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VOL. 1. NO. 337.
FAVETTEVILLE, N. O. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 19J6.
PRICE, M PER YXAB-
CAP
ion co::cini is
FORCED TO SUSPEND
wonx teotjt
New Bern Concern Suspends
Operations Account of
Present Shipping.
? -
EMBARGO ON VEGETABLES
Is Declared By Norfolk .South
ern Ratlroad Except lor Con
sign.m -Hi to Poinu Along its
Syste.J.
New Bern. August 31 Tbe Nor
folk Southern bibtr refused to ac
cept perishable fre'ght consigned U
any point oil thsir !ne thi af'crao- :i,
the people here ar unable to put
their prodctce on the market.
AUo on account of the refu-al if
the railway cum puny to accept car.- f
lumber for any point other than on
; W their line, the John L. Roper Company
.in last night closed down their plant
hey and at Belhaven. Tonight they
will close down their plant! at Roper
and Gilmerton. Beside tile number of
men employed in the milts many men
J in the woods will be laid off.
Mr. A. T. Garrans, general super
intendent, stated tonight that all the
Lmills would resum operation aa
soon a they could get car and could
i twafcet their produr-lu n the
however, over S.fKIO men employed by
the Roper concern will be out of
work. The majority of these men are
laborers of moderate means and if
their only means of support is shut off
they will doubtless V11 from want
of actual necessities.
Ships Taking Coal
for Eventualities
Norfolk, Auirust 31. To meet em
ergecies in case the railroad strike
materializes Monday the navy de
partment today ordered all naval eo1
liers to take on cargoes of coal. Five
began loading today. The Atlantic
fleet is doe to rrtve Friday to coal.
Railroad officials declare i'iey have
only enough coal on hand to last one
week.
15 Nations Engraved
In European Conflict
Fifteen nations are now 'embroil-!
in the European war. They are:
Allies
England; France, Belgium, Russia,
Serbia, Japan, Italy, Montenegro,
Portugal, San Marino Rumania.
Central Powers
Germany, Austria, Turkey, Bul
garia. Wiggins and Phillips
To Be Electrocuted
Special la the NKWS.)
Raleigh, August 31. Hardy Wig
arins, a young white man of Graham
county, convicted of the murder of
Phillip Phillips from ambush, and his
accomplice, Merritt Miller is to die
in the electric chair here today.
Governor Craig has refused execu
tive clemency and the convicted men
will meet death in the electric chair.
WEATHER.
Weather for North Carolina.
Generally fair Friday and Saturday
Light east to southeast winds.
SURVIVOR RELATES
STORY BROTHER
iiUiiitllib
Lawrence Pinner, of New Bern,
Is Drowned When Knocked
Out of Small Boat.
New Bern, Aujrust 31. A report
received here last nitrht wa to the
effect that Lawrence Pinn-m; of this
city, waft swept from a amali boat in
the Atlantic Ocean, while en route
Cape Lookout to Moreheatl City.
L'ttaii wekr trot learned, however.
it ia stated that Mr. Pinner with his
brother Mr. Frank Finner and their
father had .spent several days at the
Cane fishing and that they had left
for home in a 35-foot laumh proo
fed Uy $ 12-hrse power engine, for
Morehead City. Everything wnl weti
with them until they were off the in
let and then the trrne n-fued to
wjttrkSa;
Then it wa that Mr. Lawrence tWi
ner was knocked from lH? lantii y
a heavy breaker and drowned.
The life savers at Cape Ltfco-ut re
ceived a message that a lwt was in
distress off the inlet and fW crew
promptly went to its afe)Lurice.
They found the small boat far oyt at
sea and half filled with wafer, and oc
cupied w.ly by Mr. frank Pinner, ho
related the story of his brother
drowning.
4 'i ' " .
Carranza Takes Over
All Church Property
Mexico City. August 31'. A decree
aw i&ssued today hy First Chief
Yenuxtiano Carranza nationalizing
the property of the Roman ( hathohc
Church in Mexico. General Carranza
stated that in taking thi step he was
reviving a decree promulgated in
1 r.:i.
Hereafter al church property . will
lie owne.J by the Government, but the
churches and other religious institu
tions will I nominally controlled by
the clergy. The Government reserves
the riht to discontinue the use of
churches as places of worship after
the expiration of a year.
Aeiv York
Food for
(By Intemational New Service.)
New York, August 31. -With the
large railroads declaring an crbarsro
on 't-Mt'lu urd warn:'ff piissei.ei
that they n ay be itjc-i t delay?
if th'y i. in not rea n t'teir oetina
tion by Soi'day niot, Spcir.lHT 3
th coii; . i'tions ar? rapidly compVt
ing th;:- i .eparatkr. fr the natio
nal strike which the railway brother
hood chiefs have ordered to begin on
Latior Day.
Several of the railroad presidents
who have been conferring with Preb.
dent Wilson at Washington returned
to New York today. The word they
brought back was pessimistic, and the
executive offices of all railroads im
mediately became hives of activity.
For several weeks agents of the
railways have been scouring the coun
try, hiring strikebreakers and guards
for all lines. They have reported con
siderable success, but the railway ex
ecutives admitted today that they
would be unable to secure enough
men to keep trains running on their ;
EXPECT GREECE TO
ENTER WAR I'ITHIf I
nVEHTT-FOUR HOURS
Predicts Greece Will Be Fight
ing Under Flajf of thr "
Allien.
BL'LG ARAN'S LOSE 15,0001
Severe Encounter Along the
Fronts in Greece and Mace
donia are Reported Bulbars
Have Suffered a RepuLse.
(By International New Service.)
I-ondon, August 31 The apeedy
entrance of Greece into the war, pos
sibly within the next twenty-four
hours is predicted in dispatches from
Athens tonight. Long before the
Greece elections which are .shct-duled
for October the army will have
been mobilized and fighting under the
flag of the entente allies, it ia declar
ed. While official reports from the
lighting fronts in Greece and Mace
donia indicate a lull of activities,
from other source the news crones
of severe encounters.
in these, which have occurred prin
cipally on the Allies extreme
left held by the Serbians under their
ICj-owa- Pcuusv-th liulaau-a,. awisai
ing to an Athena dispatch, have suf.
fered a repulse.
The Athens dispatch says the Bui
gars attacked in close formation and
it is estimated they lost J.,!) in dead
wounded and prisoners.
London, Auguit 31 A French ad
vance south of th S'.mme reyjlting
in the extension of the Allied front
out of Entrees and southwest of S.iye
court Worn! was the only change of
twjsitionsK the past iwen(y-fi:ir hourr.
nv "brougfct to the battling army
Picardy.
CAROLINA LEAGl E
WmsUm Salem 7, Greensiioro 'I.
Raleigh 1, Aiheville 2.
Durham 0. Charlottc2.
Has Only
One Week
regular schedules.
Officials of the city. recognizing
that a strike is imminent, arc taking
steps to insure a food supply for
Tj.tfOO.OOO persons 'if ' iha railway
ployes go out. Police Commissioner
Wood has found from a superficial
survey that the food on hand will last
only the week.
The first effort of the authorities is
to make plans that will prevent the
milk supply from being cut off. On
July 1 there were in New York City
.WS.iWil children less than five years
of age. All these would be affected
by a strike that prevented milk ship
ments. The milk companies are organizing
to meet the situation. According to t
the plans thus far perfected, babies
will be served first and the sick next.
Milk driver on all routes are listing
those absolutely dependent on milk
for 'their food.
All available milk will be brought
into the city by motor trucks, the dis
trict of collection being extended in
to the country as f..r as possible.
START
3
HAS FALLEN TO
BOOB
Astrians Give
Up Passes
Transylvaiuun
4
Alps
Strike at Bulgaria,
Jy International Newa Service.)
fcondon,
armies ove
August SI. With their
overuruiing Iranslyvania, a
laojio part of which includes rich in-'
dtiArial sections, is to be abandoned
byA.ustria. The Roumanians tonight
ant reported to have struck at Bui-
r
Crossing the Diinut behind a cur-
taii of art.'Jery fire. Roumanian
troifpfl have occupied the large Bui-;
gaaa city of Rostchuk, areord.r-g to
reaching Pari. ( Meanwhile
great numhers (if Kuasian troops arc
ma using in the Roumanian D.-brudja,
to trike at Bulbar . from the north.
. 1 ransporta undiT pr;.-!bn of hs
Ru aian Black Sea f vet are l.'in.lii;i
at Constant, the greit Roumanian
port, to aid in thi drive.
Iready nine Translyvanian towns
ana villages have been occupied ty j
thai Roumanians. AH the passes of
thi Transylvanian Alps have.' been'
givin up by the Austrian.
gronstadt, chief ci'y of the rich
province, ia semi-offioally admitted to
be n Roumanian bands, with four
othW towns whose population are
ma e than
oT fTTlOft."
e than S0.0W Kronttadt is a city
Austrian Reply
Is Unsatisfactory
Washington,
state ;
department today received the Av-'
CEFORT Kill!
August XL Th
thian Governments' reply to the Am-y Charles E. Hughe before a tre
can note of June 21, concerning ' wndou gathering here tonight. It
attack by an Austrain submarine n-
the tanker I eirouie, in ni. n tne,ic Administration more scathing and
attack was called an insult to thcmre lhoUKht-going than anything
American flag and punishment of the ' ,hr ,.,, h ,.M w ,. cn the
submarine commander with an apoio-' , , ,,hin the last three vears.
try government was demanded
It is understood that the Austrain
guiernroent had not met the wishes
of this government
4,000 Habes Crippled
By Recent Plague :
:
rk. August SI. Babes re-
New Yi
covered from infantile paralysis, but
marked with withered limbs, are be-j
ing ilischargcl from New York "tV
ho-pitls at the rate of between
twenty-tive and fifty day no. It
. ... . i
is estimate!) mat aoolit I'Hir inousti. i (n(, javy, Josephus l.'aniels. itr
of these little cripples have been pro- gf j uniV1.lsll m,,tarv training ; t
duce.1 by the epidemic ant of these ,M.ac arj u,!1VersaI m;l ? i.v service
.ju,..,! ,r the epidemic ant
j m,,re than one thousand must look to
em-Jchwrity for the treatment of their
j hmbs w hich will restore a measure f
i u&e.
A round of the big hotels of New'trr 6n injustice.
York today showed not a child regis-1 .,,,1,, the clahn th.it Presi
tered, although the usual number of , . u wji,, -kept the count ty out of
adults is here. Not a single case ofXiar lh(! t-on,.i ti.'ta . r.-v
paralysis has been reported from a nHi ,.rn jn effect at vac with M,-i-New
York hotel. K throughout the Americar contro-
'versics with her and tin pnc. cn
PennSjivanian Boad jwhich the Oem.K-ratic claim was bas
Hires 1,800 Police h"d " 'mroa'
(By International New Service.)
Pittsburgh August 31. The em
pliyment of l.StK) railroad police to
nrotert railroad property, many of
whom are already in the city, ami me w ith- approximately fi.OOO vote un- ,, culling off the strike that wa et
establishment of a barracks in Lib- nied Cot L. Blease, candidate for ' for nixt Monday.
erty avenue with accommodations for govrnor hal 57,899 of Richard I. j xhe interstate Commerce Commit
1.00 loyal trainmen, is part of the Manning the inrumbert, and 23,299 tr, vM at onc, prepare a aimular
strike preparation program of the of Rob),rt Cooper. ! measure and it wil be introduced in
Pennsylvania Railway announced BeaM, ani Mnnning will go into)
thia afternoon.
MAKING
PLANS
PASSAGE EIGHT HOUR LAW
BEFORE SATURDAY NIGHT
Chairman Lee Makes Statement Before Inter
state Commerce Committee That if the Senate
Will Pass the Eight Hour Law Before Saturday
Night Members of the Brotherhood Will Arbi-
trate Everything Else.
VEGETABLE SHORTAGE
CONFRONTS PERSHINGS
MEXICAN EXPEDITION
(International News Service.)
Columbus. New Mexico, Au
gust 31. A shortage of fresh
vegetable confront General
I'rrshing's expedition ia Mexico.
The embargo placed fay the rail
roads on the shipment of per
billable goods ia already being
felt.
Military authorities today
started preparatons for ai
mediate return to army field
ration.
ROOSEVELT'S FIRST
Behalf of Hughes Delivered
in Lewistown Before
Lance Gathering.
Lcwiston, Me., August 31. Theo-
dore Roosevelt delivered hislor.g her-
hM fit fampaign speech in behalf
, .rranment of the Ds-mocra-
I Ameri.anismi pr.(,awlness, Presi-
. . .....
dent Wilson's Mexican policy ant
course in foreign affairs were
n's
tn?
i.
Colonel's main issues. As was
CAMPAIGH SPEECH
i
I
i
!pected, he hit hard and straight from
the shoulder in dealing with the ub-:f
.trot of "dual aliecgmncc in citizen-
ip. contrary to e v pec i. hi ions, n.
touched only briefly on the submarine
The body- of hi sneeuh dealt
Ml.xico.
, tpiwl "professional German-
Americans," professional pacifists
and r,lf)Wjormi morulUts. 1 uid-n-.
,a,y h, f,k . ,tmB a, SrcMry f
in aar time. liivcrtmr to the sub
ject of Belgium, he s' I
. nipanng
Mr. Wilson's neutral ty to t.ii-t of
l.lcntius Pilate would b .l.dl.1 the 'T-
Blease and Manning
For SeCOnd Primary
a second primary September 12.
TO RUSH
(By International Kewa errice.)
Washington, Augu8)31. If Con
gress can pans asA eight hour taw
before next Saturday night at mid
t Satur
will be
night there will be no railway strike.
President
tration Ifeaders
ition leaders in both houses ar
bending every energy to brinv about
th passage of thia law.
All the rest of the prer Jert's pro
gram which was outlined to hc f.Vn
jresa on Tuesday has fov the present
been cast aside.
W. G. Lee, Chief of the Kr-.ther-
I hoods of Railway Trainmen toM the
Senate Committee on Interstate Com
merce this morning if the railway
mploye could get this law they
would be willing to arbitrate every-
J thing else. Immediately there was a
sturrying of administration leader
to agree on a law and jam it through.
I President Wilson went to the Capi
ol and summoned the, Senate Inter-
state Committee. Senator Tomerene
TandSmith were selected to confer
with the President on behalf of the
committee while the other members
ment on with their hearing on the
bills that had been hurriedly drafted
to meet the situation.
Hill Agreed On. .
In the course of a half hours con
ference a bill was agreed on that
u!. make the eight hour day com-
,,u,,or. on ail raliways engaged in
commerc. The provisions
fr . commission to observe t he
wor(ljnKS ,he bill-was retained,
I , n... ,u-
lie Cmil&r limimriliiiK i,,.
to piv the name wages for eiirht
hours that they now pay for ten
hours-was retained.
, . ,.iaus4, imm,sing a line of ft .000
or imprisonment for every violation
.j,,. aw W J, ai lol, everything else
,h ,,,, a',,i to the -contrary cause
was ,hn,wn m,t. :; , , v
The inst rut tion to the Interstate
. ,-,!.; , cmnenaate
the rtiiifUls l.y pcrmilting an in-
tr,.., jn fr,:,ht rale went by the
n .ar 1
Th fc;t jt ls 0IKt.rtwMi, wag sub-
.,, ,h) 1,r;herhm.d chiefs and
approved hy them. T:;er. it was turned
ever to the house leader with or-.
lcrs to put it thru the house tomor
row. It wa formally ii'troduced in the
hous 'aic tHs afternoon b- ('hair
man Adumson of the ' house com
mit;-
Agreed on Rule.
House leaders tonight agreed upon
rule providing for a vote on the bill
in the ' ouse at 4 .30 o'clock tomorrow '
aftermton. President Wilson let it be
known that he would go to the capitol
when the Senate cttnvenes tomorrow
morning.
l.ate this afternoon just before the
Senate adjourned it was learned that
jibe railroad brotherhoods thru A D.
(Garrestson its president, had agreed
toaceDt the Admonson bill as a basis
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