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VQL.XXXVI.Nb.2Q t A KINSTON. N. C SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1916
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PRESIDENT EXPECTS BILL TO
T STRIKE TO BE PASSED
ESS BEFORE WT
ANOTHER LINK for
j
AROUND THE WORLD
m
TELLS CABINET HE IS CONFIDENT THAT
ADAllSON, HfASUKE 11)11 BECOME JMIJ
HOUKSj EVtRiTHINu ulVto WAY
NEXT FEW
Eastern ;RqadsLWaiting. for More Definite Assurances,
However Before Removing Embargoes Which.., Are
Driving Up Prices of Foodstuffs in Cities Produce
anJ Meats Up 25 Per CentNew York Local Authori
. ties Preparing to Prosecute Unscrupulous ' Dealers
Railroad Companies Declare Congress Is Working
Against Thenv and That They Will Take Grievances to
Sjgpremi Court Government May Have to Enforce
W(Ut Increases, Intimated '
:' ; ' "(By the United Press) , , r . - ;
' Washington, Septs 1. Legislation intended to pre
yrt he impending strike of four hundred thousand rail
way employes was put under .way at noon when the
House adopted a special rule under which it is proposed
q pass, the Adamson eight-hour bill before night . '
'president Wilson told the cabinet this afternoon that
he fojifidently expected its passage by night The legis
lation was given' precedence in both Houses. A bill was
introduced in each. The two bills conform and obviate
Lhft committee delay on the question of time in which the
provisions of the bill would become operative, which has
been' causing disagreement 1 ; s ,
Food Prices Soar Alarmingly. '
' New York, Sept. 1. -The big eastern roads are wait
ing more definite assurances that the strike will be avert
ed before removing the embargoes effective today and
tomorrow. rEmbargos on all foodstuffs, perishable goods
j ixi 'i..- . i. mi., i
mu Hiumtiujis are now in enecu xne larger cities win
pass Sunday without a fresh supply ', of vegetables and
meats unless the strike is- suddenly called off. Prices are
advancing" Poultry is up eight cents a pound, and' pro
duce is. up twenty-five, per cent as well as meats.' Muni
cipal action is likely 'against dealers who take unfair ad
vantage of the situation. v
Fight JWised.-A;,.;-
Chicago, Sept lA-Railroad executives today indicat
ed that they will take their fight to the Supreme Court.
They declare the present: proposed legislation is an effort
to fix wages. "The bill might postpone the strike, but it
cannot settle the issue," they said. It is indicated that the
roads, will refuse to pay increased wages despite the bill.
Then the government would have to sue and compel them
to pay them. , .
1
1ELESS
Washington. Hopeful; Congressional
Mm Looked tor. ,
' 1 Washington, Aug. 31. Bolir crew
i in all quarters here tonight that the
great railroad 'strike called for next
Monday morning would be averted.
- At the close of a da of conferences
nd hearings ' Congress v apparently
was prepared to pass tomorrow or
,. Saturday the 8-hour day lesrialation
which, heads of the employes' broth-
rhoods have declared officially will v
cause them to telegraph the code
nessage- 'necessary to revoke the
' strike order. ,: .' " '' - ' y ; : :
" Although President Wilson still de
sires strongly to see his whole legis
lative program aeeeptod, and. Demo,
tratie leaders in the Senate have
; Heas of their own' about wfiat should
6e done, 'aaWnistralioit' spokesmen
virtually conceded tonight that . the
; Sill finally passetTwouId provide only
for:- r. ',VV '' ' : . ; -
"An eight-hoar day for trainmen
in interstate commerce, effective De
cember 1, or January "!, with the pres
ent tcri-hour rate of pay and pro rata
overtime;-and, 7' ' ' -'" ''
"A small commission' appointed by
- he President to investigate' the
. working of the law for from six to
me months and report to Congress."
This, in substance, I3 the Adamson
. hill devised by Representative Adam-
on and Democratic Leader Kitchin
Vjfter. conferring with' President Wil
.rn, which A. . Garretson, epokes
ijan for the brotherhoods stated for
; Wally late today would be considerel
"tt"sfactory settlement" and pre
w the walkont-.
tnipht the Interstate Commerce
Committee agreed to repoit out a
iiW lull with the date January
1 and roads under 200 miles in length
excepted. "-" . - . w
( jit t - h rv n
OYSTER, SEASON GETS I
UNDER WAY; BIVALVE :
, TO BE REAL LUXURY
(Daily Free Press Sept 1)
The oyster season opened today.
Dealers are expecting a big season.
It will be severity weeks ; before the
bivalves will be brought here in any
considerable quantity, because quite
bit of warm weather can be ex
pected yet and no one wants' to eat
oysters with a temperature of 90 or
95 shrivelling ; the carcasses. T
And now, "as William Shakespeare
Bid,: anybody who' Wants to cry on
the. subject get ready to shed tears,
for shippers predict a rise in prices,
for these reasons in addition to an
other: "General higher wages to la
bor; higher cost of gisoline and lu
bricants not for" the oysters); higher
Cost of boat equipments, tackl and
hplemeBt4?"higher cost of cans and
eases; higher cost of paper and all
printed matter; higher cost of shell
stock, which musf undoubtedly fol
low the; above; higher co3t of shack
ed stock packed.". '
GEN. ROBERTSON RETIRED.
H Raleigh, Sept 1. Cot Thos. R.
Robertson, for many years in the
State and National Guards as enlist
ed man, lieutenant, captain,' colonel
and adjutant-general (brigadier-general),
was retired yesterday at his
own request. lie was made chief of
ordnance with the rank of colonel in
1909. . . - , ;
(By United Press)
San Diego, Sept. l. The third of
five links in the longest chain in the
world from Washington, D. C.,' to
Cavite, Philippine , Islands, via the
Panama Canal, was completed here
today. " , ." ' ' " '
The chain is the Navy's and the
links are wireless stations that will
enable United States fleets all over
the world to keep Jn touch with
Washington without the aid of car
rier pigeons.ails or prestidigita
tion. V ;
San Diego' link consists of three
towers, each 600 feet hagh. They wilt
connect with the two stations already
in working order at Arlington, Va.,
near Washington,and in the Canal
Zone,' half way between the Canal's
Atlantic and Pacific' terminals' ' and
with the proposed huge station at
Peatl Harbor, Honolulu. The Hono
lulu station will connect the Philip
pines with the United States.
The San Diegro radio cost Uncle
Sam $250,000. '-, ' - "
When he wireless chain is com
plete the United States will be far
ahead of all other nations in thi? re
spect. - , '
The formal opening of the big ra
dio station hr will take place later,
Dossibly not before December J, when
the first messages will be sent out to.
the world -t by the proprietor, Uncle
Sam.
".'A force of twenty. operators will
be on duty at the station. The equip
ment provides for the reception and
dispatch of messages at the same
time. The flashes will travel practi
cally around the earth at the speed
of light j -, - .. ' .
Lieut J.' M. Ashley of the Navy
will be in command here.
OHiO MOB WENT THfc
LiSflf IN INITOp
TREATMENT OFFICER
WouldrBc, , Lynchers Held
Responsible for Death of
Baby of Sheriff They Mal
treated Woman's Assail
ant Still Safe.
FOR TEN MILES ON
EVERY SIDE KINSTON
IS 'NO jlAN'S' LAND'
Tobacconists Dasscn't Drum
for Trade in That Territo
. ry Can Go to Halifax If
They Want to Ontside of
Restricted Territory
(Daily Free Press Sent.
The Tobacco Board of Trade has
1)
gone on record for good roads for the
first time. At a recent meeting ths
board instructed the secretary ' to
write the Board of County Commis
sioners urging improvement of high
ways loading into the cityr for the
benefit ,of the tobacco market and
the general public' While its mem
bers have nearly all long been known
to favor better roads, the Board prob
ably considered such action not strict
ly within it province heretofore. -
At the same time the Board ;of
Trade proclaimed all the territory
'surrounding Xinston for a distance
of ten miles, in all directions, "nu
tral ground.V That is, the members
will not "drum" in that territory
There arfc a number of good reasons.
according to tobacconists, among
them the fact that the weod in the
territory is coming to Kinston any.
way and that all hands' interested
might not X"t a fair shako in the
bartering.
Outside, of tfie neutral zone a Kin
ston tobacconist may seek trade any
where. He may go to China if he
likes; and it is his bounden duty to
fetch business here from any point
outside the "No Man's Land" that he,
can. .. . .
BANDSMEA
HOME IN A
BODY FOR WEEK-END
Organization 'Intact' Gets
2-Day. Furlough Bring
Instruments and' Make
Things, MerryGet Rea
'dyi Mother
Camp Glenn, Sept 1. The Second
infantry band is going home tomor
row;, me whole zs or 30 men or tne
headquarters' eompany oomprising
the band detachment are expected to
entrain here early in the morning,
reaching Kinston about 10 o'clock or
such a matter. .; They will carry their
instruments; Director 'Jim Mehegan
promises to play a few tunes for the
benefit of the public. The visit of
the musicians might win a few re
cruits, although that is not primarily
the purpose of the furlough. The band
will play a selection at every way
station and New Etern, according to
the program, arriving at Queen street
all wrought up and ready to fall all
over their mammas, poppers and .oth
er members of their families in sheer
ecstacy. : '
Kinston is the nearest town to have
any : considerable number of men 'in
camp here, and the band is the first
outfit of any size to get furlough all
together or any length of time, for
the return will not be made, accord
ing to the special order granting the
trip, until Sunday evening. The wri
ter is asked to advise the heads of
the various households interested
that chicken would not be out of place
J at Sunday's dinner, - 3
(By the United Prsss) '
' Lima, Ohio', Sept 1. Two hundred
are expected to be indicted as ' the
result of the lynch rioting following
the assault upon Mrs. John Baber by
Charles Daniels, colored. "
' "The three-year-old daughter of
Sheriff Sherman Ely, whom the mdb
maltreated, " died A last night Her
death, it is charged, was due to shock
and pneumonia contracted when Ely
and his family were forced to flee
from their home." Daniels is safe.
CHILD , LABOR BIL
IS SptD BY Til
PRESIDENT TODAY
. (By1 tfa Oafted Press) l- "
: Wa4hiagt4Mi, Sept 1. "I am
glad to have had my small part
in this," President Wilson said
today as he signed the-hild la
bar bilL ; '
"It means snoch to the health
and vigur of the country and the
happiness of these it affeets."
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TO FREE PRESS'SOBS CRIBERS
The high cost of white paper and other raw ma
terials, which enter into the making of the newspa
per, require that prompt payment of subscriptions
be made in order to meet the extraordinary and
heavy additional burdens. The price of white pa
per alone has gone up more than a hundred per
cent, during the past six months. '
Look on your label and see if your subscription
is not about, out, and if so, call when you bring that
next load of tobacco and pay up for another year
and thus help continue, what we believe to compare
favorahly with the best weekly or semi-weekly
newspapers to be found anywhere. ' -
.. H. GALT BRAXTON, Editor.
AirrHORITIES MAY STOP -BIRTH
CONTRO L CLINIC
(By the United Pre)
( New York, Sept, 1. If the police
don't stop her, Mrs, Margaret Sang
er will open a clinic in Brooklyn Jo
day to teaclj birth control to moth
ers.'':': ,;,..
vMrs. Banger-was indicted here .a
few months ago by Uncle Sam for
"The Woman Boiel." But she and
her New York aocioty men and wo
men friends caused so many scenes
in Federal Court and raised such a
rumpus about it that the prosecution
was dropped. .
Mrs. Sanger also was arroeted in
Portland, Ore., a short time ago
when she went there to preach birth
COOtrpL V- ""X-;v. r.
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
MILLIONS HALF POLlsO' TOBACCO IS
ESTIMATE FOR TWO DAYS ft THE MART!
THRONE: CROWN PRINCE NOW
V . . .it i I lii i 1 4 t 1 . I- i
R
GENT AND GREEK ARMY, CALLED, SAID
Unconfirmed Report States That Venizelos Is Support
ing the Cabinet and Indicates That ( Athens I. Prepar
ing to Enter War Against Central Powers Roumahi
ans and Russians Joined In gashing , Advance Into
Hungary Austrians Abandon Wide Strip of Territe
ry to Invaders, Who Occupy Important Towns With
out Much Resistance Roumanians . Employ Tactics
Copied From Germans In West With Great Success
Move Forward Everywhere '
.'J'- ' (By tho United Press)' t (
London, Sept. 1. Twenty-six-year-old Crown
Prince George ' assumes the regency following
his father's abdication, Salonika reports. " He is
v the idol of the Greek populace and pro-Ally -in '
sympathy. He is understood to have the back-
t ing of ex-Premier Venizelos, leader of the pre-
.war party. It. is believed Greece will immediate- -declare
war. , i
Salonika, Sept. 1. A revolution has broken out in sev
eral Greek cities. ' The revolutionists today surrounded
the Greek garrison at Lessi Kara Burnu, which surren
dered. A revolutionary committee is now administering
this part of Macedonia. The Salonika carrison was be
sieged but the attack was repulsed. Three persona were
killed. Three regiments of Greek troops at Vodena have
revolted. . - . ' " 1
Bulgaria Declares on Bucharest '
Salonika, Sept. 1. Bulgaria today declared war oh
Roumania, it is officially stated.
Germans Gain In West.
London. Sept. l.The Germans delivered, their heav
iest counter assaults in the Somme offensive, last night,
launching five separate attacks on a front of two miles
in the region of Ginchy High Wood,, after a terrific bom-
ardment, General Haig says four of the assaults were
repulsed with heavy losses to the Teutons, but thjejjcaj
tured one advanced trjench." . K " U" V'J'T
Reported King Abdicates; Mobilization On. -
London, Septl.An unconfirmed report to -Reuters
from Salonika says King Constantine has. abdicated his
throne, that the Crown Prince has been appointed regent
and that a general mobilization of -the army, has been, or
dered. -Venizelos is supporting the Zaimis ministry.
Bucharest Elated. , , - i.
Bucharest, Septal. The Roumanians are continUinir
to advance in Transylvania with successes 1 m all 'direc-
ions, it is said officially. In. Tarlung valley several import
ant places are now occupied. . ,
'Fighting Fire With Fire." - J - - '
f London. Sept. 1. Using . the famous XJerman "nut
cracker" tactics, the Roumanians are. advancing rapidly;
- it. . a l it m i
squeezing me Auscnans out au soumeawern iransyi
x-ania. ine Austnansr caugnt by tne ortensive s center,
are in danger of being crushed in the "jawa" of the f'nut- ,
cracker." They have aUpady abandoned 400 square miles ,
of territory. At least a dozen towns have been captured,
with little heavy fighting and few prisoners taken. : The
Koumanian right is linked with tne .Russians near the
Bukowina frontier, and both armies are advancing qn the
famous old Hungarian city of Bistritz. , ' - i
VAN YUSSENGEN, OUT . HUGHES STMTS EASTt . '
OF PRISON; FARMHAND! AFTER HIS YACAT10H
It is stated that bigger breaks of tobacco than ' were
sold Thursday were had on the Kinston market today.
Tremendous piles of the golden product filled every ware
house almost to the overflowing point Thursday's over
flow was disposed of today. ' ; f
; At 2:30 it was estimated that 705,000 pounds would be
the day's sales, in addition! to the between 550,000 and
650,000 pounds sold Thursday. Today's sales total may be
record-breaking both in psantity and value; the record
for value was established only Thursday, when more than
one hundred thousand dollars was turned loose ! j
Sale3 at several warehouses had not been finished or
had not been starterrin the forenoon. Those which had
sold had maintained an average price of right around 20
cents.' "When the records for the two days sales are com
pleted it is believed that nearly a million and a half
pounds will b2 shown to have been sold, at a value of three
hundred thousand dollars I
Chicago, Aug. 31 Peter Vn Vlis-
sengen, after eight years m toe bute
Penitentiary at Joilet Prison for gi
gantic frauds in real estate eecuri.
ties transactions committed by ior
geries which shook Chicago's busi.
ness circles, is woricing as a farm
hand near Chicago unknown to those
around him.
Van ' Vlissenger does not propose
to go hack to thefinancial and busi
ness mart of Chicago or any other
city. lie plans fa become . a social
service worker. "I will never handje
other people's money again," he
today. I have learned . that . trans
gressions entangle a person in toils
of his conscience, as the spider web
entangles a fly."
(By the United Fim )
Cstes Park, Colo. Sept. t-Refreshed
ty a week's vaeatioa hrt
Charles E. Hughe and his campaign
1.. .... ... m . m' '.".
party left this artemoon Tor iopeta v
and Kansas city, where ho schW
ed to deliver two speeches iocporww
on the last lap ef his weaUrn tour..
WAR DEPARTMENT SAYS ;
NOTHING ABOUT TROOP
MOMENT FROM M
( Washington, Aug. SI. National
guard regiments and regular coast
artillery companies en rout to or
from the, border have been ordered
equipped with extra supplies for the
journey against the possibility that
a general railway strike will delay
their movement.
Secretary Baker - and other War
Department oflkials refused, to di-
BRAGGING jlBOUT BIG
SALES IN OLD BET
.Winston-Salem, Aug. 31. One , of
the very biggest breaks i in yeafs
in tho local tobacco market for Au- .
gust ocrurred hero today vhea ' ap
proximately 100,000 pounds of tobao
eo was sold ' in the various
houses. The price veraged about
121-2 cents pound. ,
cuss reports that tho 15,000 fuarls-
men suddenly ordered northward
last night were being moved as - a
precaution against strike violence. IS
is known, however, that the States to
which the troops &r tetuminr are
those where only ft small portion t.
the guard was not csdled ' into f
Federal servic and in most of C n
largo railway terminals aro 1 8 ' !.
Approximately 33,000 troops f
uniler orders to move to or fr," i
horder, ,