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- - nnr YOUR HOME PAPER ; DAILY FREE THE WEATHER For North CHoliw - f "'! 4 ' PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, : y, . -i r '.' .t VOL. XVI. No. 271 KINSTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS .. . . " $ ' ''b - ' ' f " r 1 , ' i. 1 . f - ' : GERMANS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO FIRES OFTHEHlllES'GUNS SECRETARY BRYAN DRUG STORES WILL COLLECT FOR THE CRUMBLING FORTS OF THE SULTAN PHILADELPHIANS HAVEN'T GIVEN UP SPECIAL SERVICES IN LOCAL CHURCHES WILL KNOW WHY TURKEY REFUSES MERCY COMMITTEE GAS PLANT IDEAS FOR . -British Troops On One Side While Fleet Batters Away the Other RUSSIANS CLAIM VICTORY Prove German Infantry From Swamps With Hea vy Loss Vienna Says No Important Changes Battle Line Have Taken Place. (By the United Press.) Rotterdam, Nov. 25. With heavy losses, the Germans are caught be tween the fire of British troops and the guns of the allied ships off the coast. The fleet today continued the bombardment of the German end, destroying two batteries. Berlin's Opinion on the Situation. Berlin, Via Wireless to London, Nov. 25. The war office today offi cially announced that the Russian counter-offensive in Poland has fail ed. "In Eastern Prussia our troops have repulsed -the Russian attacks The Russian counter offensive in the direction of Lowicz, Stryskw and Brezzin'httwf ailed.-' Attacks in the district of Czenstochowo also have failed. The western situation is un changed, but slight German progress at Arras is reported." Cossacks Chase Germans from Swamp. Petrograd, Nov 25. An official statement is to the effect that a Ger man infantry corps encountered hea vy loss when driven from a swamp in the vicinity of Lodz, by Russian cavalry. The Russians are experi encing continued success against the Austro-German forces. Germans Burn Zee Brugge Amsterdam, Nov. 25. The German artillery at Westende damaged a British destroyer in the fighting be tween land batteries and the Brit ish fleet. According to press dis patches, the Germans have burned Zee Brugge because the houses concealed the British ships and prevented an effective fire of the German batter ies. Big Victory for Russians Indicated. Petrograd, Nov. 25. Reports have reached here of a Russian victory of growing magnitude along the Vistu la and Warthe rivers. The Germans are retreating along a forty-mile line. German reinforcements are arriving south of Kaliez. The superiority of the Russians in numbers is making the Germans move back upon their own frontier. The Russians have failed to flank the invaders. General Von Hindenberg's retreat to the southwest was necessary, as the mam line of th German advance was pierc ed by the Russian center. Vienna Admits No Russian Victories Vienna, Nov. 25. An official state ment by the war office savs there is no important change in the situation in Poland. The Austrians have cap tured several important position? near Wolbrom. The total of prison ers in Austria now is 110,000, includ ing 1,000 officers. BLEASE PARDONS EIGHTY IN ONE DAY (By the United Press) Columbia, S. C, Nov. 25, Gover nor Blease today pardoned eighty prisoners by way of "Thanksgiving presents." CRIMSON SWIMMERS BEGIN BUSY YEAR Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 25. Har vard swimmers started regular prac tice today for the varsity and fresh man teams. Meets to the number of two a week have been arranged foi fte early part of the season .. with "wimming dube and Y. M. C. A. dubs in this vicinity. Later the Crimson will meet Andover and the Worcester Academies, Springfield Training School, Amherst, Williams, Columbia, College of the City of New Yk and Brown.' The swimming tam ill make several days trip !year. Ambassador Morgenthau's Reports Being Censored Investigation Ordered. REVOLUTION IS BREWING Marines Sent to San Domin go to Protect American Lives and Property All Communication With Mexico City Cut Off. (By tho United Press.) Washington, D C, Nov. 25. Sec retary of State Bryan ordered an in vestigation of the Turkish refusal to permit Ambassador Morgenthau' quoted messages to come through. Marines Sail for San Domingo The transport Hancock, with be tween eight and nine hundred ma rines on board, sailed today from Guantanamo for San Domingo to pro tect American lives and property en dangered by the new revolution. Washington Alarmed Over Situation Communication with this govern ment and Mexico City is completely cut off. Strong rumors of riots in Mexico City cause the department of fieials to feel more alarmed than previously admitted. BULLETINS (By the United Press.) Naval Battle Near Dalmatian Port Rome, Nov. 25. Accord ing to a message from Or tona, a naval engagement has taken place off Lissa, an island in the Adriatic. Lissa Island is thirty-three miles southwest of Spalato, the chief seaport of Austria- Hungary in Dalmatia. Russian Grand Duke Reported Wounded Amsterdam, Nov. 25. It is reported that the Grand Duke Demitri has been se verely wounded in the fight ing on the Warthe river in Poland. Relief Ship Sails From Philadelphia Philadelphia, Nov. 25.- The Norwegian freighter, Orn, loaded with food des tined for the Belgians, to day sailed for Rotterdam. German Request for Armistice Refused. Paris, Nov. 25. The Ger mans have requested an ar mistice at Bahincourt, near Verdun, but were refused. The Allies are making some gain between Langemarick and Zonnobek, also in the vi cinity of Berry Aubacu. German Submarine Sunk Ship Bearing Refugees London, Nov. 25 The ad miralty has announced that the steamer Admiral Gran tesume, loaded with refu gees, was sunk in the chan nel by a German submarine on October twenty-sixth. Indian Troops Come Back r and Regain Position London, Nov. 25. It . is Plans Outlined at Tuesday Night's Meeting of the Committee. BELGIUM IS BENEFICIARY The Dixie Theater Will Give Benefit Performance on Thursday Night for Fund to Aid War Sufferers Daily Reports of Donors. The Committee of Mercy recently appointed by Mayor Sutton held its initial meeting Tuesday night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Rouse. Others present besides the Mayor and Mr. and Mrs. Rouse were Mr. William Hayes, Mrs. W. T. Hines and Mr. Har ry Bizzell. The committee decided to open a contribution fund, and auth orize the drug stores to collect for it. Publication of the names of do nors and amounts, unless otherwise requested, will be made daily. Mrs. Hines was named treasurer, and she will be co-operated with in the su pervision of the fund by the Mayor. The committee has been informed that Manager W. C. Moore of the Dixie Theater, will give a benefit per formance on Thanksgiving night, the proceeds to go to the mercy fund. This commendable act of charity is in addition to a free matinee for poor children which will be given at the Dixie Thursday afternoon. Practically all of the collections of the International Committee of Mer cy, with which the local committee is affiliated through the State organiza tion, are being used for the relief of the war sufferers in Belgium. 'EMPLOY A MAN A DAY" IS YOl'NGSTOWN SLOGAN Youngstown, O.. Nov. 25. "Em ploy a man a day" is a new move ment started in Youngstown today by Secretary J. N. Hanson of the charities organization here. Hanson proposed the plan to the heads of mills and factories here in hope that families of laborers who are out of Work might be shielded from want and suffering. Instead of employing only one man when jobs are open in the mills, su perintendents are requested to work the men in shifts of one or even one half day. In this Hanson hopes to save hundreds of families from suf fering during the months when work is scarce. OPEN SWITCH CAUSED DERAILMENT OF ENGINE. While making a "flying switch" in the eastern end of the Norfolk South ern yards this morning, the inadvert ent opening of a switch at the wrong moment caused the derailment of a locomotive. Rolling stock was damr aged by a collision which occurred simultaneously. The damage was not great. No one was injured. announced that the Indian corps has retaken trenches ost to the Germans yester day and captured three Ger man officers and more than a hundred men, with one mortar. The General situ ation is unchanged. Rumored Epidemic of Spies in Germany Amsterdam, Nov. 25 Ac cording to reports from Ger man authorities, they have arrested three hundred British civilians in the coun try. 'rench Close to the German Stronghold Paris. Nov. 25. French are nearer Metz than at any time since the opening of the war.: Bombarding Arna ville. ten miles south wp-?t. nf .the great German fortress. J AM; Vt h This ancient fort aud battlement, the fortifications about Constantinople the allies. Beyond the tower is the ROAD SUPERINTENDENT ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY County Commissioners Will Test Matter of Right to Use Corporal Punishment in Handling Unruly Prisoners. Bryant Taylor, superintendent of tho roads force, declares he will take all the responsibility for the whipping of Klvin Sparrow, a young white con vict, by a foreman recently, rnd the County Commissioners .ire resolved to i..hold Taylor o Hi .- end. E. W. Mintchew, the foreian, who was on Tuesday fined $25 by Magistrate Peebles, Taylor says, flogged Spar row under his own eyes and by his direction. Sparrow had violated san itary rules of the convict camp after leing warned, the officers say. Magistrate Peebles says that Chief Justice Clark of the Supreme Court has held that the flogging of prison ers is authorized by no law, and that it is against the spirit of the consti tution. Other justices of the Su preme Court concurred with him, fut gave an opinion that under certain conditions flogging might be permis sible. Hie Lenoir Concessioners have specified the implements and the methods for use in disciplining pris oners. The magistrate saw no other course open to him than his finding, although he intimated that he con sidered the punishment of Sparrow justified and not severe. The case, under appeal, will be strenuously fought by the commis sioners, to test their authority to is sue orders to road officers for the whipping of convicts to uphold order and discipline. Since Sparrow was given ten lashes, it is said, there has been no infringement of the rules made to insure the health of the sev enty or seventy-five prisoners on the roads. Without the power to inflict corporal punishment, the officials say, they couhl neither make their charges work nor preserve any semblance of order, for the code of honor in this camp, where more than 90 per cent, of the convicts are illiterate or crim inal negroes, is decidedly low. Con finement is out of the question, since nearly every convict would rather be locked up rather than compelled to work. MOBS LOOTING BUSINESS DISTRICT OF MEXICO CITY (By the United Press.) Vera Cruz, Nov. 25. Mexico City's business section is being looted by mobs. It is reported that civilians and federal soldiers have been sworn in as special policemen and armed. Mexico City has been practically cleared of the troops of General Car ranza. Big Villa Army Attacking Guadalajara. El Paso, Tex., Nov. 25. Conflict ing reports reach here concerning the progress of the attack on Guadalaja ra by 15,000 Villaists. The vanguard of the Villa army is nearing Mexico City. No fighting; from there is re ported. . -r ' " . . . . : l i which is crumbling with age. Is one of depended on by the Turk to keep out residential district of Constantinople. THRILLING RESCUE GIRLS FROM BURNING BUILDING Stonewall Jackson Institute Loses Dormitory and Main School ' Building The Presbyterian Nearby Was Damaged. Abingdon, Va., Nov. 25. One hun dred girls were rescued with difficul ty from a fire which destroyed the school building and dormitory of the Stonewall Jackson Institute today The fire spread to the PreHbyterlari church adjoining The fire is under control. The loss is placed at fifty thousand dollars. INDIAN BRIDE FOR EX-TAMMANY CHIEF , (By the United Press.) New York, Nov. 25. Richard Cro ker, former chieftain of Tammany Hall, is to marry an Indian princess, Keetaw Kaluntchy of the Cherokee nation, it was announced today. Cro ker's former wife died only a few weeks ago in Austria. EBBETTS WOULD RECOVER ON TINKER PURCHASE Paid $15,000 for Release of Famous Shortstop, Joe, who Failed to Report and Cast His Lot With the Federals. By Hal Sheridan (Written for the United Press) New York, Nov. 25. President Dedication Ebbets, he of the Brook lyn Nationals, is giving vent once more to loud and prolonged groans touchin' on and appertainin' to (as Stockholder Bill Devery used to say when he was chief of police) Joseph Federal Tinker and $15,000. As is well known to earnest stu dents of the political and financial history of the Federal League Eb bets bought Tinker for that sum from Garry Herrmann of the Cincinnati Reds. . "It's a mere trifle," thought Ebbets as he handed the Rhineland Chief a certified check for the release of the shortstop. "I can get it back again by holding a splendid 'Tinker Day' and lure the shekels in that way." Unhappily, however, Tinker could not see Gewanus and declined to write his signature in the lower right hand corner next to the red seal and jumped to the Federal League instead. And the fans of Chicago's North Side held the "Tinker Day." But the saddest part of the Btory is that Joseph did not take into his confidence President Ebbetts, and the latter handed over the big check with out imagining that Joseph did npt care to play in the City of Grave yards. ' In the meantime the boss of Brook lyn's'ball boosters is waiting for the National League meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria in this city on Decem ber 8. He vows that hell be paid in full. . t . ' . -- - ..j. : . , . I- - . , -" And that you cannot blame City Clerk Has Acknowl edgement of Letter, Stat ing Council's Attitude PROBABLY RENEW EFFORT Although Financial Condi tions Do Not Now Favor Immediate Steps for New Franchise, Later Action to That End Is Implied. The Public Utilities Companies of Philadelphia may apply for a gas franchise here next spring. They this morning acknowledged receipt of a letter stating the City Council's de cision regarding the matter of the re cently expired franchise granted the Southern Gas Improvement Company The Southern Company was subsid iary to Kuemmerle & Co. until a few weeks ago, when the Public Utilities took over the latter's interests. The franchise had been allowed to die without the new promoters' knowl edge, and Council decided a new fran chise and not a renewal would be nec essary. Conditions in the financial world, although admitted to bo gradually bettering, and the coming of winter, say the Public Utilities Companies, would make it unwise for them to ap ply for the grant before the spring. The tone of their communication in dicates a seriousness on their part regarding the matter, and it is not unlikely that the utility which Kin ston expected to materialize this year will be actually installed in 1915, GRAMMAR SCHOOL KIDDIES TO HAVE ATHLETIC MEET Albany, N. Y., Nov. 25. Lawrence S. Hill, physical director of the local public schools, announced today a se ries of athletic meets for the gram mar school children of this city. His scheme is to hold three meets a year. The success of the first out door games under the direction of Hill, held early this month as an experi ment, suggested occasional athletic carnivals of Albany's younger stu- lents as permanent institution. The next meet will be held in the early spring. SANTA CLAUS COLLIER REACHES DEYONPORT (By the United Press.) Devonport, Eng., Nov. 25. The U. S. collier Jason, the American Christ mas ship," arrived here today. ENTRIES ARE ALL IN FOR RED CROSS HORSE SHOW. Big Society Event in New York Will Be Given for Benefit of War Sufferers List of Contribut ors to Success of Show. New York, Nov. 25. Entries clos ed today for the big society event of the year the Horse Show, which will be held on December 7-12 at Madi son Square Garden. The show this year will be of an unusual character inasmuch as 'the proceeds are to be given to the Red Cross and White Cross Societies? It show to be held in this city for the National Horse Show Association an nounced some time ago that the event would be abandoned, and it is only on account of the critical situation in Europe that the function will take place this year. To guarantee it against loss a number of horsemen throughout the country have come forward to pro tect the show against a possible loss. They are: Dr. Thomas G. Ash ton, Philadelphia; John L. BushnelL Springfield, Ohio; Felix M. Warburg, New York; William Phelps Eno of Washington; Frederick Pabst, Oco nomowoc, Wis.; Willis Sharp Kil mer, Binghamton, N. Y.; Mortimore B. Schiflf, J. Horace Harding, George C. Clausen, Paul Moore, Thomas L. Watt, Charles P. Hubbs, John McE. Bowman, William Koch, John Gerk en, William Ziegler, Jr., G. Jason Waters, and Samuel W. Taylor, edi tor of the Rider and Driver. ( Ebbets. - v -. : , . . - Universalists Will sHavc . i Theirs Tonight, Begin-,; j ning at Seven-Thirty j BAPTISTS IN NEW CHURCH ! Christian Church Will Hold Early Morning Service- s Episcopal and Methodist At Usual Morning. Hour. Presbyterian at 10 A. M. A Thanksgiving servjee will be held in St. Mary's Episcopal church at 11 a. m., Thursday, conducted by the rector, Rev. John H. Griffiths The of fering will be for Thompson Orphan ago at Charlotte. . , Rev. C. W. Blanchard, pastor of the First Baptist church, will conduct nit first service in the congregation's new home at Gordon, and 'McLewean streets, at 7:30 p. m, A collection ' will be taken for Thomarville orph anage. The Gordon Street Christian con-., gregation will hold their Thanksgiv ing service at 7 al nu in accordance with a custom introduced by Pastor B. P. Smith last year. Personal x-' pressions of gratitude will be heard from the members. r . A service will be held in Atkinson Memorial Presbyterian church at 10 ' a. m. - ' ,r " Song and praise services will be held in the Church of the Eternal Hope, Universalist, at 7:30 o'clock this evening, 4 , m , There will be no prayer " meeting service in Queen Street Methodist church this evening. Tomorrow morn ing at 11 o'clock a Thanksgiving ser- vice will be conducted. A, special ser mon will be preached by the pastor, : Rev. II. A. Humble. The pastor re quests all his people to close their places of business, cease from their usual labors and attend the service. An opportunity will be given- for thank offerings, the giver to direct his contribution to any orphanage la North Carolina, or to the sufferers la Belgium. Those who have already made an offering elsewhere or at oth er times will not be expected to give again. A service will be held at 11 o'clock in the First Church ,of Christ, Sci entist. ' ' ' -s The pastors extend cordial invita tions to the public to attend any of the above services. . SAM. C SUGG PASSES AWAY AT SNOW HILL Prominent and Wealthy Greene Coun ty Man Victim of Blight's Dis ease Formerly Resided la Kinston Funeral .Thursday Death claimed Samuel C. Sugg, one of the best known men in this sec tion of North Carolina, at his home in Snow Hill, Tuesday night at 9:30 o'clock. Mr. Sugg was in his sixty- eighth year. His widow survives, as ; well as the following children: Mrs. -v George Overby, Mrs. Frank Moseley, Mrs. R. D. Britt and Mrs. Eva War trrs, all of Snow Hill; Mr. Leon Sugg . and Mrs. P. S. B. Harper of Kinston. .: Mr. and Mrs. Sugg had been married nearly half a century, ... ? Mr. Sugg's demise was due to , Bright's disease, from which he had' suffered a long time. The end came while he was sitting upright, and suddenly. - Sam C. Sugg was wealthy. His , ' qstate is valued at around $175,000 or $200,000. He owned ' extensive roperties in Greene - county and elsewhere. Several years ago he re sided here for four or Ave years, and -took a prominent' part in business. He had for tocg been an active leader in civic and political matters ""In Greene county, and was one of the alsnnchest supporters of the Dome. tragic party there, ilia personal char- sctoiistics were exemplary, ana a Snow Hill and the surrounding coun try lie was known to every citisen and ; numbered every one as his friend. ' .The funeral will be held at Snow Hill Thursday afternoon.
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