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board of a aai ir train aad
very bmmm with load
ng d bed eoashart in nwral
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arias an pal oe? a stunt vita th
i f gotting aay with it
will And that he has bwn sadly
taboo. Aa instaae which
how true this is. occurred
oa a train enroute from Wi
when a ebon-haad deaeeadaat of
Haas became rowdy aad was promptly
Ti-"1 and La it jailed. Thera was
a asaa over in the Wester part of
the State a few years ago named
Sheas well who persisted in raising
Old Ned every time he boarded a
train and was in fact worse in some
ways than Jeaar James. However,
Sbemwell finally met his Waterloo.
and it cost him heavily. The rail
road men are to be cod mended for
their action in this matter and they
deserve the support of the traveling
publie.
GOVERNMENT HAS
BIDS ON COAL
Many FirmsAWant to Sup
ply Fuelfto This
District
TEUTONIC EDITOR PAPfltS CANNOT
HoitT. toitv. Here comes the
Kinston News and avers in wild
eyed tones that Kinston officials need
ao outside help in running the af
fairs of that town. Of course that
town doesn't need any "help" in
running its affairs but any fair-minded
person is always open to sugges
tions that will tend to help and, des
pite the faet that the News says
"not so," we, as is the Raleigh Times,
are inclined to the belief that that
they are taking too much responsi
bility upon themselves.
This week the editors of trt
State are to moot at Montreal am
it is a safe ln-t thai the -"laid li town
will be alive for al 1: t a few days
and that there will ut Vat be some
thing doing while the scribes are in
session. Reports are current that the
convention this year will be more
largely attended than ever before
and this assures a warm old time.
Old Man Huerta, that wily Mexi
can who raised so much trouble
down in that country a few months
ago, is again in hot water. This
time he is charged with endeavoring
to incite another revoultion and it
looks as though his accusers have the
goods on him. It would not be a
bad idea to shut the old dictator
up and keep him shut up until his
ardor for raising the dickens sort
of cools off.
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR
HAS BEEN RECALLED
Milan, June 29 The Ital-
Ian ambassador of Constan-
11 no pie has been recalled.
according! to a Rome dispatch.
The message said the Turk-
Ish ambassador to Rome has
received his passports and Is
preparing to leave.
Wilmington. Jaae 20 Bids f
furnishing 13,000 tons of bitumin
ous coal to the govern uunt, to
be ux-d at Wilmington. Soulhport.
Washington. N. C, New Bern and
More head City, were opened ia the
office of Major H. W. Stickle, United
Stales District Engineer, yesterday
at noon. r onrteen proposals were
received and these have been for
warded to Washington with roeom
mendalions and as soon as formal
approval i s made the conrtaet will
be awarded. Of the coal to he pur
chased, 0,000 tons will be used in
Wilmington, 2,000 tons at South-
port, 300 tons at Washington, 700
in New Bern and 1.000 tons at More-
od City. The bids ranged from $3.-
'.' to $3.75 a ton.
The following concerns submitted
bids: The Springer Coal Cjiapany
Wilmington; Crokcr-Pocahontas
Company. Philadelphia; The H. J.
Roberson Company, Dayton, Ohio;
Smokeless Fuel Company, New York
City; The Chesapeacke & Ohio Coal
and Coke Company, Norfolk, Va.;
Hetherington & Co., Philadelphia,
Pa.; The Nottingham & Wrenn torn-
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pany, JNortolK, va.; :uaryiann v oi
and Coko Company, Philadelphia.
Pa.; Commercial 'Coal Company,
New York City; Pocahontas Fuel
Company, New York ( lty ; 1 he I . .
Balkc Company, Cincinnati. Ohio;
Johns Brothers, Norfolk, Va.; hast
en! Coal and Export Corporation
Richmond, Va.; Jewett, Zigdorn &
Brooks, Norfolk. Va. The Chesa
peack & Ohio Coal and Coke Com
pany, submitted two proposals.
MAKES REMARKS;
German Scribe Shows Hit
Lack of Even ' ' Horse"
Sense
Some scatter-brained German edi
tor is responsible for the startling
announcement that the main object
of the United States in wanted to
get into a scrap with the Kaiser is
due to the fact that if such were the
case Uncle Sam could grab about
five million dollars worth of boats
tied up in our ports, afraid to make a
dash for home waters. Of course
such nonsense as this is not even
considered here but doubtless it is
in Germany and just such dope as
this is the real cause of the growing
hatred against the United States on
the part of the Germans.
New Bern is to have the pleasure
of entertaining the State fire fight
ers this year and in making prepara
tions for the big event. Raleigh
wants the next tournament and will
probably get it for that city is noted
for its hospitality and the fire lad
dies will doubtless jump at the chance
to visit the capital. Concerning ef
forts now on foot to get, the next
Tournament, the esteemed Raleigh
Times says.
"There is a movement here to
bring the North Carolina Fire
ment's Convention and Tourna
ment of 1916 to Raleigh. The
department here ranks as one of
the best and it can give practi
cal demonstrations of all the ap
proved methods of fire-fighting.
There are scores of fire depart
ments in the state which attend
these meetings, and to them
come also firemen from South
Carolina and Virginia. Raleigh,
bo centrally located, is the place
for a great meeting and the best
of the tournaments. The water
supply here is fine, and, in fact,
all the conditions are ideal. This
city can get this big gathering
next year by going after it. The
convention and tournament are
held at any selected date in the
summer, usually in July or August.
Might as well try to make
leopard change its spots as to keep
old man Vic. Huerta out ot trouhW
Bern. Jus aw Ai: article ia to
day's Leiptiger Mam Naehriehtea
Americans aawax s imagine they
merely have to thou ; .. rnsdvea any
where to make the universe tremble
Kxperience is rare to .'.illusion them.
In any ease, they will not s nd 100,000
men to Handera for the vary good
reason that they have only 80,000
troops for police dut throughout the
entire I'uited Stat, ..ry. Their
army, therefore, is based on volun
tary service.
"But American olunteers, aside
from Roosevelt, do not march. The
Yankees of English descent detest the
smell of powder, and those of German
origin will stay at home, even if they
do not raise the banner of insurrec
tion. "Tni-le Sam might, it is true, take
advantage of a war to get a fleet
cheaply. Sixty-two of the most beau
tiful German trans-Atlantic boats.
valued at $500,000,(MK) have sought
refuge in American ports. German
industrial pronertv and real estate
there also is worth a billion or two.
But we still hesitate to believe that
the old uncle is unscrupulous enough
to commit robbery of this kind.
"Everything considered America's
open hostility is preferable to her
hypocritical neutrality."
FORECAST NEWS
IN THAW CASE
Judge Trying Famous Ac
tion Warns the
Editors'
BRITISH COASTING
STEAMER LUC1NA
SENT TO BOTTOM
A German Submarine Gets
Her Off Bally-cotton
R
EFEREES
INLAND
CASE MEET HERE
BEING HEARD NOW
Court Looking High and
Low for Evelyn
Thaw
Condemnation oT Property
At Cape Lookout
Being Discussed
THE CREW SAVED
The English Making Plans
for a Great Air
Raid
DOCTOR TARDY;
GETSJUICKING
Failed to Answer Important
Call as Soon as He
Should
MAKE APPEAL TO
PRESIDENT WILSON
Maritime Association Want
Special Session of
Congress
The fish famine which has pre
vailed locally for the past few weeks
still continues in force and but very
few speeiments of the finny tribe
are being placed on the local market
for sale while an even sm Her qnan!it
are being sent out to oth r cities and
towns. Even the hard shell crabs,
usually so plentiful at this season,
are not bery much in evidence whili
the soft shell variety are striittly fl
minus quantity.
Trival cases are always blocking
up the courts and this is many times
Unnecessary and could be avoided
if the proper discretion was taken
right at the start. A short time ago
we sat in a court room and heard a
case called for trial that at first
aeemed to have at least one foot
to stand on, but later this was dis
approved. A young negro girl was
charged with being disorderly and
three witnesses were on hand to tes
tify against her. The evidence was
taken and out of the array of test
mony it was learned that the pris
oner had been seen with certain ar
tides which had been, supposedly,
stolen. Of course the case fell flat
it was absolutely without any sup
port and the time of the defendant,
the three witnesses and of the trial
judge, was thrown away. Yet one
often wonders why there is delays
in the courts and why some cases
lag on for days and weeks and
months.
A new gown for women is called
the pollymuriel and ia said to be so
instructed that it can be worn
with as muoh grace and telling ef
fects in the ball room as in the kitch
en and in faet will be suitable for
all occasions. However, ' Va don't
sea sueh great cause for a racket.
Tears ago we purchased a pair of
trousers that we've been wearing
constantly to most every sort of
event What we would like to see
wo aid be a gown that would last
a Ufa time and that would never go
out of stvle.
H. 0. Johnson of Oriental was a
asiasas visitor to the oity
day
Richmond, June 29 Mason Chil
dress, a house carpenter, of 180C
Caliborne street, was fined $20 in
Police Court today for beating and
cursing Dr. W. D. Simmons, of
2915 Frove avenue, who has an office
at 1614 Monument avenue.
The trouble, happened in front of
Childress' home Thursday afternoon
and was caused by the alleged failure
of Dr. Simmons to respond promptly
to a call for medical services.
It appears that Childress came
home about 5 o'clock that afternoon,
and. on learning that his wife would
soon become a mother, phoned for
Dr. Nuokols and, on being informed
that that physician was out, he
asked Dr. Simmons, his assistant, to
come.
Becoming impatient when this phy
sician failed to respond after due tune
had been allowed, Childress again
put in a call for him, and was told
that he had since left the office,
though Dr. Simmons admitted in
court today that he was present in
the office when the second call came
and that ho directed his colored man
to inform Childress that he was not
in.
When Dr. Simmons finally showed
up at the Childress home, in com
pany with Dr. Nuckols, Children had
become so incensed that lie met Ur
Simmons at the gate, and after curs
ing him roundly, according to wit
nesses. threatened him with a big
stick if he entered the premises. Dc
spite the threat, Dr. Simmons tried
to enter, and as he did so Childress
struck at his head with the stick, but
he was able to ward off the blow
with his forearm. Dr. Xuckols was
allowed to enter without molestation
According to Childress' statement
in court today, the child had been
born an hour and twenty minutes
when the doctors finally arrived. For
tunately, a trained nurse was present
Childross offered no excuse for
striking Dr. Simmons but i nsisted that
he did not curse him.
Justice Crutciifleld intimated that
but for the extenuating circumstances
the fine might have been heavier. The
fine was paid.
Children is slightly lame and is
obliged to use a cane when walking.
It was this instrument that he tried
to use upon the doctor.
New York, June 29--The Mari
time Association of the Port of New
York, numbering 800 representative.,
of domestic and foeign steamship
lines entering this port, is preparing
an appeal to President Wilson for a
special session of congress to repeal
the new seaman's law.
In resolutions adopted by the as
sociation it- is set forth that "en
forcement of this law will be most
disastrous in effect and its drastic
and impracticable provisions will de
feat the very purpose Tor which it
was said to be enacted." The situa
tion is so critical to shipping inter
ests, it is asserted, as to "warrant
and fully justify the president in
calling a special session of congress
for the repeal of this law before its
ruinous provisions shall become ef
fective." Unless the law is repeated, the as
soation assorts long established lines
will of necessity be withdrawn and
other lines heavily handicapped. Cop
ies of the resolutions were sent
to every commercial organization
along the Atlantic seaboard.
BULLETIN FOR
FARM SCHOOL
Attractive Booklet Issued
By Growing Institution
The B. J. Land -Printing Company
lavo just taken from its presses a
handsome booklet which was gotten
out by the Craven county Farm Life
school and which is a complete pro
spectus of that enterprising school.
The book was compiled by Prof.
J. E. Turlington, the efficient super
intendent of the school and much
important information relative to
every phase of the school work,, is
contained within its covers.
These booklets will be mailed out
to prospective students and to others
who are interested. Those who are
desirous of receiving a copy may have
their wish gratified by dropping Prof.
Turlington a postal giving their
name and address.
New York, June 28. Counsel for
the State does not know officially the
attitude of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to
ward testifying in Harry K. Thaw's
sanity trial, according to announce-
in wnt at today's court session. De
puty Attorney General Cook said a
subpoena server was on his way to
Chateaugay Lake, Near Malone, K
H., to And her.
Justice Hendrick today warned the
newspaper men that "the trial of this
case in the newspapers has got to
stop." He threatened with punish
ment for contempt of court any edi
tor who published stories forecasting
evidence yet to be presented.
Thaw's counsel lost a point at the
outset today when Justice Hendrick
decided in favor of the State an argu
ment as to whether the report of the
Federal commission, headed by Gen
eral Streeter, on Thaw's sanity, should
be added in evidence. Upon this re
port Thaw was admitted to bail in
New Hampshire.
The State contended that Federal
ludge Aldrich, in appointing the com
mission had instructed the members to
determine only whether Thaw would
he a dangerous person to the commun
ity if admitted to bail. The State ar-
'ucd that the broad question of
Thaw's sanity was not involved in the
finding of the commission. The re
port was excluded and General Street
er was then called to the stand.
General Streeter described the com
mission's examination of Thaw who
he asked, he said, to tell of his es
cape from Matteawan but was re
luctant at first to do so. 'lhaw
then drew a rough sketch of Mattea
wan a id went into the details of the
matter, describing life at Mattea
wan and telling of the various ex
aminations that had been made of
him to determine his sanity. He
also had related in detail the shoot
ing of Stanford White and the circum
stances that led up to it.
Thaw said that immediately upon
firing the pistol he realized he had
done wrong," General Streeter tes
tified, refreshing his memory fre
quently from the report that had been
excluded.
Loudon, June 28 The British
coasti ng steamer Luciaa has been tor
pedoed and sunk by a German sub
marine off Ballyeotton. The craw
were landed at Queens town. The ship
was bound for Liverpool for Queons
town with a cargo of coal. The sub
marine gave the crew Ave minutes'
warning.
The British steamer Indram, of 3,
100 tons, has been torpedoed and sunk
in St. George's channel. The crew
was landed.
The Daily Mail today suggested ed
itorially that England attempt to se
cure the servioe of Orville Wright,
the American areoplane inventor, to
direct a great air fleet that England
is now mobilizing.
A German fort wireless station
near Burkoba, on the western shore of
Lake Victoria Nyanza, German East
Africa, has been destroyed by a Brit
ish expedition.
The race rasa ia the now famous
Million Dollar Mystery Cape Look
out Land Condemnation . proceed
ings" held a meeting in this eity yes
terday at which time the testimony
of several of the owners of the pro
pert. was taken. This was ia re
gard to the probable value of the
property which, altogether, is said
to be worth in the neighborhood
of a million dollar.
Today the referees will go to More
head City and win there conclude
their work. The Government has.
condemned this land for use in the
development of Cape Lookout and
the work which they are doing there
in the construction of a Harbor of
Refuge.
PRESIDENT WILSON
WATCHING HUERTA
Windsor, Vt., June 2d The Presi
dent today kept in closest touch with
the Huerta and international situa
tions. He gave up his morni ng golf
aad stayed in the house to keep in
immediate touch with developments
during the absence of Secretary Lan
sing from Washington. The Presi
dent today beM eved receipt of the
German note imminent.
The license tax for 1916 on the
dogs in the oity of New Bern is due
on July 1st and must be paid by that
data. City Tax Collector J. J. Tol-
on has sent out notion to the ow-
MM of all canine and he is urging
yeeter. than to avoid any trouble by call
ing to an mm at wat
PETERSBURG SHUTS
UP M RED LIGHT
Segregated District of That
City Is Closed Tight
as a Clam
Petersburg, Va., June 29 Chief
of Police Reuben F. Ragland issued
orders last evening closing up the
entire segregated district of Peters
burg and a largo number of the
residents of the district responded
quietly by closing up their houses
and making preparations to leave the
city. Several of the houses had
closed voluntarily before and on
account of the fact that it had been
made known that all the houses
would be closed on the evening of
June 30th.
Little troul lo s antic pated as all
Petersburg officers are known to be in
sympathy with the closing move
ment and will enforce the law.
The fact that Chief Ragland has
favored the closing of this district
has had a great deal to do with
opposition to him as chief of police.
A majority of the members of the
police force, regardless of personal
opinion, expressed the view that the
law can and will be enforced, and
with Chief Ragland holding the office
that he does, with the able assistance
that he has, there is little question
as to the enforcement of the law.
RALEIGH WANTS THB NEXT
TOURNAMENT
THE WAR IN BRIEF
The tide of battle again is
flowing; with the Teutonic al-
lies In Gallcla. German and
Austrian claims of victory are
substantial by Russian ad-
missions of r tirment south
of Lemburtf. Simultaneously
comes the news of a Russian
war council at the front, pre-
aided over by the emperor.
' In Petrograd the recent re-
tirement of the war minister
Is to be followed by other mtn-
Isterlal changes, according to
current reports.
Following recent lntlmat-
ions that the Germans were
resuming activity with the
possible Intention of another
attempt on Warsaw from near
the east Prussian border
come reports of a strong of-
fensive movement by the Teu
' tonic forces In the southern
part of Russian Poland. The
latest Russian official report
mentions this, but declares
that up to Nut urday the new
offensive met with SM success.
It s likewise said that German
attacks In the Shavll and
Narew river regions and ac ross
the Nlemen have been re-
pulsed.
Italy reports an unsucceas-
ful attemp to take the
height of .ctllcnfofel.
German submarine activity
baa born fruit again In the
sinking of the nrltlsh steam-
er Insb-anl In St. George's
channel.
British avlatora have flown
over Smyrna, dropping bombs
and causing more than seven-
ly casualties In the Turkish
garrison there, according to
a report from Mytilen.
An interesting statement
(From News and Observer)
The Raleigh firemen want to se
mi re the 1010 State Firemen's tour
nament for this city and Chief Farmer
is making a strong effort to get the
necessary backing to secure it. It
will take about 12,000 and he believes , In view of recent manors la the
that this can be easily secured in view reported declaration of the
of groat benefit that the meeting Serbian minister to Italy that
would be to the city. The eity com- Serbia will decline to make a
mission are also said to be anxious reparation peace. .
to have the Ore laddies of the State,
here next year and wil cooperate.!
It baa been 13 years since Raleigh han 1
.ho pleasure nf entertaining the fir J- 8. Claypoole spent yesterday at
ghtersof the State. Kinston attending to MMlnMa mat- day and demanded his passports.
LECTURE OF NOTE
HEARD LAST NIGHT
Dr. Charles G. Hounshell
Speaks to the Young
People
CLOCK OF MYSTERY
AT FJm CLARK'S
Has No "Works" Yet It
Keeps Perfect
Time
AUTOS MAKING
TOO MUCH NOISE
Are Overdoing the Recently
Enacted Ordinance
Restraining It
"A long loud waiL resembling in
note and cadence the dying wail of
a banshee washeard over Mars this
morning and the populace was in
terror. Quickly a message was helio
graphed to the observatory on the
peak of Mount Lookout inquiring
as to the strange sounds and why and
from whence they came. After mak
ing careful inquiry the observatory
reported that the strange disturber
of the peace was the vanguard host
of the advancing column of the thotis
ands of toots that were on the way
up from New Bern, N. C, U. 8. A.,
where a new ordinance requires that
every auto owner sound a warning
before turning' or crossing a street
corner Mars Daily Intelligencer."
Dr. Charles O. Hounshell, travel
ing secretary of the Students Volun
teer Movement of America and who
is well known in missionary move
ments all over the world, made a
most inspiring address at Centenary
Methodist church last evening before
a large number of the young people
of the city.
In his address Dr. Hounshell dis
cussed different phaaes of missionary
work. He told of the splendid work
that is being accomplished all over
the world by this organization and
told of its marked influence, for the
betterment of mankind. Last night
he explained what the student Vol
unteer movement is and what has
been accomplished through it.
Dr. Hounshell spent several years
, - il 1hfn.UAJ.n.
as a missionary oi m fliui
church in Korea. For the last five
years he has been connected with the
Student Volunteer Movement. He
feels that the time is ripe for the evan
gelizing of the world in the present
generation because the nations of
the East are now in a plastic state.
Within ten years he thinks tendencies
will become established either to
wards Christianity or towards pag
anism which will be hard to upset.
It is the business man the man of
the world, if you please that Dr.
Hounshell addresses in his message.
He engaged in no oratorical pyrotech
nics but speaks plainly and earnest
ly and bases his message on indis
putable faets. He was heard with
deep interest .'
Dr. Hounshell recently spent ten
days at a student conference at Blue
Ridge in the western part of the State.
He has spoken in several cities in the
State during the past week.
Dr. 'Hounshell explained that here
and there he found men who believe
that Christianity is a small thing on
the earth and that when he met them
he always wished that he might be
able to show them what it has accom
plished throughout the world.
I.uvwiiu v nun, wuu a
cigar and cool drink emporium in
the Klks Tcmnle bmldinir. has on
i k i rv in r ne w n i u n sqiarHnn
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.viiouie si reel a very unusual ciuu
The clock in Question has hands
ami a iace ana mat is aooui an mat
11 uoes nave. lutre vkrv uu wurfca
i . i- .,fr..: 1
in lroark iha correct time is mvnterv.
The affair is not run by electricity
water or any sort of artificial power
and the owners guarantee that there
is no clock movement in any part
of its construction. One hundred
dollars will be given to the person
son who can solve the mystery of
the mechanism..
The above might already have
appeared in the daily papers of Mars
or any other planet, for since the
passing of the new ordinance the au
toists have not failed to make the
welkin ring with their warnings.
There is, however, ordinarily not
a bit of sense in starting to sound
the horn half way the block and keep
this up until half of the next block
has been covered, but that is just
what some of the autoists are doing
and, according to a statement made
yesterday by Mayor Bangert, they
are making a nuisance out of the
thing. One vehicle in particular
which has a horn whose tones re
semble that of a tug boat and which
makes nightly trips around the streets
is a nuisance to everyone along the
streets which it travels and the May
or has told the police to have this
stopped.
Mayor Bangert declares that horns
should be sounded from thirty to
fifty foet from a corner and that this
should beenough without cutting loose
a lot of superflurious noise and trying
to imitate a steam oallilope.
CHINA AND JAPAN
GIVEN A WARNING
'Open uoor .policy Must
Be Observed Says
the U. S. A. -
Peking, June 28. Warning that
the Uuited States would not recog-
nize any agreement between China
and Japan which impared American
rights in China or endangered the
'open door" policy was conveyed
to the governments of both China
and Japan in an identical note from
Washington, which was delivered
about May 15.
The notes were handed to the for-
ainn iflinna nf Imf li i ill n t rii ft. weelf
after China had acceded to the de
mands contained upon conoess:ons
from the former nation.
The United States note was in sub
stance as follows:
In fvL' nt tlio tiAornl in.tionq which
iimv am nnnnmor between the cov-
u . ... . ......i. .......... - n .
eminent "of China and the govern
ment of Japan and of the agreements
which have been reached as a result
thereof, the government of the Unit
ed States has the honor to notify the
government df the Chinese republic
that it cannot recognize any agree
ment or undertaking which has been
entered, into or which may be entered
into between the governments or
China and Japan imparing the treaty
rights of the United States and
its citizens in China, the policical or
territorial integrity of the republic
of China, or the international policy
relative to China commonly known
as the open door policy. An identi
cal note has been transmitted to 'the
Japanese government.
ITALIAN TAUBES
AFTER AUSTRIANS
Rome, June 28 Italian aeroplane
have bombarded the Austrian forti
fied seaport of Attro, aoeording to
Scutari advice. It Is reported that
the bombs seriously damaged fortifi
cations and docks. The Turkish am
bassador to Italy, M embed Navy Day,
visited th foreign office late Nadir-
REINFORCEMENTS GO
TOWARD ALSACE
Paris, June 28. The Germans,
alarmed at the progress of the French
advance around Colmar, have sent
reinforcements into Alsace. Several
sU-ong attacks against French posi
tions at Metzeral have been repulsed
by shrapnel fire. German attacks
ahainst French positions at Metcera.
gave been repulsed by shrapnel firle
reG man attacks near Calonne along
the Meuso heights have been repuls
ed.
GERMANS ASSESS
CITIES OF FRANCE
GERMANS
Berlin. June 28. Assessments of
$33,000 each have been levied against
the French towns of Routaix and Va
lencennes by the Germans in retalia
tion for the destruction by French
aeroplanes of the German consulates
in the open Turkish towns of Haiff
and Alexandott.
Retired Admiral Kslau Von Hofe,
writing in the Vossischo Zeound, to
day declared he believed six-inch
guns were mounted on the Lusitania,
but concealed from American customs
imtpeetort. The newspaper had
drawing of the Lusitania showing tha
poi tions of the guns.
S. B. ftledaoc. City Rditot of
the New Bern Journal, U oonfin
to his borne on New street sufferi
with an abase in his throat. 1
Edward Clark has for the past
few days been busily engaged in
compiling for the Chamber of Com
merce a list of the tobacco growers
in Craven county and of the amount
of the acreage they arc this season
devoting to the growth of the weed.
Mr. Clark has about concluded hit
work and when this is done will
turn his reports over to the Chamber
of Commerce to be used by that
body aa it sees fit.
FAVORABLE REPLY
FROM GERMANY
Washington, June 28. Secretary
Lansing today received a report from
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin regard
ing the German reply to the American
note. He stated that Gerard said the
"reply will he along favorable lines."
The Bute Department refused to
discuss a Peking report that the Unit
ed States bad sent identical notes to
Tokioand Peking warning that Amer
ica will accept no Japanaae-Chinese
agreement violating thdopon door pol
icy. Mote Soon
Berlin, June 28. The Germans re
ply to the second American note re
garding the Lusitania will be handed
Ambassador Gerard on July 6tk or
6th. On account of the Fonrth-of-
July celebration in the United States,
the foreign effiea deems it advisable
not to send the answer until after the
8th. The tentative draft has not yet
bora approved.
Admiral Von Tirpita intimates that
the reply will take a form "to which
no one in America can make objee
toa," a high official today said.