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A Family Newspaper: I For the Promotion of the Political Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the People - " i ' ' ' - '-,'-.. VOLUME XXXTTI. TWICE-A-WEEK SCOTLAND NECK, NY C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1916. BEAD IT FD2ST IN THIS PAPER I ,. .NUMBER 63 f CORRESPONDENCE LETTER f RON THE STRTE CAPITAL Raleigh, N. C,. August 15. Promi nent Democrats in Raleigh recently from various counties of the State, in attendance on the meeting of the State Executive Committee and otherwise, were in optimistic frame of mind re specting the results of this campaign vear. But there is work to be done and they all expressed approval of Chair man Warren 's policy of "safety first," which can be best guaranteed by thorough party organization, beginning with the precinct activities, which he is urging on the local county chairmen and precinct committeemen. The State chairman regards the pro per polling of the precinct vote in every county as a corner-stone of success this year and he expressed the earnest hope that the local Democratic managers will be more prompt and thorough in undertaking and performing that work connection and are now in the west ern counties. The meeting held last Friday in this city Was attended by some of them. The work- of these agents and the money congress is appropriating will greatly help our home people who have raised thirty-odd thousand dollars inshe State so far. The means at hand, howe er, are not yet adequate to meet the situa tion. That Farm Loan Bank. " North Carolinians . who are actively working to secure one of the- twelve farm loan banks for this state have wisely reached the agreement to make the city of its location subordinate to the main idea the establishment of one of the new federal ; banks in BANKERS CALLED TO MEET - IN RALEIGH ON WEDNESDAY To Discuss Reserve Board's Recent Or- - der as to Check Clearing. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 13. North Car olina bankers are called to meet in Ra- leigh on Wednesday of this week f or. the special purpose of taking whatever steps are advisable looking to the per manent withdrawal of the recent order of the plan of the Federal- Reserve Board to change the check . clearing system by providing for postoffices to collect checks, thereby making serious inroads on the revenue of great nnm- DeTS or - tne smaller banks, most espe cially. ' . The call for the Wednesday confer- North Carolina for the benefit and con-' ence is issued by President W. S. Blak venience of North Carolinians, the ru- eney, Monroe, and Secretary W. A. ral element especially. Raleigh wants Hunt Henderson, and the indications the bank and there are other towns are that theroi will be a very large at- that would like to secure it. Once it tendance and unanimity in 'demand that is decided by the Farm Loan Bank there be a permanent eoneWation of the Board to locate a bank in North Car o- order that they insist would prove dis- lina, the matter of selecting the . city astrous for great numbers of the banks in the State and the Nation. 7 TOXAWAY tAKE IN NOVVTHING Of E PAST STICLOW IS SAVED AT LAST; (. CRIME IS OWNED BY ANOTHER ALL REMAINING UNITS ARE ORDERED TO THE BORDER ft.4- - -X Had Been Prepared for the Death Chair Three Times, Thrice -Reprieved New York, Aug. 11. Charles P. Sti clow, a subnormal German, three times m J ft A TOO rlir - r AlAAtvnonfinn rt 4- Q!n - Asheville. N.. C, Aug 13. The great c- , . , . ' . . ' .7. -J. a"1"" I Minor nn1 rsnrioriul f n- loot mnmmifo dan at Lake Toxoway 50 feet high j , . . ., , ' tnn : A . . ,AW If, . 6, was today found innocent through the and 400 feet in width M holding baek . . - , . . . ... , , tJT' confession of Irving. King: an ltiner- : ., 7 " laht junkman, to the murder of Charles m the ; Toxoway region,. 38 miles from phe, and Margaret Wolcottj Ma mis city, crumple nl went out with housek in 19i5. - Nelson Groom a roar at 7:10 tmight nd at 11 o'clock Sticow,8 . , conf ederate; , . wa8 senten tonight the waters .released were tenced to ufe imprisonment. racing , toward South-.5 Carolina- cities in their path, . including Walhalla, An derson, Pickenst and ;, J Seneca. Warn rgs of flood danger vere sent to all wouth Carolina points tyy the Associated Press at this city:-- t1- : " a j. L i... ju.... I to w-u-ug nioht: " Mfolmr : at.thrtiv will mov e m - j 1.. e 1 3 xi m xoioway, , H to set aside the sentences. earth and stone, sqefLea to melt bc- ROANOKE RAPIDS NOW can be adjusted later. . This week the North Carolina Con gressman and other Tar Heels in Wash ington for the purpose, except to get Secretary , Callie and his office force a hearing with this farm bank board. ot Rtfttn headduarters are getting tne t,b t.r. wmn this 'district is ireaehed. I "1 . . ' . v , . n 7 ' ..... . , -tincnusiasts or Haurax Town Bacs up preliminary wurn. vw. i." -"ii"i6" vjnairman iiorrus, ox lue u:iu& uuiuu, under way, and soon announcements of promises to hold a hearing in Raleigh dates for speeches over the State will dome tjme in November. be ' announced. Governor Bickett will jjew ar Heel 'Lieutenants. have a great erowd to welcome him at j number of young Tar Heels, grad AsheborO AugV?A9th, reports reaching uate8 and . students of -the A. & M., 1 Pdninnail YY rrPTI 1ft art- I 11 4- 11-:I. -1.a .nllsnan ' nere omw. vuu.m- uuiiogc au JMiwgu, auxx v" w"c6 w.Tnm, T.oa nll,n,l aressing buubcu, mou wnere miuwrj tocuca ioriu a part, ui 01 cuuo6 - o - . . cuwuxum, lD 1" threw up the sponge. In the first game speakers. He wants every local Demo- the test here for army appointments . .rfisen sfirifl s. Eoanoke Ranids A J. O-l mi f!iX 1 IJT 7 JT DT VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Their Club for Rest of The , j- 'Season.- ' Roanoke Rapid's succeeds Hopewell in the Virginia League and will finish the season ia' Class- C company, according to reports made public Saturday. The fore therush of wats, within a few Iq UARANTINES AGAINST minutes. The initial opening in tne dam was eaused, it is beliattftd, by .the seep ing of a ' natural spp&ig at the base, not larger than a railwajr coaeh. crat in every county who can talk well August 21. There are fifteen hundred and effectively to join the speaking vacancies in the grade of second-lieut force and take the stump without de- enant 0f tne xj. S. army at "present and lay. He sayB he has information that pay is something worth" while. Early the Republicans in all the eldse coun- promotion to" first-lieutenant is also ties are being well supplied with money possible and the salary that much bet and that the Republican National Com- ter The Adjutant General at. Wash- mittee is flooding the State with earn- ingtonf hag written to President Rid paign literature in which there is much dick of the and M., College stating misinformation and false statements. tnat graduates and.eertain students of The State chairman wants every Demo- that institution" are eligible, for ap- crat who can make a speech to take the pointment if they Btand the custo- stump and tell the voters the truth. jmary examination, State headquarters here is icrcuiat defeated Rocky Mount by the score of 4 to . 1, the game being played yester-: day.: Todays game was postponed on account of rain. . THREE MEMBERS OF COAST. " ARTILLERY LOSE LIVES William Ardrey, Leonard Swaim and Fred White Drowned t at Fort CaswelL Wiiminetpn. Aug. 13. Three mem hfirs o-P th p. North Carolina coast artil This opportunity is something dif-L . . , . fc it. ATm --.nl I o trirK lota I ... --t it., t . -I . i J ' A ng many , " y lerent anQ rawcj; to too , wnen v . Cfte near here. lost their lives while in bathing in" thesurf at 1 1 .1 3 n n nn n tA DtVAItfr- I -. . . m . 1 J A. I wnicn is regarucu u w " t comparei . to tne, opening ior eniist- ... . 3 : 1 f . , ; . : . ..... ttoaay cieariy- reiuvet jBjiuuucm - vwn6o,. . yuara or tne several states.- xjmisrang The fight to save Sticlow was one of the most dramatic in the history of Sing Sing. He was convicted on "forced confession" of Groom, - who was subjected to violent ' "third" de gree" torture for whole days and Mexico City, Aug. 12. The Mexican government tonight declared a quar tine at all Gulf ports against New . , I Hilt IMI IX 11 JIUX Jk'Wl VJ H.llllO U 11 V H The dam, which .was.toilUm 1902 at York because inf antile al COBL Ui OOiWUi vvao viuib a uuiuti a' mi- -J 3 i t-wjwv, x' Lciq e-mdfiTmp. Thft nrrifir was isauart hv where the hillsuwere iii more than 400 yards apart. Oyer this dam, the waters L q fte interior of Toxoway river xlow aown a narrow and. densely wooded orge, for a ' dis tance of sixteen milcslof comparatively uninhabited country, (fef Ore it empties into the Chuga riyerand strikes the General Carranza hrough the minis BULLET PROTECTOR' ' IS NOT HELPFUL BUT HARMFUL ' "Vieima, July 30. The , Austrian au- first town , in its ptfc in' South Caro- thorities have been faking an appar ,. . ." ; - - ently ineffectual fight against an al- TUom lioua Vwati nii -iniiisiiii I rams m 1 lake section for several days, butt it sold bu which it is claimed is danger is thought that the ftm' was weakened rather than helpful an anyway v. 0 1 fT"l. U -nln.in. ' 1 .a ntf hinf. Kilt n bv hte heavy rains whieh flooded Wes-V ...... , ,, ,. J isa '. . curved piece of metal that is hung tern North Carolina Wurmg the week ; ; . . ., . . of July 16. This isithe third and larg- tt" . ' .. i. , , . ' i. ,.vv - which its producers claim, will stop or est of the lakes m the mountains of ... . f The New Movement Will Bring the To tal of National Guard Troops Along the Mexican Frontier Up to 125,000. ' Washington, August 12. All of the National Guard units included in Presi dent Wilson's call on June 18, not yet on the Mexican border, were ordered there today by the War Department. Between 20,000 and 25,000 additional troops will thus be added to the border force. National Guard troops there will number approximately 125,000 and the total of all troops on the border or in Mexico will be-175,000. . ' Secretary Baker 'made a formal an nouncement that the troop movement had nothing whatever to do with the Mexican situation and was solely to re lieve ''thousands of troops now held in mobilization camps only because they lack af ew recruits to bring units up to fixed, maximum strength. Today's. order sends the troops from Kentucky, Ohio and Vermont to ', the border as soon, as transportation can be arranged for ; them, and will move all the others as soon a's they are properly equipped. War Department officials de cided on their action because the troops are restive in camp, and there seems to be no stimulus to recruiting while there was no prospect of movement to the border. They now expect most of the regiments , will be ' filled before . the troops leave. BIDS FOR MATER IAL CONSIDERED BY COMMISSION , The commission appointed by the Board of Trade and the Town Commis sioners some months ago, met this af- ternoon pursuant to previous adjourn ment and examined the scaled bids sub mitted for material for the waterworks and sewer system. About 25 bids were before the commission. Up to the hour of going to press only the pipes, cast iron and galvanizeed, the lead, cement, jute and steel propo sitions were considered and these were awarded as follows: . Lynchburg Foundry Co., Lynchburg, Ya., cast iron pipe at $30.80 per ton, delivered for 6 inch and 8 inch pipe; $33.80 for 4 inch pipe, delivered. .Cast iron fittings $60.00 per ton -. J. D, Weestbrook, Norfolk, Va., gal vanized pipe $12.29 per ,100 feet; gal vanized fittings $9.48 per 100 lbs; lead $6.68 per 100 lbs; jute $8.75 per 100 lbs; steel $3.16 base. Bids for two cars of cement were awarded to local hardware concerns: Posey Hardware Co., and Hardy Hard ware Co., one car each. lessen the force of a bullet fired at long range. In practice; the authorities claimj it is merely a menace because a bullet at short range as most of them are will not only pierce .it easily but GREAT QUANTITY OF BEER SEIZED NEAR CHARLESTON. Western, North Carolina which have gone out since the 'Jily. storms. : Tho Toxoway country is known as the ' ' beautiful Sapphire section " in tourist cireles. The lake and the hotel named in 1902 - by a partjr-f Pittsburg capi talists. The eompamjj originally owned 9 -inn n. n& lrnji ' 1 yn Tnrnw9T u'xv" T tnZ . - recently on -the charge of endanger- country, the puwha being made with . g - view, of miniag-Swwations. , A few - . - - - , ...,. U.ftim nut it .Tia Tvrncpsn flnrl nftn our- after the section, were built . . , a Someialf a dozen dalers in the "pro tector" were hailed before the courts EXPLOSION AND FIRES SAID . TO HAVE BEEN INCENDIARY "Democratic mismanagement.' Every in the State Guard has practically , - , H!m y,a m,aTi, nm. voter stoma reaa .. it. yneenui auu ceased in this community, as tne pros cheering newB comes from different peets 0f a fight with " Greasers " .have quarters of the State to headquarters Uout vanished, and the boys herea- daily and is Very grateful to all, but Uts a not aspire to border patrol or chairman Warren is not banking on Fprt BUs8 camp duty. The recruiting belifeved to have died of heart failure, forecasts, but pins his faith chiefly to officerg sent here from Camp Glenn re- The bodieaof Ardrey and Swaim were gooa worK ana plenty oi n State headquarters here are circulat plants were m the, path of tne waters panyjT. Fred " White," of ' the Salisbury company. , It is stated positively that Swaim and White WQre drowned. Ardrey is the metal shields w54 stop' bullets fired at a thousand yards or more. They es- port practically , nothing doing. LLEWXAM. speaking tour of the State next Mon day. The following dates have been pjjcH CRUISER SAILS fixed for Mr. Morrison to date, utner announcements will follow. At Rock- AFTER A BRIEF VISIT. recovered within a few minutes and vigorous but futile effosts were made by the camp physicians and the Oak Island life saving crew to resuscitate them. ' White's body was washed away by ingham, Aug. 21; Laurinburg, 22; Mon- Unusnally frequent Soundings Takentthe strong: outgoing tide and has not roe, 24; Raeford, 25; Sanford, 26 Lum bArtnn. 29: Favettevilie. 30: Saint -- 7 j - v r , ' ' Pauls, 31. ' , Hughes' Speeches on Low Plane. Candidate Hughes is severely criti In, the Harbor Caused Comment been recovered. It is said that. Ardrey Among Marine Men. and Swaim lost their lives in efforts to Pensaeola, Fla., Aug. 13. The French rescue White, who cried for help when cruiser, Admiral Aube, which unexpee-1 he found himself being carried out by tedly entered this port yesterday, left the tide, AUSTRIANS LOST 50,000 MEN - IN FALL OF GORITZ cised for the "misstatements" made in today without the real mission of her his speeches in the West the last lew v-sit becoming definitely known. Cap- BRRELS OF LIQUOR AND days, concerning the alleged removal tain Leskivit took on no fuel or sup- BEER ARE POURED IN RTVER of Republican officials not coming with- lieg did receive a small packet of in the civil service law protection, . documents - from the- f French consul Girad, Ala., Aug. 10. One hundred etc. The heads . of .the i departments here r , : v , ; , , and eight barrels of bottled beer and which Mr. Hughes misrepresented char- Marine observers, including pilots 46 barrels of whiskey belongnig to the acterized his utterances as "false an1 here, are of the opinion that" the cruis- 8ix Girard residents who recently lett d this is the "high- L. for enterine the Uiio- atnip.. th , escane urosecution on m"0 . I Xjl Kt uiAiivi - " I j: i. - - ltoWisiflfl fifl.tiafa.torilv that tbev never should they escape, employed several :,,'Zr h expert engineers to investigate the atety vot tne aam, witn xne, wiea . - - ' M. securing legislative renei, bhuuiu iu ue determined thatl that their properties were endangered. Following the engi neers '-report the - dam was strength ened materially, large piles of rocks be ing unloaded at its base. Four weeks ago, during the flood pe riod, fears for the safety, of the Toxo way dam were repeatedly expressed, and-thero were several reports that the dam had gone out. At 11 o'clock a telephone message from Lake . Toxoway stated . the. lake was being , rapidly drained. ; It was thought that the .flood .waters . would reach Walhalla : and Anderson, S. ' C, about midnight. :.:!- -. TWENTY-TVS SILLED IN A STREET CAR CRASH Johnston, Pa., Aug.: 12.- minded jurist" lifted from the bench harbor was to" make soundings and to charges of prohibition violations, were under r the pretext of conducting the ffet first hand information of the port. destroyed here late today by sherilf campaign on a "high plane." , , sounding taken when she approached, Idndsey,' 6f: Russell county and his I Ever since candidate Hughes openea crossed and : left the bar immediately deputies. The beer bottles were smasn his mouth he has exhibited a marvelous -n ter ake yesterftay, did not at- ed against a warehouse wall ; and the knack of saying things he , "hadn't traet attention, but unusually f re- whiskey was poured into gutters, run- ought to." Indeed, it seems that he has qiient soundings, over an irregular Viing into the Chattahoochee .river. . -a special penchant for getting tangled COUTge after she entered the harbor, : x great crowd watched the procedure up (probably the reason he.ke.pt so caused comment among marine men. Bome even taking a hand in thts destruc- nAi;r.- . dmncs at; Chicaao) . to allow aUlATi A Twstandflr set fire to a auaaitity and if the rope holds outf before the neW9aper man aboard the vessel. Jus. cf whiskey" which trickled down -the further they - knew, tne car tvoaia.go rtv managers grab it . v hft Rid to the Asso- OT,ttr. i S ; : : ' - down the steep-incline on the road ii j. j a7vuu fv j . - I uct vi v w um.x-.-. I b he probably can be depended on to duly ciated pre83: HHshrdluctaointaoinshrdluetaoinsrhdlu VThile Over Three Score are Injurec. Eighteen Were Killed Almost instantly. - Rome. Aug. 14. The Austrians lost fifty thousand men in the two days pre ceding the fall of Goritz. Half of these were taken prisoners and the other half were either killed or wounded. Eastof the Goritz the Italian cavalry continues in pursuit of the retreating Austrians that are reported to have reached the Liibione plains. South of the city, on the Carso plateau, the Teu tons are making a stubborn resist ance. Austrian prisoners report the attack on Goritz as a complete surprise. It had not been expected for two months. Reserves reached the city too late to prevent its falling into the hands of the Italians. Retail Value of the Beer and Whiskey Estimated at $4,000. - Charleston, S. C, August 11. Fifteen hundred half pint bottles of whiskey and 12,840 bottles of beer were seized by State constables near Charleston today, the retail value, of the alleged contrabrand being estimated at more than $4,000. - Chief Constable S M, Duncan said tonight that an examina tion showed that about 15 bottles of "near beer',', contained whiskey. He said "Charles Blue" shipped the car load from Jacksonville to J. H. Blue in Charleston. There does no(t ap pear to be a Blue family resident here. Many of Jhe bottles were not labeled and the chief Constable . points r out that the United States officers would be called upon to investigate this phase. Permission to use its Bide track for a carload of "bricks" was given by the McCabe Fertilizer Company, which told the constabulary that H. T. Koes ter had made the arrangements. Koe ster insisted that he was given a com mission to unload and deliver a "car load of bricks" but declined to tell the officers who was to receive the shipment which came from Jackson ville. " Jersey City, N. J., Aug. 11. Testi mony, that both the Black Tom explo sion and fire in July and the fire in the Claremont freight yards a week after ward were incendiary, was said tonight to have been obtained from many., sources by government agents and Rob ert S. Hudspeth, prosecutor of Hudson county. The prosecutor 's men have learned it was saidf that the-tremendous explo sion in which fseveral lives and mil lions of dollars in property were lost resulted from a fire which started in the Lehigh Valley railroad yards and not on barges tied at piers as was first reported. BLOWN TO PIECES BY DYNAMITE Mooresville, Aug. 11. Mr. Sloan Bailey of the Amity section, was blown to pieces Wednesday JT-Orning in.. a dy. namite explosion at . White 's - dredge boat which is operating in Withrow's creek, Rowan" county. Mr. Bailey was near a box of dynamite, but no one knows how it became ignited. He was blown across the creek REPUBLICANS TAKE THE HOUSE BASEBALL GAME. ' El Paso, Texas, Aug. 11. The first South Carolina infantry detrained here A crowded today and went into camp on the out- trolley car running wild, with its conductor frantically waving his arms to show he had lost control of it, sped past the Brookdale station at the rate of -30 miles an hour today, causing em ployes of the Southern Cambria Trac tion Company to rush hurriedly to shut nff. . nower ' at the plant. A little OPERATORS IN MEXICO STRIKE hang himself politically bytthe time the (fyfe are oing out for a short pleas- FIVE HUNDRED TELEGRAPH . . ... l '2 I . a a; l 1 . mm. . - m-rrrtA ATI hour arrives for counting me vo.-b m ,-,-e cruise' and turnea away io aire-L November. ''' the pilot to his post. . I Meantimehe real issues;of this cam- The Admiral Aube left" at 9:30. o'- paign will sw.nbe properly, presented cjock this morning and after, discharg- to a thinking and discTirnimi.iri'g ,pub- in2 the pilot turned slightly to the eas lie in President Wilson's letter rd-c- and p-0Ceeded down the coast at about ceptance, 5ue soon.- yx i -, an eight knot speed. Tug boat men Something W6tth: ;; W--le- " coming into : Pensaeola tonignu saia The N C. Electric Institute, which they had sighted the warship south- held its first meeting here during fthe gast, of the Pensaeola light, which last week at the instance of Commis- Uhowedthat she had changea ner course sioner pf Insurance J. R- Young, was a pronounced success and. will result in annual meetings hereafter. It promises to become one of the most useful and beneficient of organizations upOn whose good Work many lives and much pro perty will be saved annually, the Joss of which (through faulty electrical in stallation and. kindred accidents) ;had become , so alarming of - late that' CJojn missioher Young determined to secure means to stop it. The meeting extend ed its thanks to Mr. Young by a rising vote for hisy activities' and good ad ariwas "bearing west. vice. . , Federal Relief for Flooded District. North Carolinians who have just re turned from-Washington give assuran- . ees that the- Federal i. Government of Agriculture and the War Department arc already at work to help relieve the situation in-the Hooded counties of N. C. Representatives of rthe gover.-Tnorj have already been,inr-Baleigh in this berg Lumter company Turr.T.T.TSWPT 1 TW HAXjXFAI-L IS ; PROUD POSSESSOR OF BANK Rocky Mount, Aug. ll.-TPrganiza- tionof the Bank - of hMollister7 in the youngest and one "of the most progress ive towns in Halifax county is anotner tep in that community's advancement reported-this wee:kThe .institution is to start business withv?io,WJ capnai, : -.:, Voa Vuwn nnhseribed and A. U VY 11111 uwv " . Schlichter elected pftsident; Dr. "Nor man, vice-president, and J. W.Renshaw pashier. The contract was lmmegiaie lv riven for a $3,000 bank building, And . . .. - i iii: it is. expected that the new lnsiiiuMwi- will opn for business early in the com .ny fall. Mollister is the nW town in Halifax I county which has spfrung into existence following the building of a mammoia t ' mill ancU-woodworking plan of the Fos- seven . -r- '11 . 1?ii. between crooKuaie uu.u iuu, miles from here. f It was too late to ftvprt the disaster. - A few minutes lat- Threatened With Execution if They Do Not Return to work. . Laredo, Texas, Aug. 12. Five hun dred de facto government telegraph op erators in the fetate of Sonora went on sti-ike today, according to word reach ing here. ' ' " . -, ; - ' ' The de facto government is said to have branded the strike as unpatriotic and to have informed the strikers that they will be executed if they do not return to work.5- " V ' It was said'the strike is due to the dissatisfaction of the; government op erators who are compelled to accept currency declared to be worthless, while railroad operators are paid in gold. skirts of the city. About 31,000 na tional guardsmen and regulars are now on station here.' BAYONNE BABIES DRINK BEER INSTEAD OF MILK MUST HAVE HEALTH CATE. CERTIFI- ; Columbia,. S. C, Aug 11 Under an order of the state board of health jnade public here today, - children under 16 years' age are- prohibitefrom travel ing on-TailroadS without a health cer tifUate from, a "reput.lo physician.' The "intmsure waB7ann'ounced as a pre- caritidnto' plvfent the spread of in fantile paralysis; of which there have been a "total'-of 35 cases and five deaths reported recently in the state, er the car crashed into another, which was' standing in the car -barn at Echo, with ' the full impetus of wild dash down the grade. . - . Twenty-five persons; were killed ' IS of them' instantly, and sity-three in jured. . The car which bore the brunt of the crash also was crowded. Most of the victims were members of the Dishong and , Ribblett families, who were on their way to a reunion . at Woodlawn Park, Harrell Dishong and his'entire family were victims in the collision. .-- :: V Automobiles willed with physicians and nurses were rushed to the scene of the accident-as 'soon .as word of it was received ltere. ' They were follow ed by motor truclts.; hastily converted f into ambulances'Mariy "of the injur; cd suffered intensely for two hours, ow ing to the absence of medical aid, the Johnstown . doctors being v the first to arrive. The victims:, were . taken to South Fork and to this city. ' Antrus Varner, motorman of the ca which ran Wild,? afr instantly killed, US' body; being horribly mangled. Bayonne, N. J., Aug. 10. Bayonne ba bies are tipplers. A -report submitted to the board of directors of the city's Child Welfare Station by Dr. W. W. Riba, . medical examiner, shows a ma jority of the infants in the foreign sec tion are started out on a diet of beer long before they are old enough to lift their tiny feet to a shiny brass rail. "Most of the foreign babies in Bay onne begin ' receiving " their daily por tion of beer as soon as they are wean ed." Dr. Riba said. "In some instan ces, it is due to the fact that beer is cheaper than cow's milk, and in ithers, to the belief that it is a better diet. As a matter of fact the stomach of every baby who" receives any quantity of beer regularly is burned so badly that the child, in after years, is a per fect gubject - for every epidemic in cluding infantile paralysis that sweeps the country." ' ' ..; . Bayonne .health authorities are con sidering a plan to make the babies tee totalers." - Washington, August 10. The annual House baseball game went Republican today by a score of 18 to 13. It was the first Democratic defeat in four years. T h e Republican representatives boasted after the game that their well balanced team was responsible for the victory, but the Democrats laid it at the doors of a country chatauqua. They saidthe star . Democratic pitcher, Rep resentative Yates Webb of North Car olina, who for years had held the Re nnhlicans at his mercy, fell over . a bench while reaching out to shake hands with' an ardent admirer after a speech in Virginit yesterday and sadly sprained his left arm. The alibi arous ed derision among the Republicans, who pointed out that Webb is a right-handed pitcher. - ' ' TO NOTIFY FAIRBANKS. Indianapolis, Ind.J Aug. . 11. The -notification ceremonies at which Chas. W." Fairbanks will be told officially of . his nomination as the republican can-, didato for' vice president will he held at his residence at two o'clock on the afternoon of August 31, it was nnoun- -. ced today. Senator Sherman, of Illi nois, will be the principal speaker at a ' rally at eight o'clock in the evening . following the notification. - MISS HAMPTON DEAD. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 11. Miss Kate Hampton '92 years old, last of the chil- . dren of Cot-Wade Hampton of the war" of 1812 and sister of the late Lieuten ant General Wade Hampton of the Con orate Army,- died last night at the sub urban home of her neice, Mrs.-John C. Haskell.' She spent most of her life at Millwood, her' father 'st eountry Beat neaf '' Columbia, -' residing in a smau dwelling nearby after the mansion was burned by federal troops in 1865; Colorado Springs, Aug. 11. The Na tional Woman 's party in executive con ference here today pledged itself to use its best efforts in the 12 equal suff rage states to defeat the Democratic candi date for President; congratulated the Progressive, Prohibition and Socialist parties upon their endorsement of suf frage for women by . national action, and commended the position of Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican nomi- nee. . ; - BATTLESHIPS FOR THE COMMER CIAL CONGRESS TAKING SCHOOL CENSUS STYLES HAVE CHANGED; AND SKIRTS COST MORE. FORTY PERSONS KTT.T.ED IN STEAMER FIRE NEAR SKXATHO Athens'. Aug. 11: Via Paris. The Greek steamer Eletheria, bound from Saloniki to Volo -with a cargo of oil, owned by an American company, and 1,200. -passengers, principally .disbanded troop caught fire today off the island of Skiatho. Forty persons were killed and many were injured. The captain Mr. Chas. Lamb of Scotland Neck, is'0f the Eletheria succeeded finally; in taking the echool census this week.' ' I beaching his veweL. ' Chicago, August 12. Here's why her skirt costs so much: , Skirt styles change twelve times ayear a skirt season lasts just one, month. In days of yore there were only four skirt seasons to the year, but never 'again.- Chicago skirt manufac turers told this secret when they ex plained at . Bismarck gardens, where Chicago Garment Manufacturers are holding their fall style show, that "just now we are making plaid", skirts . in Secretary Daniels ' Makes Promise to Manager Owens Possible That Entire Atlantic Fleet May '; 7 Take Part Washington, Aug. .12. Secretary Daniels, today promised Clarence J . Ow ens,; managing director of the Southern Commercial Congress, to assemble two or three naval divisions, and possibly the entire. Atlantic fleet, in Hampton Roads during the annual meeting of the congress at Norfolk, December 11 to 14. A naval parade and display may . - . be arrangea aiso. o--ic-a.ijF jlui..j. will addres the congress. ; - V Mr. Daniels declared that most "ships in the Atlantic fleet ordinarily would put into the roads ofr the Christmas holidays and it probably would be easy for them to gather there a little early. In addition to affording a spectacle for those attending the Commercial Con gress meeting, it is pointed uo.t a naval display would be of interest to the en tire country.; Secretary Daniels will discuss plans for the fleet, assembly with Rear Ad miral . Benson, ' chief of the bureau or naval operations, early next week. Mr. Daniels stated that at least 10 or 12 vessels of the first class probably would be available fdr ' the naval as- brownsr and; greens, but .we don 't know what they will be making next month.? T. in.-nf-nfnMn 'Airnlflinfld that the tyle of a women 's skirt ehanges more sembry, together with a greatfer number rapidly than anything else execpr a oi mmor ' woman's mind. , ' - A gathering, of the tire fleet would JThe skirt this season is a little long- bring together twice that number. The er than, a month ago' and a little f nil- last parade of the Atlantic fleet was in VThe most popular ones are draped New York, May u, iyio, waen tresi- tunic effects. dent Wilson reviewed it.
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