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GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY. AUGUST 17, 1916. VOL. 95—NO. 68
OPES TO AVERT STRIKE
,V l-'llKXCES ARE HELD AND A
B\HW OS" SETTLEMENT MAY
;;t: REACHED FRIDAY.
\V: lington. Aug. 16.President
today completed a definite
., ! settlement of the threaten-
■ ;.,n-\vide railroad strike and
•limit it 1° representatives of
•;,--ois and employes tomor-
'though administration offi-
. foliations would be con-nl
a peaceful solution was
r.uiconie of the president's
js expected to depend
. ; :,- aiVitude of the two
iril the plan lie has drawn
I ..•s'.lion framed by the
i oliowing conferences
iiunagers and employes
, ■;. morning proposes that
r- y s should concede the
.-:.-: day with an agreement
■ Bill be observed. Later it
;■ will be proposed that a fed-
• ssion appointed by the
,i or created by Congress ia^
., all problems which have
.-•■• .1 :;:•'nir the present discussion.
fillet obstacles in the way of
..■,;■:,.' at the plan lies in the In-
,.; the railroad managers on
• ,••..: :i and their opposition to an
EIGHT DIVORCES GRANTED
BY THE SUPERIOR COURT.
Perhaps the most interesting item
of news in connection with the4erm
of Superior court that convened Mon-day
is to be found In the announce-ment
that eight divorces have been
granted, this being the largest num-ber
of marriages annulled by order
cf court here in a long while. In
fact, the court officers do not recall
any previous term that granted so
many divorces.
With the exception of one case, all
the parties to the divorces granted
this week are white people. It is
significant that seven of the eight
suits were instituted by wives.
Divorces were granted in the fol-lowing
cases: Ruby Belk vs. Nelson
Belt, Bessie Rule vs. Joseph A. Rule,
Elizabeth Ditmar vs. John Ditmar,
Elizabeth Scott vs. Robert B. Scott,
Artie Anthony vs. R. V. Anthony,
Lucy Norwood vs. Jasper Norwood.
A. P. Staley vs. Kate Staley, Elsie
Warren vs. Lewis Warren. ^. .
A suit brought by R. A. Kirkman
against J. Frank Ross, for $5,000
damages for alleged personal injur-ies,
was taken up Monday and con-cluded
late Tuesday afternoon. The
NAYY TO BE SECOND LARGEST
BILL PROVIDES FOR EVERY
UNIT THAT GOES TO MAKE
POWERFUL FORCE.
Washington, Aug. 15.—Comment-ing
upon the passage of the building
program of the naval bill by the
house and the increased strength it
will give the navy, Secretary Dan-iels
said last night: "The naval bill
carried the largest appropriation for
the navy ever carried in a single ap-propriation
bill by any country. The
last naval bill of Great Britain, be-fore
the war, was under $250,000,-
000, while the bill that passed the
house carried an appropriation of
three hundred and fifteen million
dollars. Naval authorities abroad
state that this authorization will
make our navy second largest in the
world in every unit that goes to
make a powerful fighting force.
"The first recommendation ever
made by a chief executive for a con-tinuing
program for construction was
made by President Wilson in his
message to Congress last December
and it was gratifying to all who be-lieve
in a strong navy when both po-jury
returned a verdict of $500 for litU>al parties in tnelr platforms last
the plaintiff. The suit resulted from
an altercation between Messrs. Ross
and Kirkman over a business mat-iw,
i sides will give in on these
... (.instituted the thief danger
., sruation tonight.
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., ;-.; mr day and in the demand of jter. Mr. Ross is a merchant at Pleas-
. - .],.;,, < tor exira pay of time ant Garden and Mr. Kirkmanva far-iuli'
(or overtime. Whether mer of the community. It was al-leged
that the defendant kicked the
plaintiff in the stomach, the kick re-sulting
in a painful and permanent
!>::\1 committee'of the em- injury. The plaintiff was represent-i:,
iludi'.i2 640 represent*- |ed by King & Kimbafl, while Judge
trriuuien and engineered IW. P. Bynum and Brooks, Sapp &
Williams appeared for the defendant.
The case was hard fought through-out.
The greater part of the court's
time yesterday was taken up by an
action brought by L. A. Smithdeal
against W. D. McAdoo for the recov-ery
of $124.77, the plaintiff alleging
that he had expended this amount on
a store room he had rented from the
defendant but did not octeupy. The
jury returned a verdict for the de-fendant.
Judge Fergusion ordered a judg-ment
entered for the plaintiff in a
suit brought by Eula M. Chandler
aeainst Dr. J. W. Jones for $600.
The case will be carried to the Su-preme
court lor an interpretation of
law.
systems of the
tonight in re-
. ....::..I'.'.S by t'aeir sub-w.:
i.:. has been meeting
••:,- dent. The general
....- plenary powers to ac-
•:...- • any suggestion. The
.... .;i-...".•■-'. refraining frr.m d's-
.. - : . :., ;!..,, of the president said
r i •. :.. !.::: the outlook encourag-ing
for a settlement.
..; :; ..',;.,■'.: tomorrow afternoon
. (• president will meet the •mtir*)
.■•. c-r.'l >::::.:i::. ■•■ of 640 in '.lie
-,-• r; U I-.i White HOUSi: and
.:•. 'i•<•::! his plan. He will
..:,• i ivii'.i a statement ap-
.- ; ■• T'ieir jia trotism and urging
■. :-.• in the Interests o; me
tin nation.
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laid.
-. :-:•!. Aug. 15.—President
.. - nfort to bring the railroad
- - and the brotherhood lead-
.. rther in some form of settle-
.. •..•• differences which threat-i-'.
i'ju-w'.de strike has, after two
.;' i-onfi fences, progressed only
• ;■ ■ : i where a ground work
inker negotiations has been
YOUNG WOMAN" DIES HERE
OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS.
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ii■ :■ of arbitration of all issues
fam tirtuy, but t:ie situation was
::- :■('(! by the possibility of a
-'-."' :.i being reached by the rail-r
■•:.'.- Li.iiieding the principle of the
- l-ii : day and both sides set-
• i'.- collateral issues by some form
•i :.: !'i,.;ii:ii as yet undetermined,
r communicating with Presi-
-uii tonight employes' sub-let'
aut word to New York
'•:•' members of the general
: u. come to Washington in
• laiilitate negotiations. They
il here Thursday, and
'■'■ '■• '••■' ivill si c the president Fri-niaiiagers'
committee will
vltli liim him again tomor-oiricial
statement issued
■'■'■'■ While House today merely
■' i'••(• discussions still are
- i.'iu tnat no report could
■ ■ :i results. The first state-
• nd by Secretary Tumulty
president had met the rail-
'••:i . '..-'ers during the forenoon,
to!! . ,
president spent an hour and
tills morning with the repre-j'lves
of the railway manage-
After the conference he said
impossible as yet to report on
''Its. All that he, could say,
"l -i very candid anu honest
in nas in progress about
■ ! hases of settlement."
in the day, after the presi-
Uieeting with representatives
' in ployes, he made this state-ro.
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Mrs. Chester Chapin, a bride of a
few months, died at St. Leo's hospital
yesterday morning of fnfantile par-alysis,
the terrible disease that has
resulted in so many deaths recently
in New York and vicinity and is caus-ing
alarm throughout the entire
country. Mrs. Chapin was carried to
the hospital Tuesday morning, but
was not considered seriously ill until
later in the day, when physicians
diagnosed the case as infantile par-alysis.
Mrs. Chapin was 23 years of age
and a native of East Orange, N. J.
She returned to Greensboro Friday
night from a visit to her former
home, which is near New York, and
is supposed to have contracted the
disease while on the visit. She was
unwell Saturday and" Sunday; but a
physician was not called until Mon-day.
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The body was shipped yesterday
afternoon to East Orangi.-. where the
funeral and interment will take
place.
The bereaved husband is connect-ed
.with the Vick Chemical Company
in the capacity of advertising man-ager.
t.n
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|)r.
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or •
i.itre is no change. There is an
eai"i:'•-:. effort being made.to work
ou' ^ settlement."
_ ^ hen it became clear that arbitra-tIC"
i "t the entire problem probably
J*ver would be agreed to, but that
''« railroads might concede the prin-
■
JuroTS for Criminal Term of Court.
The county commisioners, in
special session Monday, drew the fol-lowing
jurors for the regular crimi-nal
term of Supprior court to con-vene
September' 18: W. T. Cum-mings,
J. N. Shepherd, Cyrus Lowe,
L. A. Wyrick, W. L. Lindsay, Wil-liam
A. Coble, John Pugh, T. G. Proc-tor,
John R. Chrismon, J. W. Cole-trane,
J. M. Varner, James D. Mc-
Nairy, O. C. Wysong, W. N. Stack, C.
J. Brockmann, R. C. Short, S. G.
Case, H. N. Sampson, S. A. Vickory,
M. Vuncanon. J. R. Peoples, M. A.
Blaylock, C. L. Kennedy, A. M. Ran-kin
and E. E. Hester.
The term for which the above ju-rors
are drawn will be followed by-a
week's special term for the trial of
Continued From Page One.
June affirmed that wide departure
from former policies. Instead of
what has been characterized as a
"haphazard" policy, Congress has
now adopted a continuing, construct-ive,
well balanced program that" in-sures
the building of a navy, worthy
|Of our country. The eight capital
! ships, four dreadnaughts and four
battle cruisers to be constructed at
once, will carry the heaviest guns
and will surpass any capital ships
yet constructed by any nation. And
in addition to the eight capital ships
to be contracted for this year, the
house concurred in the large build-ing
program of the senate, which
provided for six additional dread-naughts
and three additional cruisers
to be contracted for during the next
two years. \These ships, with the
large number of smaller crafts au-thorized,
would alone make a much
more powerful fighting navy than
the country had when the fleet went
around the world. ^
"The three year 'continuing pro-gram,"
insisted upon by President
Wilson, will give our navy these ad-ditional
units: Ten dreadnaughts,
six battle cruisers, ten scout cftiisers,
fifty torpedo boat destroyers, nine
fleet submarines, fifty-eight coast
submarines, three fuel ships, one re-pair
ship, one transport, one hospital
ship, two destroyer tenders, one fleet
submarine tender, two ammunition
ships and two gunboats, not counting
the additional aircraft which the
$3,500,000 appropriated in one year
for aviation will add to naval
strength.
"Probably the best way to under-stand
the true significance of the
three year building program author-ized
is to state that its construction,
together with the other ships author-ized
under Wilson's administration,
will cost $655,2S9,806. In order to
show the increase in recent years, I
have examined the record since 1900
and it shows that the total cost of
naval craft authorized in the quad-rennial
periods is as follows: Dur-ing
the McKinley-Roosevelt four
years, $107,006,642. During the
Roosevelt four years, $83,192,93S.
During the Taft four years, $127,-
747,113. During the Wilson admin-istration,
$655,289,806. I give the
total authorizations by each adminis-tration.
"Already the plans have been
made for nearly all these ships to be
built thiis year except Dattle cruisers.
As soon as the president signs the
bill advertisements will be made for
bids for their construction. Plans
will be completed within two or three
months for the battle cruisers."
Secretary Daniels said: "Not less
important than the increase in fight-ing
craft is the increase in fighting
men. The increased number of ad-ditional
men authorized is 27,564,
and in addition the bill provides that
in case of emergency the president
may increase the enlistment to 87,-
000 which would be an increase over
the number authorized at the close
of the Taft administration of 35,-
500." , ,,
"I am particularly pleased," said
Secretary Daniels, "that in the pro-vision
for the increase in officers
Congress has adopted the principle
of promotion by selection. The navy
of the United States is today the
only effective institution in the world
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS
• 'CONSIDER HIGH PRICES.
The publishers of a number of
North ;Carolina newspapers held a
meeting in Greensborp Tuesday aft-ernoon
.'to consider the enormous in-crease
In the cost of paper and other
problems confronting the newspaper
busines in this era of high prices.
The gathering was m the nature of
an experience meeting, and while no
definite action was taken, it is hoped
that the exchange of ideas may be of
advantage to the publishers in, hand-ling
some of the difficult problems
that have entered into the busines*.
Everything that enters into the
cost of producing a newspaper has
greatly increased in price during the
pajt yearor two. Within the past 12
months the price of white paper—al-ways
ah important Hem in a news-paper's
expense acccunt—has in-creased
in some instances as much
as 100 per cent. This has laid a
heavy burden on the business and is
a matter of the greatest concern to
publishers all over the country.
Many newspapers have raised their
subscription price in an effort to
meet the situation and there is a ten-dency
for all papers to get on a cash
basis. It has been realized for a
long time that the subscription price
of most newspapers is too low, while
the slow-paying and non-paying sub-scribers
have always been a heavy
burden—a burden that most pub-lishers
now seem disposed to shake
off. It is apparent that the day of
the newspaper deadbeat is rapidly-passing.
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FURTHER GAINS BY ALLIES
UREXCII AND BRITISH STRIKE
WITH TERRIFIC FORCE
OX SOMME FRONT.
NEW YORK'S CAR MEN
ORDER NEW STRIKE.
New York. Aug. 16.—Another
strike of conductors and motormen
employed by the Nov.- York railways
company will be declared "forth-with"
until the company grants rec-ognition
of the union, according to
resolutions adopted at a ma^8 meet-ing
of the men tonight.
" "TifrrVeSolutions of the street oar
men. after authorizing their leaders
to call a suspension of work on all
lines of the New York Railways Com-pany
unless a satisfactory under-standing
can be reached tomorrow
declares that the company for four
days past has failed to comply with
requests for a conference with the
employes' committee. The resolu-tions
not only reitcnte the men's
charges that the compai y indiscrim-inately
discharged employes who
were active In tie recent strike but
accuse the company of promoting
and encouraging a plan of its own
for selecting committeen.en to repre-sent
the employes in the settlement
of future grievances.
Theodore P. Shouts, president of
the Interborough Rapid Transit and
the New York Railways Companies
in a letter addressed tonight to the
mayor and Chairman Oscar Straus,
denied that his company has dis-charged
workers because of their af-filiation
with the car men's union and
added that "in many cases employes
of this company have clearly violated
the rules of the company, some of the
violations increasing the hazard and
endangering the safety of passengers
on our cars."
Since August 7 Mr. Shonts s-id 4S
employes had been dischrreed by the
New York Railways Company. Twen-ty-
eight he declared were dismissed
for failure to turn in fares, fourteen
for having been adjudged guilty of
crime, two for insubordination, two
for drunkenness and two for failure
to report on time.
criminal cases.
A two-weeks' term for the trial of .where officers go from the bottom to
civil cases will convene September 4.1 the top by seniority. That system
puts a premium ' upon mediocrity.
Forward-looking naval officers have
for a long time been advocating the
doctrine of promotion by selection.
At last it has come, and this Con-gress
by this act has done more for
the navy than it can now fully ap-preciate.
And end of promotion by-mere
age was essential for the high-est
efficiency of the navy. Without
the adoption of a plan where merit
instead of seniority would control in
the selection of officers for high com-mand
the big program adopted wV.ild
lack this essential assurance of ef-ficiency."
Continuing, Secretary Daniels
said: "When the bill is signed by
the president I will make a sum-mary
of its many other excellent
features, so many that I cannot now
even mention them, for they make
a bill so complete and nearly perfect
that it will stand as a model for all
navy bills for future legislatures."
The French and British, striking
with terrific force in three directions
•on the Somme front, have, stormed
nearly three miles of German
trenches, driving forward at points
to a depth of 300 to 500 yards.
The most Important gains were
made by the Britisli and French
troops striking North from the
point where the allied lines meet.
Maurepas and Clery, two of the most
important points held by the Ger-mans
in this sector, have been flank-ed
on both sides.
The road has also been reached be-tween
Maurepas and Guillemonl, the
latter town being the immediate ob-jective'of
the British- This advance,
if maintained, brings the allies di-rectly
in front of the large railroad
town of Combles.
South of the Somme the French
stormed German trenches over a
length of about three-quarters of a
mile, driving forward in a southerly
direction from Belloy-on-Santerre.
Paris reports that a considerable,
number of prisoners were taken in
these operations.
For the first time in many days no
Important action is reported from
the Russian front and the same
dearth of news prevails in regard)to
the Italian operations. The most
important item of news regarding the
Italian advance against Triest is con-tained
In a news dispatch from
Milan, which says the German troops
are to be employed in the defense of
the big Austrian port. If corrobo-rated,
this means that Italy and Ger-many
will at lest enter into an active
state of war.
The Russians have captured Jab-lonitza,
one of the principal gate-ways
from Galicia to the Hungarian
plains, and Petrograd reports the of-fensive
in this direction is continu-ing.
This is the first news of an ad-vance
by^the Russian southern ajmy
since the conquest of the Austrian
crownland of Bukowina was com-pleted.
Further to the north the Russians
arc continuing their driving opera-tions
against the Austrians with ap-parently
uninterrupted success. Their
troops arc pouring across the Ziola
Lipa at several points in spite of des-perate
resistance on the part of the
Teutonic forces. Fierce fighting is
being waged along the entire line
south of Brody. and General Brussi-loff
apparently is making a supreme
effort to cut off the army of General
von Bothmer and force Its surren-der.
As far as the other theaters of war
ore concerned, main, interest centers
in the Italian operations. The
Italians are vigorously pressing
their advances on the Carso plateau,
and Rome reports the capture cf sev-eral
sections of the Austrian trenches
andf the taking of more than 1,600
prisoners. Unofficial dispatches from
Italian sources claim Genera! Ca-dorna
now is within 13 miles of
Triest, and that the Austrian fleet
has left the harbor.
The Austrian official statement re-ports
the repulse of Italian attacks
in the Yipacco valley, about IS miles
east of Gorizia. but the official state-ments
from both sides are,^ very
meager and lease the general situa-tion
vague. Press dispatches from
Geneva and Paris declare that Tol-mino,
considered one of the most
formidable barriers between the Ital-ians
and Triest, is being evacuated by
the Austrians and that the Italians
are already in the suburbs of the
town.
The Germans admit that the Brit-ish
have obtained a foothold in their
trenches on the Thiepval-Pozieres
front, and report the repulse of vio-lent
attacks by the British and
French in other sectors of the Somme
line.
KING GEORGE V. SPENDS
WEEK AT THE FRONT.
With the British army in France,
via London, Aug. 15.—King George
has been at the front for a week. He
left today for'England and his de-parture
was the first information
that the majority of the troops had
of his presence. As a matter of pre-caution
the visit was kept a secret
and there was no display or big re-views
as on the occasion of his visit
last fall. The king simply went
about seeing all sections of the army
at work and the fields it had won.
The flutter of a bit of bunting bear-ing
the royal coat of arms as a motor-car
sped along the road in clouds of
diut and motor truck drivers and
passing battalions started and looked
around exclaiming "t'he king!" The
prince of Wales was with the king
all of the time. The monarch was
.ircssed in khaki with the crossed
batons of a field marshal on his
shoulders and the prince wore the
uniform of a lieutenant in the gren-adier
guards.
At one point the king met Gen. Sir
Henry Rawiinson, commander of the
fourth army, which delivered the
main attack and Major General Con-greve,
whose corps stormed Montau-ban
and Mametz. Alighting from
his~-automobile near Fricourt the
king went into the first line of Brit-ish
trench from which the British
made their charge.
"Now I will breast the parapet as
my men did," he said, mounting it.
He walked across the old No Man's
Land and saw the effects of the Brit-ish
shcllfire on the fortifications and
trenches which the British had
wrested from the Germins. Stand-ing
on the edge of a big shell the
king looked with a sailor's telescope
he was carrying across the fore-ground
of desolation toward Po-zieres,
the Bazentins, Longueval and
Delville wood. He watched the curls
of black smoke which signified that
the German guns were busy while
nearby him a battery of British guns
was sending screaming answers.
"You seem to have missed that,"
he said to General Dawlinson indica-ting
a sliver of wall standing in
Mametz. "But there is nothing that
is not down in LaBasse as you will
see your majesty." said General Raw-iinson.
"We improve as we ad-vance."
When the king wanted to descend
one of the deep German dug-outs
General Rawiinson warned him that
they had not all been cleaned out
yet and when the king c.-me back up
the steps sniffling he said:
"Smells pretty strong." Remark-ing
otKthe depth and spaciousness of
the dug-outs with their beds, tables
and chairs, he said to some soldi6rs
of a reserve battalion stationed at
that point, "evidently the Germans
expected to make a long stay but you
gave them a surprise and they are
not so comfortable now."
War Secretary to Speak.—Hon.
Newton D. Baker, secretary of war,
will be the guest of honor and make
an address at a dinner to be given
by the Greensboro Chamber of Com-merce
Thursday night, September 7.
Secretary Baker is one of the most
popular members of President Wil-son's
cabinet and his visit to Greens-boro
will be an event of wide interest.
Prominent citizens from all sections
of the state will be present for the
dinner, which is expected to be one
of the mbst elaborate affairs ever un-dertaken
by the Chamber of Com-merce.
HOUSE ADOPTS NAVAL
APPROPRIATION BILL.
Washington, Aug. 15.—After a
debate of two hours the house of rep-resentatives
this afternoon adopted
the shipbuilding program of the navy
appropriation bill by a vote of 283
to 51, and returned the bill to con-ference
where the conferees will
thresh out a large number of small
items on which they could not agree.
These items included projects for
improvement and enlargement of
docks, shipyards and various public
works.
The bill authorizes 157 new ships,
66 of which are to be begun- as soon
as practicable, the construction of
the remainder to be begun prior to
July 1, 1919.
The bill provides for 10 battle-ships,
six battle cruisers. 10 scout
cruisers. 50 torpedo boat destroyers,
nine fleet submarines, 58 coast sub-marines,
one submarine with Neff
system of propulsion, three fuel
ships, two ammunition ships, one
hospital ship, one repair Ship, two
destroyer tenders, one fleet subma-rine
tender, two gunboats.
Of this number the following are
to begin at once: Four battleships,
four battle cruisers, 20 torpedo boat
destroyers, 30 coast submarines, one
fuel ship, one ammunition ship, one
hospital ship, one gunboat.
The amount carried in the bill to-ward
the 66 ships is $110,726,160.
The total cost of the whole program
of 156 vessels, which excludes the
Neff system of propulsion, Is esti-mated
at $588,180,576, leaving to be
appropriated, $477,454,416.
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