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iflNSTON THE PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK-WEDN ESDAY8 AND 8ATUKDAH T VOL. XXIX.-No. 77 KINSTON, N. C WEDNESDAY, JUNE! 26, 1918 ... j .f RICE FIVE WE AUST1HS11EEIN6 FROM AUSTRIA WILL IERICANS GO OVER EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND. DOLLARS THE SUM - FEW MINUTES' , WORK AT SAVINGS RAIIViAT rHiilTAIinill SIliAY P M. -. - . 5... I. I. , -v PEACE WHEN FOR 400-YARD GAIN VlCralOlIS AEJJES mm ARE M AS READY IN - BELLEAU WOOD ALLIES ENEMY LOSSES ESTIMATED MORE THAN 200,000; ITALIANS CONTINUE ATTACK Complete Failure of Karl's Rout, With Austro-Hungarians Falling Back in Dis order Few Remain on Allied Side of Swollen River Montello Again Completely in Hands of Defenders- Further Heavy Losses by Defeapf War, Apparently Emperor Returns to Vi enna, Probably to Face Chaotic Internal Conditions- Italians Score in France (By the United Press) Rome June 24. Italian cavalry has crossed the middle Piave in addition to I bridging ' the lower river. The horsemen are chasing the flee ing Austrians along the West bank. Two thous and Austrians were captured at Montello last night. " Amsterdam, June 24. Emperor Karl hurried to the front Sunday, according to a Vienna dispatch. The last previous report said Karl was at Austrian headquarters north of the-Asiago plateau. It is probable he returned to Vienna because of the food demonstrations and min fsteriaTmMsT' " Austrians Fleeinff Rome, June 24-The Italians have crossed the nave m pursuit or tne fleeing Austrians. Infantry and cav , airy"' forces '' haye crossed the ? flood ed river in the region of Ga'bo Sile, it is semi-officially stated. The west ern bank of the river has been prac tically cleared of Austrians. Mon tello has been entirely retaken. The enemy occupy only' a few points on the right bank of the Zenson south-J ward to the sea. Italian Success in France. Paris, June 24. Italian troops holding positions. at Bligny Moun&In,' eight miles : southwest of i,, Rheime, ihave repulsed a German attack after sharp fighting, inflicting heavy loss es : On the enemy and taking; prison ers, the French war office announc es. ' - - Retreat Becoming a Rout. Rome, June 24. Austria's retreat across the Piave continues along the entire 40-mile front from Montello to the sea. The Italians ,are" cjosejy" pursuing the enemy, putting the pieces. Infantry, cavalry,, airplanes end light artillery are cooperating in defeating the Austrians, wl have attempted rear guard actions. !; Great numbers of the enemy have been wiped out, it ls annmiriced.'Hiige hauls of prisoners are expected hour ly. All Italian euns lost on 1 this front last week are reported recaptur ed. ..' ' -y ' ' " Nine Austrian divisions (108,000 men) have been completely annihilated.- '. Hfteen others are worn out n xne esan uona nave region in which entire regiments have 'been de- troyod. The total of Austrian loss es in the drive is estimated to be ev er 200,000. TheItalian losses In killed,- wounded and raptured number 40,000, says an official statement. SHIP IS VICTIM, SAID (By the United Press) Norfolk, June 24r-The. Navy De partment decline to issue a state ment regarding the landing of 20 men and a dejj supposed to be survivors from a British ship sunk at sea by a German submarine. Lieutenant Bush tiell, head of the bureau of naval in telligence, said no information con cerning the crew could be given out r his office. ... WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST. HWd fcy the Weather Bureau, Washington, for the period June 24 June 29: For Sooth Atlantic and East Gulf .States: Fair weather will prevail, , ith temperature slightly below nor mal; probably showers in the moun tain districts after Thursday. CROSS PIAVE AND ROUTED DIVISIONS Offensive-Retreat Becomes Austrians Expected Worst "tri r PJqW Undef OT BllITl Wheat Stubble: Bugs , Expected Be Numerous , (Special to The Free Press) Raleigh, June 24. Owing to unus ual abundance of Hessian fly in the stubble of the present wheat crop, Franklin Sherman, chief , in 'entomol ogy, advises that all wheat fields which are badly infested should be so treated as to reduce the number of flies to emerge in the early autumn, In case some other crop is already sown in the wheat, one must exer cise his own best judgment as to whether it is best to sacrifice it. Jf it is desired sow peas, and burg; ing over the stubble is not desirable then the wheat stubble should be plowed under, covering it as deeply as possible. , "But the most thorough-going pro cedure," states Mr." Sherman, "is to burn over the wheat stubble as promptly as possible, after the wheat is put, and then plow deeply in ad dition." Country's Eyes Are on Old Noitii Staje; Week ;, to Test Its Patriotism (Speciai to The Free Press) WmstonSalem, June 24 The eyes of Ihe country are , now" turned"on North Carolina to know what she will do on June 28, . the last day of her war-savings drive., A telegram irom Rownnr Lee S.' Overman to Col. F. H. Fries, State director, says: "The war-savings campaign is at tracting unusual attention n Wash ington. I feel sure our State will pledge it's full quota. I believe it is the patriotic duty of our people to save and pledge our full quota. Jpsephus Daniels,'' secretary' of the navy, said in a telegram: "I am sure the State will pledge its fuH quota and go 'over the top by June 28. The noble old State has never failed! Let every one of us buy stamps until it hurts." " W4 ' V - 1 ; . V.J Mstuig Boy Army L In Colorado; Asked to Help in War Work (By the United Prese) Denver, Colo, June 24. The boys' division of the Denver Y. M. C 'A. is asking every boy to spend his sum mer vacation in productive work, preferably in food production. The National War Garden Commission is cooperating and furnishing the boys with canning and gardening manuals. EXPLOSION ON SHIP HURLS WRECKAGE 6 MILES; HULK BURNS Government Supply Vessel, Navy Department Won't Make Statement Two Killed Oil Leaked Into Engine Room (By the United Press) Norfolk, June 24. The pas.wntrer steamer Fennimore was burned to the water's edge today while riding at anchor in an American port. Two members of the crew were killed. An exiplosion said to have been caused by oil leaking from a barrel fmVthe engine room caused the oc cident. , The Navy Department declines to issue a statement. The ship recent ly was taken over by the Government for a supply ship. H was heavily loaded with ammunition and supnlias at the time. The force of the ex plosion threw wreckage for six miles It occurred at 2 a. m. .Engine Whistles, a --'Home, Sweet Home'- Tune to Americans lVBy Frank J. Taylor (United - Press Staff Correspondent) ., With the American Army at the Front, May 29 (By Mail). One of the things , that gets deeply into a doughfboy's blood is the whistie of a good old American locomotive in France, and the clane of its bell. It sounds like home. Thev Ameri can 'locomotives are foigf husky ones, making the French engines look like toys. When the first American loeomot ives ; arrived in France,' the natives were astonished at the deep-toned bells and whistles. A truck load of doughboys was bouncing over the road near a wood from which a railroad emerged, in the vicinSty of Verdun. Suddenly there came a deep-toned blast of a locomotive from the woods, follow ed by the panting chug that remind ed you of a train going over the Rockies. . , , Who Cares for Shells? . "We're liable to got shelled here," said the truck driver, 'ibut if yon fel lows are 'game, I am. I'd take a chance" on shells any, day to see a Baldwin locomotive go- by." ' The group insisted on stopping and the : locomotive, hauling a host of tiny French freight cars, came puff ing out of the woods. The doughboys . broke out into cheers. ' V Starry Flag in the Shrine "of Joan; U. S. Men Pay Homage By 'Frank J. Taylor ' (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the American Expeditionary Forces at the Front, May 28 (By Mail).- With characteristic French, appreciation the Stars and- Stripes have been placed in a position of hon- er at the church of tne village oi Domremy, home of Joan of Arc, Across from the iron-fenced yard with" the tall evergreen trees and the tiny Rouse once the home of Joan of Arc, is the eld. church in which Joan used-to -worship and give thanks for France's successes. In it are the flags of the principal Allied nations. Another bright American flag .Is in the beautiful church on the hill- ide back of eleepy Domremy in which Joan saw her visions. Dom remy ' is on, one of the main roads back of the American sector, and never a day passes without many doughboys and officers stopping to visit the home of Joan of Arc and the churches in which she was inspir ed.- ; : (BUY WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS) Premier sitys Vienna Al ways Reaiy lor Mutual, Honorabfe Agreement RESIGNATIONS HELD UP Emperor; Refuses Accept Them," Reported New Ministry Expected Cab inet Crisis at Budapest Rumored' in Newait, (By te.United Press) Ami..r,iMm. June 24. The Austri an rubinet at a special meeting at Vienna decided t resign, advices from the eiMtor of e Arbeiter Zeitung called upon Foreign Mimsncr eurian and presented redplutions of the Vien na municipal council protesting ugainst reduction of the bread ra tion and demanding: immediate ae- tlement of pressing economic and o litical questions.iim'ludmg peace ne gotiationa. ? liuriin reriliied: "Our opponents will always find us ready to conclude, a mutual and honorable peace." Karl Won't Accept Resignatiomi. Copenhagen, Jane 24. Emperor Karl refuses to .accept the resigna-r Hon of the Austrian cabinet, accord ing to a dispatch from Vienna. The political crisis is expected to be solved by the reconstruction of the ministry. The Hungarian cabinet is report ed to be about to resign. Count Tis ca, former premier-will form a hair. ministry at Budapest, a dispatch to day stated. BABIES TO AID IN KID CONSERVATION A house-to-house canvass was con ducted here last week by the Moth ers' Club for the registration of chil dren under the age of six. This census was a preliminary step n the child welfare 'campaign to be made in every city, town and coun ty in theUnion. . North Carolina has pledged to try to save 3,130 little lives during 1918. . Block Matrons. Kinston was divided into sections. each division bejng headed by a block matrtin who this week is super vising the; weighing and measuring of the babies in her section. Physic ians and trained nurses are cooper ating. " Following are the block ma trons, of whom Mrs. R. F. Hill is chairman: Mrs. C. F. Ha.-vey, Mrs. Marietta Brown, Mrs. E. Y. Speed, Mrs. J. Fpencer, Miss Newton, Mrs. S. C. Sitterson, Mrs. Nan Howard, Mrs. R. Hill, Mrs. J. F. Taylor, Mrs. E. G. Barrett, Mrs. G. Andrews. (By the United Press) THE CASUALTIES. Washington, June 24. Sixty two casualties are reported eight killed in action, four deaths from wounds, two from disrate, 45 severely wounded, three to degrees- undetermined. Ed. Helms, Waxhaw, Union County. S. C; E. S. Little, Evington, Va, and W. A. Thompson, 308 Austin Avenue, Durham, N. .C, are severely wounded. COTTON " BULLETINS Open. Close. January , ' - 24.31 24.18 March .......... 24.30 24.20 July ............ 20JO 26.47 October ......... - 24.80 24.70 December ..... . . 24.45 2i29 Huns Resist Desperately- Machineguns Taken by Sammies Enemy Holds Only Fringe of Important Forest Now (By the United Press) With the Americana on the Marne, June 24 (4:20 p. m.) The Americans in Belleau wood drove forward 400 yards today despite fierce German re sistance.- i ;., 1 - They .inflicted severe losses upon the ppemy and captured a number of machhieguns.' Only a little fringe of the wood remains jn the hands of the boehes. The Germans heavily bombarded an American unit northwest of Chateau Thierry with gas shells. IVrHhing Commuiuquc. Washington, Junrt 24. iPcrshinsc's ctmmuniqus today "taies that though harrassed by enemy fire American troops narthwest -of Chatsau Thierry yesterday further improved their po sitions. The artillery on both sides was in continuous action in this region. r Am attempted enemy "raid in the Vosges region was repulsed. 1 Federal Council to 4 , Ccoirol Road Wjort; t ; to Work With States i (Special to The Free Press) IWa9hig'ton,i JWe- 24v Allfune tions of government agencies relat ing t7 streets and highways hereaft er are be coordinated, in a- body called, ihe fiUnSted , States .Highways, rniinnil irmiyfaiMH i nf nnn roprgsotar tive each from the War Department, the Department of Agriculture,,' the United States' Railroad Administra tion, the War -Industries Board and the Fuel. Administration. The conn cil was formed primarily to prevent delays, ' financial loss, and uncertan ty incident to the method of taking up each highway problem in its turn with a separate and distinct govern ment agency. It wall continue the close contact , already established, both formally by law and informally by practice, with the state highway commission in each state of the un ion. Huns to Run Up With Tough Proposition in This Sleepy Youngster (Special to The Free Press),: Atlanta, June 24. "I shall never lock at a red-headed boy again with out thinking of the most persistent sleeper tin captivity," writes Alfred H. Gurney, a Y. M. C. A. secretary in France who was aboard the ship Oronsa when she was torpedoed by a German submarine April 28. "Three times after our ship had been fatal'v hit by a German torpedo this youhg sleeping beauty, got back into the bed from which he had been pulled and three times tried in vain to go to sleep again. "He was only a broth of a boy, making his first trip. I saw him of ten on- deck and my mental picture of him was a shock of red hair sur mounting a broad grin. That same grin spread from ear to ear as, five hours after the sinking of the ship, he stopped sipping a mug of hot soup .in a railway station oil the coatif to admit to me that it was Very mead, very mean of Fritz to break up his night's Bleep." Reclaiming Many of , the Physically Unfit North Carolina Now Raleigh, June 24. Jn every coun ty of the State physicians have been answering ' the call made for ; the treatment of registrants under the selective service law .who are physic ally disqualified for military duty. Assisting the1 members of the medi cal profession in this work are the dentists, who have also volunteered to do their part toward making the men physically sit. This work of healing will be done without charge. Out of a total of more than 180,' 000 men in the State who registered, more than 11,000 were rejected.. . Dr. Parrott, Vickers and Pledge-Takers Work Big Audi ence InljO Patriotic FrenzyPledges Flow Like Water. Sortie Give Until it Hurts, (Hundreds LiWrally--$20 a Head Lenoir's Aim Half ia iMillion Dollars to Back Up County's Sons Overseas Parade a Spectacular Af fair Reserve Militia, Children and 'Adult 'War Thrift Boosters March in Sunday Pageant Pep at the Zero Hour With neighborhood rallies throughout the county a nuite gaudy parade here just before dusk, and a monster, meeting at the chautauqua tent, Gordon Street between Queen and Heritage, at 8 o'clock, Lenoir Sunday stood to f or',war thrift. More than $100,000 must have been pledged during the day, for very nearly $85,000 of it was raised within an hour at the chautauqua rally. YOU DO NOT KNOW A THING ABOUT THIS tfAR; JUST LISTEN Here's a Man Who aGave Until it Hurt and Wants to Give MoreVickers, Who Wnt Down Intq ihe : Da7k Places He Knows iJft N? ? W'i rRoIifwn wf the-paiadl .Soda Xtr. James Scolc -haiitaunua Saturday night, to a col ored audience, Sunday morning, and it Sunday sight's war thrift rally, i V'era ' described the ?Contmipt iblea" ,and theur valorous eacriflce, T :le , correclti prevadling rimpressi ions as , to some conditions at the front' and old about Germany's sins visited Upon the innocents of Bel gium and France. . ; ft. His Part. The "Scotch officeran x-6fficer then-waa in Amerioa when the war broke out. . Vickers an4 his wife with their meagre savings left the. Unit ed States. In England the 'wife took up a life cf sacrifice such as few American women have had to en dure. The ex-officer enlisted. " He entered the mounted service. V' ' At Loos came the bullet in his head. Oft of pay, Vickers accepted charity. He blesses the Red Gross, The Dark Part of It Of 11 officers who went into the trenches ' together Captain Vickers, non-combatant, and an unfortunate in a madhouse are the only survivors. He said that t in England the teeming millions are sacrificing to the limit. They are ruled by a des pot, the great, generous Lloyd Georgo. Democracy made him an un crowned czar. Captain Vickers lecture Saturday night concluded the regular program of the 1918 chautauqua. TheyTI Help America Win thelWar; 700 Men (I of Enemy Races at Camp (By the United Prett) Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash,', June 34. Jtfore than 700 Germans, Turks and Austrians are in training for military service here. . The soldiers have been naturaliz. ed,' and will be used for guard duty n the United States. v Counties to Get War- Savings Honor Flags ' Design is Described (Special to The Free Press). Winston-Salem, June 24. State headquarters for war-savings makes the statement that" to every county that pledges its quota in war-savings on or before June 28 will be issued a war-savings Conor nag. in design it will be eimilar to the1 national ser vice flag, except in the center a large W. S. S. emblem will take the place 1 f the stars. - ".. Before Friday night it is hoped that Lenoir County's total will be $500,000 or better. Persons wh have gone the limit tlKK are be ing permitted ; to repeat. The pat capita assessment is ?20. A man with a wife and three cbiWr'efiis sup posed to diwy up $10O1,twfict thia and January L.sThat is," $100 tf he cant do better. - i- Interesting Fageunt. ,'wTlie parade was -very.- good for. a Sunday. -.. ilumlreds , marched, Thous ands lined Queen,' Iteev to .pprove. Patriotism's procession ' Itarted at Vernon Heights and stopped at Gor don Street; - There 'were a band, the home guards, boy scout of Kinston, afld-Ladranger CamFire, -Girla,-many Sunday - school children, and lots of atiaene aJJ line, '1'ne, display ParreH, local thrift ehaiitaan, and . Capt. . Leslie t. Vickers,-. sura-enough shot-up war hero, the principal speak er of the evenipg'e rally, , Stirred tip. , ,7 t. j , Interesting" patrittic exercises were held at the chautaUqu tent. When the call for pledgee was made scores of trained canvassers f looked down amongst the audience and harangued the sons and daughters of democracy. Dr. Parrottt from' the platform Itept oip l' a running lire o war-aavinga talk'. He invoked the ".-personal touch," c, ailed Jim by his name and George by bis, made a number of after-dinner speeches although lie had probably gone supperless like a lot of others, and with his magnetism charged bis hearers. hearts to draw their owners' bank accounts flutter ing to them. The scene was inspir ing to the last degree. ; f The first call wai for $1000 snb- criptions. Then it went On down the line to tne widow's mite and- the stocking's content. Mr. Edward Tells the Story. Now to proceed with the commun ity war publicity agent's account: (By D. T. Edwards) Sunday was War-Savings- Day in Kinston. It was a day suffused with patriotism. The weather was per fect. The sun was' glorious in his majesty. The balmy air was) all that one could ask, and great erewda en tered into the spirit of the lay. t If there were any alackers they concealed themselves and nothing but patriotic loyalty was "atlowed to sea the light of day. ' Chairman J. M. Parrotit $and his war-savings ' committees ' had done much preliminary work and ihe'day's program was Well arranged. Follow ing on the heels of the moat success ful chautauqua week Kinston has yet experienced it was possible io secure the services of some of the thautau qua talent who were, yet In the city. And this was done. : -?;: ."C Captain Leslie Vickers of ihe Roy al Scotch Fuailliers; '' Dr. (William Bonn, chautauqua snperitenldertt, and Misses JJthel Saitting aid Wil- -heimina Kennistcm, the last) of the concert artists to visit Us, all helped. Capt. Vickers and Dn Bohnpeak to 'Negroes.' l 'J , In the forenoon ' at ,he 1 6'clocS; service, '. Captain Viekera and Dr.; Bohn spoke to a house crowded with colored people the A. M. E. Zioa Church on Kdrth Street. Tr. C. F Bymim presided. - ; , The message nndoul I : " much fruit when Dr. I vassimj committees 1 today and on up Parade and Ten- " f Meanwhife th '
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