vOLCME EIGHT
WASHINGTON, N. C., MONDAY AFT]
Mil HEN S1V I
TRACTION CO.
IRES TO DID
/ OIIIOHlillOR
t* FIRST niG FIGHT AFTER RAIL
ROAD LEGISLATION BETWEEN
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
BOTH SIDES DETERMINED
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(By United Press)
New York, Sept. 11. ? The attempt
of the New York Traction Company
to crush "Unionism/ is the tfrit di
rect result of the eight-hour railway
legislation This Is the charge of the
Amalgamated Association of Car'
Men, which was maed today. "Capi
tal does not Intend that this legisla
tion shall ever be put on the State
books," Is the claim they make. They
They also declare that the New York
?traction Companies aer being back-,
ed by the most powerful aggregation :
of capital In the world, being the J
same interests that back the rallroadsl
of the country. This Is the first step
In the great fight between capital
and organized labor.
INTERESTED IN
packing?
O. L. Broom Vrgw Piirnen of the
Cotwty to Express Views on the
Subject
Editor Daily News, * I
Washington, N. C.
Dear air:
I have been noticing with Interest
the various articles th'at you have
published from time to time regard- 1
inp a packing plant In this section]
of the country. 1 am deeply inter- j
ested In this matter and I know that
a number of other farmers In this
section are alno Interested. #1 don't
(hink that a plant would lack for '
patronage and I, for one, can say
that If I was Bure of a place where
I could dispose of my stock, I would
go Into the business on a larger
ftcale.
Stock raising Is going to be the
eoming industry of Beaufort cbunty,
bo why not start getting busy and
preparing for It right now?
I would liko to hear expressions
from some of the other farmers In
(he county, relative to this project,
and I trust that some of them will
let the people know, through your
paper, Just how they feel about It.
Very truly ydurs,
C. L. BROOM.
18 ARRESTEDA
SECOND TIME
RU * worth Thonipftoo HeM In RaIHrIi
for Offpnw Which Wm Com
mitted 4 Year Ago. ' .
"Word w as received here today that
fcllsworth Thompfion. of P?ntego. haa
been arrested In Raleigh on the
charge or lending obscene matter
through the malla. The offense war
illegedkto have been, committed about
< year ago. Thompson was given a
preliminary hearing In Belhaven be
fore Commissioner Latham at that
d<pe. H. 8. Ward appearing fbr the
defendant. H* waa_ bound over to
(he Federal cotirt and the grand Jury
Ignored the bill. He then went to
fcalelgh. where he haa been working
for some time. Another warrant wat
issued for him Saturday bight. Tt Is
probable that the federal authorKlea
Aave found hew evidence In the cue.
ft la understood th*t *?horaipeoA has
*,V*n b?M^| i'mt n\. Y
HARPOON T>ATKI> 1M1
FOUND IN HWOROF1HH i
fx* Angela*. Sept. 11. ? The body
a targe swerdftab *u washed up
MUCH TERRirORY
IS rp BY THE
cam rams
(By United Pram)
Berlin. 8ept. 11. ? More than a
bird of tbe Bulgarian territory which
vu taken by the Rumanians at the
close of tbe second Balkan war, haa
already been reconquered by the
Germans and Bulgarians. The Ru
manians and Russians are again re
treating toward the Danube and are
abandoning their poaltlons east sud
southeast of the fortress at Sillstre.
In a Utile more than a week, the
combine* Gferman and Bulgarian
force* have eaptured far more Ru
manian territory than tbe allies have
been able to take of German terri
tory since the beginning of the war.
Two Rumanian Fortresses, Tutrakan
and fiUlitffie, have fallen. Romanian
and Russian prisoners noa^jer 30,-,
400.
British no Offensive
Paris, flept U-? T*? British hsve
taken the'oflihsive tn the Balkans,
it wss officially .announced today.
They bave' i?d*e4 the Struma at
Orljax. attacking the Bufliftrtana at
Nivolgen.- JaovJI&afeavy
fighting continues.
DEMONSTRArN
MADE AGAINST
BLACK LISTING
(By United Press)
Buenos Ayrea, Sept. 11. ? In the
great eet demonstration against the
British blacklist that has occurred in
any country, took place here when
an immense crowd gathered at the
Plasa Congress yesterday, Including
ten . "WJmtaF ' ^kvganlsatlons and
throngs of business men to protest.
The British are accused of attemp^
ldg to break down the whole struc;
lure of international law. It was
declared that no neutral nation
should submit to the throttling of its
trade by any belligerent. Retaliatory
legislation, passed by the United
States, greatly strengthened the hand
of the opponents to the blacklist
here. A number of speakers refer
red to the action taken by the United
States.
SHELBURNE WRITES
Our sale today of about 10,000
pounds wan an high as we ever saw.
The weather han changed and ad
vanced the Price pn first aftd second
pulling PftMT on frog
eyed continue high, and we ad vl Be
the sal* df theso it once.
We have the. highest market In
the Bl*tm and bur house Is sending
Its patrons home pleased.
Tours truly,
# V. B. SHELBURNE.
WED UNDER THREATS.
FOll HIS FREEDOM
Chicago. Sept. 1J, ? The three men
who caem to the* factory where
Frank Kanka worked stood head and
shoulders above him.' With one on
each side and the third marching
behind as a rear guard he meekly
accompanied them. An hour later,
Kanka married Mary Podelnka while
the three men still stood guard. That
was a week ego. Now Kanka has
begun suit to annul the marriage,
alleging that he Is a minor and that
he was coerced Into the marriage by
threats of death made by relative* of
his wife.
Motored to Klstton.
J R. Proctor and son and Z. N.'
Leggett and son motored to Kins ton
yesterday, returning last night.
on the shore n*ar the mouth of Top
ango canyon. The fleh had been dead
but a short time. Firmly Imbedded
Its back waajpart of a harpoon. It
was bcdly rutted, but wlien extracted
the name %*ed' and the figures 1M1
were discernible
The fleeh had grown firmly around
the head of the harpoon, and the ex
posed part had rusted and crumbled
Mr to a great extent.
IRMK m BERKS BUILT
UNDER VERVJMf EXPENSE
Cost of Work Exceeds That of Grav
el Road. System Appears to be
Lacking in the Work.
For some time there has been
much severe criticism or the Wash
ington Township Road Commission
together with the character of work
being done and the cost of same.
The News has endeavored to make
a careful Investigation of these crit
icisms In order that we might give
the public the facts as we found
them. Up to the present time there
has been sftent or the bond Issue ap
proximately 118.000.00. Of this
amount about $7,000 was Invested In
mules and machinery and about $$,
odo spent on the roads. About four ^
miles has been graded or plowed and
less than one mile has been finished
with top soil. Band has been hauled
from a distance of one to two miles
to mix with the clay. In several
places, that part of the road which
the engineer reports as being com
plete is not drained. It will require
probably one month or more to com
plete the four miles at an additional
cost of not less than $2,000 which
will make a total of approximately
$11,000 for this distance or about
$2,750 per mile FOR A DIRT ROAD.
In addition to the work above re
ferred to there has been some pre
liminary work done on the road lead
ing past the County Home which we
are Informed has cost about $4 00' 00
and will require about $1,000 to com
plete. Judging from oar observation
and from the information we have
been able to gather this amount has
been or will be uselessly spent for
the reason that practically no Im
provement will be made over the old
road now In use as the road will not
have been straightened nor ha* there
be? mere than about 60 fept rMuc
tion made in the distance. The new
route also has one curve at which it
would be impossible to see a vehicle
approaching from either direction at
any great distance.
According to a survey and profile
which has been made, a straight line
with the old road In front of the col
ored church Just beyond the County
Home, crossing Bunyons Creek and
connecting with the road on the Long
Acre side would shorten the distance
150 feet and would give a straight
road where there are now fonr
curves within a distance of oite-fourth
of a mile, (there will be the same
number of curves In the new route
ns laid out by the road engineer) at
a cost of approximately $1,000 for
the entire work In both townships
and the steepest grade would be 3
per cent with the deepest fill about
6 feet.
There has been an effort on the
part of the Road Commissioners of
Long Acre Township to Induce the
Commissioners of Washington Town
ship to change their location and
adopt the route which will give a
straight and shorter road. Up to the
present time this effort 'has failed
and will probably result In ilnal fail
ure because the Washington Town
ship road engineer says the proposed
new rout* will not be changed and
the Washington Township commis
sioners say they will be governed by
the recommendation of the engineer.
We do not think that the attitude of
the Washington Township Commis
sion In this particular 1b entirely
proper. While It is true that to some
extent they must be governed by
their engineer, we assume that they
were appointed by the Board of
County Commissioners upon the pre
sumption that they were men of
ability who had some opinion and
ideas of their own.
The method with which the work
has been done shows an absolute lack
of organization or system. The equip
ment is scattered along for two
miles and shows that no attention <s
being given to Its care. Two of the
mules are dead, another Is sick and
still another, with an Injured leg. is
unable to do an7 work^
The most important part of the
work for the citizens of the township
to consider is tho cobI. Up to the
present ' tin.-*, k ha* cost about two
third of what it would require to
hav? built a gravel road and It will
require probably ten times more for
maii|ftej|pice-v U?an wpuld a gravel
road. It has cost four times more
than the highest estimate placed on
It when we were endeavoring to vote
the bonds and the estimates then
placed were amounts at which the
work could have been contracted for.
If the work is costing too much for
the quality of road we are getting
now Is the time to Rtop and recon
sider; and not wait until the entire
botid Issue is spent. .
All of Beaufort county is anxious
ly watching Washington township In
Its road construction and If it is
shown to other sections of the county
that good roads can be built at a
reasonable cost, there will be no diffi
culty In establishing a system of
roads throughout the county. It io
lip to tho road commissioners to show
that they are getting value received
for the money they are spending.
''Tommy? in Love Has
But Little Trouble In
Getting a Sweetheart
By J. W. PRtiLKR,
(Unltod Prww Staff (JorrMjHindpnt)
London. ? (By mail) ? Tommy In
love la the lovlngest. unblushlnglng
est lover In London. He may go
across tomorrow, and. having a "way
with women." the heart of him
speaks right up In a frank, I4ove
yod voice Moonlight sittings and
sylvan nooka are an aid to courtahlp
but Tommy's' llfte In too precious to
wait for night and he speaks the un
iversal language almost as Well In
tho busy strand In broad dfryllght.
As a result. London girls* are the
most loved In the Suspire atod ro
rar.nce lurks at every corner.
Tommy comes from all over Aus
tralia, British Columbia. Rhodesia |
and the Issy shires of Kngland. He :
ahoda restraint like a tourist at sea, I
tho minute he steps from the train.
Billeted with a London housekeepers
It doesn't take him long to meet
"the little girl next door." U may bej
hts last love kffafe' sO the golag Is
smooth sod the courtfthtp trnit. \
The StraAtf seems to be his favor- j
Ite tryvtlng plkce It's a busy old
street, teeming with traffic. Befor*
&e war there wsa little of teatlmfent
there bdt Tommy has fractured no,
many customs that London doesn't
even raise Its ' eyebrows any more
when he busts a new one. Therefore
Its nothing for Mr. Civilian to wink
at if the soldier holds hands In the
busiest street, or strolls with the
traffic, one arm around a neat little
waist Officers can't get away with
it; they're supposed to he dlgn.fled
except when they slip off to the
Thames on Sunday*. But Tommy's
dignity Is vest-pocket slie.
Hundreds Of unattached girls arte
abroad day and night, entirely will
ing to be made love to In case there
Isn't any "little girl next door." Meet
ing requires no formality.
*'Helfo," says Tommy, stalklhg A
winsome blonde "where you gotntf?
Oftr 1 go ?*?T" j
She Isn't going anywhere In par
ticular, Just "walking kround." He
may stroll with her if she want* to.
8d"off they go and Tommy's arm by
gradual degrees slips around her
waist. Inside of a block there's a
love affair well under way. <
The Bobby on the corner knuw*
the game from 'the inside out.
"Love Is Love and that's all there
Is to It," Is his view of the situation^
These soldiers are going serosa tv
ery day by hundreds and tbere'4 a
1<* ef them never eonlng back Mar
be they're toitreom* In London; may
be tboy want to (orget what's afcead
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SPAN FAILS:
LIVEWARE LOST
Fatal Accident Occurred This Morn
ing to One of the Spans on the
Quebec Bridge
(By United Press)
Montreal, Sept. H. ? The central
span of the Quebec bridge^ which hu
been unitef course of contruction for
many years, and which was to' link
the Canadian transcontinental rail
ways from Halifax to Vancouver, f 9II
today as It was being placed In posi
tion. Many workmen have been kill
ed. although the number is not ob
tainable. The span, weighing -6,000
tons, was .towed to the bridge site
tills morning. The placing of the
span was being heralded as one of
the greatert engineering feats of the
world. Commission experts from
the United States. Great Britain and
Germany worked out the pThns.
This Is the second catastrophy to
the bridge, seventy lives having been
lost in 1907 when a esction collap
sed.
Following today's accident, the
Canadian government ha* Ued in
the world's experts ? e the
structure. The * , do used
by eight u would have
shorA* ^nscontlnental trip
by 2 d
estimate 25 Are Dead.
It is estimated that ninety men
wore on the bridge at trie time the
span collapsed. Arrangements have
been made to Bend divers down from
the St. Lawrence river to determine
whether is 1b possible to raise the
bteel span and whether river traffic
has been blocked. The death-list in
placed at twenty-five.
MUCK INTEREST CENTERS
ON ELECTION IN MAINE
(By United Press)
Portland, Me.. Sept. 11. ? "Way
down Eaut" took the center of the
national political stage today. Maine
Is exercising her proud privilege in
exhibiting national sentiment toward
Republicanism and Democracy. The
ruck -ribbed voters of the common
wealth are balloting on a complete
Slate ticket after probably the great
est preliminary overture of oratory
that has evef preceded an election In
the State. Weather conditions indi
cate a record vote Both sides aVe
claiminK a landslide. Local Issues
are playing but little part, national
questions being paramount. It will
be the OrHt expression of popular sen
timent on Wilson's policies.
COUNTER AttACKS
ON CITY OF GUV
HAVE BEEN REPULSED
(By United Press)
London. Sept. 11. ? Two counter
attacks last night on the village or
Glnchy, which was captured by the
Irish Saturday, have been driven og,
General Halg reported today. The
altark by the Germans near Moquet
farm was also repulsed. Elsewhere,
quiet reigns on the Somme front.
Between K6uvllle and I)ih LabaSBee
Canal, the British entered the enemy
trenches at several points, taking a
number of prisonersa
Five attacks by the Germans a
galnst the French lines, south of the
Somme. between Berny and South
Chaulnes, were repulsed, the Ger
mans losing heavily.
CkmclntfinK Episode of "Strange
Cone of Mary Page" Tonight
The concluding chapter of the
"The Strange Case of Mary Pago"
will be on the screen tonight at the
New Theatre r.n^ In addition thero
will be shown another one of those
laughable Triangle Keystone como
dles entitled, "His Hereafter." pre
senting Charles Murray.
Beginning tonight the manage
ment begins that world famous ser
ial picture entitled "The Secprt of
the Submarine." This noted photo
play will be shown each Monday
night until It In roncluded. Mo one
should miss this picture for right
from the start It burns with excite
ment *nd Interest Remember show
starts at 7:45 o'clock. Six reel* to
night.
RERUN ADMITS I/#W? OF
TRENCWE* TO BRITISH i
Berlin, Sept. 11.? The loss of ad
vance trenches to the British between
dlnchy and Combles Is admitted by]
the war office. Fighting for tha pos- '
session of Olnchy continues. South
of the Somme, a portion of the vpiage
of Berny has be^n recaptured . from
the French.
and majrb* they're bound to have all
the fun fhey caa while they're sore
of It. ? uon't know the answer, bm !
we doa t tmfcet them la war time."]
no WOMAN
TAKES LIFE
^
Jumped Off Dork on v , er
Ilo?ly Has Deon Pmin.:. Wm In
Hiul llcaltli nnd Despondent.
A colored woman Mathilda
leathers, committed aui Ide early
this morning by jumping fT the dock
In the rear of the Coca-Cola plant
on Water street. Her be. iy haa been
recovered.
The woman .was In bad health and
had been despnrylent for some time.
She tried to take her life some time
lar.t week, but whs prevented. Ohe
escaped from her room last night,
leaving a note which read as follows:
"Don't grieve after me, If you find
me dead, for I am in bad shape."
It waa Immediately suspected that
she had jumped Into the river. Men
started dragging for thft body and
found it a short time after they
started hunting for It Her husband
Uvea at Terra (-?la.
Meeting Orr Ixxlge.
A special communication of Orr
Lodge No 10. A. F A A M is called
for this evening Bt 8 o'clock at their
hall at the corner of Bonner and
Third streets for the purpose of con
ferring the Fellow Craft degree. All
member* are urged to he preaent.
Vinlting Masons are also cordially
Invited.
TODAYS PROGRAM
... AT ....
!\ew Theatre
Conclusion of
"Tt?i? Strang* C?w? of Mary
"HIS HKKK4FTKK"
Ktyiton* Cftnedjr
Opfthtng epic*)* of
"The Hcrrr* of thn HnhmnHnr"
"THTfl TRON CLAW" will b*
?hown WftdnAUdlij' and Friday
night of thla *?k.
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