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VOL. XXXVI. No 26
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1916
INVADERS OF ROUMA NU
MILES BEFORE ADVA NCING ALLIES
ATTACK BY GERMANS IN WEST A FAILURE CANDIDATE
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Russians and Roumanians in Dobrudja Sweep Bulgari
ans Back for Big Gain Teutons Admit "Failure to
Progress" Ravaging Country as They Give Way
Roumanians Take Town of Considerable Importance
45 3Iiles Beyond Austrian Frontier Troops of Cen
tral Powers Concentrate to Resist Successful Enemy In
Black Sea Country Most Violent Counter Yet In the
Somme Offensive Checked by Curtain of Fire From the
French Guns
(By the United Press)
London, Sept. 20. A wirelesls Vnessage fromi
Rome reports that the Russo-Roumanians have
won victories in Dobrudja and Transylvania and
that the Russians are again advancing in the
Carpathians in Galicia.
London, Sept. 22. Under heavy blows of the Russo
Roumanian hammer, the Teutons in Dobrudja have re
treated moro than five miles already, say Bucharest dis
patches. An' earlier "statement reported that the Bulgars were
burn-frig ' villages ; and ravaging the country as they re
treated.' ' The statement also reported the capture of
Szekely Udvarhely, an industrial town of 3,C00 inhabit
ants, 45 miles inside the Transylvanian frontier.
Sofia dispatches admit the German-Bulgar "attacks"
have been unsuccessful, but an official statement does not
mention the retirement- It reports that the Bulgars are
consolidating their positions in Dobrudja.
Furious Teuton Attack in West Fails.
Paris, ept. 22. The most violent German attach yet
on the new French lines north of the Somme along the
Le Priez-Rancourt front, was checked by a French cur
tain ;trf;hrtlpts"ofiiciall.y said. '
Another British Gain.
London, Sept. 22. The British advanced on a mile
front south of Ancre last night, capturing two lines of
trenches between Flers and Martinpuich, according tc
General Haid. The Germans were driven toward the
Lessars-Dueudecourt highway. The next strong line of
defense before Bapaume.-
Vigorous Fighting In Dobrudja.
Berlin, Sept. 22. The Russians are attacking the German-Bulgar
line at Dobrudja with great vigor, it is said
officially- Severe fighting is in progress along the whole
front.
THE BORDER MATTER
OUT OF WAY, COMM'N
FINANCE I
(By the United Press)
New J.-indon, Conn., Sept. 22.
There v-.is no formal session of the
Peace Commission today, "but the
presence of Albert Pani, one of the
Mexican commissioners, ' in Ebston,
revived' reports that a Mexican loan
i. being discussed.
The Mexicans have insisted that
financial questions are secondary to
the border patrol matter. With the
patro) issue practically, settled, it is
believed the commission intends to
take up Mexican financial affairs.
WILL BRIGADE THE
TARIML GUARDSM'N
wf I If rtNNSTLV N nS
Harris-burg, Pa., Sept. 21. Adjt.
GoiL Thomas J. Stewart of Pennsyl
vania today received a telegram from
MaJ. Gen. Chas. M. Clement, com
manding the seventh division at El
Paso, to the effect that the brigade
of North' Carolina infantry, company
of engineers, field hospital company
and ambulance company will be as
signed to' the seventh division. : This
division is made up af Pennsylvania
troops.
RETREAT FIE
j A BIG
AMERICAN NAVY TO
HAYE DIRIGIBLES AS
BIG AS GERMANY'S
(By the United Pms)
Washington, Kept. 22 A mon
ster zeppelin type dirigible as big
as some of Germany's largest, is
to be bought by the Navy De-N
partment. This first air mons
ter of the navy will be 500 feet
in length, and be only the begin
ning ef an aerial fleet. The diri
gible is to cost half a million dol
lars. HUGHES SAY WST
USED HARSHNESS IN
Richmond. Ind., Sept. 21.;r-fln.?true-fcions
said to have been giv?n by
President Wilson to John Lind, hia
personal representative in Mexico
clujing HuertaVtime, were cited in
speeches by Charles E. Hughes at
Fort Wayne today and here tonight
in support of Mr. Hughes' denial
that the administration sought to deal
with small States in the same spirit
as with large States.-'
"I have only, recently received thifl
i rm-tar
WILSON GETS READY
TO RETURN FIRE OF
HUGHES
To Discuss the Eight-Hour
Hour Law, Trade Compe
tition and Other Issues
Raised By Republican In
His First Addresses
By ROBERT J. BENDER.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 22:--!:-esidont
Wilson will m;ike his first
ler.senal appeal for re-election to
morrow when he speaks f'om the
'cranda of his summer home to sev
eral hundred representatives of the
Business Men's League. The Tren
ton gates of Shadow Lawn will be
)pened to the public thirty minutes
icfoie the speech, and several thou
sand others are exoccted to be prcs
- nt.
Tremendous interest r"nters in
he speech among Democratic lender-:.
It will be the first plunge of the
President into the discussion of the
'ssues Hughes has been raising
hroughout the West.
. The eight-hour law, what the ad
ministration . promises the count.-y.
he layiniv of foundations for meet
ng and ils preparation against for
eign trade competition after the war.
ie expected to feature the IVri
ff'nt's first "porch campaign" ad
Iresscs. Following his addresj to
he Young M?n's League of Demo
cratic Clubs, at Shadow Lawn, the
President, plans to confer with Wal
'.er Ilines Page, Ambassador to Lou
ton. It is understood the blacklist
and mail interference will be discuss
ed. BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS.
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 22. Mr-i,
J M. Sanders was today appoint
ed superintendent of Pike Coun
ty Schools to succeed her de.d
husband. '
BIG ZEPS FOR ENGLISH P..v'
Rome, Sept. 22. Zurich dis
patches today revived reports
that the Germans are building a
- fleet of super-zoppelins for a
great air raid upon England.
TEUTONS BOMB
RUSSIAN SHIPS.
Berlin, Sept. 22. German sea
planes have successfully bom
barded two Russian ships on the
Bulger coast.
STOOD WITH SHOTGUN
TO KEEP SHERIFF OFF
Troy, Sept. 21 J. C. Johnson was
placed in jail today for failure to give
$2,000 bond for assault on Deputy
Sheriff Stuart of Montgomery coun
ty, and also for resisting an officer.
It appeared at the. t-ial that Sheriff
Stuart in company with three other
men deputized by the sheriff went tc
the home of J. C. Johnson about 7
mi'est south of Troy for the purpose
of laying off his homestead under ex
ecution, whereupon Mr. Johnson re
fused to let them enter his house and
to prevent them from doing so he
used his single-barrelled shot gun and
told the sheriff if he or any of his
crowd tried to enter his house he
would kill them.
authentic information of the actual
instructions tliat were given with re
spect to the government of Mexico,
such as ' Mexico then had," Hughes
said. "John Lind was authorized by
the executive to state this proposi
tion to a minister of another govern
ment, namely: 'Huerta will be put
out if he does not get out. That It
is the preference of the President
that it should be accomplished by clo
mestio means, other means adequate
for the purpose will be resorted to.'
NO PURSUIT VILLA,
WHO IS LOITERING
AROUND CHIHUAHUA
De Facto Government Sol
diers Afraid to Tackle the
Bandit Boast That He
Was Badly Defeated But
Won't Renew Chase
(By the United Press)
Kl P.i.-.o, Sept, 2. Althouch Fran
cisco Villa is only twenty miles out
side Chihuahaa City, according to
i.'arra::::a oTkmU at Juarez, "a vig
orous pui.ai." of ihe band!; will not
be taken up, sine? Col. Uanvms has
:ham!one.! i:. General Trevino still
is conferring with his chiefs be for
risk'!:;: an ei: . om.'cr wish the out
laws. Trevino declares Villa was de
feated with heavy losses, and does
"ot admit the capture of the city. He
charges that the attack was planned
ay "American mid Mexican inter
sts," in the hope oT influencing th
''American Peace Commission at New
London.
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Trustee ('owper Declares
That City Must Necessar
ily Have Best Schools
Since It' Has Btst Chil
dren In Carolina
AUhoiigb the city schools have
been doing business for a week and
i half, the "formal opening" in the
high school did not occur until Fri
day. The same for the Lewis school
won't be pulled off until one day next
week.
.Members of the Board of Tru-dros
were present at the exercises Friday
morning, held promptly at P o'clock.
These were introduced to the teach
rs. Business affairs kept some of
the trustees away.
County Su)orinte!n!ci:t Joseph Kir.-
;ey made a short talk to the high 1
school students in which he impress-1
ed upon them a lot of good things i I
a verv few words, after his style, and
ten called upon Trustee (1. V. Cow
pnr to make an addrc s.
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per praised the .schools and gave tho j Statesviib', Sep!. The main
youag people, encouragement in the?:- bii ones.; portion of lliddenile was
work. j destroyed by fire which originated in
Ku,-toi hns the ber.t teachers in : the boiler room of .1. C. Thomas'
'or:h Carolina, Mr. Cowper df-elar- roller and planing .mill at -I::!1) tlii :
ed, and must have the best schools, ! afternoon. The total is e-.timat-si
r.cu it has the best children. ' od at $-10,001).
HE FLYING WM
GERMANY'S WAR MEfASEHiE; GIANT FISH
SHAPED AEROPLANES UNEQUALLED, SAY
tty CARL W. ACKKRMAN,
(I'nited Press Staff Correspondent)
With General Von Linsingen's Ar
mies cn the Russian Front, Aug. "20.
(By Mail) Germany- ha3 added
flying whales to her other war won
ders of the air!
A hundred yards away these new
aeroplanes Jook like gigantic fish with
double fine which have flopped out
of the water and lie stranded on
their bellies on the sand. They have
four big eyes on each side.
High in the air thdy aie the most
startling creatures I hae seen on
any front. They look 111 e the fly
ing fish one sees on the ocan, many
times magnified.
On close examination yfu discover
an i aeroplane standing a Wit eight
feet from the ground Th. wings are
those of an ordinary aeroplane, but
the bodies are phapM lita'n fat fish
WILL BE HOURS YET MAKES TWO IIUNDR'D
BEFORE TROOPS GETJARIi'EL GMSFN
UNDER WAY, REPORT
No Movement From Camp
(ilenn Today Fitting
Out Soldiers With Cold
Weather Duds Furlough
for Few Infantrymen
There will be no movement of sol
diers f.iira Cam!) Glenn today. That
much is reported on pretty good au
thority, '''he sanitary troops, includ
i'lr aa ambulance ccmpaav with a
b'.'V enuipiucnt, and a full field hos
pital company, to use the- first t-ain
a::, a;;1, the First infantry, to Ik' the
iir.: 1'pc -.iiittit to mo", a:;' .y !
e:".rao: at a minute's !'o;i.-p, Tlu-ir
paraphernalia is already on the cars.
Fic'.ing out of the men wi'.h win-te-wtight
clothing is holding up tin
men. That, is a big task for the
quai'N rmasler fo:ce at the reserva
tion. Some ri" the clothing ha.: not.
arrived from Cue Philadelphia supply
depot, and it is generally believed at
C.'tnp (Horn now that it will lie Sun
day liefo-e the movement toward 1lie
horde" bcg'ns. Th" Second infantry,
in which Kinston is most interest, d.
oabiy Won't get away lief., o M ::
ray a rtornooa or iiiesilay nitun:!)".
- 's hoped tha1. since the rciriment i
coming through ''.is cit, that the
Second will move bv davlifht.
S; vc-nl memlier; or the ! ir st an, I
'r:-r"d infaaC-ie; are spnnding Imr!
lour!:1-, here. A-istant Hanil I,ead
. Jo:C)h Pal lard and Cook Oscar
"aimer of the headquarters compa
y. Second, are among the number.
FIVE IB
Harlfo
Conn., Sept. 21.---Mm.
Amy I'. K .-tchev'-Cillinan. charged
v h ; oi -:o:;ing five ii'tiates of her
e.-nv for elderly people at Windsor,
wa iH'teil for first deg.-ce inurdor
M live eiiinis by the grand jtny late
i day." Mrs. (iilligan pleaded not
guilty an-1 was remanded t the coun
ty jai! without bond To:1 her appear
ance at the December -term of 'he Su
perior Court.
Most of the inmates wv admitted
to the hone, the Stato elaiins, after
contracts had been sigred pi'oviding
for lif1 care upon payment of $1,000.
BUSINESS SECTION
LATEST ADDITION T
The motor is enclosed in the head
and at the sides, where the eyes of
the fi-sii would be, are two windows.
The ope ra Lor or olxservcr can look
out from above tho fish's back or
from the aides, through tho cyen.
(The censors' scissors bad detect
ed a paragraph at this point, possi
bly carrying more details of the aero
plane's construction.)
These flying whale3 have greater
speed, more bomb-carrying capacity
and quicker action than any other bi
planes in Europe, office at the Ger
man aviation camp told U3. The one
I saw was not large. The Germans
have other aeroplanes much larger.
equipped with two motors and carry
ing three or four perqpns, but for
purposes of combat tha "flying
whaWt, cannot he equalled,'' even by
thk famous French Nicuport ' machines.
SOLDIERS OF CROSS
IicmarkaBlc Success of Rev.
W. M. Craiff in Short Se
ries of Services at Camp
(ilenrv Moral Standard
Super I), Declares
Rev. W. Marshall Craig, th.1 young
pastor of the Fi.st Haptist church in
this city, (luring the three nights end
ing Wednesday night secured no less
than 200 conversions the estimate is
Mr. (' .1 if soldiers in the Y.
M. t A . at Camp Clenn. Mr.
Cra;g, kick f rn the reservation,
Th'.irsd:-y et r.inir. !dd about the ser
vices and the -Muariiy of the men.
il.::idr. :1s of '.ki.-.e fellows, ahout to
leave for Kl Pa-o, a;.. I possibly to
hack'' of Vilia, attended the servicer..
Hundreds r:ised their hands in prom
ise that they would try to make
tin ir spiritual lives better; and look-
, ui. ovc" the small sa of sol
dier faces, serious young Mr. Crai)
saw nothing but the seriousnes;
.h re which did his heart good. Then
when the time came for converts to
rt"P;i!;.T, . n i b'ss than ten Venre
showed op. It was a wonderful and
a t: j.y .-.-mtitii! mvi.iele l.-r the
( e :. . f '" M '. Craig knew - he
she. a,! ihe m. illicit and father-
of !!ie veu. chap ; down there knew
ii xay- - that anionrst that o000
li -ted men there is more mora!
mi'-itv Inati there is in anv ten thous-
ind youths in civilized life.
The physical .-tandard of the North
:ar!i"a sol lics is splendid. Then
s no! a bit, of doubt that the brigade
will prove a revelation to the owe
ol'Kcrs in Texas. At the call fo-
erVrotf'fhcv were aOtow the average.
in the country, and three months o
ife ulal.-e ideal condi'Jons, with nono
)f the alleged harrowing heat an'
ia-1 work that those already at the
have '-xperienced, has made
hem a lot of male beauties in
irmy uniform. Mr. Craig thinks
they are line physically, but their
mo al stuniUru mat is wnat he is
n ecstaeies over ''is nearly superb!"
There was nothing at all spectacular
ibrut the services in the Y. M. C.
A. lent None of the ordinary moth-
oils ot i.versuasion were empioyoo.
. j i
i'hM wouldn't have "gone" with the
, 1..
men. anvwav. I ney were simpiy
el.! some truths and, listening atten
ively, m re oiih'ily and more inter-
!cil (h:in nriv con ir r(ru to on in civil
life, decided to "come across." The
chaplains took their names. Mr.
Craig, three hours from Camp Glenn,
f :! very coidiilent that practically
the last man will make good hia
promise. Ho knows his men.
ACCIDENT TO TRAIN ON
A, C.L NEAR GRANGER
An A. C. L. passenger train which
left here for Weldon al 1:10 Thurn
day afternoon was delaed by an ac
cident a short distance beyond Grain
ger, a few minuU-s out, and did not
move for nearly Fix hours. A train
duo here at 7:10 was held up at
Grifton until the northbound train
moved out of the way.
The front truck .if Che outbound
train Iert the track, turning partly
around under the locomotive, and
bumped over the cfosstiea for a dis
tance of about 200 yards, tearing up
rails and tics. Tho passenger cars
kept tjie track and no one was injur
ed. TERRY TRIAL UNDER,
WAY AT GREENSBORO
Greensboro, Sept 21. It took : all
of the forenoon today to select n jury
in the case of State vs. J. A, Ten.
charged with the murder of John R.
Stewart in July. Several jurors dis
quelified themselves hy ; saying they
had formed and expressed an opinion
that tha defendant was goUty. -whi
showed the extent of opinion as to
the defendant's guilt, and public feel
ing in the matter. , The taking ; of
tcstinionv'Was bepun, aboit noon,'
EXPECT KAISER TO
MM ANOTHMVt
FOR PEACE SHORTLY
Allies Would Resent Sug
gestion as Comirtfir Thro'
Washington
WANT COMPLETE VICTORY
Madrid Another Possible
Source of Overture, But
King Alfonso Is Not In
clined to Be Used, Says
London Opinion
(By the United Press)
London, Sept. t!'J. Germany will
;r; another peace kite-flying in Octo
ber, Hritish officialdom expects. Ite
cvit apparently authentic rumors say
Ge-niany, suffering huge losses be
cause of the Somme offensive, is en-v
d'.avoring to suggest . an armi3tice'
th-ough .Spain and the Unued''&tateS.
It is understood from high author-"
'y that King Alfonso is unresponsive
and unlikely to act. Tho Germans, it
ii believed here, hope to tempt. Presi
!:r.t Wilson to start negotiations all
: ;ime when his success would atfect
'lie American election. It in believed
:ch a move on the jiart of Washing
'on i forjdoomed to failure ml
would arouse bitter resentment on
the p.irj of the Allies, eliminating
VVa:hingt,m as a possible mediator.
SOJNC'ONJN OTHER
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
OF EASTERN CAROLINA
7 w?r-wff ffy
j A lot it advertising must be done
'to bring the right kind of settlers to
this section, says C. S. King, man-
r.ge- of a ranch in Beaufort county,
stid .ma pf quite a few' Middle West-,
ernei3 who have located there. Why .
there are people in the Central Statea '
who actually believe the soil here is
poc-, and that only cotton and tobac- -co
can be raised, Mr. King says. Mr.
King suggests organizations of land
owners and advertising.
The New Bern Sun-Journal says
that a resident of the Caswell sec
tion, passing through that city Thurs
day, had' M. suitcases of whisky, the
total quantity being , estimated ' ftt
3o0 quarts. It is thought that the ',
bulk of ho liquor was brought on a"
sleeper from Norfolk and transferred
to a day coach at New Bern. The .;
person came on through unmolested
by the police, who had not gotten .
wind of the "perambulating oar
room." .
Company 13, Engineers, recently or- -ganizel
al Charlotte, arrived . at
Cnmp Glenn, with two officers and
70 men, traveling via Wilmington.
AGAIN FAIR BREAKS ,
ON TOBACCO MARKET
Between 225,000 and a quarter of '
a million pounds of tobaceo was sold
here Friday, at prices as good if not
i little better than Thursday's. ' Of
ferings were good on the whole. .
Heavier sales are expected on' the
market next week. A number of .
largo planters are reported to have .
not "entered the market at all yet,
and millions of pounds of the be3b
of the crop remains to be disposed
ff. October may equal, possibly sur
Tass September in the total of sales.
Cotton sold high here Friday. Re
ceipts were heavy. It was estimated
at 3 o'clock that more than, hO tales
had been sold. Prices ranged from
15 to 15.62 1-2. The staple is "bring
ing practically as much in Kinston as
at Norfolk. .
New York futures quotations irere:
.- '.Open . 2:40
January ; CL .v. ;-.. 16.40
March . 15.50 - 16.'0
May -k 16.63 16.4J
October . ,.16.C3
December
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