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PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK WED N ESDAY3 AND SATURDAYS
VOL. XXX Vd No. 102
KINSTON, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 17,
916
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VILSON AND ftiARSliALL
ACCLIMATION LATE
I$if 1
Resolutions CorHmittee' After
Not Agree On National Suffragl Amendment Will Be
T.tnn fn rnnvp'ntion Floor-
A unvii v i -
Other PointsBryan Made Address
Rescued From Crowds Unable tl Get Into Coliseum by
Senator James? Who Called" IJiin Country's Creates
Dembcrat Fiv Word Speech In putting Up the Vice-
president vvesicou ixamea wiison
n rtirT. w uvnntvvn r..ii.
St. -Louis. June 16. Unmeasured denunciation of
hyphenated Americans, lauding of Democracy's achieve
ments in the last tnree years,
bor legislation, ant endorsement ofl Americanism and
preparedness, are the principal plans submitted by the
convention resolutions committee after a 22-hour ses
sion; ;The conventiln was called to order at 11:29. Suf
frage was held to bla State
thought intervention in Mexico woull be "revolting."
The "fight for suffnfee is between the! South and, West.
Governor Ferguson fcf Texas
Kentucky led the fight against the suffrage amendment
to the'constitution.1 The platform is lolig ; it has twenty
five sections. Speakilg of preparedness, it says the Dem
ocratic, party favors! an adequate an y to protect the
country, full development of the coast defenses, ihainte
nahce of a citizen reslrve and a navy orthy of support
ing the "great naval traditions of this ii ation! Speaking
of 'foreign relations, it says
use us power 10 proieti us mieresis at
Wilson and Marshall Renominated.
1 St Louis, June 16.-4President Wilson was renominat
ed by the Democratic (Convention at 11:52, o'clock last
m i nli 'THi a a mi'niifoa To-fv 'XTirtA-OneiJ onf- "rToToVi5ll lire a
renominated:? Both nominations' were by "acclamation.
No ballots were taken. The delegates shouted "aye" as
if wffh.miA voice: when then amps wpre called.
- Judge Westc6tt of New Jersey placed the President in
nomination. For three-quarters, of an hour there ensued
a demonstration never equalled in, a political convention.
SenatorMCern made the shortest speech of the kind
on record, probably, when he said i, "I renominate Thomas
Riley Marshall" ' X .
, William Jennings Bryan was given an ovation. Bry
;:n was crovMed out of the ...house ylith thousands of oth
ers. Chairman James learned of iftand managed to. get
the Commoner in. A speech from fervan : was insisted
up" ton by hundreds of delegates.? ,Thk Nebraskanr called
by. Senator James in introducing him, "America's great
est Democrau" spoke with more modesty than is his
wont.. He patl tribute to the party and the administra-
Not Altogether Harmonious.
' SttLouis, June 16, The
bjjiiu Aiie xesyiuLxuiis cuuuxuttcc, vujuixun axtcx m-
hour' meeting it o'clock today, admilled that the suf
frage plank fitht would i be' carried to! the floor of : the
convention. - The committee defeated a plank favoring
an amendment! to the Federal Constitution, and recom
zmened State action. This was unsatisfactory to the'suf
f race Deonle. Udoh th6 lansruaire of tKfe Mexican and
foreign policy flanks the committee-als disagreed:
Platform Ready for Adoption.
St Louis. June 16. The Democratic pMform is ready
policy at nome fjia aDroaa. : ic siaies iat auusea nave
been corrected, currency laws passed the tariff lowered,
a trade commisoh created, the postal system betteredi
etc. It reaffirms, belief that- a for-revf nue-only tariff
should be had and contains an Americarjsm plank; it
strongly condemns all alliances of persons trying to mj
Uuence the government in, favor of foreign nations,, and
says the party "summons all men of whatever origin 6t
creed, who count themselves Americans, to joinin mak
ing clear to all th world the unity and consequent "power
of America." It t ondemns any pouuetu puny sun euuei
ing its integrity o? modifying its policy because of the ac
tivity oi up-Ame: ican alliances.
lUslwLtilllo rliGE ?
v i;:urnAUT today
. . . . .
Bcmidji, Minn, June tS. Resolu
tions favoring the continued neutral
ity of Norway and pledging loyalty
to the United States, as An adopted
country, were before the Saterdaken,
a national Norwegian organization,
hich werit into a two da3F conven
tion" here today. Three h ndred del
.T3tes attending were f ner resi-tU-vls
of o'e soc'Jon of I v .y, but
re r.r.t..-J An--:." v. ,
BY
THURSDAY MGIIT; A
22
fours In Session Could
isagreement On ' Few
to Delegates-
j ... t .
a promise for additional la
issue. The committee said it
and Governor Stanley of
it is the d
ty oi America to
lome arid abroad,
Democratic harmony plan is
tl GTiEEl LXE3 IMS
: SIOTONjimS PsPER
(Daily Free Fress, June .16)
br. and Mrs. Thomas E. Green,
the former a noted lecturer on the
Chautauqua prognun here, in an In
terview Thursday1 night spoke "in
glowing terms of! this section,' said
today's New Ber:.lan. Mr. Jas. D.
Blade took Dr. en and others for
a short motr t 'p -out from
P. -i. Dr. s I ? s. C t V 't V
r--M r r ' :. f : ; r
RjclILROAD EMPLOYES
CO YOTE ON STRIKE
f
RepreaenUtivea of ! 400,000 Men and
Employers Could Not Get Togeth
er on 8-Hoar Day and Time and
Half for Overtlma Owners Want
, ed Arbitration; JMen Refused
New .York, Jun 15. More than
400,000 union and iion-union railroad
workers of America will vote within
t month on the advisability of call
Ing a general striki to enforce theit
demands for an eight-hour day andf
time and half for Overtime as a re
sult of the failure by representatives
of the railroads iand the men to reach
a settlement here today after a two-
weeks' conference. -
Hope of , adjuatip the dispute
through the conference faded when
the railroads submitted a tentative
compromise offer to fte men, grant
ing their demands, put eliminating
the majority of existitg "double com
pensation" rules. Thf conference ad
joumed yesterday toKglve the rail
road managers an opjfcrtunity to dis
cuss, further their - stand on this
point, but when theyl met the . men
today they not only - refused to
make a specific- off ef covering the
compensation rules, bit advised that
their differences be submitted either
to the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion or to a board oft arbitration to
operate under the prfyisions of the
Newlands aot r The no declined both
offers and the decision to take the
strike vote followed.
PROMINENT JERSEY
BiMER ADDRESSES
N. C. ASSOCIATION
Asheville. June 16 The most in
teresting feature of today's session
of the North Carolina Bankers' As
sociation was an address by Walter
Vandusscn of Newarlc, N. J..Btr.
Vandussen went into the banking
business in Retail and on completing
his address was given a rising vote of
sion.- Spealang on "Some Present-
Day Banking Problems," he said, in
part: f
"The subjeit which is of chdefest
interest io tie bankers of the. coun
try at the present time is undoubted
ly the par-colection of checks by the
Federal BesdVve banks. The - State
banks are alntost as vitally interested
as are the rational banks because
the. system, successful, will even
tually bring labout 4he pairning of
checks on Stile banks. As far-sighted
bankers yol are of necessity Seek
ing means by which this loss of rev
enue can be replaced."
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
OF HJf CENTURY
IN A REUNION
s
. (By the
nited Press) . ' :
Faribault, M
n., June 16. The
romantic and at
girl days durin
ring lames of school
the Indian wars
d today when the
here ' were reca
fiftieth anniversi
y of the founding
of St. ' Mary's
celehrated. s ,
ihool for girls was
"Old girls," s
ie of whom
were
among, the eaa-li
school that was
graduates of this
iewed out in the
wild northern w
thousand dollars
Is, gave several
day for the erec
m for the young
tion or a gymnas
girls.
RUBIOREDr ROOSEVELT
7 ' WILL 'Orm FOR
CANDID jTE IIUGHES
(By the Unit
New York, June :
d Press)
L Chas. Evans
er with Colonel
Hughes soon will coi
Roosevelt it is
eved. " Hughes
men today reported
plans to take the ati
that Roosevelt
p in favor of
Hughes.
ALBEIIARLE DA TI5TS
- .
Albemarle, June li The eon .rre
gation of the First 15?- .-t cT.wrt-H of
-.-.. r - ! v ,
AMERICAN
mSIEDIATO
SAID
New Trouble! With Bandits
On Border Convinces Of
ficials It Should Be Sent
Now Will Be Flat Rcf u
sal to Withdraw -
. (By the United Press)
Washington, Jine 16. The
Ad
ministration repl
to Carransa's
troop' withdrawal
cmand is ready.
The fresh outbreal
g of the bandits
has convinced the
icials ithat there
Is need for its des
tch Immodiately.
Transmittal will 1
e made today.
The message is sai
to be a definite
No answer is
refusal to withdrav
expected. ' !
COL KER, SECRETARY
Passed Away at HoAe of Relatives
In ABheville Thursifty Afternoon
Had Been In Poor Health for Some
Time Funeral Delated Until Sun.
day; Sou In Canada
Asheville. June 11. Col. J. P,
Kerr of this cjty,.ectary to Gov
emor Craig, died at ty home of his
sisters here this afternoon, his
death being' attributed so heart fail
ure. He was 52 years? old. Colonel
Kerr, who was strickarf at Raleigh a
few' weeks ago, had returned ito Ra
leigh and found that hi health would
not permit his remaining at work. He
returned to Asheville Jabout three
weeks ago, and has been in ' poor
health since. ' The end came sudden
ly at .3:05 ft'eJoek? tbia1 afternoon. A'r
Colonel Kerr was born in Ashc-
ville ;and was the son "of the late
Rev. iWilliam Kerr, a Holston Con-
ferenle Methodist preacher. He was
marrild to Miss'' Elizabeth Love of
Harrijonburg, Va. who died in 1884.
Surving Col. Kerr are ! one son,
John M. Kerr; five sisters and two
brother. . Col., Kerr's son has been
for some time in Canada in the em
ploy of,; an . ammunition plant, and
the funeral, for this reason, will not
be held Until Sunday, giving the son
time to return. Governor Craig was
notified by wire of Col. Kerr's death,
and wired th&t ho will be here for
the funeral
sre'l,
BULLETINS
(Byf the United Press) '
INQUIRY JNTO VERDUN
defense! . i ; ' ' - .
Paris, June 16. The Chamber
of Deputk-s in secret session to
day questioned the government
regarding the defensive prepara
tions mao prior to the Verdun
attack.
ITALIAN PREMIER
TO STICK. V'
v Rome, June 16. Minister of
Foreign Affairs Sonnio has now ,
agreed tl remain in the new
ministry bl-mg organized by Pa-
oli BoHsolfi
X
DRYS HAT NOT TRY TO
NAME IIATIONAl TICKET
. i ; ; " f ' ,-f i
St Paul, I inn, June 16. Pledges
of Prohibitifinirts to vote against
any presidential candidate or party
not pledged , to the abolition of the
liquor traffic rather than an actual
serious attempt to elect a national
ticket, seemed the possible keynote
today of the national convention to
bo held hers July 19.
COLONE ROOSEVELT
New York, June 1G. Colonel
Roosevelt -was worse today, it was
arnounrel. J'.is condition alarms
r.
:ulty in tal
ORWARD
REPLY TO
WEBB tLAIIlIS HE HAS
MORE VOTES 'N BROCK
Carteret
Late Senatorial Candidate
, and County Elections Chairman Co
to Raleigh With Figures Showing
Jones Man Was Given- Ten Votes
t Too Masjr On Paper '
( Daily Vree Press, June 16)
W. a G. Dudley.' chairman of. the
county Board of Carta re tv and Paul
Webb, contestant for the Seventh
District Senatorial nomination, were
In "Ralelglfi Thursday, accord-ing to
today's News and Observer, "bring
ing to the Jtate Board of Elecetions
news of revised figures of Cartaret's
vote on State Senators.
"The re4sion gives Paul Webb
lead ; of thpe votes over Furnifofd
Broek. Awording to the, recent
orders of the State Board of Elec
tions W. ' :vt, Pollock was declared
nominee and a second primary autho-
riRed for Webb and Brock, the latter
apparently (n the lead with the bur-
den of demanding a second contest
remaining bi the other man. Ten
votes too tinny, according to Mr.
Dudley, had een figured jh the Car-
taret aggregats f or ; ' Erock, which
changed his total from 1,913 to 1.9OT,
while Webb'iV vote remained at 1,906.
' Brock, acceding to this, will have
to file his demand for another pn
mary in shoH order. . .
GREEK VULAGE WAS
INSURED BREAD BY
VOTE OF POPUUTION
Athens, jlne -16. ''This is the
chief of polile at d'Arta," explained
man at thl other end of tho wire
when the telfphono rang in the De
partment . of the Interior offices to
day. D'Arteis a village f 500, not
far from Athens. ' -
"We've held, a mass meeting in
our town his. afternoon, nJ decided
that we will not llow the exporta
tion of grain from our village. Five
hundred of us voted to that effect.
Inauirv Ueveloned that, when the
British grain blockade began against
Greece, thd village banker in D'Ar-
ta laid in a large supply of grain
and flour and today d'Arta is one of
the very few villages in Greece that
has aH tho jour it wants. The vil
lage folks 'tjjletermiined ito follow, the
plan of thejrreat nations in similar
situations btt the small grain sup
ply ' of Greece is so unevenly distrib
uted that the chances are that d'Ar
ta may be forced by the Department
of the Intewor to part with some of
its hoard, irf: spite of the village res
olution, - ,1 ' i ..,'
NOT ALL0F LONDON'S,
"WOUIEii CONDUCTORS IN
1 HA-T0-W0RK CLASS
, (By Lie United Press)
London, (Sne 16. Although the
majority ,o( London's female, tram
and bus conductors are drawn from
the workin'girl classes, several are
the wives of JBritish officers and some
are school Igachers.
The "conaiktress'has proved a de
cided succefe and promises to i, be
come a potjnanent institution after
the war. E
V
woiiAN Silled
; AUTO-TRAIN CRASH
A 1 - , (
Columbia i S. C, June 15. Mrs.
Belle PhilliniJ widow of the late Van-
der Phillips f Rockingham, ' N. C,
was almost Instantly killed -this af
ternoon at 3.2:40 o'clock at Steele's
orossihg near ! Rock Hrll, when an
automobile is, which she was riding
with her,' t children, was struck
by a Southern Railway train.
The lJ-y ar-old boy suffered only
slight set itch while the driver and
seven-year-ul J girl were uninjured.
1U5HAI3 CAPTURE A
lo: r.:::: austrians
(T the United rress)
Fetrog-n i, June 16. The Russians
l ave taken an additional 11,000 pris-
ers in t'.e Kov-l region, say3 an of
' .1 res'iirt. The total prisoners ta
i djrlr; the drive is ndw 161,000.
GERHANY EXPECTS
ALLIES TO START A
m(wm DRIVE
Offensive Timed With Rus-
$iansvMay Be Begun, It
Is JThought
. ' . i i
FRENCH GUNS SLAUGHTER
' i ff .-. '' 'V V:-
Teutons (jaught In Trench
es by Jtange-Finders' Ac
curacjf f : With : , Opening
Shots-German ; Attack?
Are Repulsed
(By the United Pms)
Paris, Jimo 19. Violent German
infantry ;vltacks at Thiaumontjfarmj
on -the Vjerdun front, have been re
pulsed, f is stated officially. French
artilloryWire killed Germans in ene
my trenches before they could flee,
Germaiu Expect New Offensive. .
London, June lCThe Germans,
fearing in Allied offensive '' in the
west, tdo re-enforcing- . their lines,
say Holland reports. 7 Troop trains
are moving constantly. It is believed
a big drive timed with the Russian
offensive will be started soon.
Russians Continue
Victorious Advance.
London, June 16.-The Russians
are driving westward toward Stanis
laus trying to cut the Austrian line
of communications between Lcmburg
and other southern points. If they
reach tho farming lands of Hungary
a serious blow will be dealt the Cen
tral Powers. - , The Austrians are
stiffening--tir defense.,. ;The Russi
ans are advancing steadily against
Lutsk, . The total of prisoners taken
number 150,000, says an official re
port from Potrograd.
Berlin Says Germans Gain.
Berlin, June 10. French forces on
the southern fllope of Dead Man's
hill have been driven back by . the
Germans, it is said officially. The
Germans took 240 prisoners and sev
eral maxim guns. Minor engage
ments in the Thiaumont region fav
ored the Germans. ' '
MARCONI FORESEES BIG .
ADVANCE IN AERONAUTICS
(By the United Press)
London, June l.(EV Mail) In
future, whenSgiantt aeroplanes v.; are
making non-sop mail and passenger
runs 1etween New York and Chicago
and between ? other American cities
air passengers will be kept in min
utest touch with the day's news by
wireless; and officers of the aircraft
will receive then? "orders that way,
too. ft ', .
This dream 4 legitimatiaed by Sig-
nor Marconi, the youthful father of
the wireless, pere from Italy. ?
Through a Series, of experiments
carried out ht Italy, Marconi an
nounced, that the problem of trans
mitting wireless messages to aero
planes has .been solved. Hitherto
this has bec,' impossible. .
Marconi isa soldier and therefore
cannot give-1." details of his new dis-
coveries. . ,: . ; ....
SAY BRITISH TOOK
1 5 RIJLS FROM DUTCH
(By the United Press)
Berlin, Jiine 16. The Bitish au
thorities hayi forced the Dutch liners
Oppir and Kawi, bound west from
Rotterdam, $o leave . their mails in
British hands, says a "semi-omcial
news agency , , ; ,
RIASQUE BALL TO tIARK 4
C0rITiiHXEEIENT AT. YALE
..'. (By ths United Press)
New Haves. Conn., June 16. A
masque and costume ball will bo a
feature of the Yalo commencement
this, year, The masque will be given
as part of t:. a celebration of the fif
tieth anniversary of the school of fine
arts on Monday niht, June 13.
DR. tllOS. E. GREEN
TO BE CHAUTAUQUA
LECTfilt TOOIIT
'Burdcn'of the Nations' the
Subject; Schubdrt String
Qua
tct Also Eicd
BAD: WITHER THURSDAY
Threatened to Break Up the
Show it Evening Per
iformaneo -7 Rosani Ever
So Clevtrj Victor's Band
Just; a little Off : "
; (Daily Frae Frees, June 16)
Rain in torrents detracted 'from
the pleasure oi a "full house" at
Chautauqua Thursdays -night... The
water came through ithe canvas in
spotsv Umbrellas jwere hoisted at
one time. A hard wind came up dur
Ing the performance of the band di
rected ( by Signbr Lacerensa and
scores, of person, unwilling to risk
hat' seemed to be a clanger threat-.
enlng, left the1 tet. ' ' ' . ' -
Rosani, a notd juggler, opened
bill Thursday, night. ' For solid
hour he conducted the best exhibi
tion of the kind ever seen Jiere. Ro
sani enjoyed the? performance him
self; the audienci went dntd ecsta
cies. A lot of novelties we're introduced.-
His 1 equipment was .far
above-the ordinary, and some beau
tiful effects were introduced in bal
ancing feats.. ''Chapeaugraphy" was
i delightful feature of Rosani's per-
formance; ha' tolpcrsonated, by va
rying the shape of a' flexible, wide
hat brini, more than score of na
tional and historic characters. He.
concluded by ' proving ; himself an
adept at shadoWgraphy. ; He had a
screen," 'i rom behind which ,with his
.nimble hands .arid indispensable lit-
le devices, he rojeoted . upon , tne
icreen" numbers -of the rabbits mon
keys, geese." mannikins and other
things, which, he called to the atten
tion of the audience,, nearly all follis
tried ', to make in Che davs of oil
lamps. Sometimes he woiril : pre-:
ent: two "figures," as men ',n an al
tercation and Rght, a wolf devouring
a rabbit, etc, : A young woman dress- '
ing before a mirror for Chautauqua,
Kosani saiu was a ciever piece..
. ... . ' - - ...
Victor's bamf, directed by Laceren-
ta, played a snappy CO-minuto pro
gram. The operas' contributed large
ly to the bill. 1he bond. was very
good, with an insufficiency of cor
nets, however. ; The audience prob- -ably
would have preferred the band
had last year; it tiered more popu
lar music '1' Lacerenrfa's meri seemed,
most of thetm to b Italians, but they
played after the fiv$hion of American
musicians, except $p the matter of.
expression. They ferere not so prone .
lo overread the "pjs and "fs on the
music as are American bandsmen.
Sigffor Lacerenza if' an ideal conduc
tor. , H makes a l his business to
lead the band ami foregoes distort,
ing his body and billing this hair in'
horrible attempts'"' to impersonate
grand opera characters. He is
graceful; he doesf iot take all the
credit upon himself". At the end of
the performance a clever medley
was rendered. ' It was ' new, full of
the airs of naticf s and stirring,
crashing strains, j, Performers- on .
string instruments' md a young Ital
ian who sang in I is native tongue
furnished 4 delighf at diversion. The
audience enjoyed :t ie singer's part
of the program as luch as anything
during the evening. The national air
was the final band ? imber, of course.
And the audience . ft for home in
the midst of it, ju ; as is the cus
tom locally, even i these patriotic
days. ' ''
TOVACClL'J
'I
J. W. Sears, Crav.
Demonstrat.ir, Is to
ti-cholera seru ti I
the next f. . e r s".c i
C.-.ur.'y Farm