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itsTABUSHED 1821 GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY; JUNE 29, 1916. VOL. 95-^NO. 62
rtUTE BREAK AVERTED
U* |)|1.r< PVHOXBM TO BE
■JS is ABB BRKiKtEB
1 Luis Cabrera, the Mexican finance
minister, that General Carranza was
i disposed to appeal to Jhe arbitration
provisions of the treaty of 1848. pro-vided
the United States was willing
to submit the dispute to peaceful ne-gotiation.
Mr. Douglas is under-stood
to have suggested that the ar-bitration
provided for under section
21 of the treaty could well be em-
,„c American'ployed to formulate a definite ques-
* ' J for release of the twenty-, tion as between the two governments,
.....nii-Pi! in the fight which in turn mlarht ho settled by
WiHtoP0'
Ji»K
break
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1 with the
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the United
been averted
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it >'■'■
,rpopers cap
-J. er war has been prevented
',-';, postponed no one here
B_ Hi:'t.:.*'',t«9ipi tto ssaay ttoniightt.. Offi-
PA ■ *!!Wn.ation as to the attitude of
ill I ■'/'•'■ l-snua was lacking. Until
""■ am . ... ,» •5oi>rp!.;rv Lansing's
11.0'-
• i Secretary iispaJehe'l Sunday, making two
«- .in- -ry and distinct demands, is
'ail there nil be no decision on
P'-- ' President Wilson shall lay
lutrrfcli before Congress.
Which might be
mediation. He left the conference
with the clear impression that the
Washington government would lister,
to no mediation suggestions.
It has been very plainly indicated
that unconditional surrender of the
American prisoners held at Chihua-hua
would be the only immediate
step Gen. Carranza could take to
avoid hostilities. Whether a media-tion
proposal might be considered
after their release is a matter of
f the release of the pris-1 speculation. There is reason to be-lieve,
however, that a plan which tiid
not involve a military status quo in
Mexico and the consequent hamper-ing
of Gen. Funston's dispositions to
guard the international line from
raiders would be considered.
The state department late in the
day Tuesday received its first official
news of the cavalrymen prisoners
I , received early tonight in press
L''-. hes. brought undisguised re-
Ljto liS'n officials. It was accepted
L, .•■■: and assured that Carranza,
IjBprjssed of the urgency of the sit-latioJ-
l:a,i orderea tlle caPtured
Ltarymen started for the border
lj-- :: waiting for his announce-
|KE: "( tlie action to reach Wash-
Dgtoa. from ether than Mexican sources.
Mile i: generally Is conceded that '.The British consul at Chihuahua City
tVi aove lessens tension and makes transmitted a report through the
:.,:.- less imminent, no one con- embassy, saying that the twentv-iiasjat
with the grave problem, lost
Isitl:: of the fact that the all-imnor-three
troopers and an interpreter
were being well treated and that the
of the two wounded men
tat. The British consulate
Ktiiis the border to protect the ter-ltook ever American interests when
Wtory and citizens of the United * American officials were withdrawn.
( nt ittestion of Carranza's attitude injuries
Bisii.! tie American expedition I were e! I,
■Stix frcia bandit outrages remains
lissr. leii. If the de facto govern-hes!
stands upon tlie orders to Gen-
Mai Trevino to attack Pershing's :
IE'-. -:'..'-■. they move otherwise than
lion-', the border, the situation ac-1
I::.:, just what it was before, ex- |
|«P- '--I there now is a possibility j
|: :..:■:;(• negotiations that did!
I -xisr while the Americans were ■
eld prisoners at Chihuahua.
Tn preparations of the United;
■'■■- : it war will go steadily I
|br:art. Here will be no interrup-j
*- ■ ■'■ rush of national guards-*}
N to lie border and General Fun-
Jte rill continue disposing of his'
psws as though iie expected an im-
|!> 'lack.
state department had no inti-
I wan as to when a reply to the note
Sanrtsj' demanding immediate
Iwaseoi the soldiers might be ex-
"'■ it was delivered Tuesday at
,...'.' •''' compliance by Congress
p '■■: request tiie president may
* u to Mexico was foreshadow-
«e calm which prevailed in
.. •i0r,s"'' although measures de-
1 '•• Prepare for war were un-ff
'"'KMeration an d the corridors
C ;c*P»ol hummed with rumors.
L ,*? B0 exci,ement and discus-
C*0»w'*rt on the floor was
iLl ,,!e 'eRislative br
t
vernment
'■u l»n when
arfied
branch of
,;'s plainly waiting
v':iat the major-vitable
should
am-had
re-course
_ * An-edondo. Mexican
CT;„rd
i
eaiRnate. said he
[.... ■.;•.;:•:'-of the
;.:..;;;^^a,ivised of the
;^»nnote. On his
however, lie sent
; - ,. rt*Pann,er.i two commu-
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■>..■..:
■'"niplains against
■ : •.. :r--;'•"'- the two
'' present sit-
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governments
aggravated
--■ ■ 'though setting
l(*»! totJ^r***"* assumes
I "''^troubip. 'ere responsl-
^•hL'2'r"' ,l,es'atede-
5Ww 'een a"*sed of the
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. olt"*rs „.'-„ c""«oms
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to
*\ ] met with a
b',^n''n">?r"r:e"-".--n,,,, e> A• - D.,o"ug"-
fSS '^a. 2?*" as General
"*«5 La- 'Ser n««. called
KB, ■ He ami
the
Dr.
state de-
Victor A.
cC-M'-e-edn 'w3toarRd fSisaI rom
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:on. i'-afi rJllucataR Sisal
Protests Arrest of Mexicans.
Mr. Arrendondo's note protesting
against the arrest of Mexican citizens
in the United States is based en re-ports
from the Mexican consuls at
San Francisco and Tucson, Ariz.,
summaries of which p.lso were te"e-graphed
to Gen. Carranza at Mexico
City, it requests the release of the
priscners-and states that In each'in-stance
they were arrested without
justification. The consul at San
Francisco merely reports that fifteen
Mexicans were arrested at Redding
several days ago and 25 others were
imprisoned there last Sunday, j. M.
Gonzales, an agent of the treasury-department
of Sonora state, was re-ported
by the consul at Tucson to
have been arrested and imprisoned
by the authorities there without any
known charge being made against
him.
In protecting against enforcement
of the embargo, Mr. Arredondo
noints out that no official notifica-tion
has been given the Mexican gov-ernment
of the existence of such a
measure, and that, on the contrary,
the de facto authorities continue to
promote commercial exchanges with
the United States.
Arrendondo's Family Leaves.
While the ambassador designate
continues to preserve a calm front,
the possibilties he sees in the recent
crisis are indicated by the fact that
his family already is en route toward
the Canadian border. In the event
of a break, it is believed possible he
will turn over the records of the em-bassy
to the French ambassador.
With reference to the activities of
Mr. Douglas, Mr. Aredondo admitted
that the attorney had been re-en-gaged
as legal adviser of the embas-sy,
but insisted that the visit 'to
Counsellor Polk was in a wholly pri-vate
capacity.
SXOW HILL XEGRO TO BK
ELECTROCUTED JULY 21.
William Black, a 16-year-old ne-gro,
charged.with a capital offense,
committed against a six-year-old
«i'.ile girl, was found guilty Tuesday
at Snow Hill, and sentenced to die
in the electric chair July 21. Taking
of testimony and the deliberations
of the jury required only 23 min-utes.
Two companies of militia were on
guard in and about the court house
and spectators were excluded from
the court room. A large crowd had
gathered from all over the county for
the trial, but it was orderly and nd
violence was threatened.
Joseph Black, the boy's father, on
April 5, was removed from the Le-noir
county jail at Kinston, taken to
Greene county ana lynched. He was
under arrest charged with attempt-ing
to assist his son to escape and
supplying him with arms.
Two members of the sheriff's party
in the attempt to capture Will Black,
were shot before he was taken.
PROGRESSIVE PiRtY SPLIT
NATIONAL COMMITTEE HAVE A
STORMY SESSION; FINALLY
ENDORSE HUGHES.
John M. Parker, of Louisiana,
Progressive nominee for vice presi-dent,
and the national committeemen
from six 3tates bolted the meeting
of the Progressive national .Tmmit-tee.
after Colonel Theodore Roose-velt's
letter supporting Char'.w E.
Hughes was read.
Sharp division was ov'.dent in the
Progressive national committee when
ic met Monday. One faction, led by
Captain John M. Parker, of Louisi-anae,
the Progressive vice president-ial
nominee, advocated continuance
of the party organization regardless
of Colonel Roosevelt's stand. An-other,
led by George W. Perkins,
sought to win the committee bj
Rocsevelt's views. Still another fac
tior. demanded the issue be put up to
''regressive state organizations for
individual action. A hot fight in the
committee began immediately fol-lowing
the reading of the colonel's
letter.
The national committee of the
Progressive party finally decided to
endorse Charles K. Hughes for presi-dent.
The decision to endorse the
Republican presidential nominee
came at the end of a stormy session.
The fight in the committee for
Hughes' endorsement was led by
George W. Perkins, of New York:
lames R. Garfield. of Ohio, and Ches-ter
H. Powell, of California.
The radical element in the com-mittee,
represented by Matthew
Hale, of Massachusetts; Bainbridge
Colby, of New York; Henry F. Co-chems,
of Wisconsin, and John M.
Parker, of Louisiana, vigorously pro-tested
.against the endorsement of
any candidate for president and
fought the majority at every step of
the proceedings. The minority's first
move v/as to insist on an open ses-sion
of the committee and it won this
point after a number of committee-men,
led by John M. Parker, bolted
the meeting.
After Oscar King Davis, secretary
of the committee, had read Colonel
Roosevelt's letter finally declining
the Progressive nomination for presi-dent
and urging that Mr. Hughes be
supported by members of the Pro-gressive
party in order to defeat
President Wilson, the committee
voted to accept Colonel Roosevelt's
declination and took a recess for
luncheon.
At the beginning of the afternoon
session. Chairman Matthew Hale, of
Massachusetts, ruled the next order
of business was to fill the vacancy on
the ticket caused by the refusal of
Colonel Roosevelt to run.
Bainbridge Colby, of New York,
presented the name of Victor Mur-dock,
of Kansas, chairman of the na-tional
committee, now on his way to
China. This led to a clash between
Raymond Robins and Mr. Colby, in
which the lie was passed. Mr. Rob-ins
said Mr. Murdock had told him
he would not accept the presidential
nomination. The proposition to run
a third party ticket then was defeat-ed
after a spirited debate by a vote
of 31 to 15.
Mr. Garfield next introduced a res-olution
endorsing Hughes for presi-dent
and directing the executive
committee of the Progressive, party
to co-operate with the Republicans
in the campaign. • '
Mr. Cochems contended the com-mittee
had no authority to endorse
any candidate and that its power was-limited
to the filling of the vacancy
on the ticket caused by the refusal
of Colonel Roosevelt to run.
Chairman Hale ruled that the mo-tion
to endorse or recommend the
Republican candidate for president
was out of order and a debate of sev-eral
hours ensued.
Finally Mr. Garfield appealed from
the decision of the chair and was sus-tained,
33 to 14. During the discus-sion,
Raymond Robins indicated he
would support President Wilson if
the' Progressives did not put a tick-et
in the field.
Mr. Parker made a fiery protest
against any endorsement. Many of
the Progressives were former Demo-crats,
he said, and had burned all
their political bridges when they
joined the Progressive organization.
He intimated he might vote for
President Wilson.
Before the roll was called on the
endorsement of Hughes, Colby made
an unsuccessful attempt to have all
action delayed until August 5, the
EL PASO EXCITED OVER
ANOTHER BANDIT RAID.
El Paso, To*., June 28.—Excite-ment
here over ,ta% Mexican contro-versy
was renewed last night with
the receipt of news of a new bandit
raid across ttULDorder near Hachita,
N. M., resulting in the murder of
William Parker, an American ranch-man,
and his wife.
The genera* aenttment seemed to
be that the incident demonstrated
anew the inability of the Carranza
government to offer any protection to
the Americans frontier and would
serve to bring , matters' to a head
quickly.
Military •authorities here last
night doubted that the marauders,
who are believed .to have been mem-bers
of stock fcieves known to have a
lair in the fastnesses of the Sierra
Madras south of the New Mexico bor-der,
would be overtaken before they
crossed into Meixco, pointing out
that the ranch is only four miles
from the line.
Officers of-.'the American border
patrol had been unable to learn to-night
whether any of the cavalry de-tachments
ordered in pursuit had
crossed the border. The conviction
was expressed-, however, that if the
troops had discovered the raiders'
trail, they followed them into Mexi-can
territory, j It is not believed that
they would encounter any Carran-zaista
troops,'reports here indicat-ing
that the .larger Mexican forces
have been concentrated east -and
30uth of the ^district in Chihuahua
and westwardi.of it in Sonora.
1
REPORT WOTHKK CLASH
FROM NORTHERN SOURCE.
Mexico Cityi June 28.—There has
been a clash-.between Mexicans and
Americans in/northwestern Sonora
according to ft report received from
Brig. Gen. C&Jles, military governor
of Sonora. No details were given.
The American forces under the
command of.JUtB-eral Pershing have
abandoned Bachimba and San Gero-nimo.
in order to concentrate to the
north, according to advices received
by General Obregon, secretary "of
war, from General Trevino, com-manding
the government troops in
Chihuahua. The Carranza forces
have occupied these positions and or-ganized
them so as to prevent the
American troops from again occupy-ing
them.
According to information from Na
cazori. Sonora, the Southern Pacific
railway line and the telephone and
telegraph systems are in the hands
of the de facto government forces.
General Cejudo, commander-in-chief
of the Zapata forces in the
state of Hidalgo, has offered all
men under his command to the mili-tary
commander at Vera Cruz for the
service of the de facto government.
General Carranza has accepted the
proffer of General Cejudo.
Daniel Dillon, an American news-paper
man who was imprisoned here
several weeks ago by the Carranza
government, was released tonight.
PROMINENT DURHAM COUNTY-CITIZEN
COMMITS SUICIDE.
Despondent because of continued
ill health. Major A. E. LU-jd, one of
Durham's foremost men, committed
suicide at his home on West Chapel
Hill street Monday by firing -\ bullet
into his brain. No one was with '• 'm
•vhen he placed the barrel cf the oh..
rusty pistol in his mouth, and ended
his life. He was found at C.20 by his
wife, and apparently had been dead
for hours. The suicide theory was
accepted by the coroner and ao in-quest
was held.
Major Lloyd had lived in Durham
for years, and had always been iden-tified
with every progressive move-ment.
He conducted the most com-plete
and up-to-date hardware store
in thevcity and was looked upon by
his associates as a man of unusually
strong intellect.
anniversary of the birth of the Pro-gressive
party.
While the debate was at its height
Clarence Straus read a resolution,
said to have been passed by the del-egates
from Virginia to the Progres-sive
national convention, opposing
the endorsement »f any other than a
Progressive for president and chal-lenged
the right of Mr. Garfield to
vote for Mr. Hughes under the proxy
he held of the national committee-man
from Virginia.
Mr. Garfield said he had never
heard of the action and finally de-clined
to be guided by it.
THE GERMANS CLAIM GAINS
KAISER'S TROOPS LESS THAN
MILE FROM LINES ON THE
FORTRESS FRONT.
Tuesday the German lines were
within three-quarters of a mile of
the French lines immediately in front
of the fortress of Verdun, but no
operation had yet been undertaken
elsewhere to relieve the pressure on
the citadel. The official statement
issued by the French war office said:
"No important event beyond the
usual cannonade to record on the
rest of the front."
This is taken to show that the
French command, viewing the situa-tion
as a strategic whole, lcyiks on
the tactical success of the Germans
on the right bank of the Meuse as
of but momentary significance.
Exhausted by the murderous fight-ing
of the past three days, the enemy
has been forced to pause fer breath,
under cover of the rain of 10 and
12-inch shells with which he has
pounded the French lines.
The Germans are strengthening
their new gains and elaborating
plans for a further thrust with the
object of worming around Souville
by the northwest from Fleury. The
French artillery, however, gave their
foe no rest. From Froide Terre,
Belleville, St. Michael and Souville
the French guns concentrated a ter-rific
fire on the German lines and
preparations were made to resist the
impending onslaught and counter-at-tack
at the right time.
There were indications last night
that- the Germans were preparing to
attack also on the left bank of the
river. They apparently aim to push
forward their lines, there to corres-pond
with their advance on the right
and so prevent the French from
transferring reserves across the
river. *
In a night attack the French cap-tured
part of a German trench be-tween
Fumin and Chenois woods in
the Verdon sector. A. German at-tack
west of Thiaumont was re-pulsed,
according to an official state-ment
issued by the French war office.
A heavy artillery duel is in progress
west of the Meuse. The text of the
statement folows:
"In the Argonne an enemy attack
dpon one of our small posts at La
Fine Morte was repulsed with hand
grenades.
"On the left bank of the Meuse the
artillery duel was particularly lively
in the region of Dead Man Hill.
','On the right bank a Cerman at-tack
delivered upon our position
west of Thiaumont works was com-pletely
checked by our infantry and
artillery fire. During a local opera-tion
between the woods of Fumin
and Ciieuois we seized some ele-ments
of the German trenches. In
other sectors there were artillery ac-tions.
"On the rest of the front the night
was calm."
"In the Vosges the fire of our bat-teries
on the German positions east
of Chapolette caused the explosion
of two munitions depots."
Belgian communication: A some-what
intense ar.tillery action occurred
in the sector southeast of Nieuport
and also in the direction of Dixmude
and Steenstraete. There was bomb
fighting in the region of Steens-traete."
GUILFORD GIRL WEDS
YOUNG NAVAL OFFICER.
Ensign. Hilbert, Adam Fisher, of
the United States navy, ar.d Miss
EtheKMae Cobb, a'daughter cf Mr.
and Mrs. S. W. Cobb, of easfer-- Oull-ford.
were married Tuesday evening
at 8 o'ciock at the home of the
bride's parents on Gibsonville Rout*
1. The ceremony was marked by
beauty and simplicity and was wit-nessed
by a large company of rela-tives
and friends of the young
couple.
The marriage took place in front
of an improvised altar decorated
with ferns and Queen Anne lace and
lighted by candles. The bride, radi-antly
beautiful and attired in willow
taffeta trimmed with lace and wear-ing
a bridal veil, approached the al-tar
on the arm of her father, who
gave her in marriage. The words
that joined thevtwo young hearts to-gether
for life were spoken by Rev.
T. S. Brown, assisted by Rev. J. H. C.
Fisher, of Mt. Pleasant, an uncle of
the groom. The maid of honor was
the bride's sister. Miss Hazel Cobb,
who wore a beautiful creation of
pink silk with silver trimmings. Mr.
E. W. Fisher, of Salisbury, the
groom's brother, was the best man.
Master J. D. May, Jr., the bride's
cousin, bore the ring in the heart of
a Cape Jessemine. Miss Ada Store-wait
sang a solo just prior to the
ceremony and played the wedding
march. While the words of the cer-emony
were being spoken she played
softly "Water Lily."
The wedding was followed by a re-ception
and a buffet luncheon. Punch
was served in the rear hall by Misses
Maude Da-wson, of Guilford College,
and Mary Peck, of Mt. Pleasant.
Misses Elizabeth and Cornelia Huf-fines
and Inez Murray served Ices
and cake.
Ensign and Mrs. Fisher came to
Greensboro by automobile and left
on a late train for Washington,
where they will spend a short time.
They will return to North Carolina
on a visit to relatives before going to
Newport, R. I., where the groom is
stationed on the battleship New
Hampshire.
The following relatives of the
groom were present for the wedding:
Mr. and Mrs. If. G. M. Fisher, his pa-rents:
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Fisher
and Miss Pearl Fisher, of Salisbury;
Rev. J. H. C. Fisher and Misses Kath-erine
and Annie Louise Fisher, of
Mt. Pleasant.
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN
STARTS THINGS MOVING.
New York, June 28.—Vance C.
McCormick, chairman of the Demo-cration
national committee, has as-sumed
charge of the New York head-quarters.
Western headquarters
will be established in Chicago instead
of Denver, according to Mr. McCor-mick.
The campaign committee which
probahh- will consist of *1 ;ven mem-bers,
will be named in a few1 days.
Henry Morgenthau, chairman of
the finance committee, and Wiibur W.
Marsh, the committee treasurer, were
among the first to visit headquar-ters
here. Homer S. Cummings, who
also was a visitor, will have charge
of the speakers' bureau, it was an-nounced.
He held that position in
the campaign four years ago.
AUSTRIA MUST APOLOGIZE
TO THE UNITED STATES.
$1,000,000 Lost By Rain.
Kalamazoo, Mich., June 27.—As
a result of the heavy rain storm here
Saturday night, dams at the Bryan
and Monarch Paper mills burst and
twenty-six blocks in the residence
district were flooded. Damage is es-timated
at $1,000,000. There were
no casualties.
' - . ' . -■ -
Washington, June 28.—The Amer-ican
rejoinder to Austria regarding
the Austrian submarine attack on the
American steamer Petrolite, made
public today by the state depart-ment,
describes the act as "a delib-erate
insult to the flag of the United
States and an invasion of the rights
of American citizens" and requests a
prompt apology, punishment of . the
submarine commander, and payment
of indemnity.
In vigorous language the commu-nication
sent a week ago today,
makes it clear that the United
States government believes the facts
of the case entirely different from
what the Austrian submarine com-mander
reported them to be and
that immediate amends are expected.
The Austrian claim that the Petro-lite's
captain voluntarily gave up
supplies taken from the stsamer by
the submarine commander is flatly
contradicted, as are the claims that
warning shots were fired across the
"•etrolite's bow before she was shell-ed
and that her appearance was such
as to justify the submarine com-mander
in mistaking her for a
cruiser.
The attack on the Petrolite, a
Standard Oil tanker, occurred in the
Mediterranean, December 5. A pro-test
sent soon afterward on prelimi-nary
reports from the tanker's cap-tain
and crew brought the Austrian
communication to which the new
American note replies.
Workers Going to Badin.
Salisbury, June 27.—The contrac-tors
at Badin have within the past
week secured a large addition to
their force of hands. One train of 11
cars passed through Salisbury, tak-ing
450 men from Tampa, Fla., to
Badin.
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Senate Accepts Roads Report.
Washington, June 28.—The Sen-ate
yesterday agreed to the confer-ence
report on the good roads bill
appropriating $85,000,000 during
the next five years for co-operation
with the states in road building.