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VOL. XXVII. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1916. " " NO. 6.
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HUGHES ATTACKS
ADMINISTRATION
LACKING OF POLICY SAYS RE
PUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE.
ON FIRST SPEAKING TRIP
Assails Foreign Course and Mexican
Program of President Wilson Dip.
lomatlc Appointments Are Criti
cized. Detroit. Mich. Charles E. Hughe
in the first set speech of his trans-continental
trip assailed the administra
tion rigorously for Its foreign policy,
its Mexican policy, for appointing men
who he termed nexperienced to diplo
matic posts and for what he charac
terized as a "raid upon the civil ser
Tice of the United States."- -
"He kept ua out of war," Mr.
Hughes said, referring to the presi
dent and a Democratic slogan. "Yet
we seized Vera Cruz. That was war
rcry ignoble war. And it was call
ed war over the bodies of those dead
soldiers; it was called a war of ser
vice. "Talk about what Is your policy.
What is the president's policy does
any one know? Has the executive
ever had a policy for more than six
months on the Mexican question? I
repeat: Who knows today what the
policy of the administration will be
three months hence? The trouble is
that this administration has written
such a record that no matter what it
says you do no know whether It
will stick to it.
"We have had an exhibition during
the past three years which I confess
fills me with a deep sense of shame.
I have not a particle of militaristic
spirit in my system, but if I am elect
ed presdent I will see to It that Amer
ican rights in Mexico are respected."
Mr. Hughes assailed the administra
tion's course toward upholding Amer
ican rights abroad during the Euro
pean war.
' When I say that I am an American
citizen," the nominee said, "I ought
to say the proudest ..thing that any
man can say in this world. But you
can't have that pride if American citi
zenry is a cheap thing, If it is not
worthy of protection this wide world
over. There Is no man who could suc
cessfully present to an American com
munty the platform that an American
citizen's rights stop at the coast line
and that beyond that American life is
to be the prey of any marauder that
chooses to take it."
WILSON CAMPAIGN NOT
TO WAIT ON CONGRESS END
Democrats Start National Pight Soon
After September 1.
Washington. A decision to launch
the Democratic National campaign
soon after September 1 regardless of
whether Congress Is still In session
then, was reached at a conference be
tween President Wilson, Vance C. Mc
Cormick, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee and Homer S.
Cumtnlngs the committee's vice chair
man. The two Democratic leaders
took lunch with the president and re
mained with him four hours going over
minutely the campaign plans.
While no data was set for the noti
fication ceremonies Chairman McCor
mick said that if Congress remained
In sesslno after September 1, the no
tlflcaton might take place before ad
journment. Under such circumstances
the president will go to Shadow Lawn,
N. J., for'the occasion and return im
mediately afterward to Washington.
Invitations sent to the president to
speak in various parts of the country
were considered at the conference.
Mr. Wilson will make no define en
gagements, however, until a date for
the adjournment of Congress Is agreed
upon. He already has promised to go
to Hodgensville, Ky., September 4 -to
make a non-political speech at Lincoln
Memorial Exercises and has made a
tentative engagement to visit St. Louis
September 19, 20 or 21, to address an
organization of underwriters.
FARM LOAN BOARD IS
ORGANIZED; NORRIS AT HEAD
Washington. Organization of the
new farm loan board which is to ad
minister the new rural credits system
was perfected here by the induction
into office of Its four appointive mem
bers the designation by President Wil
son of an executive head and the se
lection of a secretary. The board will
meet again to consider how it may
best obtain information on which to
base Its first important work division
of the country into 12 district.
SIANS BREAK
TEUTONIC LINES
CAPTURE SIX VILLAGES AND
MORE THAN 3,000 PRISONERS
SOUTH OF BRODY.
VERDUN FIGHTING BITTER
British Capture 2,500 Prisoners When
Turks Invade Suez Canal Region.
Australians Plunge Through Ger-
. man Ranks.
Petrpgrad, via London. Russian at
tacks along the Sereth and Graberka
Rivers, south of Brody, in northern Ga
llcla, broke the Teutonic resistance
end resulted in the capture by the Rus
sians of six villages. More than 3,000
prisoners were taken.
South of Brody the enemy offered
determined resistance and made sev
eral counterattacks. In the streets
of the villages fierce fighting took place
and it was necessary to drive the ene
my out from house to house.
On the right bank of the Meuse, in
the Verdun region, the fighting be
tween the French and Germans con
tinues to be bitter. Paris says the
forces of the German crown prince
made unsuccessful efforts to drive the
French from the Thiaumont work, re
cently captured. The Germans also
bombarded heavily the sector of Thiau
mont and Fleury.
3relin mentions bitter fighting at
Thiaumont work and reports the cap
ture of 468 prisoners during German
counter attaches In the Fleury sector.
On the Russian front the most in
tense fighting is, reported as taking
place south of Brody in Galicia. The
Russians crossed the Sereth river,
captured positions in the region of Pe-niak-Tchistopady
and repulsed Austrian-German
counter attacks against
them.
London. strong Turkish forces
which attacked the British at Romani,
22 miles east of the Suez Canal on Au
gust 4, was defeated and put to flight
by a counter-attack, says an official
statement
The Turks, adds the statement, are
being vigorously pursued by the
British, who have taken more than
2,500 prisoners Including some Ger
mans. With the British armies In France,
via London. Under the merciless con
centration of shellflre, the Australians
are holding on to their gains after their
advance on a front of two miles. The
Germans already have delivered three
powerful counter attacks to retake the
lost ground and all have failed.
DEMOCRATS PLAN LOWER
SCALE INCOME TAXATION.
Senate Finance Committee .Recom
mends Tax For Single Persons of
$2,000, Married One of $3,000.
Washington. Reduction of the in
come tax exemntion from $3,000 to
$2,000 for single persons and from
$4,000 to $3,000 for persons with fam
ilies was ordered recommended to the
Senate by, Democratic members of
the finance committee who are revis
ing the house revenue bill.
The change is proposed in an
amendment which would put the ad
ditional $1,000 tax in a separate clas
sification and impose on it a normal
tax of one per cent instead of two
per cent, assessed against incomes
over $3,000, for single persons, and
$4,000 for married persons.
The exemption amendment, after
an all-day discussion, prevailed by a
majority of only one vote. Some of
the Democratic Senators said that the
decision was a tentative one and
might be overturned with the amend
ment was submitted to the full mem
bership of the committee.
FIRE CRIPPLES PRESSES
OF THE NEW YORK SUN.
New York. Five large presses on
which The New York Sun is printed
were so badly damaged by a fire
which started in the cub-cellar of The
Sun building that several editoions
will be run off on the presses of The
Evening Mail. There were no em
ployes in the press ioom when the
blaze started.
CLOUDBURST STOPS ALL
STREET CARS IN ASHEVILLE
Asheville. Asheville was without
power or street car service for about
two hours Sunday as the result of a
cloudburst in the Beaverdam section
which turned the Beaverdam Creek,
a small stream, into a raging torrent,
flooded a large area in the vicinity
of the creek and destroyed a number
of poles of the Weaver Power Com
pany, which supplies the city with
power at present.
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HOW VESSEL GOT AWAY
CAPT. HINSCH TELLS OF THE
DEPARTURE OF THE SUBMA
RINE DEUTSCHLAND.
Captain Who Directed Departure Says
Vessel Went Under the Water When
Only a Mile Inside The Three-Mile
Limit.'
Norfolk, Va. So far as is known
here the Deutschland is safely at sea
on her way to Bremen after success
fully running through the patrol of
Allied cruisers off the Virginia capes.
It is not believed the Deutschland
experienced the slightest difficulty in
evading the cruisers. Captain Hinsch,
of .the war-bound German liner Nec-
kar, who directed the departure of the
submarine said that the underwater
freighter passed unobserved within
one hundred yards of a United States
destroyer on neutrality duty about a
mile off the capes.
, "When we came to a stop at a point
in the bay I shall not disclose because
we probably shall have to use the
place again,"' said Captain Hinsch,
"the pilot aboard the submarine was
taken off to the Thomas F. Timmons,
our tug. It was then about 5 o'clock
in the morning. The submarine was
submerged, so that her machinery and
pumps oould be tested and the cargo
be trimmed, should it be necessary.
She went down in a deep hole in the
bay to a depth of 135 feet remaining
there for some time.
"When she came to the surface
again, Captain Koenig came up
through the conning towers and said
that .everything" was working per
fectly. That pleased us, I can tell you.
We had thought we might have to
rearrange some things, after it was
seen how the Deutschland worked in
salt water. The tests in the dock at
Baltimore were made in fesh water,
you know. '
"The trial completed we started off
down the bay and when no traffic was
in sight the Deutschland took another
dive while running. She went down
until only a few inches of her peri
scope was showing above the water.
Then I dropped behind to see at what
distance the wake of the Deutschland
or the foam crest of the periscope
oould be seen. About 400 yards with
glasses I could not see a thing.
In the afternoon we started for
the capes and you know how the bet
ter part of the trip was made. The
destroyer was passed in the dark. As
soon as the men on the bridge sight
ed the lights of the Timmins they
watched us closely and looked all
around for the submarine which pass
ed them at a distance of only a hun
dred yards. At the time the subma-
ROGER CASEMENT MET HIS
DEATH ON GALLOWS BRAVELY.
Last Utterance Was, "I Die For My
Country."
London. With only two chaplains
and minor officials of the Government
looking on, Roger Casement, once
knighted for his services to the Crown
while a British Consul, was hanged
as a traitor in the Pentonville jail
here. The trap was sprung at one
minute after 9 o'clock and when a
single stroke of the prison bell an
nounced the grim fact to a waiting
crowd outside only a chorus of cheers
and groans replied, while at one spot
a group of about 30 Irish women fell
on their knees and prayedfor the
soul of their fellow countryman.
Casement, convicted of conspiring
to cause an armed revolt in Ireland
and with having sought German aid
to that end, met his death with calm
courage .according to witnesses, and
his last utterance was, "I die for my
country."
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ANNIVERSARY
ARMIES ARE TAKING REST
FIGHTING HAS LET UP CONSIDER
ABLY FOR SHORT BREATHING
SPELL.
Prepalrlng to Renew Attaeks Rus
sians Advance Against Turks Ger
mans Make Another Air Raid on
East Coast of England.
London. The armies in the great
centers of the present activity the
Somme region of France, Russia and
Galicia evidently have let up consid
erably in fighting and are Indulging
in a breathing spell preparatory to
further attacks and counter-attacks
The official communications dealing
with the operations in these sectors
tell of no single Important engagement
or of any notable changes in the posi
tions of any of the belligerents.
Attacking in Echelon on a three-
mile line, from the Meuse river to
Fleury, north of Verdun, the French
have captured several German
trenches and organized points of sup
port. In the engagement 600 Germans
were made prisoners and ten machine
guns were captured.
On the Russian front Petrograd re
ports merely artillery duels and in
fantry attacks by small detachments,
while Berlin tells of Russian attacks
on the Stokhod and Taria river fronts
and of local Russian offensive on the
Stripa river in Galicia, all of which
were repulsed.
Attacks by the Austrians against
the Italians at various points, includ
ing Monte Clmone, ' Monte Seluggio
and Castellatto, have been repulsed
with heavy casualties, according to
Rome.
U. S. OFFICIALS WATCH
RAIL STRIKE DANGER
Washington. Officials of the Fed
eral government including President
Wilson are closely watching develop
ments in the controversy between 225
railway systems end their 400,000 em
ployes and are preparing to offer every
possible aid In effecting an agreement
and avoiding a strike. The President
forwarded the labor department an ap
peal received from the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States '
through Harry A. Wheeler, chairman I
of the chamber's committee on rail
roads, declaring a strike inevitable
"unless some strong measures of In
tervention are speedily Introduced,"
and urging an inquiry. Acting Sec
retary of Labor Post had not decided
whether action by the department
would be necessary.
The Federal Board of Mediation
and Conciliation, authorized by law
to attempt to avert strikes on rail
roads, also is keeping watch of devel
opments and its officials expect to
be called on as soon as the strike vote
now being counted, has been complete
ly canvassed.
Copies of the chamber's appeal to
President Wilson were forwarded, to
chairman of the congressional com
merce committees and to represnta
tives of the railroads and the em
ployes. The chamber is considering
calling a conference here to impress
Congress with the advisability of Im
mediate action.
SAN FRANCISCO BOMB
PLOTTERS INDICTED
San Francisco. The county grand
Jury returned five indictments charg
ing Warren K. Billings, Thomas Moon
ey, Mrs. Rena Mooney, Edward Nolan
and Israel Weinberg with the murder
of eight persons who lost their lives
in a bomb explosion here during a pre
paredness parade July 28.
AUTO BANDITS GET
A 3410 PAYROLL
FIVE UNMASKED MEN SNATCH
MONEY BAGS FROM
GUARDS.
A BOLD DAYLIGHT HOLDUP
Hundreds Look On As Theft Takee
Place on Crowded Street in Motor
Factory District of Detroit. Money
For Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
Detroit. Five unmasked automobile
bandits held up an automobile in
which $50,000 pay roll money was be
ing taken to the plant of the Bur
roughs Adding Machine Company and
before astonished guards could offer
resistance snatched five of six bags
in the .car, said to have contained
$33,000 or $34,000 and escaped.
The hold-up took place on Bur
roughs, between Woodward and Cass
avenues in view of hundreds of -em
ployes of nearby automobile facto
ries and the usual afternoon throngs
on Woodward avenue.
Rudolph, a Burroughs guard, was
shot through the thigh and struck
on the head with the butt end of a
pistol, when he tried to intercept the
robbers.
Witnesses declared the five bandits
apparently ranged in age from 18 to
60 years. No one, however, seemed
able to give a good description
They were armed with rifles and au
tomatic pistols.
Witnesses f "the daring robbery
declared the apparent failure of the
pay car gaurds to realize what was
taking place aided the bandits' suc
cesses. One guard said he thought
a motion picture scenario was being
staged.
Although policemen on motorcy
cles and in automobiles were quickly
sent In pursuit of the bandits, they
had not been rounded up. Eleven
machines filled with officers were
scouring the country In every direc
tion after a fruitless chase of 36
miles. The bandits were thought to
have been cornered about 30 miles
northwest of the city, but when offi
cers closed in the bandits' car was
not to be found.
The amount obtained by the ban
dits at first placed as high as $45,
000, later was declared by P. G.
Chapman, secretary-treasurer of the
Burroughs Company to have been be
tween $33,000 and $34,000. A car fol
lowing the one held up, carrying $75,
000 was not molested.
GENERAL CARRANZA'S
NOTE AT WASHINGTON
Wilson Will Proceed at Once to Name
Commissioners.
Washington. Indications were that
President Wilson would appoint three
commissioners within the next few
days to meet a similar delegation al
ready selected by General Carranza to
undertake settlement of the interna
tional differences arising from disturb
ed conditions along the Mexican bor
der. In a note delivered to the state de
partment General Carranza named his
commissioners, but did not answer
specifically the suggestion of the
Washington government for enlarge
ment of the powers of the commis
sion. It is believed, however, that the
reply is generally satisfactory to. the
administration and that negotiations
will proceed without delay.
General Carranza says in his note
that the Mexican commissioners
"preferably" will discuss the three
points outlined In the Mexican com
munication of July 11, which are
withdrawal of American troops from
Mexico, the framing of a protocol to
cover future border operations, and an
investigation of what interests have
promoted border raids. State Depart
ment officials are understood to re
gard this as at least leaving the way
open for broader considerations such
as they desire.
Carranza has appointed to represent
his government Licentiate Luis Cab
rera, Engineer Ignacio Bonillas and
Engineer Alberto J. Pani.
VERDUN AGAIN CENTER
OF FIGHTING ON WEST
London. Verdun, almost quiescent
during the Anglo-French offensive in
the Somme region, has again become
the storm center on the Western bat
tle front. The French forces have tak
sn the offensive on the right bank of
the Meuse and nowj hold the Thiau
mont work and the greater part of the
village of Fleury, according to ParisL
The Thiaumont work, already the
scene of many combats, was twice-in
French hands during twelve houx.v
ESTIMATE BRIDGE
DAMAGE IS 111
ENGINEER FALLIS ALSO THINKS
ROAD DAMAGE IS HALF MIL
LION MORE.
BACK FROM FLOOD DISTRICT
State Highway Engineer Gives . Esti
mated Cost of Rebuilding Roads t
and Bridges Destroyed.
Raleigh One million dollars worth
of bridges have been destroyed
and five hundred thousand dollars
worth of roads have been damaged
by the torrential rains in Western
North Carolina, according to the
estimates of State Highway Engineer
W. S. Fallis, who has Just returned
from an inspection tour in the. coun
ties embraced ' in the flood district.
Mr. Fallis has prepared a "report for
the Governor, giving an estimated,
cost of rebuilding roads and bridges
and pointing out the possibility of
salvage.
He reports that the damage to the
road from the top of Hickory Nut Gap
to Asheville amounts to $8,000. The
bridge damage on the Charlotte and
Asheville highway In Rutherford will
amount to about $9,000,-while the cost
of regrading and repalringthe road
way will be between $12,000 and $13.-
000, making a total of between $21,
000 and $22,000. The damage to the
Charlotte and Asheville highway In
Henderson county, including bridges
and roads, will amount to between
$11,000 and $12,000. It is estimated
that the total cost of reconstruction
of the Charlotte and Asheville high
way between Rutherfordton and Ashe
ville will be about $35,000.
Speaking of the people made desti
tute by the flood, Mr. Fallis said that
what they wanted was not charity but :
work. There is a strong sentiment,
he believed, in favor of an appropria-.
tlon which will be used to pay the ,
people, who work in rebuilding the
roads. The people are anxious to get
the roads In repair and are willing to
work on them, if by doing so they
can secure a livelihood through the
coming winter. Since crops are de
stroyed and tourists are leaving the.;
people must have something to do to .'
carry them through until next spring,
and such an arrangement would not'
Only help them financially, but would
Insure a rapid reconstruction of roads '.
and bridges, it is pointed out.
Wilmington as Cotton Port.
Wilmington. Nearly $3,000,000
worth of cotton has bee exported -
from Wilmington in the cotton year,
In excess of the amount that was re-;
ported during the previous year, the :
comparative figures being $12,622,000 1
this year as against $9,690,000.
In previous years the cotton year
closed on August 31. but the Govern
ment has recently changed It and'
maks It close on July 81. Of partic
ular Interest to North Carolina is the
statement of the exports this year .
as compared with last .yar.
They are as follows: Total receipts .
this year: 223,000 bales; last year,
279,000. Exports this year: 170,557
bales, valued at $12,622,000; last year
175,793 bales, valued at $9,690,000.
Stock on hand this year 55,000; last
year, 35,000. Among the noteworthy
things to be mentioned in the cotton
shipping Is that the number of bales
shipped this year, as compared with '
last year, is 4,416 bales less while
the amounts received for them are '
$2,932,000 greater.
Spencer Prepares For Labor Day.
Spencer. The Spencer Labor Day
Committee has closed deals with a ;
number of attractions for exhibitions
in Spencer, September 4th., Among
these is the Stirewalts, a professional
troupe composed of R. P. Stirewalt and
his three daughters, of China Grove.
A barbecue to oe given by Lentz &
Harrington, of Salisbury is to be a
feature attraction and 3,000 pounds
of porkers have been ordered for the'
day.
Statesville In Million Class.
Statesville Monthly revenue col
lections in this district continue to
run beyond the million mark. Col
lector WattsV report for the month of
July, shows collections to the amount
of $1,360,285.76. coming from the fol
lowing sources: Tobacco $1,3S8,230.
11; emergency taxes $16,956.92; in
come taxes $3,700.18; narcotic taxes
$709.39; liquor licenses $662.52; fines
and penalties $7.63. making the grand
total of $1,360,285.76. This Is an in
crease of $519,307.02 over July of last
year, or 61 3-4 per cent.