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LEATHER FOCAST, i.. i v - v HI FINAL EDITION unsettled tonight and Friday, pro local tnunaci iiiMnsn. , T E , LA BG EST; C I RQU LATJ O N IN WILMINGTON 4 yOLUME-T TWENTY-TWO tytLMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE'1 5191 6-V, PRICE FIVE CENT& DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEEMEN IN ST LOUIS FOR CONVENTION TSTDIIEHT if E ably WILSON ILL BY MOOt I FOUR LOST - )" ' - s ---.-a---, , , v - - l 1 l , ' ;' 1 MIT D01 pr0gram Changed Today So As to Move Up This Business. CONVENTION SLOW IN ASSEMBLING permanent Organization Com , mittee Decided on Officers, With Ollie Jame As Chair man Tar Heel Associate Secretary Delegates Still Ultra Enthusiastic. (By Associated Press.) Coliseum. St. Louis, June 15.- Eleven o'clock, the hour for the con ation to be in order, passed with tne coliseum only partly filled. Very few of the delegates were in their Eeats and none of the leaders that had arrived were on the platform. The band entertained the small CtOWG nue uic mica tuuiuiiiicc ucuu a meeting to talk over the proposition to proceed to the nomination .tonight instead of tomorrow night and Sat urday, as had beenarrange(f. The committee oh permanent or ganization, at a meeting meanwhile, formally named Olie James, of Ken tucky, as permanent chairman; J. Bruce Kremer, of Montana, perma nent secretary; Edward E; Britton, nf Xnrth Carolina, permanent asso ciate secretary; John I. Martin, of -St. Louis, permanent sergeant-at-arms, and recommended that all other tem porary officers of the convention be mado normanpnt I No change was offered in the pro gram to nominate Wilson late Friday night. Some of the delegates express ed a desire that the convention select its candidate Thursday, .but? members of the resolution committee pointed out that the platform would netr be ready After rebort of the rules Is made ana adopted, the convention expects to hear addresses by popular party ora- tors, including William Jennings Bryan, wlo is attending the convention as a newspaper correspondent. Mr. Bryan, it is known, would re spond to an invitation to speak and make a speech supporting the Presi dent and all the things Mr. Wilson stands for. By unanimous vote the Democratic rules committee today recommended that nominations for President and Vice-president begin at 9 o'clock to flight. The proposal was carried after an extended argument in its vor by Chairman William M. Glas gow, of Pennsylvania. His attitude had the support of Democratic lead- ers m general Mr. Glasgow's chief . contention was that it would he iiJi- possible to hold the delegates later than tonight and it would be poor poli tics to make the nominations witli empty seats. The New York delegation, he said, ould leave for home tonight, regard less of whether the nominations were made. 't was finally agreed to meet for Dominations at 9 o'clock tonight, and the convention adjourned until 9 this evening. Tien the tentative platform will be considered had not hn Hpnided on The plan of the-mlest rrmmittp was ttn hnn- . . . " - . . . me report or the credential ,w permanent organization commit- Country CltfbC TheV are being erect hLl Th,e speecli of Senatr ollie!ed for Messrs;" James Durham, Frank James, of k'n tn rW n.i,nt 1ia(i. t. - ... . toan. and then recess until 9 o'clock, j which time the nominations will begin. Whether the platform will ' be considered tonight, after the nomina tI0ns, or tomorrow, will be left to the tules committee. A resolution to limit first nominat es speeches to thirty minutes and seconds to five minutes each was unanimously adopted? - (By Associated Press.) th LUis' June 15- Still fired with b enthus5asm stirred, up yesterday "y the keynote Glynn, of New York, the dele dentin Democratic National Con-, arty today-; with a loss of approxi flay toVrWded int the Colisenm Ornately 110,000. The guests were exnnnn i? more of the party doctrineIforced:.to"fflee from the building in racv , ., y leaders of the Democ- reso v sub-committee of the ution committee was busy prepay '"6 We Dlfltfnr - for the Permanent organization of tljVj cnventi bedeieVr66 man JTAhZ the Permanent ch&r mi i 'uenvery or addresses Dy De;rIeader8inthe party- r- Dele egates are prepared to stirrup S li-HV, L- thing; swithpv0 Z , Ju. i naae arrangements ior me provia af Nea.rrTI1 of. medical attention of the Coast Jesterd Provided witv, ' ::.'r.v-r"f:r: -.m au unerican ; nagf ana men L arried noi3e Producing iastru- of bhue COmmittee on rules and lorder chBn 7 'commended no: serious edtnef ies inat have govern y,,.- rmer DemocrattcTJatioial c6 ef'J!, lrules that have oyernrpw(HWrds of the toUl number of votes s- Tfle rules of the Hbusel ct WILL HAVE PLANK ' FOR THE ilN Democrats Will Not Let Re publicans Get Ahead of Them. (By Associated Press.) S.t. Louis, Mo., June 15. After a three-hour session the members of the Democratic committee's sub-committee on resolutions, which is draft ing the platform, announced that a tentative draft probably will be com pleted late today for considera tion by the entire committee. Representative Rainey, of Illinois, a member of the sub-committee, said the tentative draft would contain a suf frage plank at least as strong as that in the Republican platform, .adopted at Chicago and expressed the "belief that the Democrats believe that the women should be enfranchised. The sub-committee had before it more than one thousand suggestions' for planks of all sorts and hundreds of these were laid aside in the pre- lliminary stages and will not be taken up at all . Others will be taken up at once. Copies of the President's suggestions for the platform were given each member. Concrete Pavement Being Laid At' Attractive Suburb -'.lilomesjeing Erected; e r Work was started yesterday laying the concrete pavement at Oleander, the "suburb beautiful," on the Tidewater beach lines, just east of the Cape Fear Club. Every street is to be paved and when completed it will be probably the only suburp in the State that can boast of concrete drive-ways . There are three pretty residences now under construction at the attractive development.- About 18,000 square yards of the concrete pavement' will be laid, cov ering each street in the. suburb. It will be of a thickness of about 5-inches with a crown of 3 or A inches. An interesting feature of this work is that as fast as the pavement is poured it is flooded with water, to insure its properly curing and to guard against cracking It is kept submerged sev- eral days . The water-works plant and sew erage system have been completed and are now ready for use. With the completion of' the pavement, in about two months, the construction work at the devolopifiitwill be completed. The entire iwort wa 4one under the supervision! ol Mr J A . Laughlin, civil engin&f and will cost about $60,- ooo. 'W',- "'"f - There ae Jiqw, In - th course of con struction Jthree; handsome residence at Orlander "Each" of them ara on Country dub" r boule vard, overlooking ttHebpnxHflli,nkdf the Cane Fear Thef' Tidewater 1$ Power Company which is : promoting the development of the J suburb' are sparing no money to make: the 1 place attractive. Gard- ! enere ha vd planted a large amount of shrubbery and ?there is still more to be done. ' ' i ' HOTEL AT SNOW HILL . WAS BURNED TODAY '' (Oy Associated Press.) ' Rockr: Mount, June 15. The Hotel t' - oJLn. tt:ii l a their tight; apparel. , , The fire is said to have started in the kitchen.. ;Dr, stoher, surgeon in charg3 local U. S. Marine HpitaT. has returned : from a trip along the coastff o New Jersey, Maryland, Vir ginia tartd North Carolina, where he made arrangements for the provid- Guards. Representatives are to be adopted and no .cbango is made in the rule which provides that a candidate must receive BUILOINC GOING nm bt ni rnmnrrr Ulv HI ULLflllULll n txie convention to win the. nomina ion. :: '.. & wi e f k I - hmmK z 4 Mis . i"""15 MACK., JiOMEfe S. CUMMINGSS JSOBEJ2-T JSW7H"3. &NTt,ptAT SZzSce, ' H-5re ar three Democratic National Committeemen in St. Louis at t he convention, where President Wil son will be nominated or re-election. " i From left to right, they are: Norman E. Mack, of New York; Homer S. Cummings, of Connecticut, and Rob ert Ewing, of Louisiana. . t- BENE E III S E Liner Went on Rock In Fog and Had to Be Abandoned By All Hands. FIVE BODIES H AVE BEEN RECOVERED Search Being'Made For Others. Escape. (By Associated Press.) Eureka, Cal., June15. 71ve bodies have been;' recovered from the coast wise steamer, Bear, which was wreck ed last -night on Sugar Loaf rock. The Bear carried 119 passengers and crew ahdwas abandoned when she hit in the fog near Cape Mendocine. The battleship Oregon and other vessels, which answered the stranded liner's calls, have been busy visiting the wreck since early this morning. There was a thick fog at daybreak, and a heavy swell was running, and it is possible that survivors succeeded in reaching the shore . The Bear war leaking badly when she was deserted and at daybreak showed signs of breaking up. The sea was calm, but there was a light wind when the pas sengers took to the boats, but later a heavy, swell started running and the wind blew furiously. Two boatloads of survivors have come ashore, and one boat is report-1 ed .trying to land and the remainder of ' the passengers and crew are said I to be -aboard the tug. Relief. JOE BROWN CLUB. Bolton Citizens Numbering 122 Favor ;-Jr Columbus Candidate. A iarge and entlyisisiastic number of citizens of Bolton and nearby town ships met in the town hall at Bolton, Tuesday, 13th, and organized a club in the interest of their county's can didate, J. A. Brown, of Columbus, for Congress . Officers were elected and a large number of chartered members were enrolled! One hundred and twenty two voters of Bolton township have expressed their preference, for "Joe Brown" for Congress. Retiirns to Georgia Mr. John Franklin Smith, formerly of this city, who Is managing a large real estate development 'at West Green, Ga., has returned-there after visiting the home of his father,, Mr. Jos. D. Smith, here. r -X- -K 4f 4(- -X- -X- VILLA LEADER CAPTURED. 4f : (By Associated Press.) . 'Field Headquarters, June 14. (By Wireless from Columbus, 4f 4 N.. M.,, June 15.) Colonel Pedro -X- Lujari, one of the most promi- -x- nent Villa chieftains remaining x- alive, was captured yesterday by -X- Captain Turner, of the Thir- -X-iteenth cavalry. Lujan was one -X- of the leaders in the raid on Co- -X- lumbus, N. M., March 9th. His sf capture' nearly completes the ex- -X-. termination of the Villa leaders Jn the -raid across the border. OUND N 4f -X- -X- .." ANOTHER BETWEEN WPS AND NT Reported That Two United States Soldiers Were iCilled and Seven Wounded. SIX MEXICANS ARE REPORTED AS DEAD Fight v Occurreij '.Forty, Miles General Funston Gets Report (By Associated Press.) Laredo, Texas, June 15. Two Am erican soldiers were killed and seven wounded in a fight with Mexican ban dits, forty miles down the river at San Ignacio, according to a report i brought here today. Word reached here later that one of the wounded American soldiers, shot through the head, had died. ! Information is that eight of the Mex-, ican raiders were Killed and forty- j two horses captured in the pursuit. Colonel Brown has requested the, county authorities to warn all Mexi- j cans to get away from the border. I The attack was made by 100 Mexi-, cans who crossed the Rio Grande, forty miles southeast of here, and at- tacked the American border patrol. The Mexicans expected to find a weak force Funston Gets The News. San Antonio, Texas, June 15. A report received by General Funston stated that two American soldiers . were killed here in a fight with ban-: dits near San Ignacio, forty miles southeast of Laredo. J Six of th Mexicans were killed inl the engagement that begun at o'clock . - . - , . It is believed that several Mexicans were wounded, but -that they were carried away by their companions . There were seven Americans wounded. The Mexicans, numbering about one hundred, attacked troops I and M at 2 O'clock a. m. The attack- was met with a spirited defense and , at the end of half an hour the Mexicans iwere in retreat, but not until- two, American troopers had been killed! and seven wounded. From the brush in the country about the camp there were - found early to- day the bodies of six Mexicans. Seven dead horses also were found. The water-soaked clothes of the dead Mexicans indicated that hey had! crossed the river from Mexico. V At the time of the official report, made by Major Gray, he had not ascertained the name of the Mexican leader, non any information that ;i showed frpm where they came! orf just where they may have belonged. NEW PHOTOGRAPHER. Roy Moose Comes From New York to Open Gallery Here. Mr. Roy -Moose, formerly of Greens - boro, more recently of New York, and now of Wilmington, has opened a pho - tograph gallery over , Woodall & Sheppard's store, at Front and Prin cess streets, and is ready for business. Mr. Moose says he will make a special effort to develop - a first-class trade in the city, and is much gratified . with the encouragement which has been given -him. U IS E STILL BIG HEADWAY Draw Closer to Important Junction Point of Germans and Austrians. BUKOWINA'S CAPITAL ALMOST ISOLATED I Germans Direct Heavy Fire oh r ort Souy iile;tiUeigp, Fire on Both Sides River. (By Associated Press.) Intense artillery activity is report ed on both sides of the river Meuse on the Verdun front. The Germans are directing heavy fire on Fort Sou- ville northeast of the fortress, whose ?T ,f? L lent Pw?rfut aid m balking the Crown Prince a efforts to puSft the French back to their inner lin of defense. .' West of the river, Chattartcourt, south of Cumieres, where! Ihe" Ger- mans already have driven a X wedge into the French line, is ah especial point of attack. No infantry action has occurred on einer bank of the river, the Paris afternoon bulletin states. . Tn their nffpnaivfi nn thR ot.m front the Russians apparently: are making steady headway, although are gtm some distance from Lembergt their immediate main objec- tive in Galicia. Last reports placed them , just across the border, some" fifty miles north of the city of Kovel. The railway junction point where the ijne btween the German and Austrian forces n this front is , formed, has been more closely approached, by the Russian armies. - ; . In Bukowina, Czernowitz, tne ap- ital, apparently is cut off .from all direction, but the south.- - Beard Grew Ater Deathy Elkhart, Ind.," June 15 The ace of G. W. Hite, when ' he "was buried' a vpop' den. was clean shaven.' fF. J. ; jgg . sexton of Grace Lawn Cemetery, ".eihumerthe body recently to move tt to anotheV lot in the cemetery and he foud that. the beard had erowh until it reached far down on thV breast. ' ; - ' - Uf - ' 45- 45- ' .V. j ' I WILLr TAKE STRIKE VOTE. 3C- (By Associated Press.) New. York, June j 15. The rail 5- 3f way managers this afternoon no- titled the trainmen's brotherhood i tney co.uid not meet the demand 45. for an -f eight-hour da andv for time .and a half overtime. They f proposed arbitration as the solU- X: tjAT1 ftf th diffimiltiea of snbmis- 'si0n of the dispute to the" Inter- -x- state Commerce Commission. X- This was the final ' answer ; X-. given by the railways to their X- employes and probably means a X- X- strike vote of the employes will 1 -x- De taken. h . j.. a. B. Garretson, head of the tfl T - x - conductors' brotherhood,, ' an 1 -x-. nounced that arbitration . . would Xvnot be acceptable,, and the pri- posal . to r submit the Question to X- the Interstate -Commerce Com-. -X-X- mission . was impracticable Jbe- X- x-cause.that' body had no power-to settle-the matter. , " '"' "4e- MAKING " '. . ' ' SPEECH OF SENATOR OL LIE JAMEsl " ' -. . . .'. .V . ; . The speech : of , Senator Ollie James,' of Kentucky,, permanent chairman of the Democratic Na- tional convention, will, be found on the .second page of this issue of The Dispatch. WILSON SETTLES i Pennsylvania Man to Head the Democratic National Committee. Washington, June 15. Vance Jlc Cormick, of Pennsylvania, has been selected bv President Wilson to sue-1 . .. ceea wiiiiam Mcuomus as cnairman, of the Democratic National Commit tee. Administration leaders were ad vised of this today by the President. It is believed here that Mr. McCor mick will be able to solidify the party and harmonize the different elements. The President looks upon him as pro. gressive and thoroughly in harmony with his idea of how the coming cam pa'gn should be run. The Democratic National Commit tee has election of its chairman, but there is no doubt the President's choice will be formally ratified. Columbus Will Have Big Dele gation at Good Roada Meet. O ther News From There. (Special to The Dispatch.) - Whiteville, N. C, June 15. Co lumbus county will send a large dele gation to. the Good Roads Convention! at Wrightsville Beach next week, j More than 100 delegates have been! appointed by the County Commission-' ers. " -" This county is going to have a su-i pervisor of rural schools, and Miss Eliza Parker, formerly , the principal of the Hallsboro school, has been elected by the Board of Education for this position. She is well qualified for the place, and the board made no mistake in their selection. The sal ary will be about $800 per year, and Miss Parker will work for the estab lishment of the canning clubs through out 'the county. She is a native of Wake county, and is spending her va cation at her home there. Several brick buildings will soon be added to those already completed this year. It requires a good fire to make some towns what they really should be, and Whiteville has had two within the past-two fyears that made a great gap in the long line of old frame stores. They had to give way to up-to-date stores now under con struction. The commissioners say that the road work will be "pushed as rapidly as possible by the convict " force. The bad swamps and the main high ways will reeeive attention at once in the county. Fair Bluff defeated Whiteville Tues day on the diamond at that town by a score of 5 to 3 . The streets of Whiteville will re ceive the much needed work this summer. The town has some very tgood streets to build from sand and clay. Crops are improving very fast throughout Columbus. The farmers are in good heart. Cotton still ad vancing together with fine prospects for tobacco, has put new life in their bones. Plan Reunion Many , former stu dents at Cape Fear Academy, of which Prof. Washington Catlett has been principal for two score years, have subscribed their names to the list of those who will attend the reunion on - June 20. , :others who desire to do -i m m m . mm m ' so are invited to can oy Munson s ana sign the book. i On Duty Again -r-The fire boat At lantic is on duty again after having its hull scraped and repainted on the lHamme Marine railway. The craft has been painted from stem to stern 'on Its annual spring overhauling. BEADY TO JOVE OU'CONVEffll Tragedy Enacted on The Pam lico Near New Bern This Morning. ! , THREE YOUNG WOMEN AMONG THE VICTIMS Little Craft Marion Was i Bound From Bath to Wash ington at The TimeEight Persons Had Narrow. Es- cape From Drowning Cargo To4 Heavy. (Special to The Dispatch.) New Bern, N. C. June 15. Four persons lost their lives and eight oth ers had a narrow escape when the gasboat, Marion, oound from Bath, N. C, to Washington, N. C, sunk in the Pamlico river shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. - ,The dead are: Miss Marion' Mason, age fourteen years and a daughter of W. W. Mason, of Bath; Miss Ruth Brooks, age eighteen years, of Bath; Miss Katie Brooks, daughter of C. J. Brocks, of Bath; Mr. 'J; S. Woodard, a6C The Marion left Bath early this morning for Washington, with a cargo of Irish potatoes, and it is believed that this cargo made her top heavy and this was the cause o fthe acci dent. . The accident "occurred just as the boat Was rounding the bend in Bath creek. Every effort was made to save the passengers but before they could be rescued those mentioned above had lost their lives. A search for the bodies was insti tuted at once and the bodies of the three young ladies have been recover ed. Mr. Woodard's body has not been, recovered. Another Account. Washington, June 15. Four per sona, three .women and one man, all white, were drowned in Pamlico river, near Bath, when the small passen ger yesseK Marion, flying , between thigcity attuIfcth,- overturned Six others aboard the boat were? rescued. Those losing their lives were Maude Mason, 14 years old; Ruth" and Katie Brcoks, 14 and 18, respectively, and John Williams, 60 years old, all of Bath. The accident is said to have been . caused by the deck load which cap sized the1, boat when: turning from Bath Creek into the river. The four persons - drowned were thought to have been in the pilot house and were entrapped when the' vessel turned over. Capt. Maifitt's Trip North Has Results For Noif h Caro lina's Resort. Capt. C. D. Maffitt, than whom Wrightsville Beach has no better boos ter, has returned from a business trip " to New York, and while In that section took occasion to spread a few words In the interest of the resort. As a direct result of his efforts a party of three arrived last, night at 10" o'clock on the Clyde steamer Cherokee, to spend the summer at Wrightsville Beach, and it is likely that others will follow. "All the Beach needs to make it, the greatest resort in the country Is for the people to know what we've got,T declared Capt. Iftaflltt. "I was pained to learn that the advantages of the resort are not well known away from this section," he said, "but those with whoml talked were much interested." "Mrs. J. P. Kelly and Misses K. and D. Kelly arrived from New York last evening and went direct to the Beach, where they will spend the summer. Others arriving on the same steamer were G. T. Hicks, Misses C., L. and Ola Hicks, H. Funk, Misses L. and Aw Worth, Mrs. Geo. Reed, Mm. .Arm strong, Cornelius Bellamy, T. E. Fish er, G. F. Fink. .BOMB INTENDED FOR THE GOVERNOR. (By Associated Press.) Butte1, ' Mont., -June 15. A. : bomb in a package In one of the , mail pouches being transferred I from a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy train jto the "Oregon Short ' Line here today exploded - and . wrecked the Oregon Short Line's mail car. : The package . is re- ported- to have : been addressed to the Governor of Utah. . ; . NEW YORK PEOPLE COME TO BEACH i, 4 1 n r." T. ' ; lb ft??
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