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GEAELO 2 Jl AND EVENING CHRONICLE PAGES TODAY " G RE AT E R CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEW SPA PER ' ' SMEW'S 4i JL JOLJEi NIGHT EDITION ff8Sfea!rSg, " CHARLOTTE, N. C FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916. ' S SESStiffSSSS irgT;i;! Price:1 Daily 3c; Sunday 5c RESUMPTION OF OFFENSIVE HAS NOW BEEN MADE ' British Have Undertaken Big Assaults North of the 1 Somme and. Have Driven Germans Out of Their Trenches Over Long Sec- . tor Heavy Fighting on Verdun Front. Xbe British resumed the offensive today in a powerful attack north of the Somme in northern France. Ac cording to London they, have driven hck the German- lines from about a mile and a quarter to nearly a mile and three quarters at some. places, in an assault along a six-mile front. The line of the attack extended from Bouleaux wood northwest- of Combles, io a point north of the Al-bert-Bapaume road, which runs through Pozieres. - , General Haig's forces last night at tacked and captured German trenches along a front of more than half mile southeast of Thiepval. The combined assaults thus cover ed virtually the entire Somme front of the British. The night .successes Included the capture of a strongly fortified German position known as the "S'under- Werk." Apparently to days attack had not spent its force hen the official bulletin .was issued as it declared that the British were continuing to progress. The French drove into the south , of Combles, which already was nearly hemmed in by the entente forces and report an advance as far as the village of Ran- court- ' Heavy fighting also has taken place on the Verdun front, Parts reporting two German attacks there, both of which were repulsed. Heavy strokes are being delivered by General Sarrail's forces. against the Bulgarians on the Macedonian front, with marked success, according to Paris today. Victories have been won by the Serbians, French and British. The official statement indicates that ie most serious defeat was adminis tered by the Serbians, who drove the Bulgarians back 12 miles ' after sev jral days' lighting west of Lake Os Irovo, capturing many prisoners and 25 cannon. 1 The French and British drove at tie Bulgarian center on both sides of tie Vardar, the French taking posi tions a mile long and half a .mile deep ast of the river . . and . the . British carrying important positions west of the stream. , .. -. - Constantinople reports " the British again on the offensive in - Mesopo tamia, following long inactivity of the forces along the Euphrates and on the Tigris below Kut-el-Amara. The Turkish war office claims to have re pulsed the attacks, in one of which the British are said . to have lost 2,000 men. Will Carry Families. Berlin; Sept. 15. (By Wireless to Sayville.) The Vossische Zeitung say tot the officers of the fourth Greek rmy corps which is to De transported from Kavala, Greece, to Germany, will te accompanied by their families, thus Preventing the starving of women and children by the entente. Official announcement was made in Berlin yesterday on the plan to trans port to Germany Greek troops station ed at Kavala at the time of the Bul garian occupation of eastern Mace donia. The announcement said the troops, ct off from communication with Ath ens by the entente forces, were suffer Jg from disease and lack of food and m they would be taken to Germany retrals- Athens despatches said moo Greek soldiers had been, removed rm Kavala on warships of the al- London, Sept. 15. Renewal of heavy slltin? in Uosnn.i j - hi. . i WltlSh Oil tho nfFsr,,.!,,. 4 . I i - . . Pnr, yed official statement issued at wystanunople on Sept. 9. The British i aSment l0St 2'0 p . Captured Trenches. W S .Sept . 15. North of ' the oame the French last night captured ,2s of German trenches and ad coun Vs far as the village of Ranr On , war office announced today, attarv erdun front two German racks ere repulsed. Iharsed Six-Mile Sector. Cd ?' tSv,ept 15-The BrWsh re front iat attack on the Somme about c- niht' charging over a sector annn L mi!es long- The war office 22 ? t0ody that they had ad C l rom 2,00 to 3,000 yards and 6 cnunumg to progress. Steamer Simi eamer 15 The" Norwegian Cs il!eiT,of V153 tons gross, has Londi day ,trv' a Uoyds announcement to- T, ainessee iroons . Prepare to Leave 0rtiers for k n" Sept 15. Later ssee troVn:e m?vement of the -Ten-fass as tha ,t0 he border give Eagle try ree?mdaes;tmation of the two in-?ark-The tS instead of Fort ag 01 the s?n5S?W rleans' Te load" t00) B, unat JP ie", and eluiPment of Mch go to El p bulance Pany. ;o El Paso, began today. Inland Routes Being Planned (By Associated Preas.) Philadelphia,- Sept. 15. Secretary Daniels told the delegates to the At lantic Deeper Waterways Asosciation Convention today thai they need-have no fear of the earnest co-operation of the navy department with any practi cal plan looking for the improvement of the inland ways along the- coast. - Secretary Daniels addressed the del egates at the navy yard. Events such as the revival of shipbuilding, the in ability of the railroads to meet. the need of the new era in production and bumper crops,-Mr. Daniels said, have given fresh argument to the men" who for years have been arousing public interest in the inland waterway plan. "Three great projects that will roye our ability to conceive and carry out national improvements for the near fu ture," Secretary Daniels said, "are the improvement of the Mississippi , river and; its tributaries, the ; improvement of the Sacramento river and the com pletion of the inland waterways so that a submarine may travel through the inner passage from Boston to-Key West, ready to dart out at half a dozen important places .to strike ter ror to any enemy lurking on our coast. This inland . waterway is primarily to secure cheap water transportation, but it has a military value as well, and in - considering its worth" to the re public, both must be regarded. , "The importance of sheltered water paths up and down our Atlantic coast, sheltered from the violence of mid winter Atlantic storms, through which small boats may proceed has . been enormously increased by conditions of modern warfare." s ' ' Mr. Daniels drew attention to the importance of small craft in warfare, and said that in former years ships were built of such draft as the depths of rivers demanded, but today rivers are deepened to accommodate the size of ships and the needs qf commerce. PLAN TO AVERT COMING STRIKE (By , Associated Press.) i . . - - - View York," Sept. 15. Although un ion, leaders have virtually abandoned hope of an amicable adjustment of the differences between the striking street railway men ,and their employers, the belief was strong in official circles to day that some -action would- be - taken to avert the threatened sympathetic strike of 7Q.000 trade unionists. v . The . Central v Federated Union "of Manhattan will hold a epecial meet ing to-consider the advisability of join ing in a strike that "will astound New York." The Brooklyn Central Labor Union comprising 95 local unions, has already voted for such a strike. During the night violence broke out anew. From midnight until early to day Sixth and Ninth avenue elevated trains were bombarded with . bricks, stones and other missiles. One guard was injured. ' Service on the subway and elevated lines continues - normal but the sur face lines are still crippled. The executive committee of the so cialist party of this city announced, today that as a result of the strike the party would institute a campaign for the municipal' ownership.-of all transit lines. Manning Holding On to a Majority ;'..'. - . ; s ' . Columbia, S. C.,. Sepj. 15. Practi cally complete returns show that Gov. Richard I. Manning has been renomi nated. Not more than 15 boxes are" to tie reported and the latest total be ing Blease 66,257 and Manning -70,- 986. . - The county executive committees were in sesion yesterday to canvass the returns and declare the result of the election. . Governor Manning has not yet made a statement concerning the ' election. He was today planning for a few days rest Cole L. Blease has not yet con ceded his deefat. No statement can be made .as to whether there will be a contest or a demand for a recount of the vote. Governor Manning's- lead is nearly 000 and it is not thought that a recount would change the result of the election. ' V ..' Accidentally Shotv And Killed Friend (By Associated Press.) , j . Nashville, Tenn'., Sept. 15. A Jack son Tenn., special says that Miss Kate Davis, 18, shot and instantly.kill ed Miss Winnie Moore, daughter of G. H. Moore, her -best firend, in the store of R. EL Rogers there late yes terday. The young ladies were keep ing store while the proprietor was at tending the county fair and in a drawer found a pistol which Miss Davis point ed at her firend, thinking it unloaded. The weapon was discharged, the bullet taking effect in the girl's forehead. - : ' .. Rate On Onions High. (By' Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 15. Richard Hop-( kins, of New York, owning a planta tion near Savannah, complained to the interstate commerce commission today that a 20 cent rate , per crate of 54 pounds for shipping onions from Sa vannah to New York city is unjust, unreasonable and unlawful. He said that 19 cents per 100 weight is amj?le. " . i - - r ..I i ! . i - McKINNON WILL DECLARED VOID BY JURY TODAY Judge Justice Completed Charge at 12:40 This Af ternoon After Completion of ArgumentsSeven Attor neys Spoke The Case and the Three Issues Presented. w www'A,'k"A"ir'n,irww'rij-j-'iww'vf rvr iF . '.; - ; The McKinnon will was brok- i'e -Yf en this afternoon, the jury of - twelve men returning a verdict i'? 5'? at 2:40 answering the first issue, w as to mental capacity of the tes- i's tator, "no"; the second issue, X ."yes," and the third : issue, "no." The jury was out less than two p hours and.it was hardly expect- ed on the outside that there w would be .so speedy a verdict. w. The jury's answers were "no," i'? to the issue, "Did H. T. McKin- fc w non have sufficient mental capac- 5'? ity to execute, the papery wri tin, purporting to be the will, etc." The jury answered "yes," -to the second issue, and "no" to the third. The second issue was, w "Was the execution of the paper - writing, 'etc, obtained by fraud or undue influence?" The third issue was, "Is the paper writing, i'? propounded for proof, etc., the last will and testament of H. T. McKinnon?" This issue was an- swereel "no." w - The verdict, was received by Deputy Clerk Yandle, there being present, at the time only a few i'f spectators and one or two attor- w neys-appearing in the " case. Judge Justice, who left the city shortly after one o'clock, had i'? previously arranged' by agree- -M ment,' that the judgment in, the case could be signed by 'the i.S nins'P. at hia tinma Crt'Tiot it mill -? not be necessary for him to re- w turn to the city for this purpose. This brings to a close a case i'? that has excited keen interest in the city for a week and which has s& been the subject- of city-wide w comment and discussion, and in S w which - perhaps 150 persons have 5X appeared as witnesses. '.i't The verdict is a complete vie- 5'? tbry for' the caveator, Mrs. F. S O. Hawley. . ...... . . .., ? -A- J5 tK, Ot-Jt-t JOVt St-JtJVJiW!-iJi!J8.'!" -?t "JV rif IF 'i i? i"if-V i "7 "i ( 1 C 'i i""7 C1 " 't C 'if i C" U f "i i" ?r "A" The issues in the Hector T. McKin non will .case involving -thB "'hreaking of a will representing an estate of $75, 000 to 1100,000 were given to the jury in ; Mecklenburg superior court oy Hudge M. H. Justice at 12:40 o'clock this afternoon, following a long ana exhaustive hearing of five days. The morning was consumed in the completion of the arguments which were begun yesterday afternoon, ana at 12 -o'clock Judge Justice began his charge to the jury. .- The Three Issues. The three issues, as presented ; by the court for the decision of the jury of twelve men are as follows: - 3. Did H. T. McKinnon at the date of "the paper writing propounded have sufficient mental capacity to execute the paper writing introduced in evi dence purporting to be his will? 2 Was the execution of the paper writing propounded in this' case . o b tained by fraud or under influence? 3 Is the paper writing propounded for proof and every part thereof the last will and testament of H." T. Mc Kinnon? In charging the jury Judge Justice took up first the contentions of the propounders and second, those of the caveators. He stated in his charge that the burden i proof of, the issues rest ed upon the caveators, who came Into court and contended thafthere were grounds on which the will, as pro pounded, should' be set aside. There-' fore the burden is on the caveator:. The court first summed up the con tentions of the propounders, as devel oped in the trial. These are contested by "the caveator." "It is highly import ant," declared the court, "for the jury to know the law. It is highly compe tent that those, who know and have dwelt with and had business dealings with the maker of the will, may tes tify." ' ' .V- - - "The rule is not that a high degree of intellect is required to make a will, but it does' require that a man -know the nature of his property and under stand what he is doing in making a will. The burden is assumed by, and is upon the caveator. It.becomes neces sary for the caveators to make good the contention that the man' did not have sufficient mental capacity to make a will." - Judge Justice then summed up in able manner the contentions of the ca veators wheron they base their clajm that the maker of the will was not 1; gaily qualified for this task. "It is not necessary that he make a "judicious disposal of his property. The jury is not concerned in this' but only with the mental-capacity of the maker of the will; rs to giving greater weight to the expert testimony of attendant physicians, the court said the nature of the evidence is to be considered. "The" caveator contends that he. did not know what he was about in mak ing the will, and if you are satisfied of this, you will answer tie first issue noe. - ;- '. ' .. .- - The second issue deals with undue influence or fraud. The court summed up caveator's contentions ' as to the circumstances of how the will was made; ."that all conversations were with the propounders or. their . repre sentatives and that the - family knew nothing of the will, and that, the attor ney who drew the will, was the attor ney of the propounders. etc., and therefore they say his will was over reached and that the will of others (Continued, on Page 13.) j i, THOMAS AFFAIR R4DIDLY HEARD S' O al fn -v-.. v .jjsI 7 ' " " . S-y Sept. 15.-rThe i evidence w 'udea. during the afternoon a , ?4ments of. counsel are being ernoon in the trial of E. S.1 ..as, of Georgia, on a charge ot .inal assault on Miss Eula Nunn in ner berth on a Pullman car while a Southern train was in the union sta tion here two weeks, ago. The defense offered no evidence, counsel pleading irresponsibility through drink. Miss - unn was, accompanied by her father, Rosco Nunn, formerly head of the weather bureau here, now holding the same position in Nashville. The wife of Thomas .is sitting with . him in court. . -.. Refugees of Greece In Pitiable Plight (By Associate Press.) Athens, Septi 13, via London, Sept. 151 (Delayed.)The Margarete, , the boat in which Baron von Schenk, head of -the German propaganda in Greece, was sent to Kavala to be turned over to the Bulgarians, arrived this after noon with 1,000 refugees who were in the most pitiable condition. They had been -.without .food, since' Sunday and were packed in the ship like sardines. Refugees said that a . German aero plane had dropped three bombs as the boat was leaving Kavala which came within inches of sinking the ship. An eye witness who described the entry of the Bulgarians into Kavala on Monday said that three Greek regi ments which had remained in the town were given until 10 o'clock Tuesday morning to surrender as prisoners of war. At the expiration of this ulti matum they gave up their arms after a slight resistance and were taken up country. .. The same man said that 3,000 Greek troops had been camped on Thasos Island in two camps. One camp offered to join the aliles and the-men were shipped to Saloniki. The second contin gent refused to desert the Greak army and, the refugees said, the French pro posed to return them to Kavala. Terrible conditions- were . described on the island of Thasos where 7,000 refugees had fled - from the invaders in rowboats and sailboats.' They lack ed every necessity of life and great number of women and children were camped but in the open "without food. The refugees said that indescribable disorder reigned in Kavala, where ban dits were looting the houses and all the Greeks who could were taking refuge in flight. They, said only three or four Americans remained in the town, the remainder of the colony having fled to Thasos. -s Congress' Grew and Passengers Landed (By Associated Press.) y Marsfield, Oregon, Sept 15. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company's liner Congress swung on her anchor chain at the entrance to Coos bay to day a black and burned out hulk as the result of the fire which caused her . to race for this port last night. Every one of the 253 passengers on board and thee rew of 175-were landed safe ly last night by the dredge Colonel IV S. Michie. " - Several members of the crew who were overcome by smoke were all re ported early, today to be recovering. None of the passengers appeared to have suffered any ill effects whatever and they were loud in their praise oi the way the vessel was managed. Order was maintained on board up until the departure of the last boat load from the Congress to the Michie, which came alongside when the burn ing vessel was enveloped in a pall of smoke. ' ". : " All the ship's papers and val aables, estimated to be worth &0,000,i were burned. These, together with i the ship's cargo, valued at an equal amount, will bring the total loss to $2,100,000. A valuation of $2,000,000 was placed on the vessel. Virtually nothing remains for salvage, although the hull may be saved. The cause of the fire remains a mystery. It . was discovered in the second steerage, but . none of the crew reached the point of origin. Would Ship Relief To Syrians in Need J- (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 15. The state de partment arranged today to ask gov ernments of the Entente Allies for consent to ship relief supplies for. the starving populations of Syria through their blockade of Turkey. The prin cipal obstacle to these shipments was removed when word came yesterday that the Turkish government had re considered its former refusal to allow them, and had assented "on condition that they pass through the port of Beirut and be distributed by Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. It was be lieved by department officials that the entente allie's . would interpose no ob jections. , ' .' October 21 and 22 have been desig nated by President Wilson as special days for collection of funds and sup plies for famine stricken Syrians and Armenians. The state department will continue to press the Turkish govern ment to allow shipments to the Armen ians, ' CARRANZAHAS CALLED FOR A , NEW ASSEMBLY Decree Issued Sets Forth Reasons Why First Chief Has Called for the Election of a Congress Will Give an Account to That Body of His Stewardship, (By Associated Press.) Mexico City, Sept. 15. General Car ranza'g purposes in issuing last night a, call for the election of delegates to an assembly to consider changes in the constitution '. are ; set forth in the preamble, of the decree made , public here. v .V;.-; - ' '. ' ;'- " - The preamble refers to the platform of the - constitutionalists as set forth in the- plan of Guadeloupe adopted in 1913 and says it shows clearly, that the program of the constitutionalists provided that When their cause . was triumphant and municipal leections had taken place the first chief should call for the election of a congress, give an account of his administration and have his actions ratified or mod ified "by the congress. He was then to call a presidential election and turn over the executive power to the leg-, ally elected president. The first chief always intended to carry out this program and to that end adopted various measures to pro vide government of and for the peo ple, to improve the economic situa tion of the working classes and to insure a correct application of republican-principles as embodied in the constitution. It has, .been found; howev er, that some of these reforms affect ed the. functions' of the government as limited by the constitution. i These reforms were, necessary, Gen eral Carranza: points" out, because there existed the danger that if the functions of government were limited strictly in accordance With the consti tution of 1857 . the administration of public affairs would not meet the nec" essities of the time and there would be a return to tyranny through the ab sorption of powers by the executive. The enemies of the constitutional ists, General Carranza continues, have omitted nothing to prevent completion of the program, even going so far as to imperil the dignity of the xepublic and endanger its sovereignty by pro voking conflict with a neighboring re public. .These enemies of the constitu tionalists, oppose not only the reforms already effected but those in prospect Therelojrey the preamble says, the on ly way in which to attain the desired ends is to .provide for a constitutional assembly, through- which' ' the whole country will be able to -express clear ly its sovereign will. 7 The enemies of the constitutional ists, General Carranza says further; have imputed to him motives which he never entertained. Accordingly he determined to forestall attacks by a frank and sincere declaration that the reforms projected are not intended to lead to the establishment of a dicta torship. On the other hand the govern ment to be established will be of such form as to demonstrate categorically that sovereignty resides within the people, by whom it should be exercis ed for the public benefit. Both federal and state rights will be respected and the: spirit of the constitution will be carried out. The only,' purpose is to purge the constitution of detects in the way of obscurity and contradiction, or of clauses inserted for the purpose of nullifying domestic rights. The election of . delegates to the constitutibnal assembly will be held October 15. Business sessions will be gin December 1 and - will be limited to two months. As soon as a constitu tion is adopted a presidential elec tion will be arranged and the assembly will be dissolved. Says Mr. Wilson Can Carry Indiana State . (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Sept. 15. Vance CV Mc cormick, chairman of the democratic national committee"; visited western democratic campaign headquarters today and conferred with - Manager Thomas J. Walsh, discussing . cam paign plans and President ; Wilson's speaking dates in the west. . Chairman McCormick expressed the opinion that President Wilson will carry Indiana. He said encour aging reports (had been received from Ohio, where it is said many progres sives ' and republicans have an nounced their intention of voting for Wilson. . . ' . : : Five Electric Steel r Furnaces in Prospect (By Associated . Press.) ' v Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 15. Immed iate construction at Anniston, Ala., of five electric steel furnaces at ' a cost of $1,000,000 by the Alabama Power Company, was . announced '- here today by James Mitchell, president of the company. The new plants are in addition to similar enterprises of the company on the Warrior river . and other parts of Alabama in which $1, 500,000 has been invested. ' According to Mr.-' Mitchell the five new furnaces are being erected to take care of increased demands for steel. ..' '- . - ' -. -: Reichstag 'to Convene. '.. .' London, Sept. 15. A Geneva des patch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says it is reported unofficial ly from Germany that Emperor; Wil liam attended by . Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and. Field "Marshal von Hindenburg, will cfpen the session of the Reichstag which convenes September 28 - ,- . . , m , i t - - general Diiss ; Is Before Body . (By Associated Press.) : New A London, Conn., Set. 15. Practical obstacles have arisen in the consideration by the 4meridan-Mexi-can joint,- commission of numerous suggestions for the pacification of the border Which makes jt seem improb able that any . agreement can be formulated without prolonged discus sion. - - : : .' ,. , ; .' Major General Bliss was before the commission today to point out objec tions that can be raised to - many of the proposals including .that-of an in ternational constabulary. ... . The commission held only a brief session, the Mexican party planning to leaye for New-York today to attend the celebration : there ,i tomorrow; of Mexico's national holiday. They will return Monday when the conferences will be resumed. While the attitude of General Bliss as expressed to the commissioners ; here has not been re vealed it is believed he. shares the views of many army officers that no satisfactory solution can be found that is not based upon the establish ment and maintenance of . a stable government in Mexico. It has been contended that if the -de facto govern ment was strong enough to give prac tical co-operation in the operation of the border police the need for such a force would have passed. There is no doubt that one of the purposes of the Washington s dmin-istration-is to arouse Mexico to the moral obligation that it is felt restsN upon her to , protect" American in terests along the international line. ; Warrants for Boys In Hazmg Practice (By Associated Press.) ' Raleigh, Sept. 15. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of five young men of this' city, ,charge4 with having "hazed" G. W.. Tiencken of Wilmington, a freshman at the North Carolina A. & M.' College here. Sunday night it became known yesterday. Two of the- warrants which 'are said to charge trespass, assault and bat tery, already have been served, the police said last night. " Prof. W, C. Riddick, president of the college, who swore out the warrants, would not divulge the names of those whose -arrest he had requested and the police ;wuld not discuss "the case other ; than - to confirm reports , that the warrants had been placed in their hands and that two lof them had beenserved.i Those named ? Jn- the -warrants, ; it was said, . are not. stu dents at; the college. ' It was under stood they visited a student: ac quaintance in one of the dormitories Sunday night and that the rough handilng of .Tiencken took place dur ing the visit. - Elephant is Hanged By Means of Derrick - (By Associated Press.) ' " - . .- "' '' Erwin, Tenn., Sept 15. "Mary," the big elephant which Tuesday kill ed her' trainer at Kingsport, Tenn., after a -circus performance, ; was hanged . here yesterday in the pres ence of over 1,500 people. A derrick car of the- Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railror.i was used' in the execu tion. ", The. animal ,was forced to the tracks by the aid of othtr elephants and .. there heavy , chains tied around her neck and suspended in the air. According to her owners, she was val ued at $20,000. x The hanging, it is said, is the cul mination of many crimes, and as no quick persons were at hand, the show men decided in the hanging.. Lorimer Says He wmstiii Fight - - (By Associated Pressi) - ; Chicago, Sept 15. "William , Lori mer was baten by his own hand. In the same' manner William Lorimer will win be it two, four or a score more years.' : . : : ' , In these words former Senator Lori mer, defeated in Wednesday's primary for thTe sixth Illinois district-republican nomination for congress, announc ed his intention today to "stick to poli tics.'; -' - ',-."... ' ,- ',-'-' ."The Lord willing, I am going to live at least 30 years more,", he said, "and I'm going to be alive and kick ing politically every one of them." : Prisoner Leaped From Train. ' (By Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 15. Arthur Wal tonen; who was arrested in Ironwood, Mich,, in connection with the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols, a wealthy New York widow, leaped from the New -york Central train on which he was being brought to this city by de tectives early today, - as, it - passed through Harmon, N. Y. . Waltonen was found in a" ditch be side the .tracks severely injured. , He was broujht here and hurried to a hospitaL His condition is serious. " '; - ' ' - ' . '-r ' ' WEATHER FORECAST. : ' - ,- - - - . . - , w Forecast for North Carolina: !t- . : . .:.. . .. -: - , . . 'if ; : ' . - -vf w Fair and cooler tonight and Sat- urday. Moderate north and north . west winds. ' ' ' " . O ' " ' 4'. J'. '',0!-5i. J'-J MR. MARSHALL'S GREAT ADDRESS FLAYS ENEMIES Vice' President Accepts the Honor Not Because, of Self glory but Honor He Will Have in Helping to Re-elect Mr. Wilson Who Has Left His Trali. . ; : x (By Associated Press.)' - Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 15 Thomas R. Marshall formally accepted the democratic ,rehominatioh; for the , vice presidency here last night, not for ad ditional honor, he said, "but in --: the hope that I may assist in the re-election of Woodrow Wilson who has not walked where the -path has led, but who has walked where there .was no . path' and who has left a trail. - - . In a ; speech of acceptance phrased in characteristic vein; the vice presi dent sketched - briefly the legislative achievements of the - administration, ;, in which he said he had been "an onlooker," and eulogized the president as "the man who brooded over the republic in-. torm-tossed times and by mere words spoke peace on the trou bled seas of international politics." A changed administration, he declared, would not dare repeal a single one of the important-measures put on. the. statute books since March 4, 1913. Wanting,, anissue, he continued, the republicans had turned to foreign af- ' fairs, coining such; phrases as "Firm Americanism" which they could not define. . ,r .-',:'. ':.;'--;.-, "The American; people this . year have made their own issue," said Mr. Marshall. ''Those that the parties present may' be only side issues. The' real issue -of .this campaign Is that thought which goes ; with the father to his -work or business, which en-' grosses every mother, wife or sweet heart, "which sits down with them at ' every fireside and' goes to bed with them in every home, and that thought' is 'Can the - president of the United , States continue to so l-atiently man age our international affairs as to maintain. honorable peace?'.' "The. one bright peaceful spot 'un- f der the sun this day is America and it is so because the president pleads, guilty to the charge of usir words: . rather than shot and shell and shrap nelL If America is to lead ,thj World toward that now seemingly ; far dis tant goal, where brute force s halt '..be -bound by wisdom and conscience ; in , fetters - which it . can 4 never again break,, then these are the hours for mere words."-." ' - - ; " 1 ; The vice president nr de a. caustic reference to the refusal of Theodore Roosevelt to accept the progressive presidentiar renomination, . declaring the former president "was a, leader "who promised he would lead at Armageddon but who, alas! deserted at Bull iuobse Run," end now had "turned his back oii the Hob- Land." He: predicted that the issues put for ward by the republicans ' would; not -be accepted as such by the people in the present abnormal year, adding " Ybu , cannot interest a bridegroom in , the tariff nor a widow in the coffin trust". ? -k. The all-Important question of what the republicans would have done re garding the Lusitania, Mexico" and Belgium, said the vice president, had not "been "answered by the party's presidential candidate, Mr. Hughes. He added that "firm Americanism" should be categorically . . defined by those who had coined it, and declared' the people would, not be willing to discharge one doctor because he was criticised by another , who offered no remedy. "In my opinion," said Mr. Marshall, "the,- average American 'wants to know who is . in the partnership with Candidate Hughes in. this 'firm Americanism.'- , Does the firm consist of Hughes , and Roosevelt, of Hughes and Hohenzollern, or of Hughes, surviving partner of ths firm of Hughes and Huerta?" ,. : v ! Martin H. Glynn, former governor of New York, 'delivered the 'speech of notification, after : having beeja intro duced by J. A. M. Adair, candidate for governor of Indiana, chairman of the, ceremonies.1 AH the speakers t praised ' the present democratic ad-' ministration, replied to the, republi- -can attacks which had been made on it and expressed confidence of a dem ocratic victory. . Mr. Glynn summed up the results of " the administration of Woodrow Wilson ' replied to critics of the ad ministration and set forth the rea sons why he believed Mr. Wilson and Mr. Marshall should be re-elected. . Mr. Glynn ; described the Wilson administration as "one hat in effi ciency of service ' and in responsive- ( ness to popular, will, has had no rival in this country in the last 50 years." . 'Summing up the results of the Wil son administration, Mr. Glynn said: ., "No longer -will the hearts of little children be' coined into gold or Hheir blodd stain the commerce of our land; no longer will the. poetry of youth be , robbed of its glamour or ' its song of joy transformed into a lamentation of despair. " "No .longer will the sowers of our seed and the reapers of our harvests be denied proper place in the sun of our financial world. No longer will widows and orphans, robbed of their pittance of sayings, .beat their -clenched fists in vain upon the doors of banks : closed by manufactured panics. a " . : - - c r ,' '' "No' longer will any man or set of ... men be able to . corner the money market, or take the country's, busi- , ness by the' throat and force it to de liver to their, financial pressure." Concerning some of the issue of the campaign, Mr. Glynn said: "In their search for an Issue grass- hoppers never hopped as- our' oppon- . ' XConiiaueiJ ca Ease Sereg: "
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 15, 1916, edition 1
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