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f . HIE DAILY FREE PRESS roue, home m THE WEATHER Far N, C JUia toaWW. TmmUt. partly cloudy . j , PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY. :?. 'nil 11 . ; 'i ' VOL.XVI.-No.275 KINSTON, N. C. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1914 . . PRICE 0 CENTS . i i ' , . ' i i 1 1 if ALLIES' SUCCESS MAY ENABLE THEM TOFIJWERMANS Sweeping Invaders From Railroads in tjie Neighbor hood of Roulers STRAIGHT PATH TO CITY Fighting in East for Deci sion, Germans and Aus trians Untangle Their Lines While Worsted Rus sian Army Is Passive (By the United Press.) Paris, Dec. 8. Fighting is in prog ress along the Passchendaele road. The French operating south of there have almost reached Roulers in their flanking movement to Menin. Sup ported by the Allies' guns, they have practically cleared the railroads and now have a straight path before them to Roulers. Vigorous attacks by the Allies have not yet forced the Ger mans to abandon the offensive at all points, however. Heavy fighting is under way along the coast. The Ger mans are bombarding coastal posi tions around Dunkirk. The Allied warships have gotten into action and shelled German positions. No Decision Yet on Eastern Front Berlin ( Dec. 8. An official report from Vienna says fighting for a de cision on the Russian front continues. The Austro-German forces have re pulsed attacks southwest of Pietrow. The Russian advance along the Ne-wa-radem line is at a standstill. Artillery Attack Upon' Cracow Forts .Petrograd, Dec. 8. Russian guns are hammering at the outer defenses of Cracow. General Diminitriff has reached the city with a force of more than two hundred thousand men. The losses of both sides in the fighting in the region of Lodz were heavy. It la estimated that the German losses were a hundred thousand. German forces in the east consist of six army corps, or approximately 240,000 men, and five cavalry divi sions. A part of these were taken from the western front and the oth ers are new formations. Germans Meet Allies With Counter Tactics. Paris, Dec. 8. An official commu niquc says the Germans are active in the region of Ypres and along the Yser. The Germans are meeting the Allies' attempt to advance their lines with a counter offensive. The fight ing in Flanders is expected to as si'me the desperate character which marked it in the early stages. The operations in the Aisne and Cham- naigne regions are chiefly artillery Quels. French troops have gained some ground in Argonne. Von Hindenberg Seeks Better Formation Undon, Dec. 8. The army of Gen on Hindenberg in Poland is fighting ""-.sperateiy to advance its southern front and straighten its line of the right wing. There is heavy fighting Miumwest of Piotrkow, thirty miles wumeast of Lodz. The Germans oc. mow, within forty miles of "arsaw. Interest in the Situation in East Berlin, Dec. 8. Them is OTAAt. in. terest in the ODeratinna nf Ancfrn. German forces on the southern front n roiand. The Russian advance "long the Nowa-Radomsk line has been completely halted, and ia expect ed to be followed by an early advance uerman right wing, giving Von Hmdenburg a solid line fromthe Vis ; Ma to a point practically a hundred ules south. 1 Russia Admits Taking of Lod. London, Dec 8. An official state ment from Petrograd, aays that the Knssians' "desire to retain Lodz : ould prove inconvenient in many im portant respects." This is accepted V confirming German reports that has been captured. Allies Make Material Advances in France. " Amsterdam, Dec 8.British troops "V ptured Paschendaeler, on the midway between Ypres- and presents another ad far a Anie' nd 0DeM ay r- "k movement upon the Ger the Lys,- HUM DUM BULLETS HADE IN AMERICA Claim Nearly Sixty Millions Are Being Manufactured for the British COMPLAINT IS OFFICIAL State Department Is Told That Manufacturers In This Country Are Con tracting for Ammunition In Violation of War Rules (By the United Press) Washington, Dec. 8. Statements charging that 68,000,000 rounds of "buckshot cartridges," said to be dum dum bullets, are being manufac tured by two American concerns for use by British soldiers in the Euro pean war, were filed today with the State Department by the German em bassy. The department is expected to in vestigate the charges immediately, STORM DAMAGE A MILLION, SEVEN LOST THEIR LIVES (By the United Press) New York, Dec. 8. The property loss was a million dollars from the worst storm that has whipped the Middle and North Atlantic seaboard in a decade. Seven persons lost their lives as a direct result. PICK SITE FOR COSTLY STATUE TO GEN. GREENE. Greensboro, Dec. 7. Mr. Albert R. Ross of New York and Mr. Miller of the War Department at Washington returned to their homes tonight af ter selecting the location for the eque strian statue of General Nathaniel Greene at the Guilford battleground. This statue to General Greene and his generals will be by far the hand somest ever erected in this State. It will be done at a cost of $30,000. BIGGEST BODY OF NEGRO MASONS IN WORLD MEETS Wilmington, Dec. 8. The 45th an nual communication of the. Grand Lodge of F. A. and A. Masons of the jurisdiction of North Carolina, the greatest negro jurisdiction' in the world, will convene in Wilmington to day at noon in St. Stephen's A. M. E. church. Prof. R. E. McRary of Lex ington is Grand Master, and will pre side. , f NEW ASSISTANT TO A. C. L. PRESIDENT. Wilmington, Dec. 7. Announce ment was made today from the office of President John R. Kenly of the At lantic Coast Line of the election of T. F. Darden as assistant to the pres ident, succeeding Lyman Delano, who was recently elected third vice-president. Mr. Darden is a native of Wil mington and has considerable rail road experience. DURHAM TO MAKE SOCKS FOR SOLDIERS. Durham, Dec. 7. One of the most important signs of an increased ae tivity of the business of this section of the country was the receipt of an order by the Durham Hosiery Mills this morning for 300,000 pairs of socks, which are to be used by the European armies. AUCTION ART WORKS FOR BELGIAN RELIEF (By the United Press) Philadelphia, Dec. 8. Thousands of dollars is expected to be raised for the relief of families and dependants of French and Belgian artists, by the sale of art works, all donated by American painters and sculptors, which began here today. The auction sale will continue for eight days.., "1 Sculptures, pictures and other'deco- rative objects, all done by persons of recognized merit, comprise the offer ings. Those who put in bids today took little risk, as no objects will be permitted to leave the Art Club until the last day, in expectation of a high er-offer. - ' . AMERICA SHALL NOT BE TURNED INTO A MILITARY CAMP President Wilson Eloquent ly Declared In Message to Congress Today "COUNTRY IS PREPARED" And Always Has Been for Safeguarding National Integrity, Says Chief Ex ecutiveMerchant Ma rine Included in Message (By Staff Writer) The leaders of Congress are deter mined to get through with the busi ness during the short session in time for the regular adjournment on March 4, 1915. President Wilson had, in con ference yesterday afternoon, Senator Kern and Representative Underwood, majority floor leaders, respectively, of the Senate and House. He dis cussed with these gentlemen his mes sage, and it is said that ihey are in accord with the provisions therein. Representative Underwood stated, fol lowing nis conterence with Mr. Wil- son, that there was nothing in the! President's legislative program which he did not think could he carried nut. during the short session, and that he, nimseu, was in perfect accord with the program. Today at noon, President Wilson delivered his messace in nerson. ns has been his custom, to a joint ses sion of the two Houses. He com mended the Sixty-third Congress for tne constructive work which had been done, as he said, in "loval resDonse to the needs of the country." He did not review the notable record at length, taking a modest view of the work done and saving- that, nerhans. he and the Congress were "too much a part of the work to play the part of historians." He referred to the conditions that now face America, and asked his hearers to "meet them without partisan feeling, like men who have forgotten everything but the common duty, the representatives of a great people whose one thought is what America owes to herself and to all mankind in such circumstances." The interruption to the means of trade and the processes of production by the European war was spoken of, emphasizing the fact that the re sources of the various belligerents are being destroyed at such an unprece- dented and appalling rate as to give Ye is reason for the fear that the time near when several of the countries of Europe will find it difficult to do so for their people what they have al ways hitherto been easily able to do, and that, consequently, they would need America's help and manifold ser vices as they had never needed them before." The President called attention to the new opportunities for trade ex pansion, the supplies from Europe havinsr been cut off, and impressed upon the Congress the importance of providing wavs and means for taking I advantage of the opportunities; par- ticularly did he refer to the ways that had been opened between' the United States and South American countries. '"Here are markets which we must supply, and we must nna tne means of action. The United States, this great people for whom we speak and act, should be ready as never be- fore, to serve itself and serve man- kind: ready with its resources, its en- ergies, its force of production and its the Government was to see that tran means of distribution." We have the I sportation at reasonable rates was resources, but are we ready to use them, and if wfi can make ready what we have, have we the means at hand I to distribute it? We are not fully I ready; neither have we the means of gage private capital the Government distribution. We are willing, but we ought to withdraw." t are not fully able," said the Chief The President spoke of the import Executive, ance of'ruial credits, and expressed He spoke of the continuous debate I that had been held year after year, but which had been productive of no results, with regard to the best pol- icy to pursue to make use of the ores, forests and water powers in the rich States of the West, which are still ed measures for sarety at sea, ways locked up. The water power in no and means for which await the con section of the country was utilized as firmation of the Senate, and inasmuch it micht be. he affirmed. "Because as the United States had been the wk will and we won't: because the I laws we have made do not intelligent-1 ly balance encouragement against I restraint. We withhold bv regula-1 inn" I rrcA tn tbe meAsures which I he said were finely conceived; one to I unlock, with proper safeguard, tne i tin. notional domain, and I the other to encourage the use of nav-1 Government expenditures, but he.as inokla mtar whinh had already rass-1 Rerted that "the people of the United ed the House of Representatives, and I States are not jealous of the amount asked that they might be given im-jthat their Government costs if they mediate consideration ana action Dy i the Senate in order that the "water I v .nntrv mitrht he nlac- I ed at the disposal of the reat indus- which they approve, and is being ap tries for their economical and profit- plied- with goodbusinesssens and able use." " management." No fear should be en--The President urged the bill which, tertained for the expenditure on le as he said, means a larger measure gitimate enterprises and undertakings of self-government to the people of of . a great Government J extraya the Philippines, proclaiming that this, gance is what is ' to- be guarded nf all tiniM Yrnff me ODDoriune vuo i .mnn,tr.tmir the cood faith of I the ' American people m we pnnci-i pies of liberty. "Its passage would nobly crown the record X tnese two I FRENCH SOCIETY ."V l-XL. W Eft ft 13 Erf S tf VI - Parlsian women, well known in rue uare an ssora as moy arrive from NEW WORK STARTED BY SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. Double Tracking On Atlanta-Char lotte Line Will Be Resumed At Once and Employment to . Large Number Given. (Special to The Free Press) Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 7. The first contract for work north of Gaines- ville, Ga., in connection with the plun for rebuilding and double tracking the Charlotte-Atlanta line, has just been let by the Southern Railway Co. The work to be done consists of the construction of 6 1-2 miles of entire ly new line, lying in two stretches, four miles near Mt. Airy and 2 1-i miles near White Sulphur. The con-1 struction will be very expensive, and will give employment to a large force of men, as the country through which the new line will be built is very rough and heavy grading will be nec- Krales and curvature will be secured by the construction of the new line. A Rock Hill, S. C, firm, has the contract, and will begin work immc diately. In addition to providing better facilities for handling traffic in the future, the undertaking of this work will mean the immediate dis tribution of large sums for labor am material. years of memorable labor," he said. the President compared the lnadc- nuacy of the ships sailing under tha quae flag of the United States, and the im possibility of building a great trade without the provision for adennafo transportation, to the situation which confronted the country some years ago, when the larger part of the con tinent was to be opened up for settle ment and industry, and needed long lines of railway prepared before hand. Then he said. "We lavishly subsidized the building of transconti nental railroads. We look back to that with regret now because the subsidies led to -many scandals, of which we are ashamed, but we know the railroads had to be built, and if we had to do it over again we should, of course, build them, but in another wav." He urered the passaire of the pending shipping bill, discussed at the last session, but not passed ty eitner House. "The Government," he said. "must open its gates to the trade and open them wide. It is not a question of the Government monopolizing the field, but that the responsibility upon nrovided promptly, even where the carriage was not, at first, profitable and that when it has become sum ciently profitable to attract and en his resrret that it did not seem pos sible to perfect a bill for passage at this session and, therefore, he did not urge the attempt. He spoke very earnestly about the obligation of this country with reference to the propos- nrime mover in this cause, he urged the' Senate not to let the matter go by default, December 31st being the last dav in which this Government could manifest its acceptance of the terms. Germany and Great Britain have already ratified the convention plans. The President ureed economy in are sure iney gei wnm mey nu bu desire for the outlay, and that the monev ia heintr gnent for objects of srainni. . National Defense All Right. jnat pan oi me rreiuniv gage which pertained to the interests ,. : tconnnuea on rage iwo; . WOMEN AS NURSES TI TJt TO V T.T Y V VT TJ. wsMa m.xtu, tk dMi society, nttondinu woundud soldi.. . tho battlefields. COUNTY SUPT. ORDERS SCHOOLS SUSPENDED Seven of Twenty-seven Negro Schools Have Been Closed Because of Lack of Attendance, Thought to Be Due to Farming Conditions. Seven of the 27 negro schools Lenoir county have been ordered sus pended by Supt. Joseph Kinsey be cause they failed to comply with the law which requires every school to keep an average attendance equal ling or exceeding one-fifth of the school census. This action followed receipt of the weekly reports from the schools for last week. All teach ers are compelled to forward the re ports at the end of each week, show ing the average number enrolled, present, etc. The suspended schools are at Southwest, Neuse, two in Moseley Hall township, Falling Creek and Sand Hill. At least one, the Sand Hill school has taken steps to in crease the attendance to the required minimum, and it is thought the sus pension of all the others will be only temporary. The Falling Creek school showed an average daily attendance of only three during the week from Novem ber 30 to December 4. The cause of the slack attendance in these schools is easily perceptible. The colored farmers and tenants, un able to secure labor in the cotton fields, are keeping their children away from school for the picking. Super intendent Kinsey on a recent tour of the county encountered a large num ber of colored people who explained the labor situation to him and told him that it would be impossible to spare the children from the farms until the first of the year. "COTTON" BALL TO SHOW VALUE OF COTTON GOODS (By the United Press) Washington, Dec. 8. Whole bales of cctton have been spun into 'laz.ling costumes which, Capital dressmakers prophesied today, would completely bewilder the mere men at the "'it ton Ball" tonight, in the New Willard ballroom. Judging from the reports of these same dressmakers, the judges who will award the prizes for the cos tumes and groups at the masquerade, have their work cut out for them, as it will take a fine sense of discrimi nation to pick out the best. This ball was the outgrowth of the "Cotton Clothes for Southern Wom en" movement, which received such an impetus at the Cotton Styles Show at the Willard in October. It was thoroughly demonstrated there, which will be the further impressed tonight, that there is no reproach to be con nected with cotton clothes, but that gown made of cotton may equal if not excel creations made of silk, satin, charmeuse or other materials. MONDAY'S RAINFALL. The rainfall in the 24 hours up to 6 p. m. Monday, was ,1.5 J. inches. GEORGE OVERBVS CONDITION SERIOUS. It is reported from Snow Hill to day that Mr. George Overby, a prom inent- citisen of that town who was, severely' hurt in a cotton . gin last j week, is In a precarious condition, NEW COMMITTEE TO MAKE PLANS FOR THE LENOIR COUNTY FAIR Named by Chamber of Com merce President Canady to Meet Soon PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN To Investigate Advisability of Establishing Annual Exhibition for This or Several Counties Citi zens Asked to Co-Operate (By the United Press.) President J. II. Canady of the Chamber of Commerce today appoint ed the following committee to inves tigate the advisability of holding county fair here: J. F. Taylor, Dr, M. Parrott, P. S. B. Harper, N, Rouse, F. C. Dunn. The committee will meet at the members' earliest convenience to con sider the advisability of holding Lenoir county fair, or a fair for I noir and adjoining counties, and ways and means. President Canady asks for a full report to be made at the January meeting of the directors. All citizens who are interested are requested to assist the committee in any way possible. MACK SELLS COLLINS TO THE WHITE SOX (By the United Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 8. Eddie Collins, the Athletics' second base man, has been sold to the Chicago White Sox, it was announced today by Connie Mack. WOULD GIVE N. S. RIGHT- OF-WAY THROUGH FORTRESS Washington, Dec. 7, Perpetual rights of way to the Norfolk South ern Railroad through lands to be ac quired for fortification purposes af Cape Henry, Va., in exchange for all of the company's lands lying within the area to be taken over for the for tification, would be authorized by the War Department under official esti mates submitted to Congress today. BULLETINS (By the United Press) TURKS CLAIM SUCCESS OVER RUSSIANS Constantinople, Dec. 8. It is officially announced that in the vicinity of Adjara, where fresh engagements have taken place, the Turks have been successful. The Russian attack on East Wan lake failed. BRITISH STEAMER BURNED AND ONLY TWO SAVED London, Dec. 8. The British steamer Vedra, en route from Mexico to Barrow was burned oft" Walney Island. Only two of her crew of thirty-six were saved. SWEDISH VESSEL SUNK BY MINE. CREW DROWNED .Stockholm, Dec. 8. The Swedish steamer Nora Sverige, struck by a mine off the coast of Finland, sunk, and her crew of twenty were drowned. MINISTER WANTS HIS CONDUCT INVESTIGATED Washington, Dec. 8. Minister Sullivan of Santo Domingo, to day asked the President to have an investigation made of charg es that Sullivan is using his of fice for the profit of private firms. JASON ARRIVES AT ITALIAN PORT. Genoa, Dec. 8. The collier Ja son, the Christinas Ship, today , arrived here. A special train was furnished by the Italian govern ment to carry presents to the children in cities of Austria and Germany.' '- "VL"v'.-- Davidson, - Dec 7. The . Asheville Highs won the Western North Caro lina school championship, defeating the heavy Huntersville High School team here this afternoon by a score of C to 0. .,. WILL GUARD I1E4LJ1I DF WEfli;LE IN FOOD SUPPLIES Meat and Milk Law Be comes Operative Witp the Appointment " , DR. J. F. FOLEY CHOSEN 1 Local Veterinarian, With Large Experience, Nam ed Enactment of JUiw Result of Free Press' Per sistent Agitation J. T. Foley, a local veterinarian, was Monday night chosen' by "City Council to be Kinston's first inspect or of meat and milk. He will take office immediately. Foley's appoint ment is until May 9, next, the end of the fiscal year, and his salary will be $50 a month. The inspector will be a part time man, being required to make the stated inspections of dai ries, market places, groceries, etc., as Well as of residential premises, and will be free when not occupied, with , his public duties to practice his pro fession. Inspector Foley is a Balti-'; more man who has resided her fort, several months now. He was a con tract veterinarian with the army at Vera Cruz last spring for several months. He is known to veterinari ans throughout the State as an un usually competent man, and had pre vious service as a public inspector at New Bern. He has been promised any assistance they may be able to render him by veterinarians of I the National and State Departments of Agriculture. t , The laws which Inspector Foley , will work by are among the most vo lumonous, but withal practical, ordi nances ever drafted by an alderman ic body in this State. They cover the situation thoroughly and, it is believ ed, satisfactorily to the market men and dairymen, who have promised Dr. Foley unstinted co-operation, as well as to the consumers. " The meat and milk inspection laws, which became effective on the first of the month, are among the most im- ' portant matters transacted by the present city administration. Agita tion for their enactment was first ' commenced following suggestions by The Free Press late in the spring, and consideration of the proposed or dinances by the aldermen was not al lowed to be interfered with until their final passage in the Fall. The Council Monday night grant ed increased equipment in the way of ladders, life-belts, etc., to the, Fire Department, as encouragement to Chief Moseley in his plans to mod ernize the department. A letter from Gilbert White, the engineer who has charge of the contemplated munici pal improvements, suggesting the construction here of a public-owned gas plant similar to one recently com pleted in Rocky Mount, which he su pervised, was read to the aldermen, who took no action upon it. Council passed on its first reading a fran chise granting railroad rights-of-way in South Kinston to the Kinston Man ufacturing Company. The franchise passed first reading in November, but that action was declared null by rea son of the fact that the law covering publication of the proposed franchise had not been complied with. ' ' MAY PROHIBIT IMPORTING FOREIGN CITRJIS MTS (By the United Press) . Washington, Dec. 8v The advisa bility of prohibiting the importation of citrus nursery stock, buds, scions or seeds was discussed at a public hearing today held by the Department of Agriculture. The reasons advanc ed by the advocates of stopping the importation was that by this means the introduction into this country of what is - known as : citrus" canker could be prevented. This disease - has already ' been brought into the country apparently on Japanese nursery stock and is be coming .established injhe Gutf. Citrus region of the United States, : includ ing Florida, In Florida very vigo rous efforts are being made to stamp it 'out, and it is believed that these 1W111 DG successful, neu uiuuu mo cost will undoubtedly be'grtit. "
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