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"hi i ,;J.::j; , THE WEATHER Fof N. C UoMtiUd wnUrbl and -Sunday Biobably local raina ' modem, winda i ; J PAGES TODATf : - . i Press, mmim- PUBLISHED EiZBRV HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY, VOL. XYL No.258 1 KINSTON, N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS RUSSIA WOULD GIVE TO ITALY HER SONS WHO, FIGHTING UNDER AUSTRIAN FLAG, HIVE BEEN TAKEN PRISONERS IN GALICIA MAN JUMPED FENCf WOULD MODERNIZE CHARACTERISTIC TALKS OF SHERIFF ET AL PLEASING EVERY SCHOOL IN LENOIR COUNTY AFTER SHOT FIRED UPON PRESSURE HENRY FROM CARMAN HOME TO ADJOURNMENT IT IS BELIEVED THAT SETTLEMENT PLAN PROPOSES TO ALSO GIVE ITALY BACK SOME TERRITORY AS RECOMPENSE FOR THAT NATION'S NEUTRALITY. GERMANY IS "ASSIMILATING" BEGUN TERRITORY Member of Kaiser's Staff Taken Prisoner by Russians Believed to Show That He Is at Battle FrontUsual Success Claims Made by Various Headquarters, But Apparently No Decisive or Important Changes Have Taken Place. (By the United Press.) Rome, Via Havre, Oct. 24. It is announced that Russia has formally offered to liberate and send to Italy all the Austrian soldiers of that na tionality, especially those from Tri este and Tryent, Who have been taken prisoners in the Galicia fighting, on condition that Italy do not allow them to go back to Austria. It is generally believed in the settlement plan that these provinces will go to Italy as recompense for her maintenance of neutrality. GERMANY "ASSIMILATING" BELGIUM. London, Oct 24. Lloyd's station on the Isle of Wight reports that the French ship Marie Henriette, with wounded soldiers aboard, is ashore off Cape Barfleur, sixteen miles east of Cherbourg. The wounded are be ing transferred to the isle. Evidenc ing the fact that Germany already considers Belgium a part of her ter ritory, the official press bureau de clares that German 4cavalfy patrons are now wearing" Belgian unnorms The report said that many men of the Germans' advance force . have .had less than two months' training in fiehtinsr, but well show powers of considerable endurance. On the twelfth a German 'aviator dropped five bombs on Stomer, three females being killed. NO CESSATION OF FIGHTING IN WESTERN FIELDS. Paris, Oct. 24. There was no ces sation of the fighting along the line from LaBasse to the sea throughout last night, according to reports from military headquarters. The allies ce ded a number of points, but no place of strategic importance. The Got- mans are attempting to drive a wedge through the Allies' lines to retake Ar- mentierres. The Allies sent addi tional reinforcements to Arras last night. ONE OF KAISER'S PERSONAL STAFF CAPTURED7 Petrograd, Oct. 24. Many soldiers wounded at Warsaw declare the Kai ser was actually on the battle line and narrowly escaped capture. The fact that a German general who is a. fa vorite member of the Kaiser's staff was captured gives credence to the stories. USUAL CLAIMS MADE BY BERLIN OF SUCCESS OF GERMAN ARMIES Berlin, Via Hague, Oct. 24. The war office claims that the offensive movement is maintained at all pointy, and the right wing has material gains reported. The allies have been un able to check the German forward movement in the vicinity of Arras, Lille and Yser, the canal south of Dixmude. The Germans are advanc ing along the Meuse. Vienna reports that the Austrians are gaining ground at the San river. South of Prezemysljp combined Aus-tro-German army js operating against ivangorocL UUIMANS' REQUEST FOR TIME TO BURY DEAD NOT GRANTED. Paris, Oct. 24. The Ganaans de manded an armistice in the region of Thiacourt in order to bury their dead. The demand was refused , by the French general commanding that section;' Fighting was resumed with increased violence, it. was announced t verbally in connection with the regu , ttr afternoon official statement, which said that, the Germans continue' their advances only, north of Dixmude nd in the region .of , Labasse.. the .French are advancing in East Niea- port. Laugenauck and East Armenti eers: elsewhere there is little change in the battle front. GERMANY WILL RESPECT MONROE DOCTRINE. Washington, D. C, Oct. 24. Ger many will respect the Monroe Doc trine and views of the United States regarding it, German Ambassador von Vernstorff today affirmed. Ho said he sent a note in September to the State Department to that effecc. A Senate resolution was introduced today proposing the adjournment of Congress Monday, both houses re cessed to try to agree. BULLETINS (By the United Press.) FALL OF KIAO CHOU EXPECTED. ' London, Oct. 24. It is unoffi cially reported from Tokio that the fall of Kiao Chau can't be delayed much longer. A part of the city is reported to have been burned and great gaps have been made in the main fortified line. ALLIES MAKE SLIGHT GAINS. Washington, Oct 24. The French embassy is officially ad vised that the Allies have made partial gains in the "region of Sauterre, Verdun and Pontamos sun." 2,082,000 POUNDS OF TOBACCO HERE IN WEEK I chant which ran into the many thous- Local Market Has Sold Nearly Ten ands and directly caused the down Million Pounds So Far This j fan 0f the official. It was in keeping Season. j nj8 casn balance above suspicion and ! making improper entry elsewise that The record-breaking quantity of : an .offense was committed and caused 2,082,000 pounds of tobacco was sold on the local market this Week, at prices averaging fair, according to the official figures of the Tobacco Board of Trade. To date this season, 9,934,500 lbs. have been sold in Kinston, exceeding all expectations. The Board of Trade expects the season total to be easily between 14, 000,000 and 16,000,000. The difficul ties of the small markets surrounding Kinston have contributed considerably to the enormity of the breaks here during the past few weeks. JUROR WHO SAID HE WOULD DIE FIRST DIED AS HE SAID IT. Louisburg, Oct. 23. "I'll die be fore I'll change my vote," were the dying words of S. J. Matthews, Sr., in the jury room in the courthouse here this morning at 5:30 o'clock. The last case on the criminal dock et went to the jury at 11 o'clock, and the jury wrestled with the case all' the rest of the night until Matthews, after making the determined state ment that he would never change his vote, keeled over on a cot and made three gasps and was dead. Matthews, who lived in Cypress Creek township, near Justice, was 71 years old and was a Confederate vet eran. MANY WANTED TO HEAR PRESIDENT WILSON By the United Press.) Pittsburgh, Oct 24. Thousands today endeavored to secure tickets to hear President Wilson at the Y. M. C A. anniversary exercises. WAS TESTIMONY TODAY OF WITNESS FOR DEFENSE WHO WAS PASSING. AN ACQUITTAL EXPECTED Description of Man Tallies With that of the Tramp Witness Already Introduced by State, Who Swore That Woman Fired Shot (By the United Press. Mineola, I. I., Oct. 24. Mrs. Flor ence Carman expects to spend Suri day at home. It is certain the case will be in the hands of the jury late this afternoon. Mineola, L. I., Oct. 24. Rudolph Loew swore for the defense that while he was passing within fifteen fee. of the Carman home the night of the murder, he saw a man vault the fence from the yard and run down the street The man wore a dark suit of clothes and no hat and was about the size of Frank Farrell, the tramp witness, who swore that he saw woman fire the fatal shot. Mineola, L. I., Oct. 24. The Car man defense closed at noon with sev eral witnesses that told of a myste rious man who fired the fatal shot One told of seeing a strange man fleeing from the house. The police men who had charge of blood hounds used on the case testified that the murderer ran through a yard, jump- ed over a fence and ran down a road. The State began its rebuttal. WANT PARDON FOR WELL- MEANING DEFAULTER. Raleigh, Oct. 23. Salisburians are seeking a pardon for A. W. Hicks, former cashier of the Spencer branch of the Wachovia Banking and Trust Company and later editor of the Spencer Crescent, now serving two years in the State's prison. The charge against the Spencer man, whose administration of the bank's affairs resulted in a shortage of $32,000, was that of making false entry on his books. Mr. Hicks, as cashier of the bank, allowed overdrafts to a Spencer mer- ' his prosecution. There was no charge fa court that he looted the bank for personal use. ACTIVE AT EIGHTY-FOUR. Washington, Oct. 24. Old age will be regarded some time as a curable complaint, according to Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, lawyer, suffragist, philos opher and once candidate for Presi dent of the United States, who today celebrated her eighty-fourth birthday anniversary. ANOTHER BOY IN THE SPANISH ROYAL HOUSE (By the United Press.) Madrid, Oct. 24. Queen Victoria today presented King Alfonso with their fourth son. BUSINESS MEN TO ACT AS SPECIAL TEACHERS. (By the United Press.) Chicago, Oct. 24. Business men from various concerns will give busi ness tips to Chicago school children this winter, under a program announc-- ed today by John D. Shoop, assistant superintendent of public schools. -? "The idea is to stimulate boys and girls to a desire for business, said Shoop. "From short talks by busi ness men they will get a touch of character not obtainable from black boards and school books. There is much to be gained by bringing the pupils into' contact with business men." , ' .The Association of Commerce will co-operate with school authorities in making the "business lectures" a suc cess.':, I."-''- " ' ' LEADERS MORE HOPEFUL FOR CLOSING SESSION WITHIN FEW DAYS. REBELS AGREE TO A TRUCE Hostilities in Northern Mexico Again .Brought to a Halt Pending the ( Outcome of the Latest Peace Con ference to Be Held. (By the United Press.) Washington, Oct. 24. Strong pres sure brought Representative Henry of Texas to make consent to adjourn ment. Majority Leader Underwood has expressed his belief that Congress will adjourn in a few days. .The war department has been no tified that Generals Hill and Maytor ena have agreed to a truce at Naco, pending the outcome of the Aguas Calientes peace convention. Washington, D. C, Oct 24. With Congress tied up by a lack of a quo rum in both houses, Southern Sena tors and Representatives today made a vain appeal to President Wilson for aid in securing cotton relief legisla tion which would clear the way to final adjournment. The departure of the President for Pittsburg, where he will address a Y. M. C. A. celebration tomorrow, set at rest a rumor that the extraordinary conditions under which Congress found itself unable to adjourn, might be met by the President .exercising hjs proroguing power. Continued ef forts of Democratic leaders to secure an agreement to adjourn failed com pletely. and today Southern members reiterated their determination to con tinue thier program. Opinion was general that this would prolong the session indefinitely, certainly until af ter the elections. Meantime the gen eral exodus of members of both houses continues. - The House yesterday had 157 members present on a roll call, nearly sixty short of a quorum, and the Senate showed forty-six, three less than a quorum. Senator Clarke, president protem, though a champion of cotton legislation, left the city af ter characterizing further efforts of his colleagues to obtain relief as "grandstand playing." FLOOD DROWNS THIRTEEN IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. San Antonio, Oct. 23. Thirteen persons were drowned here today as a result of a five-inch rainfall which caused several creeks in the southern section of the city to overflow. The property damage is estimated at $150,000. Mrs. Albert Liebe and br four rhilHren lost. tliAir lives whpn their home was washed from its foun- aauons ana coiiapsea. . xne otners drowned were residents of a Mexican settlement. EPISCOPAL CHURCH DESTROYED BY FIRE (By the United Press.) Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 24. A hun dred thousand dollar fire today des troyed St. John's Episcopal church, a famous structure. OHIO SUFFRAGISTS END FIGHT TONIGHT. (By the United Press.) Columbus, O., Oct. 24. The big meeting in the suffragists' fight for the vote in Ohio will be held here to night when Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, international president, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, state presi dent and other workers of national note in the suffrage movement will address a mas3 meeting at Memorial Hall. A torchlight parade headed by the Grand Army drum corps will precede the meeting. There will be thirteen separate women's organizations in line." ji, - President W. 6. Thompson of the Ohio State University, is among the men speakers, who are scheduled to SUPT. KINSEY WANTS "LIVE WIRE" TEACHERS IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS. GOOD TEACHERS' MEETING Every School in the County Was Rep resented, and Splendid Interest Manifested by Fifty or More In Attendance. Prof. Joseph Kinsey, superintend ent of the Lenoir county schools, is a most aggressive administrator. "I'm going to shove the weak teachers off on the other counties," he said, wheth er he meant it for publication or not. The dream of this period of his al ways useful life is to see every coun try school building in Lenoir county modernized, sheltering two or more teachers and their flocks, and compe tent teachers at that. An incompe tent instructor or a single school has no place in the system, he declares. "This will be the Lenoir schools' best year," says Mr. Kinsey. There are now 43 white schools in the coun ty. Of the white schools 19 have al readv been doubled, bv special tax and through other means. One is a three-teacher school, and 23 are sin gle. Of the triple and double schools ten are supported by special tax, and one single school also. As soon as the twenty other single schools are voted special tax they will be doubled. That is what Professor Kinsey is working for principally. The double school is much more efficient than the single, because the primary teacher is allowed to devote all of his or her time solely to the primary, pupils. The recent teachers' meeting here, the first of the school year, was a de light to the superintendent. Fifty teachers were present and every school in the county represented. All manifested much interest in the work of organization and the program for the year's work outlined by the su perintendent and Miss Hattie Parrott, the assistant superintendent. COACHMAN OF JEFF DAVIS PRESENTS CANE TO THIS STATE. Raleigh, Oct. 23. A most unique ceremony took place out at the State Fair this afternoon at 1 o'clock, it being the presentation to the State for the Hall of History of the walk ing cane of Jefferson Davis, by his old negro coachman, James H. Jones, to whom the cane was presented some years after the death of President Davis by Mrs. Davis as a token of the intimate relations that existed be tween President Davis, his family and this faithful old servant, who is now nearly eighty years old. TURKEY WILL HAVE BIG FAIR EXHIBIT. (By the United Press.) San Francisco, Oct. 24. Rugs, and laces and embroideries worth more than $1,000,000, a stable of Arabian horses, the property of one of the most famous shieks of the desert, and a painting by a member of the Turk ish royal family are some of the ex hibits to be made by Turkey at the Panama-Pacific exposition. That these and more will be here is prom ised by Vahan Cardashian, high Tur kish commissioner and executive di rector, who has arrived in San Fran cisco to look after the Sultan's exhib it . NEGRO SENTENCED TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR. Statesville, Oct. 24. Convicted in Iredell Superior Court of burglary in the first degree, Abe Allison, a young negro, has been sentenced by Judge Adams to die in the elctric chair December 17. The negro was charged with entering the bedroom of Mrs. LeRoy Kennedy at her home near Mooresville several weeks ago. urge' votes for women at the mass meeting. Representatives of all po litical parties have been invited ' to altend. . . ' ' ? ' SPELLBINDERS ARE TELLING VOTERS AT LAGRANGE "ABOUT IT" TODAY. AMENDMENTS IN FAVOR Messrs. Cowper, Wooten, Taylor Pridgen, Dawson and Heath in Party Mr. Rouse Helping the Edgecombe Folks. The only political rally of the pres ent campaign for LaGrange was pull ed off in the public hall there at noon today. The speakers were County Chairman G. V. Cowper, Representa tive E. R. Wooten, Register of Deeds Carl Pridgen, Sheriff A. W. Taylor, Treasurer John Dawson and Candi date for Clerk of the Court Jesse Heath. The party left here at 10:30 on a Norfolk Southern train. A fair audience of the people of LaGrange and Moseley Hall and In stitute township people heard the campaigners. Messrs. Cowper and Wooten were the principal speakers, the former discussing the achieve ments of Democracy in general and the latter his stated subject, the con stitutional amendments. Mr. Wooten outlined at length the ten proposed amendments and the advantages which will accrue from their adoption. The spirit with which the audience greeted Representative Woo ten's speech assured him there will be few dissenting votes in Moseley Hall and Institute to the cause he so ably champions. Probably the most applause at all of the speakings in the county goes to Sheriff Taylor, who argues the tariff. "Boys," the sheriff begins, in his own inimitable and very good-natured way, "I'm like a monkey." He pauses a bar and the audience invariably howls. The comparison the hearers do not take the trouble to analyze, although no one else would entertain for a minute the idea that the sher iff has any simian qualities whatever. The sheriff merely means to illus trate his inability to discuss the sub ject as it should be done, as he ex plains after the laughter at the in troductory has subsided. Register of Deeds Pridgen is said to have dragged ancient history into modern politics, by illustrating some matters in connection with the cot ton situation by bits of heroism at tributed to the old Romans and Spar- . tans, who never grew any cotton at all. Notwithstanding the variance. Mr. Pridgen's speeches are a big as- et to the party in this campaign. He, like the sheriff, has the knack of get ting right at the hearts of his hearers. "Uncle John" Dawson and Mr. Heath, with their simple statements nnd lack of frills in delivery, attract as much attention and their share of the applause which, so generously be stowed, indicates the interest of the Lenoir county Democrats in the cam paign even though it is an "off year." Hon. N. J. Rouse is today at Mac clesfield, in Edgecombe county, where he spoke at the invitation of W. O. Howard, the Democratic county chair man. SEEKING LARGEST TREES. (By the United Press.) Washington, Oct. 24. Foresters of the United States are interested in the announcement recently made by the American Genetic Association that two prizes of $100 each have been offered for two photographs one of the largest three of a nut-bearing variety in the United States, and one of the largest broad-leaf tree which does not bear edible seeds. In the first class, for example, are in cluded trees such as chestnut, oak, walnut, butternut and pecan, and in the second, such trees as elm, birch, maple, cottonwood and tulip poplar. No photographs of cone-bearing trees are wanted, since it is definitely known that the California big trees have no rivals among the conifers. At a later time the association may lake up the same question as between the various kinds of conifers as pines,' spruces, firs, cedars and cypresses. ' ', '
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