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-PUBLISHED TWICE-A WEEK-WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
MlTxXXV No. 27
KINSTON. N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1915
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ALLIES CLAIM; MORE
TAp HEART, RELIEF
RUSSIAN PRINCE IN
TOTAL NUMBER DEAD
DR. MOORE'S TALK
DUMBA TELLS STATE
DEPARTMENT OF HIS
ICONDIT'L RECALL
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HOUR IS NEAR, THE
FROM EXPLOSION OF
MUST GO TO SCHOOL
DECEMBER TO APRIL
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
WAS MOST PLEASING
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DRIVE IS
BELGIANS ARE TOLD
KILLED IN ACTION
GASOLINE CAR IS 40
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GERMANS SAY
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Most Desperate Fjghiinj? of
Wis ContMuinff In ithe
W&tern Theater
BERLIN IS NOT- WORRIED
Reports That French Have
Taken 2,000 Prisoners Is
Exaggeration, . Officials
Say Paris Declares An
glo-French Progress
By William Phillip Simms,
(Unifed Press SUIT Correspondent
O 1 OO TO. - I l4-
tie of the year on the western front
is still being waged, with furious at
tacks. Dispatches describing last
nieht's fighting said the Germans
were yielding ground yard by yard, in
Champagne. All French gains are
being held. The newly-captured po
sitions are beine strengthened. The
British are reported to. be making
progress o the north wider the great'
est difficulty
Failure, Says Berlin, of Drive
Berlin, Sepl. 28. The General An-elo-French
attack on the western
fron is already being considered
failure by military crities.' It is not
believed the Allies can break through
the ,perman front. It is declared the
French claim that they took 20,000
prisoners is an exaggeration.
Allies;' Encounter Strong Resistance.
Paris, Sept. 28 Despite most ob
stinate resistance, the French have
made further gains in the Champagne
region around Arras, it is officially
announced. The losses were heavy
on both sides. .,-' X
Drive Through" Serbia tp Start ".'
Within Fortnight. ,"'
London, Sept 28. The Exchange
Telegraph's Athens Correspondent to-
k, day .wired that he had learned posi
tively at Athens thai the, :Austi:o-(Jer
man, plan to begin, the invasion-' of
Serbia within a fortnight. -,
Maijy Trenches Taken By French,
Paris,; gept. 28. By a steady ; on
slaught ; throughout . the night the
French gained ground east and south
of Souchex. ' The French stormed the
strongly fortified German, second line
of preaches at several points, in the
Champagne region , and recaptured
neaijly all the, troches recently taken
by the Germans in the. Argonne re
gion, -1 - .. .
Severe Fighting East " v :
Petrograd," Sept, 28. The fighting
around Dvinsk and southeast of Ri
ga is becoming more violent ?;
T$e Germans have evidently re
ceived fresh supplies of ammunition.
Thejr are bombarding the Russian po
sitions afong the Qwina. '
he Russians have captured sever'
al thousand prisoners.
PRESIDENT .WENT. TO .
, PRINCETON TO V6TE
Sent Floral Tribute for Victims of the
foday Today Full Military Honors
(or Submarine's . Dead Executive
,WiU Return to. the Capital Tonight
(By" the United Press)
ashingto Sept 28. The Presi
dent left at 8 o'clock this morning for
Princetoni N. J to vote .in the New
Jetsey primaries. He returns to
night '
He sent a floral wreath as a tri
bute lr k
F-4 disaster, who were buried wth
military honors In Arlington Nation
al Cemetery toay. ;',
HICKORY MAN DIES FROM
- INJURY HAD IN SMASH-UP.
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Hickory, Sept 27. C. Rome Blan
ton, who was injured when a motor
cycle on which he and his brother, II.
Q. Blar.tvv were riding, collided with
an automobile drivenfcy C M."McCor
kle, o nthe road between here and
Newton, died at the Richard ; Baker
Hospital. here without regaining eoM
sciousness. -
Patriotic Allied Flyer Drop:
Flairs and Proclamations
Over Liege Section, In
forming the People of Ap
proaching Succor
(By the United Press)
Amsterdam, Sept. 28. An Allied
aviator today flew over Liege, drop
ping flags and proclamations telling
the Belgians to keep up courage, as
the hour of deliverance is near. Ger
man garrisons in a number of Belgi
an ivllages have been ordered to con
centrate in Brussels by Saturday, ac
cording to the Telegraaf. It is said
many Germans wounded from the
fighting southwest of Lille have ar
rived at Brussels.
TICK CATCHES JACK RABBIT
IN A TEXAS COUNTY
Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 28. Coke
county's proud position as the jack-
rabbit center of the universe
is
threatened by the cattle tick. Re
ports reaching here state that ticks
have attacked the rabbits and that
the latter are dying in great num
bers.
A move will be started in that coun
ty, no dqubt. for tick eradication. The
residents simply can't afford to have
the jack rabbit ciop decreased. Since
there is much complaint from sur
rounding counties against depreda
tions of jack rabbits on . all kinds of
crops, it is believed an effort will be
made t6 obtain a supply of Coke
county's. rabbit ticks for distribution
among these less desirable cottontails
VICTIM OF.NEGRO WITH
m WAS WHITE CHILD
(By the Eastern Press)
. Greenville, Sept 28. Jordan Mills,
whose two-year-old son had an arm
shot off by an unknown negro at
Cox's Mills because the little fellow
would not go home when ordered by
the black to do so, is white, and not
colored, as reported here yesterday,
The negro-'s act was brutal in the
extreme and absolutely without ex
cuse.
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AT SQHA DEPARTS
Bulgarian Consuls In Mace
donia Being Called Home,
Another. Significant De
velopment In Situation in
Balkans Today
(By the United Press)
Berlin, Sept 28. The Serbian am
bassadox to Bulgaria is leaving Sofia
under pretense of failing health, ac
cording to Budapest press dispatches.
The Bulgarian consuls in Macedonia
are being recalled onERe same, pre
text The Bulgarian premier Rado-
slavoff is reported to have informed
the Serbian ambassador of his with
drawal of the Bulgarian consuls when
the ambassador made his farewell
call.
PRISONERS OF WAR
MEET IN CAPITAL
Washington, Sept 28. Nearly
6,0oo members of the National Asso-
ciatyni of ex-prisdners of War called
by invitation upon President Wilson
here ' today. They were headed by
CoL J. D. Walker, adjutant general
of the association. .The President
greeted the veterans' cordially, shak
ing hands and chatting with them
about Libby, Andersonville and other
notorious prisons of the rival war in
AMBSADOR
PRETEXT BAD Hi: LTH
which they had been Incarcerated.
Wiazmski and Six Others
Fell When Shell From the
German Works Struck
Ship - Squadron Bom
barded and Silenced Batteries
(By the United Press)
Petrograd, Sept 28. Russian war
ships today bombarded German posi
tions near the Gulf of Riga, silencing
batteries, it is officially announced. A
shot from a German gun struck a
Russian vessel, killing the command
er, iTince Wiuzmski, Capt Swmin
and five others, and wounding eight
sailors.
MARINES KILLED MORE
THAN FIFTY HAITIENS
Washington, Sept. 27. Details of
fighting between natives and Amori
can forces near Cape Haitien yester;
day in which one marine was killed,
a number wounded and more than 50
Haitiens were killed reached the Na
vy Department today in messages
from Rear Admiral Caperton. The
marine patrols had been sent out to
clear the lines of supply from Cape
Haitien to the interior.
VETERAN THROWN FROM
BUGGY, FATALLY HURT.
Thomasville, Sept. 27. While re
turning to his home in the country
four miles from Thomasville, Cyrus
Hilton, a Confederate veteran, was
thrown from his buggy and injured
so that he died within an hour.
NElif BERN MAKING FINAL -
PREPARATIONS OF FAIR
Fourth Annua Show Starts Next
Tuesday Reduced Rates On Nor
folk Southern and Convenient Shut
tle Train Schedule to and From the;'
Grounds
(Special to The Free Press) . ;j
New Bern, Sept. 28. Everything
is now in readiness for the fourth an
nual Eastern Carolina Fair, which is"
to be held at New Bern on October
5th, 6th, 7th and 8th, and indications
are that it will be the most success-;
ful ever held.
For weeks the committees who
have had charge of the various de
partments have been hard at work
getting each of these departments.
ready to be thrown open to the pub
ic on Tuesday morning, October 5tly
and they have succeeded so well that;
everyone at all interested in the event;
feel sure that it will prove to be an
occasion long to oe reimm'Dra
occasion long to be remembered.
Preceding the opening a spectacu
lar parade will be held. In this will
be automobiles gaily attired, the
fire-fighting apparatti of the city,
two big brass bands, the entire men
agerie. to be seen with Johnny. J.
Jones' Exposition JSbows, and hun
dreds of citizens: After traversing
the principal streets of the city, the
pageant will move on to the fair
grounds, and there the fair will be
jcially opened. '4
From early morning until late at
night all during the four days that
the fair is in progress there, will be
something doing, something in which,
the visitors will be interested. There
will be horse racing in front of the
grandstand each afternoon and some
of the fastest horses in the South will
be seen ; jn action. In addition . to
this there will be other" free attrac-
tions. -
Seats in the grandstand this year
will cost only fifteen cents, and chil
dren under ten years of age will be
admitted free of charge." Heretofore
the admission to the grandstand has
been 25 cents. There will be seats for
H, and the price-wjll permit every
one to have a seat in the big stand
overlooking the track. r . -
Oh Friday the athletic 'events are
to be held,' and these are open ' to
every boy and young man - In the
State, prizes of real value, , .among
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Ardmore, Okla., Still Under
Martial Law Ruins Be
ing Searched
FIVE DIE IN HOSPITAL
Every Window Pane In the
Town Broken Blow of a
Workman's Hammer
Caused Spark That Ex
if
ploded Tank Car and Fir
ed Buildings
(By the United Press)
Ardmore, Okla., Sept. 28. The
death list resulting from "the explo
sion of a carload of gasoline on the
Santa Fe Railroad yao-ds late yester
day was taised to 40 when five in
jured died today in hospitals.
Searchers are still digging in the
ruins for six bodies. The known in
jured number 2O0.
Every window in the town was
smashed. Fragjle household goods in
many homes were smashed. The es
timated loss is half a million dollars.
The city is under martial law.
Spark From Hammer Caused
Explosion.
Ardmore, Okla., Sept. 27. A spark
from a workman's hammer ignited a
tank car of gasoline here late today
and from the ruins of two city blocks'
razed by thei resulting explosion and
the fires which followed, thirty-one
bodies had been recovered late to
night. The property loss is estimated
at $500,000.
Fifty persons are believed to have
been crushed or burned to death while
pinned under the! Mtibw-"of r stores,
wholesale houses and the Ardmore
railroad station. Search among the
ruins was proceeding methodically to
night, the workers centering their ef
forts on the mass of lumber and
bjicks which had been a department
store, a"d where it was feared the
bodies of many girls and women shop
pers and employes would be found.
"WESC0" BRAGGING ON
PAVING JOB
"Wesco," the weekly publication of
the West Construction Company, do
ing the "street paving work here, takes
all the credit for the new "paving
rage" here for the company.
"The good citizens and property-
owners of Kinston have gone 'paving
mad' since they have seen our good
work on their streets, and without a
single exception, are in favor of want
ing the whole town paved with sheet
asphalt And to that end everyone is
circulating a petition for his street
to be paved. Petitions for 35 blocks,
about 60,000 yards, of sheet asphalt,
were presented at last Monday night's
Council meeting, and resolutions were
passed, asking for bids on this addi
tional work on Monday, October 4.
Since then petitions have been signed
up 'for "15 more blocks, and there
seems to be no limit to the amount of
Work they want don?."
j "Everyone," "without a single ex
ception," etc., is a little exaggerated,
but on the whole the story is almost
accurate.
. "Everyone is very much pleased,"
says "Wesco," "with the work, and
want us to do this additional work,
but under the law, they are required
to advertise for bids on same. We
have given Kinston the best we have,
and the writer is very much pleased
with the looks and condition of all
work we have done there." A compli
ment is paid Engineer White and his
assistants. E. G. Billingsley is the
local correspondent of "Wesco," which
is issued at Chattanooga.'
FORMER REPUBLICAN '
OFFICEHOLDER KILLED.
, Ipswich, Mass., Sept 27. Benja
imn Stickney Cable, of Washington;
Assistant Secretary of . Commerce
and Labor under President Taft, was
crushed to death in a collision - be
tween two automobiles on the New
buryport turnpike today. ; " . .
Board of Trustees Exercis
ing Prerogative Granted
By Compulsory Law So
Decree Prosecutions of
Parents to Cease for the
Present
The law fpr compulsory attendance
in the public schools of North Caro
lina has a provision giving the local
boards discretion in the matter of sti
pulating which four months of the
scholastic year shall be required of
the children. In accordance with that
provision a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Kinston schools au
thorized The Free Press to say that
the Board had determined upon the
four months beginning December 1
and ending March 31.
The city school authorities have
been enforcing the compulsory law
since the outset of the present term
and as has been reported in The Free
Press repeatedly, a number of par
ents have been prosecuted in the Re
oordr's Court for failure to send their
children. This decision of the Trus
tees, therefore, makes void the ac
tion that has been taken. 'and The
Free Press is informed that the ope
ration of the law was working nicely.
Some members of the Board were in
terviewed and claimed to know noth
ing about the action or to endorse
it. The Free Press called on Chair
man Goodson and was informed that
although no formal action had been
taken by the full Board, Mr. Cowper
had been authorized to look into the
situation, and if he found that the en
forcement of the law in the four
months specified, would comply with
the spi'rit of the law, to give The
Free Press a statement that such ac
tion would be taken." It was Mr.
Goodson's opinion that a majority of
the Board would approve the action,
and he had not considered it neces
sary to call a formal meeting for con
sideration of the matter.
In the statement furnished The
Free Press it is set forth that:
In December, January, February
and March all children within the
law must be in school for the entire
period. No detailed reasons are giv
en except that these "are the months
best suited to meet the needs of the
children and parents in the territory
embraced by these schools." Judge
Wooten of the City Court several
days ago expressed himself as in fa
vor of enforcing 'the law in midwin
ter instead of now, when, according
to him, numerous colored children are
in the cotton, fields, where their la
bor is needed, and they are helping
their parents raise the money to equip
them for school. '
ATTEMPT TO BURN HOME
OF DANIELS' ASSISTANT.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sept 27. An
attempt to burn the $30,000 home of
Assistant Secretary of the Navy F.
D. Roosevelt, near Hyde Park early
tonight failed through the prompt
discovery of the blaze ' by a watch
man. Handfuls of dry excelsior were
found packed beneath the main floor
of the building evidently placed there
by an incendiary.
ELE V EN M EN CLOSED IN
BY CAVE-IN AT COAL PIT.
Lansford. Pa., Sept 27. Eleven
men, six Americans and five foreign
ers, employed in the Foster tunnel of
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co.,
at Coaldale, near here, were entomb
ed shortly before noon today by a
sudden rush of coal and water? that
had broken through the roof from an
abandoned-working. From reports of
company officials, it will be late to
morrow morning before the men can
be rescued.
ARMY NURSES IN REUNION
AT WASHINGTON TODAY
Washington, Sept 28. The twenty
first annual convention of the Nation
al Association of Army Nurses of
the Civil -War opened here today'
the Civil .War opened "here today.
Most of the nurses are more' than
70 years old and hut $ few members
were present,, "
Editor of Biblical Recorder
Spoke on "Reading for
Efficiency" Dr. Liying
ston Johnson to Be Heard
Tonight
The masterful address of Dr. R. T.
Vann on Sunday night in the religious
education conference being conducted
at the First Baptist church, was fol
lowed by another Monday night by
Dr. Hight C. Moore, editor of the
Biblical Recorder. The subject of his
discourse was "Reading for Efflcienc-
cy."
Pastor C. W. Blanchard of the First
Baptist church, says of the discourse:
"There were four paints of interest,
and profit brought out by the speak
er. First, 'How not to read.' We so
often get the impression 'of a true
idea by having the negative clearly
defined. There were two ways we
were cautioned not to read, if out of
our reading we had a purpose of real
profit. Then, of -course, s we were
told 'How to read' that the greatest
help should come from the important
exercises. Then we were led to see
the true end of it all, 'efficiency!' And
finally, the scholarly editor and man
of experience gave a most practical
suggestion as to 'How to select our
rending matter.' The last point was
one of great importance along with
the others,, Dr. Moore is a master of
critical analysis."
Tonight the conference will have
one of the great religious statesmen
of this part of the country for the
speaker Dr. Livingston Johnson,
who for 15 years has been a public
servant of the people, and always has
edified and pleased the thousands of
congregations who have jLeardJunjuLS.
Dr. Johnson will talk as a statesman
on the "most important work of the
people of our Commonwealth" to
night Pastor Blanchard says "a ca
pacity 'house should greet him, as
this will be his last official visit to
this city."
At the close of Dr. Johnson'a ad
dress there will be an ordination ser
vice of deacons recently elected by the
church. This most impressive Bibli
cal service will occupy but little time,
but will be intensely interesting and
helpful to the congregation. "A
great welcome awaits the public at
these services," says Rev. Mr. Blan
chard. BALE OF COTTON ON
KINSTON EXCHANGE
SELLS F0RJ2 CENTS
Market Was Up Today With
Prices From 1112 to
11 3-4 Cents Receipts at
Kinston 30 Bales Furth
er Increase Expected
A bale of cotton sold here today for
12 cents.
The price was the highest paid on
the local exchange in two years.
It was said that the price was
prompted by the enthusiasm of buy
ers who overstepped the market for
a purely patriotic motive.
However, the market was good and
strong, and up from Monday's. The
prices, legitimate, ranged from 11 1-2
to 1 1 3-4. Receipts were about 30
bales.
Twelve-cent cotton would not sur
prise responsible local men in close
touch with the situation, it was said
today. The level may be reached
within the next few days. Prices
here,' it was pointed out, have - not
been bettered on any of the smaller
exchanges inlhis part of the country.
The pricereached 11:40 Monday, but
was erroneously reported 10.80. L ,
J New York futures quotations were:
. . . v " Open Close
October .. ........... 12.10
December . .12.43
January ... ..'... ....12.70.
March... 12.95
May ".W... 13.05
12.10
12.49
12.64
12.91
13.09
Asks for Safe Conduct to
Leave New York On 5th
of October
SAFE PASSAGE ASSURED
Embassies of the Allies at
Washington to Qive Him
Letters Guaranteeing He
Will Not Be Molested To
Name Successor Soon
(By the United Press)
Washington, Sept 28. The' uncon
ditional recall of Austrian, Ambassa
dor Dumba has been announced at
the State. Department The depart
ment has received a telegram from
Dumba stating that he has leen re
called and asking for his safe con
duct He announced that he would
leave New York Octobe? 5. Acting
Secretary of State Polk announced
that Ambassador Penfield was offi
cially advised last Saturday by te
Austrian foreign minister, Burian,
that Austria would unconditionally
recall Dumba.
, Dumba's safe conduct has been se-
cured from the Allie' embassies here
and will be forwarded to him e"
ox. It is officially stated the Dumba
incident is now closed.
Ambassador Penfield notified the
department that Austria will an
nounce his successor shortly.
"Leave Absence" Opposed. . f
Washington, Sept 27 -Dr. Con
stantino Dumba, Austro-Hungarian
Ambassador ' t'o the. United . S-tatas,.
will be formally recalled by hit) gPY
ernment according to assurances giv-.
en" American Ambassador Penfield at
the Vienna foreign office t m'
Mr. Penfield had been instructed to
make clear informally that "leave of
absence" for Dumba would not satis
fy the request of the United States. ,
BRANCH FELL ON IS-YEAR- .
OLD, INSTANTLY KILLED.
Littleton, Sept. 27. A .distressing
aecldent occurred near Littleton to
day when ,N. J. Harris and his two
sons were strolling through th? woods
near their home, a dead limb from
a, tree falling upon and instantly kill
ing the younger son, whq was about
thirteen years of age.
MRS. LODGE, WIFE OF
MASS. SENATOR, DEAD
(By the United Press.)
Boston, Sept 28. Mrs. Henry Ca
bot Lodge, wife of the Massachusetts
Senior Senator, died of heart disease
at 11 o'clock last night
RED MEN ATTEND FAIR
IN NORTH, DAKOTA
Mandan,.N. D., Sept 28. Through
Jeniency on the part of superintend
ents of the Sanding Rock Reservation,
Indians are permitted to attend and
participate in the Missouri Slope
State Fair, being held here; this,
week. In recent years, the reserva
tion administration, presumably act
ing upon a sane general amusements,
forbid the Indians attending the
fairs. Superintendent Corey hoV
er, indicated that he believed the. red
man would gain by attending the
white man's fair, and he admonished
the Sioux, in investigate agricultural
exhibits. Twenty fv hundred red
men are here today, many bringing
their squaws and families. A big
beef barbecue is planned for. tomor
row. '
TRESTLE BUBNEXV .
. ; (By the Eastern Press)
Rocky Mount Sept 28- A trestle
was burned on the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad near here yesterday,
delaying all traffic for a short time
The origin of the fire is unknown, 1
LOOK FOR WHISKY'S OWNEIt
i '.y-yv -"-.
. Rocky Mount, Sept 23. The police
.here are holding 45 pints of whisky,
kstt in suitcase at . the depot The,
owner cannot he located.
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