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VQI, XVIH.-No.16
SECOND EDITION
KDfSTON, N. G, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 161916
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A iliLliUAIIUli LAIC HUH
LACK OF IIARH'NY IN CO?
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Resolutions Committee After. 22 Hours In Session CouJd
Not Agree On National Suffrage Amendment Will Be
Taken , to invention poor Disagreement On
Representatives of 400,090 Men and
Employers Could Not Get Tegeth
r pa. 9-Heut, Dajr and Time and a
Half for OverUiae'-Owners Want-
i l ed Arbitration: Men Refused
REPLY
TO CARRANZA
: IMMEDIATELY, SAID
ABFRirANTOCLffllSHEHfiS.,
vfllUKt YUlt5 W MUU.
Ww York, June 15--More than
400,000 union and non-union railroad
1
New Trouble With Bandits
On Border Convinces Of-
pew workers of America will vote within K ficials It Should Be Sent
I A mATtf n fin ft aHuiaaKilitw j1T
Other fOintS Cryan Xiaae AaarCSS . tO Delegates Ting a general strike to enforce their
Now Will Be Hat Refu
sal to Withdraw
Pncpnnrl Frnm Trnwrls TTnnhl tn nr Tnf rVii;c,. kv Meraanl8foir .an eight-hour day and
J I time and a half for overtime as a re-
Senator James. Who Called Him Country's Greatest 8ult of h failure by representatives
v.v..T-T-'v -fv.. fcw5 up t u settlement here today after IT two- Washington, -June 16. Tho Ad-
Prcsident -WestCOtt Named Wilson w--- week8 C6nference. ministration reply to Carranza's
Hope of adjusting the dispute troop withdrawal demand is ready,
through the conference faded when The fresh Outbreaking of the bandits
Bv LOWELL MERRITT. United Pre .ifair r...' e rauroads submitted a tentative has convinced the officials that there
Sr. T,nnis. .Tlina Ifi' TTnmpnannoH lnJofJnn c,pmBe wuer lo lne men neea ion aespatcn immcawie.y.
nypnenateu Allltsricans, lauaing OI democracy S acnieve- the majority of existing "double com- The messaie is said to be a definite
mentS in tile lat tftree years, a Promise for additional la- pensation" rules. The conference ad- hfusal ,to Mthdraw. No answer
- 1 I ft
bor legislation, and endorsement of Amerinanism and Noanied yesterday to give the rail- expected.
nnomDc. ...Uij u managers an opportunity to dfe-
convention resolutions committee alter a 22-hour ses- pint, but when they met the men
sion. ine convention was called to order at 11:29. Suf- today they not only refused to
fraee was held to be a State issue. The rnmmit.ree said it 'nake sPc offer covering the
thought intervention in Mexico would be
The fight for suffrage is between the South and West, to the interstate commerce Commi.
Governor Ferguson of Texas and Governor Stanley of sion or to a boaTd of arbitration to
Kentucky led the fight against the suffrage amendment operate Wlder the provWona.of the
to the constitution. The platform is long; it has twenty- d.h
jive sections. peaKing ot prepareaness. it says the DenK strike vote followed.
ocratic party favors an adequate army to' protect the
country, full development of the coast defenses, mainte- IpRfllfilNFNT TtHiVV
nance oi a citizen reserve ana a navy wortnv 01 support-
ing the "great naval traditions of this nation." Speaking
of foreign' relations, it says it is the duty of America to
COL KERR, SECRETARY
Carteret State Senatorial Candidate
and County Elections Chairman Go
to Raleigh With Figure Showing
Jones Man Was Given Ten Votes
Too Many On Paper
W. G. Dudley, chairman of tho
county Board of Cartaret, and Paul
Webb, contestant for tho Seventh
District Senatorial nomination, were
in Raleigh Thursday, according to
today's News and' Observer, "bring
ing to tho State Board of Elccetions
news of revised figures of Cartaret's
vote on State Senators.
"The revision gives Paul Webb a
lead of three votes over Furnifold
Brock. According to the recent
orders of the State Board of Elec
tions, W. D. Pollock was declared
nominee and a second primary autho
rized for Webb and Brock, the latter
apparently in the load with the bur
den of demanding a second contest
remaining on 'the other mart. .Ten
votes too many, according to iMr.
Dudley, had been figured in the Car-
GERMANY EXPECT'O
ALLIES TO START
i- . .A. i .
NEW WEST'RN DRIVE
Offensive Timed With Rus
sians' May, Be Begun, It
Is Thought
FRENCH GUNS SLAUGHTER
Teutons Caught In Trench
es by Range Finders' Ac
curacy With Opening
Shots German Attack?
Are Repulsed
taret aggregate for Drock, which
TO GOV. CRAIG, IS DEbl?2 !2
Brock, according to this, will have
Passed Away at Home of Relatives file hi9 Aem&nA tar another tri-
In Asheville Thursday Afternoon mary n short order
Had Been' In Poor Health for Some
Tlme-FuKeral Delayed Until Sun
day; Son In Canada
BKNKER ADDRESSES
N. C. ASSOCIATION
use its power, to protect its interests at home and abroad.
wiison anu Marshall Renominated. .'
St."Ii6uisi June If?. President ; Wilsrvn wns rennmififlt-
li-"" T w"v an address by Walter health . sir
ingulf-, iiuee mxnuies later v ice-rresiaent lviarsnau was
Asheville, June 16. The most in
tetesting feature of today's session returned to Asheville
Asheville, Juie 15. Col. J. P.
Kerr of this oity,'ecretry to Gov
ernor Craig, died at the home of his
sisters here ' this afternoon, his
death being attributed to heart fail
ure. Ha was 62 years old. Colonel
Kerr, who was stricken at Raleigh a
few weeks ago, had returned (to Ra
leigh and found that his health would
not permit his remaining at work. He
about three
oi me norm varouna aanKers" as- weejes ago, and was been in poor
Harrisonburg, Va., who died in 1884.
Surviving Col. Kerrx are one son,
John M. Kerr; five sisters and two
brothers. Col. Kerr's son has been
for some time in Canada in the ejn-
The State I ploy of an ammunition plant, and
The end came sudden
ly XTonrlltaockn n.t Mawarl. T T 1UTw I 1 x O.AC 1. .1. ; PL
'vwi imai.cu. uuui llUimiiaUUHS Were UV - aeciailiaUUIl. Vflndussen went Into the hnnt nr , ln J roa W J AV,
No ballots were-taken. The delecrates shouted "ave." aS I business in detail and on comnletinc I villa nnH wa the Am of lha lnt
II Wltft One VOlCe, When the names Were Called. - . -t his address was given a rising vote of Rev. William Kerr, a Holston Con
T -"WIT--..!. J J ! w m i : I . - I .
OUQge WestCOtt OI JNeW Jersey piacea tne resident m sion. Speaking on, "Some Present- ference Methodist preacher. He was
nomination.- For three-quarters of an liour there ensued Day Banking Problems," he said, in
married to Miss Elizabeth Love, of
,3 l i 11. J i a I
a uwiiunsirauon never equalled in a political convention. Pan
. Senator Kern, made the shortest sneech of the kind 'The subject which is of chiefest
on record, probably, when he said: "I renominate Thomas intere.st t0 the bankers of the coun-
Riley Marshall ' ':' try at the present time is undoubted-
Wniiam Tanninm, Tr n Ur t :l 'y e paj-coiecuon oi cnecKS py tne
....uum (iviiimiti) YOU VYBO tlYCH AH UVttUUll. Df V ts.J 1 T. t. i
v VA v , T MVU WMW I1VUUL VV1L11 LllUUiiaillin III 111,1 I I 1 1 i. X J. . 11,1 i .1 . it
PKlTW.. t i . V i . , us re ainiusi, &s vitany nvi?rsia i Hie xunerai, ior ims treason, win not
fiiVT. . ,eUJUI-l5na managea lO get are the national banks because be held until Sunday, giving the son
tne commoner m. A speech from Bryan .was insisted thk AVfltAm. lit filirAsfl1 Unll OVPrl. I fima fafiien flfwavnra Ao! urns
upon by hundreds of delegates. The. Nebraskan, called tuaiiy bring about the pamng of notified by wire of coi. ws death,
v...vvx uumwo i-muuuuuiit iiiiii, i ZT.1UCX it o giccic- i cnecKS on sttate oanxs, as lar-signt- I ana wirca tnat no will De Mere lor
OCT lamnnvnf " nnAlrA nl. Yl.. i 1 , . ., . I .
uuuuwav, BuvR.v wiwii iiiuie iixuuesty Ulan IS Ilia eo oanKers you are oi necessity seen- i the funeral.
wont. , He paid tribute to the party and the administra
tion, and especially to President Wilson.
Not Altogether Ilarmohious. u ,
St Louis, June 16. The Democratic harmony ritsn is
f"u me resolutions committee, adjourning after a 22-
''OUr meetine- at 7 o'clock tndav. fldmitted that, the suf
frage plank fight would be carried-to the floor of the
convention. The -committee defeated a plank- favoring
in amendment to the Federal Constitution, and recom-
'smnnAA Oi.'t. L i mi.! i-i i v
""'cuueu oiaie action, mis was unsatisiactory to tne sui-
GREEK VILLAGE WAS
INSURED BREAD BY
VOTE OF POPULATION
, (By the United Press)
Athens. June 16. "This is the
chief of police at d'Arta," explained
a man at the other end of the wire
when the telephone rang in the De
partment of the Interior offices to
day. D'Arta as a village of 500, not
far from Athens.
"We've held a mass meeting In
our town this afternoon and decided
that we will not allow the exporta
tion of grain from our village. Five
hundred of us voted to that effect."
Inquiry developed that, when the
British grain blockade began against
Greece, the village banker in D'Ar
ta laid in a large supply of grain
and flour and today d'Arta is one of
(By the United Press)
Paris, Juho 16. Violent Gorman
infantry attacks at Thiaumont farm.
on the Verdun front, have been re
pulsed, it is stated officially. French
artillery fire killed Germane in ene
my trenches befose they could flee,
Germans Expect New Offensive.
Londsn, June 16. The Germans,
fearing an Allied offensive in the
west, are re-enforcmg their lines.
say Holland reports. ' Troop trains
are moving constantly. It is bolicved
a big. drive timed with the Russian
offensive will bo started soon.
Russians Continue
Victorious Advance.
London, June 16. Tho Russians
ar driving westward itoward iStanis.
lau,' trying to cut the Austrian line
of communications between Lemburg
and other southern points. If they
reaflh the farming lands of Hungary
a serious blow will be dealt the Cen
crai i'owers. , xne ' Auswians - - are
stiffening their defense. The Russi
ans are advancing steadily against
Lutzk. The total of prisoners taken
number 150,000, says an official re
port from Petrograd.
Berlin Says Germans Gain.
Berlin, June 16. French .forces on
tho southern slope of Dead Man's
ihg means by which this loss of rev
enue can be replaced."
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
AGON AMNION
the very few villages in Greece that hill have been driven ' back by the
has all the flour it wants. The vil
lage folks determined to follow the
plan of the great nations in similar
situations but. 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 Interior to part with some of
its heard, in spite of the village res
olution. ':
Germans, it is said officially. The
Germans took 246 prisoners and sev
eral maxim guns. .Minor engage
ments in Ithe Thiaumont region fav
ored the Germans,
MARCONI FORESEES BIG
ADVANCE IN AERONAUTICS
(By the United Press)
FjiiHhniilt ' Minn.. JunR Ifi Th
irage people. Upon the language of the Mexican and romantic and stirring tames of school
girl days during tho Indian . wars
here were recalled today when the
foreign policy, planks' the committee also disagreed
Platform Ready for Adoption. , J .
St Louis, June 16. -The Democratic platform is ready
to be. adopted todays It, says the administration speaks
for itself -as the; "best exposition of a sound Democratic
policy at home And abroad." - It states that . abuses have
been corrected,-currency laws passed, the tariff lowered,
a tratfe mminlssIbn'Tmtcidf 'the, postal 'stem'ttettered,
etc. Itlreaffirms belief,' that 'a; foivreVenue-only tariff
should be -had an .contains an 'Amte'ricanistn hlank : it
; stronglyrcondemris all alliances o5 persona trying to in
fluence the government infaVor- of fforfetgn- nations, and
says the party 'Summons all men of (.whatever origin-or
r .creed, who count themselves 'AmericahSi to.'joinMn mak-
v of America.".' It condemns any political party surrender-
ing its integrity or modifying its policy because of the &C'
tivityof im-American-
(By the United Press)
INQUIRY INTO - VERDUN
DEFENSE. ,
l. : T . . ie ti -'I
of Deputies in secret session to
day questioned the government
regarding the defensive prepara
tions made prior to the Verdun
attack.
L
T
NElMlitY TODAY
Bemidjl, Minh June 18. Reso!u-1
tions favoring the continued neutral
ity of Norway and pledging loyalty
the United States, as an adopted
country, were before the Satordaken,
national Norwegian organization,
which went into a two days' conven
ion here today. Three hundred del
gates attending were former resi
dents of one faction f Norway, but
are nara::rel Americans.
DR.MulESilBlS ,
f Or, , and Mrs."Thomas E. Green,
the former a noted lecturer 'on the
Chautauqua pregram liere, in an in
terview Thursday iglt apoke "in
glowing terms of this section, said
today's New Bernian. Mr. Jas. . B.
Blade took Dr. Green and o'hers fo
short motor trip out f,rm J'ow
Bren.' Dr. and Mrs. i ' ''. ?' v
Bern for K'n?' - i ' j r
fiftieth annfversary of the founding
of St Mary's school for girls was ITALIAN PREMIER
celebrated.- -
. . "Old -gil3,,' some of whom Were
among the earlier graduates of this
school that was hewed out in - tho
wild northern woods, gave several
thousand dollars today for the erec tion
of a gymnasium for' the young
girls. : , . ... - ; ;
TO STICK.
Rome, June 16. "-Minister of
Foreign Affairs Sonhio has now
agreed to remain ..1 in the new
ministry being organised by Pa-
oli Bossclli.. , .
NOT ALL OF LONDON'S
WOMEN CONDUCTORS
MVE-TO-WORK dASS
(By the United Press)
London, June 16. Although the
majority of London's female tram
and bus conductors are drawn from
the working girl classes, several are
the wives of British officers and some
are .school teachers.
The "conductress" has proved a de
cided success and promises to be
come a permanent Institution after
the war.
WOM KILLED IN
I.
RUMORED ROOSEVELT r
WILL CMIPAlGN FOR
tANDIDATE HUGHES
(By" the United Press) )
New York, June 16. Chas. Evans.
Hughes soon will confer with Cojonel
Roosevelt, it is believed. Hughes
men today reported that Roosevelt
plans to take the stump in favor of
Hughes. .
BAPTISTS,
BUILDING liW OMCII
AltJna rle, June 15. Tho congre
gation of the First Baptist church of
tv:? fhi e 1 ' c - . ' 1 work on
' ' '.v . ' .' ' -. i st.rne
DRYS MAY NOT TRY TO
NAME NATIONAL TICKET
AftTO-TRAIN CRASH
(By the United Press)
London, June 1. (Dy Mail) In
future, when giamt aeroplanes are
making non-stop mail and passenger
runs between 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 their orders that way,
tOO.- ' - .
This dream is legitimatized by Sig-
nor Marconi, tho youthful father of
the wireless, here from Italy.
Through a series of experiments
carried out in Italy, Marconi an
nounced that the problem of trans
mitting wireless messages to.aero
planes has been solved. Hitherto
this has been impossible.
Marconi is a soldier and therefore
cannot jive details of his new dis
coveries.
Columbia, SrC, June 15. Mrs.
Belle Phillips. Widow of the late Van-
June 16. Pledges J der Phillips ef Rocngham, N. C,
of Prohibitionists to -vote against I was almost instantly killed this af-
any presidential candidate or party Iternoon at .12:40 o'clock at Steele's
not pledged to the abolition of the crossing 'near Rock Hfll, when an
St. Paul, Minn.,
V.
SAY BRITISH TOOK
MAILS FROM DUTCH
(By the United Press)
iBcrlin, June 16. The British au
thorities have forced the Dutch liners
liquor traffic, rather than on jictual J automobile in which she was riding j Oppir and Kawi, bound west from
serious attempt to elect ar national I with her two children, was . struck
ticket, seemed the possible keynote I by a Southern Railway train.
today of . the national convention to
be held here July 19.'
(folMEL ROOSEVELT
' WORSE tODAY, SAID
(New York, June , 16. jColonel
Roosevelt was worse today, it was
announced. His condition alarms
The 13-year-old boy suffered only
a alight scratch while the driver and
seven-year-old girl were uninjured.
RTJIAKS;CATURE A 1
LOT LIORE AUSTRIANS
Rotterdam, to leave their' mails , in
British hands, says a semi-official
news agency. ' ; . . ;
MASQUE BALL TO MARK
COJLmraiENT AT YALE
(By the United Press) ,
i New . Haven, . Conn., Juno Id. A
(By tie United Press) . - I masque and costume ball will be a
Petrograd, June 16.- The Russians I feature of the Yale commencement
his family. He has difficulty in talk- have taken an additional 14,000 pris-Ithis year. The masque will be given
in an J sc. ms to be in great pain, oners in the Kovel region, says an of- a9 part of the celebration of the fif
ITe 'refused to see most of his visit- ficial report. The total prisoners ta- tieth anniversary of the school of fine
0-3. ken daring the drive is bow' 164,000. arts, on Monday, lu'eht. Juns 19.
DR. THOS. E. GREEN
TO BE CHAUTAUQUA
LECTURER TONIGHT
'Burden of the Nations' tho
Subject; Schubert String
Quartet Also Billed
..3
RAD WEATHER THURSDAY
liireatened to Break Up the
Show at Evening Per
formance Rosani Ever
So Clever; Victor's Band
Just a Little Off '
This evening tJr. Thomas E.:
Green, traveler, author, lecturer,'
past-master in the use of the
English language, will deliver his
lecture on "The Burden of the
Nations," at Chautauqua.
. The Schubert String Quartet
will split time with the famous
lecturer. They present a per
formance from the classics "so
perfectly interpreted that it is
extremely popular."
Saturday Dr. Downey will lec
ture and the Strollers Male
Quartet sing at the afternoon
performance. - At evening j the
Strollers will share honors with
the College - Players, presenting
"Happiness"
morality play.
Rain in torrents detracted from
the' pleasure of a "full, house" at
Chautaaqua Thursday night -The
water came through ithe canvas in
spotsi. . Umbrellas jwere hoisted at
one time. A hard wind came up dur-
ing the performance of the band di-
ected by Signor , Lacerenza and
scores of persons, tmwalling to risk
What seemed to be a danger threait
sningy left the tenf.' '
Rosani, a noted juggler, opened
the bill Thursday night, For a solid
hour he conducted the best exhibit
tion of.' the kind ever seen here.. Ro
sani enjoyed the performance him
self; the audience .went into ec sta
les. , A lot of novelties were intro
duced. His equipment was ; far
above the ordinary, and some beau-
tiful effects were introduced in bal
ancing feats. "Chapeaugraphy" was
j, delightful feature of Rosani's per
formance he Impersonated,' by va
rying the shape of a flexible, wide
at brim,' more than a score of na-
ional and historic characters. He
concluded by proving himself an'
adept at shadowgraph y. . He had . s
screen, from behind whicn, wiin ma
nimble hands and indispensable lit- i
le devices, he "projected, upon tne
screen", numbers of the rabbits, mon
keys, geese, mannikins and other
things which, he called to the atten
tion of tho audience, nearly all folks
tried to make " the days of oil
lamps. Sometimes he wo jl j pre-
ent two "figures' as men in an si-
tercation and fight, a wolf devouring
'rabbit, .etc. A young woman dress-
ng before a mirror for Chautauqua,
Rosani said was 6 clever piece. !'
Victor's band, directed by Laceren-
?a, played a snappy 0-mnuU pro-
rfam. The operas contributed large- :
y to the bill. The band was very
rood, with an insufficiency of cor
nets, however. The audience, prob- .
ably would have prof erred the band
had last year; it offered 'more, popu
lar music. Lacerenza's men seemed.
most of them, to be Italians, but they
played, after the fashion of American
musicians, except in the matter of
xpression. They were not so prone
to overread the "p"a and "fs on the
music as are American bandsmen.
Signor Lacerenia is an ideal conduc
tor. He makes it his business to
lead the band and foregoes distort
ing his body and pulling his hair in
horrible attempts to impersonate
grand opera characters. He is
graceful; he does not take all the
credit upon himself. At .the end of
the performance a clever medley
was rendered. It was new, fall of
the airs of - nations ' and t'.:rrir.r,
crashing strains. Ferf orr s
string instruments and a yj ; .
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