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LEATHER FORECAST. MffnT-"-'---- L Tir;TTrT'.T'!3 "'-'TTFTnWt A'" IWTTT'Tr ' v5ujmetwenty-twq itiiii railini im m A) mm ins ipp h m bb mu ri ! - m mm u mw- , - -.: ; urn mm . t . . . v m m i "America First'4 and Harmony' Mark The Great Event," and Delegates Enthusiastic GLYNN MAKES A ROUSING KEYNOTE SPEECHJVT OPENING Brvan Given an Ovation He Has No Fight to Make and; Will Campaign r or I he Par ty American Flags Every where Dixie Received With a Roar. (By Associated Press.) Coliseum. St. Louis, Mo., June 14. With the keynote "Americanism and peace, preparedness and prosperity," the Democratic National convention began its first session shortly after noon today, with not a single element in sight to disturb the renomination of President .Wilson and Vice Presi dent Marshall. When National Chairman McConibs called the convention to order, 12,000 delegates, alternates and , spectators packed the big coliseum. Members cf the National committee, members of President Wilson's tabinet and, party leaders had places on the platform. Plaster medallions of Washington, Jackson. Jefferson and Cleveland look ed dowrr on the delegates from the decorations, which consisted uniform ly of nothing but American flags, n&e only picture of President Wilson in the hall hung in front of the speak er's desk, inscribed: "American First." Vice Presidential booms, wilted by President Wilson's direct - word " that lie desired the renomination of Mar shall, were brought to the convention hall, but only as favorite sons com pliments . . " ( ,' - ' When National Chairman McCombs CRtled-theltonventlbn to: brd next business wa reading of the call by Secretary J . Bruce Kremer, of the committee. Former Governor Glynn, of New York, was taxed with the keynote speech. ' - Down under the speaker's stand direct telephone and tlegraph wires to the White House carried -momen tary report of the proceedings in the hall. No Chance of Fight. All prospect of a fight in the con vention had. gone glimmering over night, with William Jennings Bryan's announcement that he did not propose io press certain planks before the. resolutions committee and that he would make campaign speeches for the Democratic nominees. -"We have entered this hall Nas Pemocrats; let us deliberate as Am ericans," declared Mr. Glynn in sound ing the keynote. . . "It is the business of this conven tion, representing every section of the United States, speaking for every racial strain in America, to send forth a message to all the world that will kave no room for doubt." Reviews Wilson's Work. Reviewing PrPsiHont WllBnn'e rnn. duet of foreign affairs, he declared that uis district of the Methodist; Epis ine President had stood with Washing-1 copal Church, South , ton. Adams and Grant, who preserved Heading the list of temporar yof Peace with honor. ificers, already agreed on by the Na- "For vain glory or for selfish pup. j tional' committee r " Pose," he declared, "others may cry Delivery of the keynote speech by fr a policy of blood and iron, but theithe temporary chairman, Martin H. resident has acted on the belief that n 1- . -twaer of a big party who plunges his People into an unnecessary war is like Jntuis Pilot and vainly washes his Aands of innocent blood while earth Wakes and heavens darken and thous anJ give up the ghost." If Washington was rights if Jeffer tfn Was right, if Hamilton was right, aen the President is right today", he declared. Gather Slowly. jthe permenent chairman, Senator Ol- 11: 20 o'clock there were no more Iie James, of Kentucky,- delvers his 2n 2 delegates on the floor, a few speech, the 'convention , may listen to uncials were on the platform and the some Pty orators, after which ad aUeripR fined slowly. There' was lit- journment will be 'taken until Friday Je citement and the bands that ' morning, when the platform will be Jl8rPhed from down town furnished the . ad and adopted. " Then , will follow aniliKPmont r u j -""-hi. iui me vruwu. Then the Crowds Came. fn! coliseum filled rapidly just be- door n' Some delay in opening the pan8. ne spectators prevented an . 'IHlUX. The ha nHa ontA J1e 'leiegates but were not allowed to la,c" the hall There was 4 little' 'tement or cheering during the'half w preceding the opening of the con- t,on- rasl0VmK picture machines and came- I ere pVted at ever vantage point. skviiV ine heat under a glaring jd t?ni may of the delegates remov m K-eir coatB and it promsed soon promsed soon i in ul' n m a vao UUWU tUre . , aao ueiegauon tossed mlnu- i?n 0f cotton to the galleries. At ii. 7c'Xle" Qiven Roar. gan i, o'clock the official band be- o wuceri, iu accompam- READY TO FIGHt IN THE CAMPAIGN - r ment to a- male quartet that sang a few songs about America through megaphones. The singing brought the first applause, of the day. "Dixie" brought "a roar, interrupted by the Rebel yell. William Jennings Bryan was given an ovation as he took his seat in the press section. St. Louis, June 14. "Wilson, Mar shall and victory" in November is the program of the delegates who- crowd ed into the big coliseum there today clonal convention, and probaDiy there was not one Democrat who went into the building who could recall when the National convention and the party had entered upon the work with more harmony than that which prevailed among more than one thousand dele gates today. The candidates for president and vice president have been decided upon land according to leaders there will be no friction over the party's declara tion of principles . Despite the expected cut and dried proceedings, which the party manag ars hope to enliven with, speeches by old campaigners at odd moments dur ing the, sessions, the sergeant-at-arms was prepared with a small army of as sistants to handle -large crowds t all sessions. , The plan for the opening day fol lows: Call of convention to order at noon by William G. McCombs, of New York, retiring chairman of the Na tional committee. Reading the list of temporary of tion by J. Bruce Kremer, secretary of the National, committee . Opening prayer by Rev. James W. Lee, .presiding elder of the - St.- Glynn, of New York. Calling of the roll of States for represent ation on the committees on credentials, permanent organization, rules and order of business, platform and committees to notify the candi dates nominated. Adjournment will then be taken until npon Thursday, when the com mittees will report. Permanent or ganization will be effected and after a recess and : the presidential nomina tion will come late Friday night. Whether the convention will adjounf after, the President has been renomi nated and a session held Saturday to the vice presidential nominee or whether the convention will take up nme vice 'presidential nomination im- mediately after the . presidential is named has not yet been finally de- cided. A number of leaders desire to avoid a Saturday session.,, ;, V " ' ' .' ' Violent Artillery Fire. fans, Buamn,. June x. viuieui. artillerv encashment took place , last : ....i - j s i i. nignt in tne vicinity oi vau. uu mo Verdum front. There- was no in- fantry action before frVerdun, ;, the French : of flcial statement - of today says. ' -i - r - ; - 5 0 SP: 9 -TV A CnW 1AIAMTC Mfl vviLuuii vvmii u ii u j PETTY POLITICS Sends This Word to National - Convention About The ; ' Platform. Washington, June 14. A plank in the Democratic platform favoring a law to prohibit Federal Judges leaving the bench to acceptive offices was not countenanced by Prisident Wil son. " ; Administration officials said today that President Wilson" had sent word to St Louis that he did not want any petty politics played. LE TO GIVE BIG BOND, JAILED Caught in Down Town Store, Two Negroes Sent to High Court For Trial. John Allen and Johnie Johnson, the two negroes that were nabbed red i handed by the police in the store of Shrier & Solomon, at an early hour Tuesday morning, as they were about to get away with nearly a $1,000 worth of clothing and etc., together - with Richard . Sampson, the colored porter at that store, who it is said let the robbers, in, were' sent to jail this morning , by Recorder Empie in de fault of $1,000 bonds to appear in the igxiOTK 7Sui)eri The negroes are charged with store break ing. Dewey Green, whom the negroes say was ? the third negro in the store, and who escaped the officers in their raid, has not yet been apprehended, although officers made a trip to Scott's Hill yesterday, where informa tion given at the headquarters was to the effect that the negro had fled. Dolphus Galloway, colored, was also sent to jail for trial in the Superior Court, on a charge of breaking into the home of Hattie Monroe, colored, No. 1609 Red Cross street, and steal ing several articles. John Thomas, colored, was taxed with the costs for an assault on a female. THE GOV. PLEASED WITH HIS VISIT Thinks That Fishermen of Eastern Section Standing By The Laws. (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N. C, June 14. Governor Craig, who spent . a week with the fishermen and the fisheries and miss ed the St. Louis convention on that account, has returned to Raleigh and is pleased with the attitude of the Easterners toward the fish law. Gov. Craig, Judges Brown and Al len of the Supreme Court and Com missioner M. L. Gibbs spent the week at Ocraeoke, Hatteras, Manteo, Wan chese and Mattamuskeet. Governor Craig spoke to the fishermen at sev eral places, met them at their work on the shores and banks1 of the east; and C he found that the troubles of last year have been forgotten. He thinks that at Ocracoka especially the feeling toward the law is good and that-- in LManteo and Wanchese the sentiment ' for .Jaw enforcement is al most as strong. The Hatteras trouble lias greatly subsided he thinks. Governor ' Craig went to Mattamus keet Lake, and drove over the bed of that; great bay of water-in an automobile..- 1 Such has been ; the work of the' great pump which removed the water from the bed that! 50,000 acres of land formerly under ! water will eventually be cultivated and many thousands are now being worked. The entire lake will be dry before the close of the summer. At a meeting of the executive com mittee ; of the University trustees work jon the ; $42,000 light, water and heat plant was ordered begun and the most- urgent need of the Universi ty will be met as quickly as workmen can 'dq-their part. ' .This was provided for last year and rhen -It -Is complete no" college will N Railway Men and Officials H U Likely Stop Confab : Today, ROADS HAVE REFUSED EMPLOYES' PROPOSAL That : Is What It Amounts to and Assert It Is Now Up to The Men -Looks Like Break Must Come. (By Associated Press) New York,- June 14. Forced by W. G. Lee;, president of the broth erhood cf railroad . trainmen into, admitting thai the ' demands pf; the 350,000 railroad. men of the United States had been rejected the railroad managers of the convention called here to advert a general strike today declared that it was upto the men to decide whether thcfy should continue the conference. The union - leaders, after stating that the' railroads' counter proposi tion was unt P.fp.ntnhTn HooiHofl in; i.,,. f . . . . ' continue the conference but lndicat - ed that ey expected -to end it late today or tomorrow. . GOOD AT ALL But Due Notice Was Sent Out As to How State Stood As To Roosevelt. (Special to The Dispatch.) ' Raleigb, N. C. June 14.-North Car olina's board of elections spent $15 in the . effort to instruct the North Car olina Republican delegation for Roose velt,' hut the leaders - who-have come baeBfe Before the delegation reached 1 Cb ic ago Colonel Wlson Lamb had placed a copy of the primary act in the hands of Chairman Warren Harding had sent Colonel Lamb's credentials prop erly stamped with the great seal of the State" upon the certificate and had telegraphed the result of the vote in North Carolina wheh gave Roosevelt eight districts and the Af our delegates at large and Hughes the fifth , and eighth districts. In addition Colonel Lamb, sent the returns to Colonel Theodore Roosevel at Oyster Bay, the rage of that cen ter of tha universe paying no attention, to the communication. The returns went also to the chairman of the North Carolina delegation, but that's the last heard from the North Caro lina board of elections The instruc tions were ignored. The board had quite a pleasant lit tie lot of correspondence with Senator Butler who found the Democratic primary rather convenient and used it in getting the Rooseveltian expression in the State. It is entirely probable that this episode will figure in the 1916 convention. The delegates did not feel bound by any instruction or dered by a Democratic primary act, but the Democrats are said to hope in the light of the recent primary to be able to repel the biennial accusa tion of boss-ridden party and heeler control. . James Y. Joyner Jr. who has been four years in China working with the I British-American Tobacco Company, returned tonight for a visit to his par ents, Dr. and Mrs. James Y. Joyner. Young Joyner will be here sometime but has not decided what he will do. He may return to Changhai. This is first visit to his parents sinc& he left Raleigh in 1912. Friends will be pleased to learn that Mr. John Scull, of No. 217 South Second street, who recently under went, an operation at the James Wal ker Memorial hospital recently, is now rapidly improving at his home. Mr. Scull was taken ill at Laurinburg, his former home. have a better plant for the amount spent. The present one is wretchedly inadequate and a small accident could close the school. The State officers all attended "'the funeral this afternoon of O. C. Cherr ry, seventeen years" superintendent of building and grounds, whose death occurred suddenly Monday evening, followed by a : day of : work without serious complaint. Mr. Cherry 'was 70 years o.ld and a soldier -who went through the last years o f the war. He was greatly liked by .aU the men in the depart ments. Mrs. S .A. Schloss and family have moved to their cottage, - No. 607, on Wrightsville , Beach. , , . DID NOTDOMUCH But Russians Continue Ham-J mer Away in Bukowina Czernowitz Ready Fall ITALIANS CHECK THE AUSTRI ANS Rome Reports The Onslaught Has Been Stopped Wom . an -Killed In Seapfane Raid on Venice. There is a momentary lull in the des perate infantry fightidg that has been going on for several days northeast of Verdun. Preparations for further as- w I li At TT t J a ;?auus on lue rencn- senses are in . a .i ing a violent bombardment in the Vaux sector. The anticipated effort of the . Ger mans to make further advance there is expected to be facilitated by the heafciSrd "SwSr the way made in the recent ousting of the I coramS lo Degmning wnn tne v reucu iruui Lueir uuuiinaua 01 xim amo. i l 11 1 31 C TTII1 -fc.T I 321. In the Southern Tyrol the Aus- . trians are now encountering'resistance 1.. . . . , . ! hey ,arteUnble .hrL dWD 1' I the Romf war qe; jW - offl- 1 cially reports today the failure of a ! series of assaults on Italian positions j along the Posina line. Elsewherethefe ! are no Austrian attacks, but the whole Italian front has been subjected to se- vere bombardment. Czernowitz. the caoital of Bukowina. is apparently on the eve of falling into J Russian hands in the course of the j widespread movement. The Russians are reported to have cut the railway running north from the city, thus sev ering Austrian communication, and Russian cavalry is said to have reached a point 20 miles beyond. One woman was killed and four civil ians injured in Monday night's raid by Austrian seaplanes on Venice . Rome declares the property damage was slight. Austrians Repulsed (By Associated Press.) 1 Borne, ; I By iJLoh.donk. . Jtjne . JL4 -rr" An Austrian attack along the line of Posina, in the Southern Tyrol was, made after intensive artillery pre paredness on Monday night . They were, however, repulsed by the Ital ians, the war office announced today. TO (Special to The Dispatch.) . New Bern, N. C, June 14 "You report at the county home tomorrow morning." This has been the ultima tum handed a number of local citizens who have not paid their poll tax by Sheriff R. B. Lane who is now'engag ed in making a final round v before giving up all efforts to secure the tax. Quite a number of the white resi dents of the city have failed to come across with the tax necessary and they will be allowed to work it out on the county roads. Just how many ofthese will be on hand to start work early in the morn- ing is a matter of doubt but- those who. are summoned and who do not put in their appearance will be plac ed under arrest later in the day and the processes of law will be started against them . During the course of the next few days the .promoters of New Bern's new country club will hold a meeting at which time arangements will be made for selling the stock in this or ganization. ' ;.v There will be twenty thousand dol lars worth of this stock sold and Dr. A. R. Perkins, who is the represen tative in this section for the - Jeffer son Standard Life Insurance . Com pany, will have charge of the; place. Mr. Perkins has been given ' assur ance' that he will be given the support of the business men of New Bern , in I this matter and is of the opinion that the stock will easily be placed. THOUSANDS OF t tt i r- a -iri-rro mi i t A KTT-v oUr r.KAUL 1 1 HO WIN nlL j . (By United Press.) : St. Louis,' June 14. Thousands of American suffragists here today to im press the Democratic convention, stood in a silent line from the Hotel Jef- ferson to the Coliseum, almoBt ' two ' miles, as a plea for a suffrage plank to the Democratic platform.' ' The "Golden Lane" socalled because of the garb of the women white I suits draped with yellow sashes Was under the direction of. the Equal Suf frage League of Missouri. ; l ;i The delegates and visitors from .the Jefferson will be forced to ride through this lane if they go via automobile ' or chose to walk up St. Louis' Down- town Automobile "road.f' - ' ' MAKE THEM WORK ROADS THE BILL Dis cussion upens loday uni -ri tt . i l ne v ni versai lvimtarv Training Measure. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 14. Discussion of the new universal military training and service bill to be presented to Congress soon will begin at noon to day. It provides that all male citi zens shall enlist for six months in a military training camp beginning at eighteen years of age and, in time of war. these trained men might be called into the service, and classed ac JUUilfeCOl, . nf w-wui ne proposea as a suo siiiuie lur ine penally oi me cnam herlain universal training bill, Which provides for a period of varied train ing for those over ten years between the ages of thirteen and 23 . A vigorous campaign will be made for the passage of this measure at this session of Congress, it is said The only exceptions from training ''will be when a young man is physical ly ' or otherwise . unfit, and for those! who are members of a permanent mili- tary or naval forces. A system of penalty is to be pro vided for men who are over eighteen and fail, to pass through training! They will be barred from holding any position in the Federal government ana in case tney leave the country to escape service they will be forced to enter on their return.- The proposed measure calls for the establishment of a large number of training camps. 4k ADOPTS -TAB , HEEL'S JSiUG G EST! ON (By Associated 'Press) ?fr St. Louis. Mo., June 14. The Democratic National Committee -3f rfc has adopted , a design for a cam- 'f paign button suggested by Na- Sfr tional Committeeman McLean, of f 4f North Carolina. - 4fr It bears a picture of President X- Wlson with. the motto "America First" in bold red letters. 55- The North Carolina delegates are urging appointment of Ed- 5fr fc ward E. Brittpn, of Raleigh, f or permanent secretary of the con- & ' vention. He held this place four years ago. X- PRAISE FOR CAR MEN Charlotte Lady Pleased With City and Suburban Service. , In expressing her thanks for the return of a package which she had ieft upon one Df the Tidewater Power Company's cars, Mrs. Ethel Thomas, of Charlotte, department editor of the Mill News, writes as follows: "When attending the meeting of the Press Association in your city last summer, I was particularly impressed with splendid service of the street car com pany and the courtesy of the conduc tors and motormen . The prompt at tention in answer to my appeal strengthens that good impression and gratifies me very much'." DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTE SPEECH The speech at the opening to- day of the National Democratic convention by former Governor 1 Glynn,, of, New York, temporary . chairman of the convention, will be found on' page three of this issue of The Dispatch. ' - New Russian Port to Help U. S. v New York, June 14. According to! a cable message received by the Am- erican Russian Chamber of .ComT jmerce in this city the new Russian port of Nikolaievsk, at the mouth of the Amur River, - in Siberia is to be ft opehed for navigation today. The'eanor Walsh and 7 Charles M . Egan, OneninET Of thP TIPW IVirt Will tP.na.hlA . w tj t , American exporters - to land , goods in Russia without interference or de- lay from Government shipments, for the first time sinde the beginning of the- European war. Goods . will be transported up ; the Amur River to Stretyihsk, where connection will be made with a y railroad , joining; the trans-Siberian line. . ' - - ' .- President of - United States: Shouldered Flag In Prepar- . edness Procession. 7NJOYED THE TRAMP . LIKE ANY OF THEM Proudly Leadine Thousands - lj i pl T a r -m ' long The ne is vneerea rtione; ine Line of March Reviewed ' The Procession at the White House. (By Associated Press.). V .t Washington," June 14. Lead by .: President Wilson, carrying the stars and stripes, nearly seventy five thou- sand men, women and children of Washington marched up Pennsylvania. Avenue today in the preparedness pa rade arranged to enforce the march- ers' demand for an adequate army and navy. The President was attired In white trousers, blue coat and a straw hat and shouldered his flag like amus ket, stepping lively to the martial airs played by the United States Marine Band.' He smiled broadly and waved his hat in response to cheefs as he marched along between two" District citizens, escorted by Secretary Tumul- ty, White House employes, and the ' White House naval corps. . v - In front of the White House, the President left the line of march and -took his place in the stand to review the parade. Here he was joined by Mrs-: W&on and all the members of : the cabinet now in the city. State Department Asked to u Commission Meets. 4 Soecial to The Diana tr.h.V TO INVESTIGATE SPRINGS' FIRE i - . r , Raleigh, June 14. Deputy Insur 4 ! ance Commissiiner W. A. Scott has, been asked to investigate the Fuquay . '. Springs fire which Tuesday morning ; brought a damage of $50,000 to the to- -bacco town twenty miles from Ral- . eigh. . Every evidence is incendiary, Fu- -quay people here today declare. The -' blaze burst out in the early morning. ' hours but when seen two distinct sec- . tions of the first building fired were observable and the blaze traveled, it ' ' is said, as oil appeared to have led-, the way. Many stories of intrest in the fire are told but no . names have been given to any officer. . The nsurance on nearly all the ; I property was woefully inadequate and , some individuals carried none at all. , An almost prohibitive rate is neces- . r sary for the companies, because of a poor fire protection. When the big warehouse caught there was no salva tion. The Fuquay Springs Drug Com pany, the Fuquay- Hardware Com puiirt 73itz and Issacsotf, C. H. Reeves Dr. C. L1. Cheek, Dr. J. R. Edwards"' , ana J. Fletcher were all losers Mr. ; Fletcher is the only attorney In the town and had accumulated a law lib- -;; rary worth $1,500. He had no insur ance -and the doctors . suffered about" as badly. . ' . r The postoffice barely, missed de-- . struction and across the street from i the fire the Fuquay Bank lost its big , plate glass windows from the fierce.' , j heat. The fire broke out in the den-. w sest business section and almost de stroyed it. The insurance Is perhaps forty percent of the losses. ( ; The sub textbook commission which! -' Will aid in the selection of books to, be used by North Carolina for the ; next five years, met yesterday and be-f -. gan its work. , ; ' !, : The commission was appointed " Monday evening. It Is composed of S. B. Underwood superintendent, of x the . -Pitts schools, W. H. . Hipps, superin- iendent of Buncombe; P J." Long sup erintendent of -Northampton; ' B. Bl, Dougherty, superintendent of the Ap- f pallachian Training school ; A. T. Al- . len. suDerintendent of the Salisbury schools and Miss Hattie Mv Parrots primary supervisor of Lenoir, Kinston schools assistant cunty superintend- nt and former -.president ofc the Pri- ,mary Teachers Assoclatin. "New York, June 14. Two families-. well known in political circles' were united in the marriage of Miss El- rhlrh tnni; nlona lia aftamnnn ti niuvu vuva tuv. uuuu Au -i.ua church of Our Lady Angels, in Brook-i lyn. The bride is the daughter of the late ; Congressman'v James j; Walsh, who was prominent in Tam- many Hall and for years t a district leader in Hariem . ' The bridegroom was formerly the. majority leader la the New Jersey assembly and; Is now e member of the State Senate.- "1 ! J f V -,
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