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CITY" DAILY ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES ENTTT yrr r N ,11 Am .J WINSTON-SALE?.?, KK, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1916 CITY EDITION 10F::i 1 Ssctlsn III IF T 1 II ;vull i ! u ii aoiios return to aitagei after FAILING 10 ASSAULT Ml FRENCH POSITIONS Oil SUiJDAY AFTERU00II P FORCES ML HOLDING IN ATTACKED js Report a Success Against Lians Near Erzerum, Says a Late Report. of the British Admiralty Ls 333 Officers Lost in Big Naval Battle. LATTER WERE FORCED TO RETREAT Much Uncertainty 48 Hours Before Conventions Up en re it virtually no let-up In the in effort to push back the b line on the Verdun front. r failing in the assault yester- jfternoon the German troops re- to the attack last night, drlv- lainst the French near Damloup, southeast. There they were jcessful and the French forcei tied in possession of the town, reports today. Turks report s'uccess against utsians near Erzerum. Tne ins, who recently were com- to evacuate Mama Khatum, 50 west of Erzerum, have been to retreat some 25 miles, ac- ig to Turkish reports. battle cruiser Seyelitz was one German vessels which suffered jy in the Jutland engagement, ing to reports received In Oen These allege that the Seye- as teen on the morning after the steaming south, off the Jutland in a badly damaged position jursued by British ships. Edinburgh dispatch says that ion of the Jutland fight de- that in a mad attack of tor- craft they sent the German jaught Hindenburg to the bot- Hit of the British admiralty 333 officers lost. HEAVY LOSSES. n, June 5 RpnatH attarlt Isses of French infantrv doainst ifmans on the Verdun front east Meuse broke down with heavy RUSSIAN SUCCESSES ' ograd (Via London), June 5. " Torces have won great sue along the front from the Prelpet im to the Roumanian frontier, m3 to official announcement to. It is stated the Russians took prisoners. , iLL TAKE MARINES TO SANTO DOMINGO Washington, June 5. The U. transport Hancock at Vera F today had orders to go Im dately to New Orleans to " aboard 500 or 600 marines I Santo Domingo. They will fn'orce Admiral Caperton's J""and in protecting lives f and property of foreigners fort of the marines will be n from Pacific coast navy REPORTS OF CONVENTION. $he Smtlncl will furnlxh complete report of the national Republican convention to be held In Chicago, brgrlnnlne; Wedneiday. In addition- to it regular ARNoelated Frma aerrlre coming; over the lenied telephone wire, thla paper I making; arranKeinenta to necure a apeclal supplemen tary aervlre, enabling it to drive all the convention new promptly and fully, a great deal of It many hour before It U given by any other pa per published In thU aectlon. ' The Sentinel received many compliment upon It unexcelled work' In the handling of the national convention In 1012. The aervlre thin year will be decidedly better than that. Don't fall to read The Sentinel dur ing the convention period. . ' - Chicago, June 5. Uncertainty and restraint Were dominant fuctors here today, 48 hoairs be fore the gavels "were to fall at the . Coliseum and the Auditorium tor thevopenlng of the Republican and Progressive conventions. Restraint of a careful kind marked every motvemenOof big and little leaders who took close scru tiny of "the 'men opposed to them lu the contest and made minute preparation for the long fight and the hard fight ahead. One Manager's View. 'If we can hold our crowd back until Friday or Saturday," re marked one adroit manager ot a Republican candidate," we stand a mighty good show." "It Is not a case, as so many seem to think, of any man to beat Wil son, but It is a case of the best man to reunite the Republican party. That is the issue upon which this nomination finally will be settled." ... This was much the situation as the latest Influx of delegates, al ternates and camp followers took place during the forenoon. No Definite Idea. If there was one man among the thousands that thronged hotel lobbies and corridors who had a definite idea of what would hap pen In connection with the ques tion of the nominee that man was not in evidence. . Talking without a full knowledge of the mood of uninstructed dele' gates a number declared that Roosevelt'was out of the race; that Hughes was mighty, strong, but might weaken within a Jew hours; and finally that nothing short of several ballots would tell the story. 'j There is a noticeable lack as contrasted with 1912 of Incisively and sqHare-jawed determination among the major leaders. Disposition To Go Slowly. Everywhere there was an appar ent disposition to go slowly, today to let the situation work itself out as far as possible. IT LOOKS MORE LIKE HUGHES NOW THAN EVER Chicago, June 6 The movement for the nomination of Justice Hughes today took on the aspect of a genuine boom. Arriving delegations brought evidence of favorable sentiment to Hughes and men who have been identified - with the Old Guard declared that many dele gates are ready to turn their votes to him after the first ballot. The lack of controlling leader ship by the men who have com posed the Old Guard is emphaslz- (Contlnued on page Five.) GERMAN ACCOUNT OF GREAT NAVAL BATTLE MEETING AT 1 LAFAYETTE, IND. f y-Sixth Annual Conven- n 0pens-president C. F. Tomlinson Presiding. te,In.d-"'Jun 6--Tn 26th Sm .. " "i ine r. r. a. i tanrt . , touav witb- BOO dele- V Unlti!? I 'Ve8 from "J1 artB LU'11 States in attendant 4k htfates arrlvd yesterday, Him ess sess'ons begin this r tho 1-,",'! New Orleans are ask- Amsterdam, June 5. The follow ing account of the naval battle off Jutland has been received here from Berlin: The German high sea fleet had pushed out into the North Sea in the hope of engaging portions of the Eng lish fleet which had been reported on the south coast of Norway. At 3; 15 in the afternoon, some 70 miles off Skakerak, some small cruisers were sighted. Our cruisers at once pursued the enemy. At 5:20 our cruisers sighted two enemy columns to the west, consist- Ine of six battle cruisers ana a great. number of small cruisers. Thpi enemv Dassed soutn ana our ships opened an effective fire. Two English battle cruisers and one de stroyer were sunk. After a. half hour fiKhtine heavy enemy reinforcements of five vessels of the Queen Elizabeth class were oihtod tn the north. Soon the Ger mans opened fire on them and they turned norm. "l'son !Tival8 was President 1S0D. ot High Point, N. C, The British commander attempted to evade our extremely effective fire. Our fleet followed at top speed the movement of the enemy. In the course of this fight one cruiser and two de stroyers were sunk while a number of other vessels suffered damage. The battle lasted until darkness fell. Besides numerous light detach ments at least 35 British battleships, six battle cruisers and four armored cruisers engaged 16 German battle ships, 5 cruisers, six older ships and no armored cruisers. After dark our fleet opened a night attack. During this attack several cruisers and torpedo boat engage ments occurred, resulting In the de struction of one battle cruiser, one cruiser and at least ten destroyers. Six of the latter, Including the new destroyer leaders Turbulent and Tlp perary, were destroyed by '.the lead ing vessels of our fleet. The British squadron of older bat tleships were hurried from the south did not arrive until Thursday morn- (Continued on page Five.) Louis D. Brandeis Takes Seat On the Supreme Court Bench Washington, June 5. Louis D. Bran deis, of Boston today took his seat as associate Justice of the Supreme Court, the 62nd citizen to receive that distinction. The ceremonies were pre cisely the same as for those previously seated. ""The cWeTTusTJceflinlnlsteTed-th , oath, of alegiance, None but members ot the court witnessed the ceremony, which took place just before noon. When the oewrt marched to the bench at noon the new justice marched close behind. Chief Justice While announced the appointment and stated that Mr. Brandeis was present, directing the clerk -to--read th. fmmmi salon The clerk (hen administered the path, , , , Scene of Greatest Naval Fight In History Off Coast'of Denmark v r , LL. i ... ' ' ' .'' " PEMARr - LONDON- hj, V, li. AlnSrt H..l.. ,. : :. . , . .t a. - . - ...J The greatest sea fight In the hls ory of nnval warfare waa the battle between German an. nrltWi Rhine off the coast of Dssmarli. May 3! In which the Waraplt.. one of the five grate,t Imltlashlps built, was bslleysS tShay. sunk, along with nine other raportant Mr tlah ve8Bel8. This map howH the location of tha light.. . . . . " MAJORITY OF BICKETT FOBWOMIWATIOW IS PROBABLY OVER 20,000 SE EMS ALL OLD STATE OFFICERS 1 NOMINATED A Second Primary Between Manning and Jones Ap pears to Be Certain. - - SECOND PRIMARY IN SEVENTH PROBABLE Looks Like Robinson and Spence Will Be Entries Other Primary News. V DEMOCRATIC TICKET IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION For Governor Thomas W. 'Blckett. For Lieutenant-Governor O .Max Gardner. For Secretary of State J. Bryan Grimes. For Treasurer B. R. lLacy, For Auditor W. P. Wood. For Attorney General J. 8. (Manning leads; (second pri mary possible). For Secretary of Agriculture W. A. Graham. -This seems, probable, though vote is close. For Insurance Commissioner J. R. Young. For Corporation Commission er W. T. Lee. Raleieh. June 6. Although deflnito figures will not be known until the meeting here tomorrow of the state board ot. elections, returns available today! indicate the renomlnation of Representative Claude KItchin and the nomination of Attorney General Bickett for governor. KItchin by a majority ot about six thousand. Par tisans of Oeut.-Governor Daught- rldge, running against Bickett, prac tically admit the dereat or weir candidate. IndlrnHona ara that all state offic ers -seeking renomlnation were suc cessful. A second primary seems cer tain for attorney general. J. S. Man ning and Edmund Jones probably wilt be the contestants, wanning navine a good lead over the three opponents. In the sixth district a secona pri mary to nominate a representative wan Indicated. ' Renresentatlve H. U Godwin, seeking renomlnation, was in "the lead according to latest returns. (Continued on pago'lOJ NOMINEE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR GOVERNOR V ' "V, 1 f 'Ul - - ' V :;:isii: :.:: S ' ill. T"'-'.."- PRIMARY VOTE IN FORSY TH COUNTY Totals Given on Various Candi dates for Stale Offices Light Vote Polled. Returns from - Eaturilay'a statewide primary Indicate that Hon. Thomas W. Bickett, present attorney general, won over Lleut.-Oovernor E. L. Daught rldgs for the Democratic guherntorlal nomination by at least 20,000 major ity. : COMPLETING WORK T HE CONTESTS The county board of elections la this afternoon canvassing the returns from tne primary held on Saturday. The returns were all filed with Clork of. the Court McKaughan this morn ing and a copy of, returns, sworn to, fllod with Mr. R. E. Kollln, chairman ot the board ot elections. The returns show that there was a very light vote all over the county, some of tho townships making returns only of the votes of the officers and voters from two or thres up to twen ty. Other townships showed greater Interest and In the city wards there was a fair vote cast, though the ma jority of the registration took no part in the primary. , The county board of elections will declare the county tickets for the various parties, for the reason that (here Is no opposition In tho parties for any of the offices. The absence of contest In the county ticket is' ac countable for the small, interest In the primary Just held. The report from the county on the State ticket, only,- the Democratic ... f ' (Continued on Page Five.) ; SUPREME COURT OPINION ON HARRISON DRUG LAW. Washington, June 5. The Su preme Court todsy Interpreted the Harrison drug law making it unlawful for "any person" not registered to have opium In his possession as applying only to those who deal In the drug and not to those who use It. RESOLUTION IS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT WILSON L SEfl FIGHT COLOSSAL Many Sailors, After Floating 36 Hours, Become Insane and ' Jump Into Ocean. , ' ' 1 I: Large Number of Members of; Crews Rescued and Taken to Copenhagen. London, June 5. Gorman sailors res. cimd by Bamlinavlan Bteauiori describe the losses In the Jutland buttle as col ossul, according to dlsputcb.es re celved here today. A large number ot the crew of the cruiser Wiesbudcn and niou from sev t ral German torpedo boats have been Toscuea and taken to Copenhagen. Thuy report that , numbers . of tliel? comrades after floating SQ hours be came Insane and Jumped into the oceun. . , ,.. .. s ' . ; Tiie Gorman survivors say that sev eral or their torpedo boats were cap sized hy the British and Bunk lrnmmll ntoiy. Numbers of bodies of both Ger. man and British are beln washed ashore at Jutland. 4 ,. . ' It Is sported that the big German rrulbors, which were along the coast mm ! Riga, have ben withdrawn. , Identify Two Warships Sunk. Iondon, June 5. British war officer- ot the fleet which participated ill the .Jutland battlo .and have re turned here identllled two German, warships sunk as the Lutlow and Hln dnqberg, ... ' 1 , EXAMINATIONS ON ' AT WEST POINT NOW Wost Point. N. Y., June .--Examinations began today for all ' four clutuws at tho Military Academy and wilt continue dally until Friday. The class of 191(1 will graduate June 13. A sarins ot dally drills has boen ar ranged, beginning tomorrow, Several hundred visitors are to ar rive' today and elaborate arrange ments have been mndo for the enter tainment. , ' The secretary of war Is expected for tho graduation exercises. Washington, June 5. President Wil son today signed a resolution passed by congress, authorizing him to Invite Spain and Latin-American countries to participate in an exposition in 1!18 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of San Antonio, Texas. ONLY' MINOR MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED Washington, Juno B.Marklng the first week of tho legislative dullness the House today began consideration ' of miscellaneous bills. Party lead ers huve agreed to consider only mat ters of minor Interest to permit mem bers of congress to attend the con ventions. ' The Senate does not meet until Thursday. 1 ; ' 1 IGINIAASKS PROPERTY SA If Requests Supreme Court to Take Steps Against West Virginia. Washington June 6. Virginia for mally requested . the Supreme Court today to direct the marshal of the court to seize and sell sufficient prop erty of West Virginia to pay the $12,- u.i.uuu lunifmHiiL in RrTinmu.iir ni 1.110 old Slate debt existing before the sep aration of the State. The application was taken under consideration. Only one precedent exlalts for the order, that by which the marshal was directed to sell sufilclent property ot North Carolina to satisfy a Judgment against that State awarded to South. Dakota. The Judgment was paid, how ever. . National Republican Committee Rushing Labors to Fin ish Reports. Chicago, June 5. With 28 delegate contests remaining on the list, the Re publican national committee prepared today to rush thru the hearings and complete the reports. Settlement of the Louisiana contest with the compromise with a half vote for each contestant shortened the com mittee labors. Including the 12 Lou isiana contests, there are Z& contests before the committee, Including the seating of two delegates from the Dis trict -Columbia. ..,.. ., DR. KINYOUN CALLS UPON PEOPLE TO CO-OPERATE TO KEEP THE CITY CLEAN There is no time more uropltl work too long neglected in the clean up 'the yards, alleys, stree les. The conditions which exist but are noisome nuisances, a men tend to breeding and harboring 111 should not be tolerated. I am su good people of Winston-Salem wh desire that the above mentioned c Immediately. Therefore, I appeal their Individual and collective eff good work ot cleaning up the ya cant lots, the stables and abolish menace to our health, thereby ren to themselves, but to their neigh ceiled effort, begin this campaign ous than the present to begin a good city of Winston-Salem, that is, " to ts, vacant lots, the stables and pnv- ln many places are not only unsightly ace to our health. Conditions which es, mosquitoes, the hiding of filth, re that I voice the sentiment of the en I say that it is their wish and onditlons be corrected, and corrected to all to aid, so far as possible, by orts, to assist me in the great and rds, the alleys, the streets, the va ing such conditions as are a constant dering a splendid service, not only bora as well. Let us then. In con today. J. J. KINYOUN, Health Officer. O. B. EATON, Mayor.
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