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i YOUR HOME PAPER PRES 1 HE THE WEATHER For N. C. cloudy tonic kl and Saturday probably local abow era, altsntly warmer. Daily Free PUBLISHED EVERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, " t ' "' , "'" " " 1 " 1 1 r " 1 VOL. XVI. No. 232 KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS AUSTRIA REPORTED DISCOURAGED AND AGGRIEVED DECAUSE GERMANY FAILED TO SEND AID TO FIGHT RUSSIANS REPORTED THAT THERE IS ALMOST UNIVERSAL DEMAND AT VIENNA FOR SUING FOR PEACE BECAUSE FORCES HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY HORDES OF THE RUSSIAN TROOPS. AUTOS APPROPRIATED FOR HAULING THE WOUNDED Austrian Report Sinking of Destroyer in the Adriatic Germans Claim No table Victory Over Russians Kaiser's Forces on Eastern Frontier Being Reinforced Petrograd Claims Austrians Were Completely Routed Aus trian Officers Run and Leave Troops German Staff Reorganizing Austrians (By the United Press.) Vienna, Sept. 11. Increasing is the bitter feeling against Germany. There is almost an universal demand to sue for peace. The Austrian army has been compelled to meet the Russian assault unsupported by the Germans, with the result that it has been over come by superior numbers. This re sulted in a storm of bitter criticism here. UNABLE TO CARE FOR THE WOUNDED. Vienna, Sept. 11. It is admitted that the railroads are unable to trans port the Austrian wounded. The Tlfe Austrian Red Cross Society has issued a demand that all automobiles within the country be turned over for transporting the wounded to places where they can be cared for. Every hospital in Vienna is filled, as well as all public buildings. Private residences also have been requisition ed, but still frainloads of wounded pour in. All accounts agree that the Austrians fought with great bravery, but were outnumbered by the Rus sians, who pursued German tactics, hurling their entire force into the at tack. Their movements were very open. DESTROYER SUNK IN ADRIATIC SEA. Trieste, Sept. 11. Austrians re port the sinking of a dstroyer off Sas fana. It is reported that most of the crew were saved. The Austrian fleet has moved up and down the Adriatic without encountering any of the al lies' fleet. Conditions in Trieste are serious. A food shortage is threat ening. 1 GERMANS CLAIM VICTORY OVER RUSSIANS Berlin, Sept. 11. It is officially an nounced that the Germans have gain ed another notable success over the Russians. It is stated that after a sharp encounter, the Russian left name m Prussia was completely crushed. AUSTRIANS BADLY ROUTED. Petrograd, Sept. 11. The war of- nee states that the retreat of the Austrian army in Galacia was com pletely routed. GERMANS STRENGTHENING. Petrograd, Sept 11. Russian for ces in East Prussia are preparing to renew their defense and meet the at tack of a large German army of men of several first line army corps, and more than two hundred thousand men of the second line. It is stated'that the Russian right will be considerably strengthened. The Germans have A .sent two army corps to the relief of r tr t ... - -okoenigsDurg ana tne Uermans are concentrating along the Alle river. AUSTRIANS GET AID r FROM GERMANS. Petrograd, Sept 11. The Austri ans have been strongly reinforced by Uermans. It is reported that the Germans have sent five first line corps of regulars to aid the Austri ans. The Austrians have been on the defensive,' but reorganized by , the German general staff, they are pre paring for a great battle, now immi nent. - ",- AUSTRIAN OFFICERS COWARDS. Rome, Sept 11 A Trieste ? mail dispatch states that in the fighting h the vicinity of Lemburr all the of fleers of three Austrian ; bataffions fled, leaving their men. GERMANS REINFORCING ON RUSSIAN FRONTIER. Petrograd, Sept. 11. The Germans are bringing up a great number of reinforcements to the center of the battle lines on the German-Russian frontiers. "ANIGHTO-SNOW BABY" CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY. Washington, Sept. 11. "Anighto, the Snow Baby," famous the world over celebrated her twentieth birth day anniversary today. She is a! most as well known by her real name Marie Peary, daughter of Admiral Peary, discoverer of the North Pole. When Peary, then a commander, was laying the foundations of the -c-ries of explorations which ended vith attainment of the Pole, Anighto, (F.s quimo) was born at Anniversary Lodge, the winter quarters;?- of the Peary party on Bowdoin Bay, and liv ed the first six months of her life in Arctic darkness. "GET-TOGETHER" CONVENTION IS HELD. Asbury Park, N. J., Sept. ll.Many officers of the Young Men's Christian Association of New Jersey came here today for the "get-together" conven tion at the Metropolitan Hotel. The sessions will last till Sunday. "Togetherness"' is the aim of the convention. A. H. Whitford, general secretary of the Buffalo Association; the Rev. Howard Agnew Johnston of Stamford, Conn., and Albert E. Rob erts, representing the rural work of the international committee, are scheduled to deliver addresses. BALLAD OF 'WETS" IS 205 YEARS OLD. Paris, Sept. 11. "We Won't Go Home Until Mornin," the popular "wet" ballad, was just 205 years old today. It is said to have been com posed by a French soldier in a drink ing bout following .a victory of French arms. It was a popular favorite of Marie Antoinette. U. S. EMBARGO ON ARMS TO MEXICO IS LIFTED. Washington. D. C, Sept. 10. The final step for the removal of the era bargo on the exportation of arms from the United States to Mexico was taken today when Secretary McAdoo sent the following telegram to coll lectors of customs on the Mexican border: "In view of the restoration of peace in Mexico, collectors and other offi cers in the future may treat arms and ammunition as ordinary commer cial shipments and permit them to go forward accordingly." a JAMES GORDON BENNETT . 11 MARRIES IN PARIS. Paris, Sept. 10. James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, and Baroness George De Reu- ter were married here today. The civil ceremony was performed at the city hall and was followed by the re ligious service at the American Pro testant Episcopal church, where Mr. Benne't was baptized yesterday. MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION ASPIRES TO DEVELOP. Durham, Sept 10. The executive committee of the North Carolina Mer chants' Association has decided to make an effort to get an association in every ' community in the State which has enough merchants to justi fy an organization.' They have also DIGGEST DREAK OF THE SEASON IN KINSTON TODAY TOBACCO SALES REACHED AP PROXIMATELY A QUARTER OF A MILLION. DAILY INCREASES NOTED The Quality Is Improving, and the Sellers Are Coming From Dis tant Points to Bring Their Crops to Kinston. The planters of Lenoir county to day are realizing that they have noth ing to fear from the cotton situa tion. The agreement of the bankers here to advance substantial loans on the staple stored in bonded ware houses under the Chamber of Com merce's control Thursday night be came known throughout the county, and there is optimism on every hand as a result. The local market, buyers state with emphasis, is in as fair shape as can be expected in view of conditions in the world cotton centers. It is cer tainly as strong as any in North Car olina, as for years past the staple sold here has brought better prices than those obtaining anywhere else in the State, with the possible excep tions of one or two of the larger places. Kinston has paid as much for cotton as Norfolk in recent years. Picking is progressing steadily, and many wagonloads of colored labor are transported early each day now from Kinston to the fields. The determi nation of the farmers to get the pro duct harvested, and the prices paid for labor are taken as indications that the agricultural community has taken heart and is anticipating a pro fit on the crop since the arrangement by the local business men whereby the crop can be held until conditions will warrant selling. Former Register of Deeds John Barwick, a substantial planter of the Grifton section, this morning stated that in his opinion the outlook is bright. Others in his section, he said, share his belief. Buyers point out that when 800,000 bales, now held in Liverpool, are dis posed of, that great market will be compelled to start a demand for the new crop. SUSPENDED SENTENCE INVOKED FOR HOUSTON Trenton, N. C, Sept. 11 J. N. Houston, ordered to leave the State some time ago after conviction for carrying concealed weapons, or if he remained to serve a sentence of two years on the Jones county roads, has been returned here to serve the sen tence. Houston was arrested in Camden county upon the beilef that he was J. W. Morris, a second degree mur derer, who escaped from State's pri son in 1900, but when he was taken t Raleigh denied that he was the man. The chief of police of Little ton, in Raleigh at the time, identified him as Houston, and the prisoner ad mitted his name. Houston said he had complied with the banishment order for a time, but freturned to North CarolXj a few weeks ago. decided to allow rural merchants and others who are in business in towns that are too small for an association to join the nearest local in order that they may become affiliated with the organized efforts of the merchants of the State. MASS MEETING OF COTTON FARMERS CALLED FOR THE' FIFTEENTH ,X PRESIDENT ALEXANDER OF THE STATE FARMERS' UNION AND GOVERNOR CRAIG HAVE CALLED MASS-MEETINGS , OF COTTON GROWERS TO BE HELD AT THE COUNTY SEAT IN EVERY COTTON COUNTY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, AT 11 A. M. KINSTON COHON MARKET GOOD AS STATE AFFORDS CONDITIONS AT BIG CENTERS WARRANT NO BETTER PRICES THAN PREVAIL HERE. BONDING PLAN APPROVED The Action of the Local Business Men 1 In Coming to the Relief of the Farmer Becoming Known. Better Prospects. The biggest breaks of the year were had on the tobacco market today. Es timates of the quantity range from a quarter of a million to 350,000 pounds Conservative authorities are positive it did not fall short of the first nam ed figures. The quality of the product offered was on the whole, very good. The sellers comprised the largest crowd since the opening ten days ago, and many of them came from distant points. Prices maintained the fair average of the preceding days, although it was said by many that they may have ranged a shade better. Each succeed ing day usually has brought with it a slight increase in prices ever since the opening, and it is not unlikely that records may be broken by the time the season is in full swing. Thursday's breaks were the larg est prior to today, about 160,000 pounds being sold then. RUSSIANS PRAY FOR CURE OF DRUNKARDS. St. Petersburg, Sept. 11. While their husbands, brothers and fathers were fighting with the Russian army in the east of Germany, thousand of vomen throughout the empire today attended services in Orthodox church attended the services in Orthodox churches to pray for the cure of tUose afflicted with the evil of drunkenness. Today had been set apart for this service by the Holy Synod, which act ed upon the suggestion of the Metro politan of Moscow. John the Baptist was beheaded on September 11. This act was attrib uted to the inebriety of Herod. In addition to the services there were re ligious processions, with holy relics and emblems. YOUNG MAN INDICTED FOLLOWING ACCIDENT New Bern, Sept. 11. The grand jury in Craven County Superior Court late yesterday returned a true bill against young James H. Baugh am of Washington, !. C-., Tor mur der. Baugham, who is a minor and the son of a wealthy widow, is accus ed of responsibility for the death of James Ringgold, an elderly planter. It is alleged that Baugham drove his automobile into a buggy in which were Ringgold and his wife on a road near here. This the defendant de nies, contending that Ringgold's horse balked and backed the buggy suddenly, dumping the occupants out. Baugham is positive the machine did not touch the buggy, although the prosecution will exhibit a battered wheel as evidence. Ringgold, before his death as the result of the injur ies received, accepted several hun dred dollars from the youth. Baugh am has the appearance of a sixteen-year-old lad, is slight of stature, and bears the reputation of a careful driver. He is popular in East Caro lina society. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE PRESS GREECE, BULGARIA AND ROMANIA WILL TAKE4JP ARMS AGAINST TURKEY SHOULD SHE NO W OPPOSE THE ALLIES IT IS REPORTED FRENCH BULLION HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED THE RESERVE BANK OF FRANCE. IN PARIS, TO THE BANK OF ITALY FOR SAFEKEEPING DURING THE PRESENT SIEGE. FRENCH HAVE AGAIN OCCUPIED CITY OF MULHAUSEN The Germans Are Withdrawing Troops From Northern Belgium and Rushing them to the South Allies Continue Their Advance Both Sides Are Re inforcingAttempt Made to Drop Bomb on Kaiser Foiled The French Claim Allies' Lines Are Holding In Spite of Efforts to Push Them Backv TURKEY TAKES STEP FORECASTING WAR. Washington, D. C, Sept. 10. Tur key formally notified the United States and other nations today that she had abrogated the series of con vention treaties and privileges, orig inating as early as the eleventh cen tury, whereby foreigners in the Ot toman Empire have been exempt from local jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases. Foreign subjects no longer will enjoy what is known as extra-territorial rights through which they have been tried by their own judges, diplomatic representatives or consuls. The ambassador did not intimate whether the action foreshadowed war against Great Britain, without whose conseni in the past no such radical action would have been attempted. Dit'lomats of the allied powers, tiow eer, believe Turkey is appealing to the Nationalist sentiment of her peo ple, and is ready to seize on any dif ficulties that may arise with Great tritain, as a pretext to declare war. uPINE ASS'N MEETS IN O'BERRY'S HOME TOWN Goldsboro, Sept 10. The North Carolina Pine Association, embracing in its organization the lumber mill men of North Carolina, South Caro lina and Virginia, and representing many millions of invested capital, of which Capt. N. O'Berry of Goldsboro was elected president recently for en suing year, held its first meeting since Mr. O'Berry's election in this city to day in compliment to him, although the usual meeting place of such con ferences, which are held frequently during the year, is Norfolk. MRS. CARMAN HELD FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER Mineola, N. Y., Sept 10. Mrs. Florence Carman, wife of Dr. Edwin Carman, wealthy Freeport physician, will be tried for murder in the first degree, accused of killing Mrs. Lou ise Bailey, one of her husband's pa tients. Mrs. Carman was indicted by the grand jury today. The charge of first degree murder supersedes the one of manslaughter returned by the same jury a few weeks after Mrs. Bailey was shot, on June 30, in the physician's office. The new indictment was based on the tes timony of witnesses produced since the jury first considered the case. OPENING EXERCISES AT THE UNIVERSITY. Chapel Hill, Sept. 10. The official opening of the University of North Carolina was made today at noon in Memorial Hall before 1,000 students, professors and others. Rev. Mr. Moss opened the exercises with prayer, af ter which the university hymn was sung. President Edward K. Graham en tering on his first year of office, con ducted the exercises. With him on the platform were the deans of the various colleges of the university, ex President Kemp P. Battle and Rev. Mr. Moss. BLEASE CALLS SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE TO DISCUSS COTTON Columbia, S. C Sept 10. Gover nor Cole L. Blease today issued a call for a special session of the South Car oline. Legislature,' October 6, to meet conditions in the cotton trade growing out of the European war. . The Gov ernor's proclamation declares condi tions are critical and action Is needed to prevent loss to the people of the State. :t'. V" '' '"' l-, ' ' V-'-v ; (By the United Press.) Bucharest, Sept. 11. It is stated that an alliance has been entered in to between Greece, Bulgaria and Roumania, providing that they attack Turkey should she enter the war on the side of Austria and Germany. GERMANS WITHDRAWING FROM BELGIUM. Ghent, Sept. 11. The Germans aro withdrawing all their forces in north ern Belgium. The troops operating in the vicinity of Ghent are running southward at hot speed. FRENCH BULLION IS CARRIED TO ITALY. Paris, Sept. 11. Bullion of the Re serve Bank of France has been re moved, and it is understood it haa been taken to the Bank of Italy. An official statement reports the French in any offensive movement It st jtt d the Germans had been push ed back seventy-five kilometers. "The fi''sc day's battle of Name was very serious to the allies. The Germans are retreating in the center and on the right. The general situation is completely changed. The enemy has beon unable to push any point on our line since September 5. The army of General Von Kluck battled in vain in an ii I tempt to break the French lines in the center of the plateau ninth of Virry." Basle, Sept. 11. It is reported that the French army operating in Alsace has occupied Mulhausen. KAISER DIRECTING THE MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. Berlin, Sept. 11. The Kaiser and general staff are directing the opera tions from the building of the Ger man legation in Lumemburg. French and Belgian forces who found that the Kaiser was in the building sent up an aviator to drop bombs. He dropped four, but none on the build ing and consequently the Kaiser was not hurt. He goes daily to inspect the advance positions of the army, but has not gone on the firing line. ALLIES CONTINUE TO ADVANCE Galicia, Sept. 11. It is announced that the allies' movement north con tinues unchecked. Th Germans con tinue to retreat in the face of superi or numbers. Both sides are heavily reinforcing their center. PLANS FOR MEMORIAL TO PRESIDENT'S WIFE. Washington, D. C, Sept. 10. Rev. Homer MacMillan of Atlanta, secre tary of the executive committee of the Home Mission Board of the Pres byterian Church, South, laid before President Wilson yesterday a plan for a memorial to Mrs. Wilson in the form of a fund for the education of moun tain children of the South, a work in which Mrs. Wilson was deeply inter ested. The President interposed no objection. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 10. The propo sal to establish a memorial to Mrs. Wood row Wilson in the orm of a fund for the education of Southern moun tain children took frm at a recent missionary meeting of the Presbyter ian church. South, at Montreat N. C PROBING SOUTHWEST INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS, Los Angeles, Sept 11. The Feder al Commission on Industrial Rela tions was scheduled to open a five days' hearing here today. Industrial conditions . in Southern California, ' Arizona and a portion of Nevada were to furnish the subject matter.
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