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PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK-WEDN E S D AYS AND SATURDAYS
VOL. XVIH.-No. 19
KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1916
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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GERMANS AT THE VERY GATES BUCHAREST
AND EXPECTING M DETERMINED ATTEIiPT
BY ROUMANIANS TO PREVENT ITS CAPTURE
First-hand Report Places Von Mackensen Only 10 Miles
From the Capital Last Friday, and Much Nearer Than
Was Admitted in Official Statements Thorough Teu
FITZGERALD'S FOOD VILLA HIEING BACK ERROL DIXON DIES LOOKS LIKE LLOYD-LAME DUCKS WADDLE
EMBARGO MATTER OF
INTEREST AT CAPITAL
TO MOUNTAINS WITH IN HOSPITAL AFTER
FOUR TRAINS LOOtIlOI IIISPOSITION
GEORGE HAD MY IN
TO WASHINGTON FOR
WAR COUNCIL AFFAIR
THEIR LAST
QUACKS
tons Will Take No Chances and Are Bringing Up
Whole Splendid Machine
treat of Roumanians So
Lost Contact With Suppo
Enter War Now a Rabble
Copenhagen, Dec. 1. The (iermans have begun
the bombardment of Bucharest at a range of 11
miles, the National Tidene today declared.
(By Carl Ackerman)
Headquarters of Marshal Von Mackensen, ,) Kiln-
meters from Bucharest, Dec. 4. the Germans I-inh
were within ten miles of Bucharest. I he Roumanian n
treat was so precipitate that the German advance niun:
l i 1 . j1 1 j j 1 j 1 il. . "I
notiy pursuing tnem lost
porting lnlantry. Ine slower moving intantrv was un
able to keep up with the advance column in the pursuit.
Officers declare the morale of the Roumanians com
pletely broken. They are
nously defend the capital.
no chances, however, and are moving up huge forces ant
all the equipment necessary for a siege-
The above puts the Germans closer to Bucharest than
was hinted in official statements.
Germany Celebrates Victory.
Amsterdam, Dec. 4. Berlin dispatches today said a
battle at Argesu in Roumania had been won by the ninth
German army. The Kaiser in celebration ordered the
church bells rung.
Fetrograd Admits 'Retirement.'
Petrograd, Dec. 4. Retirement of the Roumanian
forces South of Bucharest in the face of a reinforced at
tack by Teutonic forces is announced officially. The Ger
mans took Gradichtea.
Qv.iet in Athens.
Athens, Dec. 4 Eight batteries of artillery will be de
livered to the Allies as soon as a proctocol is formally
drafted between the government and Admiral Dufour
net. Those in touch with -the palace today said norma;
relations had been reestablished between the Allied com
mander and the Greek government.
THREE ROOMS CITY
10LS CLOSED 0NMTM!$!
AC'OUIVT OF MEASLES!
(Daily Free Press, Dec. 4)
One teacher in the City Schools has
the mussles and two others have been
exposed, which caused Superintend
ent Curtis to suspend the classes
taught )iy the three Monday morning.
The number of cases of the diseuoi
in the city is "threatening an epi
demic," according to Superintendent
Curtis. He states that children of
families in which there are cases or
who have otherwise been exposed are
being sent to school. Whencvor these
are detected they are ssnt back home.
Mr. Curtis suggests stringent meas
ures by the authorities if necessary,
to keep the measles out of the schools
as much as possible. Patrons are
appealed to to keep children from
being exposed and where there are
cases in homes to stop those expos
ed from school for the present, as
well as children known to have been
in contiguity to the disease on the out
side of the home. .
COUNTY OFFICIALS
TAKE OATHS BEFORE
CLERK BF THE COURT
- r f i;
(Daily Freo Press, Dec. 4)
The county officials elected last
month were sworn In for the new fis
cal term of two years fcysClerk Jes
se H:ath Monday, the day" beginning
the fiscal year for the administration.
Every official was re-elected save Lem.
Taylor, Commissioner. A. T. Dawson
of Institute succeeds Mr. Taylor on
the beard. The Commissioners, re
organised, were to elect subordinate
wunty offleert during the day. .
- Chairman E. F Churchill was re
elected. - , . :
to Lay Siege to City Ro
Hurried That German Advance
rt Armies of Latest Ally to
toucn wun me uerman sup
not expected to be able to s
German officials are taking
GOWN SOUKS
IN m
- (I!y the United Pre--,)
Proiid::cc, n. I., Dec. 1 The
Journal toaay declared that it
had iKithcriaf h e information now
that iwo large German Ktibma
ilnes are. in the Weal Ir.de.s and
that two others left. Kiel a moii'h
go, eluded (he British patrol ar.d
art! now en rouic to the Ameri
can coast.
m
RAH NOW MS TIE
tun
NATIONAL GUARD TO
ME TROUBLE OVER
(Dy the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 4. Repeal of
those sections of tho army reorg;.ni-
zation bill dealing with the national
i guard will be asked by Senator Ro-
rah in a bill ir.tt educed tomorrow.
"The time has come," he said today
"to find whether we are satisfied with
the guard after the experiment on the
border."
COTTON
About 23 bale3 of cotton had been
solil hei-e by 3 p. m. Monday. Pric
es ranged from 18 1-2 to 19 1-2.
New York futures quotations were:
Open. Close, j rened for the short session today. He
jaa, 20.00 20.02 was introduced by Senator Robison as
Mar. 20.20 j the man named to fill the unexpired
May 20.37 20.45 ' term of the late Senator Clarke. Ap-
juy 20.37 20.47 plause from hia aenatorlal colleagues
Oct. ;, . 18.41 18.48 ' ffreted toe appearance of tha lefts
Dec. ............. 19.98 195 laUva infant.' '
Threat to Introduce Reso
lution Stirred Up Hornet's
Nest Westerners From
the Farm Districts Op
posed
(Ry the United Press
W.-ixhingio n IVc. 4. Represonla
vr Fitzgerald ;ind his threatened
. 'I emba-go l"irila'ion wan the
:!ct if Iiiten-Kt when the (Mth Con
cu.v.'eiicl for its dying session
: i;i.on today.
!-''t "r'.'raM's dt'clnrnfion late in Xo
n.'nT that li" would introduce a
-o!:itjon for a foo-' embargo to
vi product in the Tnited Stales
i l reduce the cot of living stirred
i a political hornet's nost.
Aide f'om tho possibility of the
nba-gn it-.ilf, Fitzgerald's action,
he la'cc-A it. may p!irt"iid a fight be
tween supivirters of 1 resident Wil-
en, who is ag.v'nst an embargo, and
ho Tamm.tny delegation, wbo.se lead-
; Fitzgerald.
1 tiifh members and gallery in the
II.t.I " vr.iehed with interest for any
'ii:itW)-i of ih" attitude, of the Tam
iiiy delegation toward the Demo
u machine. Any move by the
Ti'mmanviles would !e the more slg-
aeant because they hold tho bal
co of power in tho House.
Representatives f ro:n West and
!: '(Ue West farm districts were ab-
'iitely alert for any factional split
i the threatened embargo resolution.
They are opposed to it and have
. i.i ....... i.i
a. eate?ioil mat it t is inirouuceu iney
will combat it with a retaliatory mea-
ii'e calling for an embargo on man1
ifactured article's such as constitute
he bulk op tho exportations to Eu
)e from the eastern manufacturing
sres.
Packed galleries greeted the gravols
f Speaker Clarke and Vice President
tarshall as chattering members of
in'h Houses, in most cases meeting
r flvj fi'st time since the eventful
'.y bi early September when they
i-'io! through the Adamson eight-
ir law
turned tD hear the familiar
- "i'tioa to "be in order.
l,'-;!e business was expected today.
ft' centered principally on the
i f tho House and Senate chain
's a "! in the galleries a mass of
it . membership made up of
-.'.e' of the White House family,
!
mats, families and friends or
: e sriM it. and the populace crowd
he public galleries,
iiainr Cullingcr and Senator
, I'.ept.'blican and Oemocratlc
K
ti :; re-.peftively, wi re named
:.!.! members of th" joint commit
o t i notify President Wilson that
CoP-rn ss was ready to hear him.
Th H u;se named as its members
Majority Leader Kitchin, Minority
Leaner Mann and Representatives
VUr.i'x n.ld. chairman of the oppria-t-.'v
c- mmittce.
N'j is net for the President's
rn -a ge to Congress. In the last few
ve -1-.i this has been on the day follow-
h" convening which would be
tori-iw. probably at 1.
V'ii mi ver it is, the Hous; and Sen
wlll arrange for a joint session
:n the big House chamber.
While little business is in sight for
t ley on the floor of either houses,
.here will b? plenty of routine busi
nessprincipally the submission of
the annual appropriation estimates of
beads of the government departments.
The-;e budgets, totaling millions, will
b? the principal business during the
Isort session. Some resolutions were
io be introduced.
KIRBY OF ARKANSAS
WW OF THE SENATE
Washington, Doc. 4.-VW. F. Kirby
of Arkansas was the baby of the
United States Senate when ft con-
Evacuates Chihuahua City
After Easy Pilfering of
the Place
MMSHALL TAKES HAND
Foresees Effort of Carranza
to Establish Dictatorship
Wouda't Like the Abol
ition of tho Vice-presidency
(Tly
the United Tress)
Dec. 4.- -Af'o- y.-ronia-
III
;.!ily looting and evacuating Ch
liuabua City Villi is today marching
Wo ..waul towards the mountairs of
Western Chihuahua, carrying four
f.-pi'i loads of loot and supplies.
Miirhhall Protests Carranza Plan.
Washington, lec. 4. Vire-presi-
ib i.t Ma-shall is about, to take a hand
in the Mexican situation for the first
I'm".
"1 see Carranza is trying to abol
i ,'i the oio,. of vice-president," Mr.
M." loill said. "I am opposed to it.
an
f Ca
.vug t make s;ie:ches against
r.iii.a kcrps up this agitation
ULLETINS
(Ry the United Press)
EAPKimfexTAL DYF. PLANT.
Washington, Dec. 4. The Com
troller of tho Currency today
HulhorJ.'cd the expenditure of
$.'0flt)0 to erect an experiment
"1 dv- plr.nt to determine whelh
er dyes can be made profitably
In America.
ADVANCE 8-ItOUU SUIT
MOVED.
Washington, Dec. 4. A motion
by the government to advance
the c!;;h!-hour test su?. before Su
premo Court wib be made by So
licitor Davis today.
WITHDRAWAL BRITISH
TRFSl UY ISSUE.
Loidoii, Dec. 4. Withdrawal
of the propnsed Issue of British
(re.-smy uoies wns announced in
the ITo::;;c of Commons today by
the t hnnccilor of the Execheuqu
er, on account of the American
Kedeal Reserve Hoard' caution to
Amerhim bankers.
MEfTING FA IK DIRECTORS.
There will be a meeting of the di
rectors of the Kinston Fair Associa
tion at 8 o'clock Monday evening, in
the offices of the Kinston Insurance
& Realty Co.
m i m. m
By CENG
A FATHER
IN A CiT
FLAT AUDITING
THE FAVUL.YS'
HEAVY e.PENSf:
LIST AT THE. 5EA
SHORE., WH.O
MCVfiR Av HIS
BACHLLOfc DAYS
A THOU6HT
sir-
Well-knoTTO Businessman
Passes Away in Rich
mondComplication of
Troubles Funeral Here
Monday Afternoon
Errol P. Dixon, a member of tho
well-known firm of D. V. Dixon &
Son and popular youg man of the
city, died about !) o'clock Sunday
morning, as near as relatives can
learn, in a Richmond, Va., hospital,
following on operation. Mr. Dixon
bad h.vn in poor health for some
fiir.e from a complication of npoendi
cilis, gall stones and possibly other
trevb'e. The remains were brought
here Monday. Tile train which wa
to have brought them missing the
connection at tloldsboro, a motor
hearse ivai sent through the countty
to that city to bring them the re
mainder of the distance.
Tho funeral was held at 1 p. m
Monday, conduced by Rev. II. A
Humble, pastor of Queen Street. Meth
odfst church, of which Mr. Dixon was
a member.
Errol Dixon was born in Hooker
ton, N. C, about. '.',( years ago. Ho
came from a leading Greene county
family. He came with his father
Mr. I). V. Dixon, to this city about 1G
vnars ago. The concern of Dixon &
Son has been very successful.
Mr'. Dixon w'as a graduate of tho
A. A- M. College at Raleigh, a thor
o'igh businessman and a model Chris
tian, lis was a member of the
Knights of Pythias and Knights of
Harmony. He took little interest in
politico or kindred matters, although
he was public-spirited, a good' mixer
r.nd liked by hundreds.
His wiTe, Mrs. Mamie Dixon; five
-hildron, Corinne, Errol, Keith, Frank
and D. V;. his father; two brothers,
David L. and William, and one sister,
Miss Lucile Dixon, survive him.
MFSSFNGER BOY SEES
' THINGS DIFFERENTLY
Sylvester Gray Married Widow Wi'ih
Lot of KSds and Now Wants Sep
a rat Ion Said He Had Inherited
Millions and Found He Was Mb
taken.
The following was contributed to
Sunday's Raleigh News and Observ
er from its Durham bureau:
"Sylvester Gray, tho 20-year-o!J
lokgraph messenger boy who sue
.umbed to an illusion two years ago
that a wealthy Lynchburg widow had
fallen desperately in love with him,
recognized the stern realities of life
R EMPPEN
BYRNES
' V J V
Asquith Believed to Have
(Jiven in and Saved Cabi
net Split Said There
Was No Actual Threat to
Resign
(By the United Press)
London, Dec. 4. Premier As
quith announced in the House of
Commons today that the King ap
proved plans for a "reconstruct
ion government."
London, Dec. 4. It Is circum
stantially reported that unionist
cabinet members have advised
premier Asquith- to resigr. Intl
uia.ing that if not then the whole
union representation In the cabi
net would. The nature of As
quith's reply has not been r veal
ed, but Ills understood that tho
unionises have now decided to re
main. London, Dec. 4. Whether the, cab
inet crisis has definitely passed is un
certain, but indications are that As
quith is maintaining his reputation as
one of ihe greatest political placaters.
The best information is that Lloyd
(iecrgo will not resign as rumored,
nor did he ;.i'tually threaten to, but
did firmly ex'pres.s belief of tho abso
lute necessity of a snail compact
council with full uuthority to conduct
the war. Apparently Asquith c
ccded. WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST.
For South Atlantic and East Gulf
States: Generally fair weather will
provtiil except that local rains are
probablo Wednesday or Thursday;
temperature will remain moderate un
til Friday or Saturday when colder
weather will overspread these dls
tncts.
today and admitted the limitations of
his nr:ntal vision. Tho admissions
were set forth in a summons issued
through his attorney, William L.
Foushee, in which he asked for anul
Iment of his marriage to. Mrs. Fan-
ii i o Victors, iliat ne was mcapauie
of contracting for want of will or un-
.... , ... ii
d.rstanding is the legal phraseology
uniler wtnen tne uncontesiea sun goes
to Superior Court.
'Sylvester's imaginary picture of a
messenger boy suddenly lifted into
tho realm of riches, luxury and the
favor of a comely Virginia widow had
all th2 elements of a real romance.
Ho sold a Durham newspaperman the
story and it scredulity seemed un
ccntioverted. His photogruph was
played-up largo on illustrated sec
tions and descriptive material related
the romantic experience. The story
he related was essentially this:
'He was a messenger boy for the
Durham offic of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, and in the deliv
ery of messages of a day in West
Durham tha heiress from LynchbuTg
was a visitor, lie pre3eniea me lei-
ogram to tier aunress in nis custo
mary courtesy. She becamo intatuac-
ed with the youth and his affections
were Invited. Ho visited the comoly
widow and solicited proposals for ma
trimony. Sylvester told friends that
the wedding was solemnized and a le
gacy of millions was his. Metropoli
tan newspapers printed the story.
"But Sylvester drifted from the
messenger carrier service and was
employe! by the Llggett-Myers To
bacco Company. Ho awoke from
wild dreamland and wedded Mrs. Fan
nie Vickers, a widow of Durham. She
s 45 years old and the mother of
some dozen children. Prom this ma
trimonial venture, Sylvester is sueingr
separation. Ha has spent a term In
the school for the feeble minded in
Kinston. Love at first sight tele
graph boy shares affectlons( of weal
thy heiress and then atern reali
ties of life Is a fitting sugg-estion for
a title of this far fetched illusion."
At the Caswell Training school f-r
tba feeble-minded here, it is said n
such person as Sylvester 'Gray has
been an inmate of the Institution, '
Nearly Hundred Members v
Congress Attending Fin-
al Session
SOME ARE OLD-TIMERS
'Cyclone' Davis and 'Alfalfa
Bill' Murray Among' the
Has-Beens Stout Gives
Place to Montana Wo
man (By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 4.
Legislative proposals in
tended to shatter the high
cost of living marked the re
opening of Congress today..
Representative Fitzgerald,
leader of the embargo forc
es, introduced four plans,
two of them calling for food
export embargoes, the oth
er two for regulation of
cold storage and for reduct
ion parcel post charges on
food. Meantime, Represen
tative Farr nroposed an em
bargo on wheat and Repre
sentative London worked on
measures propoing a vir
tual food dictatorship with
an incidental food export .
ban. The House convened '
at 12:01. the Senate three
minutes later. After a sev
en minutes' session the Sen
ate adjourned until 3 o'
clock, appointing a commit
tee to notity the House that
it, was ready for business
Crammed galleries watched
the proceedings. Speaker
Clark was cheered roundly.
The chanlain prayed for
oeace within the nation's
borders.
Washington, Dec. 4. Seventeen
members of the Senate and 70-odd
"lame-duck" members of tho House
today began thoir final legislitlve
duties. When the spotlight fades on
March 4 on the Sixty-fourth Con
gress, they will gather up their toga
and start for home and (private cit
izenship. Thesa "lame-ducks" are those the
populaeo turned thumbs down upon
In the last election. Their services
ranges anywhere from a little, less
than a year, In the case of Senator
Tom Taggaret of Indiana, to 22 years
In the cases of Senator 'Clarence D.
Clar'i of Wyoming and Hep. Spark
man of Florida, Clark ranking third
in point of service in the Senate and
Sparkman fourth In continuous ser- '
vico In the House.
Perhaps the most conspicuous fig
ure in the line-up of the prospective
has-beens Is Senator Jown W. Kern,
onetime candidate for Vice-President
and Senate Democratic floor leader
and chairman of the powerful com-
nittee on privileges. He went to
make way for Harry S. New, Senator
elect from Indiana with James E.
Jim Watson, former whip of a Te-
cently Republican House, who brought
to an untimely end the Senatorial ser
vice of "Tom" Taggart.
W. F. Kirby, of Arkansas, win suc
ceed tho lata Senator Clarke, wha
died during the Summer. Senator
Chilton of West Virginia, 'weIl4tnowa
here for his interest in blooded hora
es as well as for hii legislative ac- v
tivities, will make way for f Rep.
Howard Sutherlan, Republican, who
fought his way from the House to
the Senate in two sessions.'
Senator Johnson of Maine, carried
to the Senate on the Democratic tide
of 1910, will (be succeeded next Con
gress by Frederick Hale, son f tha
late Senator from Maine. ; '
The defeat ot Senator Bla'r Lea
of Maryland sealed two political fates
for' the present He was defeated In
the prtmarles by Eep. David J. Leww
Is Father ! Lewis . of the . parcel -post.
( Lewis in turn was defeated by
t Republican Dr. Josep? 1 1. France.
" Another of the old-tine-a : list!
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