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HI ' ' " 4 fBUSHED TWICE A WEEK-WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS f , VOL. XXXVINJO rT-- T """SATUKDAYT JULY 29, 1916 ' - ,-: . - ; 'tn;lf GETS THE REAL' AMERICAN HUGHES WILL WARN ION IS TO CASWELL TO DECODE HOTEL AGAIN; WILL Q AID SUFFERERS OF READY TO GO DOWN SOLDIER IS TO BE AGAINST DEWTIC DECIDE DIPRENCES BAY TO WAIT WHILE FOP CAMP GLEN INCOMPETENCE, SAY OF II. S. II i l RICTS ARE ASIjEll WESTERN PART OF USE The contributions for the aid of the stricken people of Western North. Carolina continue to come in. More money mm ; j,' be forthcominf from this section, however, if the needs of the ; unfortunate brother of the other half of the State are to r ; degree, eared for. The local committee ia anxious to Impress ' the ..people throughout the county," who have ;" been ap ! projefa by fiiy o the eanVaawrs, that the call fa for them as weU aa the people of the towns and asks thai the people or therural sections' respond with subscription. These may be aent to Mfc N. J, Rouse, member of the State' Belief Commit , tee, Mayor. Pro Tern. Douglass or The Free Press , all of Kin ston. The money being receive ia ot held even a. day, but U aenVfmmedjW to the'eommittei .headquarters i at Raleigh to be distributed where it fa needed in. the alleviation of dis tress and Buffering. ' : 1 Since TOvrtfey'a, report $35.83 has come In. Of thin amount $1U8 waa brought in by the committee of colored ciU- The contributions to date jTugf Cummings Vt. A. Mifcbett '1.00 6.00 1.00 25 j T.' B. Drown . f. A. Simmons (colored). C. E. Rayner .. ....... v .50 1.00 Ifizabetft Johnson, (Jots 1 ".. y f. f ? ' Cash .. .50 Junior Order 10,00, Turn fai b VvtorH Committee: ,,, jrfrs. Oscar Parker . . aleigb Kornegay .. J. W. C. Smith .. lowptt Dixon . . $n. 'M. J- Smith y, D.' 'Daws.-'. ' ' . ' . ' C. Graon i. i- 1.00 5 40 25 ..2S 1.Q0 StUl Sowe Chance f or-River to Ltare Its Banks Oth er Streams Falling and Bridges Arc Being Res iored R. R.s AU Cleared .t.,. fi4MMt ri.iHti 'live water in the Neuse here is beginning to turn, a day yellow frojft the freshets CQiping down from npstate, although the rise this morn ing . was almost imperceptible,, only about) 1-4 inch an hour. t , j ., , Reports from all parts of the sec tion this morning said the swollen rivers and creeks . Were ' ga-adually falliiip. with . the' soJitarv exeenubn of the Neuse, j kalhroa4 traffic normjll, nd work iwas'in p(i;ogres on the reconstruction of bridges wash4 out' at "a number of points. The" change ' in color of e stream here,' afcttugia alight1 yet,' i' indica tive of higher ater ye," iteoording to Weather . Observer ; Peeblea, Who stiH adheres, to his statement of sev eral days ago tha,t the river waa apt to go over its South tank here ENGLAND WILL HOLD GERMANY ACCOUiYT IF .,, tMrrrm lfiitM " '' r-tBe United Press) Washington, July 28. Austria, eo operating with Qermany, will grant the .President's Polish relief appeal, Ausaia Foreign Minister fiurien be. lieves. . ' Ambassador , Peniield ' pre eted the appeal to Buries Wednesday.-'- ..v . "- ( Ambassador Page at London ha; forwiMvied ' Eng!anda proposal pr (nittiag the importatkm of foodstuffs tA Poland if Germany will" guarantee that they be sed for civilians and that crops will not be confiscated. Jf Germany refuses she will be held responsible by England if the peoplt atanre, it is aaid. a urn RfflH POLISH STARVE are aa fellows: J. H. Jones 1.00 .25 .25 55 J. W. Clarke Joseph Smith Will Smith . E. K. Patterson .. Mrs, G. A. Jackson .25 .05 1.Q0 .50 Q3 .25 - f iam Fain .. ... Aft. Swepson ... Jn Edmondaon . . Clyde Briggs 50 .20 .50 1.00 .25 iio 1.00 ( J, J. Guy... v T,' W. .Wa,r4 F. S. Jones Joseph Wilkes , Mrs. Alice Hatch Pan Davis, ,. (Continued on Page 3) ALL DELVILLE-lOp NWP'REPP Allies Drive Germans Out of Last Positions North west of Longueval ENGLISH HAVE ADVANTAGE 4 1 In Fighting About Pozi'eres. Haveillad .UpMll - Work yntil NowEnemyV In Open Oountry-rRussians Continue to i Advance .1 i i in (By the United Prei London, July 28. British troops In j'th Posiei-e sector are fighting down hill. Heretofore the fifhting has been up They have' the advantage In, the fighting f?om above, attacking the enemy1 in open country. The Ger mans" have ; been jforced to evacuate concrete defenses. Haig Reports More Gains. .London," July !28British : troops have ''driven, Germans and Branden burgers out of Dplville Wood north arMt of Lonirueval. General Raig to day reported. : The whole wood is now in the British possession. Counter at tack were repulsed today. Sm Advance Contitauea. ' " Petjgrad, July 28,---The Russi ans advance along - the Salonievki mi'' BduiravW 'rivers is continuing, it is saM officially. Gains are report it' from the Caucasus." Berlin Denies British Progress. ' 1 s Berlin. July 28 "The enemy can-tot-fcoaat tha.t has progressed,'' it !s officially aakl, Referring to the Oritii" attacks around Pozierea. It ia said , the attacks to Potierea and louthwest of Foreaux Woods have been broken. . '. '." WARRIOR'S WIXGS CLIPPED , John T. 'Rosch.' white, of Hillsbo to, N. C, who, allegedly dope crazed, threatened to "clean, up" Queen street late Thursday, waa sentenced to three months on the road by the Re corder today. lie appealed. Ukely to, Stop Inside Capes and Dash When Mo ment's Rite KOENIG IS AFTER A PILOT Crew . Uneasy Ahout Brit ish Ships at" Baltimore Say Submersible Might Be "Accidentally' Ram med by One of Them By CARL GROAT, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Baltimore, Jaily 28. The Deutsche land's crew want to see the British ships leave the harbor before they go. They fear the submersible might be "accidentally" rammed in the lay. They do noj; believe, the Bremen has been captured. ' Ueutscbland Wants Pilot. The Ileutachland today prepared to get a pilot, however. Xoenig wanted Owen Coleman, who brought the ves sel in, but could not, get hhn.' The Pilots' Association said Capt. Koenig must take the next man on the list. It is believed the submarine plans to lay over in the lower bay before run ning tlje blockade. Excitement at Beaufort. , Beaufort, N. C, July 28. Several Allied warships were seen off Beau fort inlet la'te yesterday, evidently waiting for the submarine Bremen, cargo-carrier and sister of the sub marine freighter Dcutschland. Re ports came from many sources that the Bremen was due to enter the har bor at any time. Both Beaufort and Morehead City have been expecting the ship for 48 hours, and excitement was rife throughout yesterday and this morning. Old sailors this morning doubted that the Bremen would show up here. False reports may have been spread, they asserted, to put tho men-of-war off their guard. While the French and English cruisers are lurking off the North Carolina coast, they said, the Bremen may be making for New York, Philadelphia, Charleston or Savannah. New York; Herald Has a Tip. N,ew . Bern. , Jujy 28. An .order to this New York'a. local' representative says: "We have information that the Elremen may put into New Bern at any moment. Keep a sharp lookout and mail photos if she arrives." The Herald is equipped with one of the best marine news services ia the world, and its Up may be correct. It is not unreasonable to suppose that the ship might sneak through one of the Carolina inlets and dock here. KITCHIN SAYS ORDER SY ' BURLESON WOULD TURN N.C REPUBLICAN Washington, July 27. Postmaster General Burleson's recent order direc ting postmasters in small towna to collect checks without exchange chaTges from State banks not mem bers of .the reserve system, charac terized ai "the most revolution airy and unjustified order hy 'any depart ment of this government," m a form- statement issued today toy Repre sentative Kitchin, Democratic ' lead er of the House. Mr. Kitchin pro. tested gainst the order to Mr. fur leson and the Federal Reserve Board nd in his statement, counselled State banks to evade it by printing on 11 cfc-ks "payable in New York ex change at current rates." - . ' Mr. Kitchia said the order would cut off most of the profits of 6,000 small State banks, which are not in and cannot enter the Reserve eya tcm. -If the order stands he de clared, "North Carolina will go Re publican by 25,000." Not One Per Cent, of the 1 Tarheels Born In Other Countries Shepherd In vestigating in the Wrong Zone, Said (Special to The Free Press) Camp Glenn, July 28. Read with interest here the other day was a tory in The Free Press about the "only American regiment" from the Middle West now on the border the Eighth Illinois infantry, colftrod. Wil liam G. Shepherd, the war corres pondent, quoted the negro colonel of the' outfit as saying that his wr.o the only bonaftdo United Slates of Am erica, truo blue black regiment in tho militia from the central part tit tho country, Tho remainder, it was tlntimatcd, waa wade u of races. Shepherd said the Allied armies at Salonika looked like blood brothers compared with the National Guardsmen from Illinois, Wisconsin and the other Midwest States. Shepherd ought to come here. If he's looking for Americanism it is on the wrong track he is. It is a safe bet that there Is a greater per cent of native born American citi zens in the brigade here than in any other 3,000 or 3,500 men in the army. Noncommissioned officers who discuss ed this thing last night said probab ly not one per cent, of the soldiers in the First, Second and Third North Carolina infantry regiments were born in other countries, and that maybe 97 or 08 per cent, of them were bom within the State. It would bo a, haj thing, probably, to get out nerc and locate man even whose parents were born under another flag. ! The war scribe, too, would ee more genuine, red-white-and-blue deeh-dyed respect for the ffag hero than on the border, if he'd look this brigade over. It is a quiet, worshipful respect that th Tarheels have for the fla that thtir grandads tried to disown and failed to do, which failure, leaving out tho issue of the late unpleasant ness altogether, the grandsons are glad of. A review or battalion pa rade here is worth seeing. It seems that the bands play the Star-Spangled Banner in slower time, that Iho Retreat is played out of tempo, that every act of every unit and individ ual officer is done with deliberate slowness, in order not to hurry the ceremony; they would regard hurry as a sacrilege. That's the way it looks to a civilian, after he has seen the average regular or militia outfit do it up. But when the colors have been gathered up as tenderly as if it wcr an ailing infant that the color guard were handling, and 'the band, hits, up the march for review, these Tarheel soldiers, stride off in a ca dence and with a- vim that stirs and enthuses. TO NOMINATE PEEBLES' SUCCESSOR SEPTEMBER WeWon, July 27- The Democratic executive committee of the Third Ju NEARLY HALF DIOR HEAT IN MIDDLE WEST DURING TWENTY FOUR HOURS; CHICAGO REPORTS SCORES . it (Dy the United Press) Chicago, Jury 28. Twenty-six persons died in Chica go last night from the terrific heat wave sweeping the Prairie States. Total is, 44 dead in the last 24 hours. There-are no signs of abatement . Business houses are closing an hour earlier. , . .' ' , Minneapolis, Rock Island, 111., and Phoenix Ariz., each report one death. ,1 t. vV; . . Crops May Be Damaged. r Washington, July 28. Corn has been benefited and tobacco hurt by the heat wave, says the weather bureau. Corn in some sections needs rain spon. V Administration Leaders Be lieve There Will Be Noth ing Startling in Address. Few Charges, But Pro phecies (By the United Press) Washington, June 28.Admlnistra- tiqn leaders are eagerly awaiting Monday, when. Hughes will be notified of. his nomination and makes his ac ceptance speech, opening his cam paign. Democrats say they are not wor ried. They expect Hughes to attack the foreign and Mexican policies, eay the Democrats will be unable to han dle the business upheaval after the war, and plead for restoration of Re publican rule, "bringing the return of foreign respect." Wilcox AhhuiU Mexican Policy. New York, July 28. The first for mal indication that Mexico will be a main issue in 'the (Republican at tackt on the Administration in the campaign was contained in a state ment today by National Chairman Wilcox. lie assailed Wilson's "mal administration" of Mexican affairs. Planter J. M. Mewborn Be . lievcs Situation In County Is Not So Bad As It Might Have Been Corn Is Not Hurt; Cotton O. K. The crops of Lenoir county aro not damaged a seriously as was feared by 8omo according to Mr. J. M. Mew born, one of the oldest farmers and best known citizens of this section. In conversation with p representa tive of Tho Free Press this morning, Mr. Mewborn said he was glad to say that the situation Was not -so bad as H might have been. Corn is not hurt, cotton Is all right except in spots where the soil is against it, and the tobacco is not "flopping" as badly as might be expected, said Mr. Mew born. He expressed the opinion that too much hot sun for the next two or three days would be harmful for the crops, but with an even break the damage in this immediate section is nominal. Mr. Mewborn 's estimate whilo con servative, , was optimistic. Tobacco will be delayed, a little in curing by the wet weather of the past few days but all of his barns will be filled with in the week, he said. dicial district met here today and called a primary to be held Saturday, September 0th, to nominate a judge, to be voted for in the general elec tion in November, to fill the unex pired term of the late Judge Peebles. ED HAVE DIED FROM SAKS LPR CROPS ARE NOT VERY MUCH Will Be Proposed by Arred ondor Said; Polk Thought To Favor; PROGRESS IS REPORTED i. "t - . ... j Toward Settlement of Bord er Trouble Acting Secre tary of State May Name Commissioners for Am erica Soon (By the United Press) Washington, July 28. Highly fa vorable progress in the negotiations with Mexico for settlement of the border problem was TeportcK to the President and cabinet by Polk today. Polk said he would probably issue a statement tomorrow aa the t;cxt step. He plans a conference for this after noon with Ambassador Arrcdondo, at which, it ia intimated, final details will be proposed for tho rest of the conference. Means of working out the problem are understood to have been settled upon. They provide a commission re presenting both governments, expect ed to cover the entire American ccuxse since Wilson refused to rec ognize Huerta. Polk is "understood o be preparing to announce acceptance of the commission -plan, and he may announce the American commission- BIBLE STUDENTS STUDY REVELATIONS PROPH'Sl'S Norfolk, Vs., July 27. An exposi tion of tho second and third chapters of the New Testament, Book of Reve lation as prophesies of the condition found in the church during the seven sWik'es of the history of the world, was the general theme today of the speakers ait tho sessions of the Inter national Bible Students Association. FIRST DEATH SINCE YORK'S CAR STRIKE Strikebreaker Motorman Is Killed and Several Per sons Injured Brakes -v of Trolley May Have Been Tampered With Riots (By the United Press) New York, July 28. The Bronx street car strike today claimed the first victim, when Motorman B. Horn, a strikebreaker, was killed and two detectives and another strikebreaker seriously injured when a car plunged down hill, the brakes refusing to work. The accident followed clashes be tween strikers and policemen in which fifty persons were injured. Woods Says Gangsters Must Go. New York, July 28. Police Com missioner . Woods today notified the strikers and strikebreakers on Bronx street cars that they must stop hir ing gangsters. NOT A BRITISH SHIP THAT ENTERED THRO' VIRGINIA GAPES, SAY u N British Shis Ia Capes, Says. Washington, July 87. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the Dritish Ambassa dor, mformc4 Acting Secretary Polk today that ho had received a mes sngo from tho Admiral commanding the British squadron on tho Atlantic coast denying that a British worship had entered Chesapeake Bay, as re- NAUGURATION About Doubles City's Facili ties for Entertainment of Transients Grill-Room as Well as Dining-Room; Innovation It was announced this morning that the Caswell Hotel, the Queen street apartmfmt house, will again become a hotel in about 30 or 40 days, Mr. J, A. McBanioI will probably manag . the house himsdjf. , , t y ' Renovation of tho three-story build.- - Lng, which contains t about 52 bed rooms, will be commenced during ,Aa- . gust The Caswell is of modern con struction and handsome appearance. Preliminary to the change, a grill room is being fitted up on the north side of the lobby. The dining room ' will be located in the eouth half o the building. ' The policy of the man.t agemcut will be to operate popular" ' priced house "as good as any in eastern part ot the State." Improve ments made on the lower floor would indicate aa much. ' ' s New furniture is to be installed throughout the building. It is to bo repainted and repapered, .and modern 1 fixture will be put in. A aoda foun- tan and cigar stand lias already been located in front of ' the new grill room, which, is to be qferated. on &t European plan. ' " . w The Caswell when first built was operated as a hotel for transient. When it again becomes such Kinaton'f hotel facilities will be almost doubled. ' i .. ,.'V,f' NO PROHIBITION - LEGISLATION THIS SESSION; STATED : '. ''!' ' v ' r v-- c'i (By the United press) Washington, July 28-Sonator ; Sheppard, . the Texas prohibition leader", today Announced that he vold hot push prohibition "legislation at this session. He gave up hope weeks ago, he said. OVER IMMIGRATION AMENDMENT TO BILL (E'y the United Press) ' ' Washington, July 28 Anxiety over the immigration amendment to the child labor bill caused a' conference between ' the President ' and Senators Kern and Pomercne today. They ir the, immigration. question would pro long the session and want the Borah amendment killed. It is believed the President' would veto tho bill if it carried the immigration amendment. Ho always has vetoed the immigra tion bill, in any shape. BULLETINS , ! 1 . . . (By United Press) infantilis; paralysis - f CONFERENCE. ' v New , ( York, July 2&-The Health Commissioner is planning, a ' aatioa-wide conference with physicians to check the lafaa tile paralysis epidemic ' ,- . ' JAP CABINET MAY QUIT. ' Tokio, July 28i-Th resigns- . ' tion of the Okuma cabinet is re-' I ported to be imminent. ' Marakatt ' Terauchi,' it'is bellevei wiM sue ! ceed Count Okuma u premier. ... : i, . ported by the commander of the baU tleship Louisiana. . Norfolk, Va July 27.-5ir Cecil Spring-Rice's official denial that a Britkh cruiser recently bad visited Chesapeake Bay, as, reported, by of-, fleers of the U. S, warship Louisiana, was received In silence by them today, They declined to discuss the etnte- ment, holding that U was improper that they should do so. ' i i if SENATORS WORRYING