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MEWB SUNDAY AND EVENING CHRONICLE GREAT ER CHARLO TT E'S H OM'E NEWSPAPER , 9 CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1916. THE EVENING CHRONICLE THE CHARLOTTE NEWS )STm? Price: Daily 3c; Sunday 5c -1L U-LLJJLd PAGES TODAY . . Jg K'JENING CHRONICLE Established 1903. ' ALLIED FORCES CAN NEVER GET THROUGH FRONT Hindenberg Satisfied After Returning from Western Areas That the Anglo French Drive Will Never be Able to Penetrate Through the German Defenses. Berlin, Sept. 16. Rumanian and Rus sian troops are being .driven back upon the river Danube in southeastern Rumania in the most disastrous defeat suffered by any allied army since the Serbians were crushed a year ago. Field Marshall von Hindenburg, new rected the Teutonic steam roller in the drive through Serbia is in command 0 the German, Turkish and Bulgarian armies now advancing into Rumania, Fiald Marshall von Hindenburg, new chief of the German general staff has returned from the western front where te satisfied himself that the Anglo French forces will never break the German front- He has established headquarters in the east after, confer ences with the Bulgarian king and Enver Pasha, and is observing the new developments both in Rumania and Macedonia. : . . An official statement from the Bul garian war office telegraphed tonight said that the Russians and Rumanians have been retreating steadily " to wards the Danube since Thursday morning. They were routed in a great three days' battle in the Dobrudja in which whole Russo and Rumanian units were completely destroyed Reports to German army headquar ters today described the enemy's flight as panicky and said that the defeat nf ihp Russian and Rumanian armies has spread terror throughout Ruma nia. All the new artillery transported into Rumania by the allies before the Rumanians entered the war is-being hastily withdrawn north of the Danube, where the Rumanians plan to make ai, stand. Since the capture of Tutrakan fortress by the Bulgarians all trains in the Dobrudja and southeastern Ru mania have been commandeered to fa cilitate the withdrawal of troops. German troops and German artillery have played an important role in the big victory. The rapid conquest of the armored forts of Tutrakan1 was due to the work of heavy German artillery A German detachment had the honor of being the first to enter Tutrakan. Of the fortress' garrison of 40,000 men, not more than 5,000 escaped to the northern bank of the Danube. The German infantry advance resem bled the drive oil Paris In its rapidity When it was ascertained that the for tress of Silistra had been evacuated by the enemy, German and Bulgarian cavalry swept on by the city in pursuit of the enemy without stopping. By a rapid advance one German patrol of the Sixth Hannau Hussars surprised and conquered an entire Rumanian bat tery of six 15 centimeter cannons, southeast of Silistra. It was to the Sixth, Hannau Hussars, that Prince Frederick William of Hesse, who was killed in action early this week be longed. Allies Capture Fiorina. Athens, Sept. 16. Confirmation of the reported capture oj. the Greek town of Fiorina by allied . troops was received here tonight. The. Bul garians are retiring toward the Ser bian frontier. Rumanians Falling Back. Berlin, Sept. 16. The Rumanian army is hastily falling back upon the line running through CzernaVoda and Midzidiah to Constanza on the Black sea, a retreat at some places of more than 60 miles, said a dispatch to the Cologne Volkes Zeitung tonight. An earlier press dispatch from Ger man headquarters filed yesterday said that the Russo-numanians already had retreated 30 miles and were still be ing pursued by the Germans and. Lul gars. Every fresh dispatch tonight magnified the seriousness of the de feat, suffered by the Russians and Rumanians in southeastern Rumania. The Rumanians probably will at tempt a stand on the line of the Dan ube river and the railway leading to Constanza. The main body of Ru manians and Russians are retreating wong the only railway in all south eastern Rumania, a newly built line mending northward from Dobric to Midzidiah. Serbians Throw Bulgarians Back. ha it" Sept 16 Serbian troops ave thrown the Bulgarian right wing jack within 3 miles. of the Serbo week border frontier in fierce fight lflg northeast of Fiorina. ... Jn Athens dispatch tonight con- ed rePorts that Fiorina,, the first JJPMtant town occupied by the Bul m the invasion of Greece, - has een recaptured by the allies. The all lare bein Pursued northward Serbia railway leadinS to Monastir, JfJ8 Possible that Serbian advance jj,?8 aJready have crossed the bor for are now on tir native soil W e Jst time since their retreat Offl -e,rbla last wiQter: ed thatUdiIpautcthes tonight announc milPB I f, Serbians have advanced six Con T I l Florina' takinS 32 drivpr The Serbs tnus far have than V k the Bulsarian wing more and tvl Biiles'' suPPorted by Russian lrench troops. . . - - aoona-tmaP war office this' alter again vL tte,d that the Bulgars have Serbs aft? orced t0 retreat by the ThP evacuating Malkanidze. whole w ,are now stacking on the banian 1 -vom a Pint near the Al wn frontier to the Doiran, re- ra8sineeiameDtime the British are har ds trl 6 Bulgarian left wing by on ii?,,tbe.Struma river and at-; JJulganan positions. GASTON WANTS T Mecklenburg Board, Says Chairman McDonald, is Not Holding Back Gaston Con : tends for Sloan's ferry and Mt. Holly Bridges Alone May Settle Issue This Week. That the Mecklenburg county com missioners are holding back in the matter of reaching a working agree ment with the Gaston county commis sioners, or that they are disposed to delay the bridge work in anywise, was flatly denied last night by Chairman A. M. McDonald, of the Mecklenburg board, Mr. McDonald adding that the board of which he is chairman, stands ready to put the deal through at once and rush the work to completion. The point at issue between the two counties today, is whether the coun ties shall co-operate in rebuilding two bridges or three bridges., Gaston's board is holding out for an agreement to cover only two bridges while the Mecklenburg hoard wants three bridges. v ' v On this issue, there has developed a contest of considerable importance, as it appears now to be the only ob stacle in the .-way of immediate be ginning of work on the new structures to span the Catawba at the sites to be RP.lertp.r! . . - . v . . . . Gaston emmtv's dplperfltinn tn Char- lotte Friday, to boost the bridge move ment, - displayed several banners on which were the words," "We want two bridges." While this slogan was inter preted by many to mean that the neighbor of Mecklenburg was in tnis Tnannor VinwiTir hor Hoterminninn r ihave two bridges restored, by others the slogan has been interpreted as re flentiner the desire of the Gaston dele gation that their county shall co-oper ate only ,m tne putting up or two bridges, and not three, as the Meck lenburg board-desires. This was the second suggestion interpretation of Gaston s purpose, . as gathered last night in this -city. - May Be Hitch. From rennrts that have Grained Dub- licity here, Gaston's commissioners are making a fight to restore the Sloan's Fairy and Mt. Holly bridges, but are not enthusiastic about the third bridge, that at Rozzell's Ferry, which the , Mecklenburg commissioners are urging with the limit . of their pow- It has "been set forth that Gaston, either as a whole or in part, contends that the third, bridge at Rozzell's Fer ry, would be of little service to that county, claiming that very few from the upper, part of the county would have occasion to use this bridge and hence that - it is - not to the advant age of Gaston to unite with Mecklen burg in plans for more than the .two structures, Sloan's Ferry and Mt. Hol ly, leaving the Rozzell's Ferry propo sition up .to the Mecklenburg commis sioners, with little or no aid being prof fered by Gaston on this proposition. The divergence of opinion on this issue is understood to be the real cause of the tardiness of the plan for perfecting everything so that work may he started on the new bridges. Gaston, from all information availa ble here Hops not look with favor on the three-bridge proposal it is to in clude the Rozzell's Ferry structure. Gaston Don't Want It. In direct language, it is said that Gaston not only sees nothing to her advantage in the Rozzell's Ferry bridge plan, but it is intimated -here that Gaston looks , on the Rozzell's T?ftTr "Htm r si a St. nlan that, will work advantageously for this county, but not for Gaston, in a, business way. Thus the two boards appear to be temporarily deadlocked on the three bridge issue, Mecklenburg wanting her neighbor to co-operate in putting oack the three bridges named, while Gaston is holding out Y hard for only two bridges, contending that tne uuiu ot T?n7.Pll's Ferry would be or UiiUO v - - no value to Gaston to speak or. . Will Get Togetner. wh the lireent and pressing nature of the question before them however iti s not believed that tne. mree-unuso i j. oir TiPntiflt.ions" by any KUt W Ilk oiu r ... means but that the two counties will be able to get together soon and have something accomplished. This county is not however in favor of any plan to build the bridges, one at a time, but is nderstood that the board wants the whole proposition to De aisyobeu.vi. ttt Tt may be possible f or ttie two coun inaottiAr at the next joint ties iu gcv Lubvv. v. - - . conference called for the present week so that work can De rusneu ix brThe Situation ;st now however is one that may require diplomatic hand- a u. TWoririphurs commis- sioners'are working for a solution and are confident that their neifhbors -are exerting themselves to tne same , v -1 U.in'e Pnort. London, Sept.-- 16.-The greatest blow struck against the German lines north of the Somme since the British SSensrve began July -1 c"riffonf man positions on a a depth of from one to two miles General Haig reported tonight ina review , of the operations since Fri day morning.. ' , , . Further progress was made between the Ancre and the Somme today and 1,700 more prisoners taken by tne BriniSthe- two days of fighting Haig's men captured four .thousand Ger mans, including 116 officers, and took as booty six guns, fifty, machine guns and a considerable amount of other war material. , . Fifteen German . aeroplanes were shot down -over the- British, front while the Teutons put out oL action oni six BriUsa flyers. '; - HUGHES READY TO BEGIN HIS SECOND JAUNTfNICARAUGA Mrs. Hughes Will Not Ac pany Candidate B' of Desire to See to . the Children Are Propwvy Installed in School Mr. Hughes Says He is Fit and Ready. - . - : l - , Brideghamton, L. I., Sept. 10.. Charles , Evans Hughes is ready : to- night for another 1S.000 mile : jaunt He arrived here Wednesday morning from such a tour of preaching the gos pel of his republicanism andon Mon day morning he leaves New York, on the first of a series of trips that will keep him constantly on the. platform from now until the night of November 4. Moreover, the remiblican nresident- , ' - t. ial candidate views the outlook of strenuous labor, of hustling crowds'of KrST,1'. an understand ... . . mg with Great Britain whereby the public speaking with, enthusiasm and latter's fleet would be available for equanimity. He is fit and ready. ' protection of the interests of United His only regret tonight was that Mrs. Hughes could' n6t accompany . . . x . him on the journey starting Monday, in wiie vi tne canaiaate ieeis it is her duty to see that the Hughes chil- lu tuai liuguca uuu- dretf are properly installed in school and that the Hughes summer home : tight for the winter. She may follow such house-wifely duties still further by going to Washington to open up the Hughes winter house on Sixteenth street. On the; previous trip Mrs. Hughes helped the candidate in map ping out his speeches, and never left his side at all meetings. But she will be with him on all of his other trips from now untiL'the time the voters speak in November. V Oh his trip starting Monday Hughes speaks in the middle west. His sched ule looks like a local train timetable of midwestern trains. He starts out in Illinois, jumps to Wisconsin, skips back to Indiana for a" strenuous three days, then goes to Ohio, back to New Jersey for stops at Trenton and Jer sey Ciy, and then to Saratoga Springs, N. Y., to address the New York state reepublican , conference on September 28. On the. day. following he will be "back, home" campaigning as he. did in the old days when he was governor of New York, in the "upstate" towns of the empire state- '? He arrives in New York Sunday morning, October 1. No presidential candidate has ever attempted such . a schedule of speech making as that which Hughes submits himself .to beginning Montlay. On some of the days while he is' in In diana the schedule calls for ,13 speeches and if previous ; campaig trips are any criterion, local commit tees will probably manage to stick in a few more talks. . Arriving in New York October 1, Hughes will - probably rest in a hotel for a day or two, and then start right out again. The schedule for this trip has not yet been worked out, but it will probably take him into Oklahoma and possibly Kentucky, as well as some sections- of Ohio. v The nominee has been aroused by democratic criticism admitting the ef fectiveness, of his analysis of demo cratic doctrines but claiming he has not been sufficiently constructive in his suggestions. Hughes feels . that careful reading of all his speeches so far will refute this argument, but nev ertheless, , he plans from now on to make his speeches constructive in afr tack,' rather than destructive in crit icism of his .political opponents. He will probably follow the same general line of attack Mexico, democratic in efficiency of government, the eight-hour law,, the shipping bill, treatment of bus iness, the tariff. 1 Hughes has had an exceedingly rest fur time of it here in Bridgehompton. So far as possible he has avoided any detail work, and kept out of doors ev ery minute of the .time he could. He tramped about a little, and motored more. ' He looked the 'pictture of health tonight. . , - v Warming Up On Both Sides. Chicago, Sept! 16. With the coming of Governor Hughes next week, the big republican drive . in the : middle west begins. : The democrats are plan ning their heavy' campaign for the independent votes for October, al though Senator J. Hamilton-Lewis of Illinois, starts his campaign in Iowa and the Dakotas 'next week. , v : Both parties are making a fatr;ong bid for the progressive vote in the west, realizing that the independent vote this, year will decide the cam paign. .Both parties are taking heart from the'' results in the Illinois pri maries held this . week Republicans claim they have captured most o? the moose voters, saying the total figures of the vote on nomination for gov ernor make it certain progressives have decided to return to republican ranks. The democrats, on the other hand, contend that the large vote polled in the face of the fact that there was "no hot contest for the nom ination is a hopeful sign. -The big lead piled up in the pri maries by . Medill McCormick, one of the Illinois ' progressive . leaders ' in 1912, in the race for congressman at, large, is taken as an index of the pro gressive vote. Victories for two other progressives on the republican-ticket in Cook county are pointed to as evi dence of the harmony. , Following ! Hughes, former Senator Albert J, Beveridge will tour. Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Missouri to coax the progressive vote back into the fold. Raymond Robins also will do stumping, . . .1 TOREGOMMEND An ANAL ACROSS W ashington, Sept- 16. Strategists ,;the navy department said' tonight -vicjr MIC a,uum reacnea tne conclus ion that the Panama Canal does not remove the need for a Pacific battle fleet. Frequency of canals-slides has convinced many of them that the ; ca nal cannot be depended on for the passage of the battle fleet, now hav ing its base ori the Atlantic coast. " . Their recommendation, however, is immediate construction of - the pro posed Nicaraugan' canal. The Nicaraugan canal, the navy men said, would provide for a sea level passage for the fleet It would be free from the ; elaborate system of locks that make the Panama canal vulnera ble to attack by aircraft, regardless of how well it is protected against land and naval attack. It would be free also from the danger of slides or the danger at least would be reduced to a minimum. An alternative to both of thpse plans is being gossiped about in diplo states on the Atlantic side leaving fah0 trf J re? :' -to concentrate, as large a fleet as deemed necessary on the Pacific The suggestion is not ta- Ken seriously m most official quarters, however, since there is known to be nnvj aa iu ut 2. Ielmg on ta? pari.or many-mtensi- neu uy recent events that riiffiriiiv witn oreat Britain is no more unlike- ly thanMifficulty with other countries. The navy department is not consid ering this solution of. the problem in any event, since it considers it outside tne department's jurisdiction 1 Chief thought is being given to a Nicaraugan canal. It is because of this that the state department is work ing so strenuously to confirm the Unit ed States' tile to Nicaraugan canal rights. . ' v In the meantime the navy depart ment is going ahead with its plans for establishing a naval base" at Fonsecu Bay, Nicarauga. ' Admiral daperton has been instruct ed to get in touch .with the American minister to Nicarauga as soon as pos sible in order that the diplomatic and naval situation there may be under stood. RETALIATORY : BIG STICK -MAY FINDS ITS WORK - Washington, - Sept.- 16. Deyelop ments ' of the past 48 hours have con vinced many administration officials that there is work ahead for the re taliatory big stick. There is need, they think, for the weapon placed in the president's hands by the revenue bill amendment giving him wide pow er to act' against a belligerent nation whpse commerce ships discriminate against American exporters. Shanghai Mail Censored. The arbitrary action of Great Brit ain "in widening the scope of her em bargo orders regarding (neutral trade with Scandinavia and Holland was followed today by news taat official mail, posted at the United States of fice in Shanghai, in official envelopes and bearing United States stamps, had been censored. Some officials said, the two incidents convince them that Great Britain has accepted the issue and will carry it to a climax. : That the situation has caused amazement in some circles is admit ted. ' vIn favoring , the retaliatory amendment to the revenue bill on the senate floor, and in interviews follow ing its enactment some senators and other officials' said they were, con vinced mere passage of - the measure would be sufficient to halt the " acts, it was aimed against, and that they believed it never would have to be actually applied. - : May Give President Additional Power. Tonight officials said they not only believed the president might be com pelled to order retaliatory steps, but that there would he strong demand that congress, when it meets in .De cember, furnish him with additional means.- The Phelan ; amendment which would have empowered the president to deny use of mails, tele graph, cable and telephone to citizens of a nation that tampered with United States mails, is brought to at tention by the" Vancouver incident. Despite the fact that British officials tonight attempted to minimize the ef fects of the new embargo orders, gov ernment officials insisted embargoing of additional commodities to neutral nations could , not help but affect American exporters. ' : ' How it Will Work Out. " ; As officials here see it, this is about the way the hew British orders will work out: 1 Britain has barred certain com modities from neutral sources to the neutral ports of Scandinavia and Hol land. This means no British mer chantman would , now . accept such goods from shippers, including Ameri can exporters, for those ports. For a British merchantman, docked in an American port thus to- reiuse Ameri can goods for any other reason than lack of cargo space, would be direct violation of the -law contained in the revenue bill enactment, and the presi dent could order" that ship help in port. Attempt by the ship master to clear until . the presidential - ban was lifted would mean forfeiture of. his ship, and perhaps two . years' sen tence, .or $10,000 fine "for the shipmas ter, or both. . " - 1 .,Navy officials plainly were irritated over .tampering with the ,. Shanghai mail. The matter was referred to' the state department where officials said the question was immediately taken up with Great Britain. r BREMEN WILL BE IN AN AMERICAN PORT VERY SOON Presumption is That the Ves sel Will Bring Dyestuffs - but :: Authority Giving Out Information as to" Voyage of Vessel Has Not Been Able to Verify Report. New London, Conn., Sept. lb'. The long delayed German subsea freighter Bremen will be here within a week, according to an official German source tonight.- Presumably the vessel will bring dyestuffs and salvarsan, but ina bility to communicate with Berlin or the Bremen herself makes this uncer tain. The source which "predicted ar rival of the second German underwa ter freighter refused to say how - he had been advised but there was no mis taking his iov over the news and his certainty of the truth of his predic tion. . ; ' . ; New London, the sleepy .old whaling town of. other days, was rzos all over with rumors, that the Bremen was in the sound. Sailor men of other days here see an era' of regeneration in tne coming most modern of all freight ves sels and are watching religiously tor her arrival. . ; . ' .. American Manaeer Paul Hilken. ot ;u i - the German Ocean Transportation Company, arrived here late today in an automobile. He refused .to talk ex cept to say "I'm just motoring," but remained tonight. . ." , SITUATIONS TROLLEY STRIKE REMAINS GRAVE New York, Sept 16 The possibil ity of a General walk-out of Greater New York's 700,000. unionists to force recognition of labor's right to organ ize in the United States, again rose out of' the traction' strike . situation here tonight. . President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of - Labor was believed to have flatly vetoed tlie gen eral walk-out when he and the affilia ted New York unionists considered it last week. But with strike votes be ing taken tonight and tomorow on a walk-out of 700,000 - unionists whose labor provides New . York's under ground, overhead and v surface Year lines, coal and other operation sup plies; and a general; Gotham .strike in reserve if that fails it develops that the plan was not vetoed but merely changed. . .". ; : : ' The union leaders, including- Gom pers, persistently have said they wanted to win recognition of the New York carmen's, union and of the uni versal principle of .organization with the least trouble to the public; their employers and . themselves. Police were detailed tonight to watch the dock where the coal hand lers proposed strike will center. Offi cers also were detailed t6x strike duty in greater number tonight on subway and elevated lines. Surface lines were not running. . ' ; The striking carmen have scattered broadcast thousands of flaming ban ners and letters, scarle.t on as white background reading:' "DON'T BE A SCAB." .. ' . - - ' Street car' officials reported this to the police who said they saw nothing to be done about the legends. The proposed strikes the first of the week 8,000 bargemen handling the traction lines' coal supplies; . 40,000 longshoremen similarly engaged an 20,000 machinists, needed for repairs are to be independent of each other and not Y "sympathetic" to the car strike. Leaders say that they would be glad if their strikes help the carmen but 'that they, plan to strike for reasons of their own. The - only action the Central Fed erated Union is taking is to enforce a boycott of the car lines by the 70,000 union v la Dorers in . New" York. The leaders plan to picket all line3, urg ing union members not to ride on them. The reply of the traction, trac tion heads to this through Theodore P. Shonts, Interborough Company, is that plans have been made criminally or civilly to take action against the labor leaders. - r . Barge and dock people are prepar ing tonight for. their men's strike. Camps are being prepared for " police and strike breakers - on the docks, where they will eat, work and sleep. GEN. BASIL DUKE, MORGAN RAIDER, HAS HEARD TAPS New York, Sept. 16. Brigadier Gen eral . Basil Wilson Duke, last of the fighting Confederate generals and one of Morgan's men, died in a hospital here, today, aged 76. r Since his surrender and parole in 1865 General Duke had lived in Louis ville, Ky., his birthplace, , where he became nationally known as a lawyer, statesman, author and banker. General Duke's military career be gan when he enlisted as a private in General Morgan's famous band of civil war raiders. Young Duke's fighting so distinguished him among the group of , unusual "fighting men that he was promoted quickly fronvthe ranks, first to " lieutenant then to lieutenant col olen and finally, to brigadier general. During his service with Morgan's men from 1861 to '65 . nike made love to and married General Morgan's sis ter; Henrietta, at Lexington; Ky. Mrs. Duke died in 1910. . SOUTH SCHOOL IS NOW FILLED Twenty-Nine Rooms - Will be : in Use Tuesday Two New Grades Being Added Miss . Beckham New Teacher . Elected Yesterday Next Attendance Report Tues day. ' . The old South school, building 'Will be completely . filled . beginning next Tuesday and every one of the 3l rooms except two will be in daily use as class rooms.., " : Two additional grades will be start ed in the South school Tuesday and this will make a total of 29 grades now organized in this building, mak ing by far . the largest ' number or rooms, as well as largest attendance at any building in the city. The enroll ment at the South school was 930 pu pils ten days ago, and the enrollment today is probably 975, as many new pupils have come in since Superin tendent H. P. Harding called for the last report on. tojtal attendance. He will have another' report from all ot the schools within the next two . or three days, when it is expected that the total attendance in . the city schools white and colored, will reach very close to the 6,400 or 6,500 mark. The total enrollment at the last ac counts made by he superintendent on September. 7, was 6,242. The total white attendance at that date was 4, 434", and the colored enrollment was 1,808, an increase at that date of near ly 500 over the figures for September 71915,- . v.- , New Teacher Elected. ' At a meeting of the teachers' com mittee of the board of school commis sioners yesterday, the, committee be ing empowered by the board to choose new teachers as needed, Miss Genivieve Backham was elected to take charge of a new sixth grade to be in stalled in the South school Tuesday. Miss Beckham is a graduate of Win throp College at -Rock Hill, S. C, and comes to the city highly recommended as a practical teacher. A new fifth grade will also be added to the number of rooms at the South school Tuesday, making as stated, 29 classrooms now in use in, this build ing. : ' ' ' " ' The , Elizabeth school showed the next highest enrollment at the ' last general attendance report made ten days ago, this - school being credited with a total of 650. pupils." : : Use Additional Rooms. ' Superintendent H. P. Harding stated last night at his office .that3 the only rooms in the South school not now. in usewere located on the: fourth floor in the central part of the building. There has been no fire-escape thus far installed to reach these rooms and hence they cannot be utilized until the fire-escapes are added. This Imay however be done in order to meet the demand for more space."' v , The second week" of the fall , term of the city schools closed Friday with a bigger attendance at all of the va rious schools than was reported last year and the reports of ' the teachers altnshowed that the classes are now well down to routine work and that the schools are progressing in a way that is highly satisfactory to the city school authorities. TOACCOMPANY SISTER'SBODY TO COLUMBIA Asbury Park, N. J., Sept. J6. Pres ident Wilson tonight ordered all of his' engagements for next ' week can celled and completed , his pians to ac company the body of his sister, Mrs. Anne Howe, to Columbia, S. C., to morrow afternoon. The president and Mrs. Wilson will motor to Trenton, where they will meet the train carry ing the . body and relatives. - A brief stop will be made .at "Washington to morrow. AH funeral arrangements are being left - to Mrs. Howe's sons and daughters and ether relatives now in New London. . Among the engagements cancelled by the president was c trip to St Louis "Wednesday whe'n he 'was to have addressed the life, insurance un derwriters In the first political speech since his acceptance of. the democra tic re-nomination. . ' All conferences arranged for the end of the week with political lead ers also will be held in. abeyance un til he returns here Tuesday. The president's first political speech will be delivered before the. grain dealers' convention in Baltimore on September 25. ; ';. , - ' . . Owing to the illness of Mrs, Howe his- campaign plans have been per mitted to drift but after the,. Balti more speech the president will begin his fall drive in earnest . ' The Howe funeraL party will leave Trenton at 4: 56 Sunday, arriving at Columbia at 11:35 Monday morning. Mrs. Howe's Body to Pass JhroiigH South New London, Conn;, Sept. 16. The body of Mrs. Annie Howe, only sister of the president, was started r for Co lumbia, S. C, tonight accompanied by George Howe. Other relatives now here -will follow in the morning, pick ing up the president and Mrs. Wilson at Trenton. ' . Following the death of Mrs.Howe early today many telegrams of condol ence addressed to President Wilson came here, the senders evidently thinking he was at his sister's bed MR.E.N.FARRIS IS CHOSEN AS THE . NEW SECRETARY Secretary of Chamber ot Commerce at Corpus Chris- : ti, Texas, Unanimously Chosen Yesterday After noon by Board of Directors of .Chamber of Commerce as Exedutive Secretary. Mr. E. N. Farrisi of Corpus Christi, Texas, - was elected yesterday after noon by the board of directors of the Charlotte .Chamber of Commerce as . executive secretary of that body, filling the place made vacant some months ago when Mr. James R. Kinsloe re- signed the position to take up similar f work in Wisconsin. Mr. Farris will take up his duties on or about Octo- , ber 1. ;' ,. ... . . - v - The newly-elected secretary was in vited sby the , committee of the Cham ber, appointed some weeks" ago to find a new secretary, to come to Charlotte for a conference with the directors, t which conference was held Friday at the ..Chamber of Commerce. The cre-: dentials and testimonials of Mr. Farris were so commendatory that the rec- ommending committee, consisting i- of , ex-Mayor C. A. Bland, chairman; Mr. W. S. Alexander, Mr. J. S. Durham and President David Ovens of the Cham ber; asked him to come and have personal interview with the board of. directors. The good impression awak ened by the credentials of .MrV Farriss were more than borne out by contact with him and 'the directors met again yesterday," and . voted unanimously to make Mr. Farriss executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. - Mr. Farriss has been engaged in Chamber of Commerce work steadily for five years in Texas, having - been executive secretary of the live Corpus . Christi. chamber of commerce for two years past. From Corpus Christi and' other places where bfi : has been . he brings credentials from business and professional men who speak in the highest terms both of his integrity and his ability. V f Has Been Newspaper Man. -Before entering chamber; of com merce work, , Mr. Farriss was a suc cessful newspaper man and knows that profession, which is advantageous, as equipment . for a chamber of com merce secretary", from every angle. In fact, he almost grew up, he says in. a newspaper ; shop.; His first experience! , in this line was in the office of the St. Louis Presbyterian of. St. Louis, Mo., ' where he was . born and . reared, his father .being: a Presbyterian minis- , ter and editor of the St. Louis Presby terian: Later he was connected with the St. ; Louis ;Post, then for a time with- The Chicago. Times, when that papes was under the direction of Car ter Harrison, sr.; and at another time , with the Cleveland World. Besides ex. perience- with the - prominent dailies mentioned, Mr, Farriss . has had con-. siderable experience with trade jour nals and for a while ran a newspaper of his own in Oklahoma. He is a man of -engaging ; personality and straight forward address and the members of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce are confident they have selected a man who will ideally fill the position of executive secretary of the Chamber. .. Likes Charlotte. Mr. -Farriss has been the' guest of the directors since his arrival here early Friday, morning and was driven about the city to various points of interest. He was impressed with the evidence of .'enterprise and progress observable on every hand and express ed himself as. delighted at the prospect of becoming a residentof Charlotte and aiding in building up Charlotte to its true and destined position as the leading city of this section of the coun try. Mr: Farriss will , go back today to Corpus Christi and make arrangements to bring Mrs: Farriss here and be here permanently about the first of Octo- ber. . - .' . . -' DID CUT JUAREZ WIRE El Paso; Texas, Sept. 16 Wife cpm:. munication between Juarez and Chi , i mv faiipfl late this after- noon, causing anxiety at Carranzista military headquarters at juaiw.. . is feared the wires have .been cut by ViUista bandits. 'The . break was re ported to have occurred at Mocte zuma, about half way between the two cities. ' s , Anti-American Demonstration in , -; - Juarez. El Paso, Texas, Sept. 16. Several hundred persons gathered about the f Tirwnita .liiarfiT in Juarez to- day in anti-American demonstrations following the start oi " , dependence . day celebrations. Agitators climbed .on the statute , ci,,itpi- "Tipath to the Gringoes" CL1SjL OUvuvvu -- - and "Viva Villa," while the crowd ap plauded, stated the report. , - The gatherings occurred after offi cial heads left but soldiers and the - police made no etrori to .nan iu the crowd marched to the plaza ana dispersed. ' ' . J WEATHER FORECAST. 4 yy ; . . ; ,-. Washington, Sept. 16. North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, fair Sunday and Mon- -:s day ; not much change in tern perature. t ' - w Virginia' fair , and continued cool Sunday, and Monday. , jit, j f. , ' o , r. k, t. jtb 't.JW-Jt..'J?:J5j?rj VTOnflKflfww V -if -i--ti-!rir-iW-7ir-..r-!? , VILLISTAS ti
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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