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The ESlNSTOM PUgLISHED TWICg A WEEgWEPNE3PAYg AXJP gATUgPAYt - . " i .1 m I li iij i I i i , 'mm . , ,,J m , M ' 11 - - 1 - .., i. - i... ... ,- .i ....I ,, .i i i i f f S VOL. XXIX. No. 71 " KINSTON, N. G. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1918 ' . sRICE JETWE fJNT9 , " f - - iL J- . L 1 1 - - .. ,i, i. in ii ii wm..,.m g fjD 13 li r r .Vf?T flT1 T-jii Maiiiime hi n m m u m vessels d fiavy DepaijUnent Has Reports on Three Sinkings Daniels Reticent Pending Official NewsSubmarine Chasers Bosy Off Jersey Coast Sunday Night Earlier Reports From Norfolk Told of Rumors of Huns Off Hampton oads-4!ertain Now That Kaiser's Navy is Attacking American Shipping Almost Under Guns of United States Navy Survivors Put Into Port (By the United Press) An Atlantic Port, June 3. Two tank steam ers were sunk by a submarine about 150 miles off Sandy Hook between 7 and 8 o'clock last night, according to the captain of a Canadian Pacific passenger liner arriving here today. The liner carried 150 passengers on her maiden voyage. . She was travelling in a slow convoy. She receiv ed a wireless from another ship that it was be ing attacked by a submarine. The vessel, to- ; gether with several others, left the convoy, mak ing for the nearest port. Washington, June T 3. Three American ' schooners have been sunk.4 One was shelled by a submarine operating off the Jersey coast. The three sunk were the Jacob II. Baskell, Edward H. Cole and another unnamed vessel." The Isa belle D. Willey was shelled. Beyond these the, Navy Department received only .unofficial reports. A pair of the U-boats operated off Barnegat within striking distance of New York City and the Jersey coast, reports say. Locally they inflicted no casualties. The ports of New York and Boston are closed. A careful watch is being kept at the Atlantic gate X ways. 1 schooners having been sunk off the American Atlantic coast by' German submarines have been h.ad by the Navy Department, it was officially announced this afternoon. Other vessels are unofficially reported to have been gunk. Some reports say as many as 12 or more ships have. been sent, to the bottom. ( A full statement of the department's information will be given out shortly. The announcement by Secretary Daniels' ' department gives the first definite word that German ! submersibles, presumably of the new cruiser jpc, aic uciciLiiig uii tiic xxiiici itrtii SlUCi '. Norfolk reported rumors of U-boats off the Virginia capes Sa'turdrf' night. ,. .. .. - ,i .. The department's information shows that some Btearaerarweru not areai aisiance-jrom-xne sceuesiH the sinkings. . , Only a short time before the announcement was made Secretary Daniels had named Questions 'concerning a re- Dort of ll.hnsf. phasora' sirf night. His' only comment was that naval boats were ac customed to get busy over any report that their services would be needed. . . Boston Closed. 5 Boston. June S.The nort afternoon on .account of submarines operating off the coast .' J ' - : ' ' "'. s! ' , - ys 15 Ships Sunk. . New York, June 3. The Maritime Exchange is un derstood t( hnva a liof a IK 00001011111 htrva lfpn .sunk. It will be niade public when' permission from the naval authorities is secured. - '.. - " . . . , . . : 5ty f Sinking of Schooner Cole. Capt 'G. Newoon and 10 tnmben Nw Tort, June S,-Teirw of tfce crew of the American choon- tw of htj'wg been held op off the er Edwin H. Cote arrived here thi Jry coast kjr two rman tdbmrn- morning-. 5 They were taken in nnea, ordered into fmall boats and charpe by, paval' authorities, who "'"K.their hip tunk witl bombs,) (Continued on jae three) Exchaiige een Bottom by Su ivifita TiPar fflnP ATav. last ' ;v ' of Boston was closed this Says bent to bmersibles NURSES OF STATE MEET TUESDAY FOB First Session at Baptist Church Tuesday Night Miss Van de Verde to Speak Wednesday Oth er Features fl)aily Free Press June 3) Kinston will entertain n oonven- tion this weok. It will- he an im portant affair. The North Carolina Nurses' Association will assemble here for its annual session. The meeting will start Tuesday night and continue through Wednesday, Thurs day and a part of Friday.' There will be a number rf" features, including an address Wednesday afternoon by Miss Jane Van de Verde, head of the nursing bureau of the,,Tied Cross in the Southeast. Officers. Officers of the association are Miss Eugenia Henderson,. Charlotte, president; Miss M. L. Wyehe, Ashe ville, first vice-$restident; Miss Jane Brown, Asheville, second vice-president; Miss Blanch Stafford, Winston Salem, secretary; Miss E. A. Kelly, Fayetteville, treasurer; Miss . Edith Redwine, Asheville, and Miss Dor othy Hayden, Greehlioro, , directors. The viaitinf? nurses will be lavish ly entertained. Opening Session. At the initial session Tuesday niffht at the First Baptist Church .the following program will be carried out: Opening prayer by Rev. W..'M.' Craig, pastor of the First " Bfeptist Church. Music. iAddress ' of wefcoifle by Mayor Sutton. T , Response by Miss E. A. Kelly. Address of .wekome by Dr. Ira M. Hardy. . Reponse by Miss L. E. Henderson. Music. Address by Dr. James . M. Parrott. 4Musie. Closing prayer by Rev. John If. Griff ith rector of St. Mary's' Eri-" copal Church, i Infornwl reception. Security League is Orgaiuzing Unique , . Celebration for 14th New York, June 3 A unique cel ebration of Flag Day, June 14, is be ing promoted by the NaUonar Se curity League throughout the coun try. Through the league's efforts, the day will be observed in moving picture theatres from coast to coast by the singing of the Star Spangled Banner and at least one of the pop ular war songs. The leaders of the motion picture industry and the proprietors of "movie" houses, large and small, have given the league their support in or ganizing this simple but effective celebration, June 14 is the Hlt birthday of the flag. ' N -1 Child Labor Law Invalid Washington, June 3.-The National Child Labor Law is unconstitutional and invalid,-the SupremY Court decitjes. ' ' ' . ' ' ; ' ' ' AIRMEN p ALL NIGHT TO WAGE THEIR PART OF WAR Bombing on Colossal Scale Along British Front; Big Racket HUN HATE AT BITTEREST Another Hospital Shot Up Attendants Killed Fly ers Dropped Flare to Il luminate It Tooth, and Toenail ; (By the United Press) With the British Armies in Franco, June 3- Itomlliing warfare on a most colossal scale is being seen on the British fropt nightly. The British anil Prussians do not stop at dropping high exptosives from sunset to sunrise. 'Astride the line and far into the back areas the countryside literally rocks with stunning super-concussions while the starlit sky is aflick- e- with "Archie" bursts. British hospitals' c.ntinue to--pitor--W-bim-MKM-fi ceive the full force of German hate. .icb hy the Democrats in Saturday's Another base hospital, one of he , Pmanes, or he will enter a second biggest in the war lone and as fer Prm prcba,ly with Frank Woot ibehind the linas as'il was possible to en of Monday after. install St. : ihP hAnAA h .,-! . 48 lwUr ftfter the C,,M Germans, who dropped a flare to . luriiin'ate the target and then let fly ' ii i , a . .. m , wun uomnsi a numoer 01 atcenu ants were killed. " : Hamlet of 75 Sends Twenty Young Men to One Branch Service (Special to The Free Press) St. Taul, Minn., June 3. Isle, Minn., was a village of 75 population, situated on tlie Soo line, near Mille iLars Lake, Minn. ' . Not a small part of its population was of young men, so it had a base ball' team and a brass band, just as kny other really mibitious village i hould have. l!he past tense is used advisedly. Isle, Minn., still is a village, sit uated just where it always has been. But in no' other way can the past uml present he compared. It is without its baaeiball team, its brass band, and 'its young men. For the baseball team and the 4rass. band 20 of 'em, have enlisted "in the Marine Corps. "The town's simply shot t' pieces!" declared an elderly resident, one of the few left. (Dy.theTJniteoT Press THE CASUALTIES. Washington, June 3. Gen. Pershingsteports 36 casualtie today. Four were killed in ac tion" were probably "missing 'in two dead from accidents, seven dead from disease, 48 wounded severely, one wounded slightly. Three reported "wounded In "ac tion "were" probably "missing- jn action." 200,000 REFUGEES. Paris, June 3. Nearly 200,000 refugees, mostly women .and .children, have arrived here from the Marae districts and been sent into Normandy and Brit- iainy. , ! BULLETINS J IAIN UPjEITUER POWERS OR WOOTEN TO BE THE NOMINEE SOLICITOR Lenoir and Sampson for Local Man ; Woolen Strong in Onslow DORTCH FOR CONGRESS Abernethy Seems to Have Lost Out in Third Dis trict Fight-Judge Cal vert "to Enter a Second Primary New Bern, June 3. The New Bern Sun-Journal this afternoon estimates that Dortch's majority luw been reduced to 304. Aber nethy claim to have been nomi nated for the Third District seat In Congrewi. The canvassing'' board is marking time necaufie of nIow returns. , (Daily Free Press June 3) It appears that James A. Powers of Kinston was either nominated for. il-iof the. primaries, there was no way of telling just how Powers and Woot- en and John Gavin, Jr., of Kenana vilTe, a third candidate, ran. Lenoir County's . vote was incom plete. Some of the boxes were seal ed and had not been opened pending the meeting of the Board of Elections during. t;he afternoon. The unoffic ial figures for the majority of the precincts gave Powers 228, Wooten 92,' and Gavin GO. Probably less than 100 votes had not been reported, Le noir cast a record small vote. Only about one out of four or five voters visited the polla. Over long distance telephone The Free Press learned from Clinton Mon day morning that only three Samp son County precincts had reported of ficially but that Powers undoubtedly had a big majority In the county. It could not be learned if the vote was heavy. Sampson "is a .rural county, Onstew, the clerk- of Superior Court at. Jacksonville said, gave Wooten about S00 votes and the others scat tering small votes, No word could be had from Duplin, the temaining county in the. district. It appeared from reports received by roundalKWt ways that Gavin led .in the voting there. On the face of this very vague sit uation it i believed by the political wiseacres that Powers is ahead, al though Onslow cast a remarkably heavy vote for Wooten which might put him ahead when the figures are all in. No' Lenoir candidate for a county (fficeyas opposed. Looks l.ike Dortch. . ' Latest reports from the Third Con gressional District indicate that W. T. Dortch of .Gbldsboro, United States marshal, won the nomination for Congressman George Ilood'a seat from Charles L. Abernethy of New Bern, " former solicitor of the New Bern district, by a majority of about 1,000. Statewide interest centered in this fight. Congressman Hood was, nbt a candidate for denomination. Abernethy had not conceded loss of the district at last accounts. Calvert Will Run. Judge Thomas 21. Calvert, Seventh Judicial District, will take part in a run-off primary with one of his four opponents in Saturday's primaries. Judge Calvert led In the voting. Kins ton is interested in this contest be cause of the fact that Judge Calvert is the jurist presiding in the local district at .present. . ., Up in the Eighth (Salisbury) Dis trict Congressman R. I;. Doughton was .renominated over Walter Mir phy. Salisbury, Murphy'a home town, gave nm a neavy majority. -, . (Continued on p&ge three) ALLIES HAVE UPPER HAND OF BETWEEN OURCO Maintain Positions and Defeat Huns in Sharp Combatt Violent Assault Astride Important Highway Leading to Capital Haiff fakes Irisoners and Advances Ilia Line in Ix)cal OperaUons-r I'our American Flyers Efi" jraife Six Germans, Bringing One Down in Flames-n Sunday Quiet Day for Sammies in jlArraine3p " MeH Cited for Bravery and Gallantry Include Two South- erners , ' . . ' . .'"V- (y the United Press) , . " Paris, June 3. French counter-attacks yesterday ev ening drove the Germans back between . Ourcq and the Mafne, whei'e the enemy is making his greatest efforts to advance toward Paris, the French war office announc os! A violent attack astride the main highway 'from Chateau Thierry to Pans parallelling the North bank of the Marne broke down under French fu-e." The German losses were heavy. Hundreds of prisoners were jtaken. The French positions were maintained1. Southeast of Jiouresches (four miles West of Chateau Thierry). 1 Preparing to Open SnmnjeiScbouIs of (Special to fThe Free Press) , Canel II511, June 3. Co-incident with tlte commencement exercises of the University of North Carolina be ing hekl this week, and made mem orable by the fact that J,'400 student and former student? have entered the service, the University is com pleting plans for the'oponing of the 31st session of the Summer School on June 11. ; Prominent among the special in structors who will be present during the session are Dr. C Alphonso (Smith, professor of English at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Dr. Edwin Mini, professor of English at' Vandeilbitt University, and ,Dr. Ed win Greenlaw, head of the English lo mrtment of the University. 1 The .University Law School, under the direction of Dcnn L. P.' McGehee, will open June 13, and the Summer Military Training Gump at Asheville, under the direction -of Oa.pt. J. Stuart Allen, June M. Trade Report Shows Fair ConJifions This V Part of the Country (Special to The Free Press) Richmond, June 3. Bradstreefs says for Richmond nnd vicinity: Wholesale 'trade, good. Retail trade, fair. . ' Manufacturing, very active. Coljections, fair. Oops, fair. Special note, labor scarce,-freight congested. ' Trade continue .general!' active and the absorption of commodities by the Government 'increases rather than diminishes. Wholesale trade' is' good. Labor is scarce and wages ' hih. Slight improvement: in freight de liveries is noted but the congestion is still bad. There is active demand for clothing, shoes and cotton -roods even though price advance. Heavy bank clearings continue' to reflect the activity in trade, and failures in this district are negligible both in number and , volume of liabilities. Collections are . fair in most locali ties. Building 'is quiet except for Government "uses. Sales of real .es tate are few and cf small amount. Provisions are in good demand. , The Winter wheat crcp is in good condi tion. Cotton, corn and tcoacco are from two to three week late. With (the exception of tobacco the acreage of Summer crops will not equal that of last' year. Farm labor is scarce and diminishing. '' . ' j (BUY WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS.) ;; FRENCH HURL ENEMY BACK ' il; Rritish Successes. : London," June 3. One hundred and ninetyrce proners were ken in local operation in Klandera i last night whlch alhtly adnced th British lineaays Gen. Hftlg. v Suc cessful raids Southeast ' of Arras,' ,' Northwest . of Lens and- West of Mer ville resulted, la 20 pria oners, thre machineguru and a trench mortar be ing captured. ' 11 '-i' American, Keport. - T With the American Army in Lor ' rme, .June 3. One German "plane was brought down by an Americari .'plae and fell in flames on the Ger- man side lines in a fight between four Americana and six enemy ma chines North of Toul yesterday after noon. :Li,.- ,-jcu.:,.il::;'i:iS:l All the ?fronl3 in Lorraine werd quiet Sunday,; Thirty-atx officers and men wero cited by a divisional, order for bravery and gallantry.' E f B. Hope of WatterbordS." C, and A. C. PefkinBon of Petersburg, were among them. Will Stop Shipping of - ' ; . Hour Into State; Our Foil Share is on Hand (Special to The Free .Press) Raleigh, June S.Based On the total supply in the United States fof home consumption, and considering the decreased consumption, by. our people, there is within 'the borders of North Carol ina our share and more of flour," today stated Food Admin istrator Henry A. Pagei "Thla fce irig true ! am calling upon the whole sale and retail merchenta pi North Carolina to refrain; from, sending; further orders for flour to mills, out side of North Carolina,' ;;- "I do not pretend to say that there issufficien -flour-in4 North Oarolin to supply anything like the normal demand. What I do mean to say is : thht if we are to supply or !A)Jie8 with the quantity they must have We have as much flour in North Oaro lina ns we . are entitled to and as much in proportion, as the people jo any ether State or section pdi we, have n right to more." ' Lahor Delegates Are : .. J; Arriying at St Pad - for Big Ccaveiii: - ' ' ' - i : . . . , St 'Paul, Minn., June S.--The van guard of delegates to the SSth an. cual convention of the American Federation of Labor, which opens) here next Monday, , began arriving today. " . '.:. Preliminary meetinge will be hell throughout this week. ; Probably the most important f these will .be the annual ' meeting of the members of the Internationa Labor Ire9 of America. v - : . , PRISON RS
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