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VOirXXXVlNo. 14
KlNSTON
FEDERAL MEDIATORS UNTIL SATD'Y
Pros jects for Nation-wide Tie-up of Traffic on Nearly
All lines Nearer Than Ever This Afternoon-rBoard of
Arbitration and Mediation Ask for Short Time Men
Impatient, Declare Leaders at New York Companies
Willing Make Concessions, But Employes Will Listen
to Nothing Bat Complete
Faces Country
Statement
(By the
New York. Ausr. 11. The
served an iiltiHiaium on the
that its plan df Settlement
row. it t -
Board Asks for Time.
News York.1 Aiiar. 11. ThTFederal Board of Arbitra
tion and Mediation and the
ternoon agreed upon delay
sition for a settlement until
o'clock; The agreement followed demands by the broth
irhoods that - the board immediately submit what plans
they had prepared- The board requested until tomorrow
morning to make their reports. - The decision on the ques
tion of a nation-wide walkout probably hangs on whether
this renort will be acceptable
believed would make concessions, but the men are declar
ed to be firm. m their demands for full acquiescence in
.their demands. v,,:.i, .f.'r-. .
Men Impatient; Quick Action Imperative.
New York, Aug. 1L Prospects of a nation-wide rail
vnad tie-un loomed nearer today when brotherhood offi
oials declared the men are impatient over the delay in ac-
. . t r j i .1 j.
ceding to their demands. "
tion," the leaders said.
IN ONE PART
TERRITORY
Believed That .Many Were
Victims In Boone County,
W. Va. Militia Takes
Supplies Work of Reha
bilitation ' V the United Fnh)
. .Huntington, W. Va. Aug. 11. Hav
ing recovered from the first shock of
disaster, th West Virginia flood suf
ferers today set to work to clean up
and rebuild. ; The Second infantry is
arriving In the stricken district-wita
food tents and clothing. The sym
pathy of the nation, is solicited. Much
, of the 400 squaro miles' of affected
territory has not yet been penetrated.
, Boone -county ftsaid to iwvo suf
fered heavier than the Cabin Creek
valley. In that neighborhood ono
hundred persons
licvcd. .'
perished, it is be-
OFFICER LOST TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS
:. ACCiiSIS A WOMAN
A National Guard officer said to
have been J. L,' Shaw, told the Golds
wo police Thursday that! he had
l een robbed in house there of $200
l1 a woman who had been brought to
the place by a transfer driver.? The
woman, said to be unknown to Shaw
and the police, waa staying-,
Gddsboro hotel in company with a
man, it was'xepovted.' U - '
The Kington police were asked to
look out for the woman, She is be
lieved to have been here, together with
ner male friend. Such .pyiye spent
short time in this city but left, in
the direction of New Bern, before the
police were notified. , - . ,,.
klvShaw is a captain in the Second In
ltry. He is at present in command
ff Company A, from Tarbpro. His
lome is in the southeastern part of
He State. He was at different times
mall arms practice inspector and ad
jutant of the Second. . -
4 SuWril! to The Fr( Tress.
A HUNDRED PER
ill ''-r'V-"
PRESENT SETTLBrNT PLANS
Acquiescence-rGreat Strikj
United Frw)
railroad brotherhoods have
Federal Board of Mediation
must be presented by tomor
railroad brotherhoods this af
in submitting the final propo
tomorrow morning at 10
to the men. The roads, it is
we must nave immediate ac
A HEAVY YIELD AND
BIG PRICES L
FOR BY TOBACCONIST
E. V. Webb Thinks Record
May Be Attained at Sales
This Season S- C. Grades
Unimnroved But Prices
Soaring:
While 'the grades of tobacco sold
on the South "Carolina .markets this
week had improved little or none
over the weed marketed at the begin
ring of the season last week, aver
age price have increased from about
12 to abou t 16 1-2 cents, is the sub
stance of a letter from Mr. W. L.
Holderby of this city, now in the
Palmetto belt, to Mr. E. V. Webb.
Mt. Webb intcrpi'etg this a a fore
cast of exeotyput prices on the North
Carolina markets this fall.
Mr. Webb holds r, very optimistic
view res -.rding the East Carolina to
bacco crop. As much tobacco, if not
mors, will be rcld in the belt this
year as last, h' thinks. And it Is
beautiful weed cn the whole, he de
clares. He has observed conditions
in sever! parts of the belt. He would
be little surprised to see record prices,
and he is just about positive that the
crop is in handsome shape in spite
of the storms. .
BULLETINS
' (By the United Press)
BRITISH GAINS REPORTED. ;
London, Aug. ll The British
continue to make gains north-'
west of Pszieres, General Haig
today reported. Trenches have
been takes north of Benzontin-le-Petit,
counter attacks repulsed
and heavy losses inflicted by the
' British. , , ,
TEUTONS LOSE IN EAST.
Pctrograd, Aug. 11- An official
statement says the Russians are
'- crossing the Bistritsa, three miles
. from Stanislaus, and also have
been victorious on the Serth riv
er, where the Teutons were eject
ed from several villages and
- woods. '
SUFFRAGE FIRST IS
SLOGAN OF WOM
PARTY FIXED TODAY
Parties Come Second, Say-
Right of Citizens Shall
Not Be Abridged by Unit
ed States or Any of the
States ,.V;
Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug, 11
By standing for suffrage first and
parties second, the women voters of
the, 12 suffrage states can decide the
result of the presidential election on
November 7; they say. ;
This was the desired end planned
at a conference of the National Wom
an's Party in session here today.
"The right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by
any itat on account of sex,"
This, in substance, is the so-called
Susan B. Anthony amendment to the
Federal Constitution, failure to pass
which during the present session Of
Congress will result in the conference
here undoubtedly recommending that
the votes for women be cast against
Woodrow Wilson. , Mr. .Hughes the
Republican candidate, has declared in
favor of the amendment
The conference also was to decide
whether the announcement July 31 by
Charles E Hughes of his stand on
the amendment entitles the Republic
an candidate to the women s votes.
Tho amendment forms the sole plank
of the National Woman's party plat
form. Since the party was formed in
Chicago on June 6 it has sent out
tens of thousands of circulars, brought
pressure to bear on the present Con
gress and sent emissaries into every
suffrage state to preach the slogan
of suffrage first and party allegiance
second. ...
The Anthony amendment was the
subject of discussion at the morning
session today.
Miss Gail Laughlin, California, the
chairman of California branch of the
Congressional, Union; Mrs. Dora P.
Buell, Colorado, member of the na
tional advisory council of the Con
gressional Union; Miss Mabel Ver
non, Nevada, secretary of the Nation-
Woman's Party; Mies Alice Paul,
New Jersey, chairman of the ; Con
gressional Union, and Miss Ann Mar
tin, chairman of the National Wom
an's Party, were to be speakers to
day. After they are through, resolu
tions will be presented, discussed and
disposed of. Tomorrow there will be
general conference on the campaign,
conference of Sate chairmen on
campaign plans and a conference of
national organizers on organization
plans. -
REPUBLIC ANS TAKE THE
. HOUSE BASEBALL GAME
Washington, Aug. 10. The Annual
House baseball game went Republic-
today by a score of 18 to 13. It
was tne first democratic ueieat in
our years.
The , Republican representatives
boasted after the game that - their
well-balanced , team was responsible
for tne victory, but the Democrats
laid it at the doors of a country chau-
lauqua. ; They said the star Demo
cratic pitcher, Representative Yates
Webb of North Carolina who" for
years Had Tield tho Kepublicans at
hh mercy, fell over a bench while
reaching out to shake hands with an
cd'.iirer after a speech in Virginia
'3st itaj and tadly sprained his left
am. Tsi ohU , sroused . derision
among the Republicans, who .pointed
out that Webb is a right-hander.
10RE MONEY ADDED
TO THE FLOOD FUND
Two contributions . were added to
Kinston's donation to the State Flood
Sufferers' Fund today. -Tho ast now
stands:'';;-; '-''". ';;' y: w .-'
Previously reported . . ..... . 766.64
Miss Naimie Taylor, Grifton. -0
Mrs. S. H. Taylor, Grifton.... .60
John A. Herndoh".. ......... 2.50
H P, LofUn .. 1.00
Grand totwl to date..., a ..$771.14
AN
HOUSEWIVES START
iTirito imnr rimr
against dime bread
(Dy tho United Press)
New. York, Aug. llv The first
steps in a nation-wide protest
against 10-cent bread were mads
when the . National Housewives'
League Instructed its officers In
every Stale to arouse public sen
timent against the increase, which
bakers say is necessitated by in
creased cost of materials and la
bor. BAKERS SAY FEDERAL
ACTION IS NECESSARY.
Washington, " Aug. 11. The Mas
ter Bakers of Chicago today peti
tioned Congress for an embargo on
wheat as a measure to prevent a flour
increase. , Vice-Chairman Hurley of
the .Federal Trade Commission left
for Chicago, authorized to' investi
gate the proposed bread increase.
Bakers declare that if no relief ns af
forded by Congress bread will inev
itably irise.
R. A. NU1 OF NEW
BERN If PRESPD'T
0FA.lN.t
T. W. Slocumb Secretary-
Treasurer of Company
Whose . Holdings Are
Leased by N. S. -Annual
Meeting Held
R. A. Nunn of Craven county was
elected president and T. W. Slocumb
seciotary-treasurcr of the Atlantic &
North Carolina Railroad Co, Thurs
day at the G2d annual meeting of
the stockholders, in Mbrohead City. '
The meeting wa3 mare largely at
tended than ds usually tho case; 17,
967 shares of stock, were represented
person and by proxy.
Directors named for the ''tate aie:
G. D. Canfield of Carteret county; t.
Hyman, Craven; C. B. Foy, Cra
ven; iL E. Sutton, Lenoir; T A. Uz
zell, Craven; C. W. Weskett,' Pan.li
eo; Frank Gough, Robeson,' and K.
A. Nunn. Private stockholders nam
ed these: Dempsey Wood, Lenoir; L.
Cutler, Sr., Craven; Geo. P. Folk,
Wake, and D. W, Patrick, Greene.
The following were elected members
tho finance committee: George
Green, Craven, chairman; R. G.
Hodges, Lenoir, and G. HY Koberts,
Craven. The following were made
members of the proxy committee, D.
Oettinger, Lenoir; A. L. E'aker,
Wake; C. D. Bradham, Craven; J.
M.'.. 'Allen, Wayne, and P. M. Pear
sail, Craven. . .
The next meeting will be at More-
head City.
RANCIS RECOM'NDS
CARLE m RUSSIA
TO UNITED STATES
By PHILLIP SIMMS,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Petrograd, Aug. ! 11. For the
purpose of bringing about closer
' relations between v the United
States and Russia, American Am
bassador Francis today suggest
ed to the Russian Government a
direct cable between Russia' and
America. The proposal was in- .
formal after trancis' manner.
which is proving so popular in
Russian officialdom. -
BRIEFS IN THE NEWS
OF NEIGHBORS TOWNS
B. H. Thompson, an Aurora plant
er, Wednesday killed a bear in a corn
field that weighed 210 pounds.
Greenville may adopt a milk inspec
tion ordinance. - . ' Y
Js'ew Bern is holding a racing mat
inee this afternoon, with fans from
throughout this section present snd
SO or more horses reported to be entire,!.
AMFRITA MIFQ NflTkTin MV IS UlM
K11I.LI11U1 UULU 11UI
INTEND TO PUBLISH
THE GERSIAN REPLY
State Department Does Not
Consider Lusitania Inci-
dent Settled, vand Embas
sy Took Too Much for
Granted
Washington, Aug. 10. State De
partment officials explained that the
rec&nt request to the German Embas
sy for permission to publish one of
Count Bernstorff's notes on the set
tlement of the Lusitania case was an
inadvertence. At first it was denied
that any such request had been made,
but an investigation of the depart
ment's files disclosed that a letter
prepared by a subordinate official had
been signed either by Secretory Lan
sing or acting Secretary Polk and
had been transmitted to the German
embassy. , .
State Department officials declared
that too much importance had been
attached to the request in German of
ficial quarters and that H waa not as
interpreted an indication that .Ger
many's proposals were to be accepted
as satisfactory. ;: ' ' -
State Department officials today
broke their silence on the 'subject and
asserted that what really happened
was this:
A subordinate official who assem
bles the diplomatic correspondence,
periodically compiled and published
as a White Book, wrote the German
Embassy a letter, which Mr. Polk ad
mitted was signed either by himself
or bySecretary Lansing, for permia
sion to publish one of the Lusitania
notes submitted by the German nv
bsssador on December 4. The Embas
sy (replied, giving its assent with the
suggestion- that ih last note, dated
February 10, be published at the same
time. On the other hand, the eugges
tion (that any of the correspondence
be published was dropped at once on
the decision of higher officials that
the circumstances which intervened
to prevent a conclusion of the nego
tiations had not been altered, and that
the situation still was in a condition
which did not warrant publication of
any of the correspondence, i The Em
bassy was not informed of the chang
ed plan. .. t'. : ';." v
The United States Government, it
therefore appears, does not consider
the matter settled in any sense ny
more than it was last February when
the declaration of a new policy to
ward armed ;merchant ships came up
to halt the negotiations after officials
had admitted informally that Count
Von Bernstorff's note met the de
mands of the American government
and offered a satisfactory basis for
negotiating settlement of the Lusl
tanin claims.
WUSON TO FOLLOW
IN THE FOOTSTEPS
OF REP'N OPPONENT
(By the Halted Press)
Washington, Asg. 11. The
President has decided upon a
transcontinental stumping, tour,
touching at many of the same
cities as Hughes, The change
from his former plans is helieved
to be due to a desire to giye a
direct answer to Hughes' recent
charges.
PROSPEROUS NEGRO
ACCUSED MOONSffliYG
, John stancm, a wen-to-do negro
planter, was arrested at his place be-1
tween Greenville and Washington on
Jtmrsday oy a deputy marsnai, on a
warrant charging " him with illicit
distilling. A still which Stancill is
supposed to have been connected with
was destroyed by Deputy Collector L
M.; Tull of this city and other offi
cers several weeks ago. " ,
EianciU owns on automobile, has a
fine crap of tobacco and a nicely fur-ni.-.'keJ
home. ' t
UUULUH 1U OIILU
AT LAST; CRIME IS
OWNED BY ANOTHER
Had Been Prepared for the
Death Chair Three Times.
Thrice Reprieved
THIRD DEGREE'S TERROR
Caused "Confederate," Ser
ving Life Time, to Confess
to Double Murder That
Irving King Says He Com
mitted .
(By the United Press)
New York, Aug. 11. Charles P
Sticlow, a subnormal German, three
times made ready for electrocution
at Sing Sing and reprieved at the last
moments, was today found innocent
through the confession of Irving King,
an itinerant' junkman, to the murder
of Charles Phelps and Margaret Wol-
eott, his housekeeper in 1915. Nel
son Groom, Sticlow's "confederate,
wa sentenced to life imprisonment.
The fight to save Sticlow was one
of the most dramatic m the history
of Sing Sing. He was convicted on
"forced; confession" of Groom, who
was subjected to violent "'third de
gree" tyrture for whole days and
nights. Sticlow's attorney will move
to set aside the sentences.
f KlNSTON MUSICIANS
: POPULAR IN PLACES
Beaufort and Morehead
City Like 2nd Inf. Band-
Chamber of Commerce
Invites Organization to
Former Town
(Special to The Free Press)
Camp Glenn, Aug. 11. -The Second
Inf antry band is getting popular over
at Beaufort and Morehead City. , The
organisation does not mind playing,
nor practicing, and laden down with
raw material when it left home less
than two months ago, has now reach
ed a state of efficiency that is a de
light to the officers of the regiment.
Last Saturday night the JEteaufort
Chamber of Commence invited the
band overi and other invitations are
in store and will be welcomed, the
musicians say.
Comprising . tho band now ,ar?
Drum-Major Kirby Pittman, on leave
at Kinston; Chief Musician Jas, Me-
hegan, director; Principal Musician,
Jos. F. Ballard, baritone, on leave at
Kinston; Sergt. Winnie Jordan, clari
net; Sergt. J. B. Harkey, alto; Sergt
Roland Haynes, cornet; Sergt. Ros
coe Daughety, mess sergeant; Corp,
Ben. Foxman, alto; Corp. Hammond
Noble, trombone; Corp. L. Hollings
worth, cornet; Corp. George Rhodes,
clarinet; Corp. Leslie Benton, clarin
et; Corp. J. B. Temple, clarinet;
Cook Oscar Palmer; Privates Ernest
Boyd, bass; , Gordon Rhodes, clarin
et; Luby Hollingsworth, trombone;
Rodolph Nunn, baritone; Ludy Brown,
cornet; Elisha Thomas, bass; Troy
Foscue. alto; Ray E'roadway, trom
bone; Hugh . Cummings, cymbals;
Richard Rhodes, bass; Paul Long, cla
rinet; Everett Brinson, alto; . Earl
Brewer, bass drum, at Kinston on
leave. Sergt F. T. McDevett of the.
trumpeters, is acting drum -major in
the absence of Sergt Pittman. ,
It is generally understood among
the men now that the brigade will
entrain for the border within the next
two weeks. No official orders have
been issued here to that effect, how
ever. A large part ox the troops will
pass through Kinston the way down.
Company B of the Second is becom
ing one of the most efficient units of
the regiment The mobility of its
personnel is greatly improved. Lt
Fsulkner, the junior gubaltenj of the;
FALL OF STANISLAU
fjAlf OCCUR AT ANY
FOMENT, IS
Officially Denied at Paris
That Capitulation lias
Happened . -
SURPRISE AT GORITZ
Garrison Didn't ? Look for
Attack In Two Months, '
Prisoners SayAustrians
Lost 50,000 Troops In 48
Hours There . ; '
(By the United
fross)
- ik
Petrograd, Aug. U The Slam '
have scored a complete surprise :
by taking Stanislaus by, ,swift .
advance from the northeast, for
etag its evacuation. A large part
of the Dmeister country jttekt bf
the Teuton is threatened. -
Paris, Aug. 11. The French . ,
have taken the offensive in the
Balkans, having crossed the 8er
bias Greek frontier and captured !
Dorian, which was evacuated by
the Alliea in the retreat fron
Serbia. "This is the last great '
link In the great composite offen
sive, j. " '; t '
Rome, Aug. 11. The Austrisna
lost 50,000 men in the two days' piw-
ceding the fall of Goritz. Half wore
in prisoners and half In casualties.
East of Goritz the Italian' cavalry'
continues the pursuit of the retreat
ing Austrians and is reported to
have reached Lubione plains, south
of Goritz on the Caro plateau, af
tsv meeting with stubborn resistance
Austrian prisoners report that the
attack on Gprita was a complete sur
prise, and was not expected to occarf
foi two months. Reserves reached '
the city too late, just as" it was fait.' .
ir-jr.
SUnislau Hay Capitulate
Any Minuted V .
. London,' Aug, li.-Tho capture of
ths palician city of Stanislau, seven
ty miles southeast of Lemberg, by
General Letchataky'a army is report
iA to be imminent, ;
Cario Says Capitals tied Not Yet, ,-
Paris, Aug, 11-Military , critics
declare Stanislau has been taken, but,
this is disclaimed1 by official informa
tion. ' , . . -
Important ' Russian Gain. .
'Petrogffad, Aug. 1L Striking west
ward and smssbiog ths enemy rapid
ly, General Letchitasky's right wing
has reached the Dneister river, eouth
of ilarismpol and Vi miles from tho'
important town of Cuy IlaU, which
is the key to Lemberg ; from tho
southwest. News of this important
success ovorshadows the captore of
Stanislau, which it is believed will
certainly occur in a few hours.
Civilians Out of Stanislaus.
London , Aug. 11. Civilians evacu
ated Stanislaus several days ago. Ev
ery dispatch from Petrograd empha
sizes the magnitude of the Teutons'
defeat in Southeastern Galicia.
ROOSEVELT TO TAKE STUMP.
New York, Aug. 10 Colonel Roose
velt will make his first campaign
speech in behalf of Hughes in Lewis-'
ton, Me., on August SI, it was' an
nounced today. ' The speech will deal
only with national issues, it was an
nounced. -
company, has been serving with Co.
A of Tarboro, at times recently. That
company for s while waa short of of
ficers. Lieut. Barr of Coihpany A
went to Kinston last evening Wftls
Lieut Taylor, the clever first of Co.
B. V' yyl.'r- V;. - :i
Colonel Rodman recently had an
interesting experience with a recruit
who hadn't learned his A-BCs. Tho
fejlow didnt salute .him. "How long
have you been down here?" the C. O.
O. asked. "Oh, two Or three days;
how long have you been here, part
ner?' was tho response. The Sec
ond's C. O. is a West Pointer. TVy
don't hop off and f et sore at every
littje thing. The fellow had to hcTo
time to learn, was probably wlat &
Colonel thought, . .. , ,
REFOBT