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GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 1 ©. 1915 VOL. 84-NO. 48
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BRYAN RESIGHb v:^ TRE CABIHET
BECAUSE HE DON'T LIKE GERMAN NOTE
Dramatic Sequel to Secretary of State's Disagreement
With President Wilson and Fellow Cabinet Mem-bers
Over the Manner in .Which This. Goverh-i
ment Should Deal With Germany—Great
Political Sensation.
William Jennings Bryan, three
Democratic candidate for the
*'" jjencv of the Untted States and
autlor of nearly, thirty peace trea>
lies" with the principal nations of
IM world, resigned Tuesday as sec-retarv
of state as a dramatic sequel
t0 Ms disagreement with President
Wilson over the government's pol-icy
coward Germany.
'j'-e resignation was accepted by
,lie president. The cabinet then ap-proved
the response which had been
prepared to the German reply to the
Lusi'.ania note. .
Rather than sign the document
which he believed might possibly
draw the United States into war, Mr.|
BryaB submitted his resignation In a
letter declaring that "the issue in-volved
is of such moment that to re-main
a member of the cabinet would
be as unfair to you as it would be to
the cause which is nearest my heart,
namely, the prevention of war."
The president accepted the resig-nation
in a letter of regret, tinged
with deep personal feeling of affec-tion.
Secretary Bryan's letter of resig-nation
was as follows:
••My lear Mr. President:
"It is with sincere regret that I
have reached the conclusion that 1
shotiM return to you the commission
of secretary of state with which you
honored me at the beginning of your
administration.
-Obedient to your sense of duty
and actuated by the highest motives,
you have prepared for transmission
to the German government a note in
which I cannot Join without violating
what I deem to be an obligation to
my country, and the issue involved is
of such moment that to remain a
member of the cabinet would be as
unfair to you as it would be to the
cause which is nearest my heart,
namely, the prevention of war.
"I. therefore, respectfully tender
my resignation, to take effect when
the note is sent, unless you prefer an
earlier hour. Alike desirous of reach-ing
a peaceful solution of the prob-lems
arising out of the use of sub-marines
against merchantmen, we
find ourselves differing irreconcilably
as to the methods which should be
employed.
"It tails to our lot to speak offi-cially
for the nation; I consider it
to he none the less my duty to en-deavor
as a private citizen to pro-mote
the end which you have in
view by means which you do not feel
at liberty to use.
"In severing the intimate and
pleasant relations which have exist-ed
between us during the past two
years, permit me to acknowledge the
Profound satisfaction which it has
Riven me to be associated with you
in the- important work which has
come before the state department,
and to thank you for the courtesies
extended. *
"With the heartiest good wishes
for your personal welfare and for the
success of your administration, I am,
m> dear Mr. President,
"Very truly yours,
"W. J. BRYAN."
The president's letter to Mr. Bryan
*as as follows:
"My ricar Mr. Bryan:
"I accept your resignation only be-cause
you insist upon its acceptance;
»nrt 1 accept it with much more than
deep regret, with a feeling of per-sonal
sorrow. Our two years of close
association have been very delightful
,0 m* Our judgments have accord-ed
in practically every matter of offi-cial
"It is for these reasons my feeling
about your retirement from the.sec-retaryship
of state goes so much
deeper than regret. > I sincerely de-plore
it. Our objects are the same,
and we ought to pursue them togeth-er.
I yield to your desire only be-cause
I" must and wish to bid you
Godspeed in the parting. We' shall
continue to work for the same causes
even when we do not work id the
same way.
"With affectionate regard,
"Sincerely yours,
"WOOD-ROW WILSON.".
■' Caused a Sensation..
Dramatically the official relation of
Mr. Bryan with the administration of
the man whose nomination lie assist-ed
so materially in bringing about at
the Baltimore convention of 1912
came to an end. It caused a sensa-tion
in the national capital scarcely
paralleled in recent years. Ambassa-dors,
ministers and diplomatists from
foreign lands, officials of every rank
and station, heard the news as it was
flashed by newspaper extras. They
interpreted variously its effect on the
delicate situation that had arisen
between Germany and the United
States. The resignation of the
staunchest advocate of peace in the
president's official family spread
broadcast the belief that the pqlicy
of the United States as definitely de-termined
upon would asrert and de-fend
the righto of the United States
in any eventuality that ailght arise.
Just when the subject was first
broached between the president and
Mr. Bryan is not known definitely,
but the fact that Mr. Bryan would
resign was known, to a small circle
of officials as early as last Sunday.
When the principles on which the
note to Germany should be based
were discussed at the cabinet meet-ing
of Friday Mr. Bryan found that
he could not reconcile his own posi-tion
with that of the administration.
Work on the note went forward,
however, Mr. Bryan keeping his se-cret,
as did other officials, awaiting
the hour when the communication
would be ready to be cabled.
It was learned that with the
knowledge tha£ his resignation had
already been accepted by th,e presi-dent,
Mr.-Bryan felt it would be In-delicate
to attend Tuesday's session
unless his presence was desired by the
president. When Mr. Wilson tele-phoned
an Invitation the secretary
hurried to the White House, his face
somewhat drawn and pale. When the
cabinet adjourned shortly after 1
o'clock Mr. Bryan entertained seven
of his colleagues, all who could at-tend,
at luncheon at the University
Club. The luncheon was in the na-ture
of a farewell.
That there had been friction be-tween
the president and Mr. Bryan
has been the undercurrent of com-ment
for several weeks, but as the
president heretofore had always been
able to secure the acquiescence of
the secretary in his point of view,
talk- of resignation was discounted
generally. It came to light that the
position of Mr. Bryan in the cabinet
recently has become very embarrass-ing—
his advocacy of peace being so
pronounced that other members of
the cabinet who felt that the United
States should assert Its policy, irre-spective
. of the consequences, were
understood to have on one occasion
declared their intention of resign-ing
(f a policy of firmness and vigor
were not adopted.
When the Friction Began.
The real disagreement dates back
to the famous session of the cabinet
asmuch as Germany had accepted the
principle of'the peace treaties nego-tiated
between the United States and
other countries that differences be-tween
the two nations might be ad-justed
by a commission of investiga-tion.
Opposition to this course was
most vehement in some cabinet quar-ters,
and the president, after having
considered at length Mr. Bryan'ssug-gestton,
finally disapproved it at the
hour the note was sent. Some cab-inet
officers argued that such an
appendix to the note of May 13 would
be construed abroad as a weakening
of the American position and their
counsel prevailed.
Since then the official relations of
Mr. Bryan with the president and the
other cabinet officers have been
somewhat strained, although the
closest personal friendship has been
maintained.
Lansing Acting Secretary of State.
Robert Lansing, counselor of the
state department, will act as secre-tary
of state until ah appointment is
made by President Wilson.
While there is much gossip already
as to President Wilson's probable, se-lection
for the secretaryship, it is
said to be the president's plan to
make no immediate appointment. It
would not be surprising if he made
no change in the present status of
the .department's personnel for two
or three months.
Secretary Franklin K. Lane, of the
interior department, has been fre-quently
mentioned as a possible suc-cessor
to Secretary Bryan, but the be-lief
exists that he will not be chosen
on account of his Canadian birth,
and the fact that the president would
find considerable difficulty in find-ing
a man to* take over Mr. Lane's
Important work on the Alaskan rail-way
and other projects of the inte-rior
department.
It is considered highly probable
that the president will make no shift
in his cabinet at all but will choose
a new man to fill the vacancy. In
well-informed quarters it is consid-ered
very likely that he will retain
Mr. Lansing as secretary. To do so
would require search for another
counselor, a post difficult to fill.
LOCAL HEWS Hi BRIEF FOR!
MATTERS OF I—— TO THE
READERS OF THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR,
Transfers of Real Estate.
Deeds transferring real estate have
been filed with the register of deeds
this week as follows:
Carolina Real Estate Company to
A. N. Dobson, a lot on Grove street.
150 by 150 feet, city of Greensboro,
$600.
C. A., W. T. and F. G. Basher to
W. E. Kennedy, a lot on Woodrow
avenue, 50 by 175 feet, city of
Greensboro, $1,000.
C. A. Barber to W. E. Kennedy-, a
lot on Woodrow avenue, city of
Greensboro, 50 by 175 feet, $1,000.
C. J. Fowler to J. F. Fulton, 1.82
acres, in Monroe township, $10 and
other considerations.
Alfonso A. Ellison to H. C. Pelt,
two lots in High Point, on East Com-merce
street, $160.
George T. Wood to A. L. Ellison,
two lots on Commerce street, city of
High Point, $121.
H. C. Pitts to L. H. Davis, two lots
in High Point, on Commerce street,
$150.
C. Dun bar to J. A. Dunbar, tract
of land in High Point township, 71,-
565 square feet, $800.
John M. Dick to Mary E. Arm-strong,
a lot on Gilmer street, city of
Greensboro, 40 by 67 feet, $230.
duty and of public policy until
»<>*; your support of the work and j "ben the note of May 13, following
Purposes of the administration has I the sinking of the Lusltanla, was
i.e..,. generous and loyal beyond drafted, informing Germany that the
*»■*: your devotion to the duties of United States would not omit "any
VOMi treat office and your eagerness
t0 tak* advantage of every great op- jAt th8t t,m« Mr- ,Br**»
word or any act" to protect its rights.
made a
T'ortunitv for service it offered
^een an
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example to the rest of
b<
us;
ave earned our affectionate ad-oration
and friendship. Even now
*e are not separated in the object
wf seek, but only In the method by, House and transmitted
•'Mel «,e seek It.
speech counselling peaceful meas-ures
and cautious action. He gave
his consent to signing the note onlyJ
after it was ten tatrrtfly arranged that
a statement be tanked at the White
to the Ger-man
government announcing that in-
Teachers of City Schools Elected. •
Upon the recommendation of Su-perintendent
Mann, the city com-missioners
have elected the follow-ing
teachers of the Greensboro grad-.
ed sc.lioois for next year: Misses
Rosa Abbott, Sarah DeMoss, Eliza-beth
Evans, Gertrude Frazier, Olivia
Patton, Ruby Pulliam, Mary Boyles,
Ida Byerly, Catherine Hull, Irene
Boyles, Evelyn Morris, Florence
Gray. Vara Wharton, Jessie Wicker,
Beulah Davidson, Clara Clapp, There-sa
Wicker, Edna Gilliland, Mary
Strudwick, Minnie Brown, Isla Strat-ford,
Cordaye Olive, Kathleen Hall,
Hasel Stephens, A. R. Williams, Ly-dia
Berg, Nell Bondurant, Ada Wa-terhouse,
Ada Michael, Frances But-ton,
Bessie Howard, Louise Alexan-der,
Bertie" Freeman and Maggie
Coble.
Principals of the schools were
elected as follows: "W. F. Warren,
high school'; Miss Hunter Irvta,
Lindsay street; Miss Nell. Clark,
Simpson street: Miss Theresa Cooke,
West Lee street. Miss Janet McKea-ste
was elected supervisor of primary
Instruction.
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Children's Day.—Children's day
services will be held at Morehe ad's
chapel next Sunday, beginning at
10.30 A. M. and continuing through
the afternoon.
Hummer Holidays.—Most of the
grocers of Greensboro have signed
an agreement to close their stores at
1 o'clock every Wednesday afternoon
during the summer months.
Revival Meeting—The revival meet-ing
that began at the First Baptist
church the fifth Sunday In May is
still in progress and a number of pro-fessions
of religion have been re-ported.
Special Meeting—The county com-missioners
are holding -a special
meeting today for the purpose of
placing orders for some road-build-ing
machinery. It is expected - that
two auto trucks will be among the
equipment purchased.-.
K. of P. Grand Lodge.-r-A number
of members of the order in Greens-boro
have gone to Salisbury to at-tend
the annual meeting of the North
Carolina Grand Lodge of Knights of
Pythias, which convened Tuesday
night and will be in session through
today.
Dead at 85 Years—Dr. and Mrs. Al-bert
R. Wilson were called to Vir-ginia
Monday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Wilson's father, Mr. C. H.
.Price, who died at his home near
Charlottesville.' He was 85 years
old and is survived by his widow and
six children.
Died Suddenly.—Mr. J. N. Payne,
the father of Mrs. J. Ed. Albright
and Mr. Max T. Payne, of this city,
died unexpectedly Monday at his
home in Morganton. Mr. Payne was
67 years of age and had been engag-ed
in business in Morganton for a
number of years.
Superior Court.—Satisfactory pro-gress
Is being made in disposing of
the docket at this week's civil term
of Superior court. Several cases have
been disposed of by jury trial and
otherwise, none of them being of any-public
interest. A week's term of
criminal court will begin Monday
morning.
Voted Bonds.—The people of Bur-lington
Tuesday voted $50,000 in
bonds for the proposed Atlantic,
Danville and Ohio railroad, and also
authorized an issue of $40,000 for a
new graded school building and $10,-
000 for a city hall building. The
bonds were carried after a pretty
strenuous fight.
Berhert-Stern.—Mr. Robert Ber-hert,
of Pocahontas, Va., and Miss
Freda Stern, of this city, were mar-ried
yesterday at the home of the
bride's sister-in-law, Mrs. David
Stern. Rabbi Joseph Friedlander
performed the ceremony in the pres-ence
of a number of relatives and
friends of the young couple.
Alamance Boosters.—A delegation
of about 50 citizens of Alamance
county visited Greensboro Tuesday
afternoon as guests of the Graham
Commercial Club in the interest of
good roads between this city and the
capital of Alamance. The party trav-eled
in automobiles and Tuesday
morning made a similar trip to Dur-ham.
O. E. S. Meeting.—The following
were among the members of the local
chapter of the Order of the Eastern
Star who attended the meeting of the
grand chapter in Winston Salem
Tuesday and yesterday: Mrs. J. M.
Johnson, Miss Blanche Johnson, Mrs.
C, W. Fowler, Miss Wlllard White,
Mrs. Amos Connor, Mrs. Susan Mat-thews,
Mrs. J. A. Fowler and Miss
Mary Banner.
Was Noted Surgeon.—Dr.' Jacob
Michaux, a cousin-of Dr. E. R. and
Mr. John S. Miachaux, of this city,
died Monday night at his home in
Richmond, Va. He was in the sixty-fourth
year of his age and had been
afflicted with heart trouble for some
time. He was a noted surgeon and
enjoyed a large practice. The funer-al
and interment took place in Rich-mond
yesterday afternoon.
In Federal Court.—The criminal
docket of the United States District
court will probably be finished this
afternoon, or tomorrow, after Which
tn* court will take up the trial of a
number of civil eases. No criminal
cases of special Interest or import-ance
have been tried. The jury has
convicted several defendants of illicit
distilling, violation of the postal laws,
etj., and these will be sentenced by
Judge Boyd before the adjournment
ot court. ■
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Death of Aged Woman.—Miss As-cenath
Cox, an 'aged and eccentric
woman of Randolph county, died
Monday at the home of Squire Henry
Garner, in Grant township. She was
88 years old and a woman ot many
peculiarities. In the course of a
long and Industrious life she accum-ulated
a considerable estate, and
many stories were circulated con-cerning
her stores of hidden-wealth.
June Wedding.—A wedding that
was beautiful in its simplicity took
place in the Friends church at Gull-ford
College Tuesday afternoon at
4.30 o'clock, when Miss Christine
Frazier, daughter of Mr. J. G. Fra-zier,
became the bride of Mr. Daniel
H. Brown, of Woodland. Miss Mabel
Frazier, a sister of the bride, was the
maid of honor and Mr. J. P. Brown,
a -brother of the groom, was the best
man. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. .Joseph H. Peele.
On Western Trip.—Mr. and Mrs.
E. P. Wharton left yesterday on an
extended trip to the West. They will
go first to Colorado Springs, Col.,
where they will spend some time for
the benefit of Mrs. Wharton's health.
Later they will visit the San Fran-cisco
exposition, the Yellowstone na-tional
park and other places of inter-est
in the West. They will also visit.
Mr. Wharton's two brothers—Mr. J,
R. Wharton, of Butte, Mont., and
Mr. W. S. Wharton, of Newberg, Ore.
Editor In Hospital.—Mr. J. M.
Reece, editor' of the Daily Record,
accompanied by Dr. John A. Wil-liams,
left Tuesday night for Balti-more
to enter Johns Hopkins hospi-tal
for surgical treatment. Some
years ago Mr. Reece fractured a
small bone at the kneecap of the left
leg, but at the time the injury did
not-appear to be at all serious. Re-cently
the old wound has been troub-ling
Mr. Reece a great deal and he
has been able to walk only with the
assistance of a crutch. It is thought
that an operation will relieve the
greater part of the trouble.
W. H. Williams Dead.—Mr. W. H.
Williams, who had made his home at
Glenwood, a suburb of this city, for
some years, died suddenly yesterday
morning at 2.38 o'clock at.the home
of a son he was visiting near Golds
boro. The body was brought to
Greensboro yesterday and the funer-al
was held at the First Presbyterian
church this morning at 11 o'clock,
followed by interment in Greene Hill
cemetery. The services were con-ducted
by Rev. Dr. Melton Clark and
Rev. R. Murphy Williams. The de-ceased
was 66 years old and is sur-vived
by his widow, one daughter
and five sons.
Safes Robbed.—Tuesday night
safe-crackers entered the local offices
of the Standard OH Company and the
Texas Oil Company and Mew open
the safes in both offices. The sum
of $47 was taken from the Standard
Company and $43 from the Texas
Company. The safes were blown open-wlth
nitroglycerine and the indica-tions
are .that both robberies were
committed by the same persons. Re-cently
several safes In the city have
been blown open with nitroglycerine,
and the belief prevails among the
officers that several professional or
semi-professional, yeggmen are mak-ing
headquarters in Greensboro.
Standing Examinations.—Nearly
150 young graduates in medicine are
in Greensboro this week taking ex-aminations
for license before the
state board of medical examiners.
The examinations, which are being
conducted in the Spring street high
school building, were begun Tuesday
afternoon and probably will be con-cluded
this afternoon. Dr. J. F.
Highsmith, of Fayetteville, is presi-dent
and .Dr. Hubert A. Royster, of
Raleigh, secretary of the board of ex-aminers,
the other members being:
Dr. John G. Blount, of Washington;
Dr. Charles T. Harper, Wilmington;
Dr. John Q. Myers. Charlotte; Dr. M.
L. Stevens, Asheville, and Dr. Isaac
M. Tayloe, Morganton. It is expect-fed
that the names of the successful
applicants will be announced at the
opening session of the North Caro-lina
Medical Society, which will con-vene
in this city Tuesday.
PRISON COMMISSION »
. AGAINST LEO M. FRANK.
By a vote of 2 to 1. the Georgia
prison commission yesterday recom-mended
to Governor Slaton that Leo
M. Frank's death sentence not be
commuted to life imprisonment. A
further hearing bn the case, however,
will be heard by the governor, with
whom rests the final decision. .
The appeal to the governor Is
Frank's last fight against his execu-tion,
which is set for June 22.
Former Congressman Howard will
conduct Frank's case before the gov-ernor
and Solicitor General Dorsey
will oppose clemency. Mr. Howard
said he proposed to argue that the
record in the case shows the evidence
against the prisoner was circumstan-tial
and that this, together with the
trial judge's doubt of Franks guilt,
was sufficient to warrant the execu-tive
In extending clemency. Mr.
Dorsey declined to outline the points
he planned to emphasize in his argu-ment.
.
The majority report of the prison
commission, opposing commutation,
held that neither the grand jurors
who Indicted Frank, the trial jury
nor the prosecutors had asked for
commutation; that all the courts,
state and federal, which reviewed
the. case, had upheld the verdict;
that no new evidence or facts bear-ing
upon the prisoner's guilt or inno-cence
had been shown and that they
saw no reason to Interfere with the
court's judgment. ,
The dissenting report held that the
evidence against Frank was circum-stantial;
that the trial judge enter-tained
doubt .of the prisoner's guilt
and that the record in the case justi-fied
the governor in commuting the
sentence.
HUNGRY MEN AND WOMEN IN
MEXICO CRY FOR CORN.
A press dispatch from Mexico City,
says: For the last three days the
sessions of the so-called National
convention In the Chamber of Depu-ties
building have been scenes of the
wildest disorder. Not only the gal-leries,
bufafumes the floor and the
speaker's tribune have been rushed
by hordes of hungry men, women
and children.
The shouts of "We want corn"
drowned all others, and even the
show of bayonets and the firing of
the soldiers over the heads of the
mob have not checked their vain and
piteous search for food. The Red
Cross has been kept busy carrying
off women and children, and some
cases old men, crushed or overcome
in these manifestations.
Ten thousand gathered outside of
the chamber today and nearly .100
were carried off on stretchers. Act-ing
President General Ronque Gou-zales
Garza appeared before the con-vention
delegates and a portion of
the mob to tell them that the treas-ury
was empty, the fields laid waste
by the contending revolutionaries
and that the only thing of the com-ing
winter was that all Mexicans lay
down their arms and begin the till-ing
of the fields. Repeatedly the
crowds answered him saying, "Give
us corn. Our women and children
are dying of hunger; give us corn."
Englishman Killed in Mexico.
An Englishman was killed Sun-day
in Tuxpam, Mex. Four other
British subjects were probably fatal-ly
wounded. Among them were a
woman and a boy. •
The message was from Tampico.
It said the casualties occurred dur-ing
a fight between CarraBzistas, who
held the town, and Villlstas, who
wrested it from them.
The British victims .were shot
while fleeing to shelter.
Crops Never Were Better.
In his report to the state board of
agriculture, in semi-annual session
in Raleigh yesterday. Commissioner
of Agriculture W. A. Graham declar-ed
that he does not think that there
has been a year when the stand of all
crops was better, although some are
now somewhat "In the grass." He
says floods have done damage In
some localities, but that the oat*
crop, which a month ago appeared to
be a failure. Is fully up to the aver-age
and that the same development
applies to wheat. The commissioner
estimates the xednctlon of the cotton
crop in this state at about 20 per
cent.
Plans For School.—In the event
the $60,000 school bond Issue to be
vated on by the people of Greensboro
July 13 is carried, and so far no op-position
has been heard, the city
commissioners plan to extend greatly
tthe school facilities of the communi-ty.
It is said that a new building
will be erected on Bast Bragg
street, not far from the Asheboro
street school; the West Lee street
school building will be enlarged, and
a ward school building will probab-ly
be erected on Fifth avenue. The
Lindsay street school building will
either be enlarged or a new building
erected.
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