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I ll t' ... Th. Western Sentinel la jrabllshtd every Tuesday and Friday morning, at The best and cheapest way to reaci 1 Eight Thousand Familiea in jtha adj cent rural sections is to place an adyjj tisement in The .Western SentineU r j dollar tne year ujo boom pnetj u . ninAM. . SIXTY FIRST YEAR WINSTON-SALEM, NORTff CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 16 1916 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, ONE DOLLAR A YtAR arty Leaders Stir Big Convention With Notable Addresses emocratic Body In Session at St. Louis hows Much Enthusiasm Harmony Is KeynoteWill Adopt Platform Friday tt Touia, June 15. The address of Senator Ollle James, permanent chair- of the national uomuviaui, .u.ouu, icaiuieu vuuuy s session. The nomination of Wilson and Marshall will be made late toniaht. The ..nations are expected to be unanimous and a roll-call of the states will r rrha iinnvanrmn miiniii nr k niiir inn nht . i. - i (he necessary- .,....... wvwlr wiugm iui mq nami ng speeches, and as soon as the speech-making Is over the candidates lArteMr. James concluded there was an Insistent demand for a speech kVilliamJ. . . ... . Addresses by several oilier pruuuuoui. memuers 01 me party were also MrBryan got his usual reception when he took his seat in the press . .... .nnunn(tnn nwnMl. A finlnlut In tha YianAaianA can "irni.A Id beiOre 111 t5 tUUiomwu -- "u.iuljhiuj oang MttKO I .. .... .M.rnnDDO enniT na Mr RrVOn nraa talrlntr lila ' ., . America, me pi .- -o j --""'"b " ocou The plan to adopt the platform after nomination, as was done in Baltl e four years ago, was counted on to fulfil the promise to the city of St. I, for a four days envention. t was exactly 11:46 when Temporary Chairman Glynn called the con ion to order, the delegates bubbling over with enthusiasm from the speech testerday. ARTILLERY DUEL IS IN PROGRESS Intense Activity on Both Banks of Meuse Russians Con tinue to Advance. T ..,a june is Still fired with I OPENING OF THE CONVEN Enthusiasm stirred up yesterday by keynote speech of Mr. Glynn, of i vnrk. delegates to the Democrat- lational convention crowded the bum today to hear more of the rtnrtrina expounded. hile the sub-comimittee of the res- nns committee was busy prepar- Lhe platform the program called i,o normment organization of the iention, another keynote speech h, normnnnnt chairman and tne lery of addresses by leaders of the nreDared to stir Lin7o with mnm enthusiasm than Irday. Nearly every delegate was tied with an American Uag ana carried noise-producing imple- e commiuee ou ruico uuo Lslness recommended no serious tes in the rules of order or lorm- Itional conventions. The rules of Habu nf Renresentatlves are to Bopted and no change in the rule nrovides that a candidate musi he two-thlrd of the total num- t votei in the convention to win a nation. I change Is expected In the pro l to nominate Wilson on Friday ne rtpWatpa favor tha nomina- fof a candidate tonight, but the brm committee will not report un- norrow morning. ler th reuort of the rules com- e is adopted the convention is ex- Id to hear addresses by party or- I Including William J. Bryan, wno ending the convention as a news- man. Mr. Bryan, it is known, I rpsnonrt to an invitation to make tech in support ot the president ail that the president stands ior. Nebras kan Is reported as saying tiicht he had nothine to offer ex- khat which the nresident wanted. I plank will be mine," he said. "I It to go before the people in bis If." kh the day's programi carried out invention will adiourn until 10 Ik tomorrow morning. With the lion of the platform more oratory pked for on Friday, ana then a will bn declared until Friday , when the presidential nomina- I will be mode. Iven o'clock, the hour for the con- bn to hH In order, nassed with lolisfiiim nnlw nartlv filled. Very Iele;ates were in their seats and pders on the platform. The band lamed the small crowd while ties committee had a meeting to ver the nrnnnnnl tn nroceed the nominations tonight instead Imorrow niKht. as had been ar- Id. band played the anti-hyphen "Don't Bite the Hand That's Ing You." and a male quartet the chorus. i crowd liked It and cheered. EI1SMPLAI Jrong One Is to Be Incorpo- ated in the Democratic Platform. TION WEDNESDAY AT NOON St. Louis, June 14. With the keynote of "Americanism and peace, preparedness and pros perity," the Democratic national convention began its first session shortly after noon today with not a single element in sight to dis turb the renomlnation of Wilson and Marshall. When National Chairman Mc Comhs called the convention to order 12,000 delegates, alternates and spectators packed the big Coliseum. Members of the nat ional committee, members of the president's cabinet and party leaders sat on the platform. Plas ter medallions of Washington, Jackson, JefferBon and Cleve land looked down upon the specta tors from the decorations. The only picture of President Wilson hung in front ot the speaker's desk, inscribed "America First." Vice presidential booms, wilted by President Wilson's direct word that he .desired- the re nomination of Vice President Mar shall, were brought to the con-, vention hall but only as favorite sons compliments. When Chairman McCombs had called the convention to order the next business was the reading of the call by Secretary Kraemer. Former Governor Glynn, of New York, was next with the keynote speech. All prospects of a fight in the convention had gone glimmering over night with William J. Bry an's announcement that he would not press certain planks before the resolutions committee and that he would make campaign speeches for the Democratic nomi nee. "We have entered the hall as Democrats; let us leave as Ameri can citizens," said Mr. Glynn. "It is the business of this conven tion, speaking from every racial strain in America, to send forth a message to all the world that will leave no room for doubt." At 11:20 o'clock there were not mr.ro than 20 rieleeates on the floor of the national Democratic convention. only a few officials on tne piauorui and the galleries were filling Blowly. There was little excitement anu uauua from down-town furnished the only amusement. Carpenters were betting a tatto in finishing touches on the hall as the delegates filed in. The delegates and alternates had seats on the main floor arranged like an oblong wedge, with the broad side toward the platform. Their seats were jammed together, arrangements being much more congested than at either Chicago convention. The only picture of Wilson was hung on the speaker's stand. It was . u -onrmiiirHnn of a photograph on a shield with a background of the flag and inscribed, "America moi. The Coliseum filled rapidly just be fore noon, some delay in opening the doors to spectators preventing an earlier influx. Bands accompanied the delegations but were not allowed to march into the hall. There was it the excitement or cheering preceding the opening of the convention. Motion picture machines and cam eras were at every vantage point . Be cause of the heat under a skylight many delegates removeu Intense artillery activity Is re ' ported on both banks of the river Mouse on the Verdun front. The Germans 'are directing a heavy fire on Fort Souville, northeast of the fortress, whose guns so far have lent powerful aid In balking the efforts to push the French back to their inner lines of defense. West of the river Chattancourt, south of Cuimeres, where 'the Germans have already driven a wedge into the French lines, is a special point of attack. No infan try action has occurred on either bank. In their offensive on the eastern front the Russians are making steady headway, although sume distance from Lemborg, their im mediate objective. Last reports placed them, just across the bor der, 50 miles north of the city. Kovel, the railway junction where the link between the Ger man and Austrian forces is formed, has been more closely ap-. proached by the Russian army. In Bukowena Czernowltz apparently is cut off from all directions. CHAIRMAN JAMES ON THE RECORD OF DEMOCRAC Y Kentucky Senator Tells of Ex cellent Achievements of the Administration. MORE REGULAR TROOPS ARE HURRIED TO MEXICAN BORDER. Washington, June 13. Coincident with continuing reports from consuls all over northern Mexico telling of the rapid spread of anti-American feeling, the war department yesterday ordered 1,500 additional regular troops to the border. Last night administration of ficials made no attempt to disguise their uneasiness and it was officially admitted that there is growing alarm over what the agitation may produce and the possibility of an attack on General Pershing's expedition. No case of attack on the persons of American residents in Mexico has been reported, although there have been one or two attacks on vacant consulates and other American property. Part of the Increasing apprehension here is due to the renewed raids In the Laredo region. Several reports dealing with the situation hare been received. Officials declined to reveal details; but seemed inclined to believe a seriouB purpose was behind the ban dit raid on the Coleman ranch. Three raiders were killed and three cap tured, one report said, adding that they attempted to burn a railroad bridge near Laredo but failed. The new force sent to Join General Punston's border patrol, Secretary Baker said, was to fill in gaps in the guard such as at Laredo. It will com- oosed of 10 companies of coast artil lery and a battalion of engineers. The artillerymen will be withdrawn from fortifications between Portland, Maine, and Sandy Hook, and the engineers go from barracks in this city. The secre tary said there was no present inten tion of calling out additional national guard regiments for border duty.' St. Louis, June 15. The achieve ments of the Wilson administration in enacting beneficial legislation and In keeping the country at peace wunout sacrmce of the na tional honor were pronounced epoch-making In American history by senator Ullle M. James, of Kentucky in his address today as permanent chairman of the Democratic National Convention. 'During three years of Us national control," said Senator James, "Democ racy has enacted into law more pro gressive remedial legislation that the nation has ever had written upon its statute books since its birth. In for mer national contests -in the last two decades our party caime as a prophet. Today we come with deeds; not words; with performances, not pra ise. The Democratic party has kept its word with the American people. We nave made good. Legislative Record. " The chairman reviewed at length the legislative record of the adminis tration and eulogized the President for his direction of foreign affairs. The Democrats, he paid, had enacted tariff law under which monopolies were curbed and unexampled prosper ity attained; a banking law taking the money control out of the hands of an oligarchy and making panics no longer possible; and many reform measures of lesser importance. Wilson's Mexican Policy. He declared that President Wilson's Mexican policy and. his course in pro tecting American rights against the encroachments of European belliger ents had shown all the 'world that the President "neither bullies the weak nor -fears the strong." In a concluding appeal tor the tri umph of patriotism above politics, Senator James said the renomlnation of such a president in partisan conven tion ought not to be necessary, and that to discredit him might palsy the hand that could write the peace treaty of the world, in'r. . Again Lobbying. At the' outset the . Senator referred briefly to President Wilson's cam paign against lobbying and pointed out that under this administration the constitution had been amended for the first time since the Civil War when "we freed -the Senate from the control of the great interests by making it elective, by the people at the polls.'' He then eulogized the Underwood-Simmons tariff as one of which the party was Justly proud. Underwood-: SWimona Tariff BUI. "Not a schedule in it fosters a mon opoly," he said. 'Our Republican friends told us it would close facto ries, fill the streets With Idle men, pro duce a panic, create soup houses and distress would reign everywhere; but we rejoice today to point to an unex ampled prosperity In the nation with labor more generally employed, at hlg er rates, shorter hours, and better con. ditions than eve before. Our Republi can friends tell us that after the war . Continued on page Seven, ) Ui.... pnmtrion. June 15 Out nf the u""J ""., . lor the mB.0 ,htnD. th. and U prounncu i - . -..w . HOI1KB tnrlou f. COUB uiv.""- . , ,. or specal interest to the presi- a,"7" d cheers and applause. lwthe !;ecePUon of nis Pro: a few thSmps of his gavel quickly Plank condemning citizens of A few wumpi o 7 i' ?f"U"L"UTltsr. 10 "The- convention will be in order " I f America w o f President yesterday sent to "tte entire crowd with flags hr !L!..W. 2? tosnsmgbyto JheXthn, It followed - ...... iiiaumui luciuua uir . 5(BP SOangieu UHUllci . The Rev. James W. Lee, of St. Louis, offered the prayer. r--ai challenge to so-called "hy- a eOVPmmnnt - U Its 1nn11rt(y I . -"ini.Uk lit HO UCBUUg Treln natinno 14 a stoma Aiit Fly for t atwLuue iu ma at "Mhlngton yesterday when r-- uireign oorn citizens witn tL ,. levr Political black mail -"piisn their purpose. - President's wish is to pledge 'jnorratic party against any Propagandists and virtually r me Republican nominee DAVIDSON COUNTY FAIR BA TO BE HELD OCT. 13-14. The directors of the Davidson coun ty fafr as option have fixed October 13 and 14 as the dates for holding Davidson's first county fair. A pre lum list is being Prepared and an active campaign in behalf of the fair will be conducted throughout the 7ouni Aeroplane flights will be held on both days. TWO SOLDIERS KILLED BY MEXICAN BANDITS Laredo, Texas, June 15. One hundred Mexican bandits crossing the Rio Grande river 40 miles from here early today attacked the American border patrol near San Ignacio, killing two and wounding five, according to reports sent to Fort Mcintosh here over the field telephone. The Mexicans expected to find an insignificant detachment of Americans while instead they were met by two troops of the 14th cavalry, 140 strong. The Americans were only partly surprised. The Mexicans succeeded in making their way to the rear of the camp. The first shot was fired at a sen try. The names of the dead soldiers were not reported to Fort Mcintosh for he reason that after the attack the two troops started at once in pursuit of the Mexicans. It was taken for granted here that the troops would pursue the bandits and that it would not be surprising if the Americans should fol low the hot trail across the river. It was Impossible to learn anything of the Identity of the Mexicans other than they were merely bandits. Those killed and wounded were dressed in peon garb but exceptionally well armed. Other troops of cavalry have been ordered in readiness to proceed to the camp. i Word reached here later that one of the wounded American soldiers shot through the head had died. The latent information says that eight of the Mexicans were killed and 42 horses captured in the pursuit. Col. Brown has requested county officials to warn all Mexicans near here to get away from the river. FIRST REPORT OF T HE MEXICAN ATTACK. Laredo, Texas, June 15. Two American soldiers have been killed and seven wounded in a fight with bandits, forty miles down the river San Ignacio, according to reports here today. REPORT RECEIVED BY GEN. FUNSTON. San Antonio, Texas, June 15. Reports received by Gen. Funston state that two American soldiers were killed this morning In a fight with bandits forty miles from Laredo. Six Mexicans were killed in the fight, which began at 2 o'clock. It is believed several Mexicans were wounded but carried away by companions. The American wounded numbered seven. FIGHT TAKES PLACE ON AMERICAN SIDE. Teredo. June 15. The fight took place on the American side. The ban dits numbering over 100 are said to have lost six killed and several wounded. AFTER HALF HOUR THE MEXICANS RETREAT. San Antonio, Texas, June 15. Mexicans numbering about 100 attacked troops I and M at 2 a. m. today. The sharp attack was met with a spirited defense and at the end of a half hour the Mexicans were in retreat but not until they had killed two troopers and wounded Beven. From the brush around the camp there were found early today the bodies of six Mexicans. Seven dead horses also were found. The water-soaked clothing of the dead Mexicans was reported as Indicat ing thev had crossed the river from Mexico. , At the time the official report ' made by Major Gray he had not ascertained the name of the Mexican leader nor any Information that showed from where they came or to just what organization they belonged. . Maior Gray, with two troops of cavalry, began the pursuit of the band and It U presumed that he has already followed the bandicsJato Mexico. ARBITRATION HAS BEEN SUGGESTED Railroad Managers Notify Train men They Cannot Meet Their Demands. New York, June 15.Tho railroad managers late today notined the heads of the four Railroad Brotherhoods of employees that they could not meet the demands for an eight-hour day ana ior time ana a naif for overtime They proposed arbitration as a solu Hon of the difficulty or submission of the dispute to the Interstate Com merce Commission. inis was the final answer Riven by the railroads to their employees and probably means that a strike vote ot the employees will be taken A. B. Garretson, head of the Con ductor's organization, announced that arbitration was not acceptable and that the proposition to submit the matter to the Interstate Commerce Commission was impracticable he- cause that body had no power to set tie the dispute. 3TATE BRITISH NAVY HAS SUFFERED HEAVILY IN WAR Berlin, June 14. The losses of the 'British navyi during the war are placed by German newspapers at more than C00,CK)0 tons. Up to the time of the recent great battle In the North Sea, says the Overseas agency, the British lost eleven battleships. 16 armored cruisers and 11 other cruisers. To this must be added 30 torpedo boats, 20 gunboats, 20 submarines and other vessels with Bn aggregate tonnage of 460,000. These losses were increased as a result of the Skagerat battle to more than 130 units with a total tonnage exceeding 600,000 tons. GERMANS CONTINUE i VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT - Paris, June 15. Germans are continuing the violent bombard ment of the French positions on Souville, the key to the Inner 'defenses of Verdun. ; -No Infantry fighting occurred 'on either bank of the Meuse last night. On the ' Votges front some minor German at tempts to attack the French lines were made but failed completely. DAMAGE SUIT BEING HEARD IN COUNTY COURT In the county court this morning the case ot H. A. Tatem vs S. W. Apperson was given to the Jury about noon, the hearing requiring the great er part of the sessions on Wednesday and practically all of the morning session today. At the conclusion of the above case that of Naomi Sales vs Frank Lew- ellyn and the City of Winston-Salem was taKen up and neiore coun u journed for lunch the Jury was Irapan- nelled. In the latter case the plaint iff is asking damages of the Joint defendants for Injuries received while the development ot East Third street was in progress, the heavy fill made In grading creating a step-off between the street and the house occupied by the plaintiff. In attempting to enter the house the plaintiff alleges that Insufficient means of egress and in gress to the house which was ar rangement made by Contractor Lewellyn who was doing the wrir for the city, and that because of this alleges negligence and responsibility for Injuries, which was placed at II, 000. The city disclaims responsibility in the matter and further will at tempt to show that the contractor took all necessary precaution and is not liable for damages in the case. In the county court the Jury In the case of W. V. Hartman, receiver, Vs O. W. Kerner, et al, has returned a verdict against the defendants for the sum of $1,000, with interest from the date of maturity of the 'note which formed the basis upon which the com plaint was drawn, the date being July 2, 1914. The jury in the case of Clinton Pee pies, et al., vs. Clayton King, et a!., 1n their verdict reported that the acci dent upon which the claim for dam ages was based by the plantiff was caused by the negligence of the de fendant; that the plaintiff from the evidence was guilty of contributory negligence, and for that reason allowed the plaintiff to recover only $50 by their verdict. GLYNN ON THE CHIEF ISSUES OF CAMPAIGN DENOUNCE AniTUDEADDRESS RINGS t CLEAR ON VITAli v POINTS TAKEN UP, - ' ' . -.. ' Greeks Not Pleased With Policy of the Allies Toward Neutrals. Athens (via Ixmdo't), June 15. The attitude of the allies toward Greece was denounced at a numbor of meet ings held here today at which reso lutions were adopted expressing loy alty to King Constantlne and confi dence In the policy ot Premier Skoul oudls. The resolutions protested at and denounced "the conduct ot the allies toward neutral nations and especially toward the President of the United States of America." Praises the Wilson Administra tion and Predicts a Nota- ' ble Democratic Victory .." UPHOLDS PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICIES MARTINSVILLE MAYOR COMMITS SUICIDE Parties in the city today from Mar tinsville, Va., report a tragedy that occurred there shortly before noon Wednesday morning, when H. B. Hundley, mayor of the town, commit ted suicide In a room over his office. The rash act was not discovered until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Hundley's act is attributed to financial worry, it Is said. Only Tues day he was re-elected mayor of the town for another term. The deceased is survived by a widow and two daughters, Misses Ma mie and Mattie Hundley. He was a splendid gentleman and citizen and his unfortunate death has cast a shadow of gloom over the entire com munity, BOMB EXPLODES AND WRECKS A MAIL CAR Refers to History of the Nation, Showing What Former ' Presidents Did. t Butte, Mont., June 15. A bomb In a package in one ot the mail pouches being transferred from a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train to the Oregon Bhort Line here today expolded and wrecked the Oregon Short Line mall car. The package was addressed to the governor of Utah. MR. BRYAN STANDS FIRMLY BEHIND PRESIDENT WILSON St. Louis, Mo., June 15. Whle the resolutions committee was in ses sion, Samuel A. King, of Utah, rose and made the statement: "I called on William J. Bryan and asked If he would submit any planks. He replied: '"I have no planks to offer but one, and that is the President's. Deter mine what he wants and his plank will be mine, I expect to go before the people in his behalf on your report." MAY TWENTIETH PRAYER IS PRESENTED TO MR. WILSON. The session of the Second Presbyte rian church ot Charlotte has had a copy ot the prayer offered by their pastor, Rev. A. A. McGeachy, on the occasion of the Mecklenburg Celebra tion, framed in sliver as a souvenir for President Wilson. Dr. A. J. Crowell, on behalf of the Session, presented the prayer, which is very handsomely gotten up with the American flag and the coat of arms of North Carolina, to President Wilson, who expressed much pleasure at the unique remembrance. ORDER OF EASTERN STAR ELECTS GRAND OFFICERS Ashovllle, June 15. Officers for the Grand chapter of North Carolina, Or der of the Eastern Star, in session here, were elected as follows: Mrs. Nolan Knight, of Ashevllle, grand ma tron; Miss Maude Hoyle, of Char ottel, associate grand matron; J. Ed ward Allen, of Warrenton, grand pa tron; J. J. Phoenix, of Greensboro, associate grand patron; Mrs. Agnes Hamlin, grand conductress; Miss Clem Blackner, of Ashevllle, asso ciate grand conductress; Mrs. Emma Slier, of Slier City, grand treasurer; Mrs. Mary Wotherloy, of Franklin vllle, grand secretary. Sharp Rejoinder In The New Note to Carranza Washington, June 15. Unless some new development forces the situation the reply to General Carransa will not be sent until next week at the earl iest President Wilson and his ad visors are anxious to deal with the Carranza note In such fashion that tho action cannot be attributed to dome tic politics. As prepared by Secretary; Lansing It is understood the note declines to withdraw American troops from Mex ico until the de facto government has its willingness and ability to police the border properly. It also is said to make sharp rejoinder to suggest ions of the Mexican communication which officials regard as discourteous. Carranza questioned the good faith of the Washington administration and openly hinted that the president had his eyes on the American political conventions. Carranza's request for a new state ment of the intentions of the States toward Mexico will probable be compiled with. It is understood, however, thBt the declaration will-"be so framed that the de facto govern ment can have no doubt that tha Uni ted States regards such a request wholly unnecessary In view.- of "the previous utterances of President -Wilson, the acts of his administration an1 the behavior of the troops jow beyond the border. t ' . St. Louis, June .14. With the aster-. tlon that no president since the Civil War has had as crucial problems to solve, and no president has displayed a grasp more sure, a statesmanship more profound, than President Wilson, Hon. Martin H. Glynn, former gover nor ot New York, opened the demo cratic national convention here to-day. Declaring that 'Americanism and poace, preparedness and prosperity are the Issues upon which the Demo cratic party stands, and the heart ot democracy swells with pride that la more than a pride ot party, as it halls the man, who has asserted this Amer icanism, assured and produced this prosperity," he predicted the re-eleo-tlon ot President Wilson. , h , , Taking up our foreign relations that have been called into emphatic promi nence by the world-wide war the speaker declared that "We have en tered this hall at jDemooratsj we shall deliberate ai Americans." The policy ot neutrality, he argued. Is as truly American as the Ameri can flag. For two hundred years neu trality was a theory; America made it a fact, "It took Washington and his successors eighty years of endless ne gotiation to win recognition ot Ameri can neutrality. And this eighty years of struggle wove the doctrine of neu trality so closelyt into the warp anil woof of our national life that to tear It out now would unravel the very threads of our existence." By the records ot history Mr. Glynn main tained that if Washington and Lin-, coin were right, President Wilson Is right. The neutrality that' President Wilson stands for today was advo-t cated by Washington, by Hamilton, by Jefferson and by Lincoln. , By citing precedent Mr. Glynn jus tified and defended the course of the president In the Lusltania and slml- Continued on pae Seven. ) PRE8IDENT DOES NOT WANT PETTY POLITICS Washington, June' 14. Ef forts to Insert a plank In tha Democratic platform favoring a law to prohibit fedsral judge from leaving the bench to ac cept elective office will not be countenanced by the president. The president ha sent word to St Loul that he did not want petty politic played. f e ' BIO BLOCKADE PLANT IN WILKES DESTROYED A large steam distillery plan tj the largest of its kind found by the- offi cers In a long time, was destroyed in Wilkes county Monday yT)eputy Collector Alexander and pepf ty Sher iff Gilbert of Statesvill. Jhere was no one on the premise wen the of ficers arrived, but a -"ran" had just been completed and thrflre was still burning under tne yp gallon ooner. Five thousand gallons of beer, a lot ' ot mash, meal, etfe was destroyed along with the phL DIXI E' -BRINGS ROAR AppiausjT Interspersed . With "Rehfl Yell" at Democratic Convention. SU-ouls, June 14. The Texas del- egajfts tossed souvenir miniature bales ofotton Into the gtileries lust teforo tjfe convention opened today. ' At 11:45 the official nana oegan the Unltedopenlng concert end accompaniment to a male quartette which sang new song about America through mega phones. It brought the first applause of the day. Just before the convention was call ed to order the band played "Colum bia the Gem of the, Ocean" and 'the delegates rose and Joined in the cho rus. - - J -"Dixie" brought a roar interspersed with the "rebel yelL
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