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VOL XXXVI.No 21
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMB ER 6,intq
ROUMANIANS HAVE BEEN
KEEP? IDLE f CABMEN
FROM STOPPING ALL
FINESpOTNS l)gKf FACES A
IS FQRE1GN. DIPLOMAT
V
cira
AND. ROUTED
HE EVER f HAD. SAYS GOMPLETEFIE-lIP OF
SUSPECTED MUftDl
I'lCOSlRUDJA BY BIO COUNTER INVASION
OVER THE STREETS
PRESIDENT WILSON STREET RAILROAD
OF AN ORPHAN BOY
BERLIN
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ULlIlflill
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FRIENDLY TO BERLIN
Allies- Objett to- Clauses In
.Shipping:: and Revenue
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Germans and Bulgarians" Invest 'District for Entir&Dis
tance Across FrontierRussians Cross Roumania' to
Aid Against Bulgars Slavs of Two Empires In Bail
' for First Time Von Ifindenburg- Hurries WestTWft
, Allies Are Again- Hammering at Teutons With Full
Vfgor Most Intense Cannonading Since: Somme f Of
felisive Was Commenced!
Fail' in Attempts to Retake It British Capture Vil
lage
. (By the
" Berlin,' Sept 5. The Roumanians have been checked
oh botl wings in- their invasion of Transylvania They
are retreating bef ore the German-Bulgarians r invading
wuuuiw it awuvuuauia. v ue-
d near Orsua by the extreme Austrian right, say Buda
pest dispatches, was checked on the left, and is progress
-.mg out siowiy m the center. ,
Somme Offensive Resumed With Violence.
';. Paris, Sent 5. The whole Somme front todav sud
denly burst into activity. Furious fighting is in progress.
, The, most terrific shelling of the offensive was begun. The
x Germans have been fighting desperately but in the last
4 nours have been pushed
petuosity of the French.
Since beginning the offensive on July 1 the Allies have
captured 29 villages which the. Germans had organized
: for a defensive campaign in the highest degree. Forrv-
one thousand prisoners and
as Weir as several hundred machine guns. ' , . .
'v Field (Marshall Von - Hindenburg has arrived on. the
western front. Several unsuccessful German attempts
wwu maae last mgnc w recapture grouna iosi yesteraay.
Russians Fight-Bulgarians. ; ' - ,
, "'Petrograd, Sept. 5.The Russiaris -who have crossed
ftdumahia have been in "action against Bulgarians for the
nrst time m the war; it is said othcially.- 1
British GaW 1,500 Yafds. , . ,
u $ London: Sept.' 5. The British advanced fifteen hun
; dred yards eastward r4 and near Guillemont last4night,
: capturing the village of Falfemont, General Haigi-re-
. ,ioiuxxiry-gaineu a xopung in lutiuze vvooa, une- mne
. northwest of Combles. , ' -;'-. " '.J
Roumanians Retreat In South. ,f
- Sdfia, Sept. 5. rThe Bulgarians and Gef mans crossed
the whole Dobrudja frontier on a front of a hundred
miles Saturday, making' great progress in the direction
of Kufcthumar. The Roumanians retreated, leaving hun
dreds of dead on the field. ,-)';. ' ' "
Germans'Think Linei Impregnable1. , f
f Headquarters of Prince Leopold of Bavaria, on the
Austro-German Front, Sept. 5. The combined power of
Russian and Roumanian armies-will be unable to breach
the Austro-German lines in the East, Prince Leopold,
commander-in-chief of the central Austro-German arm
ies' in the East, todaydeciaredi "This1 sectibn of I the
front, as weilas the whole eastern battle line, is impreg
nable. The Russians bravely, advanced- in thick masses,
but suffered gruesome losses. yThey cannot break through
though. The Roumanians brought themselves into a bad
situation.- They will get some unexpected blows yet; Yes,
there will oe like blows for others who might follow their
example." "Leopold, though seventy: years old, is in ro
bust and perfect health. He takes a daily swim and in
dulges in steeplechasing to keep in trim.
Russians In Rou mania.
' Rome," Sept 5. A large contingent of Russians have
landed at the Roumanian port of Constanza to aid in
; the Bulgarian offensive. vA part is already on the Dobrud
ja frontier. . vSV--.-. k ', f .i
INTERESTING LOT OLD
COINS IS OMED BY
; , MGEH.C .Y.PEEBLES
Magistj-ate H. C. V. Pceblea;has
ni-ce little collection of old coins. It
includes a half dollar of 1812, a dime
o( 1324, a Spanish coin worn almost
to paper thinness and with the date
fong since obliterated, a Mexican sil
fer piece about the siz of gold
Quarter dollar, dated 18-13, and
number of, pennies, English shillings
And other coins, some with the dates
incapable of-being deciphered. Three
8-ceht pieces of 1852 evi-ienUy were
truck off in celebration of, the ad
mission of Texas into . the Union,
ince they are -adorned with a big
single star with the United States
cost of arms in the center. Mr. Pee
bles has three 10-cent "ahin plast
V saved by him lince he was a
y. The bills are in fine condition.
; Columbia on the American coins of
the early part of the last centurr is
roach better-looking dame than she
13 i'tunl t W modern cuins.
ere
Germans' fose Ground and
United Press) y I
jwuiiiaiuaii. auvatice was nail
steadily eastward by the im
150 cannon have been takenH
BRIEFS IN THE NEWS :
OF NEIGHBORING TOWNS
' Seventeen carloads of folks went
from Wilmington, to New Bern on
. . ..... ... ". , '
Labor Day excursion. - . , ;
VH. Brimmage writes from Honolu
lu to New. Bern thai he is coming
back to visit that city, his old home.
Recently when Mr, Brimmage land
ed in China from a passenger steam
er he and other travelers ran -into a
Ight between Japanese soldier's and
Chinese; no one was hurt.
Greenville's schools . will open to
morrow. - ':.''''-' :' V.,
She doesn't look a bit older how, but
appears to have acquired a chronic
grouch and ran into something head
on with the result that her nose was
flattened. Columbia in the 1810-1830
period was in .better health; she
weighed more, was more buxom and
evidently was more cheerful and motherly-like.
SuWribe- to Tlie Free Press,
Vehicles Must Be" Parked
Station Will Probably Be
Located on West Gordon
Street Council Orders
Phone Installed .
City Council Monday night decid
ed to ompel drivers of public ' ve
hicles to - park their , automobiles.
transfers, etc., at a place to be de
termined during the next few days,
probably on Gordon , street just west
;f Queen. A telephone will be install
ed at the place. Persons desiring to
call a transfer will thus be able al
most t ar hour to secure one. Such
stations have been had in the ciUes
and -many of the smaller places.
The ordinance must be published 'be
fore the jiew ruling can go into ef
fect. '
Council transacted a 'number . of
minor matters,, including the accept
ing of Policeman" MeDuattrell's ks
ignation,' who will locate elsewhere
in the lumber business, ordering
safe purchased in which to keep the
records of the Recorder's Court, and
receiving the estimates for expend!
ures on 4improvments during Aug
ut Totalling $27,503.49. The meet-
ng.was about the most uninteresting
it the year. Only five members
were present Mayor Sutton, Alder
men Douglass, Happer, Rouse ' and
'art. iy'.-: U;i-f 'i:j.w.:j:y,:"
THE FIRST MILITARY
CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL
The American Military - Institute,
nc, a rjuu.uuu ew jersey corpoir-
ition,' organized for' tho purpose of
riving theoretical military1 instruction
by" mail, is the, latest addition to thu
preparedness movement, and is prob-
bly the first military correspondence
tchool ever organized in this country.
Military tactics has been taught by
mail irf some cases by the government
with considerable success, , but his
jchool represents the first organiza
tion of an institution' engaged entire-
ly in this sort of work.
vThe primpal ofike of the Amcri-
an Military Institute, Inc., is at 738
Broad street, Newark, N. J . , where
the courses aire being prepared and
where the work of students all over
the 'country' wilT be handled. The or
ganizer of the corporation ana tne
head of the institute is Henry P. Fry,
Newark lawyer, who is a gradur
ste of the Virginia Military Institute,
former ; officer . in the National
Guard, and who was at one time com
mandant of cadets at la southern mil-
tary academy. ' He will be assisted
in this work by eeveral retired fegu-t
lar army officers, who will have en
tire .charge of correcting the papers
of the students.
The methods of instruction will fol
low those adopted by other corres-1
pondence institutions. Text books,
both government ; publications ' and
works by well known army officers
will be placed in the hands of the
student, accompanied' by explanato-
lessons and questions.
ALABAMA MAN KILLS
it
; METHODIST MINISTER
Birmingham, Sepf L The Rev, J,
. C. Harrison, a Methodist minis
ter, was shot and instantly killed on
Saturday at Shady Cfrove, Ala4 by
shots alleged to have been fixed from
the home -of Will Trotter, according
to a report received here today. Trot-
ter,'who isTin the Troy jafl charged
with murder, Is said to have confess
ed to the shooting with tho claim that
h "was fully justified."
Harrison, who is said to have been
suspended from his ministerial du
ties at Shady Grove waa awaiting a
hearing September. 8, before a com
mittee of ministers on charges of
misconduct The charges, rt is aaid.
connected Harrison's alleged wrong
doings with the name of Trotter's
wife, organist at the minister's
church. "'".'"' '
' "(By the United Press)
On Board 'the President' Special
Train, Huntington. W. Va., Sept. &
"These have" been the finest ireccp.
tions'I evef received," said President
Wilson todiy, charactorlrmg his trip
through Woat Virginia and Kentucky.
Ho was delighted with tlie enthusi
asm at every (station.
Thursday j; the f Predilcnt leaves
Wn.shingtimfor Xtjnntie City, to at
tend the ufyraj'e convention. lie will
go to 8 umg ' Brnm-h summer
Thitc House on Saturday. ;
FINE RECORD MADE BY
COLS EIGHT RECENTLY!
After covering a rout from - the
edg of the blue Pacific to a mile .in
to tho ky, and ? combating ' almost
every conceivable sort of road .con.
anion, two Juong veacn; (Jul., - men
drove-j into the camp at Pino Crest,
!lv the San Bfcrnardlno MountainaKon
recent Sunday momitig offer smash-
ng nearly all the Southland's valley
mountain road records. Driving1 a
stock XJolo eight, a car thtit has cre
ated new standards in the automobile
world, the two pilots, II. B. Palms
iiid H'. H; ii inter of the Palms Mo
tor Cfltmparjv covered the' wear 95
miles from Long Ecach to the moitn
tain catno in the record-breaking timd
of 3 hours and 3 1-2 minutes." Their
trip was simply to show the public
he efficiency of their car.
Reduced to minules, their timo for
the , wonderful performance waa 183
,1-2 minutes over a "route 94.7 milts
ong, or an average over both moun-
ain and vpllcy roads of a mil every
ime tho second hand of the watch
.icked to sixty twice.
mm um on cops
FOR RFNFFIT SPFFDFRS
J
Mr. E. I). Lewis wants headlights
on policemen. The other nig'ht, he
states, an automobile turned the cor
ner at his home, Caswell and McLe-
wean streets, at touch an angle that
cop- at the curb was almost run
iown. "Tlie car was going about 50
miles on hour, I estimate, and there
wasn't a light on it- The policeman
evidently did not sec it until it was
almost upon him. Tie yelled but "the
driver did "not stijn it." Tho police-
man , of course, was at a disadvan
tage.' He could, not see the nunvber,.
"Strikes me tnat if we dont put lights
on 'em we're going to lose a police
man sooner or later," Mr." Lewis d-
EDERLY WOMAN KILjS !
SEtf IN TRANSYLVANIA
rhoVille, Sept. 4. Mrs. C. M.
Gallimorc, aged 60 years,. ia" promi
nent woman of Transylvania connity,
earn mi t ted suicide at her- homo at
Bpevard this .afternoon.- by .shooting
hersolf through the . mouth, accord
ing to information: reaching here to-
jight. . Despondency over the dvath
of a grandchild and the departure of
her daughter and son-3n-Jaw, Mr.
and. Mrs. Charles Jollay, who have
gone to Chicago :t$ study evangclist
ie eingjng at the Moody Institute, are
believed to have- been responsible for
hqr aet .'. '.i'.'; '' .
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HENRY'S HOME TOWN
s ;'- (By the United Press)
Louisville, Sept 5. -The usual sta
tion crowd was on hand 'when the
Hughes car backed into the locl de
pot today. The? were no t) et,
no sign3 of enthusiasm. He had or
iginally planned - to make a train
sjjeecM, but the crowd was missing
and -the-speech was abandoned. Mr.
Hughes' destination was Lexington,
when? he is to make a speech today.
I Subway ' and Elevated Men
Meet at 3 O'clock-! Unions
Demand Abrogation o
AH Contracts by, Interbo-
roiffeh Company
: (By thot United Preai) j
New York", .Sept 5. Tho dangc
of a strike which would tie-up the
subway and elevated systems 'of
New York City appeared nearer to
day than at any time during the
riod since the first throat. Tho de
mand of the unions that all Individ
ual contract by the intcrborough
Company witk its employes be abro
gated, was flatly refusdo. !
The men throutenwl to strike 1 if
they are aot abrogated. . Utvion lead-
'urj call ad tho meeting for 3 o'clock.
COMMISSION ON WAV
to mm city
- (I?y the Eastern "Press) j i
New -York, Si'pfc 6. W!thlho Arti
eriean flag at her mithand and the
r?rt,' groen and"w"hit of Mexico jlut-
lering from her bowsprit, the prcsi
cciitial yacht Mayflower steamed out
from New York harbor today boatt-'
itg the joint Mexican-American com
mission, winch hopes to settle an
difficulties between the United States
and the do facto government at .Now
London, Conn., tho . Mayflower's dew-
tinntion.
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V
IU lit Bill HtLr I
FARMERS OF COUNT
The State will furnish -tho cottun
arrader for which the County Com
mlssioners on Monday appropriated
400, it is said at tho Courthouse,
and that official's oflice will probably
be Jjratrd in Kinston, although he
will serve several counties possibly.
Every planter In the territory will
be ablo to know the exact quality t(
the Ktaplo grown by him when the
grader 3a installed. Samples taken
frqm the gins are carefully examined,
records made, and the farmers noti
fied 4y,thc grader. : There are a lot
of things to be said an favor of hav
ing uch an export located here, ac
cording to Farm Demonstrator Q.
l' McCrary, and ho thinks this stap
forward one-of the mo.it commenda
ble taken by the Commissioners of
late.
BIG CELEBRATION OF ; ' I
LABOR DAY SPENCER
Spencer, Sopt 4.--Labor Day was
celebrated on a large scale here U
day and . was , featured . by an im
mense' crowd comingj from all parts
nf .Die $tato, a, mammoth industrial
parade-, an, all-day barbecue and a
stirring address from Hon. Thomas
L Wilson, a member of the Wyom
ing State Senate , and' vice-president
of. the International Association of
Machinists, who was honor' guest for
isSJilLLJEOPLf
iffiVECOlIiTf
FAIR COMING MONTH
A community fair associatioh was
organized at Moss Hill schoolhouse
Monday night, with these , officers:
President, Prof. Melvin Robinaon;
Vice-President, Mr . John C. Davis;
Secretary-Treasurer, Mr.i W.. L.
EXICAN
WilUs Howell Hasn't Been
( .....
Seen In Weeks Foster
' Father, Tom Carter, Ac
cuscd of Mistreating Him
In Jail-
Thomas Carter, a white landowner
of the Jerusalem section of Greene
county, is in jail at Snow Hill charf
od, it 'is reported by a Greene county
attorney, with the murder of Js
adopted son, "Willis 'Howell,1 a small
orphan boy. ' The HoweH boy tas net
been since August 21, it is said.
Carter Is said to have given the lad
a ecvere whipping a few days before
his disappearane. Nidfebbora who
declare the chastisement was admin-
stered for -trifling causes, had - the
boy strip and exhibit bruiees alleged
to' have been inflicted by the fostes
father; Prints of heel on, Howelll's
?klo' and. 'back were plainly visibit, it
ij stated., tocether with a number of
other acars. ' . , ,
Tom Carter has tol a number of
?torieS about the boy's whereabouts,
Ones he said he had sent him, to
Rocky Mount via Goldsboro; another
time, it is said., he stated that the
youngster had gone to Durham. ...
Sentiment against- Carter ; runs
high. . Some persona believe that
young Howell is .being ( kept under
lock and key until his injuries heal,
vhila others openly express belief
that the farmer has slain him and se-
reted ths body; Carter has-employ-d
legal -counsel. J. A, Albritton, a
ormer representative in the - Goner-
Assembly, will have charge of the
rosecution. ' ' '
DEATH OF JOSEFH t
COBB MONDAY P. M.
Joseph E; Cobb,- a well-known
young businessman of . ths city, died
Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock, in
building at Queea and Blount streets
i which he had apartment.. H
had ben ill for months, and fremient-
h ad been near to 'death. A com
plication of pneumonia and: pleurisy
caused, his death, v Mr. Cobb was 28
years of age, a hephew of Mr. Li Ai
Cobb, with' whom he was in business
ia the wholesale establiehmont of
A. Cobb Co., and a young man
of splendid reputation. Ha Was of a
tiuiet dispositiion, Excellent .traits of
character, and possessed remarked
business ability. He was a Mason, r. ,
About 18 or 20 months ago Mr.
Cobb was married to Miss Lula
Lynch, daughter of Mr.5 and Mrs. 3
Lynch. She survives him. Mr.
Cobb was a native of Pitt oounty,
and his father, stepmother and sev-
ral brothers and si3tera live in that
county. ;
The funeral was held at 3 p. m.
today, Mr. D. P. Smith, pastor of
Cordon Street Christian church, of-
ciaiing. Interment was in ilsp'.c-
ood 'cemetery. '
MADE SHORT UflE OP :
A STOLEX BICYCLE
A few nights f go a thief took (a
bicycle belonging "to Mr. K, ' J,.
Rouse from the north side of the L-
noir Drug Store. The wheel was dis
covered in the Adkin Sunday after
noon by a gentleman and lady who,
trolling; out that way, sat down up
on the A. C -L. trestle justbeyond
the silk mill, i The bicyole Was part-
submerged. The presumption is
that the-thief 'after riding it that far
could not cross the trestle with it or
else tired of it, and fearing detec
tion, threw it into the atream. The
wheel was identified at a bicycle
store and returned to Mr. Rouse.
Hardy, Jr. The fair will be held on
Friday, October 13, with exhibits of
farm 'products, canning, fancy work,
school work, etc .
The school at Mose Hill opened on
Monday with 84 pupils out of a cen
sus of 106 in attendance. This is con
sidered a ,ne recoxd in view of the
early starting date,
Jislation
THREAT OF A TRADE VAR
Parts of Bills Interpreted as
"Unfriendiy--U; S. Miht
t Lose Bifc Busihesa Should
England. 'Start . Retalia
tion t '
' , (By the United Press) , ,
Washington, Sept 6.lio 'Allied
govommonta aro disuinctlytdisple.Jid
with Tolaticn to ckuscs In tho ship
ping bill juoi passed by Confess rfwl
tl.e revenue bill soon to paua. Alliod
lomats in Waeldagton are talking
cf "conntr-retBliaUon. !, ', '
Tho ,clauoes nikt. be interpreted
as "unfriendly, they say, and make
a trade war passible, i. (
One diplomat (Said 45 per cent of
the United States trade 's witTj the
British Empire, and this might be
lost in tho event auh a war develop
ed.-. He professed that he seas evi
dence of growing pro-Germanism in
Amerioaj-;" vu k,r .i i , . ,
LANSING SPEAKS TOY c
: joint coizission
,-'"-'' '
New 'York,' Sept.. 4-The' personal 1
lights and economic interests of Am
ericans in Mexico must be considered
reaching a'. Deananent. setUemenr 'i
of the difficulties between the United
States "and Mexico, Secretary of , State
Lansing said here today' in -an ad
dress at a luncheon attended .by the
members of the -American-Mexican
Joint Commission. Conferences look-
ug toward a solution, of the Interna-
tional problem which ecetfroet the
two countries are to begin shortly at
Now London, Conn.
iSfi;M!; )., I'M,
BH11ETINS
'' (By the United Press)
ROBINSON. GETS CROSS.
London, S?pt. 5. King George
today k ewarded.1 the Ykteria
Crew ..lo,:. lieutenant , Robinson,
who downed a seppelia iundaf .
i pTArnnga raid over 1 LonSbA.
M W 0' ll'i '
JAPAN HIAKES SECRET
. DEMANDS ON CHINESE
Washington, Sc'pU 4.--Secrot jfle-v
mands, in addition to those publish i -today
in dispatches from Peking,! are
being pressed on Chiha by Japaaias ,
fesuit of the (recent-clash pf CW- -
nese! and Japanese troops at 'Oaeng;
Chiatun. .... It became known here ,tc
alght that the situation is ranch snore
serious than has been indicated, con
fidential reports saying . the unpnt-
lished demands threaten the futhori-
ty of China over the whole of Inner
Mongolia. , t k
TODAY 0N T0BAGCO
HART? PRICES FAIR
i- - - . r . . . ;
. Estimates which may be a. little
iteap place the total of tobaeco sold
here today at around 320,000 pounds.
It is probable that the quarter mil
lion mark was passed, and evea
pcufible that more than 300,000 waa
SOid. . ' v
The average price was about
good as Monday's, or a shade v
ZQ cents, with efferinga at s
the warehouses nothing to boa-.t
Wet weather prevented the 1
from Lf'r.,1 xry heavy.
as