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rOOR HOME fHPEB DAILY ' - v- 1RR O ID) -) y . ; r . v f i -i THE VEATHeK fur leniikl m Ki)r aw mmiimt PUBLISHED EVERY KFTERNOON EXCEPT SV7ND7XY. VO. XVI Ko. 285 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1915 n!i:i;n compelled child labor law BILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE TODAY to evacuate five miles of Trenches Germans Pour Heavy Fire Into Positions Impossible Withstand KAISER AT SOISSONS NOW Allies Being Reinforced Russian Attacks Along Nida Ceased Austrians Stave Off Every Attempt Upon Positions Sought FOUR PAdES TODAY 28 COLUMNS PRlfcte fW6 CfeNTS Senator Weaver Would Pro hibit All Children Under Fourteen Years of Age From Being Employed in Factories (By United Press) New York, Jan. 15. The Ger mans in the midst of their suc cess are driving the French across the Aisne east of Soissons. They have earned the most important victory for either side this winter. The allies fear a new drive on Paris. Paris, Jan. 15. The Germans have driven the French from five miles of trenches north of the Aisne and east of Soissons. The Germans have mounted heavy artillery and captured trenches by pouring a heavy fire into the French lines. The Kaiser is at Soissons. The French lines arc being heavily reinforced. Austrian Repel Attackers. Vienna, Jan. 15. Russian attacks along the Nida have been suspended. All Russian attempts to take Austri an positions have been repulsed with very heavy losses. French Make Slight Gains. Paris, Jan 15. North of Arras heavy fighting continues. French Zouaves today took a line of German positions following a series of bayon et charges. From the sea to Lys se vere cannonading continues, with the French progressing slowly in the vi cinity of Lombaertzyde and Beeel aere. German Pontoons Demolished. Paris, Jan. 15. Progress by the Allies in the vicinity of St. Mihiel continues. Pontoon bridges had been thrown across the Meuse in that vi cinity by the Germans, but these were promptly demolished by the French artillery. Allies Start New Move Along Yser. Paris, Jan. 15. The Allies have started a new drive toward the Ger man positions along the Yser north of Lombartzyde and Nieuport. The land batteries are being aided by monitors and torpedo boats. The Germans fortified positions around Western!, have been badly damaged. Oprmnn oit;.Aun ' .1 j 1 u on the warships, but did no damage. No word has been received from the operations in upper Alsace, where it is rumored that a great German vic tory has occurred. Von Hindenburg's Task Hopeless. Petrograd. Jan. 15. The Russians' drive toward the German lines in east Prussia is increasing . in proportions, iM.entire. Russian left wing is fore ig the Germans.back upon their own rrontier. Von Hindenbure. convinc ed that the Russian defense of War saw is unbreakable, is planning to send a part of his forces to France where the Germans are now essaying the offensive. The weather has check ed the offensive operations in the Car pathians and Caucasus. (By W. J. Martin) Raleigh, Jan. 15. Senator Weav er toduy introduced a bill in the Ix-g- islature to prevent the employment of children under fourteen years of age in factories, or employment of any sort for them during the school periods. The bill would prevent em ployment for all under sixteen ot Sunday. A joint session heard President Al derman of the University of Virginia, in a speech in which he expressed great pride in the progress of the State of North Carolina. OHIO AUTO SHOW HAS WOMEN DEMONSTRATORS Cleveland, O., Jan. 15. Wnmfli automobile demonstrators made their first appearance in Cleveland at thr annual show which opened here to day. The women drove and demon strated cars for prospective women purchasers. Neary every brand of car made in Ihe United States was on exhibit. Local dealers hUir.cd the European war for the almost total absence of foreign exhibits. AGED FARMER LOSES LIFE IN BURNING BARN Salisbury, Jan. 14. Miles Hols- houser, an eighty-year-old farmer, lost his life in a fire which he prob ably started at his place in Morgan township, at 4 o'clock this morning. Mr. Holshouser occasionally slept in the barn. This morning the bar burned and the trunk of Mr. Hols houser's body was found in the ruins MEAT INSPECTOR STOPS SALE OF BAD PORK FROM ONSLOW Two Pigs brought to Local Market From Adjoining County Showed Tubercii losis Affection, But Con demned Before Retailed MANY SALESMEN WAKT THIS FAT $5,000 JOR Des Moines, la., Jan. 16. Travel ing men of the Middle West meet here tomorrow to attend the annual meet ing of the Iowa State Traveling Men's Association and take part in the election of new oflicersand direct FLOUR GOES UP 24C SACK IN LIVERPOOL (By the United Press) Liverpool, Jan. 15. Following the advance of wheat in Chicago to $1.44 a bushel, flour advanced 24 cents on the sack in Liverpool today. Housewives Appeal to Wilson. New York, Jan. 15. President Wil son was urged today by Mrs. Heath president of the National Housewives League, to take drastic measures at once to prevent the further advance of the price of flour. KAISER WITNESSED BATTLE NEAR SOISSONS, Berlin, Jan. 14. (By Wireless to naon) Emperor William was pres ent in person during the spirited bat tle on the Vregny plain, northeast of Soissons, which, resulted yesterday in that elevated ground being cleared of xne French and which is described in the German official statement todav as a" "brilliant feat for our 'troops." we engagement th- Germans claimed to have capture fourteen of me trench officers and 9,150 men. PHOADEIPHIA m E9 FLOOD FEARS KOW (By the United Press) Philadelphia jaa. isAll danger th overflowing of the Delaware od Schuylkill rivers is today abated. PERSONAL REASONS CAUSED VON BERCHTOLI) TO RESIGN Washington, Jan. 14. Announce ment of the resignation of Count von Berchtold as Austro-Hungarian min ister for foreign affairs reached the embassy here today from Vienna. Im portant personal reasons were said to have caused his withdrawal. Em bassy officials said the appointment of Baron Burian as foreign minister would not imply a change of policy. It was stated at the embassy that Count von Berchtold for some time had desired to withdraw from active political life, and it was only because his predecessor, Count Ahrenthal, re quested him to do bo that he accept ed the office in the first place. He has been in bad health for some time. Baron Burian was described as a man of great energy and of similar political views as the retiring minis ter. ' WESTERN GOLFERS TO. HOLD AN IMPORTANT MEETING. Chicago, Jan, 15. Golfers from the leadine clubs of the Middle West will arrive here tomorrow to participate in the annual meeting Saturday night of the Westers Golf Association. Election Vof officers and assignments of tournaments for the coming sea son will follow the annual banquet. Hoc. Foley, city veterinarian, this morning peered into the carcass of a 75-pound pig in a local market, pro'ned around for a minute and said something to the effect of "Take it away." E. G. Hargett, a representa tive of the Suite Department of Agri culture, here assisting Dr. Foley in administering the tuberculin test to dairy cows, chimed in with "That's the worst I ever saw." "Who's responsible?" however, was another matter. Dr. Foley is as con siderate as he is thorough, and the man who brought the carcass nnd a companion piece" here from a point in Onslow county, twenty-eight miles distant possibly, never saw a tuber culosis germ before. Prosecution was withheld, but the loo dangerous th bigs were ordered removed. Those iromid the meat shop had never seen tuberculosis to recognize it before, either. The proprietor, with proper spirit, seemed to be pleased that the lurking colony of mean little death- dealers had been discovered. The wis dom of meat and milk inspection was borne out by this sinirle incident. The two slaughtered pigs were ap parently healthy to the unknowing eye. Ihey had been prepared for market with skill and care as to leaidiness. Hut around the portion where the kidneys had lain the veter inarians scraped up a lot of white. heese-like stuff. It was in great quantity. Several of those looking on admitted they had seen it before. Well, that's rotten with 'em," the city and the State animal experts concurred, referring to the millions of invisible microbes that had attack ed the porkers in the Onslow low grounds. YPRES CLOTH HALL IN RUINS CHAIRMAN BOARD IS NON-COMMITTAL Kept a'etl boiliardiiiciits uf Ypn s liavi- n Uou of the ancient and beautiful Cloth Wall. ailted in the virtual ileiitruS' NO AMERICANS ARE AMONG THE VICTIMS BIG MAN-OF-WAR SUFFERED IN (J A LI' Ambassador Page at Rome, Estim ates Earthquake's Victims at 12,000 to 15,000 Italy Re fuses to Accept Aid BRABSTREET'S REPORTS ON BOND QUESTION Kut Admits That Twenty lears or More Will He Required to Get (Jood Roads Unless Roncl Are Provided For Increased Sales of Horses, Flour and Other War Supplies- Better Col lections and Lower Discount Rate Proving Kenelirial. Richmond, tent, change Newport News, Va., Jan. 14. En countering a terrific gale, which, is said, reached the velocity of over sixty miles an hour, about thirty miles off Cane llalteras, while on a speed run from Philadelphia to Hampton Roads, the dreadnought Kansas Tues day night suffered damages to the ex tent of $20,000 to $30,000. Huge breakers swept over the bow of the big sea fighter and for seven hours she was in danger of foundering. The Kansas limped into Hamilton Koaus tonight, and men who came ashore declared the storm was the worst they have ever experienced. CLAIMS DIAMONDS WERE QUEEN OF SHEBA'S New York, Jan. 11. Treasury of ficials today seized from A. Anpikad jian, a resident of Constantinople, two egg-shaped diamonds of more than 18 carats each, which they said he had failed to declare to customs of ficials when he arrived here October 19, and which he was trying to sell. Anpikadjian declared the diamonds were artistic antiques, free from du ty, but that he had shown them to the customs officers and they had passed them. Anpikadjian said he had purchas ed the diamonds in the jewelry mar ket at Constantinople from an Egyp tian princess, who declared they had been in her family for centuries, and had been worn at one time by Queen of Sheba. WOODEN OR STEEL CARS UP TO P. S. COMMISSION New York, Jan. 15. Whether or not the subway management shall change entirely to steel cars will be discussed today at the meeting of the Public Service Commission. To change from wooden to steel cars would cause the Interborough to spend $4,000,000. THREE PERISH IN TENEMENT BLAZE (By United Press) New York, Jan. 15. Two children George R, Balch of the Cincinnati I and one man perished in a fire in a Golf Club, is the only nominee for j five-story tenement today. Firemen president, nd will Jbe .elected. , made.a score of thrilling rescues. (By thelTnited Press) Washington, Jan. 15. Ambassador Page at Rome today cabled the Stab' conditions. Department that he estimated (Ik number killed by the enrlhqu Ue a! from twelve to fifteen thousand, and the seriously injured about a-: mr-ny more. Mr. Page says Italy it v. re fused aid from other coun. r! : o Americans are reported dead or injured. HOBSON GIVEN GREAT RECEPTION IN MUM Address Before Anti-Saloon League Said to Have Been the Finest Ever Heard in Cupifal City. Enthusiasm Prevailed. FAST Raleigh. Jan. 1.". His auditois in the First Baptist chinch lure la -night almost mobbed Richmond I'enr son Hobson, representative in C'li gress from Alabama, at the eui.rhi sion of his sjiei eh which was the clos ing feature of the convent ion ;i ihe North Carolina Anti-Saloon l.caeuc. Hardly had the last word; esea..el the congressman's lips befare his d' -! lighted hearers swarmed about him, I all bent upon sei.ing his hand. j Mr. Ilobson's addiess, it is said by , scores, who heard him, was the I'm st j speech in the cause of prohibition eve,-' delivered here. "I may be politiea'ly i dead, but. I'd rather enter this great fight to cut the millstone of liipio.- from the neck of the American pi-oph? than be ton tiroes President of ihe ; United States." he declared with u:-! hemence. "1 would be unworthy ofi the North Carolina blond that i' n.v in my veins were I afraid of H t ; death," was a passionate slaUmeiit ilifit hmni'-ht the front nrobibit ion. " " ' i -,.,!-;.. il, ..1. r. n n,;iiii fillil Intifiil' lit lit.. 1 1 lit! Ml )M'1I .(..(i.Li ... i. i. hearts of those who heard him. va., .tan. jii. no po- is noticeable in btisiiK An increased number of travelers are out with saninb's fol- iowini- the holidays, and in some line the volume of .sales shows an increase, Groceries and provisions are in fail demand. Largo shipments of horses are being made to European conn tries at war, and orders for flour and heavy hairiest; from the same source are being executed. Dry goods and shoe; continue ipdet. The same may be said of lumber and building mate i i : 1 1 : . Tobacco is being marketed in fair volume, but prices continue to lag. Retail trade has been stimulated by seasonable weather nnd collections show some improvement. The lower ing of the discount rate by the l-'cd-eud Reserve lank has had a whole some effort on the lin ineial siauatioii. Ihe number of unemployed is not in creased, rather to the contrary. MOTOR BOATS TO I 'E ATI 'RE MIAMI FETE pee'li and a (By United Press) Miami, Fla., Jan. IS.--TI1;' i" t motor boat races ever heb picturesque marine carnival were in prospect before toe conclusion of the celebration of Ihe M ific Knights of the Dade, which opcin-d here today, and which will continue until next W ednivday. Tail Fisher, of Indianapolis and for the motor boat races, wb'n h will probably be held or Tuesday and Wed nesday. Some of the fastest niolot boats in the world haw been entered for Ihe races, and new records are pi omised. One of the queer races for sailing boats will be a "bung and go bark" race. In this the boats will go as far as they can, until a shot warns them I to turn and come back. The boat greatest milage will be the winner. Chairman R. F. Churchill of the Hoard of County Commissioners this morning stated that he has not been requested to call a special meeting of the board to discuss the ifJaO.OOO bond issue proposed by the Chamber of Commerce for road improvements in the county, lie thinks that if it is threshed out by the board it will be at the next regular meeting, on February 1. It is supposed that if Ihe Hoard of Directors of the Cham ber and the commissioners meet in joint session, the hitter as the guest: of the former, ns has been suggested. it will be in plenty of time to get a ill In fore the present term of the Legislature for the bond election should the joint meeting so decide. Mr. Churchill would not say about wluit action he thinks the Board of Commissioners will take, since he har not canvassed the opinions of the oth er members; nor did he say how he would accept the proposition in full meeting. He declared, however, that his belief is that if Lenoir county i going to have a thoroughly up-to- date system of highways "soon" the bond issue is the only way to accom plish it. "At the present rate of construe tion and under the same methods, wc might have a complete modern sys tem in about twenty years," th' chairman stated, lie would not dis cuss the weight of an issue of n quar tor million dollars on the county no' other phases of Ihe matter, intimat ing that he would rather go over th' proposition with his colleagues first. The Chamber of Commerce gooi roads leaders believe Ihe quarter of : million issue could be borne by - th county, wilh no present bonded in debtedness, with practically no in crease- in the tax rate. Two hun died and fifty thousand dollars, thev say, would not be a heavy burden, al (hough that sum has only been rough ly estimated as adequate for huildim 1111 entire modern system. NAPLES FEARS LONG INACTIVE CRATERS WILL BECOME jUJtt Volcanoes Show Signs ojf Menacing Italian Cities Again AYEZZANA CITY OF DEAD "No Longer Exists" Is Said of Town Where More Than 10,000 Were Killed By Earthquake Death List Stands KAISER'S NEPHEW WEDS AMERICA? (By the United Press) Berlin, Jan. 15. Princn Cht'istia of Hesse, nephew of the Kaiser an. a captain in the German navy todir was niairied to Miss Elizabeth Rea Rogers of Washington. They lef on a Mini l Honeymoon trip, nnd tnei the Prince will join his ship. NO INDICTMENTS OF A L R A M A LYNCHER:- GARDNER TO GF7T THE IN FORMATION WANTED. RAILROADS Sl'ISMIT BLOCK SYSTEM DATA (By the United Press) Wadiinglon. Jan. 15. Today is the last day for all American railroads to submit to the Interstate Commerce Washington, Jan. 14. Representa tive Gardner's resolution calling upon the secretary of war for information about the strength of coast defenses was passed today by the House. i Commission complete, detailed infor- It inquires whether there are mount- mation regarding their block signal ed anywhere in the coast fortifications systems. The Commission has order any guns of greater than 12-inch cal- ed' the -railroads to file this infornia iber; whether the range of the 12-(tion for use jn its physical valuation inch erun is more than 13,000 yards; work. It will eWe. for the first ime. whether British dreadnoughts of the ' accurate information of the exact Queen Elizabeth type, do not carry mileage -of Mock signal safely appa-11-inch, 45-calibcr guns, with a rangi ratus in operation and under con- of 21,000 yards; and whether that struction. The information will also range doe9 not exceed by more than used by Congress in connection four miles the range of any guns in with the safety appliance and com the coast defense of continental Unit-' pulsory block signal laws under con ed States. j .....,.. ... I gideration there. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 1-1 The spe rial grand juiy impaneled at the or der of Governor O'Neal to investi gale the lynching two weeks ngo o Ed. and Will Smith, negroes, by ; mob near Wetumpka adjourned toda: with the report "no evidence whicl would warrant, indictments." (By the United Press) Rome, Italy, Jan. 15. The dead from the earthquake are still esti mated at 20,000. The total killed and injured will number 75,000. Avet zana "no longer exists." Thee 10,47!) were killed. At San Benedetto 3,000 are dead. At Pescina 4,000 were killed, and 1,300 were killed at Cappelle. It is reported from Naples that many supposedly extinct craters in that section are showing signs of life, and fears are expressed of volcanic disturbances. Most of the victims in the devastat ed area were crushed beyond recog nition. Three thousand soldiers are searching the debris. Three hundred dead soldiers, taken from wrecked barracks were buried in. one grave. Military Engineers have taken over the operation of trains. Thousands of injured have been brought to home. The King and the Pope are visiting the injured. Half Million Italians In Need. t , Rome, Jan. 15 It is estimated that a hundred cities suffered from fcne earthquake. Half a million people are in need. Mountain springs Which supplied Aveziano with water have dried up, and the people are using . lake water. Many survivors went in sane when they found their entire families killed. The latest report es timates the dead at thirty thousand, and the injured at a hundred thous and. All government buildings in Rome have been ordered turned into hospitals. Minor shocks still contin ue. Thousands still refuse to return to their homes, but remain quartered in open squares. The valley of Avez '.ano is fir-'ig a new danger. The ititflow r ake Eueino was dammed iy the k chquake and there is fear lhat a break will come and the valley be flooded. WILL USE EVERY MEANS , FOR PEACE IN OHIO MINES NEW RAILROAD STATION FOR LOS ANGELES OPEN! Los Angeles, Oil., Jan. 15 Repine ing the Arcade Depot, which datei almost, from the public days of Lo Angeles, the new half million dol lar Southern Pacific station was open cd formally here today. AMERICAN RED CROSS TO ASSIST ITALIANS Washington, Jan. 14. The Ameri can Red Cross tonight issued an ap peal for funds to aid those rendere destitute by the earthquake in Italy The organizntion announced it woulc be glad to transmit relief contribu tions to the Italian Red Cross. VIRGINIAN SUICIDES IN NORTHERN CIT1 (By the United Press) Ulica, N. Y.. Jan. 15. Hartle; Spence, aged thirty years, a travel ing salesman of Richmond, Va, I dying here from self-administered bi chloride of mercury. ' Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 14. The federal conciliators in the strike of Eastern Ohio coal miners heard open ing arguments of the operators to dav and will leave tomorrow for Co lumbus, to question miners. A com mittee of seven operators was clos eted with the conciliators, Hywell Da- vies and Daniel J. Keefe, all day. Mr. Davis announced that he and Mr. Keefe would hear business men as well as operators and miners and .aid : "We will endeavor to have laid be fore us every phase of the situation in the hope that we may come upon some idea that may later form a basis of reconciliation." LAST OF ESCAPED VIRGINIA LONG-TERMERS RETAKEN Richmond, Va., Jan. ii. Harry Hamilton, forger, and E. N. Hanley, highway robber, who, with Siler Ad kins and Allen Burton, murderers, escaped from the Virginia peniten tiary here Monday night, were made prisoners today at Coleman's Mill, Carolina county, thirty miles north of Richmond, by J. A. Sanford, a fermer, armed with a shotgun. When they asked Sanford for food and a bed last night, he recognized them from newspaper pictures, fed them and stood guard all night while they slept the sleep of exhaustion. Warden Wood was summoned and he brought the unresisting prisoners to this city. Tuesday. - '" 'J Portland Ore, Jan. 15. Today is being observed by members of the National W. C T. U. as a day of na tional prayer. Mrs. Lillian M. Stev ens of this city, the national presi dent has issued a proclamation calling for world wide crusade. ii
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