PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK-WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
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-VOI,. XXXVL-No- 29
KINSTON, N. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBti R 4, 1916
IANSWI
IP
COUNCIL TAKES ON
CHAMBER COU'ERCE
SWORD AS THE LAST
RESORT, IF NOTHING
ELSE VILL DO, SAYS
VITH STUBKUKff HKSISTMCE; BAHLE IN
SECRETARY MASONS,
BUSY IN rENTERING
BABIES Iff CONTEST
LOAN OF FIFTH OF
A MILLION DOLLARS
WILL TALK PACKING
WHICH MONITORS ASSIST IS IN PROGRESS
DIES CAPITAL CITY
PLANT FOR KINSTON
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DANUBE
inn nnriiinir rmiTntirrrn ran rrTTii
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Invaders Met With Little Opposition While Passing Over
Stream River Warcraft Covered LandingAt Least
20,000 Men In Offensive, Critics Believe The Russians
Beat Back Germans Who, Reinforced, Make Desper
ate Attempts to Take Slav Positions Serbs Progress
Northeast of Fiorina British Repulse the Bulgar
Counters In Balkans Little Action In Western Thea
ter ;! ' ;:
(E'y the
London, Oct. 3. "Bulgarian forces have attacked the
Roumanian army that crossed the Danube. and invaded
Bulgaria Sunday, and a violent battle is raging east of
the Fortress of Bustchuk.
ports that the Roumanians forced a crossing with Uttle
opposition and threw up strong entrenchments before
t hey -were attacked. : Roumanian monitors on the Dan
ube first silenced the Bulgarian shore batteries, and the
invading forces landed under cover of their fire. The
size of the army is unknown, but military critics believe
it must number at least twenty thousand men.
Russian Report Conditions In East.
Petrograd, Oct 3. Massing considerable reserves, the
Teutons today hurled large forces against the Russian?
along the river Ceniuvka and on the heights on the right
liank of the Zlotalipu, but were beaten back with heavy
lasses, it is said officially. In this region alone the Slavs
have taken 5,000 prisoners in the last three days. East
of Novo Alexandroysk. dense German columns attempted
to advance after heavily bombarding Russian trenches
but were repulsed with machine gun fire. The Teutons
afro were repulsed in a midnight attack in the Screth riv
c.r sector, near Krinkiostassin, following a bombardment.
Italians Active.
Zurich, Oct. 3. The Italians have been violently bom
barding Austrian positions near Monfalcone for three
flays as if in preparation for the renewal of the drive on
Trieste. Air squadrons are bombarding the enemy com
munications. Austrian press comments on the severity
of the bombardment and warns that withdrawal from
Somme pointf may be necessary. .
Serbs Take Trenches.
Paris, Oct. 3. Continuing their advance northeast of
Fiorina, the Serbs have captured first line trenches on
the heights of Stakoggrab, it is said officially. Bulgar
counters against the new British positions on the east
bank of the Struma have been repulsed with heavy losses.
. GermanJounter Foiled. ;
A German attempt against positions east of Combles
last night was quickly repulsed, it is officially stated. Else
where, with the exception of violent artillerying in the re
gion of Rancourt, the Somme sector was quiet. The Ger
mans attempted to debouch from the St. Pierre-Vaast
wood, but vvere caught by a French mitrailleuse fire and
thrown back.
BULLDOZING UPPE
SE CAUSES JAP.
CABINET TO REM
Okuma Was Opposed by Co
alitionPremier Nearly
80 Years Old Kato or
Terauchi May Be Named
Successor
(By the United Press)
Tokio, Oct 3. The cabinet, In
cluding Premier Okuma, have re
signed. ' ' " ' "
Embassy Believes Parliament
Blame.
' Washington, Oct.. 3. The persist-
nt opposition of the Japanese upper,
"on-elective, House of Parliament to
the policies of the premier, was res
ponsible for his resignation, the em
bassy believes. . He controlled the
i
vwr noose, tut a coalition In the
lormea against nim. -
it J said Okuma contemplated res
ignation in a few months.
' .Vwcount'Kato, former minister of
foreign affairs under Okuma, is said
to fee his choice to succeed him. Ka
to's opponents are urging Count Mar
shal Terauchio, governor general of
Korea, who hold, the highest rank in
the army. Okuma is 19 years old.
United Press)
An Amsterdam dispatch re
ABOUT TMliiS
OF NEW YORK'S MILK
SUPPLY IS CUT OFF
State Investigation of Very
Grave Situation May Be
Prosecutions Baby Hos
pitals Still Getting Suffi
ciency, Said
(By the United Press)
'New York, Oct. 3. Twenty-five to
31 per cent, of the usual milk supply
is reaching New York, according to
estimates made by both sides ia the
big milk strike. Hospitals for ba
bies are still being supplied with
fresh milk, but restaurants in many
cases are without the product and
householders are only partially sup
plied. , The Stats authorities are
rushing an investigation. It is al
leged that it is distributing and pro
ducing combines which are at logger
heads. An attempt to - determine
whether the Dairyman's League is a
combination in restrain of trade and
whether the big distributors are guil
ty of price-fixing is being, made.
His age may have been responsible
for' his action, it is thought by some.
Was Prominent Citizen of
State 111 Long Time
Active In Public Affairs
Funeral Conducted by
Grand Lodge
Raleigh, Oct. 2. John U. Drewry,
grand secretary of .'he North Carc'.i
na Grand Lodge of Masons, died this
afternoon after 18 months illness with
the end expected at any time for sev
eral months past. lie was bfrn in
Drewry.iviHe, Vu., in I860, and locat
ed in Raleigh in 1888 as State man
ager for the Mutual Benefit Life In
suraneis Co. He has served as grand
secretary of the -'irand Lodge tf Ma
otis since 181)1. He was active in
civic and political affairs and served
repeatedly as president of the Cham
ber of Commerce and of Capital. Club.
Mr. Dmvry was married twice, firs:
to .Miss Emmie L. .Mangum, and af
ter her death to Mrs. Kittie Mebano
Heir- who survives with one son,
John f. . Drewry. Jr. A daughter by
the (ivj; marriage was Mrs. P. H.
Hancs, Jr., who died a few months
ago.
The Grand Lodge of Masons will
bi in charge of the funeral which will
be held from Christ Episcopal church,
cf which he was a vestryman, "Wed
nesday morning at 11:30 o'clock.
HIGHWAY EXPECT IS
GRFETER BY OUITE
UNEXPECTED - CRflWD
Winslow, to Have Been the
Speaker Before "Board of
Apricu'tre, Might As
Well Have Been Republi
can Campaigner
A meeting of the County Board of
Agriculture that was to have been
held in the Courthouse Monday af
t:rnoon had to bo culled eff because
rf the MiniUm's-i of the ::t'u ndancc. 1.
II. Window, a-cnt of the If. S. Of
fice of Heads in charge of this sec
tion of the Central Highway, was
Oregon t for an address, which, of
course, could rial be delivered lo emp-
y clriii'S with ;wiy decree of sutis
'aclion. The chairs in the Court
house are quite inconsiderate crea-
ures, and would probably refuse to
hear a good reads address. They
ra of such coarr.e breeding and un
used to progress. Mr. Winslow ex
pects a Federal appropriation for
his link of tho highway this month.
The CVinty Board of Education in
rgurar session Monday ordered a
w s.-h 10! district in Woodington
, .-.v-i --Vp.
Tho Boa -d of County Commission
ers sifter trai.iacting routine business
Monday vi'it d the spc f'al contract
road woik i i progress in tho county,
iiispceling the construction, etc. Tlie
Board authorised the purchase of a
ecoi:d motor truck for the building
ind maintenance of highways. The
machine will cost about ?5,000.
WLk HOLDS NO MALICE
AGAINST GRINGOES NOW
El Paso, Texas, Oct. 2. Villa told
the Mexican mining men at San An
dres, Chihuahua, after capturing that
town from Carransa troops Septem
ber 24, that he had no enmity toward
the Americans and asked them to vo
tifv American friends to resume work
at their mines In eastern Chihuahua,
as he would give them all guarantees,
iwo Mexican mining men who arrived
last night from San Andres reported.
.Villa, in an Impassioned address to
the townspeople, declared ; he was
fighting "only 'the traitor Cafrania."
hey said. ,
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Mothers of Prospective Con
testants Warned That the
List Is to Be Closed On
October 18 Big Fair
Feature Promised
The committee of the Mothers' Cluli
in charge of ths Better Babies Con
test to be held at the Fair this month
have issued a cull for prospective con
testants to -net a hustle on that is,
the mothers of prospective entrants.
The statement reads:
"The time is drawing near, moth
er, for you to enter that fine speci-
raon of -babyhood in the Hotter Ba-J
bic Contest to be conducted at Kio
sfo:i tiui itijc Fair Week under the
auspices of the Mather's Club of
Kinston. Re-member, the entries be
gin October 9,nd those who wish to
enter their babies should not delay in
writing Mrs. E. G. Barrett,.! of Kin
ston for application blanks. A-fter
these are filled out and sent in to
ihs committee, mothers will receive
?ppointment cards, telling them ex
cctly when to l-rir.g baby to the Bet
ter l.'ajiis -Boo'h at the Fair Grounds
!o be examined.
"There will !. no cxamini-.tion of
babii's on Tuc.-day morning of Fair
Week, as the forenoon wul be t: ken
up with tho pnrede and opening exer
cises, inn all Yi'c-saay aiternoon an:i
On Thursday, their scores will be
ccnviu.e'i oy tin1 scoring comniiucc,
Wct'ne.'day babies will be examined,
and on Friday (here be a pro
gram in the Health JKxhiml:; lent,
consisting ol music, a lecture ana ine
awarding of the prizes, besides some
moving pictures kindly furnished by
ha State Hcjiartment xf Health.
"All prizes and literature for this
contest have been courteously contri
bute! by the Woman's Home 'Com
panion. "Entries for this contest end Octo
ber 18, so mothers are urged to be
prompt if they vish to g:t their ba
bies in."
UARTES MILLION T8
hniv. of mm
(By the Ur.iied Press)
CharlotlMville, Va- Oct. 3. An
nouncement was iM:;.'ie at the opening
cf tho O.'Jfd year of the University of
Virginia that an unr.amcd -bencf
described by' President Alderman as
a "distin;: --i-bed, high-minded, unsel
fish American cilir.cn," donated a
quarter of a million dollars to the
school. The university opens with
the largest enrollment in its history.
sta rni r g W's'n ' ill
hyi Inn mmhi h
f
k Li WL
Ly the Un'ted Press)
Rc-ms, Oct. 3. A Zurich dispatch
today asserted that the Kaiser had
personally appealed td President Wil
son to end the war, but that the Pres
ident had refused to intervene at this
time.
COLLAPSE piYOl
CAR STUIKE ABOUT
COMPLETE-COPS GFF
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. ' (By the United Press) "
; New York, Oct. 3 The practical
eollapse of the street car strike is
evidenced by the withdrawal f police
protection from the subwaya.
Not to Increase Indebted
ness, But to Retire Exist
inj? Obligations
LADIES HAVE NO TROUBLE
Representatives of Library
Association Secure In
crpnsed App ruprlat ion
N;)1 folk Soitthern Paving
On the Hum
l"ii (Miuncil Monday night heard
r. ii-; - t from a delegation from tho
K'r . .a Public I.ibraiy Association,
'ejn;'v'.;?d by Mcjdamea J. A. Mc
Danio!. E. B. I-ewis and Horace
Wc.Jt r.nd Miss Dora Miller for an
inr.-fsse in tho city's appropriation
to Hi-; library of from $12.59 to $2o
per Month. It is quite unnecessary
io stale that th: increase was grant
"1. The Street Commissioner wa3
e.str intcd to proceed with the open
ing up of Chestnut street from Tif
fany avenue to North street, in ac
cordance with a former order of the
Council. James W. Taylor was elect
ed a patrolman in tho police depart
ment to succeed John McDu3ttrell,
resigned. Council enacted an ordin
ance extending th? fi.ro line between
King am! Gordon streets to take in
awlit'-mal territoiy west of Queen,
tho new limit on tho west between the
two streets running 219 feet beyond
Heritage. Dr. C. B. MeNairy, sup
erintendent of the Cf.awcll Training
f!ch;ol, was before the body in con
nection with tho lighting of that in
stitution, which has been receiving
free illumination from thi municipal
ity. There is a question r.s to wheth
er the rchool is entitled to free light
!ir this fall or not, and no definite
f;!i:el:!iin was reached at the meM
Vg. By mutual r.grc emont the qucs-
:sm v;as left open until noxt month,
by which time all tha records in tho
matter will be looked ut.
Council heard John J. .George of
Car.-ryv:lle. N. C. in a proposition
to advance tho city 200,000 at 5 per
etnt. to retire present indebtedness,
.' o .re ienlnig Si l - y Rpltzer & Co.,
biid lroksrs of Toledo. Mr. tJeorge's
rffe.- was accepted. Ho then made a
bM for the entire issue of improve
ment bonds of the city. Oip to half a
iiion dollars, offering par and e
lensea. This offer was mot accepted.
Council des;re.3 to wait until the bonds
are ready fur delivery, which may be
several months yet, before making a
deal, he was informed.
The Norfolk Southern Railroad is
to bn instructed, by Council's order,
'hat il plank paving at crossings is
not satisfactory. A request for im
mcd'ate remedying of the trouble is
to be made. The pang is all right,
it. sc-?ms, but the manner of laying
it anything but pleasing to the ad
ministration. The railroad officials
rr-alir.e that tho work was not satis
factory and are expected to make no
orotcst.
LAST OF FLORIDA BANK
ROBBERS SURRENDERS
Von Myers, Fia., O.-t. 2.-Chase
for tho four bandits who robbed a
bank at Homest6ad ,F!a., on Septem
ber 15 of $6,000 ended today when
the body of James Tucker, one of the
robbers. wa3 found in Lopea river,
and JIugh Alderman, who police flay
confessed his part of the crime, sur
rendered. Tucker was drowned while
trying to swim the river.
Tucker'a death makes five result
inff from th robbery. f During their
flight ddwa th Florida east coast the
bandits fougnt several pistol Jighta
wi'. pursuers, and three poesemen
were killed. They escaped from that
rertion, went to Key West and start
ed tip the west coast. LelandRice,
tfiid to have keen the leader of the
lar.J, w&3 shot and Julled by a mi-
Would Stabilize Local Mar
ket, Encourage Livestock
Industry and Bring Lot
of Money Into City, Say
Advocates of Idea
(Daily Free Press Oct. 8)
The directors of the Chamber of
Commerce at a meeting Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock will take up tha
matter of a packing plant for Kins-
ton.
"It is a well-known fact that the
farmers of this section are producing
more meat and moro foodstuffs than
ever before." said Secretary F. I.
Suftcn Tuesday. "It is equally well
known that pork and beef can be
produced hero for one-third to one-
half of tho cost that it is -grown in
the west. We have a not very satis
factory condition here cvory year.
During a part of the year meat ia
shipped into Kinston and the con
turners pay high pricos. During the
winter the market is at times glut
ted w'th the. home-grown product and
prices drop to a trifling level. The
packing plant would stabilise
the
mark, in encourage -the production 'of
meat ami bring a lot of money into
the city from the outside. Th4 sup
porting country is splendid, and !it
is generally conceded that it is going
to be the South's best livestock sec
tion." The expense of establishing ' th ,
plant might reach a hundred thous
and dollars, according to some esti
mates. That, however, is a small
thing for a city of this size, especial
ly in vbw of the co-operative spirit
of the community and the tendency
of the business interests to boost
Kinston, it is pointed out.
ONE MAN KILLS FOUR
DURING ELECTION ROW
Managua, Nicaragua, Oct. 2. In a
i'ight which broke out herp yesterday
luring the election of General Emil
?.no Chamorro as president of the re
public, Salvador Zelaya, a nephew of
frmer President Zslaya, attacked a
group of conservatives, shooting and
killing four of them. During the
fight Zrlaya himself was seriously
v.Muaded. while a number of other
persons were also hurt. The police
quickly intervened and quelled the
disorder.
SOUND PHYSIQUES IS
HOBBY OF ASSOCIATE
' i
Orand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 3. To
stir up enthusiasm for an American
Physician Rcnnaissarice wh:ch shall
result in the elimination of physical
weaklings by making them strong, is
one of the tasks to which the Play
ground and Recreation Association of
America, in Congress here, has con
secrated itself.
The Congress, today, 'tomorrow.
Thursday and Saturday, will listen to
speakers of note giving ideas On
h'ow to bring about an awakening of
interest in physical well being and
how to best organize playgrounds.
CONVICTS PUT UP A
REWARD FOR ESCAPES
Ossining, N. Y., Oct. 2. Escape
of two convicts from the "Honor
gang" working outside Sing Sing
prison stirred the Mutual Welfare
league, a convict organization, today
to offer rewards of $100 each for their
arrest The outside branch the
league, in New York Oty, also' noti
fied Warden Thomas M. Osborne this
afternoon thai efforts would be made
to capture the refugees If they ap
peared In the metropolis. ; '
dent of Chokoloskee Island on, Sep
tember 28, and the next day Rice's
brother, Frank, was snot and dan
gerously wounded when at attempted
to board a schooner near the Island.
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Cowper Tells Onslow Coun
ty Voters Belligerents
Fear Wilson'.. , : r
ON PAR WITH WASHINGTA
"Our Honor Preserved In
Pristine Purity" J ack
sonville Gathering Be;
conies Mass Meeting for
Peace
(Special to The Free Press)
Jacksonville, N. C, Oct.; 3.
"Thank God! up to this hoar when
t mi Democratic President has calmly
but firmly said his last word, it haa
heen heeded, and everv lorsiom Dow
er has decided that something ejse
would do rathert han go to war vith
this country while Woodfcow 'Wilaon
s commander-in-chief. I say it was
3 part of one consistent and continu
ing purpose to place America flrs
to protect !ier without ths necessity
of the horror and destruction of war,
this can be d4ne with honor, but
with the sword as the last resort, if
nothing else will do.'
G. V. Cowper, Democratic county
chairman of Lenoir county, hi an ad
dress to a large Democratic gather
;jig here yesterday declared that Wil
lon is on a par with , Washington,
Jefferson and Lincoln, and that h
has followed the precedents? of the
hree. ' When Wilson said, "Thus far
and no farther," the Kaiser heeded,
while all the forces of the Allies bad
been impotent to cause this prims of ,
war to change his policy of submar
ine warfare on iota, Mr. Cowper said. -
"t prefer' on' accomplishment lilts
this to a' thousand mere idle words
of a candidate who hopes to gain th
oresidency (Hughes) by - picking
n"nn lis www 4 4as V4 wbMvu nuw -
stocd and still standa in the heat of
he actual ' emergency." The crown
ing glory , of .".this---; administration.
'the brightest star in the galaxy of
i democratic, achievement, is that ia
whole world is like an armed camp,
the cries of anguish from hundreds
of battlefields mingle with the tears
of orphaned children and widowed
mothers, we have been Bpared from
the cruelty of war, and yet, our honor
has been preserved in its pristine pu
rity." .
The Lenoir chairman talked mostly
about the administaation and its for,
eign policy, and the Mexican affair.
The Catherine wm resolved into m.
mass meeting for peace and frequent-
y the speaker was halted by the
hesrs of the farmer following of th
Man of Peace who has brought the
people back to "the doctrine of the
Fatherhood of Cod and the brother"
haod .f man." .
Mr. Cowper discussed the tariff,
'he constructive legislation of the
administration," what Kepublicann
will not maks the issues," and "what
they do make the issues. He touched
lightly upon Syate matters, ' saying
that it was his part in the campaign
orincinallv to talk of national affairs.
He went over the achievements of
the successors of Russell ia the com
monwealth, however, and showed how
Korth Carolina is eradicating illiter
acy, how the State has progressed to
a brilliant stand in the matter f
public health, and how evary other
State in the union has a higher tax
rate. The Republican campaign ar
gument is a mass of aothiagness,' hs
aid. "My heart swells "with ths
pride that knows no bounds, he de
c.'ared in telling of Democracy's
achievements in North Carolina.
TWAS A GLORIOUS HOLIDAY
WnEN HE GOT A DAY OFF.
Cape Giradcau, Mo, Oct. 3. John
J. iNeal, station agent, worked thir
ty years without a vacation so that
when he took one it would be a dan
dy. He took it last week a s'x
hour visit with a farm friend. John
Couldn't stand idleness.