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Cv1 ii : IT PUBLISHED TWICE-A WEEK-WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS VOL XXXV No. 19 KINSTON, N. C WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1915 PRICE FIVE CEN Ma PnEPARE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN CIIA1ES JN CZAR'S RELIEVE YET OTHER FROM PRESIDENT II. CANADY OF CHAFER OF COMMERCE THINKS NEW n. H. SERVICE TO BEIILAVILLE IMPORTANT ACHIEVLtEwT Thinks Lines Should Be Extended to Mapfe Hill In ifcn ! der County As Early As Possible, and Thus Save to Kinston That Rich Section, Which Right Now Is In the "Eye" of a Neighbdring Town Development of the Section Tapped Will Be Itapid, Is Mr. Canady's Opinion TO LEAVE FGTE MM .WIDER G(M!E!ENT ARE OF CONCESSIONS fflll IIAROlf UNO PICKED ''" - ' ' -!.. .' ...... .- . '. Grnr:iTOGERfiAfi!s PEACE AT THIS DAY IfJPOinANT NATURE BEHADEBOTDO UP BY U. S. VESSEL Supplies Are Being Hauled Away preparatory to ' he EvacuatioA . . . i ill ." u .. IimcSS ON TitlJ SIDES if - j Within Striking Distance p ; si Main Railway and Less ,than Day's March From Vilna, Object of the Teu- . tons Campaign1 v (By the United Press) i Berlin, Aug, 31.Military supplied are being withdrawn from ttie Fort ress of Grodno, German aviators to day reported, v Actual evacuation by , the Russians is expected soon. The Russians are preparing to retreat to the tida Railway. The Germans are on tne southwest of the fortress and withfrt a few miles of the outerworks, On tihe north the Germans are with in striking distance of the railway frtiU Grodno north to Vilna. Vilna is less than a day's march from the German lines. , ikurrying Riga Fortifications. ! Berlin," Aug. 31 Vilna being eva cuated, the Russians are feverishly preparing to defend the naval base at Riga' from ; the Germans,- who are certain to attack that city shortly Students of the Russian technical schools' are working in the munitions factories in order to Increase their output. General Mackensen has in ; dieted another severe defeat on the rearguard of the Russians who eva cuated Brest Litovsk, He captured 3,700. ' 1 ' CORN OR CASH FOR VOTES IN ONE STATE. : . (By the United Press) . Des Moines, la., Aug. 31. To se cure funds to carry out their enm paign for votes to secure a constitu- tional amendment, giving women th4 ballot at the next State-wide primary , electiorf, the suffrage leaders have is sued a call upon every farmer's wife in tne State, to give a bushel of corn, or its value in cash, to the fund. At the State fair here the suffrage lead eis liuve corn booth where fair visit ors are delivering their corn or agree ing to pay the cash. ' In every County in the State an agent was named to receive and care for the corn and at tend to its salel Many thousands of bushels of corn are being obtained FOND OF PRISON LIFE, I AND NOT WRITING BOOK. St Cloud, Minh., Aug. 31. His Studied efforts to break into the State reformatory .' here rewarded, Robert Arnette rests peacefully to day. A few weeks ago he forged three checks and gave himself op to the S.t. Paul police. His sentence fin ished, he soon returned to the St. - Paul police1, demanded his cell back, toying he had forged another check. He was accommodated. Then he came1 back here, voluntarily appeared before authorities, and - insisted he had jforged another check, and ask ed' to be sentenced to the State refor matory. He denied he is writing ' a book on prison reform. MAY PUT UP BIG BATTERY CAMP IN THIS STATE. Asheville, Aug. 30. That North Carolina stand3 an excellent chance Of securing a permanent artillery Camp id indicated by the arrival here of Major Charles Pelot Summerall, United Slates army, who is engaged In the inspection of proposed sites for the encampment. Its establish ment would bring several hundred regulars to Western North Carolina for training, while thousands of mili ; tiamen would be in camp here at va rious seasons of Cie year. -, mit:i r.urni: HEQnr.nn. Jad ;v;, F!.n, Au;r. El. Thou sand ff fi t cf . . r -. , , for l': "' : - ' 1 l'r - '- a:-? 1-e- Socialists Would Have Ces sattonof Hostilities, Bu PuMic Officials Say-Na tion Has a Doty to Per form ' (By the United Press) J London, Aug. 31. Despite the al leged German "peace feelers,", the United Press is able to state on the highest authority that the peace sit ualion, so far as England is concern ei(. ,- is unchanged. ' Some ' Socialist leaders favor ending the war. Neither Official circles nor the gen nral public -v are inclined " to accept peace at this time, honorable or oth erwise. England is determined, to drive the Germans out of France and Belgium. Importance Attached to Cabinet ? Swion. t . ' The greatest importance is attach ed by political circles - to a hurried called conference of the cabinet today in Premier Asquith's office. Lloyd George was summoned from the min ers' conference and other , ministers arrivred at intervals of less than ten minutes. . - - ' -' SHERIFF MUST PAY , CHAUTAUQUA TAX. ; (By the Eastern Press) Washington, N. C, Aug. 31 Sher iff Windley of Beaufort county will have to pay a license tax that the Swarthmore Chautauqua Association of Pennsylvania failed to pay here several weeks ago. Windley some time ago- received a letter from the Attorney General stating that the tax should have been remitted. Wind- ley wrote back to- Raleigh, that, fol lowing a precedent set at' Elizabeth City, he had not charged the chau tauqua the tax. He has another let ter from Attorney General ..: Bickett stating that-ho j3 responsible for the sum ; in controversy, $120.15, i which must be forthcoming. BIG STEAMSHIP LINE , TO CHINESE PORTS, San ' Francisco, Aug. t SO. Con tracts for the financing of a $5,000,- 000 Chinese trans-Pacific transport company have been signed by Amer ican and Chinose capitalists, who are negotiating for the purchase of ves sels, according to announcement here by Dr. .V. K. Wellington; Koo, Chi na's first minister to Mexica, who arrived today on the steamer Persia. True bill against - ' ' - NEGRO MURDERER. Greenville, Aug. 31. The grand jury in Superior Court-here found a true bill' against "Coon" Braxton, colored,' charged with the murder of another, negro at a" religious meet ing on Little Creek some weeks ago. GREENSBORO SHERIFF GOES v . FOR A MAN. IN WASHINGTON. (By the Eastern Press) , Greensboro, Aug. 30 Sheriff Staf- fordn left tonight for Seattle, Wash, bring to North Carolina O. C. Klingman, who is wanted here on ft charge of embezzlement, : ; TOBACCO SALES HERE ' ' TODAY ilCUT 60,CC0 Sixty thousand pounds of tobacco was sold here today, according tau thorititative estimates. Quality and prices were better than before in the season. ' ' -' . . Greenville sold 100,000 pounds. Double sales will bo started there on Wednesday. 7 v THE SURFMEN PREPARE FOR ROUGH WEATHER. Pensacola, Fla Aug. 31. Mem bers of the coast guard along the Gulf have been ordered to report at their stations today for storm sea son service. The complete guard will go on duty tomorrow and remain through the rough weather unt'.l ear lr ?rri::g. Advisory Committee Wil ' Have Considerable Auth brity Over the Forces- Rumors ' of a Coalition Cabinet Continue - ; (By the United Press) : : Petrograd, Aug. 31. The Russians have taken the first important , step towards reorganization of the gov ernment departments to meet the menace of the Austro-Gcrman armies, The council of the empire appointed by the Czar has approved tho bill passed by the Duma, providing for an advisory com mittco- with broad powers in the administration of army affairs. - , , t , Rumors of the formation of a coali tion : cabinet today continued. The advisory committee will consider the ammunition, transportation and' re lief problems. THE BRITISH POUND GOES STILL LOWER New York, Aug. 80. The pound sterling declined on the local v ex change market today to $4.61, a new low record, and 28 cents below nor mal. "The presence here of $45,000, 00Q, additional British gold and Am erican securities,.; presumably sent to help brace the falling rate, appar ently was without effect. , v , FOREST FIRES FROM f . : .', CANADA TO MEXKXX Sftn Francisco, Aug. 30. Forest fires were reported today from Van couver to the Mexican line and as far east as Idaho. For tha most part the damage threatened was to water sheds rather than standing timber. ; Tf BUT A GOOD LITTLE VILLAGE, IS REPORT The Lid There Is Apt to Be Blown Off Ariy Old Time, Djsclosinff , Something Like An Awful State of Morals in the City (By the United Press) New York, Aug. 31 According to a report the Vice Commission . lid, supposed to be on New York's tender- oin is teetering dangerously If not soon strengthened it will fall, dis closing awful things. It is said .''small .hotels are 'cater ing to their old patrons, female va grants , are ; thronging the streets, gambling is . rampant and ; other forma of that pleasure flourish.",,; FAIR GROUNDS TRACK IS GETTING FINAL TOUCHES The track at the fair grounds is being put into excellent shape for the matinee ort Thursday afternoon which opens the local racing season. The course is i today being throughly scraped and rolled. . . ; , There are at present about 15 en tries. ' Others are expected, if the local promoters can get in touch with owners this afternoon and tomorrow. More stables are being built. There will be races in three clas ses Thursday, three-minute, 2.25 and a free-for-all, trot or pace. PASSENGERS WORE - IDENTIFICATION TAGS New York, Aujr. 30. Passcnpers arriving today aboard the stf imtr Efpagne from Bordeaux wore i ' 1-t;fieation't-aS, issued tohem I . ' sailinjr. so that thoy m'.t 1-e i ! ficd in cae Ci-rman. sul.s;ar:..'! f'i-.ulJ send their s-h' -i t- f - ' '-t-i. , - NEW YORK ANYTHING OHicials in Washington Op timistic Over Modifica . v tion Announced DID MS MEN; WRITE? Navy Department Thinks They Iay Have: Left Da ; ta Explaining Accident , Alleged Spy's .Trial " , Norfolk In November At By Charles P. Stewart, (United Press Staff Correspondent) . Washington, Aug. 31-"The first first of a series of concessions," one official. tolay expressed as his opin ion following announcement of the first modification by the British of the order in council. Secretary Lansing stated lie had nothing indicating that Admiral Von Tirpits is opposing Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweig's modification of the submarine ; warfare. - " Scott Tells Lansing About Mexico, General Scott today conferred with Lansing regarding conditions in Vil la's territory in northwest Mexico, He related' Villa's amicable attitude towards the Latin-American-Lansing notes. ' He is not expected to be sent to Mexico again in the near future. Accused German Out On Bail. Gustav Kopsch, the alleged Ger man spy, is out on bail, pending . a hearing in the U. S. district court at Norfolk in November., ' - The possibility ' that some letters by the men of the; F-4, just raised in Honolulu harborwere left to record the' accident which, cost the lives of all aboard, was the opinion expressed today at the Navy Department. Ex amination of the vessel, under Admi ral Bousch's supervision, is progres sing, h , COI FAIRBROTIIER IS V ',v f REPORTED BETTER. Greensboro, ; Aug. 30 i- Col. Al. Fairbrother, editor f Everything, wlio suffered from a severe hemor rhage when in Charlotte a few days ago, is much improved. His illness is not thought to be serious. ; -., STRUCK BY END OF LOGj INJURY TROVED FATAL. (By the Eastern Press) t Washington, N. C, Aug. 31- Sam White, 35, white,,. while helping to load logs upon a car near here late yesterday, : was struck in the stom ach by the end of a log that slipped from its place. He, died three hours later. He is survived by a widow and two children. . ' TOBACCO WILT IN THE . PIEDMONT -COUNTIES. Raleigh, Aug. 31, Experts of the State Department of,. Agriculture are investigating tobacco wilt In. v. the Piedmont section. It is . stated that the farmers of several counties are being given considerable trouble by the disease, which ia rapidly spread ing over the entire belt in the cen tral part of the State. , UGIITNKG CAUSED A :: BIG FlAE ON FARM A packhouse, barn and stables, two mules and a horsa andlarge quanti ties of corn, . tobacco and hay were burned ort the farm of W. C. Dupree, a short distance west of the city Monday night during a hard - elec trical storm. . Lightning started the blaze. The fire had gained consider able headway before Mr. Dupree and his family,-who were in their home, discovered it. .Neighbors and peo ple from the city a - i. 1 in 'efforts to extinguish it, wi.hnut avail. The damage, - iu, ' hr animals, ! ulhlings and prod jo e, v.-as fj'.'y f I,-f-'O, with f ,1 i".-, .jrcp. The f c bum?;! f t f' ; ' r 11 o' i' ., k. The r - r The Flotsam Identified By United Fruit Officers ' New butbreak Threatens In Haiti; Marines Hur ricd to Scene- , V ? (By the United Press) , : Washington, Aug.s 31. Tho collier Jupiter, today reported to tho Navy Department that it had found teak lattice work, a vegetablo locker, a mahogany boat thwart and a white cypress, door frame identified by of ficers of tho United Fruit liner Sir!- numo as belonging to the missing United Fruit liner Marowijno. Capcrton Reports), More Trouble ' Likely. The possibility of another Haitian outbreak was indicated in a dispatch from Admiral Capcrton to the Navy Department The collier Jason is en route to Gonives with a company of marines. ' ' HARDING SA YS COTTON GEM NEEDN'T WORRY Washington, Aug. 31 W. :' P. G. Harding ' of the Federal Reserve Board, who returned to Washington today after attending a meeting of bankers and merchants at . Birming ham said the outlook was encourag ing for caring for the cotton crop. r "I do not beleievo if conditions re main es at present that the South need worry over the cotton crop," ho said. 1 NOT ENOUGH YET TO OPERATE A GUNBOAT. Washington, Aug. 80. One ' hun dred and three "former enlisted men have joined the naval reserve estab lished by act of Congress approved March fe, 1915. THROUGH A HOLE IN v iiiTcninn rj f IlllMllUil 14 LD BE GLIMPSED Craft Sunk In Honolulu Harbor Since Jlarch 25 In Drydock NowBodies of Crew Probably Under Sand and Debris In Hull (By the United Press) ' Honolulu, Aug. 31. Submarine F- 4,, which sank in Pearl harbor on March 25th, was brought to a dry dock here last night and fully ex posed. Through a largo hole in the bow all the compartments could be seen. There was no trace of the crew, believed to be buried under sand and debris in the submarine's interior,' TOAN YICTC1 OF A GUN SHE PLAINED FOR THIEF (By the Eastern Press) ; ; New Bern, Aug. 31. A series of misfortunes in her family was sur passed by the fate that befell Mrs. Rosa Watson, 54, a widow, here yes terday. Mrs. Watson had fastened a shotgun in a window, and tied a string to the trigger and a gate. Chicken thieves had been robbing her coops, and Mrs. Watson planned that when a marauder entered tho gate he would accomplish his own undoing. Forgetting the trap that sho had set Mrs. Watson was the first to open the gata. The plan worked well, and the load entered her neck. Sho died in a few minutes. - A small son of the widow was se riously ill. and she was worn out from attending him. The boy, suf fering with malarial fever, managed to get out of bed an-1 tnp?;er to his mother'? corpse in t" yard. Last winter a Irs. V.V. i ! ,111 iff hr,v of PANAMA'S WONDERFULr- I t EXPOSITION WILL BE READY ON THE DATE Eight Buildings Erected on Grounds t At Panama City Spain Has $80, 000 Exhibit Only European Coun try Invited to Participate United States Puts Aside $25,000. ' ' (By the United Tress) Panama City, lug. 31. With the opening date little more than two months distant, tho' national exposi tion ot Panama is certain to be ready. The exposition does not celebrate tho opening of the canal, notwithstand Ing the fact that the presence of this new highway 1b counted on to treble the number of visitors that other- wiso could have been expected. The most recent event that it celebrates is the resumption of separate govern ment by Panama and the opening date, November 3, was chosen be cause it is the twelfth anniversary of that event The official designa tion of the big undertaking is "The National Exposition of Panama Com memorative of the Discovery of the South Seas." 1 The single person most honored will be Balboa, dead these four hun dred years. "Extolling and honoring the mem ory of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the discoverer- of the Pacific Ocean; . of strengthening the sentiments of friendship and sympathy which bind Panama with Spains the mother country, on the one part, and that of the republics of the American conti nent on the other part; promoting commercial and intellectual intemat ural resources, industries, arts, and in a single wordjthe growing civili sation of the republic of Panama."" A plot of ground, seventy acres in extent, in the north part of the city, is" occupied by the exposition, '- lying along a slope that overlooks the Pa cific. There are ito be about eight exhibition buildings, a stadium, a pla za, grand parkway, and a concourse and patio at the waterside. Most of the buildings are finished. These in clude the palaces of agriculture, of fine arts, of government, of . com merce and industry and of adminis tration. At -the date of the lega tion's last, report, the palace of edu cation also was more than half fin ished. The management of the expo sition has been occupying the admin istration building for some time. Early last spring Cuba completed its building, ' It is a permanent struc ture, the second floor of which is to be occupied by the Cuban legation, and the first floor by exhibits of Cu ban products, which will be maintain ed after the close of the exposition. With an $80,000 building and ex hibit, Spain will have an important part. The building will also be per manent and have the same functions as that of Cuba. Construction is now in progress,' it is stated, i The erec tion of this building is one of the sig nificant features of the fair. For many years after Panama's declara tion o f independence from Spain, ill feeling existed between the mother country and the new republic, due partly to misunderstanding and part ly to the fact that Spain cherished hopes cf recovering its old posses sion. The fact now that Spain was the only European country invited to participate in the fair, and that she oepted the invitation shows how completely this feeling ha3 changed on both sides. Indeed, the natural sympathy between the two, duo to identity in language, literature and to considerable extent in culture, long since asserted itself. ' ; Another permanent building will be that of Venezuela near those of Culja and Spain, but there is home l-uil-t wl.eiher she will lie al to !e it in time for tLa f.iir. Al- 1 ci I . l :) TThe"6pening of Deal's new Pins: Hill-Beaulaville Railroad, built for logging, to passenger and freight service on Monday, was the most im portant achievement of the Chamber of Commerce since that body's orga nization, in the opinion of President J. II. Canady. He is enthusiastic ov er the possibilities of the new line, which forms Junction with the Kin-ston-Cajrolina at Pink Hill. , "It is hoped and expected to make Maple Hill in Pender county the ul timate terminus of the Kinston-. Car olina and affiliated line," Mr. Canady today said, t He admitted that he had heard of parties in the section ' on which Kinston business interests now have an eye busy with a railroad pro ject of some sort. Seriously speak ing, he stated with no hesitation that Kinston must seize the opportunity quick, or lose the new territory to another city.), Pender county, it has been known for some time wants to trade with Kinston As an indica tion of the city's growing importance, it should be noted that an entire coun ty and a good part of Lenoir are be tween Kinslton and Pender." "I believe the country in the vicin ity of Beaulaville and Chinquepin made accessible to Kinston by tha Deal toad is as rich a section as there is - in the entire eastern part of the State, and that it will develop rapidly now that it has a railroad," Mr. Canady said. The people In the upper part . of Duplin county, in which the coun try tapped lies, have been progress ing nicely, but have needed rail com munication with the outside world for years and have clamored for it. C Much trade that has been going to Warsaw, Wallace and other towns on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad will now coma to Kinston. GENERAL PERSIA 13 major lewis' caozci The home of General Pershing, of Philippines fame, destroyed by fire in which his wife and three of their four children were cremated at the Presidio . of San Francisco several days ago, was next door to that of Major W. P. Lewis, Medical Corjw, son of Dr. R. II. Lewis of this ci'v. Dr. Will Lewis, it Is said, was inti mate ,With the PerBhbgs. The two families were the best of friends. Pershing, Lewis and Funston became very well acquainted in the islands some 15 years ago about the time that Pershing won his renown and shortly before he was made a brig adier. They were inseparables there. In the Lewis home on Officers' Row, too, there is something less than com plete' happiness. Mrs. Lewis, who was , born "in the army" and the daughter of a now retired generat of ficer, has undergone four operations' in the past few months. Once tli3 year, when the major-doctor was here, it was thought she would die and he was compelled to hurry acros3 the continent to her. She is not ex pected to survive many months; rela tives here say. LINEMAN KILLED AT SALISBURY MONDAY. Salisbury, Aug. SO. G. F. YwoJ ward, a lineman engaged with tha Southern Power Company fiYd which is running a steel tower i: from Salisbury to StatesviV.i?, niii i i stant death today when he can. a i ; contact with a fc;!.!y charged v, "... . UNDERWOOD Ti::.?T CITIZCN" ala: .- :: (.'. - . ry, A.r. r Ilondrj l I f. 5 : r - .m-- :.- - c V . i t,l ! . . '
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