4 I Daily yflofilEPAPEB THE WEATHER. For N. C. UnMttUd ioiht and Saiurdajr orobabry lor J run VOL. XVI. No. 258 ALLIES REPORTED TO HAVE SUCCEEDED IN CUTTING THE GERMAN COMMUNICATION BRUGES AND GHENT AFTER STRUGGLE GUERILLAS OF ALLIES TROUBLING REAR OF GERMAN LINES, AND ARE SAID TO HAVE "SNIPED" GREAT NUMBERS OF THE GERMAN SOLDIERS. KAISER'S MEN IN EAST IN Russian Cavalry Annoying Retreating Which Have Been Mired in the Flight German Losses, Accord ing to Petrograd Dispatches, Will Total Two Hun dred Thousand Killed, Wounded and Prisoners. The Hague, Oct. 23. -It is report ed that the Allies have succeeded in cutting the German communication between Burges and Ghent. Fighting in that section is declared to be in creasing. Bands of franctireurs (puerillas) are operating in the rear of the German lines and have "snip ed" hundreds of Germans. GERMAN AND ALLIED FORCES FIGHTING VIOLENTLY. Paris, Oct. 23. It is reported that the Germans have withdrawn east ward from Hariskerke and Middle Kirke. The Germans have entrench ed the east Main Highway which con nects Ostend and Nieuport and forti fied the line from Wilskerke south east of Thorout. The German head quarters in the north have been mov ed to Ghistells. The Germans are act ivp alone the heiehts and there is violent fighting along the center. GERMANS COMPLETELY ROUTED AT WARSAW. . Petrograd, Oct. 23. The general staff has announced that the German forces are in full retreat from the vi cinity of Warsaw. At several points the retreat has taken the proportions of complete rout. Many German heavy guns have been mired and con sequently captured by the Kussians. The German retreat was so precipi tate as to force them to abandon all wounded and large quantities of hos pital supplies. The Russian cavalry is harassing the retreating army and taking numerous prisoners. Reports reaching the military headquarters state the German losses in killed, wounded and prisoners taken, total two hundred thousand. Fighting is still in progress along the line of the Vistula, and is constantly increasing in magnitude. MONTENEGRINS ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST AUSTRIANS. Cettinje, Oct. 23 Fighting of most severe character is in progress be tween a large force of Austrians and Montenegrins. The Austrians have been defeated at every point, accord ing to an official statement. The statement follows: "The Austrians' superior force fiercely attacked our forces, their efforts being directed against our right wing. The stub bornness of the fighting is best shown by the fact that a Montenegrin bat tery fired seventeen hundred rounds in two days. A large body of Austrians was surrounded near Fotche and com pletely decimated. Everywhere we are on the offensive." GERMANY WILL NOT CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS NOW. Berlin (Via Wireless), Oct. 23. The German press bureau has an nounced that there will be no call for volunteers at present because the en tire reserve force has not been called into active service. It is stated that the number of troops in Landwhr and Ersatz Moran are sufficient to fill the gaps in the first line. It is claimed that many inhabitants of Antwerp are returning to their homes. It is an nounced that the Reichstag will con vene early in December. v It is official ly denied that the shots fired at the Danish submarine "Havmanden" were by German vessels. German Prince is - killed in action. London, Oct 23. The press bu reau has announced that Prince Max Hesse, nephew of the Kaiser, was Tdlled in action in Mont Deseat re fioa. , He was buried in the monas tery grounds. It is declared that the operations in North France are ham pered by heavy mists, which makes PUBLISHED RETREAT FROM WARSAW Forces and Taking Many Heavy Guns, impossible the operations of artillery and aerial corps, which previously were most important factor. The Germans stubbornly resisted the advance of the Allies with fre quent hand-to-hand fighting. The nu merous dykes south' of Lyes necessi tate transporting planks and ladders J to be utilized in crossing work. The burying of dead has been left most ly to the inhabitants, as the troops are too busy. The peasants take special rare with craves, which are marked with crosses. BELGIAN KING ON FIRING LINE Hazebrouck, Via HavrOct. 23. "My skin is of no more value to my country than yours," was the courag eous reply of King Albert of Belgium when he was urged not to .stay on the firing line. The Belgians' general staff admits that the German attack in Southwestern Belgium is most vio lent of the war. The Germans plainly planned to sweep right through Bel gium and take Dunkirk with a rush, The Belgians made a final stand at - T . . ,m tt Nieuport, and urged on by their King, fought like demons. HOUSTON WOMEN START CAMPAIGN FOR THRIFT j daughter, Elizabeth, followed, and Houston, Texas, Oct. 23. Led by made a splendid witness for her moth Mrs. Henry B. Fall, president of the j er. The girl said after hearing the State Federation of Women's Clubs, shot she ran upstairs and found her the housewives of Houston have in augurated a thrift campaign. The high cost of living is to be reduced. The women are going to lower prices, not by boycotting merchants nor by legislation but by observing the sug gestions made at the great meeting at which the campaign was launched. Among the suggestions were the following: "It is the women's business to buy what goes into the home. She should know her business. Too many wo man trust the buying to their ser vants. There are many housewives who do not know what they have in their pantry. Housewives should do their own marketing. They should carry their bundles home. House wives pay delivery charges without realizing it. Keep a good scale and dry measures in the house to make sure the merchant has not cheated. Bring the producer and consumer to gether through the medium of the ward market. Make cheaper beef possible in the future by refusing to buy veal now. Make it impossible for middlemen to make four or five times as much as the producer. Do not encourage the use of fancy labels, They cost money." DINNER CLOSES BAR ASSOCIATION'S MEETING. Washington, Ort. 22.A d'nncr to- : ight in honor of the United Slates Supreme Court and commemorative of its 125th anniversary, presided over by former President W. H. Taft, and attended by Chief Justice White and associate justices, closed the annual meeting of the American Ear Asso ciation. . William Bynum of Greensboro, N. C, was elected a member of the ex ecutive committee. Y. M. C. A. CONFERENCE OPENS. Morristown, . Oct 23. With the theme for discussion "The Quest of the Best" the annual Young Men's Christian Association State boy's conference began here today, and will continue until Sunday. There are everal hundred delegates in attend ance from all sections of the State, and some noted speakers are sched uled to address the conference. BiZBRY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1914 CARMAN WAS UNSHAKEN BY LONG CROSS EXAMINATION DENIED FLATLY HAVING SEEN NEGRESS IN KITCHEN ON NIGHT OF MURDER. DAUGHTER GOOD WITNESS Suspicions Aroused Because Husband Had Reputation of Being "Some Devil With Women" Nothing Learned from Dictograph. (By the United Press.) Mineola, L I., Oct 23. Mrs. Car man faced the ordeal of cross exam ination this morning. Mineola, N. Y., Oct. 23. Mrs. Car man, when she took the stand yester day in her own defense, enterecf a sweeping denial of the charge that ihe murdered Mrs. Louise Bailey. Ghe was on the stand an hour, and dur ing that time declared false every statement made by the negress, Celia Coleman, who was in the employ of the Carmans at the time of the mur der. Mrs. Carman faid she was mar ried in 1892. On the night of June 30, she . said, she returned to Freeport from New York. She had a headache, and went right to bed. She answered the door once and admitted a man she did not know. She had retired when Mrs. Powell came up and informed her that some woman had been shot in the doctor's office. With her testimony unshaken de spite a searching cross-examination lasting more than hour, Mrs. Flor ence Carman was excused from wit- I ciiw vai man veto vav uvvi i v v - ! , . . . , . . , . , , , , , answered that she had heard that he was "some devil with women' but said she had heard nothing on the dictograph to make her jealous. Her mother in bed. ARIZONA WOMEN TO "REBUKE" OPPONENTS Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 23. By wield ing weapons placed in their hands by the granting of women's suffrage, Arizona women have undertaken the task of disciplining statesmen, poli ticians and others who had the te merity to oppose the equal suffrage amendment before the polls. BULLETINS (By the United Press.) Paris, Oct. 23. It is officially declared that gaps between the Allies' lines in the north have been filled. The greatest activ ity prevails in the vicinity of Ar ras. The general situation is about the same. WANTS MORE MEN AND BIGGER GUNS ON COAST. Washington, Oct. 22. An urgent plea for more men to garrison the country's coast defenses was made by Brigadier General E. M. Weaver, chief of coast artillery, in his annual report today to Secretary Garrison. No new fortifications were asked for in addition to the proposed fort at Cape Henry, to command the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. Calling attention to the larger guns of foreign battleships of latest! de sign, General Weaver asked tha( 16 inch guns be provided for Cape Hen ry. 1 1 HORSES NOW SCARCE ON KANSAS FARMS. - Topeka, Kan., Oct. 23. Motor cars and trucks have replaced 70,000 horses in Kansas during the last four years. Where from fifty to seventy five horses were required on the big farms in western Kansas, now only a half a dozen are to be found. Big gasoline tractors plow the fields, gas oline trucks do the heavy hauling and motor cars in the State- Free MEXICAN REBEL HAS WITHDRAWN TROOPS FROM NACO NOW SIX MILES FROM AMERI CAN BORDER AND LESS DANGEROUS. CONGRESS IS DEADLOCKED Leaders in Senate Successful With Filibuster and Prevent Adjourn- ment Leaders Confer With President Wilson. (By the United Press.) Washington, Oct. 23. The war of fice has been informed that General Maytorena has withdrawn his troops, lrom Naco, six miles south of the American border. The firing vesler day between trenches was more se vere than usual. Senate and House leaders told Pres ident Wilson that Congress is hope lessly deadlocked on the question of adjournment. The President doesn t approve the use of power by major ity to adjourn the Congress. Washington, Oct. 23 Filibuster by Southern Democrats fighting for leg islation to relieve the cotton situation upset plans for adjournment of Con gress at 6 o'clock Thursday night. Led by Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, Southern members at the last moment prevented action in the Senate on a joint resolution to ad journ sine die, already passed by the House, and it appeared tonight un less an agreement could be reached tomorrow for a recess until after the November electiosn, Congress would stay in session indefinitely without a quorum. The collapse of the adjournment came after every hope of its success had been held out, and supreme ef forts made to conclude the session af ter adoption in both houses of the conference report on the war tax bill. COLORADO IN THROES OF PROHIBITION FIGHT Denver, Colo., Oct. 23. Whether Colorado will be wet or dry is the question almost overshadowing r. 11 others at the election to be held No vember 3 throughout Colorado. One of the bitterest campaigns in the State's histry is being made by the anti-saloon forces. The foes of li quor are supremely confident that they will reverse the result of the last liquor election in Colorado sever al years ago, when the "wets" won by a vote of nearly 2 to 1. One of the principal arguments used by the "wets" is that voting the State "d.y" would paralyze the tourist business everywhere in Colorado, as travelers would refuse to visit a State in which they could not get a drink. This con tention is denied by the "drys," who declare that Colorado Springs, one of the principal centers for tourist travel in Colorado is already "dry" territory. They declare the absence of saloons has not had any effect on tourist travel. Rev. "Billy" Sunday, baseball player-evangelist, took a hand in the campaign during his re cent revival by preaching a series of powerful sermons on the liquor evil, and urging his hearers to vote for prohibition. FATHER OF MANY AND PRESIDENT OBJECTS OF MUTUAL CURIOSITY. Washington, Oct. 22. President Wilson today congratulated J. E, Duckworth, a North Carolina moun taineer, on his record as the father of twenty-five children, and for, having voted the Democratic ticket for sixty five years. Mr. Duckworth, who had never seen a President before, was in troduced to Mr. Wilson by Senator Overman., PEACE PRAYER ON SOCKS. Los Angeles, Oct. 23. Stitched to each shirt and sock that the women of Los Angeles are making for the men who are fighting Europe's bat tles, is a prayer for peace. The work furnishes employment daily to scores of women and girls. CAMPAIGNERS WILL HOLD. BIG RALLY AT LAGRANGE SATURDAY SPEAKERS AT TULL'S MILL IN TRENT TOWNSHIP MEET FAIR-SIZED CROWD. QUESTIONS FOR VOTERS The Electors Will Have to Decide Whether They Want to Continue Present Rule of, By and for the People. The county Democratic candidates this morning motored twelve miles over exceedingly bad roads to Trull's Mill, in Trent township,, where, in spite of the inclemency, a fair crowd of partisans greeted them. Accom panying the nominees was Solicitor Henry E. Shaw, who, with Hon. N. J. Rouse, was featured on the speaking program at Woodington Thursday. Hon. E. R. Wooten, candidate for re-election to the house of represen tatives, was the expounder of the pfo posed constitutional amendments to the Trent people today. At least one speaker at each meeting in the coun ty is delegated to discuss the amend ments, and Mr. Rouse it was who sub stituted for Representative Wooten, whose stated task it is, at Wooding ton. Tomorrow at LaGrange the most important meeting of the campaign aside from that which closes the cam paign here next Saturday, will be held. This will be about the only cam paign event for LaGrange, which will be touched by none of the State Exe cutive Committee's orators. Chairman Cowper had intended ac companying the nominees to Trent today, but was prevented by business for State headquarters. At the re quest of State Chairman Warren he forwarded to the Raleigh offices in formation of the campaign's progress in Lenoir county, and his idea of about what strength would be turned out by the Democrats in the county on November 3. The voters of the county are being hrihded among other literature at the precinct rallies a list of "questions" which they will be required to an swer on election day, as follows: Are you with Wall Street or the Demo cratic party? Are you for Cannon- ism or the Democratic party? Would you take a backward step on the par cel post? (The Wilson administra tion has extended the system and re duced the cost of transportation, the leaflet informs the reader.) Are you for Woodrow Wilson or the lobbyists (the paid devotees of special privil ege who were driven from Washing ton by the President) ? Are you for a tax on necessities or a tax on wealth ? Would you restore Schedule K to the Payne-Aldrich-Smoot tariff (stated to be panic-breeding law)? Would you return to the dark days of Butlerism, fusionism and negroism (the Democratic party having restor ed white supremacy in the State)? REDFIELD GETS BUSY WHEN HE HEARS SUGAR MAY GO TO 15 CENTS. Washington, Oct. 22. Secretary Redfield, in response to a Senate res olution, today began investigation of reports that immense quantities of raw sugar are beingweid in storage in New York and Philadelphia "in the expectation that Great Britain and France will soon be strong competi tors for Cuban sugar, and that the price of raw .sugar will reach such a figure that the refined product in January and February may. go to 15 cents a pound." The resolution, submitted by Sena tor Thomas, maintained that such re ported holding constituted a viola tion of the law. DURHAMITE NEW HEAD STATE FAIR. Raleigh, Oct 22. The North Caro lina Agricultural Society, which has for more than half a century been holding the annual State fairs, to night elected E. J. Parrish of Dur ham president to succeed J. A. Mills of Raleigh. " PRICE TWO CENTS JUDGE JAS.G. COX DIED AT HIS HOME THIS AFTERNOON VENERABLE CITIZEN PASSES AWAY AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS. OF WELL KNOWN FAMILY His Father Was a Pioneer Citizen of Community Survived by Wife, Sister and Four Children Funeraliice Later. Judge James Gabriel Cox, one of Kinston's best. nown older citi zens, died shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon, in his 73rd yearM at his home on South Heritage street. Judge Cox was for many years a familiar figure on the streets of thd city. He was a popular magistrate, and held a record for officiating at marriages. He was the son of James W. Cox, a pioneer Kinstonian. The infirmities of old age caused his death. Judge Cox's last appear ance in public was in September at the 'opening of the Kennedy Memo rial Home, When the over-exertion occasioned by his visit to the institu tion caused a relapse, since which time he has been gradualling sink ing daily. Besides the widow, one sister, Mrs. Hutchins of Chapel Hill, and the fol- lowing sons and daughters survive: James W. Cox of Elm City; John G. Cox, Roy A. Cox and Mrs. George Suggs of the city. Mr. J. W. Cox was at his father's bedside this morning, and had returned to Elm City only three hours before the Grim Messen ger claimed the fine old gentleman. UTILIZING PARCEL POST TO CARRY FARM PRODUCTS (By Burton K. Standish.) (Written for the United Press.) . Washington, Oct. 23. The plan of Postmaster Otto Praeger of Wash ington of utilizing the parcel post for the delivery of farm produce to city consumers has spread throughout the country. Scores of State and coun ty fairs, with parcel post exhibits among their well-advertised "strik ing and novel features," have already been held or are now in progress, ac cording to reports reaching the Post- office Department. A statement issued by the Postoffice Department declares that "Postmas ter General Burleson's suggestion that postmasters the county over join in giving the public ocular dem onstrations of the advantage and the best methods of using the parcel post has been adopted on a huge scale." The State and county fair exhibits have been installed under postal aus pices pursuant to the direct approval of this plan of further educating the general public in the use of the par cel post. POU'S SON GOES TO SCHOOL WHILE ON GOVERNMENT PAYROLL. Washington, D. C, Oct. 22. The publication in the Philadelphia In quirer today of a story giving the names of senators and members of Congress who carried members of their families on the government pay- rool caused not a few members of Congress some uneasiness. The most interesting part of the story to North Carolinians was that part which re ferred to Representative E. W. Pou of North Carolina. The Fourth district congressman was charged with keeping his son, George R. Pou, on the pay-roll as an assistant clerk to the committee on claims, of which Congressman Pou is chairman, and at the same time al lowing his son to attend the Univer sity of North Carolina. Young Pou, though attending the State Univer sity, is receiving a government sal ary of 1,600. t A. & M. DEFEATS U. OF W. VA. ELEVEN, Raleigh, Oct. 22. North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College here today defeated the University of West Virginia at football, 26 to 23.

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