed to be responsible for the appearance of a British cruiser off the three mile limit. She Is an chorol and la believed by many to the arrival of the Bremen. SHALL JlfiAIH BRINGS , UP PILOTAGE BUI ??P?- ??- R*pr??? tative Small yesterday re-introduced ills bill exempting barges and other small craft* from compulsory pilot age. The"'onfy difference between the prevent measure and the former It thaf the bill today Include* sig naling craft,- In addition to the bar ges and exeinpta the State of Ala-| bama 'form Its provisions. Mr. Small stated- that the hill is of so much importance to the shipping interests In coastwise trade that he Intends to push the bill to a vote when Congress meets in December The committee on merchant ma rine and fisheries made an unfavor able report on the bill some time ago in so far as it spplies to this session. Mr. Small, however, believes he can secure Its passage when Congress meets, (or the -winter short session. The American Pilot's association with headquarters at New Orleans, apd many of the labor organisations are 4pp??ed to 'the Small bin. The Pii^ts contend that tie measure will not oirly deoti uy ? *fcefr#Kosffice? buf| >#111 place the shipping of the? har lot's tffong the coast la jeopardy by hafrlng inefficient -pilots handling vessels In waters they are not fa- ' miliar with. ADVANCES REPORTED BY THE RUMANIANS (By United Press) Bucharest. 8ept. 6. ? The Rouma nians have captured the Transyl vanian town of Beprlacep O/orgla, In the Merisor Valley, according to official advice received here today. Five hundred wagons of foodstuffs werq captured and ten Bulgar at tacks on the Tutrakan bridgehead, on the Danube, were repulsed. (The Qe^ipans announce the capture of advanced "position* at Tutrakan.) ' t ttelhHien. N. C.. S?pt r. ; Ah a result. or Joint meeting or Civic League "and Coutatry Olub with the a?sfstanc6 of Mr. John Tooley, president and Mr. Hays Parish, sec retary of Relhaven Community Pair -Association. the following commit tees- were Appointed: v \ Commlltw on Arrangement*. Mrs. W. C. Brlnson. ?D. 8# Smith, Macon Tooley. George Old. F. O." Ferrel. Walter Bell. T. F Rlddlck. W. T Ralph and F. P. Latham, chairman Commlttaft on Collection of Ekhlbttfl Mr^T O. A. Connor. D. W. Blount, J. A- Wilkinson, T. H. Blottnt. W. B BtubbS. Belhaven; Mrs. Rdmond Credle, C P. Ayeoek, Lewlg Paul. Clyde dmith, Pantego; Mr*. J. I). MuHock.) W. HnflrW. I^MbvilU; Mrs. flam Cotfch. F. P. Latham, Bel haven. R. F a; Mrs W. C. Boncben Terra Olea,; Mrs. George Klxon, Pun go; Mrs.. W. A. W?lifl#?d. Rath ; Mr* Sum Wind ley, Rnnsomvllle; Miss Mabel RieM, Miss WysMila huke, Pnntego, R. F. D.; Mrs H R, Rus sell, Mrs. I^roy BatierthwaUe. Leech vllle, R F. U. Mr*. Ruts 'Crod^, HEP 7/urk Fortlscue, 8rran|pn. U I F. D.; Mr*. H. ?. ??nn. i D. Km afld Mrs. Dr. Wlnd7?y, Bwan quar tos Mrs. Arthur Harris, Leslie film-} mons, Fairfield; Mrs. H. R. Way. cfisirman. Belharen. JP *???>? ?? '?? committees, other special commit tew were appointed to solicit, re ceive and hold themselves responsi ble tor the sucess of each exhibit aR j follows: Fancy Work. Mrs. JT. N. Edwards, Ernest Clark. Ca C. Smith. Artr? 'Mrs. J. K. Smith, Miss Alice Clark. Dan Miles. \ Antlquee-^-Mrs. C. T. Wlndley. W. iT. Ralph, Frank Snyder. Edwards, tao -K.rcelrpa etaol taolo Flower* ? J^rs. Harry Butts, 8. J. Peal, Joe Phelps. CiindjT?Mi** Rnth Couch. Euge nia Bishop. Thelnia Wlndley Capnlng and Prcac* Vlag? Mrs. Willi* Riddlck . W. C. Brinson, T. F. Hldrllrk and T H. Blount. Vmmtry?Mm'. D. W. Blount. 8atlie Green,. Tom. Marsh. Old Ladle* Work ? Mrs. E. fltubbs Sam Wilkinson. Walter Bell. Hcrnrina Prises ? Mrs. Geo Old. 8". D., Smith, F. Parrel. ^ t , Rent Room ? Mrs. D. , Uf^faky, Orln Bullock, and J. A. Leigh. , . Tha boosters hope to visit the different sections in a short time personally Interview the lafllea I nnd gentlemen appointed on com I mlttees of each territory. The oom mitteea appointed will all now get j busy soliciting for nhetr drrr^mnt exhibits and report at otlr next meet |i?f wWth will b? Milled ?W>?t U? MjansH (By United Proas) x London, Sept. ?. ? The British have captured the whole of the Leuse wood, one mile northeast of Comble, in a violent night attack, according to dispatches received to day from General Haig_ . Desperate fighting occurs between Combles and Glnchis. Violent Fighting Occurring. Paris. Sept. 6. ? Repeated attacks oil their new positions ttauth of the Som me have not broken the* French barricade.; The ,flre. during the I night was moft violent at Denffe court and Berny cn Santere. Artil [elry la active everywhere. The lack of spirit displayed by the Germans in their counter attacks durtn the last two days la evidence according to French officers, of the severe shock and moral effect that the Anfclo-French victories during 4he last week have nad on the Ger mans. COMMISSION MECTS TODAY ATNEWLONDON New London, Septr 6. ? The with drawal of American troops from , Mexico will be the drat topic of dis j cussion by the peace commission, jjHlch holds its first meeting today, [xne'nxet subject will be to provide reciprocal crossing on the border. Thennolive of thi* is to capture rai ders. The conuniKsion will then dis |Cuas Internal problems In Mexico, {with a view of rehabilitation. RESCUE WORKERS WERE MISREPRESENTED. SAYS ADJUTANT W HARM A X (Bjr C'?rl Goerch.) Adjutant W. Harman. who Is In charge of the work being done in Washington by the A merican Rescue Workers, stat ed this morning that the state ment which appeared In the Daily News yesterday, misrep resented the work, which had been done and Is being done by this organization. "We are now caring for two families." said Adjutant Har tnan, "who are destitute and need assistance. Not only that but when we were here before, we rendered material assistance to a number of worthy cases. Chief of Police Roberts, or ex Mayor Kugler can tell you a boiit some of our work, if you. care (6 ask them. 1 also have recommendations from officials In other cities, telling of the work we have done there. A report of our work, and a state ment of our receipts and dis bursements can be obtained by. any person who does not believe In what we are accomplishing. "We fre here to try to do good In Washington, and I be lieve we can accomplish much. If wtf hav? the co-operation of the l*al r mi**. "t again #nm to say that that-'ipyone, ,^ho has any doubt about 0?*? w^rk we are doing. caif'*f4t all (Me InfoAnatlorv he wauls' regarding our activities. We are not here for any merce nary reasons, but to help. the* poor. And < lu-e helping them." CAKOMJIA PI.AYKR IIOI.IW t RKCORI) FOR RABK HTKAI,IX(i Murbam., N. C., Sept. t. ? Warren Butta. center Haider lot th? Durham 14m hold* the baae-atealtttg rerord for the aeaaon. Hla total I* elKhtjr he*ee pilfered. l/ ' ? 1 ? ' | Uth of Reptatnher At thlt moot In* a committee *111, be appointed on achool work exhibit I* which wi hope to fta*e all tb* achooU In the Mr immtt to u*? part. Huge Zeppelins To Carry Mail From Qermcmy Chicago VUu Telia of Seeing Two Largo Aircraft in Berlin for ' "y' Trans- Atlantic Service. Chicago, Sept ns, car rying mail between ?. and Germany, will soon be*Afi|w ation. according; to Morris EpBfe,.-C who has recently returned from a Tlait abroad. He claims that he aaw two huge Zeppelins in Berlin, which were intended for trans-At lantic mail service. They are sev eral hundred feet in length, carried no guns, and are capable of carry ing 60 tons of mall. L V - , ? ^ MUCH INTEREST OVER PROPOSED HEW ROAD Wilmington-Norfolk %Hlghway Is lle v' ing l>i*cu.Hm*<l. Citlsens Eager to Secure the Road. | Considerable interest has been manifested by a number of promi ineni local citisens over the proposed j Wilmington-Norfolk highway. and everyone is urging that Washington use every effort to be located on thin road. The matter will be brought up at the next meeting of the Chamber of Commeice, and at that time some' kind of a campaign will be formu lated which it is hoped will result in the passing of the itner-state highway through this city. Jt is known that Greenville is ea jger to secure this road, but It is gen erally believed that if the people of j Washington "get down behind the movement. " it can be secured. WAR. COfCIL IS BEING HELD TODAY IN ATHENS Ttlraie, Sept. Greek military lenders hold that the meeting nt Athens today Is practically a war council, Premier Zalmis is attend- 1 In*. ? THE WEBB Bill MAY BE 10PPED Washington, Sept. 6 # ? If the Sen ate trlee to force the passage of the Webb export bill as an amendment to the revenue measure Congress will be in session indefinitely. Pres ident Wilson was told today when ha asked members or the committee to rush the bill through before ad journment. Senator LaFollette and Senator Reed and others are reported to be against the measure and willing to use the old time and effective weap on of filibustering to defeat Its pas sage If necessary. With these facts befort the Pres ident and his known deal re to leave rfor Shadow Lawn before the end of the week, he will probably Instruct the finance committee to leave the Webb bill out snd go ahead with the measure as it now stands. The Webb measure han already passed the house. * It Is of great importance to the cotton .growers of North Carolina and other south ern states and to all other statna which do a(? export buainess. The I bill allows exporter* to combine their selling agencies in foreign, countries In order that the small: manufacturer who Is unable to main tain a separate ag'-ncy may be able to do budness on a parity with the larger manufacturers. (.KKMAJf INTHKVKI) (W ISEH8 MOVE TO PHILADVtMlA Washington, Sept. ?.--Tbe Oer mis interned crulsera. Prince ' Eltel Friedrlch and- Kronprinx Wllhelm "HI move from the Norfolk navy y*rd to the Philadelphia yards, ac oftftng to Infdfmatlon glvea ont to day 4y the navy department. Thej Norfolk harbot is crowded and lm Pi/>riuenf 4r? planned. 97t Oer njin seamen will be sent to Phila delphia. ? : i Mrs Reel Paramount at The New Theatre Tm^M. Those contemplating attending the New Theatre thin evening win jrltnes* one Of the best performances the a? on The management present Victor Moore In the great 'Automobile Photo ComMy. "Th? Rtkne," ? #T? f*?l PW*??<U1' WED AT CAMP GUNK Robert Holloman Died Instantly When Three Railroad Coaches ^ ? Passed Over His Body Robert Holloman. who enlisted in the North Carolina militia under thef name of "James Rowe." was in-' stantly killed last night at Camp* Ulenn when three coaches of the 1 shuttle train, operated between More head City and Camp Glenn, passed I over his body It Is claimed that Rowe attempted to board the first car of the Strain J as It was backing up to the Camp i Cll:?nn station, but In some way he' mlaaed bia hold and feU acrosa the track. The young man's head and body Wfr?. between the rails and were not badly disfigured. but aev eral neriuun injuries were austalned on jboth members. The body w** sent to Morehead City, where it wait prepared tor shipment to (his city He la aurvlved by hta father, who Uvea In rfuffolk. Va.. and a slater. Mra. John Carlyle of thta city. WASHINGTON MEN WILL ATTENDJIG CONVENTION Number of Prominent Citizens to Represent Washington at Atlantic Deeper Waterways Meeting A Dumber of local residents. In terested In the work that Is being done by the Atlantic Deeper Water ways Association in ttys part of the country are planning to attend the ninth annual convention of the as sociation. which is to be held in Philadelphia September 12-1 5 th. Among those jr ho are planning to atietfh "are ^ongresajnan John H. Small. vJohn W. Oden, W T. Hud null. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Credle, Mr. and -Mrs. F. H. RoIIIum, Captain jaud Mrs. Oeorge T. Leach. W. H. Ellison, C. G Morris and C. H. Sterling. Captain Leach is one of the mem bers of tho publicity committee, and Is endeavoring to have Wash ington represented at the conven tion by at least a score of local per sons. "This waterway project means much for us here In eastern North Carolina." he Raid this morning. POMCR ARK WARNING VEHICLE DRIVERS OK NEW TRAFFIC' LAWS 1 A retonn of the city traffic laws 1b now in effect and police officials ace warning all drivers of vehicles Of the provisions in the ordinances, which were passed Monday night by the Board of Aldermen. Violat ors of the ordinances will be warn ed foi the first time or two, and af ter that, if they persist In dlaregard ing them, fines will be put upon them. WRICJHT HAH I Nigi K PLAN FOR OBTAINING 81ITS F. A. Wright, proprietor of the Wright Steam Pressing Works, is today advertising a unique plan by which his customers may obtain their fill and winter suits by sav ing a few pennies a week. Thor# lnj no question but that the plan will attract a lar*ge number of purchas ers. as it is probably the eaiiiest way of obtaining a suR that could be thought of. A large advertisement, explaining the plan, appears In another part of today's paper. jNBW RATTLE rRIIHKRM TO HAVE HIX FVNNKLM Washington, 8?bt. The navy's new battle cruis^f*. fotir of which have been authorixed to be laid down neit year, will look Hke a blast fur nace gone to sea. Each will be ?Quipped with six or more* smoke stacks. according to plans being con futed by the Navy Department. 8or*)e American cruisers carry four stacks and some of European construction have Ave. but with the exception of a few small deetroyera no veeaels In operation have six. The battle cruisers will be electric driven and oH-borutng. 8tMpped they will run IB knots, or more than 4 2 laod miles an hour# PPBiOWW TP TW? PAJl?T N*W? "It in one of the biggest things that has ever been taken up and it ih go ing to mean mllliouft of dollars for our people. It should be very grat ifying to the people of this Hection thai work uo ihe Deeper Waterways project was started id North (.Caroli na first." The delegates and visitors will as seroble In the auditorium of the Bellevuo-Strat/ord Hotel at 10 a. m.. Tuesday morning, where they will be welcomed by the mayor of Philadelphia and the governor of Pennsylvania. An Interesting pro gram has been arranged for the four I days. ' Prominent tnen from all parts of the coast country will be in attendance. Any other persons who desire to attend the conventipn. and wish to heroine acquainted wth th? general details, may Q&taln ? n. the Informa tion they desire i jm Captain Ix?ach. Man Is Taken Off U. S. Ship By The British Steward on Board American Schoon er Ih Taken on Ibmrd of Brit ish Warship. I By United Prexs ? PeDKacola. FH.. Sept H.- -The live manted American schooner. Marcus |L. I'rann. bound out of Norfolk, wa* [boarded by officers of a British cruiser and the German ?tewnrd Hans Herclr-sen. wan taken prisoner on board The warnhlp. dfRpite the protect of th*> skipper of ihe schoon er. The namv of the cruiser Is un known. MKKMAX SlltMAKINR is DKNTKOYKD It V BKITIHH Aniaterdarn. Sept ?.- Britiah air nien bombarded and destroyed a German Hiihmarine in Z<?ebrugg<- har bor. returning safely to their base at Dunkirk, according to report* re ceived here loday. TODAYS PROGRAM AT New Theatre "TffK RACK" 8 IWI l'nriunr>unl FVjttnre Thrilling Ami Ktrftln* DOWT MfHH IT. M*t\rw T>t%4 1 j ?t 4 P. ML vifht Khrm HfjkrtA 7:4fl p. rv imfTMION , Ad??* V ? !?? (lilktrw, ^5
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