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PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
, VOL. XXXVI. -No. 19
KINSTON. N. C WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1916
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BROTHERHOODS DETERMINED TO TIE-UP TRAFFIC WITH GREAT STRIKE ORDERED EFFECTIVE MONDAY EX
ECUTIVES OF SYSTEMS AS DETERMINED NOT TO BOW 'LET IT COME AND SHOW NATION IS THE STATE
MENT OF ONE-PRFSIDENT DECLARES UNDER MILITARY MEASURE HE INTENDS TO HAVE FORCED THRO'
RAILROAD MEN WILL BE FIRST DRAFTEDCAN BREAK STRIKE WITIHN WEEK, SAY MAGNATES TRAFFIC
Oil NOT Bp PARALYZED, DECLARE
- " (By the United Press)
, WASHINGTON, AUGUST 29. THE PRESIDENT IN HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS THIS AFTER
NOON RECOMMENDED :
.REORGANIZATION OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.
2. THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY FOR ALL RAILWAY WORKERS. ,
3. A COMMISSION TO STUDY THE OPERATION OF, THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY, AND REPORT TO
CONGRESS. . . ' '
4. AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL MEDIATION LAW PROVIDING FULL PUBLIC INVES
TIGATION, PENDING WHICH A STRIKE OR LOCKOUT WOULD BE ILLEGAL.
5. CONSIDERATION OF INCREASED FREIGHT RATES BY THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION. ' -
6. FEDERAL OPERATION IN THE EVENT OF A STRIKE AS A "MILITARY NECESSITY."
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 29. Military operation of the railroads of the country with the present
tram crews operating the trains under military draft is a definite prospect."
if thetetrike, now set for Monday by the Brotherhoods, takes place, that Is the course that President Wil
son has in mind, it today became known. n - :rfp- .? v 'X-.'--,. "
The President is quoted as saying to the Railway Brotherhoods at a conference with their, leaders, last
night: "I intend to get through a measure empowering me to draft into service men for military operation of
$ie roads, and you will be the first J shall draft.' ' , '
President Wilson will go before a joint sessiorf of Congress at 2:30 this afternoon and ask legislation. At
conferences last night, both with executives and brotherhoods, it developed that neither side would yield any
thing. The brotherhoods refused Mr. Wilson's request to recall the strike order dated September 4. The exe
cutives were defiant. - . ' ' " ' " ' ' v ; ' '
"There's going to be a strike," said one executive. "Let, it come and clarify the air. Show the people of
the country what really is going on in the industrial world."
;?:The President, it is said, will seek legislation providing for an eight-hour day for railroad workers, with
a Sufficient time to work out the details of its application; also a measure creating authority to operate the4 roads
in the eyent of a strike, pending settlement, and increas ing the number of members of the Interstate Commerce
Commission from seven to nine. . . 8gg$Ma ,
9 ,, Railroad presidents claim they can "break the strike within a week." They say traffic will not be para
lyzed. It wilt mean that trains will be run by emergency crews of pensioned employes and a few loyal men. The
men are opposed to any compulsory measure such as the Canadian disputes Act, w hich it w believed, is advocated
jy the President, providing that both sides submit to arbitration in , a certain period under that act, if not satis
fied. The men say this is not acceptable, as the roads utilize respite time in which W prepare to resist the
ONE KILLED, NUMBER
(NJURED IN SEVERE
STORRI AT SALISB'RY
Big Damage In West Caro
lina City and a Neighbor
ing Railroad Town Nar
row Escapes-r-Carpenter
Met Death
' Salisbury, Aug. 28. A storm of
cyclonic proportions brought sudden
atn to Will Callaway, aged 45, a
carpenter employed in doing' repair
work; at the Marsh & Murdock cot
ton mills' here, this afternoon, demol
ished the ' one-atory brick building,
unroofed dozens ot. business houses
and dwellings in Salisbury and also
Wrought jnany thousands of dollars
in damage to property. "The Wallace
building, the Murphy block, and other
buildings"; were ; damaged and many
stores flooded when the roofs , blew
off. , ' "
; The plant of the North Carolina
Public Service Company was put out
of commission, and the city is ' in
darkness tonight The street cars
were also-put out by. poles being
blows down t .vital, points. :'
f The storm played havoc in East
Spencer, 5 demolishing .a two-story
brick building occupied by the gener
al store of C. E. Fesperman and the
Majestic theater, blowing down a
number of other buildjngs and injur
ing a "half dozen persons. The most
seriously , injured is Mrs. D. A.-
vEuttx, who was caught under ton
or more of falling brick from the
walls of the store building. One arm,
one kg and her hip bone crushed, be
sides other serious bruises, she was
rushed .to a Salisbury hospital for
treatment. In the store at the time
was also Mr. and,Mrs. C. E. Fes
perman and four children. Seeing
BUCK CUT A WHITE
MM INSULTED
WOMEN; lOBHllNT'D
Rocky Mount, Aug. 28. Prompt
action by the authorities and a spee
dy removal of Larry Hooks, a young
negro, from Nashville jail to Louis
burg and thence to Raleigh later,
probably averted serious trouble, for
the negro was being sought by a
mob and posse of several hundred
citizens for the esrious crime f mur
derous assault on Clarence T. Short, curring at other points alon the
and for making himself objectionable line. The detectives have been order
to Mr. Short's Wife and mother. ed to 'get' the thieves." ' -
A fight followed the negro's d- Otis Smith of Kinsbon was Monday
cEning to leave the nouse when told placed under arrest by Howard on a,
to, do soH)y Mr, Short, and the ne-jwanrant charging him with being
gro brought a knifa and razor into.drupk anf3i3ordrlyvon a train sev
play, giving Mr. Short number otj ral days ago.? He is also wanted at
stabs about the body, two entering New Bern on a charge of wifebeat
his lungs and otherwise giving him ling. He was jailed at that place.
injuries which it, is how believed are
fataL 'The injured man was brought
to the Rocky Mount Samtorium . and
a report at his condition today indi
cates that it' is critical.
ALL CAMP GLENN TROOPS
. Morehead City Aiigt' 29. Th "en
tire brijjade of National Guardsmen
here has been ordered on a nractic
march to-a., point beyond Mansfield.
Infantry, cavalry, engineers and hos
pital troops to the number of nearly
3,500 will participate ' k
the top of ; the building bad blown
ws the street they abandoned the
store only to be covered with brick
and timbers falling in front. With
considerable dinlculty they were ex
tricated and all were more or less in
jured. . . '
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NUMEOUS ROBBERIES
WORRYI THE NORFOLK
SOUTHERN DETECTIYES
'j According to the Sun-Journal of
New Bern, "Special Agent Goorg
Howard of the Norfolk Southern Eail
road and the other members of the
detective force are endeavoring to
break up a series of car robberieb
which has been going on in this sec
tion for several weeks. According
to a statement made by Special Agenv
Howard, almost every -time that 'i
carload of merchandise is faought in
to the local yard it is 'punctured' and
some of its contents stolen. Not on
ly is this the esse here, but it is oc-
rmrnniT ii
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WILL1 ADDRESS THE
A'
Announcement was made today by Henry Brothers and others will speak
Democratic County Chairman G.' V. 4t LaGrang.' ..'-.vV-:
Cowper tihat Cameron Morrison ot' Chairman Cowper stated that sp
Charlotte, elector-at-large and one of efforts are being made' to have
the mainstays of 'the party in th
State, will make an address here on
September; 80. ; 1
Chairman Cowper stated that spe
cial effort are being mad to have
the meeting at LaGrange Friday night
which will inaugurate the campaign
th the county a record-breaker. It is
hoped that every township wBl be
rerpeaented. The time f speaking
will be convenient for many Kinston
ians. They can leave her at 8:14 ana
soispGinisDrD
OFFICER MER HIM;
- DARKY MADE A GREAT
GETAWAY FROM TRAIN
The New Bern Sun-Journal Men
day evening said:
;"With the brain running at a rate
of speed estimated at forty miles an
hour, an unknown negro yesterday
morning made the most sensational
leap from a passenger train ever seen
in this section and escaped unhurt.
"The negro, a passenger on the
tram, had ( been' making love totha
wife of another negro, and when tha
woman's husband Appeared on the
scene, the would-be Romeo arose and
drew his gun. , - i
"Special Agent Georgo IIowar
happened to be near and he made a
grab for the colored man, took his
gun away from him and attempted t
hold him. However, the black man
made a dash for liberty, reached the
platform and sailed into space.
"He struck the groun-i and for a
moment seemed daeed, but bo sooa
arose and mode a hast retreat to
ward the woods. How tha negro es
caped death is a mystery to those who
witnessed the affair.
The darky is said to have been
Sidney Bruton, a Lenoir county farm
laborer. . ' : ,
return at 11:22.
Messrs. Cowper,
;W. D. Pollock,
the meeting at LaGrange Friday
night, which will inaugurate the
campaign in tte county record
breaker. It 4s hoped that every town
ship wilt be represented. The time
ot the speaking will ' b ' convenient
for many Kinstontans. .itey can
leave here at 8:14 ant yiUirn at
11:22. : N ' " -
Maasrs. Cowper, W. D.- Pollock,
Henry Brothers and others will speak
- at. LeGca ng a. ' . . . : ;
T. H. MARTIN HEADS
FOR
1916 -1917
Largely Attended Meeting
I Monday Night v Sales
! Limit Raised Territory
for Drumming to Be
More Definitely Marked
The annual meeting of the Kington
Tobacco Board of Trade was held in
the oflices of the Hughes-Martin Com
pany Monday night. A large num
ber of the resident and season's to
bacconists wetfe present.
Aside from the election of officers,
the important matters given atten
tion were the increase in the limit
from 200 piles an hour to 240 or more
and the appointment of a committee
to circumscribe the territory in which
the Kington warehousemen will not be
allowed to drum for patronage.
' Mr. T. H. Martin was elected pres
ident and the other officers were:
Vice-President, Mr. C.; R. Dodson;
Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. E. Y.
Speed (re-elected); Sales Commit
tee: Messrs. C. R. Dodson, C A.
Jeffries and E. V. Wobb; A Initia
tion committee Mr. T 'A. Duke,
chairman; Messrs. A. G. Hobgood,
Luther Carleton, G. P. Fleming and
W. A. Knott; Executive Committee,
Mr. L. P, Tapp, chairman; Messrs.
J. II. Paham, G. B. Daniel, W. L.
Holderby and R. L. Crisp.
. It was pointed out that with five
warehouses now operating here that
the increasing sales would soon . be
eoma blocked unless the' limit was
increased, and after some discussion
it w" decided to require the auction
eers to average at least 240 piles to
the hour. This will enable the five
houses to bundle very conveniently,
it is thought, ilia large breaks which
are expected from now on for the
balance of tha season and will en
tourage the farmers to ' bring their
tobacco here because of the knowl
edge that they will not be disappoint
ed or held an unreasonable length of
time for the sale.
The matter f drumming for trade
was taken up and gave promise of
provoking a spirited discussion, hut
the appointment of A committee to
designate the , terrifies -T C a which the
local warehouses cooM not drum for
patronage disposed of the matter
temporarily. Messrs. E. V. Webb
and C. A. Jeffries together with a
representative of each warehouse
constitute the committee which wil
report at a special meeting Wednes
day night The idea in limiting the
territory is to prevent the local ware
houses from soliciting within a radi
ns of a few miles of Kinstog, the far.
mers- of which territory will logically
bring tbJr tobacco here for sale with
out solicitation and to stimulate the
working of territory further awayj
This rule will, it is said, require the
warehousemen to go into doubtfid
territory and bring tobacco her
which otherwise might go to other
markets. , , !
There is a determination to make
Kinaton the leading . market of thp
East Carolina belt, and everything is
going to be done, The Free Press is
Informed, by the Tobacco Board of
Trade to stimulate the bringing of
the weed to the local floors and the
satisfactory sale of it.
SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONS
1 EOOD SUFFERERS' FUND
Contributions to 'the .Flood Suffer
ers' Fund here are heavier today than
in some time. Donations of 3. 92.45
and $1 are reported. The list now
stands: x '
Previously reported .. S808.6V
Pleasant Hill Christian church.
(Jones) county) through Pink-
ney Small, treasurer .......... 6.00
J. T. Watkins, Kinston' . . . . . . 1.00
Caswell todge No. 445 (coior-
ed), Falling Creek .... 2.45
. Grand total to date, 9613.14
TOBACCONISTS
SEASON
ROUMANIANS ALREADY ACROSS FRONTIER
FOR INVASION OF HUNGARY; M' TRY TO
CAPTURE TWO TRANSYLVANIAN CITIES
Berlin Planned to Combat New Foe Before Declaration
Sent Troops Eastward to Reinforce Austro-IIungarl-;
ans Kaiser Plans to Put Roumania on Defensire and
Eliminate Country From War as Soon as Possible--Von
Mackensen to Command Gcrman-Bulgars Rou4
manian Minister Refused Last Interview With Chan
cellor and (Jot Away from German Capital as Quickly
As Possible Roumanian Troop Movement Is Perfect,
Says Report : '
(By the United Press) .' ;
, The Hague, Aug. 29. Field Marshal Von Mackeisen
who led jsuch a successor drive through Serbia a year
ago, will command the German-Bulgarians operating
against Roumania, say Berlin advices. ' ; .
Speedy Advance of Roumanian Army.'
London, Aug. 29. Eighty thousand Roumanians are
already advancing toward the Transylvanian frontier
for the invasion of Hungary. Their advance guards '
have, crossed the frontier in a swift , advance on two
Transylvanian cities, Hermannstadt! and Kronstadt, ' The -whole,
Roumanian troop, movement is going like clocks
work. The Germans acted with equal swiftness, meeting
the new enemy in the Balkans.
Dispatches from. Lausanne say Germany closed the
Swiss frontier in less than' an hour after Italy declared
war. The German staff knew this preceded a declara
tion from Roumania, and it is believed, began, shifting
troops eastward to reinforce the Austrians several hour
before the Roumanian declaration became known. ,
Germany is determined to push an aggressive cam
paign, carrying the fighting to Roumanian soil, it is stat
ed. The plan is to paralyze Roumania with a blow that
will eliminate that country in a few months, .
- The Roumanian minister at Berlin refused a farewell
interview with Von Bethmann-Holwejg, speeding home.
Germany ExpoQto Greece .
to Fight; Von Jaaow Gold
to Have Thrown Up Place
LONDON, Aug. 29, Germany is preparing ,
for Greece's entry intt the, war, the Copenhag
en dispatch states. , .
A number of Greeks have left Germany already. Dip
lomats in Berlin believe war ;, is inevitable. Chancellor
Von Bethmann-Holweig will receive the Greek minister. " :
tomorrow. , ' ' '"
Roumanians attacked on the whole Teutonic front
yesterday, obtaining successes, says a Bucharest dispatch. ;
via Rome by wireless.; C , ,
Von Jagow Said to Have Resigned. 'N
The Hague, Aug. 29. A report is circulated in diplo
matic circles that both Foreign Secretary Von Jagow and , :
Under Secretary Zimmerman have tendered their resig-
nations to the German chancellor as uie result oi oum
nia's declaration of war.
to have been accepted.
EPIDEMIC OF CHILD
pMlVSIS IS GIVING
WAY TO COOL SPELL
For the First Time Fewer
Patients Are Being Ad
mitted to Hospitals Than
- Discharged 1,857 Deaths
Total So Far
r ; , (By the United Press):
New York. Aug. 29. Cool weath
er i checking the epidemic, of, infan
tile paralysis against which he lead
ing medical knowledge of , the coun
try has battled in vain for three
months. : '
For the first time sine the oat
break of the disease which has taken
a toll of 157 lives out of 7335 af
fected, more patients ate being dis
charged than are being received at
hospitals U Greater New Yok,
'1
The resignations are reprte&
AROUND QUARTER OF
IS
LEAF TOTAL TODAY
Nearly a qaarter of a million
pounds of tobacco was sold on tha
five warehouse floors Here today by
the beat estimate obtainabla this af
ternoon. At 1:45 o'jlock H was flr
ured from rough estimates that 234,
541 pounds had been gotten off. A
that hour only on warwhouM aal
completed. its tabulatioa.
Prices jumped a little, and the av
erage, it seem from Hie guasaworlc
average announced . at She wr
houses, went again almost to 2t cent,
in spite of the fact that at some of tha
bouoes tbe offerings were inferior.
Cloudy weather kept today's s ' l
down, very satisfactory though V r j
were Much tobacco that would I. its
come from a distancs did not re .
tha market. .