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VOL XXXVI.- No. 16
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,ll;)ilffi!y Presiiiciiis lot Inclined
to Chief Enecutive's
Vf-'-:' ;.: '7-: v:;-,;; l-J"
PREPARED TO ARGUE WITH WILSON THAT
GRANT ING OF EifilfT-HOUR DAY AttEAD OF
INVESTIGATION IS inCTICABLEliA ID
VhoJe JlriAciple of Arbitration is at Stake, Declare the
-Heads of Systems Gathered at the Capital for White
' nCoriereilc-if rtieir. f tlotttentioh Should Be
; ornerQjit ilfter Men Have Secured What They Ard
AfteTLatter Wduid Never Give Up, State The Presi
dent Holding: to View Thai Short Work Da? Would No
Incur Prohibitive ExpenseLeaving Responsibility for
Whatever IVIay Result Up to Railway Bosses
, (fey the United Press)
Washington. Auff. 18. The railway waee conflict, with
the ifhreat of a general strike hanging over all proceed-)
ItigBthia afternoon appeared likely to come to a head be-
fore the etided. it?
With favorable actiori by
wre wornernooas iorecasiea as tney met 11113 morning io
WitMnOie President's pfoposed basis of a settlement, the
greatest interest centered on the attitude of the railway
presidents. At 10 o'clock the failure of sortie of the fail
presidents; to reach iWashirigton caused jsostpone-
itiem; Of the conference with
Etevfcnwere in the city. They met at 2 o'clock. The rail
m Presidents contend that the whole; principle of arbi
tft!dn is at stake. ; If it is eliminated in the present cri
sis 'they sav, it will mean that every; time the employes
.ire xHsgrunxiiea wiey win rusn 10 we yvim-e nuuse wuu
a "demand for a favorable settlement, with the threat that
the President will have to take the consequences if it Is
refused. 1 ' ' '
-' They were prepared to tell the President that hid plan
to submit the eight-houi-dajLla.investigation aftei it Is
wnted is impracticable. The Brotherhoods would never
TVQ Pfodirtoftf
give ilU UU, II Unw IU la uuwmcu uicjr oj. jiv, i ivoiuvii.
w8s:exoected to insist that the eight-hour day can be ap
plied to railway operation without prohibitive expense,
flttd with better, working conditions. He was expected to
urge propmt acceptance or refusal of hid; proposal, In
of der that the people of the country might; know the full
details of the results of the conferences.
"IS TO "RESUME US
" fiASSENGER SERVICE
fern Prattckco, Aug. 18.The Pa
fcific Mail -Steamship Company will
relume its Oriental passenger er
rfce tomorrow when the oil burning
lttiOOO-ton eteamed "Eduadar" gets
KHder wfiy from hero for Ilonoltdu,
To1(ohanHt Kobe, Shanghai Manila
khd Hoftg Konf. l
The Pacific Mail compuhy.quit thS
tte trafls-Piidlfie tfad Oi Ga
min's law became effective, on the
theory that the law imposed ' too
many hardships on the ' atoamship
tsmpanies for the trade to be a pay.
ih proposition. - But with freight
bringing $20 ton because of the
wr hortageof ships the company
wis soon reorganized. : . '''
As the new ships affi oil burners
they-do away withj the Hictawssdue,
But umwnfortable process rf, taking
tfri coal at Oriental ports. t
: , ,;,, ."
BACON TO RUN
FOR SENAT02 IN
N. Y
" New York, Aug. 17. Robert Ba
eoh, former Ambassador to-France,
teday ftnrionnced kisr eandktaey - for
fhe nominatin '' for United States
anator from NeW York in the ; com
ing Republican primaries. : ,
REY.H B. JOHN WlU -u
GO TO MAXTON COLLEGE
X. Hi axton, Aug. 17 Rr. tt R. . D.
John, wai list week -elected
rresidCnt ei GartHna Cbtege; Sal
accepted and will take' charge the
first of December when the resigna
tion of . President llerrcr takes ef
fct Mr. John's early life was spent
ot far from Max ton.
:.r v '; -
the 640 representatives of
President Wilson scheduled.
FpERSOORGANIffi
5 TO GET GOOD PRICtS
FOR WHEAT IN SPRING
(By the United Prose)
Fargo. N. D., Aug. 18.-&pring
wheat growers' thrdugh both the Da
kotas and Minnesota tomorrow will
eonfer here on a plan to combine and
demand-what ' they cohsidef legrii
Htaie price for their ftain.-v.
(k S. Morris of the e'irial de
artment of the Non-Pa , Jt Lead
Wilt be one I tlrt ffpeak
er, j
ers.
rgOj
Each iraiser of pring wheat will
get a enance to tell of the cent of
production of spring wheat," " aaid
Morris today. ; "We shall then add a
reasonable profit and arrive at a
reasonable price ; per bushel. When
tUSt price" Isn't paid, farmers will he
equipped t store the wheat a eiim-
ttni lefith Of time io command tHe
proper rice.'1 Discrimination" - must
be stopped." -
ELKUS SAILS FOR HIS
New York; Aug. , 17; Abram 1.
flktts, recently appointed Ambassa
do id Turkey, 1 teifed MaalRjiifd
the Danish steamer Oscar it, " fle
will go to his post by way of Ber
d Vienna a M Sofia- ' . "
KEOlOIlKGTdBEM
DOCTOR PUT IN JAIL
New Bert, :Aug.'i8. W. Hj Har
ris, Sjblorei," claihling to be a pyat
cian. was arrested yesterday on ' a
warrant Aarging him with practic
ing without a -license lie mas jailed
in default of $200 bail when sent up
to Superior Court
ropociiion
Iff t r.tnJTit.,
VETOES
A
BILL FOIT THE YEAR
Objects to EfcctnrJtton Re
tired Officers From Ar-
Over Leaving Out Men Past
Age Limit, fit, From
Provisions' of Code Hay
,Had Stood Pat In Favor
of Exemption
(By the United Press)
Washington, Aug. 18. President
Wilson today vetoed the arny apiw
priation bill, appropriating fundi for
the maintenance of the army during
the present fiscal year.
The President's objection is based,
it is understood, on tho' section ex
eropting retired officers from th-pro
visions of the articles of war, about
which there has been political strife.
Chairman Hay insisted mi ' exemp
tion. REPUBLICANS If ILL
FI
I
Di!illl
To Strenuously Oppose Leg
islation Providing' Extra
$130,000,000 for Mobiliz
ation Expenses Lately Fa
vored . (By the United Press)
Washington, Aug. ' 18. Republ icons
will bitterly oppose Democratic leg
islation providing a $130,000,000 bond
issue to meet the expenditures of the
Mexican ' mobilisation. The Finance
Committee of the Senate recommend
ed the issue at the time cf its favor
able repdrt on the revenue bill. --
CHILEAN
iES STEPS
'-; - '? : - - ' 1
BRITISH BLACKLIST
(By the United Press) ;
Santiago, Chile, Aug. 18 For
mal announcement that the gov
ernment has taken initial steps to
restrict the operation of the Brit-;
1 Ish blacklist, which is ' declared
detrimental to Chilean trade, was.
made today. The press again
Urged a concerted Americai. pro-,
test.; :.:::: '
HE
MAIOED THEHS'LVES
(By the United Press) ' . .
, Washington, -, Aag. ' 18 The
War Dei;irtmerit today, refused
fredence Id reporU tnat fttlitii
men on the border are suffering
from self-inflicted wounds fn art
elfwt to tc etensetl from aerTice.
It is rej .rted that 20 guardsmen .
had sVot tl.tmgelvea. T
PRESIDENT
lilli
HARD
A BOND
SStl
FOR
TROOPS
mm
TA
WAR DEP'T DOES NOT
CLAIM TO
BE GAINING IN THE
FLEURY
French Btke Village in
Fierce Uack That Pre
. cipitatcs.fleneral Battle
ItAUANS ARE HALTED
According to Berlin Ofllcial
Statement Says ; Aus-
: trldns Are Advancing in
Bukowina and Itepulsing
Counters
(By the United Press)
Paris,: Aug. 18. Ah official state
ment says that by a powerful attack,
the Pferich recaptured tihe Village of
Flewrv. driving out the Germans
from that portion which they held
The Omrtahs still retain a few ruins
'outside tho village, from near Chapi
re fdrest. The blow was struck on
trie i78th day of the great battle for
Verdun fortress and the city. It waa
breded by heavy bombardment
and a Curtain of fire Dhat prevented
GBrman reserves from coming up
Clinin desperately to liciUses in the
northeastern part of the toWh, the
Germans strove' to stent the advah"
wijth machine glihs. Violeht combats
occurred In the streets. Fighting
broke out along the whole French
front southeast of Maurepas, simul
taneously with desperate attacks by
the British at Pozieres.
Optimistic titHhl rtdtlbrt.
Berlin, Aug. 18. the Austrians
cotttlrttte to advance in southwestern
Bukowina." -Tney have repulsed I
massed attacks northeast of Stanis
iaa wiUv heaviest losses to the Rus
sians. Aft official statement says the
advance is progressing on the whole
front in West Bukowina. It claims
the halting of the Italian , advance
along the "whole front." . ,
nvasion Hungary Expected Soon.
iPetrograd, Aug. 18.--Threatning
an early invasion of Hungary, the
Russians are pressing forward in the
region of Jablonitza pass, approach
ing the summits of mountains near
Koromezo, in Hungary, it is said of
ficially. The capture of villages and
series of heights in the direction of
Arzrelus is announced. The war" of
fice' admits that ' the Teutons 'have
wrested from the Slavs the initiative
temporarily' south of Lemberg.
WHOLE COUNCIL OF
ALABAMA'WET tOWN
UNDER INDICTMENT
SSalc, Aid., Aug; 17 Chge
against Girard town officials In con
nection with the alleged illegal sals
of liquor before the State forces raid
ed the place, today were extended to
members of tho GIrarJ council. All
members of tho council were arrest
ed on indictments-charging that they
received bribes. ;
Mayor Earl Morgan and Clerk of
Council A. t. Weivr, arrested yes
terday after fteT testified in the trial
of town Maf shal Johri - Oaks, also
were Indicted -today by . tho special
ircolfc gtand jury.lMdrgan and
Oaks are under bond of $2,500. Bonds
for thd others were being prepared
today. -'-A-
Oaksi the first official to be charg
ed with receiving bribes, was found
guilty yesterday and today was sen
tenced to two years imprisonment.
It is charged tint -the town council
levied a tax of $25 monthly on the
"blind tigers," . and that 'records do
not show it or what became of the
money; - . ,; . .' -,v-. y. .:
BULLETINS
(By the Uhfted . Prfess )
Chtcsgd, A Of- - lS A hurrl
tafie ti giUU-HHg In the Cuirof
MetTdl, Ifcerinftg tt lt)lW tfi
the eitbtt Ktlrean, It i needed
f r BrVwssVirte todlf arid prob
: 'y strike tofctorro. -. 5 "
TEUTONS
il; fE
PLANTERS OF JOP
TO TRENTON
Hear Address by Alexan
der1 ofi fidkatldn, Mar-
kelhlg Et Cetew
BUSY DAY FOR THE TOWN
County Seat . Hadn 't Seen
So Marty Folks in Many
Months tidod-fraturdd,
Happy Looking Throng
on the Streels.
(Special to The Firee Press)
Hrenton, N. Adg; 18. Between
a thousand ahd flfteOn" hundred Jones
county folks -planters and their fam
ilics and fHehds attended the annu
al picnic of the Jones County Farm
era Union here today. - It was the
busiest day In months .for this, the
cbuhty-seat town. Automobiles wore
parked everywhere in the business
streets trading was heavy, and the
throng evidenced the uhusual pros'
pfemy of the year. It was a very
Bfderly, " vely goodtnatufsd, happy
ctowd. The weather was Just right
The majority of the representative
farmM-8 df the county took the day
off. It Is the busy seasort wiui them,
e4iecially the tobacco growers, but
they were more than compensated for
the day last on the farm by the expe
rience gained. Men from every town
ship swapped their experiences of
the eeason and heard optimistic re-,
ports of ilrie crops Iri each section.
Their heighbbrs' ImpirovemBnU ahd
record com and tivhafc productions
were ' among ythe principal topics of
conversation. '
Tfio most prominent figure at the
p'lcHle was UK Hi tj. Alexander,)!
Mecklenburg county : State ptSsideht;
of the organised farmers. He spoke
for an hour and fifty minutes on
three or four subjects of Interest to
he average agricultural communt-;
ty,
lie stressed the importance at
prtbrrition and said there is need foir
the tedchlrig of domestic science and
agriculture In th (riit-al schools; h
referred-18 the farnf life schools as
Mttlo A. ft M.' CollegeaV tirtd took
credit fdr the StatS rmerl' Union
for the advancement .'of rural educa-1
tion in the State. He discussed at
som IcHgtH ttttomii tharketltig and
tihe monetary ytihl4'1' TM1 Atexen
dor Weld tU6 Attfehtteri el hi targe
audience0 as few met! tould have done":
His hearers "warmed t hihi wfc(H-W
praised the tJrgaHtzfltioh " and th
men comprise It. 5 ' '
Presiding over the day's program
was f'Ti" u. -wnitaicarj preswent or
the Jolies Couhty Union. ; '
Th plcftie was country basket
innef dH a big scale. It was spread
in ah' kleel place and comprised every
one of rh8 edibles that the county i
capable Iff produoihg. Keh appei,Ues
were - plentiful, timny of the "picnick
ers having' drlve4 miles and miles to
be prtJSeht
In' i I '
NEARLY QUARTER OF .
iiLUON;:siiAVES ,
IEC0RD ONE MAN
Lorain, bhio, Aug. 17r-Theodore
Curti&i H Lorain barber, has just cel
ebrated the 25th arfftiverswry of ? the
beginning of his career. lie has kept
account f every 1nn he has shaved.
nd flays Be has removed the whisk
ers of 23jb60 men. t',
"I Shave scut enough hair to make
11 mattresses and la pad ,43362
crutches?4 said Curtis. ..-..''-.
The barber has shaved some of the
country's widely known men, includ
ing Presidents McKinleyr fioeeevelt
and Taft, Senators ifark ILanna. Mat
uayt ' Afbert SeterWge and ; Ben.
Tillman, "tWd" Cook, "fiuffalo . Bill1
Jess ;wHTlir.Tdd Sloan ' andiilarry
Thawj' r: s. '"'. .f
liQUOk DBALER9 ACTIVE. '
1 RiehmoUd, iX,' Arg: i8. There is
mucB' activity We Ml' the part of li
quor dealers, is efforts to dispose of
their stock befote closing-up time. ,
FOR ANNUAL
INDEPENDENT BUYER liOlp STROi M
HlNSTON MARKET--109.000 POUNDS SOtfl
AVERAGE PRICE ABOVE 2
4 It
(Daily Free
Friday, the fourth sales
seasdrt, did not produce its large breaks &3 Were" antici
pated at the first of the week frhen the prides laid tm the
opening day were expected to bring an even larger break
than was had then. ,: Aboiit 100,000 Wotmds of the1 bright
leaf was sold toddy. The
as on Thursdav. The averaffe todav was 20c and. like
the preceding days, the Inferior grades were1 showing no
t erceptible change as compared With the high prices paid
oir the opening day. There was some indication of a ljttle s
stronger market on the best
upward, but the actual increases over yesterdays sales
were only in a few isolated
a whole did not perhaps equal the" aYetage quality for
rnursday's sales. Tne average price was apouttne same,
indicating a little better market - " w " - ;
Ohft of the Indehetlderit buvers is taklntf A mftfe shafe
of the tobacco sold on the focal market, and It js Under-,
stood that this firm is representing it clieht, Which Has Hot
heretofore bought Iri anj
bright leaf.
JAPAN PLANS BUILD
BIG FLEET OFFSET
I
. the United Priss)
Tokio. Aur. 18. Japan plans to
mprove her navy as fast or fastoi
than does the United States build up
Its sea fighting machine. At least,
that is the deduction! ' mado? by iHi
Japanese people from the just an
nounced blah to Bpehd 554,000,000 to
310,000,000 yen building new battlers
in the het severt years.
Exactly what the plah ndef con
sideration by. tho Finance v Dopart
ment df the f ovcrrtment ls nobody
khows. but according to the paper
ijhf tisually a well informed publi
cation, the outlay for tho "ideal
fleet" calls for about $150,000,000.
Other papers' estimates aro ' a bit
lower. . '
ftewspa per reports have it that J-
pah proposes to build 3 euperdread-
oughts, 2 batUccruisers, 11 light
ft w
cruisers, iu destroyers end many u
boats. - . ; .
CONFERENCE TO SEEK
TO CHECK A BILLION
' ' UOLLAla FAftliK WASTE
Chicago, Aug. 18ir-ltow to check
th6 trillion dollar waste in the mUr
ktstihif of farht products will te th
dtHilflarrt tlldnie of the fourth natloh
al CdHferenfe oh marketing1 and farm
greditoj called today to meet in Chi
Cflgtt Pecember 4 and fl. ' ' 1 , ' '
Farmers of all states are expected
1A unite in a discussion" df way and
meahs iS remly a condition termed
"wasteful and Iniquitous in the? ex.
trtme" by the cbmmiltee in its meet
ing notice. - v ' - . H
DENIAL THAT TRADE
SECRETS AilERICAN
FIRIIS WERE STOLEN
British Embassy Invites Re
- presentations lo Iondon
-.. (lovernment Censorship
Conducts No Such. Policy,
-Says . : ; .' '
. ' Washington Aug. 18. Denying
charges that Britain has etoied trade
secrets from , commercial ' tneesages
between the United States' ahd for
eign countries, the embassy today In
vited complaints of such thefts to be
sent to the State Department for re
presentations al London through' Am
erican ambassador.
"Such nse of the censorship is di
recUy contrary to tie British policy,"
the embassy said. ' ? '
AIR
CAN
INCREASE
Press-18th) " ' '
day of the 1916-17 tobacco
prices prevailing Wert as stiff
grades, the tendency Being
cases.'' The quality today as
eonsiderablf quantities 'or tne .
' 1
tAR WITH AMERICAN
8uenos Ayres. Aug. 18. To avoid
international : jealousy,- : the 1 Spanish
jcgatlton in Argentina is io lie ele
vated to the rank ' of an ' ethbissy, "
stich as the Urtfted States' has, it was
ieaifed fieY6 today." " -
King Alfonso's ministry has decld
fed bn m step ahd the approval bf the
Wrtes'li considered certafn. .WHert
the Argentine legation at Washing,
ton 'was tnade ah emhassy"liHd "the
Washington legation' here 'was 'slmf-:
farly ; elevated, . there was much ob
Jccttoil here end lit Madrid tiH - thi
ground that Spain; . as" ' Archtinall
parent land, should have come firsf.
0U)1ER WHO KILLED
ANOTHER TtP-fKD
TO SUICIDE,1 SfAf ED
'firowHsvliia. Texas, Autf. if .-fcbr-pothl'
Carl bunches, assigned itt fhe
tfoartermastr tffpa"df t8 tftilied
States armr, faced charges In 'the
Cameron county court today of inur
t)efaud asSAdlt Oo hnifdBf.'ln eon
hSbtidn with the &ming"Mt Might of
rotitfral James fchmift. ()cpipany
' (V Srcdhd Virginia rhrtHtry.'and the
oufjdinf'bf fieriortla MSV Vildet, a
Jtfexlcam girl.-' ClWelirtl'home was
I Wtfrrehtoh, yTf-' ;
Hi' Virglhiait was killed, it is
crargr-d, when' he SaUght 'lS protect
if-tt' Melca 'gir'r ttdtf Duriche, ad
vance's. ' Ilia glri, when approached
by Dutiche) called for heipTfehd when
CiemerttAw5rit to' hr aid, Witnesses
tfclif. miHchii shot and "kti Clem
elit'aii'd wounded the gtrh . '
" DufttHe then fired three shots with
the intention,' It was saW, t killing
himself. Jnly one took" feffict," pro
ducing a slight flcBh wound which,
was not discovered until ne Wis taken
LABOR MEN OF STATE
MEET IN' SPENCp NEXT
Spencer, Aug."1 17. -Spettcer dele
gates returning from th le'Hth anne
al convention of the State Feflera tion
of Labor in 'Wilmington1 'brought the
BliortrtatltiTr thatW next Snventioo.
will be held, in Salisbury; "The Wil
fiitngton convention v wettk oH record
condemning the State for placing mi
litia on the streets there at the recent
street car stride, end pasta! 'a reso
lution1 f avoringv ft . "realUVkman'ii
icompeoeation law.. ; f : i.
.' Officers elected at the v convention
include: President. W fc..' Shuplnj,
SkHsbury1; First;., , Vice-President,
Thomas Hin.'WilmingtoH; Vice-Proju
identa, L. R. Hastings,' feaUigh.
L. Saver,- Salisbury; a, &
ton, Asheville; E. J. Ai..infz,
bsjb;- H."' S. Bolton Jott 'Moi.!.;
T. L. Long, Spencer and E. IL F-
rlsi, Charlotte; SecrcUry a il Trn-i
nrcr, M. '. MeaJowj, As!.. .vll'.o.
SPANISH LEGATIOII
IN ARGENTINE UN A