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T Free IJAII RESSo THE WEATHER For N. C UnfM tonight Mid Thunaay, probably occuion. I rain 1 , YOUR HOME PAPER PUBLISHED EMERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, VOL ;XVL No. 252 KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS PORTUGAL THOUGHT TO HAVE DECLARED SMITH THE STATE BANKS HAVE MORE MONEY THAN LAW REQUIRES OFFICERS PLAY A VERY NICE GAME OF "TIT FOR TAT" OPENING GUN OF COUNTY CAMPAIGN SOUNDED TUESDAY WAR ON GERMANY AND KAISER'S PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT OF THE COUNTRY FAST BIG B0ND1SUE f . HE U ft COTTON THROUGH REPORT IS NOT OFFICIAL, BUT NENT IF THE FORMAL ALREADY STRUGGLE BETWEEN GERMANS AND ALLIES PENDING Linea flew Forming for Titanic Effort ill Open Country and Entail Greater Losses Than Those S 'ffered Before London Slowly Recovering from First Shock of the South African Disturbances. V (By the United Press.) London, Oct. 14. A Madrid news dispatch, unconfirmed, says Lisbon reports that Portugal has already de clared war against Germany. .The official press bureau permits the re poru'publication, but without guar anteeing its ewthenticity ENGLAND RECOVERING FROM FIRST SHOCK OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN TROUBLE London, Oct. 14. London is recov ering from the first shock from the news of an organized revolt in South Africa, and pledges are now coming in from Boers in every section of the South African Union to fight the re bellion, led by Col. Mariti. It is ad mitted, however, that the revolt must be fairly formidable. The disloyal Boers composing it are seasoned fighting men, who have made sever al campaigns against the natives. The scope of the disaffection beyond the northwest of Capetown province is not known, but it is believed that is the only section affected to the slight est degree. PORTUGAL WILL FURNISH QUARTER MILLION MEN, London, Oct. 14. Portugal's entry into the European war is believed mi , minent. A news 'agency dispatch says Portugal's Cabinet has decided to, immediately order ocmplete mob ilization. It is reported that the German' minister has already left for Madrid. German residents, convinc ed, that Portugal will take part with the, Allies, are fleeing from the coun try, All messages from Portugal are delayed several days. It is believed the government has offered England 250,000 men. FRENCH SAY ALL IS SATISFACTORY ALONG LINES Paris, Oct. 14. It is officially an nounced that "on our left along the Oise there is no change. In the re gion of Berry Au Bac progress is be ing made. There was sharp fighting around Ghent yesterday." GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN GERMANS AND ALLIES NOW IMMINENT Dunkirk, Oct. 14. The German ad vance continues, with skirmishes by bicycle and cavalry forces within less than twenty miles from the channel coast. The allied forces are massing for the near approach of the Germans and the impending great conflict. Both sides have .tentatively felt out the ground, which is flat and almost without cover. Consequently the casualties will certainly l). very hea vy. Censors prohibit the specific lo cation of the battle ground which the Allies have chosen for the attempt to force back the invaders. Entrench ments are already dug and strong ca valry forces are reconncitering in the vicinity. DISORDER ON MEXICAN FRONTIER GIVES ALARM W'ar Department Wires Governor of Arizona Tff Order Must Be Maintained) Prevent Com plications With Mexico. (By United Press) Washington, Oct 14. Secretary of War Garrison, after a conference with Presidents Wilson today, tele graphed Governor Hunt that order must be maintained along the border in Arizona, as conditions complained of by Mexicans might precipitate war between the Mexican 'nation and the' United States;&.is IT IS KNOWN THAT WAR IS IMMI DECLARATION HAS NOT BEEN MADE. Which Will Probably Be Pulled Off ANOTHER IMPORTANT CASE BEFORE U. S. COURT (By the United Press.) , Who should bear the expense of maintaining an immigrant while he is under suspicion of having some uiacaac, emu no a icouu ia uciauicu Ul quarantine after being allowed to leave the ship on which he came to this country is the point to be argued in the case of the United States vs. the Holland American Line. The gov ernment is suing for $2,167.80 for maintenance of a number of immi grants so detained. Alabama Code Tested. Whether the code of Alabama is in violation of thirteenth amendment to the constitution is the question put up to the court in the case of the United States versus L. A. Reynolds and G. W. Broughton. It is charged that the defendants held E. W. Fields in a state of peonage to work out a debt The defense is that Fields sold lands on which the defendants had a mortgage, and was threatened with criminal prosecutions under the Ala bama law if he would not work out the debt. Oklahoma Bank Law Tested. Three distinct cases in regard to the Oklahoma guaranty of bank de posits law have been set for early ar gument before the court. One of the most interesting, and also the most involved, of these, is that of W. S. Farish versus the State Banking Board. Appeal was taken on the ground that the U. S. Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma erred in rendering judgment against the Union State Bank for the deposit al leged to have been transferred from the Alamo State Bank to the Union State Bank, and in holding that the State of Oklahoma had a just and prior lien as against the claim of the plaintiff for the reimbursement of the deposits of the Alamo State Bank and the Oklahoma Trust Co. This case involves paving bonds issued by the town of Muskogee, and which, accord ing to the plaintiffs, should have been passed along to the Texas Company who supplied the asphalt that built the streets on which the bonds were issued. It is charged that these bonds were sold, but that the proceeds were not held separate from the regular deposit funds of the bank, as they should have been. The plaintiff there fore claimed, after the bank had fail ed, the right to collect the full amount received from the sale of the bonds frcm the State guaranty fund. A slightly different case involving the law is that of J. D. Lankford, Bank Commissioner of Oklahoma, against the Piatt Iron Works Co. The Piatt company bought certificates of deposit, it is alleged, from other per sons who had bought them from the bank. The defense is that the com pany could not sue the State of Okla noma, and that a suit against the Bank Board constituted a suit against the State. It is claimed by the at- torneys for the State that the "law gives no justifiable right to a depos itor to sue the appellants, but the ap pellants' acts thereunder are govern mental within their administrative discretion." It is also denied that the Piatt company is a depositor in the ordi nary sense. The third case, that of the American Water Softener Com- pany against tne state rtaniung Board of Oklahoma, is a straight-out case pf whether the State can be sued or not Northern Pacific Railway Case. A case somewhat similar to that of the'NorfoIk and Western against the (Continued on Page Three) , GEORGIA SENATOR EXPECTE!) TO OFFER AMENDMENT TO WAR TAX BILL. ALSO RESTRICT ACREAGE I The Proposition Is That the Govern- ment Arrange to Buy Five Mil lion Bales of Cotton Through Sale of Bonds. (By the United Press.) Washington, Oct. 14. A . proposi- tZ JSSSS the sale of ff 25,000,000 bonds is in effect the atandm'ent to the war tax ( bill which Senator Hoke Smith will introduce this afternoon. The meas- jure also provides for limitation of CUblUII acreage next year. I . THMnilFRINr HPRnK MFFT FOR LAST TIME THIS YEAR Stallings and His Players Talk Over the Great Victories and the Play ers Divide the Boodle from the Gates. (By the United Press.) Boston, Oct. 14. The Braves gath ered this morning in their club house for the last time this season and di vided the spoils from the world se ries. The president and manager congratulated each other, Stallings making the thrust that the Athletics were a "left" team. RUSSIANS AND GERMANS FIGHTING AT WARSAW. (By the United Press.) Washington, Oct. 14. The Russian embassy has been offi cially informed that "Russian and German troops are engaged around Warsaw." .The fighting is in progress along the Vistula and Sans rivers. SUBMARINE BOATS MAY BE MORE SERVICEABLE THAN AT FIRST CONSIDERED. Petrograd, Oct. 14. The loss of the Russian cruiser Pallada is offset by the sinking of the two German submarines whose torpedoes sunk the Paliada, ac cording to the minister of ma rine. Deductions from semi-official reports show that the Pal lada was mere than a hundred miles from any German naval base in the Baltic, showing the greater usefulness of submarine craft than has heretofore been supposed. RUSSIA IS CENSORING THE NEWS MORE STRICTLY. Stockholm, Oct. 14. Russia is tightening the grip of her cen sors on the news, so that only the barest details of the fighting can get through. The Russian authorities maintain that their forces are giving a good account of themselves. Reports that the Germans have advanced along the Vistula river to Warsaw are BIG ROCK CRASHES INTO PASSENGER TRAIN Grand Junction, Colo., Oct. 11. Three persons were killed and four teen injured, several seriously, today when a 20-ton boulder, falling from a precipice, crashed into the day coach and smoker of a Denver and Rio Grande passenger train No. 3, eighteen miles east of this city. REV. WALTER WHITE NEW PRESIDENT OF DISCIPLES OF CHRIST. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 12. Rev. Wal ter M. White of Cedar Kapius, la., today was elected president of the general convention of the Disciples of Christ at the church's annual meet ing here and will preside over the in ternational conventions 'of that church to be held in Los Angeles in 1915, BULLETINS CORPORATION COMMISSION'S STATEMENT SHOW TOO MUCH RESERVE FUNDS. ASSETS BELOW LAST YEAR Time and Savings Deposits Have In creased, While Deposits Sub ject to Check Have Fallen Off Nearly Nine Millions, (By the United Press.) Raleigh, Oct. 14. A summary by the Corporation Commission of the conditions of the State banks show they have a reserve of twelve million dollars, which is five millions, eight hundred thousand more than the law requires, and two and a half millions of cash on hand to safeguard depos its, or twenty-three thousand more than the law requires. The total as. sets of the banks are $889,300,000, a decrease of $1,700,000 from a year ago. During the year the time de posits increased $900,000, and sav ings deposits show a $1,000,000 in crease. Deposits subject to check decreased $8,800,000. G. V. COWPER IS NEW PRESIDENT OF ALUMNI Lenoir County Association Held Its Annual Meeting Tuesday, and Elected Officers Will Hold Banquet During Holidays. Members of the Lenoir County University of North Carolina Alumni Association Tuesday night in the of fice 'of the secretary, F."T." Sutton, elected the following officers for the coming fiscal year: G. V. Cowper, president; Dr. W. S. Hargrove, vice president; Dr. Ira M. Hardy, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Cowper suc ceeds Dr. W. T. Parrott as president. The alumni decided to hold the an nual banquet of the association dur ing the holidays, when the local stu dents at the University are at home. Committee were appointed to arrange for the banquet and secure speakers for the occasion. AUSTRALIANS CONTRIBUTE SHEEP TO GREAT BRITAIN. London, Sept. 30. (By Mail to New York). A movement has been aunched among Australian sheep far mers, it was learned If re today, to present 1,000,000 carcases of frozen mutton to Great Britain. The State railways will carry them free to the coast and the freezing and shipping companies will charge the minimum rate. BANKERS' WIVES ARE ENTERTAINED IN RICHMOND Richmond, Va., Oct. 14. Women accompanying bankers attending the annual convention of the American Bankers' Association were guests to day at a tea and musical. Alma Gluck, Antonio Scotti and Efren Zimbalist were anions the artists engaged for the latter function at the auditorium tonight. JUSTICE LAMAR FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS OLD TODAY, Washington, Oct. 14. Associate Justice Joseph R. Lamar of the Su preme Court, who was one of the Am erican commissioners to the Mexican mediation conference at Niagara Falls, today received congratulations upon his fifty-seventh birthday anni versary. NEGRO KILLED BY FALL FROM DRAY. Washington, N. C, Oct. 12. Neal Blackledge, colored, was killed this afternoon by being thrown from his dray on West Third street near the municipal electric plant. Blackledge, with his dray loaded with lumber, was going up the street when the shifting engine frightened his horse and Blackledge was thrown,' his head striking a rail, killing him almost in stantly. - " ' : - - NEW POLICEMAN AROUSED IRE OF CONSTABLE BY JAILING HIM. A CASE OF RETALIATION Trumped Up Charges Against New Officer Found to Be Groundless and Pronounced by Magistrate as "Malicious and Frivolous." A few days ago U. S. Page, "mail order" policeman at LaGrange, who answered a newspaper adver tisement to get his job shortly after quitting the United States fleet at Vera Cruz, on July 30, arrested George Waters, the township consta ble of Moseley Hall, and locked him up for drunkenness. "Let me give bond," said Waters. "You are too drunk," Page told the constable; "wait a while." The climax was much trouble for the LaGrange policeman late Tuesday. Page brought a clean discharge pa per from the navy, and had no dim culty in getting his job. His home is at Lumberton. Since he has been in Liaorange, tne ex-sailor, who is about twenty-five years of age and a modern Apollo when it comes to phy sique and face, has been paying court to the daughter of a prominent citi zen, it is said. The prominent citi zen possibly has not favored the at tention of the policeman to his da ugh ter; at any rate he is said to have de manded that Officer Page's record as a servant of peace and the people be investigated. Constable George Wa Mrs is .believed to nave harbored a sspirit of revenge against Page. The young officer came here to em ploy a lawyer to defend him at the in vestigation, and soon after the pair arrived in LaGrange on their way to appear befoer the commissioners, wa ters stopped them and read a War rant to Page, charging hirn with shooting a negro. He demanded the policeman's baton and badge, which were handed over, and started him off to the town jail. "Allow me to give bail." said Page. "Nothing doing," said Waters. Page's attorney went before a magistrate and had the young men liberated. The negro was brought into court as the prosecuting witness. It is al leged that he stated that he received a flesh wound in a melee attendant upon the raiding of a gambling house recently by Page, and that Waters had visited him tfhd persuaded him to accuse the policeman of doing the shooting. A number of other wit nesses were examined, but no evi dence was introduced to show that Page was responsible for the slight injury to the black's leg. The mag istrate taxed the negro with the costs and called the prosecution "malicious and frivolous." Page will sue Con stable Waters for false imprisonment. The committee to investigate Page's conduct found 4it unimpeachable and then unofficially declared he was a model copper. The hero of Vera Cruz and modern Beau Brummel is today back on the job as the guardian of LaGrange's peace. HIGH SCHOOL BOY HURT IN FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE John A. Herndon, Jr., one of the most popular members of the local high school football team, was pain fully and seriously hurt in a scrim mage Tuesday afternoon. He suf fered some ruptures, which necessi tated a quick operation, and was car ried to the Memorial Hospital, where Dr. W. T. Parrott performed the ope ration. News from the bedside to day is that the young man is getting along as nicely as could be expected in the circumstances and unless some complications set in his recovery is expected. He is one of the valuable and popular members of the team, and his loss will be a serious one. Friends in the city,, of the, young man, hope that his recovery will be speedy and that the first reports are worse than' hit condition will prove to be. WHEN REPRESENTATIVE WOOT EN AND OTHER CANDIDATES SPOKE AT KENNEDY'S MILL. PROMINENT SPEAKERS The State Organization Has Arrang ed for Hon. F. D. Winston and Hon. S. M. Brinson to Speak In Kins ton October 29. Democratic County Chairman G. V. Cowper this morning said of the open ing of the campaign Tuesday: "Notwithstanding the bad day and the confusion caused by the neces sary changing of the date from Thursday, there was a fair crowd in attendance at Kennedy's Mill, in Southwest township, for the first speeches of the campaign there yes terday. The candidates for sherif. clerk of the court, register of deeds, treasurer and one candidate for com missioner were present and made brief statements of interest to the voters. The main speech was made by Hon. E. R. Wooten, who after briefly recounting the Democratic ac complishments gave a clear and lucid explanation of the proposed consti tutional amendments. All of the speakers were listened to very at tentively and created interesting dis cussions among the voters. A sump tuous barbecue dinner was served, and altogether the day was a com plete success beyond the expectations of the party organization." Mr. Cowper himself was in attend ance at the initial speakings, and he made a short, but comprehensive ad dress on the accomplishments of the Democratic administrations in nation, State and county. The candidates, unaccompanied by the chairman, who was called to Nashville, N. C, by other business, this morning, went to Sand Hill town ship. The chairman's office today an nounced that Hon. Francis D. Win ston and Hon. S. M. Brinson will speak in the Courthouse on the night of Thursday, October 29, under the auspices of the State organization. SUGGS, WELL KNOWN PITCHER DEMONSTRATES Takes the Small Boys to the Back Lot and Shows Them a Few Things About "Emery Ball." George Suggs, the Kinston pitcher of the Baltimore Federals, yesterday in a back alley entertained adult and juvenile admirers with an exhibition of the "emery ball," which has re cently become almost as famous as the spit ball. It is the discovery o? Russell Ford, and was used success fully by him for some time. By "roughing" a piece of the skin about the size of a dollar on the horsehide by means of emery paper, Ford could make the ball break and curve in all kinds of ways, and in the hands of a twirler of Suggs' ability it is won derfully effective. The "emery ball" is tabooed by baseball rules. Ford taught the secret to Sweeney, his battery mate, and when Ford left the New York Yankees Sweeney put Keating wise to the trick. The secret was injudiciously betrayed by Keat ing. E. B. Lewis, private secretary to Congressman Kitchin, did the re ceiving for Suggs exhibition. Mr. Lewis caught for the big pitcher when the latter was a boy. CALIFORNIA DAIRY AND STOCK SHOW ON. , Modesto, Cal., Oct. 14. In connec tion with the joint meeting of the Cal ifornia Creamery Operators' and the California Dairymen's associations were opened here today one of the biggest dairy and stock shows held in the far west The creamery and dai rymen's meeting will continue today and tomorrow. The . show will last two days longer, that the delegates may have plenty of time to visit with out interfering with the regular rout ine work of the organizations.
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