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v;- WIlRE THE PEACE TREATIES WEEP SIGNED Allies; Success Make People Think of PeMfc. Want Place to &gn the CTreatjriV . 'i-0 . , London. Ausr. 5-rThe recent suc .5 cesses of, the AUies have set the Eng lish people to looking forward to the end of the warV'a Already the; Pfsa and- public are . indulging m specula tion as to .the probable ' meeting place of the conference tftat will ar-rane-A the final terms of neace. This I r conference will be attended by' emi nent , representatives of vurtuaJiy ai ; the' great powers of. Europe, together with Japan. That Canada tnd.Aus c tralia .also are likely to have a voice ; in tbe ? peace deliberations is consid red possibility, in view of the im portant part they have taken in Hie ;conflictand the great interests they ( have at , stake. In the number o: .iPowersrepresented and the worid wide Importance of . the issue Jtp.b decidadthe. coming peace conference -will eclipse all similar gatherings b :&t W4id. history,' even . the .famous r - Congress' - of ' Vienna which "rearrang- t. eI tne map 01 Europe, alter vne.yvcr throw of Napoleon. f?Whether: Paris ' or London, Berlin or Vienna, or a neu r tal capital wil be selertr as the - meetinsr tolace of the 'coherence, will become a subject of steadily increas insr- interest as the war neara its !; Te French capital hat. been, the -V scene: of 4 'number of histor ic peace . conferences. There the agreement ; wMchbrought Seven Yeps' War : to ;V close :'was ; signed in 1763 a 'war I iin which the' English and the French -were' the chief combatants,, and dur- j ing which ' England acquired Canada, ;nd by CHye's victory at Plassey es- it&blshmed British rule Mj jndia., ; , --rTwenty years-later,. England sign l edL iwrother treaty in Paris . whertby h acknowledged the independence V of fhey United . States. ; rans- .also f was tiie';isceno of the V tjreaty? which, in i856t marfced the conclusion - of " th . Crimean War. ?r r j . A jemarkabl war paUwret: waVlJthe j ; Alexander of Russia on June 25,-480?; :- n pavilion erected on, a raft moor- ffdiinitha middle of a stream ; at town in East Prussia;" It J was- this conference which ended the --war between France n th,e one hand and Prussia and the other, -France " taking half Prussia's territory. It was at Frankfort, in 1871, that -the treaty .was ended the Franco ; ..Prussian War was signed., ..""-Seven ' years- later the . Russo-Turkish War ended with the 'treaty of San Stefa no. which was followed by the con f erence. at Berlin in which ' other Powers had a decided voice. Of lat er "date -was ;the treaty of Ports mouth N. J., ending the war between Japan :and Russia. -Three years ago there was an his toric scene ,when at St. James' Pal ace representatives of Turkey and the Balkan Leaeue. which " included .-Bulgaria Greene, Serbia, and Mon iehegro signed a treaty ox peace which , ended, the thirty-two weeks' - war between Turkey and the allied Stf .s. " '"".; '. The last time the Powers met toj ' settle - amicably a "' division of terri- tory ' was at the conference of Alge " ciras, little town in Spain On be . Bay of Gribralta, in February, 106. yCermany had resented France's pro- posals in regard to her scheme for t-xne "peaceiui penetranon ox jao rocco.". but ' at the conference in ques- von matters were amicably arranged Franee; being left a fairly free land. P ? . - REGION DO i BIG DAMAGE RoanoKs," Aug. 4. A series of cloudbursts which struck the city and section early this, afternoon slopped all traffic in the city for several I hours, flooded streets and cellars, de- damage t totalling thousands of - dol : Lars. - - -.- . Several of the principal streets in fhe .business section of the city re sembled: small 'rivers . within half an iiour:after ; the ; downpour ;, began. Water a foot deep swept in a rushing toifent down the main throughfares, ' 'floftHino' the sellers . and 5 - crround j; floors of many stores and Other bus iness houses, vere the greatest damage, done. ;X,;; L... 1 Lightning, which, accompanied the jstorm struck several dwellings, from one- of which " the roof was torn off. None of the . occupants was injured. Over 1,300 ' telephones m: the : city were put .out of commjssionl - ;'.'" Only meager reports have-been ; xe- ' "ceived mitlte .ouiiti7:tistricts f -wbere it is said tne aamage to growr i isStrops wa : extensive. NLW YORK'S CAtt STRIKE MAY BE SETTLED TODAY THERE WAS A CMPlE : SVS tPENSION OF SURFACEvCA' i TRAFFIC DURING SUNDAY SETTLEMENT Sll SSR EAXflEfr According to a Statement Issued by Mayor Mitchell A Basis Has Been " Found. Terms Not OutfinedC . New ..York,--Aug.' 6.-Settlement of the -street car strike, which, resulted again tonight in a complete suspeA sion of surface car traffic: in all the burrougs of . Greater.. New York " ex cept Brooklyn, is probably tomorrow according to" a statement issued. ' by Mayor Mitchell. The. announcement came after a day of conferences inti mated with. Mayor Mitchell with the co-operation of v0.scarr'.; S. Straus. chairman - of the ," public service, com mlssiSia 'At;tneselneetings, jtrw9s said, a -basis of . settlement had -been reached which would be sbjsiitted tomorrow to the board -of direclors of -? the. New York Railway company and to its strikers. The mayor . and Chairman Straus conferred this morning with William D. Mahon, president of 'the' Amalga mated Association, ot Street and railway employes and other union of ficials. : Mr. Mitchell and" Mr. Strauss then vmeV Theodore P. Shonts president of . the railway . company and his.-attoroey. , : Later, the may or gave out 'statement in which he said: ' ' ' s',. ' "We - have submitted certam pro posals for a settlement of the street railway strike to President Stronts, of the New 1-York Railway Company and to the representatives of - the striking employes. A basis of set tlement has, been found and will be reconunended by i jejadenShronts to tus board of .director for :ra tinea tion and by. the representatives of the mc-n to the employes . for; ratification by iiAharo. . ' The meeting . of the boar4 of di- rectors and- the meeting of. the' em plcyes will be held tomorrow, and up on ratification of the proposed settle ment by both? sides the "men will im mediately return tow work." President Mahon confirmed the an nouncement by .Mayor' Mitchell-, but declined- to discuss the proposed term of settlement.. .'..-V 1 Announcement that a settlement was in prospect came soon after all the companies operating surface cars in Manhattan, the Bronx r : and Queens bad ordered to the barns the cars which had been operated during the day. No attempt was made to sppply Sunday service on Staten Is land (Richmond.) " .Police reports indicated that about 45 per cent, of the normal Sunday car service was maintained during the day. by the companies affected. There was a - few minor distur bances. .- Prior - to the announcement that a settlement was impending-it was said by strike " leaders that headquarters 'will be opened tomorrow for regis tration of employes of the subway and elevated lines who ' wished to oin the union. r Secretary of Labor' Wilson arrived in the city today to confer with Sam uel Gompers, president of. the Amer ican Federation of Labor but he de nied that his visit bad any connection with; local labor troubles or with the threatened, nation-wide railroad strike. . '; ; ;;-;n, ;-.;5-"":;:-v' The Interborough. ... Rapid Transit company today announced'that -. all employes of the . Interborough, num bering approximately 12,000, will re ceive $1 per day extra .pay until further notice,, beginning -" today. Traffic on the subway and on the ele vated lines controlled by the; Inter borough, has been heavily increased by the disturbed conditions on t ihe surface-roads: v v-: .-:-;t-L;..';Xi;S::,v- THE IlEMOREST STOCK CO. . , GO TO K ANNAPOLIS The Demorest Stock Co., who have been playing at Concord for two" weeks was one of the .best-companies, seen here in tent.-' Their tent theatre was spacious and one of the most complete. The plays were all presented with special scenery and effects." They go to Kannapolis for this week .3 ; . ., "It must !be humiliating to the ad vanced pascifists that tjbili ; country presists in keeping out of ' war with out their assistance. ,y If. S; DEFICIT Declares Democratic Extravagance . - Has Drained the Treasury; ' Washington, Aug. 2. carnival of debauchery in the way of appro priations has been indulged in by the Democratic party, whuVi$8 inembers ih' congress' iiave absolutely no con ception ;0f;taepriheiple of bankruptcy hear : which they are. . pushing r the treasury, of the United States,"Sena tor Penrose of Pennsylvania, de- iclareiirtoday, afterjreciting a' long list of apprbpriatioig nwtde by the r pres ent - admiiustratibn which he consider ed.'.';fmd ; which bmpUnted to many hundreds .of tniliions of dollars. As -. Mr. ;s Penrose - sat;' down f our Democratic' senators -Kern, Stone, Newlands and Martine were on their feet to reply.: and all- except -Mr. Newlands were hiird. S: . : : Senator 'Stone .dWeit .at 'length on the infrequency othe. visits of the Pennsylvania r senator- to ; vrasmng ton, - and ;4Jiese, he said, were madaj not to aidmg onadvise, out to rraise ain ' with ' the Democrats.".. . I Mr. Stone-declared that were-Jt-not for the - big appropriations or prepared ness the-present Conjgress, would? .be found more economical than than pre vious Congresses, which Mr. Penrose denied. V?" . - -,. Senator Martine, asserted that the name of Penrose was a f - byword ; m New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. " He said that the biy "Red Devil, as the Pennsylvania -Senator's automobile was ealled, scared the chickens and calves on Jersey's roads' almost to deathbut was not a real "danger.' So it was, he said, with the Senator's blustering1 attacks thet Democrats! Kern Provides -Opening The opening of Mr. Penrose's speech, was provided .when the Demo cratic Teader, Mr. ?ern, moved to sti ike out of the District of Columbia. appropriation bill an: Hem-of -Jl,560, 000 torjbe " spent ;B; -thef parks, and the need retrenchment" in appro priations..' y j"Hymily wanrrntnlat ed Hha - X; Denwcratic. leader.. -me proposed revenue bill," he said, '"has become necessary because of the fail ure of existing legislation to produce adequate revenue. , An enormous de ficit faees the Treasury. No possible condition. - " . . "It may not be said, . technically, tfcat the TreAsury is bankrupt, but 1 e Treasury is bankrupt so far as the possibility of revenues meetmg expenditures is concerned. ' Even without counting the - issuance of $12,000,000 of bonds to defray the Mexican border troubles, , 'watchful waiting in the last two and a half years has cost this country $200,000, 000. - - "This Congress has been most lav ish and reckless more so than any other Coneress in time of peace. It is incredible to me"the utter disre gard the party in powerhas had for the resources of the Treasury. "This Admimstration'iias started o spend $50,000,000 'to Construct a railroad among the icereljrgs of Alas ka and $50,000,000 for ood control, it is planned on the wrong theory of control at the mouths, instead of at the soures of the streams. -"Congress has just appropriat ed $85,000,000 to help the states build roads'. Ten years not a Democrat in the United States, but would have thrown, up his hands in horror at the idea as being inconsistent with state sovereignty. . ' 'While it will ' probably not come during .this, fiscal year, through the delays of courts, it is probable that a refund of $30,000 Will have to be made to importers as a result of the ill-ad vised and hastily considered section in the Underwood tariff bill authoriz ing a refund of .7 per cent in the du ties . of ,. goods brought Sn . American bottoms.'' ; . .; . ':;. ; - "". ' Mr? Penrose attacked the rivers and harbors , ork barrel, , and . predicted that the public buildings bill now' ih he House would be added to the ex tra vagence list -before Congresg ad journed. . ; r- sfrziyc ,"I have served in the Senate with the Senator irom Pennsylvania for "a good many -years," -4 ; said " Senator Stonej "and during most of that time, while: his own. party was in power he was always working- beart and : soul for what he called an . appropriation and the flag. During this fortunate period- the .. Demochatic contror we have rarely been honored Jby his pres ence. But now and tnenl jae comes down.' -, He dosen't stay iong. " He Is ffooe in a flash.,' But every time m-:' f 1S.SWEPT Bt FLOODS Stores a;-WrSo -,.v''wt4,s,-. -v'fvv-.;-Afluw4T; the worst - eleetzac imsof ie year! hit Ashelle'aad .Victelt :jas afternoon and considerate r diMa djne between; fAsbeVilW. and eWaverVille. I At;NewfcHfee; war- the - road. to Weavervill a-"stor and .- warehouse usedbl&bf f,cyiaissiowsto store"rwbin trashed became 4 Jroaring People ?who livr-th3?F thouit sait;eTnd small creeks" in that aeciia' swept but - of their bakr "idiag.i the country around. -v-.-t;-;--.; ; "rSevepeStarng.tth pissjoir jin fe - Wtayer; JPower comply ifrotM were rwaaif::Uie Reaver- ville' sectto duriag the storm. I'As jand Iit :jCpBp?Jiiy. whi(h gets its pow-er.from-fhaiV4aAl''w&s forced '. to suspend pe?f tiii of the street ears for:, sever .Wurs tills afternoon.' By 8 'ctp(k & caw agajawana, tra were running ana tbe. streets Ufoted;:, ;' v'v .i; 'tfi ; This Wtiirc? the county was not affected by-.tfcVfloart of tdy 16 and today's ; occurVMois; 1Um( first they have felt wyf the flhd chditions. ; No lives were vo$t :aa faj'aa . can ; X be learned . tepfglit and -:bo 'one even had a naiitw much dam age appeared Ito: been, ; doe farms' and ceps ' te " eWaverVille The1 opesiag of the Regular sched lues:; ofthe i fa1hg;an4 Knox yudiiijsifti kt " JSotottjera rail way today ;V..ar"a;fjal''schdd6" for .J-JI:rAjW pronjose f a shori-ttt?ir latrt ;and Hvedy toiuistb:iiC;;fe ot peo ple havt itr? - iy-b; lght to this city- thf lyul iw?k "nd ; during the pent ?k; Caf ilwjy bficial es tw V tS 1 1 5 iwv4 to f ABheViile flOliI Xuv gWuT' wiui- jirfbJLnri west. . Ordinarily at this, time 3 ; of year all passenger : trains, m operating into Asherille ate .running in two and three sections. By- this it can be. seen what a strain ; is necessarily placed upon thf crippled, service the South- era has been forced to. give since the flood with- many- people: .'. trying . to reach the city. - . -: s v . y CHAS. E. HUGHES, WESTWARD ; BOUND, AT NIAGARA FALLS Niagara Falls. N. Y., Aug. 6. Chas. E. Hufirhes.' westward bound on the first trip of his presidential campaign, spent today in Niagara Falls. ; Mr. Hughes . ad bis wife attended church in the morning, went .for a long mo tor ride 'in the afternoon . and late tonight left for, Detroit, where the nominee; will deliver two speeches to morrow, night.- -. At Mr." Hughe's requesi there was no public reception here. During' the automobile ride jn Canada, at a lone ly spot, a Canadian soldier with fixed bayonet otdeted the driver to halt, and searched the car for explosives. The soldier, when told of- Mr,Hughes, re plied with a grin that ie was sorry, but could npt tmde? military ' rules make exceptions. - f " r Chainnah Wilcox of the ' national committee; left the party tonight for Chicago; he makes trouble. . That is what he is here lor tms .time. , iMOwmai wits Democrats are in power, his one mis sion is to. raise e DevU with them." Mr. PWosi criticised' the"! secret committee and caucls system . under which the President bad 'been depriv ed of anopSKtrttinit? b help, and un der which it made Jittie diqff erence, he said, whether a; Republican was present or not. - From C how- on, he promised, he w$ld be -hi his seat every dayflTgrayei falls in October," at which pfobpecy, of ad journment so late -4there were many groans from both sides, i. - ::;.).;.y ' A brickyarder conld.iiave drawn ' a better revenue 4neare- than, the bill which has been pa by vthe House and which ia now hemgohsidered, by, the' Fmance ; CommitteeV' continued Senator Penrose. . '-:'".; - .". v'y: "Why do "you single out bricklay ers?" inquired Senator Stbhe ' "Is that the lowest , forro of ; intelligence hi your estimation ' 1 ; ' . to work n lmy days,?-retorted ar. Penrose. UP OCCURRED IN DETROIT INEOIUNDREDS OF- " ":FACTORY' WORKERS. FIVE PEOPLE ARE IN fiOLDUP :'- -------f ---- ; .- . - .- r The; $5JM09 in Money was - being Taken to the Plant f the Burroughs t Adding Machine Company-Bandits v EacapfclY:;- :'-- .- -.- '.-.!-:' i-; --, '.' : .s. i"r ' t o v' -:i . .'-r'r- - ' Detroit, MichV, March .4, Five; un masked automobile bapdits early , tli:i ing taken to the plant of the ; Bur rough'e Adding Machine company, and before "inUhed guar offer 'resistance ' snatched 'five bags of ; six inthe. car, 'said to have con tained $33,000 or $34,000, and escap-ed.:--r;:' - if I ; The" holdup occurred on Burroughs avenue between Woodward and Cass avenuesi VinTyiew of hundreds 'of tem ployes or nearby automobile f fac tories' and . the usual afternoon throng of. Woodward avenue. r'A Z ; .Rudobph "Cooper , a Burroughs guard,' was shot through the thigh and struck' on the head With the butt end of a pistol, when he tried to intercept the robbers., :-' Witnesses - declared that "the five bandits apparently ranged ; in j ; age from.'18 to 60 years. " No one, hbw eyer, seemed able to give a" good :de scriptibn. "They were armed ; . - with rifles and au6matic pistols. . -. . - Witnesses .of the daring robbery 4&t dared the apparent failure of the ay our guards to realize; what was - oc curring, aided; the bandits success. One guard said he 'thought a -motion picture 'scenario was being stagedi - . Although policemen on motorcycles and in .autonobiles were, quickly sent m pursuit of the bandits, :they had not been rounded up tonighti Eleven machines filled wiA ; officers -were scouring : the country .in every direc-. tion tonight alter a fruitless chase of 38 miles,-'; Early. is - evening ;.: cornered about 30 miles northwest, of thexity, but when officers closed in the bandits car was not to be found found. 1 The amount obtained by the bandits'; at first placed as high as $45,000, late" today w I ; declared by P. G. Chapman, secretary-treasurer of., the ' Burrougs company to. have been between $33,000 and $34,000. , A car followed the one held up, carrying $75,000 was not mo tested. . ,'y:' Riding in a large -motor car with part of the money for the week's pay roll in bags on the . floor , Th3S Scheahan, paymaster of the ccCy . was within half a block of the plant when a smaller car drove alongside and four, men jumped out, demanding surrender of the money. : ; Within two minutes after the ban dits car drew .alongside the pay car, the former, was racing away with the five cash bags. .- ; : So far as can be learned not a" shot Wis fired by any of the guards in the pay car, nor those in a car following. The.-guards in the car behind did not realize what was going on, but seeing Cooper, run out from the curb and en gage cne of the bandits,: tney sloppeu their car and ran - forward. - They were halted by the, other bandits, who swung upon them with a rifle and pis tol. ; Four shots were fired at the guards who. hastily retreated unin jured. It was in this volley that a bullet entered Coper's hip. - The man he was fighting witii then hit him over the head with the butt of his pistol and jumped into the pay car. His com panions, in the meantime had reached into the car and seixed the five bags Hastily returning to their own machine they -dashed out Second avenue and headed for the country. j ; .;" Reports received . late tnoight, from different towns and villages in coiv&es surrounding Detroit,' told of small au tomobiles of - the " type used by. the bandits racing through those places at high speed. Each report expressed the belief that the car seen was that of the Detroit holdup men and stated, that the" pursuit had been; promptly taken by the officers. , : " XJ . Unusual precautions are takn by the Burroughs company; to ; pvevent st ' such occurrences as today's rob- Ever- half ' block from the bank where the mpney for the payroll is ob tained to the plant armed guards are stationed. : As the pay cars proceed from the bank, the guards are picked up as they are passed. ' " Witnesses de clared the bandits', success today; was aided by the apparent slowness of the! S trtini NmetyFour of i 150 State Committee Members Pledge Support. Six " Others. Give 1 Preference" 1 . ,. - ' -four' of the -J50 members of " ' the Pregre,ssive'..Stite' Ckihmitee of i ewj iorKve horsed. Cbarles EvV Hughes for';Presidentac'cording to a:;' ;" stamentglyjDut atrRepubiiean National ; headquarters yesterday.' ; This; bears V out J the daimsTox tte; Vx UerkinsJmoliosJw0 insitsei that ? itafe tjwirof fSe'.'New; York MobserererRn datewf' ; Xi also'dicates, Vs a Hughes " Progressive yojm : that 'Hughes would yhave a formal in dorsement atthe ; retent ; Syracuse ' meeting of the state rconunittee but ; P for the "pugh house-, tactisc tf . the anti-Hughes" minority.-' -' rl , Besides . the - ninety-four, inembers , . avowedly, Ifjughes six : remaming sixty-six have expressed a ! preference fo: the former; Govei but did nfrt care at this tjmto sign the round robin Sent oiit. : Fourteen members are - Undecided, and only five : have Indicated their intention to sup port Wilson;; -The thirty-one unac counted for have--not stated their at titude except tiiat for; the most pat they were opposed to the party taking any action in the. matter ' of indorse ment. - - -.,. ; ; ,v; J Poll Shows Hughes Favorite - u Results of a poll of enrolled Pro- gressiyes' in greater New York which were also given out yesterday indi- V cate that: Hughes is a three to one - ea 045 votes, wnue wuson recavea lae xouowuig .maorsement 01 me . - ttepuoacan- canmoate was. sent cq but. v:- .Hujpe;;JyiHaii . int wie unaersigneai ipmt ; J your- ngnt: for tne JUe of the' neo: 1 5 : : whSns -govjbrnW Deuevmg mat oy lar tne c y&rt: of the Progressive voters hrur jsev erar districts desire your JJ 'election, hereby pledge you our . cardial and enthusiastic support.' VETERAN WHO FOLLOWED -.1: LEE IS KILLED BY BATTLER i Danville,-ya:t Aug. 4 Dock Blecher who fought. wiTLee's cavalry in the Civil warp fought in a battle' single-. handed witiia rattlesnake on Tues day at his home in the country and. died a short while later from the woAinds h received, accordine to in- Ormation received- here this morn ing. :::fyy .. :i r-'"--rr'i The veteran, 'who was 79 years of - age, heard the ratHe of the argued, reptile in the grass. He quickly lo cated it and seizing a ' stick tried to despatch it. f: Hfie snake, however, succeeded in striking him three times .;: quickly on the hand in which he held the stick, but Blecher rained down upon it until it r;rarr -krjrrme:; upon it until he had killed it.;- ; He then started towards his Quse nearby but fell when he had gone a few yards. 1 Two .'ladies passing !, in the road saw him' lying down and hastened to him. He was nearly dead but had sufficient strength to relate the incidents of his fight with the'i snal e.; . The two women hastened ? to his'' home ' for Bleecher's daughter the dying man expressing; a desire . to see her. Upon their return Bleecher was dead .. A short dis tancie away they found the. dead snake and the . stick Bleecher had used in killing it. ' ATTENTION. VETERANS :;v Our annual meeting of the Confed erate Veterans "will be held -at " the Court House' on .Tuesday, Aug. 8th at 11 o'clock a. m. for the election of officers ' and such other -business as . may come before the meetmg. " .A full attendance is desired. I '-':;-: .: " H".. B. PARKS, Com., ' ,;-'?iV CanP No. 12 U, C.:-' D. Just to keep us 'with the progress ive trend ;of popular thought the. va rious political steam rollers have been equipped .with pneumatic tires. guards to realize what was being done. The Bprroughs plant is'-.: located in- the northern section. f Detroit about two and one half miles from the down town bnsinesg district ; . About three fiauare-awav; is one of. Detroit's most exclusive residenoe sections. ".-
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